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submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

okay but every fucking company that dropped anything remotely "DEI" so fast without any actual impetus to do so, preemptively for laws that were never going to be upheld because they weren't constitutional, needs to be fucking dragged into the street and stomped on forever

submitted 18 hours ago • 14 comments

This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.

submitted 21 hours ago • 197 comments

Just Israel committing executions of children but nobody gives a shit anyway so what am I posting for

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

The Black Lodge.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

🎉 Thanks to everyone who demonstrated support, yesterday the Chicago Planning Commission passed the Broadway Land Use Framework! This paves the way for equitable transit-oriented development along the corridor – a win for affordability, walkability, small business, and transit access!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I'm gonna keep reposting examples of people not taking shit because it's important for us to see that you can, simply, reject the shit. Say "Uh... no no no, we will not be tolerating that."

submitted 1 day ago • 73 comments

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence of the “bird flu” virus in four rats submitted for testing. All of the rats were found in Riverside, California. to.wttw.com/41BxQlb

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

submitted 2 days ago • 586 comments

trans people are a hugely significant part of the game industry - an industry that has appeased a bigoted consumer base to an embarrassing degree in the past. if it now collectively throws trans people under the bus in order to continue to do so than it deserves everything bad that happens to it.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

NEW — Danielle Moore hopes adding a cafe can save the remaining Semicolon bookstore. She’s hoping to raise $25,000 by March 16 through a Kickstarter campaign. Here’s how you can help: thetriibe.com/2025/02/semi...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

This Policy Will Demonstrably Reduce Death, Injury, and Property Damage For All Chicagoans vs. No It Won’t

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

as expected, chicago's city council has voted for more death. a city council that actively wants it's citizens dead. but at least our beloved drivists can get to their destinations 2 minutes earlier when there isn't traffic

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

🚨Action Alert!🚨 The Chicago Planning Commission will vote tomorrow whether to approve the Broadway Land Use Framework, which would allow thousands of new eTOD homes. But NIMBYs are fighting it – use our tool today to let the Commission know you want affordable, transit-oriented housing!

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Bad news: The ordinance to lower Chicago's default speed limit from 30 to 25 mph, which data from other cities shows would have saved lives, did not pass the City Council. We'll have more info soon.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

submitted 3 days ago • 845 comments

Not that this is unique to @mayorofchicago.bsky.social but cruelty continues to be the policy under his watch.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

what people who've never talked to an unhoused neighbor don't realise, is most people who have had any contact with the Salvation Army would rather sleep on the CTA. this is an utter failure for Chicago

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

hello cis friends this is what people mean by trans genocide if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist

submitted 4 days ago • 152 comments

chicagoreader.com/news/prison-...

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

just heard the helis over rogers park, what's going on?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This feels like it was cooked up in a lab to decimate the GOP so the fact that the Democrats will do nothing with it should make their true priorities clear to you

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Happening now: it's 1°F outside in Chicago—a literal frozen hellscape. Furious EPA workers with AFGE Local 704 are rallying against the Trump/Musk evisceration of the federal workforce targeting new hires. Recently fired employees include those responsible for monitoring air & water quality.

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

i’m at federal plaza in downtown chicago where federal workers have walked off the job and are rallying against efforts to cut jobs and federal funds. a decent crowd for tho frigid day is chanting, “get up, get down, chicago is a union town!”

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Israel has violated the ceasefire in Gaza 266 times since it came into effect on January 19, killing at least 132 people, Palestinian security sources have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dh48s1

submitted 5 days ago • 46 comments

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

submitted 4 days ago • 641 comments

🚨 Action Alert! 🚨 City Council will be voting on whether to lower the speed limit TOMORROW, and your alderperson needs to hear that you want them to vote YES. Take a moment, review some of the facts we’ve included, and use our tool to call your alder TODAY!

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

NIMBYs are pushing back HARD against the Broadway rezoning, so it's time to make your voice heard! Send a letter to Ciere Boatright (DPD Commissioner) and Laura Flores (Chicago Plan Commission Chair) to let them know you support the Broadway Land Use Framework. secure.everyaction.com/J4fb-l-pHk2Z...

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

Based on their complacency, almost every congressional Dem feels this way. Steve here is the only one dull enough to say it out loud though

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

damn the news is making me feel like i'm losing my mind. I know, I'll relax by trying that mario romhack I've heard such good things about boots up b3313

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

RIP Milwaukee

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Current* conditions near Muskegon, MI:

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

The single act you can take with the biggest anti-fascist impact is wearing an n95 in public. Illness and disability most harm communities that fascists target: trans, disability, BIPOC, immigrant, &c. COVID, avian flu, and TB are bullets. Your maskless face is the gun. Give/get mask mutual aid:

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

mark my words: infinite scroll will be the death of us

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Glimpses of a better world:

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Sat next to a really sweet old lady on my flight who I had a nice conversation with however she also saw me die to a dark souls 3 crab and pointed at my steam deck and went "did that crab kill you"

submitted 8 days ago • 19 comments

CHICAGO: Rogers Park Food Not Bombs demands more city warming centers, esp in Mon’s subzero temps. Email the demands shared here to key City Hall staff, Mayor Johnson, & your local alder. Donate to help RPFNB pay for hotel rooms for homeless & unhoused neighbors: opencollective.com/rogers-park-...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The life expectancy of Palestinians in Gaza was slashed nearly in half amid the first year of Israel’s genocide, going from 75.5 years before the genocide to 40.5 years.

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments