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/

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

Someone please make a desk that lets me code like this

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! throughhoops.com/hoops/lucy-par…

In honor of National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, a thread of some of our favorite pet related pieces. And if you’re planning on getting a new best friend, please consider adopting from your local shelter. #NationalAdoptAShelterpetday

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

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: buff.ly/3AcQxNs

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.’

Save me from 'documentation' available only as a video of slides with voiceover audio. Especially if the voiceover is just reading the text from the slides.

PITCHES WANTED: Block Club Chicago 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.

And The System would like us to forget that because then high income individuals don't see the point in union contracts, worker solidarity, community support efforts, or mutual aid.

They create a sham 'favorite class' to protect the system itself.

hello public-spirited Bay Area engineers! we’re looking for a technical lead for our Housing team at SF Digital Services - could it be you? jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyO…

The Chicago Machine was, at its heart, an elite ground operation. Even being a precinct captain back in the day was a very big deal. If you got locked up for doing dirty work during election time, you'd be taken care of for life. And it was such a good deal that many risked that

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. boltsmag.org/chicago-brando…

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.'

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.

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!