Middle-Aged Bear

Chicagoans do not f around

“The Lighthouse” is a film in which Robert Pattinson is slowly driven to madness by Willem Dafoe’s farts.

Here's a link to the open letter — it's Good Stuff. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Update: later estimates put the total between 250,000 and 300,000

Tribune estimates over 100,000 people showed up in today’s No Kings / Hands Off Chicago rally in Grant Park

#nokings #handsoffchicago #chicago #savedemocracy

The Lighthouse is Brokeback Mountain with tentacle porn

oh man they did it for real

In addition to their national defense duties, Americans rely on our National Guard to fight wildfires and respond to other natural disasters.

Donald Trump's weaponization of the Guard and deployments to American cities erodes that trust, and makes us less prepared when they are most needed.

Pissed off, dismayed and horrified at the way the Republican regime is invading our city, gassing and shooting civilians, and then trying to paint those civilians as dangerous terrorists.

Last night I watched JAWS, a fable in which greedy politicians ignore scientists and career civil servants, and a lot of people get eaten.

I think you’re right

Hades and Persephone?

Food for thought, and perhaps hope.
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Israeli strikes kill 22, including 5 journalists, in a Gaza hospital Israeli forces killed 22 people, including five journalists, in two strikes on Gaza's Nasser Hospital, drawing global condemnation and prompting a rare admission of regret from the Israeli government.

This is some Ba Sing Se shit

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She was just seventeen
Too old for Epstein
On a private jet, on the way to his private isle,
He used to hang with The Donald
(oooooooooo!)
Release the Epstein files!

🤔

Like, I woke up, but I still live here.

Last night I had a dream that I was trying to escape from a megachurch filled with fundamentalist vampires, and goddamn if that’s not an apt metaphor for America

Israel's blockade on Gaza is causing a starvation crisis, with no infant formula available and malnourished mothers unable to breastfeed, leading to 159 hunger deaths including 90 kids. #Gaza

I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics

Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either

This is why we fight for *everyone*

LET’S GO DUTCH: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DE VEEZE COLLECTION AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY Not long ago, I had the pleasure of being asked to provide some guests from the Netherlands with a private tour, highlighting, of course, the incredible range of Dutch language materials in our rar…

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Dutch Art Nouveau book covers and ephemera? Sign me up

Horrified and frustrated by what is happening in Gaza

Happy birthday!

Kaiser to Stop Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Minors, Leaving Trans Kids With Fewer Options | KQED Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente has said it will cease surgical gender-affirming care for trans minors, citing political pressure from the Trump administration.

KQED article re Kaiser’s disappointing and shitty decision to throw trans kids under the bus. Spoiler: The nurses are not amused. Do not fuck with the nurses, y’all.

Protest at 4pm Friday at KP SF. Info at the bottom of the article.

The Ravinia Festival – 3 Decades of Program Covers (and other related graphics) – PRINT Magazine Ravinia Festival entrance Highland Park, Illinois. The Ravinia Festival is the oldest outdoor music festival organization in the United States. It’s located in Highland Park, Illinois about 25 miles n...

Sole lovely old Ravinia posters and programs: www.printmag.com/branding-ide...

More backyard nature in the city: an Eastern Black Swallowtail on some coneflower, and a fractal-looking blue vervain

GUYS NOW IT’S RAINING AND IT HAS A LITTLE UMBRELLA!