Emma

Haver of niche hobbies & interests: rider of bikes, maker of clothes, lover of sci fi, youth worker, grad student, etc.

[Emma @eleff]

Another article out on @tordotcom! The bonus chapter released with the paperback edition of Harrow made me all 🥺 and I wrote about why.

[Tor.com (Now at @Reactormag) @tordotcom]

"Slowly and (mostly) quietly, Tamsyn Muir is making contributions to a canon of literature about death."
@eleff on @tazmuir's Locked Tomb series:
https://t.co/Dfb2lxZ3RU

[Emma @eleff]

@FullLaneFemme Hard for me to think of a situation where money isn’t a factor! Maybe not classroom to classroom (I.e. parent donates one for their child’s class), but on a whole-school level, few schools would allocate money that way. Other needs are too great.

[Emma @eleff]

So hopeful about this decision!!

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Chicago Public Schools plans to do away with a system in which school funding was largely based on student enrollment. Instead, starting next year, each school will get a set number of staff + additional funding based on need. From @chalkbeatchi: https://t.co/wxsmULN0Cu

[Emma @eleff]

Come on now

[Emma @eleff]

Addendum is that I sewed a lot of what I commuted in today! My overpants and mid layer jacket are both handmade and super cozy!

[Emma @eleff]

Biked to work in 17 degree slush conditions today only to see that @thisisUIC facilities piled all the snow in a totally normal place. Who could ever bike in this weather 🧐😤
Also yes those are onion cutting goggles, I'm still waiting for my ski goggles to arrive 😅 #bikechi

[Jonah Gottlieb 🇵🇸✡️🌹 @JonahGottlieb]

I’m fine, please call your senators and ask them to support a ceasefire instead.

[Emma @eleff]

@BlockClubCHI @Beermiscuous ! Not free but you can get a small beer!

[Kate Lowe (she) @kateontransport]

Hello #bikechi #UIC community and all-do you want to see safer conditions on Halsted? Urge UIC to take action/work with CDOT to make it happen https://t.co/wTxSzNriu8

[Emma @eleff]

@AheadOfTheNerve you can't do anything without sticking your tongue out...

[Jewish Currents @JewishCurrents]

Were Hamas's attacks motivated by antisemitism?

Read more here: https://t.co/LUYZy9RD2v

[Jewish Currents @JewishCurrents]

In the first installment of our explainer on the current situation in Israel/Palestine, we respond to readers' questions about the Hamas attacks, the American and international response, the ongoing assault on Gaza, and more.

https://t.co/pzQRjAAlWC

[Emma @eleff]

@JessGrose This is an under-informed, ahistorical, all around bad take that is going to do more harm than good!!!

[Mack Liederman @mack_liederman]

Chicago's "Woo Lady" is famous for cheering on others at the Lakefront Trail.

She only let me interview her for @BlockClubCHI on bicycle — and insisted the story isn't about her.

"I'm just a quirky old lady who got a bike during COVID,” she said.
https://t.co/0LEcPoXqHT

[Emma @eleff]

@protosweetums Don’t get me started on this event! I guess it’s ok to have huge, unsanctioned gatherings if everyone is a white yuppy? That is SO many people! There are only 4 ladders to get out! There aren’t lifeguards! Someone is going to drown!

[Emma @eleff]

Youth worker burnout starter pack:

[Emma @eleff]

@Eric_Erins The power was out at my jewel 🤪

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Chicago’s air pollution crisis is shining a light on what some neighborhoods face all the time, experts say. https://t.co/N5kGwktSiC

[WBEZeducation @WBEZeducation]

How did the kids from Chicago's 50 closed schools do? https://t.co/qcHXen68K2

[Emma @eleff]

@lmillernpr The book you are talking about is Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey :)