Thea Lux

How am I?

I started replacing 😂 with 🫠

Yeah. My favorite part of commercials was seeing a friend in a spot and celebrating them being able to pay their rent for a few months.

These commercials make me want to use AI even less. Which I didn’t know was possible.

It would be if society gave a shit!

Men’s stories were all we were fed for so long — I still have to course correct sometimes and write a female lead. It’s wild!

Why reliving 2016 is the new social media trend Social media users, in 2026, are reliving 2016 nostalgia online. We answer the questions swirling around why and what this means.

Here’s where I heard it explained today www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n...

I think it’s a collective nostalgic look back to when we were all sort of okay before shit hit the fan.

For the generation that has never licked a stamp, let it be known that back in the day one kid in every friend group owned a globe.

If you’ve made your Senate calls, time to start calling Dem Congressional representatives (both D.C. & local numbers) and telling them not to accept anything the Senate sends down that doesn’t include ACA subsidies.

Personal stories help. Tell them how much caving will cost YOUR family.

Can a slide be Gen X? Because that slide is Gen X.

There are more of us than there are of them.

Literally just said that to my husband watching his speech. He made young people vote. He brought some hope to these bleak times.

Bluesky also feels like old school let’s have fun about it Twitter time like ‘09 right now. 🎉

Cheney was so evil that him dying actually lifted a curse

I know things are bleak and things won’t change overnight, but these Dem wins are very necessary for my brain right now.

Every night I make a To Do list that hinges entirely on me waking up as a completely different person

Such a dang painful journey.

I’m going to win, in the courtroom and on Election Day.

But I need your help to do it: katforillinois.com/legal

He gets the award for being the only podcast that has caused me to call his office to file a complaint. 🏆

It’s that time of year when I recognize I don’t read enough or watch enough TV to get the majority of Halloween costumes.

At the Chicago area ICE detention center in Broadview this morning.

These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.

Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

You can never be too careful

Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) In efforts to meet public health challenges head-on, the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District is looking for innovative and effective…

In happy local news, LA is piloting sterile male mosquito releases to reduce the mosquito population without harming other species! www.glamosquito.org/sterile-inse...

ICE harassing a landscaper on Sheridan south of Catalpa 8.45am Friday.

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

outside the detention/“processing” facility in broadview, illinois:

a crowd of protesters, some of whom showed up before 5 am, is heckling ice agents arriving to work.

a few minutes ago, special response team agents came out to push protesters away from the driveway. pepper balls already flying.