lake effect kid
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lake effect kid
@mattenloe.bsky.social
· Jun 23
Every TikTok I see about Chicago, I post "Chicago is the greatest city in the world" and get a chorus of "hell yeah" replies. And you may ask yourself, why do people love Chicago so much?
It's simple. Chicago is the greatest city in the world.
It's simple. Chicago is the greatest city in the world.
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If you're bleeding internally you just uhh call around and compare health care plans. Make a budget spreadsheet and see what you can afford. Do I have to spell it out for you. I have a ballroom to build
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If you're bleeding internally you just uhh call around and compare health care plans. Make a budget spreadsheet and see what you can afford. Do I have to spell it out for you. I have a ballroom to build
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"but I am le tired" ass caucus
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"but I am le tired" ass caucus
In tremendous company tonight for Ald. Quezada's 30th birthday. So proud of my Congresswoman @delia.bsky.social and all she does for us!!!
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
In tremendous company tonight for Ald. Quezada's 30th birthday. So proud of my Congresswoman @delia.bsky.social and all she does for us!!!
Before even reading it, I think this is a structurally poor appellate brief. But the real admission here is the assertion that the injunction is "unworkable." The injunction recites the government's own policies and demands compliance with them. Impossible to say such a thing is unworkable.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Before even reading it, I think this is a structurally poor appellate brief. But the real admission here is the assertion that the injunction is "unworkable." The injunction recites the government's own policies and demands compliance with them. Impossible to say such a thing is unworkable.
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This is part of what Judge Ellis means when that Border Patrol's use of force "shocks the conscience" and shows no signs of stopping. Absolutely inhumane.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is part of what Judge Ellis means when that Border Patrol's use of force "shocks the conscience" and shows no signs of stopping. Absolutely inhumane.
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If anyone wants to know what I discover in my Bambu a1 mini whistle experiments, I am adding good whistle files I find to this collection: makerworld.com/@Bibliogrrl/...
(Most will print in under 15 min & take less than 4ish g of filament. I plan on keeping links to a few fun ones though, so YMMV)
(Most will print in under 15 min & take less than 4ish g of filament. I plan on keeping links to a few fun ones though, so YMMV)
good whistles | Collection - MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models
makerworld.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If anyone wants to know what I discover in my Bambu a1 mini whistle experiments, I am adding good whistle files I find to this collection: makerworld.com/@Bibliogrrl/...
(Most will print in under 15 min & take less than 4ish g of filament. I plan on keeping links to a few fun ones though, so YMMV)
(Most will print in under 15 min & take less than 4ish g of filament. I plan on keeping links to a few fun ones though, so YMMV)
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holy shit.
I think he's the first...and it's notable that it's him, a very centrist D considered a pragmatist, with a lot of credibility inside and outside the caucus.
I think he's the first...and it's notable that it's him, a very centrist D considered a pragmatist, with a lot of credibility inside and outside the caucus.
Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
holy shit.
I think he's the first...and it's notable that it's him, a very centrist D considered a pragmatist, with a lot of credibility inside and outside the caucus.
I think he's the first...and it's notable that it's him, a very centrist D considered a pragmatist, with a lot of credibility inside and outside the caucus.
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my opinion is that the whole point of a government is to keep its citizens alive. any government that can't figure out how to house and feed everyone in its borders has failed! we have enough for everyone, but some people have nothing. that's not my fault or yours, that's policy working as intended.
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
my opinion is that the whole point of a government is to keep its citizens alive. any government that can't figure out how to house and feed everyone in its borders has failed! we have enough for everyone, but some people have nothing. that's not my fault or yours, that's policy working as intended.
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okay well that was an obvious lie and anyone who fell for it shouldn’t be in the senate????
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
okay well that was an obvious lie and anyone who fell for it shouldn’t be in the senate????
Right. Right. Of course.
![A: No. AI was not used to beef up the brief….
Q: [Judge offers more details.] … Did you use AI in using that quote, counsel?
A: No….
Q: Then how did it get there? …
A: An individual who works at the office drafts briefs, prepares them.
Q: Maybe the individual. Did the individual use AI and report it to you?
A: It is possible, but that person did not—
Q: Aaaaah.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4d76fjna5nxqsy2fu6cgmp3/bafkreigqmoh62a3i5wwvux6f7hvx6beapaelgdirkoqos2vb7fggzjydtu@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Right. Right. Of course.
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chat I can't find one of my favorite shirts and I'm really mad. adhd tax is killing me
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
chat I can't find one of my favorite shirts and I'm really mad. adhd tax is killing me
Again, the only consolation here really is that this is well-documented and public evidence of bad faith behavior. It obliterates any assertion that they are operating for the good of the community and makes it apparent and obvious that their goal is inflicting terror and harm.
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Again, the only consolation here really is that this is well-documented and public evidence of bad faith behavior. It obliterates any assertion that they are operating for the good of the community and makes it apparent and obvious that their goal is inflicting terror and harm.
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Eastern US Teabagged By Arctic Blast
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Eastern US Teabagged By Arctic Blast
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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See this? This is a case to potentially be concerned about!
BREAKING: #SCOTUS will decide an issue near and dear to President Trump: whether federal law allows states to tally ballots in federal elections after Election Day. 5th Circuit ruled it does.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
See this? This is a case to potentially be concerned about!
We are allowed a single piece of good news today.
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We are allowed a single piece of good news today.
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I'm in WaPo today explaining why the administration's profiling of people for immigration stops based on their ethnicity and occupation is unconstitutional:
wapo.st/43W3haf
wapo.st/43W3haf
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm in WaPo today explaining why the administration's profiling of people for immigration stops based on their ethnicity and occupation is unconstitutional:
wapo.st/43W3haf
wapo.st/43W3haf
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there is no opposition party
there’s just us: the people who run toward ICE and set up impromptu food banks and gofundme healthcare and get laid off
there’s just us: the people who run toward ICE and set up impromptu food banks and gofundme healthcare and get laid off
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
there is no opposition party
there’s just us: the people who run toward ICE and set up impromptu food banks and gofundme healthcare and get laid off
there’s just us: the people who run toward ICE and set up impromptu food banks and gofundme healthcare and get laid off
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If you’ve appreciated my recent reporting, I am also the author of THE CITY IS UP FOR GRABS, a book about Chicago City Hall under Mayor Lori Lightfoot. It chronicles a crazy four years in American history with behind the scenes insight of how government works — and doesn’t. It’s a great holiday gift
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If you’ve appreciated my recent reporting, I am also the author of THE CITY IS UP FOR GRABS, a book about Chicago City Hall under Mayor Lori Lightfoot. It chronicles a crazy four years in American history with behind the scenes insight of how government works — and doesn’t. It’s a great holiday gift
Greg is one of the best reporters I know. Drop him a follow if you haven't
Bluesky, a reintroduction!
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Greg is one of the best reporters I know. Drop him a follow if you haven't
Taking away little treats at the same time as you are leaving people to die is one of the most craven things I can imagine, and obviously godawful politics. Just unbelievably awful
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Taking away little treats at the same time as you are leaving people to die is one of the most craven things I can imagine, and obviously godawful politics. Just unbelievably awful
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yes, and — I doubt anyone in Chicago is surprised at seeing Durbin cave. He’s incapable of grasping the reality of this time, living in a world of better angels and blue slips.
And the truly craziest thing abt this cave is that someone seeing the invasion of Chicago firsthand, Dick Durbin, doesn't understand this.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
yes, and — I doubt anyone in Chicago is surprised at seeing Durbin cave. He’s incapable of grasping the reality of this time, living in a world of better angels and blue slips.
You have got to be fucking kidding me. You just voted to hurt and kill your constituents by defunding critical life-saving services. How, exactly, is that holding him accountable @durbin.senate.gov?
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
You have got to be fucking kidding me. You just voted to hurt and kill your constituents by defunding critical life-saving services. How, exactly, is that holding him accountable @durbin.senate.gov?
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...