@imaginarychicago.bsky.social
It's like GGers who swarmed targets with threats in 2014 now have federal jobs wherein they are queried by reporters, think back to when they spent 24/7 demanding that Anita S recant her editorials, Zoe Q enter a convent, or both cease living, and reply the way their targets did to harassment.
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It's like GGers who swarmed targets with threats in 2014 now have federal jobs wherein they are queried by reporters, think back to when they spent 24/7 demanding that Anita S recant her editorials, Zoe Q enter a convent, or both cease living, and reply the way their targets did to harassment.
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I think doing about that, and trying to de-google but am then overwhelmed by the sheer number of things that they have their tendrils in and I want to lie down.
December 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I think doing about that, and trying to de-google but am then overwhelmed by the sheer number of things that they have their tendrils in and I want to lie down.
Time to don the cloak and haunt the neighborhood as the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come
December 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Time to don the cloak and haunt the neighborhood as the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come
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He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
December 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
Riffraff snowmen
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Riffraff snowmen
A king grants lands to his favorites, or to those to whom he is indebted.
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A king grants lands to his favorites, or to those to whom he is indebted.
They're the worst there is at what they do, and what they do ain't effective.
Yes, but it’s not a “nuclear option.” It’s the most basic, obvious, conventional option available if you want to actually do something effective. The fact that they’re not immediately promising it en masse tells us something, and that something is not good.
WATCH-- Former AG Eric Holder says Congress should consider impeachment for the DOJ officials responsible for holding back the Epstein files: “That's a nuclear option that Congress has.”
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
They're the worst there is at what they do, and what they do ain't effective.
Working on a horrific pun about making unagi onigiri while editing together a sizzle eel
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Working on a horrific pun about making unagi onigiri while editing together a sizzle eel
Per the BBC, *Japan is responsible for about 20% of the world's earthquakes.*
#BadInternationalPolicy
#BadInternationalPolicy
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Per the BBC, *Japan is responsible for about 20% of the world's earthquakes.*
#BadInternationalPolicy
#BadInternationalPolicy
This holiday season, there's nothing sexier to place at the bedside than a humidifier and a squirt bottle of Soothing Saline Nasal Mist.
December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This holiday season, there's nothing sexier to place at the bedside than a humidifier and a squirt bottle of Soothing Saline Nasal Mist.
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like, if there's one home-based leisure activity to actively discourage it's that glass-eyed online casino gambling
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
like, if there's one home-based leisure activity to actively discourage it's that glass-eyed online casino gambling
We are in for consecutive radical shifts in the cultural value of higher ed in the next 20 years, I think.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We are in for consecutive radical shifts in the cultural value of higher ed in the next 20 years, I think.
I have become so Chicagobrained that I mistook this wiseman for a Chicago-style dog.
November 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I have become so Chicagobrained that I mistook this wiseman for a Chicago-style dog.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/b...
"De donde eres?" the agent asks. Where are you from?
...
"Quiet!” the agent screams. “You had your chance to be peaceful."
"De donde eres?" the agent asks. Where are you from?
...
"Quiet!” the agent screams. “You had your chance to be peaceful."
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/b...
"De donde eres?" the agent asks. Where are you from?
...
"Quiet!” the agent screams. “You had your chance to be peaceful."
"De donde eres?" the agent asks. Where are you from?
...
"Quiet!” the agent screams. “You had your chance to be peaceful."
Higher measurements of snow are possible in "an Ottawa." It could be the Ottawa in Illinois, or it could be the one in Ontario.
We don't know for sure.
We don't know for sure.
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Higher measurements of snow are possible in "an Ottawa." It could be the Ottawa in Illinois, or it could be the one in Ontario.
We don't know for sure.
We don't know for sure.
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“If vaccines work, why would you need a booster?” he asks as he changes his oil for the third time that year.
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“If vaccines work, why would you need a booster?” he asks as he changes his oil for the third time that year.
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The way this would go is Kelly would say The Enlistment Oath says "Follow Presidential orders according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice" & Article 92 of the UCMJ specifies "lawful" orders only, so I was correct. Also, Geneva Conventions.
And the court martial would say "Yes, that's correct"
And the court martial would say "Yes, that's correct"
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The way this would go is Kelly would say The Enlistment Oath says "Follow Presidential orders according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice" & Article 92 of the UCMJ specifies "lawful" orders only, so I was correct. Also, Geneva Conventions.
And the court martial would say "Yes, that's correct"
And the court martial would say "Yes, that's correct"
Thanks, Dr*pbox. What I really wanted and needed in your hellscape was not timely file syncing, but emojis in file names.
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thanks, Dr*pbox. What I really wanted and needed in your hellscape was not timely file syncing, but emojis in file names.
Kudos to digital Lampwick on this bus, a disaffected youth who is using his phone to simulate playing pool.
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Kudos to digital Lampwick on this bus, a disaffected youth who is using his phone to simulate playing pool.
Here's a horrible thought: LLMs are trained on stuff like S*mmers' and Epst*on's harassment advice correspondence.
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Here's a horrible thought: LLMs are trained on stuff like S*mmers' and Epst*on's harassment advice correspondence.
So the new fabrication is that Mrs O'Leary's cow is spreading New World screw worm?
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So the new fabrication is that Mrs O'Leary's cow is spreading New World screw worm?
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November 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Please buy something cool and handmade from this fun weirdo.
Shop local fun weirdos!
www.chicagostompworks.com
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Close Encounters of the Christmas Kind
youtu.be/cdkS0TgEG30?...
youtu.be/cdkS0TgEG30?...
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Close Encounters of the Christmas Kind
youtu.be/cdkS0TgEG30?...
youtu.be/cdkS0TgEG30?...
When the possum is more credible
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
When the possum is more credible
Th*el fears the universities because they are on the verge of initiating interdisciplinary research among the MBA, abnormal psychology, comparative religion, and broadcast communications programs.
What is it with everyone leading a large company right now? Why are they all saying all of these insane things? What is it the root cause of all this religious talk? Why do they all have a victim mentality?
And more importantly, how can we stop hearing their stream of consciousness?
And more importantly, how can we stop hearing their stream of consciousness?
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Th*el fears the universities because they are on the verge of initiating interdisciplinary research among the MBA, abnormal psychology, comparative religion, and broadcast communications programs.