WTAF.

Jet fuel can’t melt steal beams.

A photo of Jolene, a grey cat with black stripes. She's laying in a weird position on a white bookshelf halfway under a blue curtain. Her face and her back feet are parallel with each other.

Every day is caturday

CPS will be in session on May 1, but agreement with CTU encourages students to attend afternoon rally

Chicago Public Schools will be in session for a full day on May 1, but it will also be an official civic day of action during which hundreds of students will be able to take a “field trip” to a massive pro-labor, anti-President Donald Trump rally.

A photo of Jolene, a grey cat with black stripes. She's sitting on an orange throw rug looking directly at the camera. In front of her is a canvas bag that's white with green stripes, some that resemble asparagus.

Happy caturday to all who celebrate

A tabby cat half way into a green and white striped bag on an orange rug

We have to cut the handles off the bag so they don’t strangle themselves.

A buddy of mine chatted to one of them after the game. A fan having a 50th birthday bash in the bleachers, and friends flew in from all over the country to celebrate with her in hot dog costumes. Baseball is the best. @buckweaver.bsky.social @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social

Fans wearing hot dog costumes in the left-field bleachers stand for pictures before a Cubs-Mets game at Wrigley Field on April 18, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

You're all wieners in my book

Left-field bleachers

Cubs-Mets ⚾ 1:20 p.m.

Body Cam Video Shows Chicago Cop Took Cover for 90 Seconds After Fatally Shooting His Partner Krystal Rivera Body camera videos released Friday show that officer Carlos Baker ran up a stairwell after encountering an armed man and firing the gunshot that killed Rivera.

"Chicago police officer Carlos Baker sat in a stairwell for more than 90 seconds after shooting his partner Krystal Rivera last summer, leaving her bleeding from a gunshot he initially said had been fired by someone else."

Officials have released footage showing the fatal shooting of Krystal Rivera following months of work covering the case by Peter Nickeas, @ctoner.bsky.social and our friends in @cstguild.bsky.social. Another example of invaluable work made by our members.

4 Months Into the Year, Chicago Has Spent at Least $175.6M to Resolve Police Misconduct Lawsuits The city’s 2026 budget set aside just $82.5 million for police misconduct settlements, and authorized officials to borrow an additional $283.3 million to cover the soaring cost of lawsuits alleging wr...

FULL STORY: Just four months into the year, Chicago has spent more than $175.6 million to resolve approximately 200 lawsuits alleging Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct, according to an analysis of city data by @wttw.bsky.social
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Tax season is over and I have a day off. Beermosa!

I feel seen.

Happy Confederate surrender day!

This should be a national holiday, and it says a lot that it isn’t.

Anjanette Young Moves 'Past The Pain' Of Botched Police Raid In New Book: 'It's In Me To Fight Back' The Chicago social worker, who was humiliated in a 2019 wrongful police raid, explores how she confronted trauma to become an advocate for police reform.

Anjanette Young Moves 'Past The Pain' Of Botched Police Raid In New Book: 'It's In Me To Fight Back'

Chicago flag depicted in wood on the side of a big cargo bike box in a garage

State's Attorney's Refusal To Drop Charges Against Nonviolent ICE Protesters A 'Waste' Of Resources, Some Say Over the past month, prosecutors have dropped charges against the majority of protesters arrested by local police outside the federal facility in Broadview. But 20 cases are still pending — and those ...

State's Attorney's Refusal To Drop Charges Against Nonviolent ICE Protesters A 'Waste' Of Resources

A photograph of a flyer taped to a pole. It's jet black with white print that reads "no blood for oil."

A photograph of the SAME flyer taped to a pole but shot a little wider. It's jet black and reads in white print "no blood for oil. stop Trump's war on Iran."

I spotted 2003 VS 2026 outside a train station today and I'm really feeling a lot of things right now.

A photo of a door on the L in Chicago. There's graffiti on the bottom in white that reads "u can't eat money." In the window at the top of the door in black is graffiti that reads "nobody is illegal on stolen land."

Folks on the CTA are going hard today

I'm here in Grant Park in Chicago where thousands of people are streaming into the park for the #NoKings rally and march beginning soon. This will be the thread for that.

My tabby cat Jack sleeping in a round ball with his head in his arms

Caturday is for sleeping in.

GALLERY: Friday at C2E2 2026 We weren't the only ones ready to show out though - there was a ton of great cosplay even for a first day of the convention. We had our roving photographers - Aaron Cynic, Julian Ramirez, and Mariell...

Super happy I got to spend yesterday shooting mostly cosplay at C2E2 with a couple other fantastic photographers

Activists protest ICE agents at O'Hare Airport Immigration agents have been helping with security at O’Hare and other airports nationwide during the Department of Homeland Security budget impasse. President Trump signed an executive order Friday t...

Activists protest ICE agents at O'Hare Airport

Happening now in Cicero just outside Chicago—

A growing crowd is gathered at town hall this morning for a No Kings protest to many honks of support.

Big anti-ICE themes here today as this is a community that has been heavily targeted by the feds—including kidnappings in recent weeks.

Dozens of Evanston Township students walk out of school to protest war in Iran The teens also rallied against other moves made by the Trump administration, including its deportation campaign.

Dozens of Evanston Township students walk out of school to protest war in Iran

Happening now: a small protest at O'Hare is marching through terminal 1 this evening outside Chicago.

ICE agents have been spotted inside the airport all week.

Folks chanting, "ICE out of O'Hare! ICE out of everywhere!"

Protestors have begun to march through the terminal, not approaching any security gate, chanting "ICE out of O'Hare, ICE out of everywhere!" and "ICE out now!"

Happening now at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport:

A small protest is underway against ICE agents being deployed to airports across the country, including at O'Hare.

For the moment press here outnumber protestors, but more people are slowly trickling in.

A photo of Jolene, a grey cat with black stripes and some brown fur on her belly. She's laying on her side with her paws curled near her face and staring at the camera.

LOOK AT HER GO

Has anyone heard anything about this AI data center set to be built in Chicago's South Loop?

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