Anna
@annap212.bsky.social
Chicagoan & part of the 🇬🇷 diaspora
New mom, OAD, step mom
Tech worker
Orthogrump
https://istodayafastingday.com/
New mom, OAD, step mom
Tech worker
Orthogrump
https://istodayafastingday.com/
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I grew up imagining I might someday be called upon to stand up for my faith against a government that openly hated Christianity. Instead, we’re called to stand up for our Christian faith against a government that openly sins but calls its sins Christianity.
www.simchafisher.com/2025/12/18/c...
www.simchafisher.com/2025/12/18/c...
Christianity isn’t a MAGA thing
When Walter Ciszek was a young Jesuit, he got his wish to go to Russia to minister to the spiritually starved people there suffering under an atheist communist regime. But when he was imprisoned on…
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December 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I grew up imagining I might someday be called upon to stand up for my faith against a government that openly hated Christianity. Instead, we’re called to stand up for our Christian faith against a government that openly sins but calls its sins Christianity.
www.simchafisher.com/2025/12/18/c...
www.simchafisher.com/2025/12/18/c...
The Schererville Bears LFG!!!
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Schererville Bears LFG!!!
I was told I would get into the Christmas spirit again once I became a mom. Actually it's made me even more indifferent! I don't care about 99% of the Christmas-related things! Because I have a baby and she takes up a lot of brain space!
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I was told I would get into the Christmas spirit again once I became a mom. Actually it's made me even more indifferent! I don't care about 99% of the Christmas-related things! Because I have a baby and she takes up a lot of brain space!
I do not think religious folk should teach their child that Santa Claus is real. My child will be learning that Santa Claus is make believe.
However, the parents should not ruin everybody else's Christmas by informing other people's children that Santa Claus is not real! --> Based on a true story.
However, the parents should not ruin everybody else's Christmas by informing other people's children that Santa Claus is not real! --> Based on a true story.
December 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I do not think religious folk should teach their child that Santa Claus is real. My child will be learning that Santa Claus is make believe.
However, the parents should not ruin everybody else's Christmas by informing other people's children that Santa Claus is not real! --> Based on a true story.
However, the parents should not ruin everybody else's Christmas by informing other people's children that Santa Claus is not real! --> Based on a true story.
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I have given up trying to be religious. I will try again when it is no longer winter, or my child grows up, whichever comes first.
December 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I have given up trying to be religious. I will try again when it is no longer winter, or my child grows up, whichever comes first.
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NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
OPINION: The Chicago Public Library budget is under threat. Let’s remember what libraries do for us • The TRiiBE
Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources.
thetriibe.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
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I can’t believe I’m the same species as some of the people I interact with on FB Marketplace
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I can’t believe I’m the same species as some of the people I interact with on FB Marketplace
Fortunately *I* will never disappoint my daughter.
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Fortunately *I* will never disappoint my daughter.
Maybe don't write an essay about how you love being middle aged and divorced and wow the sex and dating and sleeping alone is so great and then end it with, surprise! we're not REALLY divorced cuz I need the health insurance.
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Maybe don't write an essay about how you love being middle aged and divorced and wow the sex and dating and sleeping alone is so great and then end it with, surprise! we're not REALLY divorced cuz I need the health insurance.
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Dibs is antisocial behavior and I find posts characterizing it as a cute regional traditional both annoying and disappointing.
I know Chicago as a city that shows up for each other so why y'all refusing to help out when we're all going through this weather together
I know Chicago as a city that shows up for each other so why y'all refusing to help out when we're all going through this weather together
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Dibs is antisocial behavior and I find posts characterizing it as a cute regional traditional both annoying and disappointing.
I know Chicago as a city that shows up for each other so why y'all refusing to help out when we're all going through this weather together
I know Chicago as a city that shows up for each other so why y'all refusing to help out when we're all going through this weather together
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DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
We've had 1 day of wintery weather and I'm already over it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We've had 1 day of wintery weather and I'm already over it.
Greek dietitians will be like, pot of beans with olive oil and tomatoes, THIS is the Mediterranean diet.
Meanwhile tomatoes arrive in Greece in the 19th century.
Meanwhile tomatoes arrive in Greece in the 19th century.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Greek dietitians will be like, pot of beans with olive oil and tomatoes, THIS is the Mediterranean diet.
Meanwhile tomatoes arrive in Greece in the 19th century.
Meanwhile tomatoes arrive in Greece in the 19th century.
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Impeach RFK Jr. And vote out everyone who voted to confirm him in the first place.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Impeach RFK Jr. And vote out everyone who voted to confirm him in the first place.
A deeply unfair article. Some truths, sure. Overall, badly written and misleading.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A deeply unfair article. Some truths, sure. Overall, badly written and misleading.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
I would welcome a week where I don't feel the need to scream into the void.
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I would welcome a week where I don't feel the need to scream into the void.
Wow. You're telling me Trump knew? No way! Truly revelatory information.
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Wow. You're telling me Trump knew? No way! Truly revelatory information.
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Michael Shannon cooking with gas here:
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Michael Shannon cooking with gas here:
I don't want to hear a goddamn thing about your holiday travel this year.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I don't want to hear a goddamn thing about your holiday travel this year.
Helen Andrews looks like a thumb.
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Helen Andrews looks like a thumb.
FFS!!!
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
FFS!!!