#PSA #CallToAction Reminder: Illinois Consolidated elections are coming on April 1st (yes, bad date, very real issues!)
Kelly Jensen has put TWO guides out to help residents of the state defend their public and school libraries from hostile puritan Christofascist takeovers.
Many voting sites are open as of TODAY 3/17~
It's Symmetry Sunday!
A pair of polished bronze elevator doors at the Pittsfield Building (Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, 1927), Chicago, IL.
#Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday
This is just one of the hundreds of images available for purchase at: https://www.foraphotography.com
Massive storm system sweeps across US south setting off tornado warnings https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/massive-storm-system-south-tornado-warnings-extreme-weather #Extremeweather #SouthDakota #Mississippi #Minnesota #Tornadoes #Tennessee #Wildfires #Missouri #Kentucky #Illinois #Oklahoma #Flooding #Arkansas #Alabama #Indiana #USnews #Texas
@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia
"The guide to contested Illinois public school board elections, taking place April 1, is live.
This guide is different from the public library guide, in that it's intended to be 1. collaborative and 2. an exercise in how to find info on local elections."
#Libraries #Illinois #BookBans
https://buttondown.com/wellsourced/archive/the-illinois-library-lovers-guide-to-public/
It's 82 degrees right now in central Illinois. With high winds (>45 mph).
Expecting severe weather later today...rain, wind, hail, possible tornado.
Stay safe out there, everyone!
(And, if severe weather's headed your way, get out your weather radio, locate your flashlights, and charge your devices. Prepare your safe space(s), too.)
Federal funding cuts hitting #Illinois farmers, foodbanks
The most recent round of cuts from the Trump Administration are hitting Illinois #farmers and #foodbanks.
The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced on March 4 the end for two grant programs as part of the Trump Administration’s federal cuts.
Illinois residents! If you love reading and understand the value of libraries, here's a guide to all the public library trustee elections to happen on April 1st, via Kelly Jensen:
https://buttondown.com/wellsourced/archive/the-illinois-library-lovers-guide-to-public/
#Illinois picks of the day:
@loren - Photographer, bird, wildlife, plants etc in northern Illinois
@jennylam - Multidisciplinary artist & independent curator
@bikegridnow - Campaigning for bicycle infrastructure in Chicago
@BlockClubCh - Local news service for Chicago, run by non-profit, supported by readers
@ChicagoSunTimes - Chicago newspaper
@chicagotribune - Another Chicago newspaper
@BleacherNation - Sports news site, especially Chicago teams
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This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
Ellis SimaniProPublicaand Lexi 03-06-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas?ref=ActivityPub
#EllisSimaniProPublicaandLexi #ProPublica #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English #Illinois
#Chicago #Illinois #history #photography #2000
'The project, called CITY 2000, resulted in more than 500,000 images and nearly 800 audio and video recordings... This year, the UIC Library is marking the 25th anniversary of the CITY 2000 project with a new digital exhibit, and a massive online catalog of digitized images and audio and video recordings from the project.'
https://today.uic.edu/what-was-life-in-chicago-like-in-2000/
#witches #witch #witchcraft #Evansville #Indiana #Kentucky #Illinois #Pagan #WitchMarket
Three Corners Pagan Circle
Contact: Crystal Folz
threecornerspagancircle@gmail.com
I heard... SILENCE.
This past week here in #AuroraIllinois , the weather has been pleasant & warmer. In the past, this kind of weather would be full of life, coming awake.
I know most of the #songbirds have migrated and haven't returned yet, so I don't expect to hear them. But only last week, I was regularly seeing a LOT of #birds , and hearing lots of chirping. The bird food & bread scraps I often put out for them in the morning were always eaten before lunch.
In past years, the sky would have had lots of birds flying overhead in this first warmth. I would hear lots of chirping.
This whole day, I heard only SILENCE.
4 of the past 5 days, bird food was left uneaten. Bread scraps were only eaten by the nighttime animals.
Today, I only saw one lonely #sparrow, behaving abnormally by hiding in my flower pot, right next to my door-- and near me. None of his friends ever appeared.
I hope I'm mistaken. I hope this is not due to #BirdFlu .
chicago, illinois
october 1959
michigan avenue bridge
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waiting for summer 
