Carol Morency
@cmorency.bsky.social
Writer of Many Things | The Future is Public Transit | More of an Art Geek Than You Thought | Chicagoan | Cat Mom | Bowie Flamekeeper | Books and Magazines | Fan of Water | Urban Gardener
Their cover of Dear Prudence is on my list of Covers Better Than the Original.
On this day in 1983, #siouxsieandthebanshees released "Nocturne" - their live double album featuring material from 1981's Juju and 1982's A Kiss in the Dreamhouse as well as their newest song, "Dear Prudence".
#RobertSmith of #TheCure was on guitars for this recording.
#RobertSmith of #TheCure was on guitars for this recording.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Their cover of Dear Prudence is on my list of Covers Better Than the Original.
“a fat drunk with no money and a bad marriage.”
Some absolutely bttshtt stuff here.
Some absolutely bttshtt stuff here.
The Epstein e-mails run an enervating gamut from the inane to the depraved, Jessica Winter writes. Their darkest thread is the obsequious reverence for the reviled sex offender. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-darkest-thread-in-the-epstein-e-mails
The Darkest Thread in the Epstein E-mails
Donald Trump occupies a kind of negative space in the available files, which run an enervating gamut from the inane to the depraved.
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“a fat drunk with no money and a bad marriage.”
Some absolutely bttshtt stuff here.
Some absolutely bttshtt stuff here.
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THREAD 👇
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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“The response from Chicago is a bunch of obscenities and ‘no.'"
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“The response from Chicago is a bunch of obscenities and ‘no.'"
I, too, can't take a ranting Lunatic's call every day.
Trump: “I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene…”
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I, too, can't take a ranting Lunatic's call every day.
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A growing percentage of young women no longer see a future in the U.S. trib.al/aWZWjWn
Roughly 40% of women aged 15—44 said that they would permanently move abroad if they were able to, according to a 2025 Gallup Poll. That included 45% of single women, and 41% of married women.
Roughly 40% of women aged 15—44 said that they would permanently move abroad if they were able to, according to a 2025 Gallup Poll. That included 45% of single women, and 41% of married women.
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A growing percentage of young women no longer see a future in the U.S. trib.al/aWZWjWn
Roughly 40% of women aged 15—44 said that they would permanently move abroad if they were able to, according to a 2025 Gallup Poll. That included 45% of single women, and 41% of married women.
Roughly 40% of women aged 15—44 said that they would permanently move abroad if they were able to, according to a 2025 Gallup Poll. That included 45% of single women, and 41% of married women.
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NEW: Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims.
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims.
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
Also. I am getting a clue as to why AI is such a mania with people who are richer than they are smart. They DO need a machine to write things for them. And they don't understand why you would make art yourself if you can just buy it.
As a former public library worker, I had to assume every email I wrote would get FOIA'd, so I knew what to say and what not to say in writing. Either these are people who are overworked or over medicated or they really have no clue about how online works.
Oof.
Here's the article that Ruemmler, former Obama White House counsel, dismissed: www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trum...
Here's the article that Ruemmler, former Obama White House counsel, dismissed: www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trum...
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Also. I am getting a clue as to why AI is such a mania with people who are richer than they are smart. They DO need a machine to write things for them. And they don't understand why you would make art yourself if you can just buy it.
As a former public library worker, I had to assume every email I wrote would get FOIA'd, so I knew what to say and what not to say in writing. Either these are people who are overworked or over medicated or they really have no clue about how online works.
Oof.
Here's the article that Ruemmler, former Obama White House counsel, dismissed: www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trum...
Here's the article that Ruemmler, former Obama White House counsel, dismissed: www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trum...
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Kathy Ruemmler
6/22/2018 2:42:02 PM
jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Re:
Importance:
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Good lord. A novella of rehashed crap.
On Jun 22, 2018, at 10:20 AM, jeffrey E. < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
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November 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
As a former public library worker, I had to assume every email I wrote would get FOIA'd, so I knew what to say and what not to say in writing. Either these are people who are overworked or over medicated or they really have no clue about how online works.
Teddy is hanging out in Edgewater but is probably ready to go home!
Rescued this teddy from the sidewalk near Sheridan and Winona
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Teddy is hanging out in Edgewater but is probably ready to go home!
“The populist parties are also failing to address it in that they are not offering long-term solutions. But they’re much more successful at exploiting it for electoral support.”
Resilience of Europe’s populist right carries warning for US Democrats
Resilience of Europe’s populist right carries warning for US Democrats
As Democrats bask in electoral success the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary offer a cautionary tale
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“The populist parties are also failing to address it in that they are not offering long-term solutions. But they’re much more successful at exploiting it for electoral support.”
Many Chicagoans could have written this. Thank you to the person who did.
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Many Chicagoans could have written this. Thank you to the person who did.
Yes to all of this. And @alexverbeek.bsky.social is a great follow for the European perspective on America.
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yes to all of this. And @alexverbeek.bsky.social is a great follow for the European perspective on America.
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This one weird trick can save you a lot of agony and second-guessing yourself.
Fight For What You Actually Want remains the savviest political strategy even though it is the least embraced by the people who consider themselves the most savvy.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/do-what-yo...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/do-what-yo...
Do What You Believe In
How to navigate a complex political world.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This one weird trick can save you a lot of agony and second-guessing yourself.
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Weird new dynamic to MY DINNER WITH ANDRE knowing that Wallace Shawn’s dad edited THE NEW YORKER and Louis Malle’s daughter killed TEEN VOGUE.
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Weird new dynamic to MY DINNER WITH ANDRE knowing that Wallace Shawn’s dad edited THE NEW YORKER and Louis Malle’s daughter killed TEEN VOGUE.
I aspire to be a hipster trust fund socialist. Expensive vegan sweatshirts for everyone!
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I aspire to be a hipster trust fund socialist. Expensive vegan sweatshirts for everyone!
If I wrote a screenplay and this exchange was in it I could die happy knowing I was a genius. Alas, reality is kicking all of our fiction-writing asses.
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If I wrote a screenplay and this exchange was in it I could die happy knowing I was a genius. Alas, reality is kicking all of our fiction-writing asses.
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"The fugitives’ underground is hardly treated as a space of learning, ideas, & imagination… Vigilance cmtes opened up spaces where fugitives & other abolitionists could exchange ideas that the most absolute dreams of the abolitionist mvmt could be made thinkable." hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies
Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
hammerandhope.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"The fugitives’ underground is hardly treated as a space of learning, ideas, & imagination… Vigilance cmtes opened up spaces where fugitives & other abolitionists could exchange ideas that the most absolute dreams of the abolitionist mvmt could be made thinkable." hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
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Halloween is the perfect example of how the time spent in or around cars are the most dangerous periods of any day for most Americans. And it is rarely acknowledged on a wide scale.
Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Halloween is the perfect example of how the time spent in or around cars are the most dangerous periods of any day for most Americans. And it is rarely acknowledged on a wide scale.
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
It's in our interest as voters to vote in people who 1) have expertise in a particular area in which the government is involved and 2) can and wants to share knowledge about said area.
It's been a while since I've done a non-political nerd thread. And I wish I could do them more often! So let's do a palette cleanse to talk about this article from WaPo that is technically true, but deeply misinformative about US electric markets. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
There’s a reason electricity prices are rising. And it’s not data centers.
It’s not data centers or AI, it’s something else.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's in our interest as voters to vote in people who 1) have expertise in a particular area in which the government is involved and 2) can and wants to share knowledge about said area.
🎵"And the money kept rolling in/from every side."🎵
October 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🎵"And the money kept rolling in/from every side."🎵