Happy Lunar New Year! I stopped by Argyle Street today for the annual celebration and parade and took a few photos. This is always a fun time even in a snow storm. https://flic.kr/p/2odYKgE

#Chicago #photography #streetphotography #lunarnewyear #snow #winter

Why are #egg prices so high? The industry wants you to blame inflation and bird flu, not their rapacious price gauging:

"The single company that dominates the US egg industry, Cal-Maine Food is making record profits. Their Q3/22 net was up 65% from the year before. Cal-Maine's Q4-22 sales were up record-smashing 110% – $801.7m," notes Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic).

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/23/cant-make-an-omelet/#keep-calm-and-crack-on

Three reminders:

"Handmaid's Tale" has already been here the whole time, it was pointed at racialized women.

#Racism is fascism that hasn't yet come for the white people.

The #future is already here, it's just unevenly distributed. [@GreatDismal]

39 mass shootings in America in the first 3 weeks of 2023.

Firearm injuries are now the leading cause of death among people younger than 24.

2,070 unintentional shootings by children under 18 from 2015 - 2020.

This is what American exceptionalism looks like.