Heather in Chicago
@heatherk.bsky.social
“Wild and wise—a perfect paradox of a woman”—my friend Amanda. Also posting here as ibikedinthis.bsky.social
I think people are conflating prestige/political journalism with the whole industry.
Absolutely not true, and this is why current and former journos are up in arms on here.
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I think people are conflating prestige/political journalism with the whole industry.
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Hahaha oh my god yes
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Hahaha oh my god yes
As a former journalist, I’m disgusted and angry. As a US citizen, I’m enraged.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
As a former journalist, I’m disgusted and angry. As a US citizen, I’m enraged.
A truly unique career. RIP Udo Kier. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/m...
Udo Kier, Familiar Movie Villain and Fixture of the Offbeat, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A truly unique career. RIP Udo Kier. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/m...
fellow GenXers singing along to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" at Harvestime
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
fellow GenXers singing along to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" at Harvestime
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Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
Cousin got the flu and can't host Thanksgiving. Then her SIL was going to step up, but her daughter might need gallbladder surgery. So I called an childhood friend who had asked invited me over with his family...only his wife's mom is in the hospital. What is up this year?
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Cousin got the flu and can't host Thanksgiving. Then her SIL was going to step up, but her daughter might need gallbladder surgery. So I called an childhood friend who had asked invited me over with his family...only his wife's mom is in the hospital. What is up this year?
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
Well, it appears I can no longer get my favorite tea, Mariage Freres Russian Breakfast, because they are no longer delivering to the US due to the tariffs.
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Well, it appears I can no longer get my favorite tea, Mariage Freres Russian Breakfast, because they are no longer delivering to the US due to the tariffs.
I broke my collarbone in second grade sledding down a hill—it was next to a building and I slid into a outdoor stairwell.
Fun story, mom didn’t take me to the ER for 3 days bc she thought I was being “dramatic” about the pain.
Fun story, mom didn’t take me to the ER for 3 days bc she thought I was being “dramatic” about the pain.
I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing, yeah we would sled down hills in the winter with whatever we had on hand, toboggans, crazy carpets, tubes 😂 someone always got injured because of jumps on the hills or wipeouts #Canada
Credit to momodoulk
Credit to momodoulk
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I broke my collarbone in second grade sledding down a hill—it was next to a building and I slid into a outdoor stairwell.
Fun story, mom didn’t take me to the ER for 3 days bc she thought I was being “dramatic” about the pain.
Fun story, mom didn’t take me to the ER for 3 days bc she thought I was being “dramatic” about the pain.
Got some blood drawn at the doc today and as I walked in I heard a guy loudly ask another tech, "Are you a Christian?" My tech and I rolled our eyes at each other.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Got some blood drawn at the doc today and as I walked in I heard a guy loudly ask another tech, "Are you a Christian?" My tech and I rolled our eyes at each other.
You must buy at least one box each year. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You must buy at least one box each year. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.
I started getting a tech newsletter that includes suggested prompts for AI research and…they are really long and detailed. Like…just do the research. That’s the fun part!
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I started getting a tech newsletter that includes suggested prompts for AI research and…they are really long and detailed. Like…just do the research. That’s the fun part!
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
I did some freelance writing for an industrial hygiene company and this was a big topic (they sold paper towel dispensers)...gotta wonder if there's something going on here
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I did some freelance writing for an industrial hygiene company and this was a big topic (they sold paper towel dispensers)...gotta wonder if there's something going on here
Reposted by Heather in Chicago
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
Great blue heron seen from the North Shore Channel.
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Great blue heron seen from the North Shore Channel.
My friend called me "wild and wise" and I said those characteristics would seem to be in opposition. To which she said, "That's what makes you a perfect paradox of a woman" and you bet that's going on my dating app profile.
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
My friend called me "wild and wise" and I said those characteristics would seem to be in opposition. To which she said, "That's what makes you a perfect paradox of a woman" and you bet that's going on my dating app profile.
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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these people basically just take luxury government jets and go to fancy events like make a wish kids while their minions flashbang your elderly neighbors
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
these people basically just take luxury government jets and go to fancy events like make a wish kids while their minions flashbang your elderly neighbors
Signage for pedestrians in Logan Square warning them to look for traffic in the Milwaukee bike lane when
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Signage for pedestrians in Logan Square warning them to look for traffic in the Milwaukee bike lane when
I have seen the superb owls
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I have seen the superb owls
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...