Cookie Oh
@cookieoh.bsky.social
Spooky stuff, dark-dry humor, illustration, comix, weather/climate, health, hockey, and informatics.
She/her. Elder dork. Midwest city mouse: raised near MKE, made my home in CHI - southsider.
She/her. Elder dork. Midwest city mouse: raised near MKE, made my home in CHI - southsider.
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With racism, you can recreate “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” without any extraterrestrial activity at all
December 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
With racism, you can recreate “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” without any extraterrestrial activity at all
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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A star glimpsed through branches. Wishing you all a peaceful holiday ⭐
December 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A star glimpsed through branches. Wishing you all a peaceful holiday ⭐
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The way stuff gets around on bsky is more like tumblr (reblogs and tags) than an algorithm pushing posts.
Like tumblr, hashtags are used for looking through people's work. Press and hold a tag to get options
You can also post links without getting deboosted
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You can also post links without getting deboosted
December 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The way stuff gets around on bsky is more like tumblr (reblogs and tags) than an algorithm pushing posts.
Like tumblr, hashtags are used for looking through people's work. Press and hold a tag to get options
You can also post links without getting deboosted
Like tumblr, hashtags are used for looking through people's work. Press and hold a tag to get options
You can also post links without getting deboosted
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It’s Xmas Eve and yet I’m still gonna be a little spicy. The fact that the first American pope is from Chicago matters because unmooring power and perspective from the coasts especially east coast is an imperative for building something new and better
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It’s Xmas Eve and yet I’m still gonna be a little spicy. The fact that the first American pope is from Chicago matters because unmooring power and perspective from the coasts especially east coast is an imperative for building something new and better
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Fox friends- 2025
Stay warm and safe, friends.
Stay warm and safe, friends.
December 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Fox friends- 2025
Stay warm and safe, friends.
Stay warm and safe, friends.
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The faded retail giant’s legacy still looms large in North Lawndale, where the community that Sears built has, bit by bit, reclaimed remnants of its industrial past and turned the story of abandonment into an opportunity for reinvention.
https://to.wttw.com/4qp2iZZ
https://to.wttw.com/4qp2iZZ
Restoration of Historic Sears Sunken Garden Underway in North Lawndale, With a Design From Lurie Garden Mastermind
It's been 50 years since Sears traded in its sprawling headquarters campus on Chicago's West Side for a tower in the Loop. But the retail giant's legacy still looms large in North Lawndale.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The faded retail giant’s legacy still looms large in North Lawndale, where the community that Sears built has, bit by bit, reclaimed remnants of its industrial past and turned the story of abandonment into an opportunity for reinvention.
https://to.wttw.com/4qp2iZZ
https://to.wttw.com/4qp2iZZ
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hello milwaukee and chicago
December 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
hello milwaukee and chicago
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Henceforth this shall be known as the Shut the Fuck Up About Chicago decision.
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#BREAKING The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the State of Illinois on National Guard deployment.
Under the law invoked by President Trump, he must be unable "with the regular military" to "execute the laws of the United States," it finds.
Full ruling here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/80/88/05a75e...
Under the law invoked by President Trump, he must be unable "with the regular military" to "execute the laws of the United States," it finds.
Full ruling here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/80/88/05a75e...
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
_________________
No. 25A443 _________________
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. ILLINOIS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [December 23, 2025]
Federal immigration-enforcement efforts have encoun- tered significant resistance, as well as some violence, in Chicago. According to the Government, federal officers have been obstructed, threatened, and assaulted as they at- tempt to perform their duties. The Government also alleges that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, has been the site of frequent and sometimes violent protests, damaging federal property and threatening the safety of federal officers. These at- tacks, the Government says, have greatly impeded its ef- forts to enforce the immigration laws.
On October 4, 2025, the President called 300 members of the Illinois National Guard into active federal service to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois, particu- larly in and around Chicago. The following day, members of the Texas National Guard were also federalized and sent to Chicago. In calling forth the Guard, the President relied on 10 U. S. C. §12406(3), which empowers him to federalize members of the Guard if he is “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”
The United States District Court for the Northern Dis- trict of Illinois entered a temporary restraining order bar- ring the federalization and deployment of the Guard in Illi- nois. The Seventh Circuit denied in relevant part the Government’s motion for a stay, permitting the Guard to](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elipdmmf5istuvtyituspske/bafkreigkgum5sfni47efippr7j6ykofa7anuo6cqpkfjztkzkfnvubdafe@jpeg)
![remain federalized within Illinois but maintaining the bar on deployment.
The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court’s order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties’ initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term “regular forces” in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Govern- ment argues that the term refers to civilian law enforce- ment officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service. Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili- tary.
We conclude that the term “regular forces” in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili- tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be “unable” with the regular military “to execute the laws of the United States.” Because the statute requires an assess- ment of the military’s ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from “execut[ing] the laws” “except in cases and under circumstances ex- pressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.” 18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the reg- ular military and must be “unable” with those forces to per- form that function.
At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois. The President has not in- voked a statute that provides an exception to the Posse](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elipdmmf5istuvtyituspske/bafkreico7h4hdwfyr6byznbn2d7y2wuhraae6jhvupnyew5s7kwjegnpva@jpeg)
![Comitatus Act. Instead, he relies on inherent constitu- tional authority that, according to the Government, allows him to use the military to protect federal personnel and property. But the Government also claims—consistent with the longstanding view of the Executive Branch—that performing such protective functions does not constitute “execut[ing] the laws” within the meaning of the Posse Comitatus Act. See Supp. Letter Reply Brief for Applicants 8; 1 Supp. Op. OLC 343, n. 1 (1971) (collecting sources). If that is correct, it is hard to see how performing those func- tions could constitute “execut[ing] the laws” under §12406(3). See Azar v. Allina Health Services, 587 U. S. 566, 574 (2019) (“This Court does not lightly assume that Congress silently attaches different meanings to the same term in the same or related statutes”). Thus, at least in this posture, the Government has not carried its burden to show that §12406(3) permits the President to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect fed- eral personnel and property in Illinois. We need not and do not address the reviewability of findings made by the Pres- ident under §12406(3) or any other statute.
The application for stay is denied.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elipdmmf5istuvtyituspske/bafkreigpypa435od2mqkxeftymwgbg2uepclp6razy2u5gc3efakb7v2kq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Henceforth this shall be known as the Shut the Fuck Up About Chicago decision.
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Thanks @jasonparis.bsky.social!
Inside CECOT. 60 Minutes segment that got spiked by Bari Weiss at CBS News.
archive.org/details/3mam...
Inside CECOT. 60 Minutes segment that got spiked by Bari Weiss at CBS News.
archive.org/details/3mam...
Inside Cecot (Cam Rip By Jason Paris) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
https://bsky.app/profile/jasonparis.bsky.social/post/3mam565pyes24
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December 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Thanks @jasonparis.bsky.social!
Inside CECOT. 60 Minutes segment that got spiked by Bari Weiss at CBS News.
archive.org/details/3mam...
Inside CECOT. 60 Minutes segment that got spiked by Bari Weiss at CBS News.
archive.org/details/3mam...
That's quite the clubbing outfit for a memorial in Utah in December.
How many years until we see a 'Miss Serena Joy' pageant for these girls?
How many years until we see a 'Miss Serena Joy' pageant for these girls?
December 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
That's quite the clubbing outfit for a memorial in Utah in December.
How many years until we see a 'Miss Serena Joy' pageant for these girls?
How many years until we see a 'Miss Serena Joy' pageant for these girls?
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I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems.
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
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And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
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"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems.
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
Christmas horror movie marathon begins!
First up, The Occupant of the Room. Pitch perfect, chilly winter, existential terror. This is going on my annual winter watch list.
First up, The Occupant of the Room. Pitch perfect, chilly winter, existential terror. This is going on my annual winter watch list.
December 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Christmas horror movie marathon begins!
First up, The Occupant of the Room. Pitch perfect, chilly winter, existential terror. This is going on my annual winter watch list.
First up, The Occupant of the Room. Pitch perfect, chilly winter, existential terror. This is going on my annual winter watch list.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
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Do not do this.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Do not do this.
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“Pharmacists increasingly have less time to thoroughly examine patient profiles, catch potential drug interactions, think critically about dosing, or notice subtle discrepancies in a prescription. In many settings, there is often less than a minute to review an order before falling behind.”
I'm a CVS pharmacist. My retail pharmacy colleagues and I face a crisis
“There is often less than a minute to review an order before falling behind,” and that makes it harder to catch potential problems, a pharmacist warns.
www.statnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“Pharmacists increasingly have less time to thoroughly examine patient profiles, catch potential drug interactions, think critically about dosing, or notice subtle discrepancies in a prescription. In many settings, there is often less than a minute to review an order before falling behind.”
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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Okay gang, The Onion is 80 sign-ups away from our 60,000th print subscriber.
This would put us in contention for the Top 10 most circulated newspapers in the U.S.
So! We're giving our 60,000th subscriber a mystery box by our archivist as a nice lil thank you.
Sign up now. I'd give it an hour.
This would put us in contention for the Top 10 most circulated newspapers in the U.S.
So! We're giving our 60,000th subscriber a mystery box by our archivist as a nice lil thank you.
Sign up now. I'd give it an hour.
Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Okay gang, The Onion is 80 sign-ups away from our 60,000th print subscriber.
This would put us in contention for the Top 10 most circulated newspapers in the U.S.
So! We're giving our 60,000th subscriber a mystery box by our archivist as a nice lil thank you.
Sign up now. I'd give it an hour.
This would put us in contention for the Top 10 most circulated newspapers in the U.S.
So! We're giving our 60,000th subscriber a mystery box by our archivist as a nice lil thank you.
Sign up now. I'd give it an hour.
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Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
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I still want to, even though I'm old
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I still want to, even though I'm old
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everyone needs to start pirating movies and TV shows again NOW
Netflix Wins the Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War, Enters Exclusive Deal Talks (Netflix offering $30 a share and a $5 billion break-up fee) www.thewrap.com/netflix-wins...
December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
everyone needs to start pirating movies and TV shows again NOW
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The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/
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If you happen to be looking for an alternative audiobook listening platform, there are many out there, including us at Libro.fm 👋
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you happen to be looking for an alternative audiobook listening platform, there are many out there, including us at Libro.fm 👋
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.