Rosie
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🚨 big one for the local nerds: Brick of Chicago is hiring a tour guide www.brickofchicago.com/hiring
Brick of Chicago — Hiring
www.brickofchicago.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
🚨 big one for the local nerds: Brick of Chicago is hiring a tour guide www.brickofchicago.com/hiring
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Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
January 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
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About god damn time.
Furious Democrats threaten government shutdown after Minneapolis shooting
"We can't just keep authorizing money for these illegal killers," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
www.axios.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:22 AM
About god damn time.
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This is what our government has sent into cities across the country to arrest normal, nonviolent working people. Insanity.
January 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This is what our government has sent into cities across the country to arrest normal, nonviolent working people. Insanity.
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Fascinating and important new research: Some men may downplay climate change risks to avoid appearing feminine www.psypost.org/some-men-may...
Some men may downplay climate change risks to avoid appearing feminine
A new study finds that men who are anxious about their masculinity are less likely to care about climate change. They may view environmental concern as a feminine trait that threatens their image.
www.psypost.org
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Fascinating and important new research: Some men may downplay climate change risks to avoid appearing feminine www.psypost.org/some-men-may...
I've already RTed The Americans and The Leftovers, which are both incredible, but I think my actual answer is The Good Place. I watch the finale every time I need to cry and it always works
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I've already RTed The Americans and The Leftovers, which are both incredible, but I think my actual answer is The Good Place. I watch the finale every time I need to cry and it always works
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The Americans series finale is fantastic.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
The Americans series finale is fantastic.
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It’s the leftovers series finale and it’s not even close.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 11:25 PM
It’s the leftovers series finale and it’s not even close.
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(living an unexamined life) yaaaaaay haha yay wheeeeee
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
(living an unexamined life) yaaaaaay haha yay wheeeeee
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"Pope you need to do better"
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
"Pope you need to do better"
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There should be one day a year when cats can talk and we can understand them
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 AM
There should be one day a year when cats can talk and we can understand them
bro they made a ballet out of Eugene Onegin??? joffrey.org/performances...
Eugene Onegin
joffrey.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 AM
bro they made a ballet out of Eugene Onegin??? joffrey.org/performances...
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Among everything else, congestion pricing does something exceptionally rare and good when talking about transportation in the United States: it puts the costs on drivers, to the benefit of everybody (even including the drivers willing to pay for it, who get a better experience from reduced traffic).
Jokes aside, this piece is great and congestion pricing is amazing. Shoutout to everyone who worked so hard to make it happen, and feh to Kathy Hochul and everyone else who worked so hard to make it not happen.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed.
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Among everything else, congestion pricing does something exceptionally rare and good when talking about transportation in the United States: it puts the costs on drivers, to the benefit of everybody (even including the drivers willing to pay for it, who get a better experience from reduced traffic).
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telling my boss I can’t come back to work because I’ve discovered the joy of doing nothing
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
telling my boss I can’t come back to work because I’ve discovered the joy of doing nothing
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A thing I learned this year: It takes surprisingly few emails/calls to get a rep's attention.
As a strategy, it's probably more effective per person to call Congress than it is to protest.
Our leaders love to ignore us, but they do actually get worried when enough of us overwhelm their phones.
As a strategy, it's probably more effective per person to call Congress than it is to protest.
Our leaders love to ignore us, but they do actually get worried when enough of us overwhelm their phones.
Because the more people call, the more you inspire others to call, the more electeds will pay attention.
Right now, if everyone says: not going to call, not my problem, then it's a death spiral of apathy. We have to break through this.
Right now, if everyone says: not going to call, not my problem, then it's a death spiral of apathy. We have to break through this.
And what will that do?
They don’t listen to us.
They don’t listen to us.
January 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM
A thing I learned this year: It takes surprisingly few emails/calls to get a rep's attention.
As a strategy, it's probably more effective per person to call Congress than it is to protest.
Our leaders love to ignore us, but they do actually get worried when enough of us overwhelm their phones.
As a strategy, it's probably more effective per person to call Congress than it is to protest.
Our leaders love to ignore us, but they do actually get worried when enough of us overwhelm their phones.
you’re looking for your Pam Beasley… I’m looking for my Aragorn Son of Arathorn… we are not the same
January 4, 2026 at 3:43 AM
you’re looking for your Pam Beasley… I’m looking for my Aragorn Son of Arathorn… we are not the same
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If hollywood wants more movie ticket sales they should simply make more heist movies
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
If hollywood wants more movie ticket sales they should simply make more heist movies
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You can leave a message with Durbin’s Springfield office as of about 2 hours ago
217.492.4062
217.492.4062
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
You can leave a message with Durbin’s Springfield office as of about 2 hours ago
217.492.4062
217.492.4062
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insider sports betting on regime change
What a future
What a future
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
insider sports betting on regime change
What a future
What a future
Thread of Chicago-area House and Senste responses (candidates and sitting members) to Trump’s attack on Venezuela. Duckworth’s Chicago office still lets you leave a voicemail, unlike Durbin’s: 312-886-3506
Is anyone shocked that Tammy Duckworth has stopped short of calling for impeachment?
Illinois needs better representation.
Illinois needs better representation.
Donald Trump’s reckless and unconstitutional operations in Venezuela—including this morning’s arrest of a foreign leader—are not about enforcing law and order.
If they were, he wouldn’t hide them from Congress.
If they were, he wouldn’t hide them from Congress.
January 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Thread of Chicago-area House and Senste responses (candidates and sitting members) to Trump’s attack on Venezuela. Duckworth’s Chicago office still lets you leave a voicemail, unlike Durbin’s: 312-886-3506
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why would you even bother getting into elected office to watch democracy go quietly into the night. christ
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
why would you even bother getting into elected office to watch democracy go quietly into the night. christ
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I dunno gang, if the consul keeps engaging in self-aggrandizing imperial adventures while the senate sits impotent I might just have to retreat from public life and disappear into a dionysian mystery cult
January 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I dunno gang, if the consul keeps engaging in self-aggrandizing imperial adventures while the senate sits impotent I might just have to retreat from public life and disappear into a dionysian mystery cult
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison