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silly, sentimental woman working in journalism & an involuntary test subject for cruel technologies. 📍chicago
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Where'd all the time go?
What slow games, quiet platforms, and weekly rituals can teach us about time
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i wrote about time perception and what animal crossing, are.na, and THE PITT can teach us about how we feel time online.
if looking at your screen time makes you want to walk into the sea, this one’s for u.
would love it if u read it + sent to a friend who creates things online worth remembering<3
if looking at your screen time makes you want to walk into the sea, this one’s for u.
would love it if u read it + sent to a friend who creates things online worth remembering<3
Libraries make me so emotional
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Libraries make me so emotional
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
i think more people should call out absurdity in the moment
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
i think more people should call out absurdity in the moment
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A snowy owl preening. November 22, 2025, Chicago.
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A snowy owl preening. November 22, 2025, Chicago.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I want an orange cat so bad
This guy looks innocent but sometimes he knocks over the trash bin for food wrapping paper.
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I want an orange cat so bad
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Bought an immersion blender for the first time at age 43 and I can finally relate to this tweet
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Bought an immersion blender for the first time at age 43 and I can finally relate to this tweet
good stuff. i am also someone who works on the business side of journalism who has similar thoughts. but one gentle critique i have is - (see reply)
Reflections on five years in worker-owned media: defector.com/reflections-...
Reflections On Five Years In Worker-Owned Media | Defector
As I finally got to work on writing Defector’s fifth Annual Report, I found myself noodling on some broader thoughts about the worker-owned media landscape. Tom said some sections would work as a…
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
good stuff. i am also someone who works on the business side of journalism who has similar thoughts. but one gentle critique i have is - (see reply)
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an important message to the media: no matter how much you flatter and curry favor with this man, he would enjoy seeing you dismembered with a bone saw
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
an important message to the media: no matter how much you flatter and curry favor with this man, he would enjoy seeing you dismembered with a bone saw
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A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
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Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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i, for one, welcome our eight legged overlords
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
i, for one, welcome our eight legged overlords
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
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Chicago must borrow $283.3 million to cover the soaring cost of lawsuits alleging Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct — including wrongful convictions and improper pursuits — as part of the city’s 2026 budget, Mayor Brandon Johnson said.
Chicago Set to Borrow $283.3M to Resolve Police Misconduct Lawsuits
It will likely cost Chicago taxpayers approximately $52 million in interest to borrow that money and pay off during the next five years, according to estimates provided to the Chicago City Council by ...
news.wttw.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Chicago must borrow $283.3 million to cover the soaring cost of lawsuits alleging Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct — including wrongful convictions and improper pursuits — as part of the city’s 2026 budget, Mayor Brandon Johnson said.
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MeToo did not go far enough. People were saying "MeToo has gone too far" when it had barely just picked up momentum.
It was an attempt at reckoning with how institutionally misogynistic and sexually exploitative most institutions are and what women are constantly put through. So it was crushed.
It was an attempt at reckoning with how institutionally misogynistic and sexually exploitative most institutions are and what women are constantly put through. So it was crushed.
This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
MeToo did not go far enough. People were saying "MeToo has gone too far" when it had barely just picked up momentum.
It was an attempt at reckoning with how institutionally misogynistic and sexually exploitative most institutions are and what women are constantly put through. So it was crushed.
It was an attempt at reckoning with how institutionally misogynistic and sexually exploitative most institutions are and what women are constantly put through. So it was crushed.
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Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.
www.krqe.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.
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Watching Chilean election results come in and once again thinking about this tweet
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Watching Chilean election results come in and once again thinking about this tweet
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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This is *exactly* what happened in my South Austin neighborhood- we now have great restaurants, bars, coffee shops, stores, movie theatre, etc because of the 10-15 nearby apartment buildings built since early 2000s.
Almost all of which were opposed by the local neighborhood associations.
Almost all of which were opposed by the local neighborhood associations.
If we built more apartments in a .5 mile radius from my house, the new people would support new businesses which would drive up my home's value and also provide a larger tax base to improve my city's services. I would much prefer that over parking for chuds and their pickup trucks.
many YIMBYs i know are actually quite explicit about working against their own financial interest
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is *exactly* what happened in my South Austin neighborhood- we now have great restaurants, bars, coffee shops, stores, movie theatre, etc because of the 10-15 nearby apartment buildings built since early 2000s.
Almost all of which were opposed by the local neighborhood associations.
Almost all of which were opposed by the local neighborhood associations.
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All I can say is I attended a Democratic Party event in DALLAS, TEXAS 10 days ago with officials and candidates and the biggest cheers were for Mamdani and the most questions/most frequent topic of conversation was Epstein.
We should not overthink this.
We should not overthink this.
Pundits have said Zohran is a strictly-NYC phenomenon. But a DSA member named Kelsea Bond just got elected to the Atlanta City Council. I talked to her about how she won.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
The DSA Candidate Who Won Down South
An interview with newly elected Atlanta City Council member Kelsea Bond
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
All I can say is I attended a Democratic Party event in DALLAS, TEXAS 10 days ago with officials and candidates and the biggest cheers were for Mamdani and the most questions/most frequent topic of conversation was Epstein.
We should not overthink this.
We should not overthink this.
is there any way to tell where a massive influx of followers is coming from? i gained like 2K in less than a day…. and im not sure why
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
is there any way to tell where a massive influx of followers is coming from? i gained like 2K in less than a day…. and im not sure why