Carrie
@cooler-by-the-lake.bsky.social
Chicagoan | cliche urban singleton | cat lady | birder in denial
It’s a uniquely Chicago sensation to be freezing everywhere except for the crown of your head, which is broiling
December 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It’s a uniquely Chicago sensation to be freezing everywhere except for the crown of your head, which is broiling
I need every woman, every POC, every writer or artist, every gig worker—basically everyone who’s not a rich white guy—to see and internalize the message on this awesome zippered pouch from
www.ellembeegift.com
www.ellembeegift.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I need every woman, every POC, every writer or artist, every gig worker—basically everyone who’s not a rich white guy—to see and internalize the message on this awesome zippered pouch from
www.ellembeegift.com
www.ellembeegift.com
“It is the color of offending by trying very hard not to offend. It is the color of a corporate apology. It is the color of a machine saying, ‘I hear you.’”
this piece by @jpbrammer.bsky.social on the 2026 Pantone color of the year is so hilarious and also slightly depressing that it makes me sad 90% of my followers (an estimate: hi folks) are bots because I want to tell the world. Here is a link + tiny clip: johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“It is the color of offending by trying very hard not to offend. It is the color of a corporate apology. It is the color of a machine saying, ‘I hear you.’”
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For Xmas decorations, we have 2 white boards in our yard. Each day we have a different Advent Calendar Dad Joke. I see parents driving kids home from school and stopping to read the joke of the day. I’ve seen school bus drivers stop and read the joke to the kids. Kids look forward to the jokes.
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For Xmas decorations, we have 2 white boards in our yard. Each day we have a different Advent Calendar Dad Joke. I see parents driving kids home from school and stopping to read the joke of the day. I’ve seen school bus drivers stop and read the joke to the kids. Kids look forward to the jokes.
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
Once again not beating the “they’re all 12-year-olds” rap
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Once again not beating the “they’re all 12-year-olds” rap
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we got about a jar of giardiniera worth of snow in Chicago
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
we got about a jar of giardiniera worth of snow in Chicago
Winter is winterin
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Winter is winterin
Wake Up Dead Man is great and surprisingly moving, compared with Glass Onion and Knives Out. What it lacked in whodunit satisfaction, it made up for in emotional punch (while still having several genuine lol moments)
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Wake Up Dead Man is great and surprisingly moving, compared with Glass Onion and Knives Out. What it lacked in whodunit satisfaction, it made up for in emotional punch (while still having several genuine lol moments)
Between a winter storm and holiday weekend, I suddenly feel like I’m in a cabin in the woods rather than in the middle of a city of 2 million. There’s no sound, either from outside or from ambient neighbor noises, which are usually constant in my middle-floor condo. It’s peaceful but a little weird!
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Between a winter storm and holiday weekend, I suddenly feel like I’m in a cabin in the woods rather than in the middle of a city of 2 million. There’s no sound, either from outside or from ambient neighbor noises, which are usually constant in my middle-floor condo. It’s peaceful but a little weird!
God these writers are lazy
Fun fact: November 28, 2001:
"ENRON, which had been a component of the S&P; 500, was removed at the end of trading Thursday and replaced by NVIDIA Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of computer-graphics chips."
"ENRON, which had been a component of the S&P; 500, was removed at the end of trading Thursday and replaced by NVIDIA Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of computer-graphics chips."
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
God these writers are lazy
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Go look outside, Chicago!
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Go look outside, Chicago!
As much as I didn’t want my neighbors targeted, I kind of wanted ICE to show up on my block because I really, really wanted to ridicule and demoralize them personally. Like a lot of middle aged WW I’m really fucking angry and I wanted to make it their problem
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As much as I didn’t want my neighbors targeted, I kind of wanted ICE to show up on my block because I really, really wanted to ridicule and demoralize them personally. Like a lot of middle aged WW I’m really fucking angry and I wanted to make it their problem
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Last night on LaSalle St.
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Last night on LaSalle St.
Such a fun thread! Here’s my contribution:
Cats can either purr or roar, but none can do both. Most big cats roar except for cheetahs, they purr.
Cats can either purr or roar, but none can do both. Most big cats roar except for cheetahs, they purr.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Such a fun thread! Here’s my contribution:
Cats can either purr or roar, but none can do both. Most big cats roar except for cheetahs, they purr.
Cats can either purr or roar, but none can do both. Most big cats roar except for cheetahs, they purr.
Just as we saw in Chicago where ICE/CBP skipped around to commit grab and dash abductions in 4-5 neighborhoods in a single day to maximize terror rather than quantity, they're trying that approach for the whole country.
JUST IN: Border Patrol is preparing to end its immigration enforcement operation in Charlotte, nearly a week after the agency first deployed agents to the state’s most populated city, two officials at DHS tell NBC News.
Border Patrol preparing to leave Charlotte, plans to mobilize in New Orleans next
Border Patrol agents arrested more than 250 people in Charlotte this week and, according to reports, could begin operations in Louisiana and Mississippi as soon as next week.
nbcnews.to
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just as we saw in Chicago where ICE/CBP skipped around to commit grab and dash abductions in 4-5 neighborhoods in a single day to maximize terror rather than quantity, they're trying that approach for the whole country.
I agree of course, but it's also a nice touch to use the spooky music usually associated with tiktoks about ghosts or glitches in the matrix
Private equity is looting our malls, doctors' offices, and nursing homes.
Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it.
Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it.
Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it.
Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it.
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I agree of course, but it's also a nice touch to use the spooky music usually associated with tiktoks about ghosts or glitches in the matrix
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
This will fix me
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This will fix me
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Remember when we all thought it might be career-ending if there was proof some Russian prostitutes peed on him? Ah those halcyon days
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Remember when we all thought it might be career-ending if there was proof some Russian prostitutes peed on him? Ah those halcyon days
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3300 people. the federal government has disappeared over 20 people a day for almost half a year
Good morning from Judge Jeffrey Cumming's courtroom, where he's considering a motion to release 100s of "Midway Blitz" arrestees on EM who were subjected to "warrantless" arrest.
ICE and CBP recently produced a list of 3,300 people arrested since June
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/c...
ICE and CBP recently produced a list of 3,300 people arrested since June
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/c...
Federal judge appears poised to order release of at least some ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees
A Chicago federal judge appeared poised Friday to order at least a portion of the thousands of people detained in “Operation Midway Blitz” released on electronic monitoring while litiga…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
3300 people. the federal government has disappeared over 20 people a day for almost half a year
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Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
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Current* conditions near St Joseph, MI:
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Current* conditions near St Joseph, MI: