Becky Caswell

A white Christmas, but it's just the snow from Thanksgiving that never had the chance to melt 🫠

China Silences Environmental Reporters in Africa To Protect Its Investments “We’re talking about a nation that is not only highly repressive but also the second-largest economy globally,” said Sarah Cook, who worked for years for Freedom House, which defends civil liberties a...

Thank you to the @thexylom.com for publishing this story about how China is silencing the environmental journalists in Africa.

If the public doesn’t know, it can’t act.

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Next time somebody asks me why I moved to Rockford instead of living near my job in Chicagoland, I'm going to tell them it's because I hate the Smashing Pumpkins so much

Do you happen to listen to The Current? Because they LOVE Geese over there and I'm just like, "...I don't get it."

Chicago artist Jazmin Rodriguez’s playful prints are "love letters" to the city.

The Humboldt Park native draws vibrant digital illustrations of the city, inspired by the folkloric art of her Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage. blockclubchi.co/3XM8s9D

star at 3 billion years old: i have so much light and warmth to share

star at 12 billion years old: when i finally get to die im taking all of you with me

But those are my emotional support unused downloaded maps

"Many garment workers make Nike products for below $1 per hour ... If Nike had returned the $18 billion it is spending on buybacks to workers instead, it could offer a $125 per month raise to every garment worker who makes Nike products for 10 years — doubling the wages of many."

An Illinois congresswoman says a tour of the Broadview ICE facility reinforced her concerns. blockclubchi.co/4rfLYep

They're so big!

Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh journalists return to their jobs at the Post-Gazette after three years on strike Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh journalists return to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after a court upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision for the union.

Post-Gazette strikers return to work:

“Take our pen and hold power to account,” Andrew Goldstein, president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, urged striking Starbucks workers this morning as PG workers returned to their jobs after a three year strike.

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It's that time...
Put your turkey in the fridge to defrost! Now.
You're welcome!

Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "AI doesn't care if you live or die."

Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "talk to humans"

Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "Fuck this!"

Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "you don't have to accept this future."

Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.

Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.

Chicago-Brewed 'Da Pope' Beer Now In Pope Leo's Fridge, Thanks To Gov. Pritzker Gov. JB Pritzker gifted Pope Leo the beer during a visit to Rome this week. The beer came from North Center's Burning Bush Brewery, and its owner — a former pastor — is thrilled. “We’re very excited a...

The publicity around Pope Leo’s namesake beer couldn’t have come at a better time: $1 from each Da Pope four-pack will benefit North Center’s Common Pantry. Every $1 raised translates into three meals for food insecure neighbors. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/19/c... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

This isn't a style of music I would typically listen to, and I know very little Spanish, but your review inspired me to listen to it. Such a compelling album.

Asher Levine, who has designed for Lady Gaga and Lil Nas X (among others), graduated 2 years after me.

Quote post with a song you can't hear without thinking of a movie it was in

Donnie Darko

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Journalism job alert 👇🏾✨

Wild how the Boy Mayor age for cis white men overlaps with the geriatric pregnancy age

'My love, I'm free': Day laborer released after 7 weeks in ICE detention Willian Gimenez Gonzalez was sitting in his cell at a Michigan detention center when a few men began calling his name.

“Gimenez Gonzalez, an outspoken advocate for migrant day laborers in Chicago, was released on Oct. 28 after 47 days in custody. ICE detained him despite his legal work permit, a pending asylum case and no criminal record.” www.hpherald.com/evening_dige...

A large orange and white cat lounges on a wicker side table. He is watching something out in the yard rather intently.

My cat looked pretty grown at 7 months, too. He's 10 years old now and about 15 pounds.

3 friends visited every "L" stop in 9 hours in an effort to set a Guinness World Record.

The trio wore Chicago flags as capes and fought snowfall Monday to reach their ambitious goal. blockclubchi.co/3Lvnm15

I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates

Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi

Truly it has been a wash for me living in Florida vs Illinois while working at the same job.

Looking forward to it in Chicago!

Feds deployed tear gas on the Far South Side even after cops told them they had no gas masks, sources say The agents deployed gas, smoke and other riot-control chemicals against residents and officers, including Chicago Police Department Deputy Chief Dan O’Connor, who had asked them not to use the gas, la...

Chicago's Far South Side devolved into chaos when residents confronted Border Patrol agents who rammed a car to make an arrest.

The feds ultimately used tear gas to flee, despite a Chicago police leader offering to clear a path and warning that cops didn't have gas masks.
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Fingers crossed the sun explodes and kills us all!

This was in Rockton, Illinois, out by the Nygren Wetlands.

Red and neon green lights dance across the night sky in northern Illinois.

Saw the Northern Lights for the first time tonight!

Just spitballing here, but what if instead of individual accounts, that money was pooled so anybody could access health care at any time?