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Chicago/Midwest history. If you see me posting about politics, yell at me for my and my shrink's sake. He/him
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For the record, a nation of 9 million people with the GDP of Rhode Island snookered the president of the United States into attacking a sovereign nation that did not attack the US.

Maybe Republicans are just bad people. They’re definitely bad at governing, bad at budgets, bad at infrastructure, bad at wars. But maybe in addition to being bad people the way “The Room” is a bad movie, maybe they’re also morally bereft fucks.

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

I’m at a wedding right now and this is my place card.

He is Deep Space Fine.

THE FIELD HAS A NEW MOLDARAMA oh my GOD

The stripes in Neapolitan ice cream sandwiches should run the length of the sandwich instead of perpendicular so you get a little of each flavor in each bite. That is all.

At first glance, I literally thought this was the fish from Finding Nemo.

Learning y'all are sincerely using Chat-GPT for therapy has been the most terrifying discovery of 2025.

"CUT MY FROG INTO PIECES THIS IS MY LAB REPORT"

People berate evolution for running the human body's waste disposal system through its reproductive system, but people created social media as a place to scream about the impending American dictatorship and post cat photos.

I guess it’s now Team Regular-Sized-Visma. #tourdefrance

I have to sell my 5 shares of Hershey, a Bar Mitzvah gift from my grandparents 25+ years ago, because my fiance works for the FDA, and not on the Food side. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Found your street

I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

I sometimes get down on myself. I sometimes get too critical and wonder if I'm not good enough. Then I have to pull myself up and remember that at least I didn't think the takeaway from Edgar Allan Poe was "I fucking love ravens."

I interviewed the guy who played the Soup Nazi at a con when I was working for a suburban paper. Met Ernie Hudson too, who seemed relieved I wanted to talk about Oz instead of Ghostbusters.

People showing up for immigration appointments are being kidnapped in Chicago TODAY.

Good god. I'm trying not to post about politics for my own mental health, but that does not mean I am not chilled to the bone right now.

The literal best description of an ad hominem attack versus an insult, courtesy @zachweinersmith.bsky.social Link to original: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/hominem

We learned in 2020 that this guy loves nothing more than going to war with Americans. Actual war. The people who elected him want to go to war with Americans. I’m a historian, so I don’t do predictions, but safe to say this is going to get real bad real fast.

happening now: ice is back at chicago immigration court after protests kept them away for two days. so far this morning, i’ve seen agents kidnap six people. in at least two instances, the state dropped the case.

Anyone know why there’s like 10,000 cops on Ida B. Wells east of the river?

According to a book I'm now wavering on buying, my hometown has the nickname "Reaper City." No living human has ever referred to my hometown as "Reaper City," despite how metal that would be.

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