just heard someone refer to a regular bicycle as an “acoustic bike”

It gets worse. The quote from the police chief is literally why women, especially black women, don’t trust police. ‘Ongoing domestic dispute’ implies wrongdoing on both sides. There is nothing in this story that indicates Cerina did anything except file for divorce and try to protect her children.

And that’s just trans women—there are even more trans and gender-diverse people on staff at @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org more broadly!

Oh I've been on the bus with this guy in the past couple weeks. Bus driver was unamused.

What Menopause Is Like in Prison Limited information, health care challenges, hot flashes and mood swings make this an especially difficult life transition.

Last summer, an incarcerated woman in Missouri had a hot flash while we were on the phone. Since then, I've been talking to people around the country about what it's like to go through perimenopause and menopause in prison. Here's the result, co-published by @themarshallproject.org and @19thnews.org

An ICIRR alert warning people to stay vigilant amid an uptick of ICE activity in Chicagoland communities. Full release: https://www.instagram.com/icirr_il/p/DW7bZOblH_Y/?img_index=2

An ICIRR alert warning people to stay vigilant amid an uptick of ICE activity in Chicagoland communities. Full release: https://www.instagram.com/icirr_il/p/DW7bZOblH_Y/?img_index=2

An ICIRR alert warning people to stay vigilant amid an uptick of ICE activity in Chicagoland communities. Full release: https://www.instagram.com/icirr_il/p/DW7bZOblH_Y/?img_index=2

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights is reporting an uptick in ICE activity across the Chicago area over the last week, incl. reported abductions at Cook County courthouses and immigration check ins.

Chicago neighborhoods of reported activity include Rogers Park, Austin and Pilsen.

If you're coming to Chicago early for #ONA26, you might get to see some awesome costumes from people heading to C2E2 (Chicago's version of Comic-Con)

Yikes! Getting doored is a rite of passage, but getting any body part run over is not! So glad nothing's broken.

This is beautifully done. Cheers (and virtual hugs) to @lamthuyvo.bsky.social and the crew at @puddingviz.bsky.social

WBEZ's audio coverage of the Illinois primaries starts now! Stream here and follow Bluesky's trending feed for the latest

Current Chicago ‘L’ service shown in the style of the 1924 Interborough Rapid Transit map (New York City)

#calcagnomaps #chicagol #cartography #chicago #transitmap

Chicago wind gauge

Tennis ball sized hail

Hey Chicago wear head protection

Lots of hail in Chicago (South Loop)

Mexican Dance Studio Students Doused With Water, Threatened With ICE In 'Hate Incident' Kids leaving a dance class at Ballet Folklorico de Chicago Friday were harassed by two neighbors who threw cups of liquid on them. Police are investigation while the community rallies to the dance stu...

“Nor was it the first time the nonprofit has had to call police on those neighbors, who have also previously threatened its students with references to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, she said.”

This woman, US citizen living in Skokie, was detained at Ohare yesterday, taken to Broadview, then transferred to a detention facility in Wisconsin, now released. We know all this not because of DHS, who repeatedly denied that they even had her, but because her phone was pinging in those locations.

Thanks! It was fun to put together.

Slide showing "Data Journalist Pain Chart"

Fun term at #NICAR26 lightning talks from @kylieclifton.bsky.social: Pivot table curious

Title slide that reads "How to make your charts go up and to the right"

Excited to give a lightning talk soon at #NICAR26 on how to make any chart go up and to the right. It's a little bit silly, like many lightning talks.

Now there's an actual live link to this job posting for a data analyst at @inquirer.com
inquirer.rec.pro.ukg.net/PHI1500PHILI...

Job posting for data analyst at The Philadelphia Inquirer

If you're at #NICAR26 and have questions about this job on the job board, I'm happy to talk! It's a role on my old team. (I'm not involved in hiring, though.)

And of course, also great insights and advice from the whole panel on working with reporters and editors who are excited about what's possible now, and training them to do it safely. #NICAR26

In session on editing AI-powered journalism (code and stories), @meghanhoyer.bsky.social has had some great lines:
"That's not a story; that's a blob"
"Trying to keep people from yeeting things into the paper"

#NICAR26

She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. — Assigned A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies Our new poll finds question wording can swing opinion by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights. That's a problem for people who use polls to tell politicians what voters want.

New post!
Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies. Question wording effects can swing opinions by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights.
That's a problem for people who interpret polls for a living.

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/many-ameri...

Briefing: Quick updates on Immigration + Medical Research + Food Safety — Unbreaking We’re keeping it tight this week, with three condensed briefings from the Immigration, Medical Research Funding, and Food Safety teams.

Our Immigration team posted 37 new timeline entries this week. See our briefing for a capsule update: unbreaking.org/blog/briefing/

Jesse Jackson - keeping hope alive With Rev. Jesse Jackson’s death last week and all the homegoing ceremonies starting today, lot of memories bubbled up for me. Jackson, of co...

My Dad ( @philhaslanger.bsky.social ) wrote about the four times he met Rev. Jesse Jackson, between 1968 and 1988, and how that helped shape him. In the picture, he's the one on the left with glasses. pastorphilsplace.blogspot.com/2026/02/jess...

ICE deportation flight leaves NH after 31 hours, exposes chronic problems Local officials, activists and a former Omni flight attendant slammed the airline and ICE's decision not to cancel the scheduled deportation.

NEW FROM ME: The deportation plane stuck in the blizzard took off this morning after 31 hours, but not before exposing a much bigger problem with exceedingly long delays on ICE flights.

With exclusive interviews and photos taken by local ICE flight watchers. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-deportat...

3-day snow forecast map of Philadelphia and South Jersey, showing most regions in the 12-24 inch of snow band.

Highly recommend the snow forecast maps in the @inquirer.com live blog: www.inquirer.com/weather/live... Built by @sstirling.bsky.social