Have you ever neglected to do an administrative task? Something with a lot of red tape that takes tons of time, both online and in person? That requires a lot of outside resources to complete? When your job, family, and/or health are taking all your time?
Don't blame undocumented individuals.
Don't blame undocumented individuals.
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Have you ever neglected to do an administrative task? Something with a lot of red tape that takes tons of time, both online and in person? That requires a lot of outside resources to complete? When your job, family, and/or health are taking all your time?
Don't blame undocumented individuals.
Don't blame undocumented individuals.
Let's all volunteer our spare bedrooms for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's country of deportation. There, done.
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Let's all volunteer our spare bedrooms for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's country of deportation. There, done.
“The problem with ignorance is that it feels just like expertise.” - David Dunning, see Dunning-Kruger effect
June 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“The problem with ignorance is that it feels just like expertise.” - David Dunning, see Dunning-Kruger effect
If only Leslie Knope had run in 2024 as planned.
June 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If only Leslie Knope had run in 2024 as planned.
Fascism quickie! Ultranationalism straight from the definition of fascism:
"Nothing matters except the nation. Individual lives are subservient to the nation."
"Personal liberties? You have none."
youtu.be/Ay8oMS6vHrA?...
"Nothing matters except the nation. Individual lives are subservient to the nation."
"Personal liberties? You have none."
youtu.be/Ay8oMS6vHrA?...
Why Fascism is Winning - and What We Can Do About It
YouTube video by Nope Brigade | Ph.D. Candidate
youtu.be
May 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Fascism quickie! Ultranationalism straight from the definition of fascism:
"Nothing matters except the nation. Individual lives are subservient to the nation."
"Personal liberties? You have none."
youtu.be/Ay8oMS6vHrA?...
"Nothing matters except the nation. Individual lives are subservient to the nation."
"Personal liberties? You have none."
youtu.be/Ay8oMS6vHrA?...
Satire is my lifeline @theonion.com 🙏🏼
Grimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child — theonion.com/grimes-slaps...
Grimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child — theonion.com/grimes-slaps...
Grimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child
theonion.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Satire is my lifeline @theonion.com 🙏🏼
Grimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child — theonion.com/grimes-slaps...
Grimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child — theonion.com/grimes-slaps...
People who watched Trump's address to Congress loved the shit out of his path to fucking people over. (figure credit: CBS News)
March 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
People who watched Trump's address to Congress loved the shit out of his path to fucking people over. (figure credit: CBS News)
Reposted by Mary Mack
Thanks for everything you do !
February 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Thanks for everything you do !
Reposted by Mary Mack
I’ll call it good news. Every bit of visibility on fighting DOGE raises awareness. Even if it gets overturned later:
Unions and retirees sued the Treasury for giving DOGE access to the federal government’s massive payment and collections system and the personal data housed in it
Unions and retirees sued the Treasury for giving DOGE access to the federal government’s massive payment and collections system and the personal data housed in it
February 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I’ll call it good news. Every bit of visibility on fighting DOGE raises awareness. Even if it gets overturned later:
Unions and retirees sued the Treasury for giving DOGE access to the federal government’s massive payment and collections system and the personal data housed in it
Unions and retirees sued the Treasury for giving DOGE access to the federal government’s massive payment and collections system and the personal data housed in it
Interesting: Could Trump's deportation plan be backfiring? Could it, oh, say, INCENTIVIZE the immigrants who are actually criminals to commit crimes so they WON'T be deported? (ICE can't deport immigrants in US jails in sanctuary cities.)
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
2 charged with tying up and killing man in Chicago home had met him online for sex, prosecutors say
Defense attorneys argued what happened was an "unfortunate accident" between "consenting adults."
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Interesting: Could Trump's deportation plan be backfiring? Could it, oh, say, INCENTIVIZE the immigrants who are actually criminals to commit crimes so they WON'T be deported? (ICE can't deport immigrants in US jails in sanctuary cities.)
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Reposted by Mary Mack
Phyllis Fong had the goods on Musk so she had to go.
"Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday...In 2022, the IG's office launched an investigation of Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, which remains ongoing"
"Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday...In 2022, the IG's office launched an investigation of Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, which remains ongoing"
January 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Phyllis Fong had the goods on Musk so she had to go.
"Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday...In 2022, the IG's office launched an investigation of Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, which remains ongoing"
"Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday...In 2022, the IG's office launched an investigation of Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, which remains ongoing"
Trump renames the Gulf of Bad Opinions to "journalism"
A little late evening news dump from the Pentagon….they’re kicking out NBC, NYT, NPR, and Politico and replacing them with New York Post, Breitbart, OANN, and HuffPost….insane
February 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Trump renames the Gulf of Bad Opinions to "journalism"
Substitute any phrase for "federal funding freeze"
January 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Substitute any phrase for "federal funding freeze"
"Our Values" from the Costco website: "Do the right thing." Yeah you are! 😍 qz.com/costco-dei-d...
Costco is sticking with DEI
An "overwhelming margin" of shareholders backed the retail wholesaler's diversity policies as other companies retreat
qz.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"Our Values" from the Costco website: "Do the right thing." Yeah you are! 😍 qz.com/costco-dei-d...
Reposted by Mary Mack
Whenever a woman hurts his feelings by saying something kind he calls them nasty.
January 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Whenever a woman hurts his feelings by saying something kind he calls them nasty.
Album cover for new emo band "Anti-gentrification" blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/23/a...
As Another Logan Square Apartment Building Goes Luxury, Longtime Renters Fight To Stay
New building owners plan to rehab each apartment and raise rents to bring them up to market value for the neighborhood, but tenants worry the common practice will displace more working-class families.
blockclubchicago.org
January 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Album cover for new emo band "Anti-gentrification" blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/23/a...
This article does a great job of addressing the financial toll of mass deport-- but wait I thought the right valued lower government spending... www.nbcnews.com/news/ice-pla...
ICE planning major enforcement operation in Chicago after Trump inauguration
A person familiar with the planning said immigrants in Chicago will be targeted in multiple locations. A document reviewed by NBC News said raids will occur over several days.
www.nbcnews.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This article does a great job of addressing the financial toll of mass deport-- but wait I thought the right valued lower government spending... www.nbcnews.com/news/ice-pla...
Reposted by Mary Mack
remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity
January 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity
Oh right wing extremists were threatening tech giant companies in December? What a coincidence...
January 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Oh right wing extremists were threatening tech giant companies in December? What a coincidence...
“I would have liked to have seen these reforms laid out in less contentious and partisan times, so that they would be considered on the merits rather than…Donald Trump is president & now they’re caving in." - Michael McConnell, co-chair of Meta’s Oversight Board
www.thedailybeast.com/mark-zuckerb...
www.thedailybeast.com/mark-zuckerb...
Zuck’s Own Board Co-Chair Knifes Him Over MAGA Makeover
Michael McConnell appeared less than convinced by Meta’s new fact-checking strategy.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“I would have liked to have seen these reforms laid out in less contentious and partisan times, so that they would be considered on the merits rather than…Donald Trump is president & now they’re caving in." - Michael McConnell, co-chair of Meta’s Oversight Board
www.thedailybeast.com/mark-zuckerb...
www.thedailybeast.com/mark-zuckerb...
"Meta loosened rules so people could post statements saying they hated people of certain races, religions or sexual orientations, including permitting 'allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation.'” 😳
Scoops w/ @mikeisaac.bsky.social and @sheeraf.bsky.social:
-Zuck overhauled Meta’s hate speech policy in Nov after convos with Andreessen about progressives policing speech
-Kaplan led the policy rewrite, championing the removal of language protecting trans people www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/t...
-Zuck overhauled Meta’s hate speech policy in Nov after convos with Andreessen about progressives policing speech
-Kaplan led the policy rewrite, championing the removal of language protecting trans people www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/t...
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are jus...
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"Meta loosened rules so people could post statements saying they hated people of certain races, religions or sexual orientations, including permitting 'allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation.'” 😳
Is anyone else thinking this:
Over the next 4 years, AI will be trained by the self-serving actions of tech giants being spun as upholding free speech & other values.
AI trained by the New Free Speech: "To protect our children we need to eradicate [insert marginalized group]."
Thanks, Zuck!
Over the next 4 years, AI will be trained by the self-serving actions of tech giants being spun as upholding free speech & other values.
AI trained by the New Free Speech: "To protect our children we need to eradicate [insert marginalized group]."
Thanks, Zuck!
January 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Is anyone else thinking this:
Over the next 4 years, AI will be trained by the self-serving actions of tech giants being spun as upholding free speech & other values.
AI trained by the New Free Speech: "To protect our children we need to eradicate [insert marginalized group]."
Thanks, Zuck!
Over the next 4 years, AI will be trained by the self-serving actions of tech giants being spun as upholding free speech & other values.
AI trained by the New Free Speech: "To protect our children we need to eradicate [insert marginalized group]."
Thanks, Zuck!
Reposted by Mary Mack
The irony of Meta deleting comments by their own employees on internal message boards which are critical of Zuckerberg’s decision to get rid of fact checkers… while extolling the virtues of free expression/free speech to get rid of said fact checkers. 😔
January 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The irony of Meta deleting comments by their own employees on internal message boards which are critical of Zuckerberg’s decision to get rid of fact checkers… while extolling the virtues of free expression/free speech to get rid of said fact checkers. 😔
Yes please! wgntv.com/news/illinoi...
IL Secretary of State reveals list of 2024 rejected license plates
In 2024, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias banned over 300 vanity and personalized license plates due to profanity or other reasons, with requests including HOKTUAH, GYATT, MUNCH, BICHI…
wgntv.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yes please! wgntv.com/news/illinoi...
I just wanna always live where there's a Trader Joe's so no matter what hot mess is running the country I can feel good about shit for 45 minutes every week
December 7, 2024 at 11:02 PM
I just wanna always live where there's a Trader Joe's so no matter what hot mess is running the country I can feel good about shit for 45 minutes every week