Maia McDonald 💫✌🏽

He's lucky this thing mostly blew up after Oscar voting ended 'cause oof

Pullman’s Historic Hotel Florence To Be Restored As Part Of $100 Million State Project Neighbors and community stakeholders hope the project will drive tourism and economic growth to the Far South Side neighborhood, called a “treasured piece of Illinois’ story” by Gov. JB Pritzker.

My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, some pretty exciting far South Side news: Pullman’s Historic Hotel Florence To Be Restored As Part Of $100 Million State Project blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/26/p...

We're forming a union. It would mean so much to us if you signed on to support our efforts! ✨

Petition: actionnetwork.org/letters/were...

Yeah, they've really have been! I've covered the neighborhood for a while, and there's been a lot of interest in the area in recent years! Are you from Pullman?

If you're down to chat about what you think it could mean for the neighborhood, I'd love to hear from you!

Any Chicago Bluesky folks out there live in the Pullman? I know I've got some following me already, but I'm looking for neighbors to talk to about Gov. Pritzker's newly-announced project to restore and revitalize the historic Hotel Florence for a @blockclubchi.bsky.social story!

Hello, Chicago folks! I'm working on a story for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social on unhoused people who shelter on or near CTA facilities. If you do any homeless outreach at CTA stations, bus stops, or elsewhere in the city, or know those who do, I'd love to chat!

No worries! I definitely know of Haymarket and Thresholds already! I'll look into EO25-04, though! Thanks for the help!

Hello, Chicago folks! I'm working on a story for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social on unhoused people who shelter on or near CTA facilities. If you do any homeless outreach at CTA stations, bus stops, or elsewhere in the city, or know those who do, I'd love to chat!

As a person who had both a special effects make up and a cosmetic make up phase, it's incredible that who ever is doing the cover up is that bad at the job

Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) - From the Musical "Hair"

The song for today because it's my birthday (!!!) and not 30 degrees below zero for once 😅
open.spotify.com/track/0HZlND...

gradient.horse Draw a horse, watch it run!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

gradient.horse

Neighbors Pack Southwest Side Coffee Shop To Show Support For Its Anti-ICE Stance Huge lines formed outside A Cup of Joe Coffeehouse as it doubled down on its anti-ICE stance following a boycott by some neighbors. Proceeds from Saturday benefitted an immigrant vendors fund.

More from me for @blockclubchi.bsky.social! Headed to A Cup of Joe in Garfield Ridge on Saturday to learn why customers are choosing to support them. blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/08/a...

Jamaica and so many Black-Majority non-Spanish speaking countries that are part of the Americas and are often excluded from the conversation. It made me so happy. But, of course, we caribeños understand this better than mainlander Americanos.

Yes! It was so good to see! A very welcome surprise!

Hearing him shout out Jamaica (among other majority Black Carribean countries) and seeing the Jamaican flag made me so, so happy as someone with Jamaican heritage. Love that he made it a point to honor the Carribean countries, too!

Hahaha that’s a no from me dog

I really wish we had a well funded, power critical fourth estate interested in investigating the source of this clearly coordinated effort by payment processors.

Like, we keep seeing the impact of it, but I really want to know the "who" and the "why" beyond nebulous surveillance/puritanism forces.

the bushes were people 😂

the general media's reaction to both musical performances at the Super Bowl is an indictment of what is lost when every major outlet gets rid of all the culture writers who know what symbolism is

Bad Bunny taps Chicago conductor to lead surprise orchestra in Super Bowl halftime show

Giancarlo Guerrero, artistic director and principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival, in what he called a “beautiful surprise,” had nine days notice to join the top-secret musical lineup of the Super Bowl halftime show, which featured powerhouse vocalists Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.

They sang “American Idiot”

My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.

- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide

-There's worms & mold in food

-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows

www.propublica.org/article/life...

bad bunny appreciation post 🫶

An amazingly thorough thread deconstructing Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show!

ice sculpture reading prosecute ice at the minnesota state capitol on february 5 2026

This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.

An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.

A historic Roseland church, once on the verge of demolition, will become a Black-women-led medical center. blockclubchi.co/4ruzvCZ

TONIGHT: @maddow.bsky.social sits down with independent journalist Georgia Fort following Fort’s arrest after covering an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minneapolis.

Watch The Rachel Maddow Show tonight at 9pm ET on MS NOW.

I was as well! The ladies at Onyx are so thoughtful and have so many plans for the space. I'm excited to see how things go!

Historic Roseland Church, Once On Verge Of Demolition, To Become Black-Women-Led Medical Center Onyx Health Collective, led by Dr. Maya Green and pharmacists Tonya Payton-Campbell and Ramona Burress, assumed ownership of Reformation Lutheran Church in November with plans to convert it into a hea...

After a bit of a hiatus, I'm back to reporting! My latest for
@blockclubchi.bsky.social on the Black-women-led Oynx Health Collective, which acquired Roseland's historic Reformation Lutheran Church late last year to transform it into a community medical clinic. blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/02/h...