DaMonaLisa

I do not regret to inform you: China’s drip is centuries ahead of America’s

this is literally never not accurate

I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

"Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud"

U.S. President Barack Obama revealed possible plans to privately perform "Gangnam Style" for his spouse Michelle Obama.[141][142][143][144]

still no updates here

It’s truly tragic how many of these US war criminals like Cheney never face justice and die in their peacefully in their homes in their 80s and 90s. I want to be happy he is dead but I am not. The million people he killed didnt get the luxury to die how he did.

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Eric Adam’s library cuts have made my life materially worse.

r/Lollapalooza 3 yr. ago DaL 028 Join [deleted] I'm excited for Limp Bizkit, but I'm a little worried about Antifa... Question I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

In some ways this is the government now

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer

pic of charlie kirk on reddit r/Creatine u/Antique-Ad-9081 • 1d Could he have survived if he had been on creatine?

yes. and whoever deprived him of creatine is just as responsible.

Paris reeks bc everyone’s perfume clashes. Ça vraiment pue !

Not everyone needs a signature scent !!

Today at the Chicago Triathlon the lead male in the Olympic race was nearly hit by a truck on the LFT during the run, and drivers were getting so angry at runners crossing 18th that CPD had to be called.

The fewer cars on our lakefront, the better.

Large crowd gathered near a stage with the Chicago skyline in the background on a sunny day. "3.099 Million Rail Rides" is at the top of the image in white text.

Record breaking ridership 🤘
We provided 3.099 million rail rides during the week of Lollapalooza - our highest rail ridership week since 2019.

There is nothing more American than sliders and monetized films of car accidents.

A decorative illustration of flowers with the caption “I don’t use ai I’m not a fucking loser” with a severed hand with too many fingers

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

meme: guy labeled the rot of american society with a gun pointed at his back labeled reagan with a gun pointed at her back labeled cars with a gun pointed at her back labeled the failure of reconstruction

being in ICE or Border Patrol must be so crazy right now, you’re walking around as the disposable henchmen you can kill without qualms in the coming century of films and video games

sign that says "no smoking" and "don't speak French

Milwaukee Ave is Chicago’s bike highway, easy access to the 606 trail, Logan Square, Wicker Park.

The lake front also has a great trail. Locals go to the Montrose Bird Sanctuary, the ledge, and Promontory Point

An AI generated 3D burger with cartoon faces on a poster for Burger Time 2025 at Marz Brewing.

AI "art" at Marz Brewing

The Lawrence station at night with a bike blurred going past, with horizontal bars of light at the top

A further out view of the Lawrence station glowing in the dark, with a red car passing underneath

The Argyle CTA station at night, with the Argyle sign illuminated and the station glowing in a variety of colors

An under the station view of the Argyle station, showing the geometric pattern above in closer detail, casting a purple glow onto the brick work below

Forgive me new CTA stations, I wasn't familiar with your game

Nearly 100 people killed seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.

Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.

By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba

man aiming gun while crying

when the nice indie software begins telling you to "supercharge your productivity" and a sparkle icon appears

Having a Great Time Being Transgender in America Lately BY JACKIE SABBAGH It is day infinity of everyone wanting me dead. People are having fun bringing lemon squares and automatic artillery to the anti-trans community meetings. Divorced legislators harangue about pedophile cults and surgeried infants and what ever happened to forever ago. I am more beautiful than you and I would like to be loved. I am getting concerned about the monomaniacs who make their entire lives about deadnaming and transvestigations: obviously it's working but aren't you exhausted, don't you remember when someone loved you without knowing what you were? I am eating shortbread on a patio table overlooking the enormous green ocean. Somewhere an octopus is being eaten by an octopus and not panicking. Black dress to the floor, red acrylic nails, silver teardrop earrings, waterproof mascara. I am excited to do this for the rest of my life and be terrified. I hear a noise behind me and I don't turn around.

"I am excited to do this for the rest of my life and be terrified"

CNN screenshot from 2020 with a chyron "Can either coronavirus or Bernie Sanders be stopped?"

thinking about this again, no reason