Carrie

The only way this video could be more perfect is if he had called them jagoffs

A tuxedo cat stands on a white table next to a green and orange pumpkin and looks at the camera. In the background is a white brick fireplace mantel with cableknit pumpkins garland

Happy Spooky Day! 🎃

New: a class action suit filed in Chicago's federal court this morning alleges overcrowding and inhumane conditions at the Broadview, IL ICE facility, as well detainees being denied legal counsel.

The plaintiffs say this amounts to 1A and 5A violations.

My building had the landscapers come out as usual this morning and I was worried the whole time they were out there. I messaged the building manager and board to request we pay them but don’t require them to come work. I would happily volunteer to rake etc until it’s safer for them

I already hate leaf blowers, but now when I hear one I feel both annoyance and very real fear for the person using it, and I haaaate it

Pritzker addresses Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino.

"No child in America should have to go trick or treating in fear that they might be confronted with armed federal agents and have to inhale tear gas."

"I honestly can't even believe I have to make this plea."

Lawyers for the government tell Ellis it would be “frankly, dangerous” for her to ban agents from using tear gas.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs scoff at the notion that it would be dangerous to prevent agents from tear gassing residents of Chicago.

I didn’t think I could love her more 😍

The vibes in Chicago right now are sort of like during the pandemic except if covid showed up in a random neighborhood every day and had to be driven off by everyone yelling at it

View looking south over Northpoint Marina as it meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-10-25 12:36:45 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Winthrop Harbor: 30.67 F | -.74 C // Precip: scattered clouds // Wind: WSW at 3.444 mph | 5.54 kph // Humidity: 100%

Current* conditions near Winthrop Harbor, IL:

it’s beyond comprehension that scenes like this have become routine in chicago.

masked soldiers are carelessly lobbing chemical weapons—that are banned from use during warfare—on random residential streets.

this is the third time feds have tear-gassed residents in chicago *this week!*

Rereading the linked article I guess the golf course isn’t technically “his”…but then again, neither is the White House

Trump Uses White House Destruction as Chance to Improve a Golf Course Why is dirt from Trump’s White House ballroom project going to a golf course?

It's being carted off to shore up his golf course (I shit you not)

I saw it yesterday afternoon, when I heard whistles and went to the window to see at least a dozen people *sprinting* down the block. I later heard it was a single suspicious vehicle that had been circling the nearby school, which was chased off because of the commotion.

Jesus

I will tell you that the folks working the ICIRR Hotline are the real deal and saved these kids.

PUT THIS NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE AND CALL IF YOU SEE ICE IN ILLINOIS: (855) 435-7693

Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.

A desert landscape, with red rippling sand in the foreground and a series of low, round yellow hills in the distance

A bright red sun rises over silvery-looking Lake Michigan, with dark sand in the foreground

It was a nice reprieve to be in Jordan for 10 days, even though travel right now is kind of an apology world tour for Americans. Anyway, here is a pic of the stunning Wadi Rum and another of the sunrise this morning over Lake Michigan (courtesy of jet lag).

TY!

As I sit in an airport bar prior to an overseas trip and watch the Cubs try to claw their way back into playoff contention, things feel…almost normal

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Personally I think it was the candle’s doing

Dolly Parton's Sister Freida Apologizes for False Alarm Whoopsie! Dolly Parton's sister Freida says she didn't mean to start a panic Tuesday over Dolly's health ... because the music legend is expected to be just fine.

Good news! (false alarm/whoopsies on the sister’s part)

That red brick building is Funston Elementary. They are gassing kids in their classrooms

I should add that the hustle isn’t actually enough to keep me solvent and if it weren’t for my (steadily declining) savings I would be in much deeper shit by now

Today is my 2-year anniversary of getting laid off. I can’t believe it’s been TWO FUCKING YEARS of job searching, freelancing, working part-time, and generally hustling. And there’s still no end in sight. I’m so exhausted and demoralized.

Everything about this pep rally is an appalling travesty, but incorporating "you guys are fat and your ships are ugly" is a really strange choice. We can't stop reminding people this whole administration is full of misfit weirdos with inferiority complexes.

Me being asked in job interviews to share objective results of my accomplishments:

Bright orange individually packaged whistles, stapled to English and Spanish literature designed by Pilson Arts Community House in Chicago. They are placed inside a little free library in my neighborhood: Avondale in Chicago.

Bright orange individually packaged whistles, stapled to English and Spanish literature designed by Pilson Arts Community House in Chicago. They are placed inside a little free library in my neighborhood: Avondale in Chicago.

Little Free Anti-ICE Libraries: yesterday multiple people were abducted by ICE in my Chicago neighborhood (Avondale). This morning I added 40 ICE alert whistles to three different LFLs, including one box that is about a block from one of the kidnappings. I have ordered 700 whistles.

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
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