Jim
@illinoisjonez.bsky.social
Long-suffering Chicago sports fan. If I'm paying $14 for a cheeseburger in your restaurant it had better come with fries FOR FREE. No cops.
It's so weird when the broadcasters say things like "Bagent fits the way the Bears want to play" and then they describe, like, the Iowa Hawkeyes offense.
November 10, 2023 at 1:48 AM
It's so weird when the broadcasters say things like "Bagent fits the way the Bears want to play" and then they describe, like, the Iowa Hawkeyes offense.
Why is Andy Beshear not a Presidential candidate? Dude is 45 and has been dominating in a red state while giving teachers raises, protecting the right to abortion, believing in climate change, medical weed and red flag laws for guns.
November 8, 2023 at 1:10 AM
Why is Andy Beshear not a Presidential candidate? Dude is 45 and has been dominating in a red state while giving teachers raises, protecting the right to abortion, believing in climate change, medical weed and red flag laws for guns.
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sometimes the stars align and a news story finds its absolute perfect bystander
October 28, 2023 at 2:55 PM
sometimes the stars align and a news story finds its absolute perfect bystander
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“operating a gas-powered leaf blower for an hour emits as much smog-forming pollution as driving a Toyota Camry from Los Angeles to Denver.” grist.org/solutions/le...
Hear that? It’s the sound of leaf blower bans.
As restrictions spread, neighborhoods are getting quieter — and cleaner.
grist.org
October 25, 2023 at 4:24 PM
“operating a gas-powered leaf blower for an hour emits as much smog-forming pollution as driving a Toyota Camry from Los Angeles to Denver.” grist.org/solutions/le...
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18 year olds: hi can I get my social work degree without going 200,000 dollars into debt?
University: do not open the bomb robot
University: do not open the bomb robot
October 24, 2023 at 8:02 PM
18 year olds: hi can I get my social work degree without going 200,000 dollars into debt?
University: do not open the bomb robot
University: do not open the bomb robot
Who do I have to follow on here to get videos of cops running each other over with their cars?
October 20, 2023 at 11:48 PM
Who do I have to follow on here to get videos of cops running each other over with their cars?
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[hands corn maze guy $50] make sure I never come out
October 20, 2023 at 2:03 AM
[hands corn maze guy $50] make sure I never come out
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GORDON RAMSAY: and the eggs, they are?
UGLÙK: they eggs. Taste good. Canapé.
RAMSAY: no I mean, where do you get the eggs
UGLÙK (gesturing towards Shelob’s lair): Get from big spider
RAMSAY: from big spider. Fuck me. Canapé eggs from big spider. Fucking hell.
UGLÙK: they eggs. Taste good. Canapé.
RAMSAY: no I mean, where do you get the eggs
UGLÙK (gesturing towards Shelob’s lair): Get from big spider
RAMSAY: from big spider. Fuck me. Canapé eggs from big spider. Fucking hell.
October 18, 2023 at 8:17 PM
GORDON RAMSAY: and the eggs, they are?
UGLÙK: they eggs. Taste good. Canapé.
RAMSAY: no I mean, where do you get the eggs
UGLÙK (gesturing towards Shelob’s lair): Get from big spider
RAMSAY: from big spider. Fuck me. Canapé eggs from big spider. Fucking hell.
UGLÙK: they eggs. Taste good. Canapé.
RAMSAY: no I mean, where do you get the eggs
UGLÙK (gesturing towards Shelob’s lair): Get from big spider
RAMSAY: from big spider. Fuck me. Canapé eggs from big spider. Fucking hell.
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Trick or treating in Illinois
October 18, 2023 at 8:34 PM
Trick or treating in Illinois
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Cops in Minnesota are running a straight-up mafia protection racket targeting immigrant-owned businesses
Small business owners in Minneapolis say the city forced them to hire off-duty MPD officers for security gigs. Some were led to believe MPD wouldn't respond to their calls if they refused. The officers often insisted on cash payment.
Small business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty MPD cops for security - Minnesota Refor...
Small business owners — particularly immigrant owned — say they've been pressured by police to hire off-duty officers to provide security.
minnesotareformer.com
October 17, 2023 at 1:07 PM
Cops in Minnesota are running a straight-up mafia protection racket targeting immigrant-owned businesses
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staffing shortages (related to Dobbs) and refusing to expand Medicaid has destroyed another 3 labor & delivery units in Alabama. some mothers will have to drive 100 miles to get to a hospital with one www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
Fears rise as 3 maternity units prepare to close in Alabama
The state has one of the country’s highest maternal mortality rates. Now, three hospitals plan to stop delivering babies, putting some pregnant women at even higher risk.
www.nbcnews.com
October 15, 2023 at 6:57 PM
staffing shortages (related to Dobbs) and refusing to expand Medicaid has destroyed another 3 labor & delivery units in Alabama. some mothers will have to drive 100 miles to get to a hospital with one www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
Very relieved the White Sox season is over but dismayed to learn that means the White Sox offseason will be starting :( does the pain ever end?
October 11, 2023 at 4:53 PM
Very relieved the White Sox season is over but dismayed to learn that means the White Sox offseason will be starting :( does the pain ever end?
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Have a funny feeling the conservative majority is going to pretend as if they are fully unaware of the basic social realities underpinning partisan politics in South Carolina
The Supreme Court will soon hear oral argument about whether the Constitution allows racial gerrymandering if you call it partisan gerrymandering
Brace yourself for tomorrow's racism rebrand discourse with my latest piece in Balls and Strikes
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alexa...
Brace yourself for tomorrow's racism rebrand discourse with my latest piece in Balls and Strikes
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alexa...
Republican Lawmakers Ask Republican Justices to Help Republicans Win Elections
A new voting rights case out of South Carolina gives the conservative supermajority a chance to give racial gerrymandering a rebrand.
ballsandstrikes.org
October 10, 2023 at 7:01 PM
Have a funny feeling the conservative majority is going to pretend as if they are fully unaware of the basic social realities underpinning partisan politics in South Carolina
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News of the attack on Israel was “the first real test of Elon Musk’s version of Twitter, and it failed spectacularly," a researcher says
Israel-Hamas Conflict Was a Test for Musk’s X, and It Failed
Researchers say changes to verification, safety policies make the site an unreliable source for news
www.bloomberg.com
October 10, 2023 at 12:23 PM
News of the attack on Israel was “the first real test of Elon Musk’s version of Twitter, and it failed spectacularly," a researcher says
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am i allowed to call elon musk a pedophile here. is that legal
October 8, 2023 at 4:31 PM
am i allowed to call elon musk a pedophile here. is that legal