mrs columbo
@mernyferny.bsky.social
one hot-tempered freakazoid
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This is the time of year when I give a lot of budget talks around Chicago, and after the first flurry of them I can say: most people in the room are not usually radical abolitionists, but a non-zero number this year ARE people who know what tear gas smells like, and who maybe didn't know last year.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is the time of year when I give a lot of budget talks around Chicago, and after the first flurry of them I can say: most people in the room are not usually radical abolitionists, but a non-zero number this year ARE people who know what tear gas smells like, and who maybe didn't know last year.
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i figured out how much i hate myself today and the line was “voluntarily listening to ‘jailbait’”
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
i figured out how much i hate myself today and the line was “voluntarily listening to ‘jailbait’”
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Sex. They want sex robots.
one of the things I really do not understand is why so much of the development of robots seems to be focused on making them bipedal like humans. Why? It's an insane allocation of resources when it would be much easier to give them three or four "legs" or come up with some new system
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Sex. They want sex robots.
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Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
southsideweekly.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
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Lets be real if this was a public uni people would absolutely be telling him to fuck off lol.
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Lets be real if this was a public uni people would absolutely be telling him to fuck off lol.
oh no! lying to ice! who would do such a thing!
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has fired a staffer accused of misrepresenting himself as an attorney and falsifying an official form to visit and secure the release of a Staunton restaurant owner detained by immigration agents.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth fires staffer who pretended to be a lawyer at ICE facility
chicago.suntimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
oh no! lying to ice! who would do such a thing!
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the funny thing is we put exactly 1 streetcar line back and it’s been an instant sensation with two expansions and continuing record-high ridership that has made all adjacent property into prime real estate, so consumer demand has spoken quite clearly as far as I’m concerned!
kansas city had the most street car lines in the nation and then the car boom resulted in those lines being piecemeal taken down by:
1) the push by major autos to expand streets for consumer cars
2) oil companies literally buying the lines and winding them down
details are elided but this is ~true
1) the push by major autos to expand streets for consumer cars
2) oil companies literally buying the lines and winding them down
details are elided but this is ~true
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
the funny thing is we put exactly 1 streetcar line back and it’s been an instant sensation with two expansions and continuing record-high ridership that has made all adjacent property into prime real estate, so consumer demand has spoken quite clearly as far as I’m concerned!
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This is obviously a valid criticism, but I'm fucking tired of elected members of the Legislative Branch being mad about the Executive Branch doing things that the Legislative Branch authorized them to do! If you wanted that rule solidified in law YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE IT INTO A GODDAMN LAW.
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is obviously a valid criticism, but I'm fucking tired of elected members of the Legislative Branch being mad about the Executive Branch doing things that the Legislative Branch authorized them to do! If you wanted that rule solidified in law YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE IT INTO A GODDAMN LAW.
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pretty clear a big part of the mainstream media-led backlash to #metoo is the number of people in media who take advantage of and abuse others.
they made it seem like it's about fairness, but they just didn't want to face any real consequences for their behavior.
they made it seem like it's about fairness, but they just didn't want to face any real consequences for their behavior.
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
pretty clear a big part of the mainstream media-led backlash to #metoo is the number of people in media who take advantage of and abuse others.
they made it seem like it's about fairness, but they just didn't want to face any real consequences for their behavior.
they made it seem like it's about fairness, but they just didn't want to face any real consequences for their behavior.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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if you have nuzzis running around wreaking havoc in your place of work, the bait you will need is a very old potato
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
if you have nuzzis running around wreaking havoc in your place of work, the bait you will need is a very old potato
If I’m unemployed much longer I’m going to stop learning SQL and just go full Little House on the Prairie
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If I’m unemployed much longer I’m going to stop learning SQL and just go full Little House on the Prairie
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The mayoral candidate "'moved in' to a parking space in Copenhagen during her campaign."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The mayoral candidate "'moved in' to a parking space in Copenhagen during her campaign."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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timeline cleanse
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
timeline cleanse
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Oh, so now it's fine to have a war on Christmas
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Oh, so now it's fine to have a war on Christmas
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these people were supposed to be the cream of the crop of the industry, btw
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
these people were supposed to be the cream of the crop of the industry, btw
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
I’m so lucky to have so many friends who care for me. Sometimes the world is really nice
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I’m so lucky to have so many friends who care for me. Sometimes the world is really nice
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If youre asking me to fax something in the year of our lord 2025, im allowed to smoke in your office
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If youre asking me to fax something in the year of our lord 2025, im allowed to smoke in your office
this fucking sucks so hard, so many of our best traffic enforcement measures are plate reader-based and I totally cannot endorse it now
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
this fucking sucks so hard, so many of our best traffic enforcement measures are plate reader-based and I totally cannot endorse it now
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
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do NOT make me like Catholicism I simply will not do it
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
do NOT make me like Catholicism I simply will not do it
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry