Tracy Baim
@tracybaim.bsky.social
lgbtq+ \ journalist \ advocate \ chicago
lesbian \ feminist\ she\her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🦄
Windy City Times cofounder 1985 \ author
Skeets my own.
lesbian \ feminist\ she\her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🦄
Windy City Times cofounder 1985 \ author
Skeets my own.
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Tracy Baim
@tracybaim.bsky.social
· May 3
Just out. Liberating Healthcare: 50 Years of Resistance, Resilience, and Healing at Howard Brown Health, is the longest of my 14 books, and perhaps the most difficult birth. #booksky
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Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
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#TN7 — MOUNT JULIET mom @lindseypatrickwright on Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social : "She's not a career politician, but she is a politician with a backbone. And that's who we need.”
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
#TN7 — MOUNT JULIET mom @lindseypatrickwright on Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social : "She's not a career politician, but she is a politician with a backbone. And that's who we need.”
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
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Brian Allen said that a federal judge just forced the Trump Administration to reveal every Official involved in letting detainee flights leave the U. S. after a court ordered them stopped.
(Kristi Noem recently let a detainee flight go to a brutal facility after judge gave an order to stop).
(Kristi Noem recently let a detainee flight go to a brutal facility after judge gave an order to stop).
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Brian Allen said that a federal judge just forced the Trump Administration to reveal every Official involved in letting detainee flights leave the U. S. after a court ordered them stopped.
(Kristi Noem recently let a detainee flight go to a brutal facility after judge gave an order to stop).
(Kristi Noem recently let a detainee flight go to a brutal facility after judge gave an order to stop).
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If you can’t do, leech
“If you can’t win on the field you can always play quarterback for the culture war”
aka The Failing at Life-to-MAGA Influencer” pipeline LOL
aka The Failing at Life-to-MAGA Influencer” pipeline LOL
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If you can’t do, leech
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
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Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
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They are redacting and cutting up the files to protect the asshole and his buddies.
A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/dDWwm2W
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/dDWwm2W
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
They are redacting and cutting up the files to protect the asshole and his buddies.
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The DC shooter is a man whose work *for the United States* drove him crazy from guilt. That work, conducted at the direction of *our* CIA, allegedly involved murdering civilians. So for Trump to now say that the DC shooting confirms that *Afghans* categorically have shitty values is.... beyond vile.
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The DC shooter is a man whose work *for the United States* drove him crazy from guilt. That work, conducted at the direction of *our* CIA, allegedly involved murdering civilians. So for Trump to now say that the DC shooting confirms that *Afghans* categorically have shitty values is.... beyond vile.
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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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The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
wrd.cm
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
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“Is this shit legal?”
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“Is this shit legal?”
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
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you ever read something so dumb it’s not even wrong, it just describes a world so distant from our own that there might as well be elves and dragons involved
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
you ever read something so dumb it’s not even wrong, it just describes a world so distant from our own that there might as well be elves and dragons involved
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Donald Trump has golfed 77 days out of 314 days since returning to office (24.5% of the presidency spent golfing).
Est. cost to taxpayers for golf since returning to office:
$107,800,000
And we're paying for this. Absolutely grifter. 🤬
Est. cost to taxpayers for golf since returning to office:
$107,800,000
And we're paying for this. Absolutely grifter. 🤬
Did Trump Golf Today?
Track Donald Trump's golf outings and the cost to taxpayers.
didtrumpgolftoday.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Donald Trump has golfed 77 days out of 314 days since returning to office (24.5% of the presidency spent golfing).
Est. cost to taxpayers for golf since returning to office:
$107,800,000
And we're paying for this. Absolutely grifter. 🤬
Est. cost to taxpayers for golf since returning to office:
$107,800,000
And we're paying for this. Absolutely grifter. 🤬
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Ummmm, seems like whiskey Pete maybe shouldn’t have tweet about the war crimes.
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Ummmm, seems like whiskey Pete maybe shouldn’t have tweet about the war crimes.
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
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If this is remotely true, then Southern Illinois University Carbondale needs to have an intervention with its Dean of Education who does not seem to understand “education”
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If this is remotely true, then Southern Illinois University Carbondale needs to have an intervention with its Dean of Education who does not seem to understand “education”
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This is the mayor of Akron, Ohio.
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is the mayor of Akron, Ohio.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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If you're wondering what the connection is between energy resource extraction and the abuse and murder of Indigenous women it's well documented at this point
macleans.ca/news/mmiwgs-...
macleans.ca/news/mmiwgs-...
MMIWG's findings on 'man camps' are a good place for government to get started - Macleans.ca
The link between resource extraction projects and violence against Indigenous women is a 'serious problem' that demands attention, the report found
macleans.ca
November 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If you're wondering what the connection is between energy resource extraction and the abuse and murder of Indigenous women it's well documented at this point
macleans.ca/news/mmiwgs-...
macleans.ca/news/mmiwgs-...
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
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Black Women & HIV mixed media exhibit to launch on World AIDS Day
HICAGO, IL – November 7, 2025 – Chicago’s own award winning journalist Anna DeShawn is launching a new series titled, "Shine a Light on It: Black Women, HIV & Its Impact," a powerful mixed-media exhibit scheduled to open on World…
HICAGO, IL – November 7, 2025 – Chicago’s own award winning journalist Anna DeShawn is launching a new series titled, "Shine a Light on It: Black Women, HIV & Its Impact," a powerful mixed-media exhibit scheduled to open on World…
Black Women & HIV mixed media exhibit to launch on World AIDS Day
HICAGO, IL – November 7, 2025 – Chicago’s own award winning journalist Anna DeShawn is launching a new series titled, "Shine a Light on It: Black Women, HIV & Its Impact," a powerful mixed-media exhibit scheduled to open on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2025, at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago. This project was created out of urgency, truth, and love, directly addressing the fact that Black women remain disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for over 50% of new diagnoses among women in the U.S.
windycitytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Black Women & HIV mixed media exhibit to launch on World AIDS Day
HICAGO, IL – November 7, 2025 – Chicago’s own award winning journalist Anna DeShawn is launching a new series titled, "Shine a Light on It: Black Women, HIV & Its Impact," a powerful mixed-media exhibit scheduled to open on World…
HICAGO, IL – November 7, 2025 – Chicago’s own award winning journalist Anna DeShawn is launching a new series titled, "Shine a Light on It: Black Women, HIV & Its Impact," a powerful mixed-media exhibit scheduled to open on World…