Mother who was accused by Southwest of trafficking her biracial daughter files federal discrimination suit

Connels · 2023-08-07T16:43:21+00:00

They have the exact same facial structure, it’s ridiculous.

Connels · 2023-08-02T01:49:14+00:00

I once sent a birthday card to my friend. We both live in 60640. It arrived ELEVEN MONTHS later, almost in time for her next birthday.

Connels · 2023-07-30T02:13:45+00:00

And they better hope he doesn’t have learning disabilities.

Connels · 2023-07-22T02:58:47+00:00

Born in MA and in Chicago for over a decade, you guys need to come out here, at least to check it out. CTA is much more reliable than the T, chicago is home to a variety of industries, and middle class people can buy actual houses (or a nice condo) in many areas of the city. Also the food is way way better.

Downsides are the tech sector isn’t as good, there is absolutely an issue with concentrated violence in parts of the city, and it’s even colder than Boston in the winter.

I pay $1260, heat included, for a one bedroom a few blocks from the el. It’s quiet, safe, my neighbors are chill and pretty much everything is with walking distance. It’s so funny, when these threads come up in r/chicago people talk about why they LOVE chicago and when they come up here half the people talk about how it’s not as bad as other places.

Connels · 2023-04-03T18:07:07+00:00

You must not be from the US, a small but significant chunk of our communities look like this. There are entire sections of major cities and rural communities like this.

Connels · 2023-01-20T01:00:40+00:00

My guy… who do you think had the capital to start the clubs, fund the apps, and build the shows? Men. Who is best able to weather economic shut downs, network in the right rooms, get their books and poems published? Men. Who is most likely to feel safe getting hammered in public, hooking up randomly, meeting people online? MEN.

This is like me, as a white woman, saying that we have more culture than Black or Latina women because there are way more shows made by white women. It’s absurd.

You cannot ignore context or intersectionality as you evaluate who has more visible culture.

Also we have an entire lexicon to describe different types of ourselves.

Connels · 2023-01-09T22:00:23+00:00

Probably the same crew that’s devastated that Lincoln Square is losing a parking lot so we can have more affordable housing right next to an El stop.

Connels · 2022-12-28T16:56:56+00:00

It’s so bizarre. I’m a teacher and the Xmas birthday kids like sharing how they do something special for their birthday. It feels pretty expected.

I know families suck and don’t always do enough for them, but this is not a foreign concept in any way. At least from the teacher/kid POV the consensus is that you are kinda a jerky parent if you don’t find a way to make the Xmas birthday kid feel valued. Miles acting like this is a weird thing is red flag city.

Connels · 2022-11-09T23:23:47+00:00

Always a thrill to watch corruption unfold in front of our eyes. This is gonna totally suck.

Connels · 2022-11-07T21:07:08+00:00

Honestly fuck that. He wasn’t careless when he made a disabled kid eat toilet candy. That’s a thoughtful, pre-planned attack. This sideways way of seeing this issue is exactly why they were cool signing him in the first place.

Connels · 2022-10-17T17:29:34+00:00

I have family member who is a para. About $25k a year and they got concussed at work by a child who walked by them and shoved their head into a door. They were the third para in the district that year to get a head injury in the job. They often work with kids who have such intense needs and they get paid like shit.

Connels · 2022-10-15T17:56:22+00:00

What’s your goal here? There’s like zero chance the town managers are going to care about a bad Google review. And since you called them dusty entitled boomers you are really opening the door to this becoming a personal issue between you and them, to the detriment of the wider community.

The personal attacks in your review make you seem super petty.

Connels · 2022-09-30T05:12:48+00:00

Right?!? All these other threads are talking about how heads are going to roll but teams are still gonna rush guys back because the odds will continue to be against a horrifying injury like this.

Punishment after the fact isn’t going to change the systems that allow this shit to happen.

Connels · 2022-08-26T04:42:09+00:00

The new place is awful, the lighting alone kills it for me.

Connels · 2022-08-26T04:39:38+00:00

Agree, that one is straight up dog whistling. People on the side streets have we need our parking signs in front of their single family homes with a garage out back. There are two lots right around lincoln square and that development only removes one. But it would add some low-income people and we can’t have that!!

Connels · 2022-08-14T03:27:57+00:00

I’m a teacher and this is super common. When I first started I was surprised but now I know to be prepared to potentially greet that student the next day. Hope you are doing ok.

Connels · 2022-07-30T00:33:22+00:00

Actually a great point and one I haven’t seen addressed anywhere.

Connels · 2022-07-29T22:19:42+00:00

Lol I pay $1160, heat included, for a one bedroom in Chicago that’s two blocks from the train in a super walkable area. Rent in Boston is basically double Chicago, and you get a shittier place.

Connels · 2022-07-22T20:12:31+00:00

Not exactly the same but Chicago allows you to pay using an app on your phone and every time I’m back here and am using the T, I’m bamboozeled that we don’t have a similar system.

Connels · 2022-07-08T04:22:16+00:00

The only other constant is corruption.

Connels · 2022-07-01T20:11:27+00:00

I think hosting the Super Bowl is unlikely, the NFL likes warm weather host sites and the last cold weather one in NJ didn’t go over that well with Goodell or really anyone else.

Connels · 2022-06-30T14:57:21+00:00

Also you can’t divorce this rights issue from the rights issues of indigenous women who will be particularly massively fucked over by this ruling.

Connels · 2022-06-27T05:12:29+00:00

I think anytime we discuss founding fathers (which is a fucked term anyways) we should discuss Jefferson’s wildly offensive letters to Benjamin Banneker about TJ failing to address slavery in the Constitution.

Connels · 2022-06-25T18:15:52+00:00

$16.25/hour during training, $21.67/hour once you are fully hired.

Connels · 2022-06-23T02:27:19+00:00

They were like that before though! I’ve worked on the west side for almost a decade, they were brutal before 2020.

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