Meridith (festive)
@meridith.bsky.social
I'm here mostly for watching #Svengoolie on Saturday night
Podcasts:
Going Over Our Freds @goofpodcast.bsky.social
Murderland Chicago: A Deep Dish of Death @deepdishofdeath.bsky.social
Podcasts:
Going Over Our Freds @goofpodcast.bsky.social
Murderland Chicago: A Deep Dish of Death @deepdishofdeath.bsky.social
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Recording Police: First Amendment Right or Arrestable Offense?
Is recording police protected by the First Amendment or an arrestable offense? Here's everything to know about filming law enforcement.
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Federal appellate courts have upheld a right to record the police...In 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit held in Irizarry v. Yehia that filming the police...as they perform their official duties acts as ‘a watchdog of government activity’ and is a constitutional right.
Unhappily reading the obituary (!!) of a past acquaintance, who was too young to go
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Unhappily reading the obituary (!!) of a past acquaintance, who was too young to go
This is a great and quick exploration of plane landings on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive 🎧
[Curious City] How many planes have landed on Lake Shore Drive? #curiousCity
podcast-stream.wbez.org/recast/curio...
[Curious City] How many planes have landed on Lake Shore Drive? #curiousCity
podcast-stream.wbez.org/recast/curio...
podcast-stream.wbez.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is a great and quick exploration of plane landings on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive 🎧
[Curious City] How many planes have landed on Lake Shore Drive? #curiousCity
podcast-stream.wbez.org/recast/curio...
[Curious City] How many planes have landed on Lake Shore Drive? #curiousCity
podcast-stream.wbez.org/recast/curio...
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Illinois passed the Illinois Bivens Act, which allows folks to sue ICE officers who violate their rights. “damages can increase based on various factors … including the use of facial coverings, crowd control measures like tear gas, vehicles with a non-Illinois license plate or no license plate…”
Illinois lawmakers pass legislation in response to ICE activity
After weeks of heightened federal immigration enforcement in the greater Chicago area, the Illinois General Assembly approved House Bill 1312 on Oct. 31, strengthening immigration enforcement protecti...
dailynorthwestern.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Illinois passed the Illinois Bivens Act, which allows folks to sue ICE officers who violate their rights. “damages can increase based on various factors … including the use of facial coverings, crowd control measures like tear gas, vehicles with a non-Illinois license plate or no license plate…”
Google translate is such a good tool. Too bad I have to fight against one AI tool (spell check) and actively ignore another (Google AI overview) to get the info I need.
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Google translate is such a good tool. Too bad I have to fight against one AI tool (spell check) and actively ignore another (Google AI overview) to get the info I need.
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if you're on SNAP and need bike repair I'll do it for free. DM me and we'll get it figured out (I'm back in Chicago 11/8)
These Chicago restaurants are offering free or discounted meals during SNAP pause: blockclubchi.co/47DM5Ys
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
if you're on SNAP and need bike repair I'll do it for free. DM me and we'll get it figured out (I'm back in Chicago 11/8)
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I’m enjoying the games and the drama, but I honestly believe if I was a real fan of either of these teams I’d be dead from a coronary.
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I’m enjoying the games and the drama, but I honestly believe if I was a real fan of either of these teams I’d be dead from a coronary.
50% of the Canadians I know have attended a world series game within the past 2 days
November 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
50% of the Canadians I know have attended a world series game within the past 2 days
Superb conversation on the value of horror movies to the human experience
[The Assignment with Audie Cornish] Horror Used to Be Escapism. Now It’s a Mirror #theAssignmentWithAudieCornish
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[The Assignment with Audie Cornish] Horror Used to Be Escapism. Now It’s a Mirror #theAssignmentWithAudieCornish
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cc @audiecornish.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Superb conversation on the value of horror movies to the human experience
[The Assignment with Audie Cornish] Horror Used to Be Escapism. Now It’s a Mirror #theAssignmentWithAudieCornish
www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...
cc @audiecornish.bsky.social
[The Assignment with Audie Cornish] Horror Used to Be Escapism. Now It’s a Mirror #theAssignmentWithAudieCornish
www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...
cc @audiecornish.bsky.social
Kitty!
![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Kitty!
Bad news about sucralose (Splenda):
Popular sweetener found to damage DNA in the human body - Earth.com share.google/2jm5r5n6daxW...
Popular sweetener found to damage DNA in the human body - Earth.com share.google/2jm5r5n6daxW...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Bad news about sucralose (Splenda):
Popular sweetener found to damage DNA in the human body - Earth.com share.google/2jm5r5n6daxW...
Popular sweetener found to damage DNA in the human body - Earth.com share.google/2jm5r5n6daxW...
I borrowed Project Hail Mary after hearing about how disgruntled its fans were about the movie adaptation's trailer (apparently there's an awesome twist that is spoiled).
63 pages in and the protagonist is puttering around doing high school physics problems.
63 pages in and the protagonist is puttering around doing high school physics problems.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I borrowed Project Hail Mary after hearing about how disgruntled its fans were about the movie adaptation's trailer (apparently there's an awesome twist that is spoiled).
63 pages in and the protagonist is puttering around doing high school physics problems.
63 pages in and the protagonist is puttering around doing high school physics problems.
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You know, a fascist president tearing up and destroying parts of the white house associated with the President that got us through WWII would be too on the nose for fiction.
But I also don't think Trump is that aware either.
But I also don't think Trump is that aware either.
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You know, a fascist president tearing up and destroying parts of the white house associated with the President that got us through WWII would be too on the nose for fiction.
But I also don't think Trump is that aware either.
But I also don't think Trump is that aware either.
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Deeper context for the raided building in South Shore, with a bonus cameo appearance from the idiotic idea that has defined the entire past decade of my local political engagement: the motherfucking Tiger Woods golf course.
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Deeper context for the raided building in South Shore, with a bonus cameo appearance from the idiotic idea that has defined the entire past decade of my local political engagement: the motherfucking Tiger Woods golf course.
OK FINE I'LL LISTEN TO GOLDEN
October 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
OK FINE I'LL LISTEN TO GOLDEN
Clocking in for #YoungFrankenstein on #Svengoolie
October 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Clocking in for #YoungFrankenstein on #Svengoolie
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Here is Abraham Lincoln looking on approvingly as a whole bunch of us towards the Van Buren Street pedestrian bridge over to Michigan Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Here is Abraham Lincoln looking on approvingly as a whole bunch of us towards the Van Buren Street pedestrian bridge over to Michigan Avenue.
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I, and many thousands of others, did not start the match by walking down Jackson. This is huge and it is definitely not the entire crowd!
October 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I, and many thousands of others, did not start the match by walking down Jackson. This is huge and it is definitely not the entire crowd!
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
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Organizers have reported 7 million attendees at the No Kings events and we’re happy to confirm 7 million and counting! More events are still happening across the country today, so we’ll need additional time to fully certify the final numbers.
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Organizers have reported 7 million attendees at the No Kings events and we’re happy to confirm 7 million and counting! More events are still happening across the country today, so we’ll need additional time to fully certify the final numbers.
LIVE: Mayor Johnson of Chicago addresses the #NoKings crowd www.youtube.com/live/54qDhQH...
"No Kings" Protests LIVE: Nationwide Demonstrations Against Trump Across US Cities
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October 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
LIVE: Mayor Johnson of Chicago addresses the #NoKings crowd www.youtube.com/live/54qDhQH...
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I'm almost totally ignorant about public opinion polls and am not finding what I'm looking for via Google. Are there recent polls regarding the city's opinion of Mayor Johnson?
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm almost totally ignorant about public opinion polls and am not finding what I'm looking for via Google. Are there recent polls regarding the city's opinion of Mayor Johnson?
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It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
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Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."