Chas Swedberg
@chasia.bsky.social
Roommate of Hogarth the cat.
By day, I'm a user experience designer floating in a sea of healthcare data.
By day, I'm a user experience designer floating in a sea of healthcare data.
Fuck this was what Illinois was good at, arresting and throwing our guvs in jail
This week in photos 📸
This week was a whirlwind, with the historic conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich pardoned by President Donald Trump and Chicagoans preparing for snow. https://buff.ly/4hE7ZOO
This week was a whirlwind, with the historic conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich pardoned by President Donald Trump and Chicagoans preparing for snow. https://buff.ly/4hE7ZOO
February 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Fuck this was what Illinois was good at, arresting and throwing our guvs in jail
And about 200 of those rides were mine
Yesterday morning CDOT told us that Chicago set a record in 2024 with 10M+ bike- and scooter-share rides. Actually – hold the phone – make that 11M+! 🥳
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/01/09/c... @stevevance.net @bikegridnow.org @betterstreetschicago.org @chicritmass.bsky.social
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/01/09/c... @stevevance.net @bikegridnow.org @betterstreetschicago.org @chicritmass.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
And about 200 of those rides were mine
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Cowards all: Biden signs bills with anti-trans laws, Meta allows anti-trans rhetoric, Walmart and McDonald’s ditch DEI, Disney cuts trans stories. All this & Trump’s not even in office yet. Not surprising, but it shows how quickly they cede in advance because they only ever care for money & power.
January 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Cowards all: Biden signs bills with anti-trans laws, Meta allows anti-trans rhetoric, Walmart and McDonald’s ditch DEI, Disney cuts trans stories. All this & Trump’s not even in office yet. Not surprising, but it shows how quickly they cede in advance because they only ever care for money & power.
Please don't let "solastalgia" be a word of the year, yet...
Health care workers in India note rising instances of solastalgia, the pain of seeing one’s home environment degrade.
Indians in Flood-Prone Areas Are on Front Lines of Growing Mental Health Crisis
Health care workers in India note rising instances of solastalgia, the pain of seeing one’s home environment degrade.
truthout.org
January 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Please don't let "solastalgia" be a word of the year, yet...
Be gone Biden!
The president has used his final days in office to guarantee the continuation of Israel’s genocidal assault in Gaza.
Biden Approves Another $8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel as Genocide Continues
The president has used his final days in office to guarantee the continuation of Israel’s genocidal assault in Gaza.
truthout.org
January 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Be gone Biden!
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The circle of billionaires in Trump’s cabinet embodies the reign of American oligarchy.
Trump Has Stuffed His Cabinet With Oligarchs Poised to Govern for Their Profit
The circle of billionaires in Trump’s cabinet embodies the reign of American oligarchy.
truthout.org
January 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The circle of billionaires in Trump’s cabinet embodies the reign of American oligarchy.
Baerskin ads have a couple lines that repeat the phrase "...but you're A MAN" in the same way a 1970s middle school coach might admonish their boy's team. It's so over the top that I can't tell if it's parody but even if it was I assume most of their customers wouldn't notice.
January 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Baerskin ads have a couple lines that repeat the phrase "...but you're A MAN" in the same way a 1970s middle school coach might admonish their boy's team. It's so over the top that I can't tell if it's parody but even if it was I assume most of their customers wouldn't notice.
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"Israel’s push to normalise the mass killing of journalists threatens not just Palestinian media workers. If such behaviour in war zones is normalised, then no journalist, no matter what passport they carry, would be safe."
— #AJOpinion by Daoud Kuttab ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Daoud Kuttab ⤵️
Silence on Israel’s massacres of journalists is dangerous to all
International media’s reluctance to show solidarity with Palestinian journalists could backfire.
aje.io
January 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Israel’s push to normalise the mass killing of journalists threatens not just Palestinian media workers. If such behaviour in war zones is normalised, then no journalist, no matter what passport they carry, would be safe."
— #AJOpinion by Daoud Kuttab ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Daoud Kuttab ⤵️
When my daughter was young, took her to see Halle Berry's Catwoman. When the shy Patience, new to her powers, took on some rowdy men at a party, she told me "I like this girl...I want to be this girl." Thought about that when Hogarth saw the first scene of Prey.
January 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When my daughter was young, took her to see Halle Berry's Catwoman. When the shy Patience, new to her powers, took on some rowdy men at a party, she told me "I like this girl...I want to be this girl." Thought about that when Hogarth saw the first scene of Prey.
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Amnesty International says Israel’s detention of Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safia is emblematic of the “genocidal intent” in Israel’s broader attempts to “annihilate” Gaza’s healthcare sector.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/e60abb
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/e60abb
January 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Amnesty International says Israel’s detention of Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safia is emblematic of the “genocidal intent” in Israel’s broader attempts to “annihilate” Gaza’s healthcare sector.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/e60abb
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/e60abb
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This is despicable and Bezos is a cancer
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is despicable and Bezos is a cancer
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Feminist networks, long active across the Global South, regularly cross borders to engage in evidence-based health practices that enable bodily autonomy in the face of right-wing assaults.
US Feminists Look to Latin America for Models to Resist Abortion Bans
Latin American activists have navigated widespread abortion bans with information-sharing support networks.
truthout.org
January 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Feminist networks, long active across the Global South, regularly cross borders to engage in evidence-based health practices that enable bodily autonomy in the face of right-wing assaults.
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Nasser Hospital's paediatric wing in Gaza’s Khan Younis is overcapacity, treating children with respiratory infections, dehydration, and critically ill premature newborns, warns MSF.
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://aje.io/2wp26h
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://aje.io/2wp26h
January 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Nasser Hospital's paediatric wing in Gaza’s Khan Younis is overcapacity, treating children with respiratory infections, dehydration, and critically ill premature newborns, warns MSF.
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://aje.io/2wp26h
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://aje.io/2wp26h
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No seriously what the fuck
Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
January 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
No seriously what the fuck
Having my son's dog for the weekend starting today. He always worries because she has a strong stalk and prey instinct. But Hogarth rebuffs the concern, HE AIN'T NOBOBY'S PREY
January 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Having my son's dog for the weekend starting today. He always worries because she has a strong stalk and prey instinct. But Hogarth rebuffs the concern, HE AIN'T NOBOBY'S PREY
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Experts warn of the dangerous precedent being set for press independence when outlets give in to pressure preemptively.
Major Media Outlets Are Capitulating to Trump’s Attacks on Press Freedom
Experts warn of the dangerous precedent being set for press independence when outlets give in to pressure preemptively.
truthout.org
January 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Experts warn of the dangerous precedent being set for press independence when outlets give in to pressure preemptively.
Watched two of my favorite holiday movies "The Thin Man" and "After the Thin" back-to-back. Although I knew one takes place during Christmas and the other on NYE, watching back-to-back, I've just noticed that the second starts right after the first.
January 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Watched two of my favorite holiday movies "The Thin Man" and "After the Thin" back-to-back. Although I knew one takes place during Christmas and the other on NYE, watching back-to-back, I've just noticed that the second starts right after the first.
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John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
January 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
Life with Hogarth. There is no beginning. There is no end.
December 31, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Life with Hogarth. There is no beginning. There is no end.
Chicago Dramatists are hosting its annual Young Playwrights Festival in January. Love experiencing new voices in storytelling. pegasustheatrechicago.org/productions/...
December 31, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Chicago Dramatists are hosting its annual Young Playwrights Festival in January. Love experiencing new voices in storytelling. pegasustheatrechicago.org/productions/...
Sitting at a restaurant for breakfast that's playing an overwrought oughts playlist: Oasis, Goo Goo Dolls, "Whats Going On" do I need coffee?
December 31, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Sitting at a restaurant for breakfast that's playing an overwrought oughts playlist: Oasis, Goo Goo Dolls, "Whats Going On" do I need coffee?
Hogarth and his present. Then someone toss a bunch of junk in it
December 31, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Hogarth and his present. Then someone toss a bunch of junk in it
Donating to Wikipedia because it's a great source of information and provides thorough citations. And Musk has a problem with that. @wikipedia.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Donating to Wikipedia because it's a great source of information and provides thorough citations. And Musk has a problem with that. @wikipedia.bsky.social