Farrah Bostic

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

I’ve started to vest a lot of pride in that. It’s a little weird? But I want them to feel that I respect them because holy shit I really really do. Plumbing is an absolute mystery to me.

I used to feel that way but now these guys are my pals. They like me because I always make the job site as straightforward and accessible as I can for them.

About an hour ago I was feeling really behind on everything I have to do this week and then I realized it was only Tuesday.

I mean, I’m still behind, but it’s only Tuesday.

The first member of Congress who tells her to STFU will ride a rocketship to the nomination.

YouTube video by The Guardian Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?

Not at all relevant in this moment when Tories want to leave the ECHR.

youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA?...

Who remembers Greg Abbott crying about Jade Helm?

When they try to make CONTENT, make your own.

What I love about this is people playing the Benny Hill theme while she tries to make CONTENT.

A thing I’ve been reminded of the last two weeks is that whatever window you’re given for a delivery or a tradesman, it’ll either be before you’ve gotten dressed, just as you’re starting a work call, or at the last moment of the window.

Thank you!

I am once again asking people who encounter a poll to ask whether they have the necessary information to fully understand at a minimum a) who was surveyed and b) what they were asked

So while I work on this construction project, in addition to the inevitable delays while I figure out the next step or wait on a tradesman, I am listening to news & podcasts.

But all this means is that I’m yelling at something other than a 2x4 or a framing screw or a cabinet hinge.

There are now two Americas when it comes to housing:

In one, people work multiple jobs and still can't afford a home.

In the other, housing isn't a place to live but a portfolio to grow.

both the mainstream pro- and anti-AI arguments are entirely various types of cope

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

You are not wrong. We’re on a septic so there is also an access just outside the house, but I’m not yet committed to how to handle this - I’m looking into putting an access panel over it.

This is what it looked like before. Who doesn’t love exposed plumbing in their living room?

Look what they did!!

All of this will soon be behind drywall instead of just hanging out looking rusty.

Dear friends and internet users, the first two images in this show actual segments that really did appear on Jesse Watters Primetime.

The third image is a joke.

Someone photoshopped the exposed face of the likely fake "antifa" person onto this stock image of a ISIS-affiliated militant.

Based on the clips I’ve seen so far of the Tory party conference, I’m not sure they’re taking things altogether seriously.

Puppets and bad standup and someone who didn’t know Northern Ireland voted to remain, etc etc.

The plumbers are here and are bickering like siblings. Which it’s entirely possible they are.

this! legitimate, trusted, and verifiable knowledge/reality are becoming a thing of the past

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

“the Oregon Republican Party’s X account replied: “We’re not reporters, just bad memers.”

They think it’s funny.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Should've used this photo

But what’s worse? It got past a creative director and a client.

“I’m 32, I work full time while raising a family, and I’m getting my bachelor’s degree at...” This is when the copywriter directly lifts an audience persona out of the brief & into the script.

It’s almost as bad as “for everyone from A to Z” copy that suggests they have no idea who the audience is.