Laura Anne

Filmmaker Mira Nair, being happy

In the past seven (7) days I’ve seen local advocacy and determined public agencies convince the state legislature save transit, I’ve seen a socialist win the NYC mayoral race…good things are good

Too true!!

Video posted on social media captioned as Cicero, IL in the Menard’s parking lot. It shows federal agents breaking a man’s window and dragging him out of his truck. Our Mexican communities experiencing so much terror rn.

It looked like this 11 years ago.

Devastating to hear about vendors taken at Swap O Rama. Back of the Yards has had no rest for weeks. Every day on assault on immigrants and anyone that is existing while Brown.

I know we can walk and chew gum at the same time, but I reeeaaaaally hope that the General Assembly doesn’t waste these precious handful of veto session days on the Bears. We got bigger fish to fry! Fund transit!

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

More Black Press recommendations: @thetriibe.com is always a must read but especially in this moment to understand what is happening on the ground in Chicago. Historical context +framing.

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Video shows feds ‘choking’ a Black man in East Garfield Park • The TRiiBE “Why is you choking him, man? Why is he choking him, man?” a man says at the scene.

Developing – Feds put a Black man in a chokehold in Chicago's East Garfield Park

A screenshot of text from the linked Chicago Sun Times article which reads: Ebony Sweets Watson, who lives across the street, said it “looked like hundreds” of agents were outside her front door. Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers, Watson said. “it was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”

This is absolutely horrible, abhorrent

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

the complicated feeling of a Lyft driver changing their music when you get in to the car but the music being 100% aligned with what constitutes your idea of a jam…the audacity of being perceived!

The default Teams hold music makes me feel like I’m walking around Besaid in FFX, compliment.

O'Hare Area Bike Network Study

There is a new Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways (DoTH) survey about improving biking conditions around O'Hare. live.metroquestsurvey.com?u=6sk8x#!/?p...

Du Bois on what these assholes were really like

Literally lining up to receive a paste to give children with extreme malnutrition.

Ideally roads are in top condition (recently rehabbed or fully reconned) before a jurisdictional transfer, at least in IL. Idk if it’s a real rule or a polite agency-to-agency norm.
Even with no JT in the works, a local has to follow the full state process for any re-design (hence the new study)

Rahm gotta be shaking in his fuckin boots since Cuomo didn’t win tonight

ranked choice voting in Illinois WHEN?!!

“after a competitive RFP, we’ve procured a new portal” chills run down my spine…

Israeli military drones told Palestinians to go to a specific area to collect aid, and when they got there the military drones opened fire on them.

Hind Khoudary reporting.

Grammys for Sinners. Oscars for Sinners. Emmys for the future Sinners broadcast performance. Everything for Sinners as should be the driving belief of every movie fan

WB should contribute to the sinners Grammy soundtrack (broadcast performance slot) campaign because that’s inherently part of the Sinners Oscars campaign

sinners tiny desk when?!

the fact that I, a woman with a body, gain new muscle instantly by increasing protein intake by a hair…despite working out regularly for years…some unfortunate conclusions about prior success in/capacity to care for and nourish myself.
I’ve always had strong legs but damn I have a new layer of quads

New info on Cresco Labs and their medical cannabis licensing in Kentucky. A business owned by its board member, Rob Sampson, has now purchased a processor license. This means companies tied to Cresco now have a cultivator, processor and dispensary license, appearing to be fully vertical.

Dallas now officially has more progressive TOD parking policy than Chicago