Maria in Chicago
@maria-in-chicago.bsky.social
Expert in tech and data privacy; follower of politics good and bad; cat lover
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Honestly I’m ok with being on the “losing” side right now because it’s still the right side to be on
Just got this email from my alderperson. What in the f—-? Also heads up to people near North Center in Chicago.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just got this email from my alderperson. What in the f—-? Also heads up to people near North Center in Chicago.
I love when my cat clasps my hand as if she has just seen my future and it’s terrifying.
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I love when my cat clasps my hand as if she has just seen my future and it’s terrifying.
My favorite sign of the day.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
My favorite sign of the day.
Chicago today. Timeline cleanse.
September 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Chicago today. Timeline cleanse.
I’m hearing Chicagoans are going to be insufferable now and that’s just not true we were always insufferable and yes we are still better than New York and LA as it has always been.
May 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I’m hearing Chicagoans are going to be insufferable now and that’s just not true we were always insufferable and yes we are still better than New York and LA as it has always been.
I honestly don’t think America has suddenly gotten worse. I think a critical mass of people have just come to the slow realization that this is actually The Bad Place.
May 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I honestly don’t think America has suddenly gotten worse. I think a critical mass of people have just come to the slow realization that this is actually The Bad Place.
I can’t think of any better way to celebrate 4/20 then to go to a local indie movie theater and watch a David Lynch movie. Which is exactly what I am doing.
April 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I can’t think of any better way to celebrate 4/20 then to go to a local indie movie theater and watch a David Lynch movie. Which is exactly what I am doing.
My cat is top shelf.
April 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My cat is top shelf.
I feel like every day on BlueSky I’m shaking a Magic 8 Ball of constitutional crises and the answers are becoming more alarming.
April 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I feel like every day on BlueSky I’m shaking a Magic 8 Ball of constitutional crises and the answers are becoming more alarming.
Protest just getting started here in Chicago.
April 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Protest just getting started here in Chicago.
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A lot of people like to dismiss racism as insubstantial to material realities but we’re watching a nation burn trillions of dollars in wealth to entrench a racial system of domination.
April 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A lot of people like to dismiss racism as insubstantial to material realities but we’re watching a nation burn trillions of dollars in wealth to entrench a racial system of domination.
There’s a cat in my cupboard!
March 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
There’s a cat in my cupboard!
This was literally a line in A Fish Called Wanda. Also made by a character who was a total idiot.
Leavitt: "It's only because of the United States of America that the French aren't speaking German right now."
March 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This was literally a line in A Fish Called Wanda. Also made by a character who was a total idiot.
Honestly how stupid do you think we are?
Don’t answer. We already know.
Don’t answer. We already know.
I will continue to fight against Donald Trump’s reckless, and in many instances, illegal attempts to gut the federal government. He is testing our system of checks and balances like they haven’t been tested in my lifetime. The fight continues.
March 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Honestly how stupid do you think we are?
Don’t answer. We already know.
Don’t answer. We already know.
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Once these Let Billions Suffer voters see how gruesome letting billions suffer gets they will surely come crawling back to the Let Millions Suffer party and we’ll finally be able to win elections without catering to those troublesome Nobody Should Suffer radicals
March 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Once these Let Billions Suffer voters see how gruesome letting billions suffer gets they will surely come crawling back to the Let Millions Suffer party and we’ll finally be able to win elections without catering to those troublesome Nobody Should Suffer radicals
Honestly people need to read (or re-read) The Grapes of Wrath. None of this is new — just re-packaged. Our entire country has always been based on exploitation.
March 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Honestly people need to read (or re-read) The Grapes of Wrath. None of this is new — just re-packaged. Our entire country has always been based on exploitation.
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I wrote about the worst people in the world, charting the depths of their depravity and vastness of their incompetence, and offered some thoughts about the opportunity presented by their failure to acknowledge reality and their refusal to access any form of human virtue.
www.the-reframe.com/the/
www.the-reframe.com/the/
The Worst and the Dimmest
It's not a coincidence that we're being led by the least qualified monsters available; it's a deliberate strategy. Facing the Worst - a series about directional alignment.
www.the-reframe.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I wrote about the worst people in the world, charting the depths of their depravity and vastness of their incompetence, and offered some thoughts about the opportunity presented by their failure to acknowledge reality and their refusal to access any form of human virtue.
www.the-reframe.com/the/
www.the-reframe.com/the/
Honestly I’m at the point where I think it’s not just Republicans that need to be jettisoned into the sun, it’s Democrats as well - with a few notable exceptions. What an utter failure of leadership. What cowards they are.
February 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Honestly I’m at the point where I think it’s not just Republicans that need to be jettisoned into the sun, it’s Democrats as well - with a few notable exceptions. What an utter failure of leadership. What cowards they are.
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Some encouraging news about the power of comunity organizing: “They want to make an example out of Chicago… Well, I’ll tell you what: we do need to make Chicago an example—of people finding their courage and their backbone.” boltsmag.org/chicago-immi...
How Chicago’s Immigrant Rights Groups Plan to Hold the Line on Sanctuary Policies
As Trump threatens Chicago, organizers are bracing for raids but also hopeful that a vast suite of local protections and community trainings can limit the scale of deportations.
boltsmag.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some encouraging news about the power of comunity organizing: “They want to make an example out of Chicago… Well, I’ll tell you what: we do need to make Chicago an example—of people finding their courage and their backbone.” boltsmag.org/chicago-immi...
With everything else going on, I still can’t stop laughing at how tech built a $500 billion dollar hammer and told us they needed more money and more infrastructure to make it work properly and then China came along and used an old book to pound the nail in place and walked away.
January 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
With everything else going on, I still can’t stop laughing at how tech built a $500 billion dollar hammer and told us they needed more money and more infrastructure to make it work properly and then China came along and used an old book to pound the nail in place and walked away.
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If you're in Illinois, you're on Section 8, and your landlord tries to evict you because of the government funding freeze, email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. My cases are pay-whatever-you-can.
January 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you're in Illinois, you're on Section 8, and your landlord tries to evict you because of the government funding freeze, email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. My cases are pay-whatever-you-can.
This is how it’s done. Chicago has a lot of problems but we are probably the most prepared out of any major city for what’s to come.
abc7chicago.com/post/us-immi...
abc7chicago.com/post/us-immi...
ICE agents denied entry to South Side elementary school, Chicago Public Schools claims
Chicago Public Schools officials claim U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were denied entry to a South Side elementary school Friday morning.
abc7chicago.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is how it’s done. Chicago has a lot of problems but we are probably the most prepared out of any major city for what’s to come.
abc7chicago.com/post/us-immi...
abc7chicago.com/post/us-immi...
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Every family and child deserves to feel safe and secure in the place they call home.
Every resident of Illinois should know their rights.
I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.
Every resident of Illinois should know their rights.
I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.
January 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Every family and child deserves to feel safe and secure in the place they call home.
Every resident of Illinois should know their rights.
I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.
Every resident of Illinois should know their rights.
I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.
As a woman who has worked in the tech industry for 20+ years, DEI was never implemented anywhere seriously. It was always a smoke screen. Tech is as viciously misogynistic as it was in the late 90s.
January 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
As a woman who has worked in the tech industry for 20+ years, DEI was never implemented anywhere seriously. It was always a smoke screen. Tech is as viciously misogynistic as it was in the late 90s.
My heart goes out to everyone in LA dealing with this ongoing tragedy. The whole country is with you.
January 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My heart goes out to everyone in LA dealing with this ongoing tragedy. The whole country is with you.