My wife has a pair of black running shoes with a wide toe box that I christened "ten minutes to Wapner."

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

The information we have about the Iran War is incomplete and unreliable and it’s still clearly a debacle. The full story is likely much worse.

Well played.

A country where Flag Officers are dismissed on the whim of a president or a secretary of Defense -- and where it's tolerated by those in a position to stop it -- is a country in decline

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 don't get this. It certainly doesn't track with my (unscientific) perception.

How can this go on for another 3 years?

How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...

Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners.

Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.

Republicans making everyone’s travel experience even shittier is very on brand. Ruin everything and get mad when people don’t like you.

Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta’s Ray-Bans Over the last decade or so, the tech industry has tried, and mostly failed, to make “smart glasses”—tech-infused glasses with cameras, AI, maps, displays, and more—a thing. But over the past year,

We cannot let companies push face recognition into our glasses, and as a user, you should make your voice clear that this is not something you want. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress - demonstrably - approve of everything he’s doing

$11.3 billion could cover any of the following for a full year:
-1.4 million people on Medicaid
-19 million kids getting free school lunches
-1.4 million people getting affordable housing
-1.1 million hungry seniors fed
-0.8 million children given free child care

Top notch episode.

“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Trump, 11/1/24

“I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars.” - Trump, 11/5/24

So crazy that the FBI hasn't solved Savannah Guthrie's mom's kidnapping but they keep releasing videos about it, never would've expected that from an organization run by an influencer

The Trump administration has just deleted this photo of Trump Cabinet Secretary Howard Lutnick with Jeffrey Epstein on what appears to be an island.

The Washington Post's description of the bodycam video of his arrest last year, and the translation of Mr. Shah Alam's comments, is gutting. Remember, he was entirely blind in one eye and could only see three feet in the other, and he spoke virtually no English.

He spent a year in jail for this.

Great piece. As a one time Chicago proper resident getting to Soldier Field sucks. (Disclosure: I've only been there for soccer friendlies.)

Fact: In a one hour and 47 minute speech, the President only spent 2.9 minutes on affordability and 3.8 minutes on health care.

This "very special" episode hits very close to home.

Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'

Thanks to the OBBB, Amazon’s tax bill for 2025 is $1.2 billion, down from $9 billion the year before despite a 45% jump in profits.

See them live when you have the chance. I saw them in PDX the last couple times they were through and it was great fun.

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

Why would anyone visit the U.S. anymore?

No no, thank you!

@hotdogsladies.bsky.social - there appears to be an issue with the ROTL feed.

Might we get a West Coast leg?

This feels about right.

I was hurt more by the last Bears loss. This felt nearly inevitable after the first possession in the second half went nowhere. With the cap situation and no 1st rd pick it's going to be an interesting off season.