Denali
@denali.bsky.social
Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
When I talk about why we need a structural fix for public sector revenue it's because the structure of our economy has changed so much.
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
When I talk about why we need a structural fix for public sector revenue it's because the structure of our economy has changed so much.
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
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This week I learned that if one 80+-year-old jazz musician gets your phone number, they all have it.
And they will call it.
A bunch of guys who are on Van Gelder Studio records, I know what their maladies & medications are.
And they will call it.
A bunch of guys who are on Van Gelder Studio records, I know what their maladies & medications are.
My dad, Don Seybold, has died.
Made jazz radio across six decades; jazz presenter & agent; at 60, started teaching jazz history.
So charismatic, he excelled at sales, politics, seduction, storytelling.
He used it to promote other people’s art.
Life tested his ethics many times. He always passed.
Made jazz radio across six decades; jazz presenter & agent; at 60, started teaching jazz history.
So charismatic, he excelled at sales, politics, seduction, storytelling.
He used it to promote other people’s art.
Life tested his ethics many times. He always passed.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This week I learned that if one 80+-year-old jazz musician gets your phone number, they all have it.
And they will call it.
A bunch of guys who are on Van Gelder Studio records, I know what their maladies & medications are.
And they will call it.
A bunch of guys who are on Van Gelder Studio records, I know what their maladies & medications are.
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As we work on our next judicial election guide, we want to hear from you: What should voters know about these attorneys and judges? If you recognize any of these names, send us your tips. buff.ly/DlOqYRA
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As we work on our next judicial election guide, we want to hear from you: What should voters know about these attorneys and judges? If you recognize any of these names, send us your tips. buff.ly/DlOqYRA
Writing alt-text is the right thing to do and it's also one of the ways I've learned how to communicate better when it comes to sharing charts, graphs, figures, and images.
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Writing alt-text is the right thing to do and it's also one of the ways I've learned how to communicate better when it comes to sharing charts, graphs, figures, and images.
When you make fun of busty ladies to make fun of the president, the president doesn't see it but all the busty ladies do and we are vicious, unforgiving, and impervious to pain after years of having random wires digging into our torsos.
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When you make fun of busty ladies to make fun of the president, the president doesn't see it but all the busty ladies do and we are vicious, unforgiving, and impervious to pain after years of having random wires digging into our torsos.
We learn by asking and explaining. Assimilation involves a lot of "huh, well why is this thing done this way?"
It presumes or introduces other ways and it reveals some of the massive inconsistencies in the way we tell ourselves our history.
Reactionary patriots can't stand this stuff.
It presumes or introduces other ways and it reveals some of the massive inconsistencies in the way we tell ourselves our history.
Reactionary patriots can't stand this stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We learn by asking and explaining. Assimilation involves a lot of "huh, well why is this thing done this way?"
It presumes or introduces other ways and it reveals some of the massive inconsistencies in the way we tell ourselves our history.
Reactionary patriots can't stand this stuff.
It presumes or introduces other ways and it reveals some of the massive inconsistencies in the way we tell ourselves our history.
Reactionary patriots can't stand this stuff.
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Doing that, or similarly setting up monthly donations to your charities I think has been my most effective advice in getting friends to be more intentional about giving.
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Doing that, or similarly setting up monthly donations to your charities I think has been my most effective advice in getting friends to be more intentional about giving.
We put the dog show on and my daughter goes "so...is this all dogs or do they let people in dog costumes in too?"
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
We put the dog show on and my daughter goes "so...is this all dogs or do they let people in dog costumes in too?"
Feeling grateful and want to share the love?
Everything is hard but don't worry: @aroguemonster.bsky.social & I made a fun easy quiz to help you learn more about how to find great orgs doing great work that tap into your interests and motivations as a donor.
It's also FUN.
Everything is hard but don't worry: @aroguemonster.bsky.social & I made a fun easy quiz to help you learn more about how to find great orgs doing great work that tap into your interests and motivations as a donor.
It's also FUN.
Unsure of what organizations you should be donating to this #GivingTuesday? Wish there was a quiz that could help you parse your priorities?
@denali.bsky.social and I are here to help!
Inspired by the Cosmo Quizzes of yore, you can take this 6 question quiz and figure out your Giving Type!
@denali.bsky.social and I are here to help!
Inspired by the Cosmo Quizzes of yore, you can take this 6 question quiz and figure out your Giving Type!
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Feeling grateful and want to share the love?
Everything is hard but don't worry: @aroguemonster.bsky.social & I made a fun easy quiz to help you learn more about how to find great orgs doing great work that tap into your interests and motivations as a donor.
It's also FUN.
Everything is hard but don't worry: @aroguemonster.bsky.social & I made a fun easy quiz to help you learn more about how to find great orgs doing great work that tap into your interests and motivations as a donor.
It's also FUN.
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Unsure of what organizations you should be donating to this #GivingTuesday? Wish there was a quiz that could help you parse your priorities?
@denali.bsky.social and I are here to help!
Inspired by the Cosmo Quizzes of yore, you can take this 6 question quiz and figure out your Giving Type!
@denali.bsky.social and I are here to help!
Inspired by the Cosmo Quizzes of yore, you can take this 6 question quiz and figure out your Giving Type!
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Unsure of what organizations you should be donating to this #GivingTuesday? Wish there was a quiz that could help you parse your priorities?
@denali.bsky.social and I are here to help!
Inspired by the Cosmo Quizzes of yore, you can take this 6 question quiz and figure out your Giving Type!
@denali.bsky.social and I are here to help!
Inspired by the Cosmo Quizzes of yore, you can take this 6 question quiz and figure out your Giving Type!
Today was one of those days where I just got to see how many people in our community have a hand in making my kids into their someday selves and I'm really grateful for that.
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Today was one of those days where I just got to see how many people in our community have a hand in making my kids into their someday selves and I'm really grateful for that.
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of Truth upon them." - Ida B. Wells-Barnett
You can visit the Light of Truth Monument right here in Chicago.
You can visit the Light of Truth Monument right here in Chicago.
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of Truth upon them." - Ida B. Wells-Barnett
You can visit the Light of Truth Monument right here in Chicago.
You can visit the Light of Truth Monument right here in Chicago.
I didn't sleep well last night so now I'm just yelling. Going to go answer emails or something before I go full Mr DeMartino on you...
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I didn't sleep well last night so now I'm just yelling. Going to go answer emails or something before I go full Mr DeMartino on you...
Every idea like this makes it harder for people who make and teach music to get by. If you made their lives better and easier, they would absolutely take it from there and then MORE MUSIC AND ARTS!
Sincerely,
A parent whose kid is at vacation camp at our neighborhood storefront music school
Sincerely,
A parent whose kid is at vacation camp at our neighborhood storefront music school
And that’s why it’s important we fund music and arts for every child right? Or is it the make rich guys richer thing again?
All AI music does is devalue the work done by human artists. It’s not accessibility, it’s exploitation. We need real protections for artists against AI!
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Every idea like this makes it harder for people who make and teach music to get by. If you made their lives better and easier, they would absolutely take it from there and then MORE MUSIC AND ARTS!
Sincerely,
A parent whose kid is at vacation camp at our neighborhood storefront music school
Sincerely,
A parent whose kid is at vacation camp at our neighborhood storefront music school
Parks commish says "we want to ensure that we’re also reducing recidivism."
Recidivism is a LOADED word. It means to reoffend. Maybe in the most flattering light to relapse.
To use recidivism to talk about people... existing...and then moving elsewhere when they're displaced is unacceptable.
Recidivism is a LOADED word. It means to reoffend. Maybe in the most flattering light to relapse.
To use recidivism to talk about people... existing...and then moving elsewhere when they're displaced is unacceptable.
Superintendent Carlos Ramirez-Rosa joined “Chicago Tonight” to discuss the Chicago Park District budget proposal.
Chicago Park District Budget Proposal Aims to Tackle New Projects, Address Homeless Encampments
A long-awaited new fieldhouse, the transformation of a toxic waste site into a lakefront park and plans to address homelessness are all on the list of priorities for the Chicago Park District.
news.wttw.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Parks commish says "we want to ensure that we’re also reducing recidivism."
Recidivism is a LOADED word. It means to reoffend. Maybe in the most flattering light to relapse.
To use recidivism to talk about people... existing...and then moving elsewhere when they're displaced is unacceptable.
Recidivism is a LOADED word. It means to reoffend. Maybe in the most flattering light to relapse.
To use recidivism to talk about people... existing...and then moving elsewhere when they're displaced is unacceptable.
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In my Grifters and Ideologues theory, Hegseth is your classic grifter. Hegseth doesn't know his job well and doesn't care to know if well. He is obsessed with how people look, which reveals a profound lack of understanding of the military and an obsession with tv.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In my Grifters and Ideologues theory, Hegseth is your classic grifter. Hegseth doesn't know his job well and doesn't care to know if well. He is obsessed with how people look, which reveals a profound lack of understanding of the military and an obsession with tv.
When I was 21, I had to ask Alan Dershowitz some fact-checking questions related to an essay he wrote and he yelled at me.
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
When I was 21, I had to ask Alan Dershowitz some fact-checking questions related to an essay he wrote and he yelled at me.
Someday I hope I will be good enough at what I do that someone will ask me about my craft and I will get to say "my secret is to be up procrastinating before most people are awake" 😐
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Someday I hope I will be good enough at what I do that someone will ask me about my craft and I will get to say "my secret is to be up procrastinating before most people are awake" 😐
Re-upping for the PM crew!
Ben and I talk about how to "yes and..." a meme. I argue that we should be spending more time trying to help each other situate ourselves in the current moment. We talk Studs Terkel and how rich narrative can capture where we are now and what aspects of our lives are bigger than time and place.
Denali Dasgupta--The Group W Bench
The country that elected Trump also elected Obama—how is that possible? Ben riffs. Denali Dasgupta adds her thoughts to that conundrum. “We don’t live there anymore…
www.thebenjoravskyshow.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Re-upping for the PM crew!
Huh...well I guess some folks here know how this worked out for me and just know that if you ever need to talk I'm around.
if there was one lesson i could impart to young women it would be this one:
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Huh...well I guess some folks here know how this worked out for me and just know that if you ever need to talk I'm around.
Anyone have a favorite Chicago used appliance store?
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Anyone have a favorite Chicago used appliance store?
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
Ben and I talk about how to "yes and..." a meme. I argue that we should be spending more time trying to help each other situate ourselves in the current moment. We talk Studs Terkel and how rich narrative can capture where we are now and what aspects of our lives are bigger than time and place.
Denali Dasgupta--The Group W Bench
The country that elected Trump also elected Obama—how is that possible? Ben riffs. Denali Dasgupta adds her thoughts to that conundrum. “We don’t live there anymore…
www.thebenjoravskyshow.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ben and I talk about how to "yes and..." a meme. I argue that we should be spending more time trying to help each other situate ourselves in the current moment. We talk Studs Terkel and how rich narrative can capture where we are now and what aspects of our lives are bigger than time and place.