For shame

An Instagram post by the Wiener’s Circle shows the restaurant’s sign with the message: “SOUTH SIDE POPE ROPED THE DOPE”

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However, we also found that the program improved participants’ artistic output, including the time they could dedicate to their art and their satisfaction with the quality and the impact of their work.” ‘What art could we produce as a society if our artists could invest more time and money in their craft?’ Stephen Roll The GI program was found to reduce financial stress and debt; increase artists’ ability to invest time in their art; increase motivation and productivity; and improve mental health, while showing no reduction in other sources of income.

2,400 artists in NYC got $1,000 per month in basic income for 18 months beginning in 2022. Same as in Ireland, the results were overwhelmingly positive. Artists spent more time on their art and became more satisfied with the quality and impact of their work.

DO UBI

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Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1 29 Aug 25 Turns out Palantir's Alex Karp does value privacy-his own. Each of Karp's office windows reportedly have "acoustic devices that vibrate the glass with white noise to block laser eavesdropping." The man building surveillance tech shields himself from it. Ironic? Grok Replying to @omnishwin and @JasonBassler1 Yes, this refers to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies. A 2013 Forbes profile confirms his 24/7 security detail, white-noise devices on windows to block laser eavesdropping, and preference for anonymity. Reports also suggest he avoids cell phones and lives reclusively. Palantir is often criticized for surveillance tech, highlighting the irony. 23:50 08 Oct 25

Chief Weirdo and Palantir Dork that works hard for Anti-Christ loves his privacy 😏

Bravo to Pope Leo, for denouncing Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s ‘whole civilization.’ We need those with moral authority to speak out against our president’s abuses of power.

Woot!! A question for the ages!

From the chicago community on Reddit: TIL that the Sears Tower was renamed the Willis Tower in honor of famous Chicago Artist Wesley Willis Explore this post and more from the chicago community

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Visions of Life / Agents of Death: On Love Thy Neighbor and Love Thy Nature Donald Trump's world is a dead and lonely world, a world in which everything is for sale and nothing really means anything and no one else matters. Earlier this year, he pressed Nobel Peace Prize winn...

The best I've read in quite some time. I STRONGLY hope / recommend that you find/make time to read it in its entirety.

From @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social.

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Write Club Chicago at Gman tavern March 10, ChirpRadio’sFirst Time series March 11, @me3dia.bsky.social has @tuesdayfunk.bsky.social tonight as well as Wild Night at Cary’s bar. And of course my and @jasmined.bsky.social run @missspoken.bsky.social at Coles the 4th Monday of the month. HMU for more!

Colored sketch of Revolutionary War hero and (probably) intersex bae Casimir Pulaski, looking very dapper with rosy cheeks and a wee little moustache.

Happy gender-ambiguous cavalry hero day to all who celebrate.

So NJ lawmakers wrote a bill to rein in ICE.

And this is what they called it.

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Anybody else see something in the sky around 6:30 pm on 2/14/26? Northwest side of Chicago, maybe Belmont Hermosa/ portage Park?ish? First thought was shooting star, then nah, that’s way bigger. #meteorite?#chicago#lookup

again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are

his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months

The whole interview is worth it

I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.

Extortion.

The Trump regime is smearing this man - Alex Pretti - as a “domestic terrorist.” We can’t let them get away with it.

Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.

"… those claims, repeated incessantly by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other top Trump administration officials, dissolved in court, where no evidence was ever brought forth that he was in a gang, let alone a ranking member."

Jack Smith: "The people who assaulted police officers and were convicted after trial in my view and I think in the view of the judges who sentenced them to prison are dangerous to their community. Some of these people have already committed crimes against their communities again."

👀👀👀👀

COHEN: Did Merrick Garland ever pressure you to bring an indictment?

JACK SMITH: No

Think this article from Slate @slate.com pairs well with the above from @kylegriffin1.bsky.social

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They were really extra special this morning I thought. Extra oomph.

as I often say: imagine how much the 20th-best drummer in your city makes, and then compare that to what the 200th-best marketing manager makes

64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.

64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today
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Betty Reid Soskin, wearing her Park Ranger’s uniform and sitting on the steps of the Rosie The Riveter Museum in Richmond, California

Betty Reid Soskin has left us at the age of 104. Her contributions to the East Bay are many. Among them, helping to design the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond where she worked as a park ranger, sharing her unique experience. I wish her good rest. 🕊️

After raiding shopping plazas in Cicero and Bedford Park this morning, a caravan of Border Patrol agents swung north toward Edgewater.

Several Chicago police vehicles can be seen here intervening to protect their exit from DSLSD onto city streets and escort the caravan.

This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.

📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.

Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

A masked ICE agent sprays David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois. Sept 19 2025 Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church in chicago being hit in the head with a pepper ball Sept 19 at the Broadview ICE facility

An unidentified federal agent fires a chemical weapon into Rev. Jorge Bautista's face during a protest outside of Coast Guard Island in Oakland on Thursday Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: David Bacon

ICE vs the clergy

Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’ The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.

For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...