Based and Superstructured
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I'm a lover, not a fighter, but I'm also a fighter so don't get any ideas.
Lutheran, ecumenical liberal socialist, SE MO ➡️ Chicago
"For the masses who do the city's labor also keep the city's heart."
Lutheran, ecumenical liberal socialist, SE MO ➡️ Chicago
"For the masses who do the city's labor also keep the city's heart."
Pinned
It's my goddamn country too and I'm not gonna let these fucking bastards take it from me without a fight
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BELIEVE IN THINGS
THIS IS A THREAT
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THIS IS A THREAT
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Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
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This is absolutely Mamdani's not-so-secret secret power: he knows who he is and what he believes and he wants to help ALL of us. So you can't trip him up with a trick question; you can't get a fake note out of him. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND HE'S DONE THE READING AND HE'S HERE FOR US.
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
BELIEVE IN THINGS
THIS IS A THREAT
BOTTOM TEXT
THIS IS A THREAT
BOTTOM TEXT
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I agree with this in principle, but also Mamdani *is* at least one in 500,000. He's just astoundingly fast, on point, personable, photogenic & he genuinely loves people AND he's done ALL the reading so you CANNOT trip him up.
YES, many more people can win than we imagine.
But he's still special.
YES, many more people can win than we imagine.
But he's still special.
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I agree with this in principle, but also Mamdani *is* at least one in 500,000. He's just astoundingly fast, on point, personable, photogenic & he genuinely loves people AND he's done ALL the reading so you CANNOT trip him up.
YES, many more people can win than we imagine.
But he's still special.
YES, many more people can win than we imagine.
But he's still special.
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Thesis: American culture also suffers from rural privilege, where those who live in rural areas get to claim that they are the "real" Americans, and anyone who doesn't fit the mold just needs to move to a city.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thesis: American culture also suffers from rural privilege, where those who live in rural areas get to claim that they are the "real" Americans, and anyone who doesn't fit the mold just needs to move to a city.
God Bless Chicago
The door closing jingle isn't working so the operator is singing it manually. Never change
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
God Bless Chicago
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The door closing jingle isn't working so the operator is singing it manually. Never change
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The door closing jingle isn't working so the operator is singing it manually. Never change
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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“Likable person who isn’t 1000 years old and generally does things you like” isn’t unicorn fantasy land bullshit it’s the bare minimum you deserve as a human being
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Likable person who isn’t 1000 years old and generally does things you like” isn’t unicorn fantasy land bullshit it’s the bare minimum you deserve as a human being
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
I have seen the face of the Risen Christ crying and begging for food on the CTA.
If anyone says, “I love God [in the forest],” but hates their brother or sister [begging for money on the subway], they are a liar; for whoever does not love a sibling whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I have seen the face of the Risen Christ crying and begging for food on the CTA.
"For the masses who do the city's labor also keep the city's heart"
I am sometimes moved to the point of bursting by the beauty of the city at night, by the people who have labored to make it beautiful, by the reality that we do not have the option to ignore each other, by the knowledge that all we have is one another.
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"For the masses who do the city's labor also keep the city's heart"
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I am sometimes moved to the point of bursting by the beauty of the city at night, by the people who have labored to make it beautiful, by the reality that we do not have the option to ignore each other, by the knowledge that all we have is one another.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I am sometimes moved to the point of bursting by the beauty of the city at night, by the people who have labored to make it beautiful, by the reality that we do not have the option to ignore each other, by the knowledge that all we have is one another.
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One of the most profoundly significant spiritual moments of my life happened on the Red Line in Boston.
For years, when I lived not-in-cities, I would see the start of a skyline coming into view on a train and realize, “Oh. This is what breathing is meant to be.”
For years, when I lived not-in-cities, I would see the start of a skyline coming into view on a train and realize, “Oh. This is what breathing is meant to be.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
One of the most profoundly significant spiritual moments of my life happened on the Red Line in Boston.
For years, when I lived not-in-cities, I would see the start of a skyline coming into view on a train and realize, “Oh. This is what breathing is meant to be.”
For years, when I lived not-in-cities, I would see the start of a skyline coming into view on a train and realize, “Oh. This is what breathing is meant to be.”
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If anyone says, “I love God [in the forest],” but hates their brother or sister [begging for money on the subway], they are a liar; for whoever does not love a sibling whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If anyone says, “I love God [in the forest],” but hates their brother or sister [begging for money on the subway], they are a liar; for whoever does not love a sibling whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.
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One of my hottest takes is that I am personally exhausted by Christian nature spirituality. It’s not wrong; I have no valid objections to any of; we’ve all read Annie Dillard and Mary Oliver; I like Mary Oliver.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
One of my hottest takes is that I am personally exhausted by Christian nature spirituality. It’s not wrong; I have no valid objections to any of; we’ve all read Annie Dillard and Mary Oliver; I like Mary Oliver.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
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you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
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"hi yes hello i am chicken i would liek 2 speek to manager of weather what the baaaaaak"
(the coop door is open and there's fresh fluffy straw under that snow in the run but they are NOT interested, tyvm we'll just stay in here until March or midweek, whichever comes first)
(the coop door is open and there's fresh fluffy straw under that snow in the run but they are NOT interested, tyvm we'll just stay in here until March or midweek, whichever comes first)
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"hi yes hello i am chicken i would liek 2 speek to manager of weather what the baaaaaak"
(the coop door is open and there's fresh fluffy straw under that snow in the run but they are NOT interested, tyvm we'll just stay in here until March or midweek, whichever comes first)
(the coop door is open and there's fresh fluffy straw under that snow in the run but they are NOT interested, tyvm we'll just stay in here until March or midweek, whichever comes first)
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This is why cultural Catholic movies like Dogma have flavors of born-again to them, a concern about “do you feel it in your heart, are you *really* believing” that would make 80+% of global Christendom look weird at you.
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is why cultural Catholic movies like Dogma have flavors of born-again to them, a concern about “do you feel it in your heart, are you *really* believing” that would make 80+% of global Christendom look weird at you.
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American Protestantism is more radical than Luther or even Calvin, and more individualist, and more extreme. And the sentiment impacts nearly *all* strains of US Christianity, including Catholics (and now) global Pentecostal/charismatic movements.
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
American Protestantism is more radical than Luther or even Calvin, and more individualist, and more extreme. And the sentiment impacts nearly *all* strains of US Christianity, including Catholics (and now) global Pentecostal/charismatic movements.
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FWIW, I think my “crux” of the matter is that, writ large, “American Protestantism” is only tangentially related to the Protestant Reformation of Europe, and can be seen as different category of church and relation to God than the one of Luther or Calvin.
A lot of early American Christians had Biblical Jewish names, because they were off-shoots/descendants of Protestantism’s emphasis on reading the Bible for one’s self, and radical Protestant enthusiasm for ancient Israel was off the charts compared to the institutional churches
No more Braedynns. If you're Jewish, you get named for a dead relative, if you're Catholic you get named based on the nearest saints day and if you're Protestant you open a Bible to a random page and choose the first name on that page. Return to tradition
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
FWIW, I think my “crux” of the matter is that, writ large, “American Protestantism” is only tangentially related to the Protestant Reformation of Europe, and can be seen as different category of church and relation to God than the one of Luther or Calvin.
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I see people throwing themselves in front of armored feds on the streets. People pushing to get close to Broadview ICE to stop the evil horrors inside & out. Regular people are throwing themselves into the path of danger daily & their reward is to have their health care taken away by rich cowards
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I see people throwing themselves in front of armored feds on the streets. People pushing to get close to Broadview ICE to stop the evil horrors inside & out. Regular people are throwing themselves into the path of danger daily & their reward is to have their health care taken away by rich cowards
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I know many of us are tired, scared & angry. When you can, if you can, channel that into doing what you can to help. Every day it's more clear the only ones who are going to save us ... are us.
Whenever you start to say "people should do x," it's you. You're "people." We're "people." It's just us.
Whenever you start to say "people should do x," it's you. You're "people." We're "people." It's just us.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I know many of us are tired, scared & angry. When you can, if you can, channel that into doing what you can to help. Every day it's more clear the only ones who are going to save us ... are us.
Whenever you start to say "people should do x," it's you. You're "people." We're "people." It's just us.
Whenever you start to say "people should do x," it's you. You're "people." We're "people." It's just us.
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Every single person in Little Village fighting ICE/BP this week, each one of those people had more courage than the entire party leadership put together. Every single person in the street resisting in LA, Portland, Chicago, they're ALL showing more backbone than useless top tiers of Dem apparatus
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Every single person in Little Village fighting ICE/BP this week, each one of those people had more courage than the entire party leadership put together. Every single person in the street resisting in LA, Portland, Chicago, they're ALL showing more backbone than useless top tiers of Dem apparatus
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Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago