cornzippers 🧀🌭
@cornzippers.bsky.social
Chicago. Music. Learner.
creating w/others + starting new projects + listening to music + hosting events + biking/hiking + coaching founders + making zines + mentoring people.
wholso.me | stacysniegowski.com | unchartedlearning.org | codeyourdreams.org
creating w/others + starting new projects + listening to music + hosting events + biking/hiking + coaching founders + making zines + mentoring people.
wholso.me | stacysniegowski.com | unchartedlearning.org | codeyourdreams.org
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Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
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If you get a high score of One Trillion Dollars…you should be congratulated, the credits should roll, and the game announces there is nothing more, and you die.
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you get a high score of One Trillion Dollars…you should be congratulated, the credits should roll, and the game announces there is nothing more, and you die.
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happy bday British writer Joseph Conrad, b.1857
“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
“Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
“Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
happy bday British writer Joseph Conrad, b.1857
“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
“Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
“Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
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Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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The Magnificent Mile’s vacancy rate has gone down in recent years; among them, Uniqlo is opening a store at 600 N Michigan soon.
The vacancy rate of the retail space in Trump Tower, a few blocks away, has always been about 95%.
The vacancy rate of the retail space in Trump Tower, a few blocks away, has always been about 95%.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Magnificent Mile’s vacancy rate has gone down in recent years; among them, Uniqlo is opening a store at 600 N Michigan soon.
The vacancy rate of the retail space in Trump Tower, a few blocks away, has always been about 95%.
The vacancy rate of the retail space in Trump Tower, a few blocks away, has always been about 95%.
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I'm struck by how many Chicagoans have seemingly felt compelled to write and share reflections on "this is what it feels like in Chicago right now". We know we're going through something awful together and we want the world to understand it.
Threading several of these pieces below.
Threading several of these pieces below.
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'm struck by how many Chicagoans have seemingly felt compelled to write and share reflections on "this is what it feels like in Chicago right now". We know we're going through something awful together and we want the world to understand it.
Threading several of these pieces below.
Threading several of these pieces below.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Chicago Public Library's budget cuts would mean losing HALF of the materials budget. It would mean losing 90 staff members.
Cop budget's fine, though.
Cop budget's fine, though.
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Chicago Public Library's budget cuts would mean losing HALF of the materials budget. It would mean losing 90 staff members.
Cop budget's fine, though.
Cop budget's fine, though.
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Woke up to news that a church in my town was vandalized with a swastika.
Please get out and vote in your state and local elections today.
The presidential elections aren’t the only ones that matter.
Please get out and vote in your state and local elections today.
The presidential elections aren’t the only ones that matter.
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Woke up to news that a church in my town was vandalized with a swastika.
Please get out and vote in your state and local elections today.
The presidential elections aren’t the only ones that matter.
Please get out and vote in your state and local elections today.
The presidential elections aren’t the only ones that matter.
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Within 2 weeks, within a mile of each of 4 directions of my home, tear gas has been thrown. Today, the arrests of AMERICAN CITIZENS was less than half a mile from where I live, on one of my running routes. All around my home + business. It is terrorizing. 1/3
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs
Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Within 2 weeks, within a mile of each of 4 directions of my home, tear gas has been thrown. Today, the arrests of AMERICAN CITIZENS was less than half a mile from where I live, on one of my running routes. All around my home + business. It is terrorizing. 1/3
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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sorry but nothing can be worth $5 trillion, we don't live in a cartoon
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
sorry but nothing can be worth $5 trillion, we don't live in a cartoon
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We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.
They’re working their way down the list of who they are coming for at a very fast pace.
NEW — Videos obtained by The TRiiBE show federal agents detaining a Laugh Factory worker on Chicago’s North Side this morning.
He and another person were detained around 9:20 a.m., according to rapid response teams.
Story TK shortly on thetriibe.com.
He and another person were detained around 9:20 a.m., according to rapid response teams.
Story TK shortly on thetriibe.com.
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
They’re working their way down the list of who they are coming for at a very fast pace.
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If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
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There are more people living within five miles of my home than in the entire state of Maine.
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
There are more people living within five miles of my home than in the entire state of Maine.
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
October 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
As a student, I always loved the Purdue Exponent, and now my love has grown deeper.
October 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
As a student, I always loved the Purdue Exponent, and now my love has grown deeper.
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Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.
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One continuous scene of two separate run-ins with ICE from an alley in Rogers Park this morning, from three entirely different POVs.
1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi...
2. bsky.app/profile/roya...
3. bsky.app/profile/juri...
1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi...
2. bsky.app/profile/roya...
3. bsky.app/profile/juri...
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
One continuous scene of two separate run-ins with ICE from an alley in Rogers Park this morning, from three entirely different POVs.
1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi...
2. bsky.app/profile/roya...
3. bsky.app/profile/juri...
1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi...
2. bsky.app/profile/roya...
3. bsky.app/profile/juri...
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Hey, it’s your daily reminder to get out there and do something!
Our neighbors have been terrorized more over the weekend and are pretty scared. Hearing there’s been a lot of interest in rapid response, but schools may still need help. Talk to “friends of” or parent networks at your nearest school.
Our neighbors have been terrorized more over the weekend and are pretty scared. Hearing there’s been a lot of interest in rapid response, but schools may still need help. Talk to “friends of” or parent networks at your nearest school.
October 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hey, it’s your daily reminder to get out there and do something!
Our neighbors have been terrorized more over the weekend and are pretty scared. Hearing there’s been a lot of interest in rapid response, but schools may still need help. Talk to “friends of” or parent networks at your nearest school.
Our neighbors have been terrorized more over the weekend and are pretty scared. Hearing there’s been a lot of interest in rapid response, but schools may still need help. Talk to “friends of” or parent networks at your nearest school.