Your hair ends at the top of Violet's head tho lmao

Oh and they are both incredibly good photographers ngl. Ellery's food photos are always gorgeous and Violet could give me a run for my money on certain assignments lol.

The only thing that @ellery.bsky.social and @vimiller.bsky.social have in common is being iconic baddies who I happen to be friends with fwiw lmao.

So don't go on confusing the two of them lol.

COMMENTARY OTHER VIEWS LGBTQ+ No, my Sun-Times colleague, Violet Miller, and lare not the same person Many people can't tell us apart because they don't know or understand trans women, a deficit that fuels policies and rhetoric that harm us all. By Ellery Jones | Apr 15, 2026, 6:00am CDT Chicago Sun-Times reporter Violet Miller (left) and Sun-Times and WBEZ Innovation Editor Ellery Jones | Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times

A very important personal message for you all today:

No, @vimiller.bsky.social and I are NOT the same person.

And the fact that y'all keep confusing us says something about Society™️

in case you need more clarification: chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2026...

Omg thanks queen!!!!

Trans Day of Visibility basketball tournament creates space for trans athletes amid international sports bans The court, split into competitive and recreational sides, pitted players of all genders against each other for 15-minute matchups less than a week after transgender female athletes were banned from wo...

“We shouldn’t have to sacrifice our identity to be included,” said organizer Keinan Carpenter, 25.

“If I can’t play professionally, how can I make a space that’s professional athletics for queer and trans people? That’s the goal. There’s no limit, there’s no ‘I can’t’ — let me just make the space.”

See what @blockclubchi.bsky.social reporters have captured while covering the city’s neighborhoods lately.

This Week In Photos: Jesse Jackson Laid To Rest, Hundreds March For Women’s Day And More
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very disappointed to see @thetriibe.com fired one of its staffers after they went public with their union campaign and has still not voluntarily recognized the union.

solidarity with @onetriibeunited.bsky.social ✊

Corli Jay, The TRiiBE’s community investment reporter was terminated by TRiiBE leadership on March 9 alleging that she had broken nonexistent company ethics rules. We believe this is retaliation for organizing a union. One Triibe United demands the immediate reinstatement of our member and voluntary recognition of our union. 

Corli Jay, The TRiiBE’s community investment reporter was terminated by TRiiBE leadership on March 9 alleging that she had broken nonexistent company ethics rules.

it's baseball season baby

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage I’ve read.

journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact

Hundreds protested in the Loop tonight in the snow and frigid cold as part of a nationwide shutdown in response to federal immigration raids, and fatal shootings by federal agents, in Minneapolis.
Read the full story soon @ blockclubchicago.org

📍 Chicago
#OnAssignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social

The reason journalists are so particular about what’s off the record and about granting anonymity is that many of us take that very seriously. If I promise to protect your identity, I’m not just saying I won’t print your name. I’m saying I will go to jail for refusing a court order to name you.

Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.

Reminder: DHS has lied after every single shooting, in big and obvious ways.

After Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez five times they claimed she was "armed with a semi-automatic weapon." In reality, they later found a handgun in her purse.

When people believed that Jade Helm was going to send surges of masked troops into American cities, we were told American patriots would arm themselves in defense. Today, ICE killed a man and used his concealed carry as justification.

The frigid temperatures aren’t chilling the news here in Chicago.

See what @blockclubchi.bsky.social reporters captured while covering the city’s neighborhoods this week.
This Week In Photos: Chicagoans Brace For Dangerous Cold, Bears Season Ends And Much More
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take a wild guess as to who not only passed and supported, but helped introduce the most recent trans bathroom bill in chicago….

if you guessed Rahm Emanuel, you were right! he did in 2016.

focus on the classroom is *quite* the statement coming from the guy who closed 50 schools though.

bringing this one back because Rahm Emanuel is being loudly transphobic again

The energy in the city was unparalleled Saturday night when the Bears came from behind and beat their rivals in the fourth quarter.

And from there, it was a chilly and wintery week with plenty of news.

See photos by @blockclubchi.bsky.social 's team this week!

blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/16/t...

The following items will not be permitted inside the protest area: • Firearms or other weapons prohibited under Illinois law including knives, clubs, metal pipes, or similar objects primarily designed or used as weapons. • Wooden or metal poles, boards, or sticks thicker than ¾ inch in diameter or with sharp ends; sign supports must be hollow cardboard or similarly flexible material. • Shields, body armor, helmets (other than required motorcycle/bicycle helmets while riding), or gas masks. • Glass bottles, rocks, bricks, fireworks, or other hard objects that can be thrown. •Large hard-sided coolers, backpacks, or bags larger than 4×4, except as medically necessary. "Individuals who bring prohibited items will be asked to return them to their vehicles or dispose of them before entering the protest area," said Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills. "Failure to comply with these restrictions or other lawful orders may result in removal from the area and possible arrest under applicable state or local laws." The restrictions are intended solely to protect the safety of protesters, residents, businesses, and first responders.

Broadview is restricting the items people will be allowed to bring inside it’s designated protest area near the ICE facility — under threat of removal or arrest — ahead of a protest tomorrow, which the village said it expects to bring 2-5k people to Lexington and Beach Street.

Jesus.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Passerby bike along the Lake Front Trail near North Avenue Beach in Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. | Talia Sprague/for the Sun-Times

Passerby bike along the Lake Front Trail near North Avenue Beach in Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. | Talia Sprague/for the Sun-Times

Nov 1, 2025; Bridgeview, Illinois, USA; Philadelphia Union striker Tai Baribo (9) and midfielder Milan Iloski (32) react after scoring a first half goal against Chicago Fire FC at SeatGeek Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Talia Sprague-Imagn Images

Nov 1, 2025; Bridgeview, Illinois, USA; Philadelphia Union striker Tai Baribo (9) and midfielder Milan Iloski (32) react after scoring a first half goal against Chicago Fire FC at SeatGeek Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Talia Sprague-Imagn Images

Harrison Ford speaks after accepting the inaugural E.O. Wilson Legacy Award for Transformative Conservation Leadership, named after his late friend, biologist Edward Osborne Wilson, at the Field Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. The pair met through their work with Conservation International, a nonprofit environmental organization that Ford has been involved in since 1991, including serving as vice chair of the board of directors for over 25 years. Wilson, who discovered over 325 species of ants, named one of them Pheidole harrisonfordi in honor of Ford. (Talia Sprague/for the Chicago Tribune)

Harrison Ford accepts the E.O. Wilson Legacy Award for Transformative Conservation Leadership at the Field Museum on Oct. 29, 2025. (Talia Sprague/for the Chicago Tribune)

Broadview police officers arrest Jackie Birov, a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty during a demonstration outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. The arrest was one of the latest to occur following weekly protests outside the west suburban facility as the Trump administrations branded “Operation Midway Blitz” enters its second month around Chicagoland.

Broadview police officers arrest Jackie Birov, a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty during a demonstration outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025.

A Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy shoves a protester over a barricade during a protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility in Broadview on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Talia Sprague/Block Club Chicago)

A Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy shoves a protester over a barricade during a protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility in Broadview on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Talia Sprague/Block Club Chicago)

Bishop Yehiel Curry, who was recently elected as the first Black presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), poses for a portrait, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)

Bishop Yehiel Curry, who was recently elected as the first Black presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), poses for a portrait, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)