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Recovering girlboss. Podcasts about Cowboy Bebop and She-Ra. Cosplayer, poet, bassist. STFU about Chicago. None are free until all are free. 🩷💛💙(She/her)

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Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 18d

Hey. In case no one has said this to you in 20 years:

U r0xx0rz my b0xx0rz <3

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 39m

I don't care how chilly and windy it is in Chicago today. Van Leeuwen opened, and I'm going to eat so much vegan ice cream that they will be forced to close again.

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 2h

"Please keep them! I don't care if they are useful or how they are treated, they make me feel like a fancy little royal lad!"

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Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 2h

70% of articles covering Trump's anti-trans executive orders did not quote a single trans person. Let that sink in.

Everyone needs to read this new report from @transjournalists.org and understand how we can be more intentional in our sourcing when covering these stories.

How journalists covered the attack on trans rights in Trump's first 100 days

Trans perspectives were rarely present in articles about the consequences federal actions would have on their lives, according to an analysis conducted by Berkeley Media Studies Group in partnership w...

www.transjournalists.org

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Kelly Jelly 🪼 @kellybdevoe.bsky.social · 2h

CHICAGO

ICE at the Jewel on Howard Street in Rogers Park

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Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 2h

Yes. Hope this helps!

(It does not.)

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 16h

Hey so this seems kind of really really super f'ing important

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 16h

Releasing hoarded wealth from the few to the many would fix almost every problem we have. Financial security solves not just the obvious ones like homelessness, hunger, and crime, but deeper ones, too, like creating more doctors, innovations, art, tolerance, love.

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 22h

AI is already a blight to the environment and artists, and you had to throw potentially the most famously, creepily, sexually exploited deceased face onto it? Who is this FOR???

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 1d

It was!

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 1d

When I was in Japan a decade ago, I stayed at an international travel-themed hotel in Ikebukuro. They sold food inspired by many countries. The "America" dish was a mountain of mini corn dogs with an American flag stuck on top. I still think about this almost daily.

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Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 1d

I saw a video of someone deep in the paint about how little investigation there has actually been into his death, calling it a conspiracy... and I think maybe they underestimate the simple fact that the fascists did not actually care about that dude.

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Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 1d

Jamie oh my god you need to go viral with this takedown

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Away Messages @awaymessages.bsky.social · 1d

There she is again
Beside the fountain lookin' out
Upon the people here
It's awfully clear
She's haunting me and honestly
I'm honored to be haunted
By the likes of she
Lucky me

She's the ghost of Chicago

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Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 1d

NPR really seems to believe that bending the knee means they might be spared, aaaaand they won't be.

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 1d

Called shot: In my lifetime, we will get to a point where Christmas decorations and advertisements will be up year round. Christmas ads were airing October 1 this year, the limiters are off.

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Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 1d

Sea of Thieves was experiencing server issues, so the gang hopped on Phasmophobia to enjoy orb. @playphasmo.bsky.social

A screenshot from the multi-player video game Phasmophobia. Two men and a woman bend all the way backwards at the waist, surrounding a red moon-like orb atop a black platform. Ghost hunting equipment lines the walls, ignored.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 3d

IN ROGERS PARK?

there is a call for community defense from 2-8 on Morse & Ashland

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The Bebop Beat, a Cowboy Bebop Rewatch Podcast @bebopbeat.bsky.social · 5d

We've gotten a lot of feedback over the years that this ep is an audience favorite. Brain Scratch w/ Sarah Hightower takes a Cowboy Bebop story and roots it in real-life cults, including Heaven's Gate and Aum Shinrikyo. The story doesn't end in the 90's!

thebebopbeat.simplecast.com/episodes/bra...

Brain Scratch ft. Sarah Hightower | The Bebop Beat: A Cowboy Bebop Rewatch Podcast

Much of Cowboy Bebop went over our heads when we saw it for the first time (we were so young!) The greatest example of this is Brain Scratch, a haunting commentary on real-life cults. Our guest Sarah ...

thebebopbeat.simplecast.com

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Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 3d

*Not Harry Potter tho.

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 3d

Found you on the Chicago posters feed, we have a mal mix pup, following for mal-posting! ...ours asks if "frisbee" is considered a job?

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 3d

This is far from the worst part about ICE occupation, but helicopter noise every day is annoying as hell. We are all just trying to enjoy an autumn morning, we don't need the constant sound of warfare. Park the military aircraft and enjoy a corn maze with your family or something.

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Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 3d

Where are you right now if you're not in Chicago weeping through every movement of Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons??

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 4d

I don't pay any attention to sports, so the fact that a baseball game that doesn't even involve Chicago has found my feed is wild. 15 innings?? Excuse me, guys??

Long Live Chicago @troppypop.bsky.social · 4d

I'm assuming whatever it is is AI, given the White House's penchant for publicly posting AI videos.