“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”
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Screenshot of Service Unavailable notice on soulbear.ca while SoulBear performed the Canadian National Anthem at Game 6 of the World Series
Congratulations to SoulBear on your successful performance at the World Series. Your reward:
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No notes.
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I can't wait for the Blue Jays to win and refuse to go to the White House.
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Alexander Furnas <zfurnas@gmail.com>
3:11 PM (4 minutes ago)
to john.faulk, thomas.ryan, sumner.waring, bcc: Amy, bcc: George
Dear Mr. Faulk, Mr. Ryan, and Mr. Waring,
My mother is buried in Rosehill Cemetery, a Dignity property in Chicago, which your company manages. My father also holds a reserved plot there. I was deeply disturbed to learn that today, armed and masked federal agents were using the cemetery grounds as a staging area for immigration enforcement operations in the surrounding community.
I want to be clear: I do not expect SCI or Dignity to take political positions. What I do expect is that you uphold the dignity, sanctity, and safety of the spaces entrusted to your care. Cemeteries are sacred ground—places of mourning, reflection, and remembrance. Allowing armed, unidentified agents in unmarked vehicles to occupy that space desecrates it. It frightens visitors, community members, and employees alike, and it betrays the trust of the families who have chosen Rosehill as their loved ones’ final resting place.
As a private entity, SCI and Dignity have the legal right to prohibit ICE, CBP, and other federal enforcement personnel from using your property for such operations without a judicial warrant. I urge you to exercise that right and to adopt clear policies ensuring that no government agency may use any cemetery grounds under your management for enforcement or staging purposes. Doing so is not a political act—it is a moral and professional obligation to the deceased, their families, and your own staff.
Many of those interred at Rosehill, and the families who visit them, are immigrants themselves. To allow their resting place to be used in acts that terrorize the living descendants of immigrant communities is a profound moral failure. I ask that you take immediate steps to ensure that this never happens again and communicate publicly your commitment to protecting the sanctity of these grounds.
I am requesting a written response outlining yo…
my letter to the CEO, President, and COO of Services Corporation International, the owner of Dignity Memorial, which manages the cemetery in which my mom is buried that was being used as an ICE staging ground this afternoon.
29.10.2025 20:17 — 👍 435 🔁 150 💬 16 📌 9
ICE / CBP have been slamming N & NW Chicago & N suburbs today, esp Logan Sq, Albany Pk, Budlong Woods, Evanston, & Skokie with add'l sightings in Lincoln Sq, North Pk, Rogers Pk, & Andersonville. I've seen reports that they're staging at Rosehill, Chicago's largest and first private cemetery. 🧵
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Google News blurb showing a photo of white body bags surrounded by mourners, over the Wall Street Journal headline "Israel Says Cease-Fire Is Back On After Gaza Strikes"
Red light! Green light! Red light!
29.10.2025 17:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
known ICE vehicles spotted in Rogers Park and West Ridge
keep yr head up
don’t go to the Peterson Target ever, those assholes were letting the masked secret police stage there the other day
29.10.2025 17:04 — 👍 308 🔁 131 💬 7 📌 5
Important thread to read today whether or not you live in Chicago
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That coat makes him look like the doorman for a grand old hotel.
28.10.2025 14:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
24.10.2025 18:57 — 👍 1091 🔁 513 💬 18 📌 55
YouTube video by Reagan Library
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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(Also, hope your headache goes away soon!)
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So you're vibe coding?
24.10.2025 15:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Maybe you should go back to running jazz programming, then!
22.10.2025 16:51 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/10/staff-editorial-track-ice-using-the-phoenixs-map/
The Loyola Phoenix, the student newspaper of Loyola University Chicago, launched an ICE tracker where students/community members can report ICE sightings in the area.
t.co/MmXDyN96CO
21.10.2025 14:27 — 👍 113 🔁 58 💬 2 📌 6
Overall screenshot of a profile of Tori Amos from The Rocket alt-weekly in Seattle, 1994
Tori Amos has an idea.
But not an idea for a song-a new drink. Returning to Seattle for her second-visit this year, Amos is eager to find an audience for her latest experi-ment in beverage concoction. "You have all your Starbucks things," she says. "Wett, I have one that tastes like pumpkin ple: It's my own invention; it's my contribution to Halloween. A little witch warmer!"
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Amos more ardent fans would probably say she hardly needs to resort to creating pumpkin lattes to bewitch a crowd. The emotive singer/songwriter's first solo album, .1992's Little Earth
quakes might not have been a com
One more PSL post because I can't resist: Apparently Tori Amos was a pumpkin spice latte innovator in 1994! And specifically contrasted it to the drinks at Starbucks.
16.10.2025 03:22 — 👍 289 🔁 81 💬 11 📌 31
Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA
“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said
15.10.2025 21:52 — 👍 6734 🔁 3069 💬 401 📌 359
screenshot of Google Gemini suggested responses in Gmail, including "Sounds good." and "You're suggestions are welcome." The latter suggested response is not grammatical.
Yours, on the other hand, are not, Gemini.
14.10.2025 22:12 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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nothing these guys are mad about is comprehensible to a normal human being
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Gift link for those who want it: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...
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They're out here Columbusing Johnny Cash.
(archive link: archive.is/j5aGv)
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Anyone else who uses Moped app finding it crashes a lot lately after pasting plaintext?
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"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
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