John Slocum
@jslocum.bsky.social
Executive Director, Refugee Council USA. Nonresident Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs. For now, also on X as @JohnSlocum2. Posts are my own.
Sadly it's not smelt season.
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Sadly it's not smelt season.
Bay of Quiet Piggies
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Bay of Quiet Piggies
Yeah comparison shopping doesn't work real well for ambulance service
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Yeah comparison shopping doesn't work real well for ambulance service
Some hero needs to leak it all
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Some hero needs to leak it all
I seem to recall a national party convention with such signs
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I seem to recall a national party convention with such signs
It's an evergreen complaint, that's for sure.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's an evergreen complaint, that's for sure.
“Dead country”? It’s like someone with a very limited vocabulary playing MAGA Mad Libs
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“Dead country”? It’s like someone with a very limited vocabulary playing MAGA Mad Libs
At some point he simply needs to be ridiculed for this nonsense
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
At some point he simply needs to be ridiculed for this nonsense
Given that AI is Moloch, this app seems profoundly misleading.
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Given that AI is Moloch, this app seems profoundly misleading.
It’s hard to say nice about someone who spends so much time not saying nice about others.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s hard to say nice about someone who spends so much time not saying nice about others.
If immigrants are consumers (and they are), their presence by definition generates economic activity. Ditto for immigrants as workers and investors.
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If immigrants are consumers (and they are), their presence by definition generates economic activity. Ditto for immigrants as workers and investors.
If you look up what author Robert Heinlein, who coined the word in 1961, meant by “grok,” it will become immediately obvious that these “Grok guys” do not, in fact, grok ANYTHING.
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
If you look up what author Robert Heinlein, who coined the word in 1961, meant by “grok,” it will become immediately obvious that these “Grok guys” do not, in fact, grok ANYTHING.
When I bought a new washer-dryer a year ago (for the first time ever) I opted out of their “connected”features. If that isn’t an option with every such appliance, it ought to be.
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
When I bought a new washer-dryer a year ago (for the first time ever) I opted out of their “connected”features. If that isn’t an option with every such appliance, it ought to be.
Bovino is wholly unwelcome in Chicago
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Bovino is wholly unwelcome in Chicago
I guess Delia’s Gone is out the window
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I guess Delia’s Gone is out the window
Rahm Emanuel should reconsider.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Rahm Emanuel should reconsider.
And nothing says "Welcome Holiday Shoppers" like armed troops patrolling Michigan Avenue.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
And nothing says "Welcome Holiday Shoppers" like armed troops patrolling Michigan Avenue.
And it's a shopping district, but not a "shopping center."
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
And it's a shopping district, but not a "shopping center."
What follows is the list of countries that the President said "had no crime ten years ago" : ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
What follows is the list of countries that the President said "had no crime ten years ago" : ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Those of us in the United States need to carefully and seriously study and learn from the world’s experience with truth commissions and international tribunals.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Those of us in the United States need to carefully and seriously study and learn from the world’s experience with truth commissions and international tribunals.
More projection than a cineplex
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
More projection than a cineplex
Former political science professor here. “No clear definition” is not a passing grade on this quiz.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Former political science professor here. “No clear definition” is not a passing grade on this quiz.