Helen Wiley

Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester

This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.

Your regular reminder that the number of trans kids using puberty blockers to delay puberty is tiny, and the vast majority of prescriptions for the medication in children and adolescents are used to delay precocious puberty in cisgender kids.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

another speaker describes waking up to ice agents detaining a woman in his backyard.

“we need our schools funded, we don’t need ice,” he says. “we need housing, we don’t need ice. we need food, we don’t need ice. and even when we get all of that, we don’t need ice!”

The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few minutes ago and the end of the protest is nowhere in sight.
@blockclubchi.bsky.social

An astonishing crowd! By u/sandrakaufmann in r/chicago

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

When a virtuoso musician and her best friend pledge loyalty to rival noble houses, they don’t realize they’re sabotaging each other—or that one’s ambition could cost the other’s life.
🌈 Queer friendship
🎹 High-stakes auditions
👭Lesbian pining
👿 Demon familiars
⚔️ Eat the rich
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT

Oh I love this!!

Thanks!!

The Oracle (the gods’ human mouthpiece) is dead. As rival noble houses vie to choose the new Oracle, an ambitious musician and a hapless legal clerk become entangled in a political conflict that could destroy their friendship—or their lives.

THE UNBROKEN x GODKILLER

#DVpit #A #F #LGBT

This sounds really cool!!

Firmen, a legal clerk for a powerful noble house, is drowning in debt. To escape indenture, he sells his employers’ secrets. But when he falls in love with a man the nobles are blackmailing, he must find a way to save them both.

WITCHMARK x GODKILLER

#DVpit #A #F #SFF #LGBT

I love an infuriating sapphic love interest!! this sounds fun!

Thanks!

When a virtuoso musician and her best friend pledge loyalty to rival noble houses, they don’t realize they’re sabotaging each other—or that one’s ambition could cost the other’s life.
🌈 Queer friendship
🎹 High-stakes auditions
👭 Lesbian pining
👿 Demon familiars
⚔️ Eat the rich
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT

Schedule and Cross-Post with Buffer - Bluesky We're thrilled to announce that Bluesky has partnered with Buffer, a social media toolkit with scheduling and cross-posting features.

I haven't used it myself, but I think you can schedule posts with buffer! bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Four years ago, musician Lor was callow and naïve. Now, she’s polished enough to dazzle noble society with her musical skill—and win back Veren, the girl who broke her heart. But she doesn’t know that she’s stepping into a deadly political conspiracy—with Veren at its center.

#DVpit #A #F #LGBT

This sounds so fun!!

I want to know more about the fog-worshippers! Sounds intriguing!

photo of a neighborhood alleyway in Chicago in late afternoon

Chicago's alleyways are so good

This sounds fantastic!!

This sounds so good!! I am intrigued!

The Oracle (the gods’ human mouthpiece) is dead. As rival noble houses vie to choose the new Oracle, an ambitious musician and a hapless legal clerk become entangled in a political conflict that could destroy their friendship—or their lives.

THE UNBROKEN x GODKILLER

#DVpit #A #F #LGBT

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

This is genuinely some bullshit on bsky's part. A reaction meme of charlie kirk gets a Black person a permanent suspension, but people who actively doxx and spread hate against marginalized people not only get to stay, but het followed by mods?

We see you, bsky, and it's pretty fucking disgusting.

Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?