Chitown Kev

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Good on South Park!

📌The President of the United States posted a FAKE VIDEO TO THE WORLD of a kneeling Barack Obama being placed in handcuffs, and we are supposed go along like it is just another day.
Our press has so completely lost the thread it would be laughable if it wasn't so damn dangerous and disgusting.

I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.

It’s truly something to see the Admin try to shove their own nonsense back in its nonsense box

Everything from expanding banking to direct payment to farmers to expanding healthcare...and that's just at first glance...

Ah!

Chile, this is one of those days where Chicago feels like NOLA...and I am only about a 1/2 mile from the lake...I can only imagine what it feels like further inland...

can we please just have more book reviews instead of these weird pieces about whether or not straight white men can still read or publish novels

No way I am leaving Detroit without getting yet another Vernor's Slurpee

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

It is my sobriety b-day...real birthday is in 10 days.

Gillibrand apologizes to Mamdani over ‘jihad’ comments The New York senator was criticized for not defending the NYC mayoral candidate in a combative radio interview.

Gillibrand apologizes to Mamdani over ‘jihad’ comments - POLITICO

So I am glad Gillibrand apologized but she should really do so publicly, not privately, given her smear against him was done publicly, on live radio in fact.

Black Kos Tuesday: "Falling Gleefully in the Abyss of Evil" Voices & Soul by Justice Putnam, Black Kos Editor For the longest time, I was intrigued by what motivated a human to exact terror and pain on another human. Why, if we are inherently “Good,”

From @justiceputnam.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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A close-up, black and white photo of Eartha Kitt in her Catwoman costume.

Eartha Kitt as Catwoman.

Destination reached!

Honestly...radio feeds of the Ohio State-Michigan postgame from last year, lol

Black Kos, Week In Review: Fearless Lawrence O'Donnell & the arc of the moral universe Commentary by BlackKos editor JoanMar I often use the Parkway south to get to work. But to get there, I must first drive 2 ½ miles north. When I finally exit,�I am 3 miles west of my destination. ...

Black Kos, Week In Review: Fearless Lawrence O'Donnell & the arc of the moral universe
Commentary from Black Kos Editor Joan Mar @joanmardk.bsky.social
www.dailykos.com/story/2025/6...

This is an insane chart

When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of their Asian neighbors in Rock Springs, Wyoming. A hundred and forty years later, the story of the atrocity is still being unearthed.

In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed 140 years later.

I think a lot of hard left accounts on here don’t fully realize the extent to which the center-left genuinely believes they made a good faith effort to reach out which was met with rejection, betrayal, and libel. You may not think it accurate or fair, but the belief is sincerely held.

Oh, this is the Michigan/Florida tea that I heard about...and it is def. hot!

Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama Will Run for Governor

I think @janecoaston.bsky.social called it 6 years ago that Tuberville would skip out as soon as another offer came along, just like he did to Auburn and Ole Miss www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

I'm genuinely sorry that Fetterman had a stroke and suffers from depression. But arguing that he has a free pass not to do his job in the name of destigmatizing brain injury and mental health struggles is offensive. If he can't do it, he should resign. If he doesn't want to, he should resign faster.

A HAPPY UPDATE! Mahmoud Khalil was allowed a "contact" visit—without plexiglass divider—with his wife and newborn son this morning before his immigration hearing, ACLU tells me, so I think we can safely assume that he was finally able to hold his child for the first time.

YouTube video by Rick Astley Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)

Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.

The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where the party at?

At yesterday’s University of Michigan Regents meeting, I was promoted to full professor, effective July 1. 🎆

Full professor is the highest rank in US academia. 26% of faculty are full. Among those, 4% are Black; 2% BW.

Started my PhD 20 years ago this fall. What a journey! A fantastic voyage.