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Software engineer and manager by day, crafter by night. Opinions mine. she/her

[Create Alliances for Better and Prepare for Worse. @SamAsIAm]

A friend who is a municipal arborist just called to tell me about a guy who cut down 32 big mature trees on his neighbor's NJ property to get a better view of NYC. He hired a guy who hired another guy. Cut them down and left the debris there. The fine per tree is $1000 so the 1/

[bb ghost @emilywithcurls]

i need to ask a question that is essentially:

“do i accept an apartment walkthrough my landlord requested for the day after our lease ends - if yes, how to proceed. if no, how do we text her back?”

looking for specific strategic advice. a quick 10-15 min call. please

[Valerie Woolard @valeriecodes]

Someone please make a desk that lets me code like this

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@EdgarAlanPickle @marioneames +1

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@moriahmaney ConvertKit (where I work) is hiring https://t.co/fTrEMlojCr and so is Flox (I know the VP) https://t.co/n2TyaVOk13

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@BlockClubCHI This reads like an op ed in the Tribune. While I agree that taxpayer funds should be used with more oversight and city committee meetings need to be open to the public, the tone of this makes me question the author’s credibility.

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Lucy Parsons is one of my favorite Chicago historical figures. And she is one of the people responsible for establishing May 1 as a workers’ holiday. (Despite the fact that it’s not really celebrated in the US) Happy May Day! https://t.co/UT4bmxUqfK

[Ask a Manager @AskAManager]

I want to talk with a domestic violence expert for a letter I'm answering, and would love recommendations about who to contact

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

WE'RE HIRING: Block Club is hiring investigative reporters to join a new team to root out corruption, wrongdoing + inequality.

Deadline to apply is 5/19. Apply here: https://t.co/Hmcrn7iB4I

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Ancient Romans inscribed tombstones for their dogs. One of them reads ‘I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home with my own hands fifteen years ago.’

[Kelly Bauer @BauerJournalism]

PITCHES WANTED: @BlockClubCHI is looking for Pride Month stories based in Chicago!

Think:
🌈 Feature on Chicago LGBTQ-owned business.
🌈 Looking back on a piece of lesser-known local LGBTQ history.
🌈 Highlighting an advocate/group/nonprofit that uplifts LGBTQ Chicagoans.
etc.

[Bolts @boltsmag]

In rebuffing Paul Vallas’s proposal to add more police to the L trains, Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson proposed working with organizations that already provide medical and other outreach services to unhoused people on the CTA. https://t.co/ErtOzr1PGT

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

People can't see it from the outside, but trauma survivors' nervous systems are doing like 100X more work than the average person's.

We don't feel permanently burned out for no reason-- under the hood, our engines are ALWAYS redlining. Even when we're supposedly "at rest."

[amyqin.bsky.social @amyqin12]

There's been a jump in young voter turnout from the February election the runoff, as of preliminary turnout data from 7 p.m. tonight.

A 32% jump (5k more ballots cast) from the 18-24 age range and 24% jump (17k more ballots) from the 25-34 age range.

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If you’re in Chicago, today is the last day to vote in the mayoral election! And it’s a really important one. Turnout is low so every vote carries a lot of weight. Please vote if you haven’t, Pru is begging you!

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"We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are. We have to show the world that we're numerous. There are many of us out there." - Sylvia Rivera https://t.co/iDmqzkhpjk

[@[email protected] @mercedescodes]

Visibility is really the bare minimum. We should all do our part to educate, celebrate, and fight for trans rights. Thinking of all my trans friends today! #tdov

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"No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us." - Marsha P. Johnson https://t.co/ZJdXTDuOQg