Sadly, so far it looks like the day of ICE terrorizing our community has really put a damper on trick or treating. Maybe 5% of what we usually have by this point.

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

ICE has straight up invaded Evanston. Schools are on lockdown, multiple helicopters, nearly every major intersection is patrolled. I’m furious.

Honestly at that point he should have just went all in with “gazed a gazely gaze”

I didn’t notice it for the longest time either, until a friend, temporarily blanking on the album name, said “the one with the ear on the cover”. I was very much, “what are you talking about… OH”.

I’m starting to think this isn’t so much a shutdown as a way to dissolve Congress without saying it. Not that they hadn’t been made essentially powerless before this. I fear we are in for some very rough times in the coming months.

Love it even more when it’s chased by the Reagan tariff ad that made the big baby cry so much.

You absolutely love to see the Dodgers getting shellacked in game 1.

Unaccountable troops in blue cities, nearly 35% of White House demolished w/out a permit (likely w/out proper hazardous material abatement), SNAP benefits about to expire for 42 million Americans and B-1 bombers & an aircraft carrier moving on Venezuela. We’re nine months in folks. I’m tired.

I think it’s time for a general strike. Seems like our only chance is to hit the billionaire supporters and sycophants where it hurts and shut down the economy.

Fiona Apple’s Fiona apple.

Threads post from julieceye At my local Home Depot today in Evanston, IL. They abducted 5 people in my immediate area.

For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

Alls I’m saying is that it was 2-1 Blue Jays, then I put on my Mariners cap and started playing some Mudhoney and things turned around…

This Cubs fan is pulling for Seattle.

Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov why are you on the wrong side here? Really disappointed in you sending in the state police to do this.

It’s amazing that the restaurant started by Sammy Davis Junior and Ella Fitzgerald failed so quickly. I guess no one wanted to eat at Sam & Ella’s.

Sad to see the Spaceman died. Can’t say I listen to them much these day, but from about the ages five to ten I thought KISS was the coolest band on the planet. RIP Ace.

Without fail, every single time I step foot in a Trader Joe’s, at least 40% of the other customers have seemingly never stepped foot in a grocery store in their entire lives and are simply baffled by everything.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance * Guam is also a member of the alliance Updated October 15, 2025 Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Masked ICE agents throwing bags of brown leaves in unmarked van

ICE Detains Leaves as They Turn Brown: tinyurl.com/37euaejk

Not an NFL conspiracist, but ZERO penalties called on the Chiefs last night might have tipped their hands a little.

Damn it Cubs. Hell of a season though, on to next year.

That game was intense! Now on to the Cubs taking game 5.

Be like Chase, see it in 70mm at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social - I did, and it was incredible!

In case you need another example of my random jumps in music taste, I just chased the Sabrina Carpenter album with the latest from Kayo Dot.

Some day in the not so distant future, assuming we survive the current regime, we’re going to look back on sports betting the same way we do the opioid crisis and the 2008 market bubble as a preventable catastrophe that sacrificed a lot of people’s financial lives for the enrichment of a select few.

Legitimately great news. Now can we have one to block the Texas National Guard being sent to Chicago?

David Cross folks.

He didn’t get the reaction he wanted in L.A. and he didn’t get the reaction he wanted in Chicago, so now he’s moving on to Portland. It’s all so transparently stupid. But sending good thoughts to my Portland people out there.

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

I’ve worked with these in my job. Follow up troubleshooting with Mitsubishi is really hit or miss, heard good things about Daikin but haven’t worked with them directly. If LG is an option I’ve experienced good service from their techs.