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Low resolution closeup of gordon ramsey staring off at an oblique angle with a deadpan expression on his face

I don't think I can consume any more information and there's still a whole day left in this workweek

Happy Halloween 🎃👻 #quiltsky #garmentsewing #spookyvest

And hope, too, to be clear!!

A picture of my hand holding a copy of Bad Company: Private equity and the death of the American dream by Megan Greenwell. The cover depicts a defunct Toys R Us: the sign for the store has been removed, but the faint outline of each letter can still be seen.

Finally got around to reading @greenwell.bsky.social's BAD COMPANY. Turns out I DO I have room in my heart for more incandescent rage!

A turkey wing hand broom made of broomcorn and twine. It is essentially bundles of stuff grass wrapped with bands of black twine. This is my first time making a broom, so the bands of twine are not very even.

I always craft on election night. This year I made a broom 🧹

Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her.

Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.

Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Another one bites the dust.

Trump fired yet another inspector general (IG), the FHFA’s Acting IG, Joe Allen, after Allen apparently gave exculpatory information to the DoJ lawyers prosecuting NY AG Letitia James, as required by the constitution & basic fairness.

www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...

ugh I'm so sorry, Lex!

From the union statement in the story below:

Beloved children's character Bob the Builder (the original, not the CGI version). He is facing the viewer with his arms outstretched kind of like Christ the Redeemer.

Just replaced the clutch in my washing machine I feel invincible

Yet another study showing the federal Opportunity Zone is flowing predominantly to neighborhoods already showing signs of gentrification & probably subsidizing continued gentrification rather than fostering responsible reinvestment.

By
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social at

www.urban.org/sites/defaul...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this

www.reinvestment.com/insights/cor...

What Philly’s corporate investors mean for renters and homebuyers A new study finds investors are snapping up properties in neighborhoods like Germantown and Cobbs Creek — and it could change who can afford to live there.

Reinvestment Fund report on Philly corporate RE investment IDs "13 high-volume investors that bought 100 or more properties, and 8 investors that bought more than 200 properties during the study period", finding that they "operate primarily as landlords, rather than as developers or flippers."

Anyway, wow 18 innings sounds like a lot more than the usual amount of innings!!!

Rebranding from "perpetual dilettante" to "maintains a sense of childlike wonder about the world."

The White House Building Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...

Scroll down to the Major Events Timeline, and nothing will prepare you for what you'll see. I cannot believe it is real. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

A tortoiseshell kitten partially loafing on a yellow and orange plaid slipper chair. In the background is a backpack and small suitcase.

Going on the world's shortest work trip, but still feel devastated leaving her behind 😭

Ah - the Kavanaugh stops continue.

(h/t @akalhan.bsky.social for the name!)

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

Working out of an office in the heart of Center City has its challenges, but it is so worth it to hear the Eagles Uber guy driving around.

Graphic titled "HUD and USDA tenants' rights during the government shutdown" that explains what happens during a government shutdown, urges tenants to find legal help so they can know their rights, and notes that most tenants in HUD and USDA housing should not experience a disruption in their housing at this time because of the shutdown. There is a disclaimer at the bottom that notes this is not legal advice and if the shutdown lasts past November, tenants' rights will change and they should seek legal help.

Are you a HUD or USDA tenant? Know your rights during the government shutdown!
🏢Continue paying your portion of the rent
☎️Contact an attorney ASAP if your landlord tries to hike your rent or evict you during the shutdown
🔍Check out nhlp.org/govshutdown for more detailed info on your housing rights

the labradorite in the center is gorgeous!! I'm only at 2g, but I've always been envious of folks who have the space to show off a whole rock!

Screenshot of the HUD website. A red banner reads: "The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people."

As HUD's leadership pursues a plan that could push millions of families into homelessness, here's what the agency's website is serving up this morning:

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

This is still the reality in DC. Deploying the National Guard to stand around and pick up trash will cost $200 million.

Why can they always find money for guns and wars but not housing and healthcare and food?

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mad all over again