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· Jan 21
It’s a frigid -5 in Chicago at daybreak today, with vapor rising off Lake Michigan. Still beautiful.
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
You will be visited by three spirits.
The prompt is: “Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.” But by not eliminating all superhero movies, they made it easy …
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The prompt is: “Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.” But by not eliminating all superhero movies, they made it easy …
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I have planned & hosted these ceremonies at two different jobs, and I can 100% confirm that @kevinmkruse.bsky.social is 100% correct. And I would guess that probably 90% of people born in this country couldn’t pass the citizenship exam that new Americans have to pass to be naturalized.
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I have planned & hosted these ceremonies at two different jobs, and I can 100% confirm that @kevinmkruse.bsky.social is 100% correct. And I would guess that probably 90% of people born in this country couldn’t pass the citizenship exam that new Americans have to pass to be naturalized.
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For certain types of media, there is nothing wrong with being, in the words of George Costanza, "right there in the meaty part of the bell curve." Not everything has to be a genre-defining masterpiece to be very watchable and enjoyable!
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
For certain types of media, there is nothing wrong with being, in the words of George Costanza, "right there in the meaty part of the bell curve." Not everything has to be a genre-defining masterpiece to be very watchable and enjoyable!
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"Surely it doesn't need to be said that Paul Dano is one of our greatest actors. Anyone who doesn't get that doesn't know what acting is. He's also a brilliant director and writer, a very snappy dresser, and a gigantic mensch." --Tony Kushner
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"Surely it doesn't need to be said that Paul Dano is one of our greatest actors. Anyone who doesn't get that doesn't know what acting is. He's also a brilliant director and writer, a very snappy dresser, and a gigantic mensch." --Tony Kushner
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Trump didn't drain the swamp. He pardoned the swamp.
President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress convicted of crimes varying from tax evasion, campaign corruption, lying to the FBI, bribery, insider trading, obstruction, etc.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Trump didn't drain the swamp. He pardoned the swamp.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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I bet if you blow the dust of the DEPARTMENT OF WAR sign it’d reveal the word CRIMES right after that
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I bet if you blow the dust of the DEPARTMENT OF WAR sign it’d reveal the word CRIMES right after that
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I'm thankful for my ICE whistle.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm thankful for my ICE whistle.
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Happy Thanksgiving! The #MWRD is grateful for the opportunity to serve over 5 million people today & everyday!
A friendly reminder to avoid pouring Fats, Oils, or Grease down the drain this #Thanksgiving. Instead, let FOG cool, then scrape or wipe them safely into the trash.
A friendly reminder to avoid pouring Fats, Oils, or Grease down the drain this #Thanksgiving. Instead, let FOG cool, then scrape or wipe them safely into the trash.
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! The #MWRD is grateful for the opportunity to serve over 5 million people today & everyday!
A friendly reminder to avoid pouring Fats, Oils, or Grease down the drain this #Thanksgiving. Instead, let FOG cool, then scrape or wipe them safely into the trash.
A friendly reminder to avoid pouring Fats, Oils, or Grease down the drain this #Thanksgiving. Instead, let FOG cool, then scrape or wipe them safely into the trash.
Love or hate him, Rizo is playing circles around everybody in #Survivor49. After dictating not one but TWO votes from the bottom, tonight he riffed on Rachel’s tribal-council ploy to assess whether to use a hidden idol — but instead of his Shot in the Dark, he bluffed with a fake idol. Game changer!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Love or hate him, Rizo is playing circles around everybody in #Survivor49. After dictating not one but TWO votes from the bottom, tonight he riffed on Rachel’s tribal-council ploy to assess whether to use a hidden idol — but instead of his Shot in the Dark, he bluffed with a fake idol. Game changer!
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A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives @robertloerzel.bsky.social reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
Maybe Things Will Be Better in Chicago
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives us reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives @robertloerzel.bsky.social reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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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.
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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Lincoln Square.
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lincoln Square.
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November nocturne, Garfield Park
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
November nocturne, Garfield Park
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
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A new stage version of the classic noir ‘Gaslight’ illuminates how people cope with manipulation.
A Classic Noir Explores Coping with Manipulation
A new stage version of the classic noir <em>Gaslight</em> illuminates how people cope with manipulation.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A new stage version of the classic noir ‘Gaslight’ illuminates how people cope with manipulation.
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A man Trump pardoned for storming the Capitol has arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Pardoned Capitol rioter tried to bribe child sex victim with promise of Jan. 6 payout, officials say
Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida, including lewd/lascivious molestation, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.
www.nbcnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A man Trump pardoned for storming the Capitol has arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Weirdly consistent bias toward protecting rapists and sex traffickers, while turning the force of the law on innocent people for their race or political party
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Weirdly consistent bias toward protecting rapists and sex traffickers, while turning the force of the law on innocent people for their race or political party
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
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The Democrats called out racist shitbags and serial sex offenders.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
Dems didn't brand "white dudes" as the "bad guy" as Portnoy suggests. We branded people who support a toxic, hate-filled convicted felon who abuses women and lies constantly about everything as the bad guys, and they just happen to be disproportionately white men.
www.mediaite.com/politics/dav...
www.mediaite.com/politics/dav...
Dave Portnoy Says He Turned on Dems Because They Branded 'White Dudes' Society's 'Bad Guy'
Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy said he flipped to supporting Republicans because Democrats branded "white dudes" as the "bad guy" in America during the Biden Administration
www.mediaite.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Democrats called out racist shitbags and serial sex offenders.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches