VinegarMike
@vinegarmike.bsky.social
mock me with praise/Chicago/fully krausened naturally carbonated/🏳️🌈
Likes: Doctor Who, soaps, Kylie Minogue, karaoke, mysteries, trains, defunding police, being queer, puzzles
Dislikes: bringing bad vibes to social media - imagine a better world
Likes: Doctor Who, soaps, Kylie Minogue, karaoke, mysteries, trains, defunding police, being queer, puzzles
Dislikes: bringing bad vibes to social media - imagine a better world
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Community isn’t something you show up to consume. It requires you to contribute, collaborate, and commit-create.
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Community isn’t something you show up to consume. It requires you to contribute, collaborate, and commit-create.
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
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This one has been burned in my brain for almost 20 years now
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This one has been burned in my brain for almost 20 years now
They are Chicago's most valuable resource, but you also best not piss them off.
November 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
They are Chicago's most valuable resource, but you also best not piss them off.
RIP Ben Franklin, you would have loved 'Oh, Mary!'
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
RIP Ben Franklin, you would have loved 'Oh, Mary!'
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non-zero chance that we were dancing with the future pope at Medusa’s in the 80s, what a world
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
non-zero chance that we were dancing with the future pope at Medusa’s in the 80s, what a world
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Every day we get a comment from someone demanding the SA "prosecute ICE" and we once again invite you to Just Google Her
A program allowing Chicago police officers to file charges in low-level gun crimes without first getting approval from a prosecutor will be expanded across the city, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke announced on Friday.
Cook County State's Attorney expands program allowing CPD officers to directly file felony gun charges
A program allowing Chicago police officers to file charges in low-level gun crimes without first getting approval from a prosecutor will be expanded across the city, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke announced on Friday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Every day we get a comment from someone demanding the SA "prosecute ICE" and we once again invite you to Just Google Her
Because I knew you
(because I knew you)
I have been changed
For good
(because I knew you)
I have been changed
For good
They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Because I knew you
(because I knew you)
I have been changed
For good
(because I knew you)
I have been changed
For good
This photo is, of course, objectively hilarious, but I can't fully enjoy it because I know it's far too close to how I would look in a photo with Mamdani if he visited me at my desk.
Hakeem Jeffries was literally voting for a resolution condemning socialism while this meeting was taking place
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This photo is, of course, objectively hilarious, but I can't fully enjoy it because I know it's far too close to how I would look in a photo with Mamdani if he visited me at my desk.
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Folks, Giving Tuesday is around the corner and this is my yearly PSA that while you may be annoyed with nonprofits raising money that day, please be kind especially this year. It's been BRUTAL trying to raise money in 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Folks, Giving Tuesday is around the corner and this is my yearly PSA that while you may be annoyed with nonprofits raising money that day, please be kind especially this year. It's been BRUTAL trying to raise money in 2025.
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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so, so good. run it as a political ad.
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
so, so good. run it as a political ad.
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The true queen of murder.
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The true queen of murder.
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Please do submit a comment if you live in Illinois. This is a practice that causes active harm to inmates, separates them even more from external support systems, and even makes it harder for U.S. attorneys to communicate with incarcerated clients
NEW — Illinois residents can submit comments to state leaders by Nov. 24 to oppose mail scanning, which allows prison officials to scan physical mail and reproduce it into digital copies.
Criminal justice advocates say the practice doesn’t make prisons safer.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/crim...
Criminal justice advocates say the practice doesn’t make prisons safer.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/crim...
Criminal justice advocates are urging Illinois residents to ‘say no’ to mail scanning in Illinois prisons • The TRiiBE
Illinois residents can submit comments to state leaders by Nov. 24 to oppose mail scanning, which allows prison officials to scan physical mail and reproduce it into digital copies. Criminal justice a...
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Please do submit a comment if you live in Illinois. This is a practice that causes active harm to inmates, separates them even more from external support systems, and even makes it harder for U.S. attorneys to communicate with incarcerated clients
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🕯️ today is Trans Day of Remembrance. 🕯️
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
In Memoriam — Trans Remembrance Project
www.transremembrance.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🕯️ today is Trans Day of Remembrance. 🕯️
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
"All Her Fault", the new Peacock thriller starring Sarah Snook as a 'bad' mom whose kid disappears on a play date, is set in Chicagoland if watching bad things happen to rich people in Wilmette is something that interests you
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"All Her Fault", the new Peacock thriller starring Sarah Snook as a 'bad' mom whose kid disappears on a play date, is set in Chicagoland if watching bad things happen to rich people in Wilmette is something that interests you
throwing up the @griph.bsky.social signal
The infamous flop has released its long-unseen final eight episodes for free, allowing U.S. Friends diehards to watch the spinoff's full run for the first time.
Friends Spinoff Joey Releases 8 'New' Episodes Online — Nearly 20 Years Later - TVLine
www.tvline.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
throwing up the @griph.bsky.social signal
Hey hey, ho ho, Tammy Duckworth's got to go.
Earlier this year, Trump fired a Democrat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without cause, an unprecedented move.
13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy.
Coons
Duckworth
Heinrich
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Ossoff
Padilla
Warner
Warnock
Welch
Whitehouse
13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy.
Coons
Duckworth
Heinrich
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Ossoff
Padilla
Warner
Warnock
Welch
Whitehouse
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Hey hey, ho ho, Tammy Duckworth's got to go.
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when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once
"No, we are not getting a raccoon"
(just getting out ahead of that since re-posting this means I may be asked when I get home)
(that little guy is very cute though)
(just getting out ahead of that since re-posting this means I may be asked when I get home)
(that little guy is very cute though)
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"No, we are not getting a raccoon"
(just getting out ahead of that since re-posting this means I may be asked when I get home)
(that little guy is very cute though)
(just getting out ahead of that since re-posting this means I may be asked when I get home)
(that little guy is very cute though)
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Visited a new client today, a family-run construction company in Leigh. They said I had a voice perfect for reading bedtime stories on children's TV, and of all the ways I've been called a faggot, that's a new one.
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Visited a new client today, a family-run construction company in Leigh. They said I had a voice perfect for reading bedtime stories on children's TV, and of all the ways I've been called a faggot, that's a new one.
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do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
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I found this clip on my laptop, I think its a protest against the devalution of the pound in Downing Street. I wonder how protesters got hold of what is obviously a BBC #Dalek. I'll just have to wait for the @dalek6388.bsky.social video on it 🤣
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I found this clip on my laptop, I think its a protest against the devalution of the pound in Downing Street. I wonder how protesters got hold of what is obviously a BBC #Dalek. I'll just have to wait for the @dalek6388.bsky.social video on it 🤣
My joke earlier today about how I rarely want to know journalists' names doesn't apply to Marisa.
But the problem with the truth in that joke is that I subscribe to her newsletter but I'm fairly sure we were at the same play this weekend and I just now put it together.
You should subscribe.
But the problem with the truth in that joke is that I subscribe to her newsletter but I'm fairly sure we were at the same play this weekend and I just now put it together.
You should subscribe.
I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
My joke earlier today about how I rarely want to know journalists' names doesn't apply to Marisa.
But the problem with the truth in that joke is that I subscribe to her newsletter but I'm fairly sure we were at the same play this weekend and I just now put it together.
You should subscribe.
But the problem with the truth in that joke is that I subscribe to her newsletter but I'm fairly sure we were at the same play this weekend and I just now put it together.
You should subscribe.
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I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
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If you don't welcome in outsiders, you're fucked. If you can't make space for wannabe parents to fall in love and form households, you're fucked. If you can't help shoulder the burdens of raising a family and rearing kids into fully functioning adults, you're fucked.
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
If you don't welcome in outsiders, you're fucked. If you can't make space for wannabe parents to fall in love and form households, you're fucked. If you can't help shoulder the burdens of raising a family and rearing kids into fully functioning adults, you're fucked.