BREAKING: U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained three U.S. citizens and three Green Card holders, including an Evanston resident, at O'Hare Thrusday afternoon
At least one, an Evanston woman, is currently being held at Broadview's ICE facility, her sister told me
The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.
The "M" in "March" is for "meetings"
We've got the latest installment of @zhandlen.bsky.social's Quantum Leap TV Club Classic coverage, which is available to subscribers (if you haven't already subscribed, now's as good a time as any):
www.avclub.com/quantum-leap...
The beloved star of Evil Dead, Bruce Campbell, has canceled upcoming fan events and conventions as he enters treatment.
www.avclub.com/bruce-campbe...
Happening now: anti-war protestors are gathereing in Chicago's Congress Plaza for a demonstration against ongoing U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Tonight's rally follows a similar protest in Chicago on Saturday; other anti-war actions are being planned across the city over the week.
Picture of Majdy, his two brithers and his mother. They do not look healthy 💔
Picture of Majdy's mother and brother.
Picture of Majdy's brother, holding an apple. He looks ill.
I work hard every day to raise funds
for my family.
I try to reach hearts that can help
us... but unfortunately, I feel like I'm
struggling alone.
No donations. Just silence.🥹💔
Please don't leave me alone.🥹💔
I need help please
chuffed.org/project/mjdy
Telly Visions is officially relaunching in March! We're running an early bird special this weekend for new signups. Tell your friends, family, and anyone you know who loves British TV.
www.tellyvisions.org
I’m going to be reposting this all weekend!
Early Bird Special!
Subscribe Today!
Etc!
IL is on the verge of electing a Senator far more aligned with Trump, MAGA power brokers & ICE infrastructure expansion than the values of a deep-blue state.
Here’s what Raja Krishnamoorthi hopes you don’t know about him & how we elect someone better.
@zeteo.com!
Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.
Off the top of my head:
www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email
Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.
They’re calling it the most tired anyone has ever been
People are always like what’s something you miss from the past and one of mine is antitrust laws
Valerie Cherish is going to be pissed when she realizes Sir Jimmy Crystal beat her to the "how's that?" catchphrase
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1rV...
We are a few thousand subscribers away from being a bigger print newspaper than the Washington Post.
We are a mere flurry away from humiliating one of the two Big Space Perverts.
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My latest entry into the Podcast Canon on @avclub.com has it all. An all-star cast! Written by an Oscar-nominated screenwriter! Amazing sound design and music! A spiritual link with the history of Black radio! Chicago!!
Give it a read and a listen.
Also…big news if you make it to the end!
Yeah, I'll watch For All Mankind season five just so when it reaches season six (or year 2022) I can hear Ed Baldwin say "It's Morbin' time." www.avclub.com/for-all-mank...
Griping over KPop Demon Hunters getting a Criterion disc is odd given that 1. the alternatives include a worse physical release or none at all, and 2. Criterion's mainstream drops often rule. (Armageddon, anyone?)
You can argue and I have that more animation should get the shine, but this is good.
What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?
Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards
My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The concept here is to get well-heeled travelers to pressure the government to restore secret police funding
The Simpsons in “Cape Feare.” Homer has driving and wearing a hat
Buying out a row at the Davis to see Pillion with my friends
The album features 12 melodramatic ways to perish because your tortured lover has left you, might leave you, or has you so dick-drunk and trauma-bonded you’re spiritually flatlining.
www.jezebel.com/the-most-ago...
Everyone needs a hobby: Mine is talking for two hours about how hungry I am without actually doing anything about it
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
Gave what I could 🙏
Every day there's some new horror. Forcing trans people off their hormones is just absolutely sadistic.
