Now is the time to divest the Illinois pensions from fossil fuels! We can’t do this without you. Go to bit.ly/CSPIcall to tell your legislators that you support fossil fuel divestment in Illinois.
#DivestIL #ProtectILPensionsProtectOurPlanet
My view is that when someone who has very likely committed war crimes of a particular kind sounds like he’s stating an intention to commit further war crimes of that same kind, we should believe him
Looking at you, Aspen Dental.
A photo of a Gwendolyn Brooks poem titled “Paul Robeson” it reads: Paul Robeson BY GWENDOLYN BROOKS That time we all heard it, cool and clear, cutting across the hot grit of the day. The major Voice. The adult Voice forgoing Rolling River, forgoing tearful tale of bale and barge and other symptoms of an old despond. Warning, in music-words devout and large, that we are each other's harvest: we are each other's business: we are each other's magnitude and bond. Gwendolyn Brooks, 'Paul Robeson' (1970)
Thank you to @aestheticspolitics.bsky.social for sending this to me from the archives this week
🚨 The Pentagon is now sending a Marine expeditionary unit — meaning thousands of marines — to the Middle East.
If you work at the Pentagon or in the armed forces, please text me on Signal: premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected.
A black bear.
Dasselbe.
We need to bring back damnatio memoriae, only instead of removing the person's name from official records, we talk loudly and often about how much they sucked.
For the record, since it apparently needs to be said: No, synagogues are not acceptable targets to express opposition to the state of Israel, just as Shia mosques are not acceptable targets to protest the Iranian government, just as Russian Orthodox churches are not targets to protest Russia.
Folks, 📅 2026 primaries are coming up fast.
Check your state’s date.
Make sure you’re registered.
Make a plan to vote.
Too much is riding on people sitting this one out. Stay ready so nobody decides the future for you.
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"The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton" was published 7 years earlier and is pretty similar plotwise.
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The troubles
I talk a lot about my work on here but less so about my job(s). Well...with a week left until the IL primary, I'd like to ask you to read this report about some of where Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi gets his campaign money and why it's so important to this election.
You may have heard that the (Federal) House of Reps introduced a national book banning bill recently, specifically targeting books w/ trans people. Some states are passing laws to protect the freedom to read--let's make Massachusetts one of them. Ask your rep to bring H.3594 to the floor.👇
Can I just say: As weary as you may feel, do not turn away from the degradation and desecrations, the violations and the violence. This is what the lawless Trump regime hopes--that our fatigue will make it easier for them to consolidate their power.
If the Dems who win in the 2026 midterms get squeamish about prosecuting this administration, we'll need to elect a bunch of new people running on Nuremberg shit for 2028. This isn't a joke. It's the law. It's justice. Biden let Trump back in the WH and this happened because Joe didn't do his job
A headline reading “Camel pageant thrown into chaos after 20 competitors disqualified for using hump-plumping injectables”
Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.
I’m briefly in India. This is a facile observation, but Americans have barely scratched the surface in understanding how the rest of the world is reacting to this war. It’s already an Iraq War-style disaster in the global imagination, underscored by the thuggishness and caprice of the Trump approach
NO NO NO YOU DON’T
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Humans can only survive about 3 days without water.
The tit-for-tat attacks on desalination plants and other water infrastructure in the Middle East are the scariest part of this war.
Gasoline prices have long been a visible and dynamic indicator of "ECONOMY GOOD/BAD" for many Americans. A small number of people have outsize power over gas prices, and therefore economic vibes and (to an extent) even elections. An underappreciated benefit of EVs is that they can weaken this lever.
Sunny is free. We are so glad that she is with family and on the way home. Sunny and her 5 coworkers were taken to Broadview and then moved to Juneau, Wisconsin where they were finally released from ICE custody. We were lied to the entire time about her location. DHS needs to answer for this.
So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.
If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!
[Exit Murderer.]
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
I haven't said anything about this before, bc in the grand scheme of horrors this only rates as an inconvenience, but since others are experiencing it:
Just three days after CBP arrested me for filming them outside Broadview on 9/27, my TSA Pre & Global Entry were suspended—and so were my wife's.
Carpenter (paternal) and cartographer (maternal).
chicago rapid responders report ice abducted two people from the parking lot of the home depot at kimball/addison about 10:15 a.m. this morning. witnesses say feds were driving three suvs.
rapid responders in wheeling, illinois, also confirm ice abducted someone in the area shortly after 9 a.m.
