Make It Make Sense: ICE launches deportation “blitz” in Chicago Plus: city officials evict unhoused residents from Legion Park, IDOC wants to ban most physical mail, and more.

icymi: i wrote about what we’ve seen through the first few days of ice’s deportation “blitz” in chicago—camouflaged feds, violent arrests, and a propaganda crew with a front-row seat.

Charlie Kirk on mass shooting victims: 'We cannot allow them to emotionally hijack the narrative'

Two glass bottles of foundation and a lip gloss, dropped in the middle of the street. They are unbroken.

Diva down

BBC News headline: Frankenstein is monster success at Venice film festival

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

Feds charge two women with assaulting federal agents during West Side immigration raid Two Chicago women are facing federal assault charges stemming from a scuffle with agents during an immigration enforcement action on the West Side over the weekend.

Two Chicago women are facing federal assault charges stemming from a scuffle with agents during an immigration enforcement action on the West Side over the weekend.

i'm eating this up!!

Gaza Notifications @gazanotice • 11h An Israeli soldier in Gaza proudly posted a story from one of the U.S. Israeli backed death traps, aiming a sniper at starving Palestinians seeking aid. Beneath is a photograph, shot through a sniper rifle’s reticle with a cluster of dozens of Palestinian civilians clearly visible in the sight. The image surrounding the reticle frame has been blurred for operational security, to prevent the sniper’s location from being identified.

Everybody with power continues to behave as though they’ve got no idea what this is, nor that they have any way of finding out. Meanwhile, the perpetrators appear to be under no illusions, acting with complete operational clarity and a belief in their own impunity.

poor bf has covid; if i get sick i just might kms

How To Write Non-Con in a God Honoring Way

c: tumblr user idonthavepurplehair

just caught the end of an (obviously) old hr long Nat Geo doc about Grand Teton National Park, and Bear 399 was mentioned. now I'm sad 🐻

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it’s monday again

Sabrinapalooza August 3, 2025

DJO at Lollapalooza, August 1 2025

going to Lolla for the first time pt 1 day 1

Man charged with hate crime in Little Village vandalism acted out of "anger against Palestinians and Latinos" Philip Dominguez, 38, allegedly spray painted swastikas and "ICE rules" on buildings in Little Village. He faces multiple felony counts of hate crime and criminal damage to property.

A man accused of spray painting swastikas and “ICE rules” on buildings in Little Village faces multiple felony counts of hate crime and criminal damage to property.
https://trib.al/SE5iX5F

Samoan culture shared, celebrated during live art collaboration at the Field Museum Volunteers from Chicago and beyond joined master artists in creating traditional Samoan artwork for an upcoming exhibition.

Volunteers from Chicago and beyond joined master artists in creating traditional Samoan artwork for an upcoming exhibition.
https://trib.al/d1A1IC7

For women, the increase of AI use in the workplace may affect their careers: Harvard study Women are using AI significantly less then men and it’s going to have a major impact on their careers, according to extensive research on the topic.

Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."

Can I just say how fucking ridiculous it is that queer and nsfw art is more heavily regulated than the fucking plagiarism machine destroying our planet that is genAI

Here’s a short script:
“Hello, my name is _____, and I would like to file a complaint. I find it troubling that Mastercard is blocking content on (the platforms you use) and making it difficult for me to make legal purchases. I am going to stop using Mastercard if this isn’t rescinded and fixed."

Maybe we could find out.

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000

Can’t believe I’ve become a radical extremist with so many unpopular, society-shaking opinions like that all humans deserve human rights, including clean air and healthcare.

I predict that in the next 5-10 years a lot of people making decisions like this are going to try and hold on to their positions of power like none of this happened, and it’s on every one of us to make sure they are shamed out of public life forever

A new Chance the Rapper mural in Chatham celebrates "Lil Chano from 79th." blockclubchi.co/3IEyFm4

Ozzy Osbourne, heavy metal icon, dies at 76 Known as the 'Prince of Darkness,' the lead singer of the massively influential rock band Black Sabbath, Osbourne reached another generation via the MTV reality show The Osbournes in the early 2000s.

Ozzy Osbourne, the influential singer who came to be known as the Prince of Darkness, has died at 76, according to a statement from his family.

Today is Willem Dafoe’s 70th birthday!

Screenshot of Amanda as Bill Clinton looking shocked with the caption that says “me on mondays.”

The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.