DLS
@forensicgarlic.bsky.social
Chicagoan. Valpo grad. Member of Half Acre Cycling. Awesome Foundation. Occasional Karaoke singer. Anti Fascist. Fuck Terfs.
Sometimes it's really confusing coming here after a day away and a lot of block words. Y'all sound like tweens saying "six - seven"
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Sometimes it's really confusing coming here after a day away and a lot of block words. Y'all sound like tweens saying "six - seven"
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Never in my lifetime have I witnessed a politician so indignant, righteous, and combative about throwing the activists and door-knockers who got him elected under the bus. He's spent his term wooing his opponent's voting bloc while telling his own voters to kick rocks. No endgame here.
Brandon Johnson repeated this on WBEZ this week saying incredulously “there are people who want me to cut the police budget.”
I’d really love for him to reveal exactly who is asking that of him.
Because I can tell you this: a lot of people who want him to do that held their nose to vote for him.
I’d really love for him to reveal exactly who is asking that of him.
Because I can tell you this: a lot of people who want him to do that held their nose to vote for him.
Johnson vows to veto any budget that includes a property tax increase or makes cuts to the proposed $2.1 billion for the Chicago Police Department.
CONTEXT: No one has seriously proposed either.
Days until the Dec. 30 deadline for the City Council to pass a budget: 43
CONTEXT: No one has seriously proposed either.
Days until the Dec. 30 deadline for the City Council to pass a budget: 43
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Never in my lifetime have I witnessed a politician so indignant, righteous, and combative about throwing the activists and door-knockers who got him elected under the bus. He's spent his term wooing his opponent's voting bloc while telling his own voters to kick rocks. No endgame here.
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Imagine if state government worked like city government. You'd elect your state rep to represent you in Springfield, but they also get final say on your license renewal or repaving projects on IDOT roads in their district. Ridiculous
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Imagine if state government worked like city government. You'd elect your state rep to represent you in Springfield, but they also get final say on your license renewal or repaving projects on IDOT roads in their district. Ridiculous
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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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And to be clear, the mayor's 2026 proposal is not just a "no police cuts" budget -- it's a budget in which CPD (already the city's most expensive dept. by far) received a larger year-over-year net increase of non-grant funds than any other dept.
Larger than most other departments' entire budgets!
Larger than most other departments' entire budgets!
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
And to be clear, the mayor's 2026 proposal is not just a "no police cuts" budget -- it's a budget in which CPD (already the city's most expensive dept. by far) received a larger year-over-year net increase of non-grant funds than any other dept.
Larger than most other departments' entire budgets!
Larger than most other departments' entire budgets!
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For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
Went home, found Mom's router/wifi with taped on password right next to her computer, checked her billing to make sure she wasn't paying for the old Internet service still, set up her new picture taking bird feeder, uninstalled some spyware, figured out how to turn off her scammy web notifications.
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Went home, found Mom's router/wifi with taped on password right next to her computer, checked her billing to make sure she wasn't paying for the old Internet service still, set up her new picture taking bird feeder, uninstalled some spyware, figured out how to turn off her scammy web notifications.
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we got about a jar of giardiniera worth of snow in Chicago
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
we got about a jar of giardiniera worth of snow in Chicago
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One of the best things about #plowthesidewalks is that sidewalks are for everybody. You can't dibs a sidewalk, and once it's cleared, anyone can use it.
Ok people, let's get one thing straight. Whether you love dibs or hate dibs, we all agree on one thing: you don't get to claim dibs because you were parked and blocking snowfall. You have to actually SHOVEL THE SPOT.
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
One of the best things about #plowthesidewalks is that sidewalks are for everybody. You can't dibs a sidewalk, and once it's cleared, anyone can use it.
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If you don't like something, sharing it around for everyone else to not like it too is... A choice you can make.
You saw other people do it and they got lots of positive attention so why not
You saw other people do it and they got lots of positive attention so why not
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you don't like something, sharing it around for everyone else to not like it too is... A choice you can make.
You saw other people do it and they got lots of positive attention so why not
You saw other people do it and they got lots of positive attention so why not
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8a/🧵
I tried to route through the off-street paths in the parks, and couldn't make it work in Humboldt. Too many paths laid before the age of automobiles are designed to cross roads mid-block, and there's been little effort to reconnect them.
I tried to route through the off-street paths in the parks, and couldn't make it work in Humboldt. Too many paths laid before the age of automobiles are designed to cross roads mid-block, and there's been little effort to reconnect them.
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I tried to route through the off-street paths in the parks, and couldn't make it work in Humboldt. Too many paths laid before the age of automobiles are designed to cross roads mid-block, and there's been little effort to reconnect them.
I tried to route through the off-street paths in the parks, and couldn't make it work in Humboldt. Too many paths laid before the age of automobiles are designed to cross roads mid-block, and there's been little effort to reconnect them.
I screwed up my home network, so I can't ssh into my hard coded IP raspberry pi. It's got these ridiculous micro HDMI monitor ports, so I ordered one from monoprice, and apparently there are multiple micro HDMI cables, because these are too big.
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I screwed up my home network, so I can't ssh into my hard coded IP raspberry pi. It's got these ridiculous micro HDMI monitor ports, so I ordered one from monoprice, and apparently there are multiple micro HDMI cables, because these are too big.
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[wistfully, to everyone who lived in Chicago from du Sable all the way to roughly 2005] damn. yall lived like this
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
[wistfully, to everyone who lived in Chicago from du Sable all the way to roughly 2005] damn. yall lived like this
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November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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I suppose I am satisfied with the current rate of snowfall
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I suppose I am satisfied with the current rate of snowfall
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Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery
I'm not sure the message of these Walmart ads is Dr Suess' original intent with The Grinch who stole Christmas.
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm not sure the message of these Walmart ads is Dr Suess' original intent with The Grinch who stole Christmas.
I won a 7 player game of twilight imperium, 4th edition with both expansions.
It took 12 hours.
It took 12 hours.
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I won a 7 player game of twilight imperium, 4th edition with both expansions.
It took 12 hours.
It took 12 hours.
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Washington St is now closed to motorized vehicles to make space for the line to get into the Chicago Loop Christkindlmarkt, this was 10 minutes before it opens
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Washington St is now closed to motorized vehicles to make space for the line to get into the Chicago Loop Christkindlmarkt, this was 10 minutes before it opens
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
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I don’t want to seem ungrateful but it could be snowing harder
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I don’t want to seem ungrateful but it could be snowing harder