Elise Schuenke

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.

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I thought democrats would never cease to surprise me with how much they could disappoint me. Alas

I’m so so so so so so so so so so so so so sooooooooooooo tired of living in this country with two parties who don’t care and are absolutely negligent and/or actively harming vulnerable communities

I swear to all that is holy, if Democrats fall for this, it’s going to be another instance of Charlie Brown missing that stupid football Lucy keeps setting up for him

If your senator is one of these guys, call and complain! If they’re not, call your senator and tell them to talk some sense into these quitters!

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DO NOT LET THEM HEAR THE END OF IT

CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM NOT TO CAVE

One ending down, six to go! Plus I wanna unlock every possible scenario

The game Slay the Princess with a pretty princess saying, “Please don’t.”

I tried Slay the Princess on a whim and was absolutely blown away by the storytelling and gameplay! It’s unlike anything I’ve ever played and I absolutely love the amount of storylines and scenarios you can get yourself into

Literally the moment we got the title card for the monster’s side of the story, my friends and I leaned forward in our chairs

Absolute peak

I genuinely think I love this adaptation more than the original novel for the things it adds, the things it changes and the themes it explores. And I already loved the novel so that’s saying something. Del Toro, my goat

Okay now that Frankenstein is out on Netflix (GO WATCH ITS MAGNIFICENT)

I can’t stop thinking about Victor’s hurting the monster for not immediately having intelligence, mirroring his own father’s impatience and abuse. And later on it shows all it took for the monster to grow was love, investment

A small ink of me being super stressed

Very very stressy today

dip pen and ink drawing of frankenstein's monster from GDT's new film, colored digitally. he looks forlornly down at a bright autumn leaf

"--what recourse do you have... but to live?"

#frankenstein @realgdt.bsky.social

The Traitor & The Wretch THE TRAITOR & THE WRETCH is a dark fantasy adventure with a surprisingly tender romance between two very unlikely allies. Written by Jasmine Walls and illustrated by Rowan MacColl, set to be released ...

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I’m not escaping the fruity allegations (which are true)

A hand holds a small bottle shaped chocolate wrapped up with the label Mount Bay Barbados Rum est. 1703

My parents were gifted these bottle shaped chocolates that each have a different liquor inside and I swear to God that I blindly grabbed one

New License: Living with My Old Cat. Story and art by Fujihito. A purrfectly delightful slice-of-life color manga about an author and the cat they’ve had since childhood! Life with a senior cat is a whole new experience to that of a brand-new kitten. From fully formed habits and routines to silly quirks, you’ll be surprised just how spry a grandpa cat can be! ©Fujihito 2020 / KADOKAWA CORPORATION. Available from Seven Seas Entertainment October 2026 (Print/Digital).

Brand-new license announcement! LIVING WITH MY OLD CAT by Fujihito. The bond between a human and their pet is something to be cherished! In this slice-of-life color manga, see how sweet life is with a senior cat and their habits and quirks.

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Looks so good!!

Good news

Life can be okay sometimes

If I ordered pronouns for the table would you have some

Poster: LUNAR BOY has been selected for... Seattle Public Library's Global Reading Challenge! A partnership between Seattle public libraries and Seattle public schools. Indu sits on a sofa surrounded by Noah, Yuliana and Lastri. They're all reading books.

Lunar Boy is one of the 8 books selected for the SEATTLE GLOBAL READING CHALLENGE 📚

Kids will be reading books, answering quizzes on them, and winning prizes! Maybe even a sticker drawn by me 🤸🏼‍♂️

#Booksky

AAAAAAAAA

I know, I’m sorry

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thank you for the outpouring of support!

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

Good things should happen more often actually

Might be a controversial opinion

IT ISSS

I’m going to need Democrats to wake the hell up and start taking some notes from this man

I CAN GO TO BED WITH A SKIP IN MY STEP LETS FREAKING GOOOOOOOOO

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