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webRTC call logging and telemetry at daily.co by day. Tired queer parent at all times, she/her most of the time. Chicago homer.
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Thinking about the daycare that never contacted us again after we told them on the tour that we’d like to sign up for their waitlist. Which is to say, it’s not like people weren’t already discriminating largely without consequence, but it _was_ comforting to know we could try to sue the bejesus out of them.
You know you’re an elder queer when you show up only half an hour late to pride events

This is just to say
I am eating
the Passover brisket
that you promised
you would finish

Let’s stop kidding ourselves
Today is day three
you never eat leftovers
unless it’s pizza

Totally random but since I’ve used it twice in the last two days, I think it’s worth mentioning: I’ve replaced all my uses of command strips with a roll of (reusable!) nano grip tape and it’s great stuff! Haven’t had any issues with anything falling and since it’s reusable/cheap to begin with, I don’t worry so much about making sure placement is perfect off the bat
#Chicago: my friend’s partner designs t-shirts and stickers that are love letters to brown and queer Chicago. She prints in batches at a latinx printing co-op and has preorders for the next batch open for a couple more days: https://www.chicagopublicskills.com/
And check out her incredibly thoughtful page about why she does preorders: https://www.chicagopublicskills.com/why-pre-orders
Chicago Public Skills - sportswear and design inspired by the people and city of Chicago

Design inspired by the people and city of Chicago. A sport and lifestyle brand. Debuted for 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago. Chicago Public Skills.

Chicago Public Skills
PSA to white indie nerds: don’t try to talk your Korean-American friends about your feelings about Crying at H-Mart unless they start that convo with you. Gomapsu.
Johnson is going to win this by like 5 percentage points after mail-ins are counted but the press is framing the margin as “razor thin” and an “upset” – continuing a narrative that’s just not the reality in the ground
Ahhhh CHICAGO I’m so excited for us!!!!
OH: I'm at the tornado watch. I'm at the election party. I'm at the combination tornado watch election party
#chicago #chicagoelections

This is what happens when you live in NY and write 1000 words of BS about Chicago with bad data that's then taken out of context. If someone from Dallas wrote a story about NYC or LA neighborhoods without ever having been there, it would spawn a dozen op-eds and a 24 hour cable news scandal.

"The 4 Political Neighborhoods Of Chicago"
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/chicago-politics-neighborhoods-election/

The 4 Political Neighborhoods Of Chicago

America’s cities are some of its most solidly Democratic areas — but that doesn’t mean they are solidly liberal. Over the past two years, the mayoral elections …

FiveThirtyEight