Bryan Duff

it sucks you are still dealing with this nonsense, but thank you for doing so!

is this another reference to DUNE

Columbus? Uniquely terrible. Then again, everyone is honestly pretty terrible. We shouldn't build statues or have holidays for any single person. I don't know why we are so thirsty to find GOOD public figures, other than the need to re-invent polytheism all the time. Anyway, All the Sky God.

thank you, movie, i would not have known this character was a bad ass without seeing him CHEW PILLS or EAT AN APPLE WITH A KNIFE

Tell the Zoning Committee to Support Thousands of New Homes in Uptown and Edgewater The proposed Broadway upzoning from Montrose to Devon in the 46th, 47th, and 48th Wards is a crucial step forward for Chicago. This proactive plan addresses the urgent need for more housing by moderni...

Today is the last day to add your support for rezoning Broadway to allow abundant housing! Can you help us reach 900 signatures? 🥺

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

yas queen, this girl boss slays!!1!!

I am not but this sounds like every 65+ year old in Chicago that I spend time with. When pressed, they only really ever liked Jim Thompson, no one else.

it sucks feeling like my home, Chicago, the greatest city of all time, has been besieged by a horde of racist uncles for years and now they are finally breaching the city walls and when they get here they'll be like "oh it wasnt that bad BUT WE FIXED IT FOR YOU and also the irish were slaves, too"

when someone mentions SIX FLAGS, I cut them off and say "all I need is one flag, brother" because that's something I heard someone in my hometown say during the Iraq War and I've used it as a bit ever since. I guarantee you that guy has voted for Trump 3x and claims never to have supported that war.

can you give some some feedback on a creative project? Best case, what I wrote is already fine and didn't need your help and worst case I go psycho and let whatever you saw destroy our friendship and my self-esteem

ROSS DOUTHAT: My guest today will spend an hour talking about how slavery was not that bad, and I will mostly agree with him for some reason. welcome to “Interesting Times.”

GUEST: These are "interesting times", indeed.

(DOUTHAT laughs uncontrollably, even though he's heard this a 5,000 times)

"So you're the little lady who made this great war."

my uncle sent me a racist article and i wrote back with a very thoughtful and measured response that I was really proud of so then I sent a follow-up that said "at grandma’s funeral I'm going to beat your ass."

r/Lollapalooza 3 yr. ago DaL 028 Join [deleted] I'm excited for Limp Bizkit, but I'm a little worried about Antifa... Question I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

In some ways this is the government now

I wrote about the Bari Weiss take over of CBS News as part of a broader trend away from the pretense of liberal institutionalism into a genuinely post-reality tabloidism, marked by AI slop, unsophisticated Trumpian-Likudite propaganda and consolidation of traditional and social media.

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

antiwoke guy who wants to change the recycle bin on his computer back to the trash can

For me it's

Former player donates $50M to Stanford football The Stanford football program received a $50 million gift from a former player, the school announced Wednesday, marking a significant donation as it attempts to revive the fortunes of the program unde...

"Hey....so .... about that membership we didn't offer you before ... turns out we actually have an opening!" - the Big Ten hearing about this:
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Far-right influencers on a NYTimes podcast vs Far-right influencers on their own podcast

Hey I know we hate cars, but if you drive in Chicago, you COULD start a group with 10 or so friends who pledge to never pay for parking, then if one of you gets a ticket, you all pay the fines for that person, and those funds go to the city and not a hedge fund.
sites.google.com/view/pccchic...

after the first viewing i got "planet of the apes" vibes

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Thread that went a bit insane now has a link to my publish story at the end of it (and here: www.economist.com/united-state...)

used a metaphor involving Ulysses S. Grant in a work meeting and someone said "is this because you turned 40" and I have been defeated like the confederates at vicksburg

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

Step 1: That's not real!
Step 2: OK it's real but it's taken out of context
Step 3: Sure the context confirms it but you know what? I am glad it's happening
Step 4: It's never going to happen to ME, just the people I don't like.
Step 5: I can't believe this is happening to me.

Post-credit scene for Aliens where Ripley and Newt wake up from cryo sleep in like 20 years or whatever and the giant xenomorph is sitting on a folding chair reading a magazine. "Oh hey you're awake! HISSSSSS"

I love when a college football coach is wearing a t-shirt for some charity cause, like BEAT CANCER, and then they show him on the sideline just absolutely cussing up a storm.

I see that, I wish I would have phrased my post more specifically to call out his sycophants for parroting everything about him, even his garbage disposal messaging style