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Reading, procrastinating, and occasionally living out of a backpack in places both familiar and foreign, though it's (still) a damn pandemic. Mercenary educator. She/her.
I love this one, especially when considered as a complement to Sandberg’s “Chicago”: (Alt text continued in second picture)
It’s eugenics. It’s all, always, eugenics. Deployed against more and more groups of people the longer it’s tolerated by the public.
This whole scenario is atrocious, and unconscionable:
Guys, I finally figured out the right way to do Blues Fest as someone with chronic pain:
There are so many horrific things that have happened - and continue to happen - but this one haunts me so fucking deeply.
Trans rights are human rights. You should care about this because you care about other people. But if you can’t reach even that bar and are only driven by self-preservation, you should care about this because they won’t stop with trans rights.
There are so very many. Top four, in order of publication (links to follow):
A family friend, Frederick B. Snite, Jr. was the picture of health before contracting polio at the age of 25. Thanks to his family’s immense wealth and a bit of sheer luck, he had access to the best available treatment for the remaining 18.5 years of his life, which he lived to the fullest.
Calling all folks! Covid-cautious folks, disabled folks, allies, anyone who cares about fundamental rights! There are <48 hours left to submit witness slips in support of Kiki’s Law (SB3340), enshrining in law the right to wear masks. Link below, *you do not need to be an IL resident to submit*
This is mine, but the fact of the matter is that they don’t listen anyway so it’s pointless. One time, immediately after explaining it, a doctor asked me if I was at a 10. “I’m sitting upright and having a cogent conversation with you, so no, obviously not???”
I’m not seeing anything in the linked article about the man’s (lack of) criminal history, but this woman’s death was still entirely egregiously unnecessary:
“Once pregnant children are placed at the San Benito shelter, the new regulations could mean they cannot be moved out of Texas to get abortions - even if keeping them there puts them at risk. “It's so elegant and simple,’ White said. ‘All they have to do is send them to Texas.’”
Video was too long to post in one go, back half of it is here: (2/2)
Don’t let the assault distract from her message, a full-throated call for the abolition of ICE and the resignation or impeachment of Noem. As she so bravely says, “No, we will continue. These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with it… Please don’t let them have the show.” (Video 1/2)
Back in 2020 I posted on fb naming Biden’s family separation policies as genocide for “forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” A MN friend who is good at calling me on my shit suggested I was being hyperbolic. His wife now guards their son’s daycare every morning.
And I am in absolute awe of this woman’s bravery:
There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;
The hypocrisy of the left when it comes to the idea of “following the science” is truly staggering.
If I really wanted to up the fancies, I’d look at the appetizer selection of menus from French restaurants for inspiration? I don’t even like goat cheese, but this sounds so fancy!
There’s a LOT packed into this short video. But one thing my brain got snagged on, that I can’t seem to get past, is this choice of optics for a politician who is the head of the House Republicans:
Watching children play in Crown Fountain is one of my favorite downtown pastimes. The only thing these families should be worried about is how they’re going to appease a toddler who’s stuck in soaking wet clothes for the rest of the afternoon after they splish-splashed around so gleefully.
I have never in my life wanted short hair, but my immediate response to seeing this is “compulsory adherence to outdated gender norms” and it makes me want to cut all my hair off purely out of spite.
It was Bill Koza who hit me so hard today, but I can’t wait to hear how Della Reuther informs and impacts how I move in our current moment: