Curious to know how “traditional wives” is defined, and who is responsible for creating that definition.

A farewell to Berlin After four decades, the iconic Lakeview queer nightclub has closed its doors for good. Is the union to blame?

I’ll add to this the failed effort for negotiations with Chicago’s Berlin. After the staff unionized, the club closed: chicagoreader.com/news-politic...

Whoa. My j-school professor would’ve torn my writing to pieces for reporting like this. How times have changed.

I have an Aiwa turntable that’s 25 years old (it was my high school graduation gift) and runs like a dream. They’re on eBay and the like for around $50. No bells and whistles, plugs into the wall. Bring your own speakers.

Graduated in ‘03. Went from recruiters crawling my campus with jobs when I started and by senior year, it was a damn ghost town. I picked up temp work as a secretary until I could get a job using my college degree. Nothing but hit after hit since.

Funny how she refused to refer to it as Armenian Genocide and went with “Armenian tweet.”

TOÑITA!!!!!

I distinctly recall how something similar was attempted in France during WWII with L’Affiche Rouge and the Manouchian Group and let me tell you, it had the exact opposite effect. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiche...

How do they do it?!?!

How do they manage to win AND keep me from enjoying a single fucking second of the game?!

What’s even better is knowing for certain GenAI was used in the writing of this whole…thing.

Claro que sí, j’ai el même problemo. The franglespañol that came flying out of my mouth in Italy when trying to put the little Italian I knew into use was a true treat. Alas, a great problem to have.

I went to an all-girls HS and it always blew our minds to watch the all-boys high school across the street have recess while we were stuck inside, sitting still with no similar outlet. It definitely sent a message around expectations.

Thank you for this! Child-free; had the pleasure of needing pelvic PT due to the one-two punch of chronic stress & a tailbone fall. I was told my pelvic floor was “through the roof.” Grateful for my gyno who told me stress incont was “common but not normal” & the PT who put me together again.

One final addition: look to LA. They’ve been underwater on this for longer, and Chicago took many cues from how our friends in LA organized. Whistles are a great example of that. @lataco.bsky.social is a solid source of on the ground reporting and solidarity.

And above all, know your neighbors and your neighborhood. Community begins with those you know. Ask your neighbors what they need to feel safe. Something as simple as going for a walk can boost safety for others. You have an advantage feds don’t: you live here, know what looks out of the ordinary.

School and block watches. Trainings are huge: to inform and build community. Know Your Rights and Rapid Response trainings are essential for community safety, Signal & Reddit groups are helpful for tracking activity. Document everything, always use SALUTE method.

There are some great suggestions here. I also recommend starting with existing community and mutual aid groups on the ground who’ve been doing this work, have an established network and established trust with the community. Make it easy for varying levels of participation: whistle kit parties…

Miracle Whip also sponsored a wedding/divorce in the early 2010s so truly, nothing is really new!

Brighton Park, McKinley, Midway. All delightful suburbs 🫠

How might you define “urban core?”

In a time when facts matter even more, getting this right is the bare minimum.

Live in city borders, pay city taxes, receive city services, abide by city laws. Inexcusable. This taking place in the city makes it no less horrific; it might even make it more so.

When I was a young photog at the Daily Illini, Purdue’s student paper let me use their darkroom to develop film and do late selects because the Illinois/Purdue football game ran late and we needed photos for print. No questions asked. They’re real ones over there. Big Ten 🤝

If you can, call Chicago Bird Collision Monitors when you see one (alive or dead!). I’m an occasional volunteer and have picked up many a bird the public’s tucked away for safety ☺️. Very common!

Gah, I sure wish they had a closer grip on the lil’ buddy so it could get the care it needed. Looks like Friday night will be another heavy migration night.

Not expecting an El Chavo del Ocho childhood deep cut this evening but I’ll take it.

Hell, barely even covers one month worth of my health insurance premium on the ACA.

It varies by so many factors (age, frequency, distance, overall fitness, etc.). The two things that impacted my speed were incorporating consistent longer distance runs and strength training. That combo cut a solid 4 mins off my mile time over the course of 4 months at the age of 39.

I really despised the moment that I discovered those damn gels actually made a difference in training. I can’t undo the knowledge or the taste 🙃

Reading you post through this is an exact reenactment of my listening experience. I was only vaguely aware of Klein prior so listened to Trevor Noah’s recent interview of Klein next and it was night and day. Strikes me as very clear Klein just wants Coates’ approval in the most desperate of ways.

If you live near a VA hospital, they’ll gladly take them. I’ve done this on behalf of my parents (my dad is a vet) so it was a win-win. If you’re not near a VA, any Veteran-associated group would be a worthy consideration.