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Kim H @xchurchmouse.bsky.social · 1h

They don’t pay the artist and now their running ice recruitment ads. Tidal and Apple etc have way better sound quality.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 8h

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t think you can “abuse” your right to protest

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 10h

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1h

Every day for weeks it feels there is no day gone by without an alert about the BOTY area. There is an action tomorrow led by southwest side rapid response team in which they are demanding the property owners of the Yards Plaza in BOTY stop allowing ICE to use their space as a staging area.

Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 2h

I'm in BotY, Brighton Park, Gage Park, or Englewood a couple times a week. ICE and CBP have been so ever-present there that I have run into multi-vehicle phalanxes of masked agents completely at random on two different occasions in the last three weeks. 47th is a ghost town compared to spring.

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 1h

Lyme sucks. Be careful out there

Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 2h

West Virginia: Ohio County faces endemic levels of Lyme disease with nearly 300 cases reported wtov9.com/news/local/o...

Ohio County faces endemic levels of Lyme disease with nearly 300 cases reported

Ohio County is experiencing the highest number of tick-borne illnesses in West Virginia, with just under 300 reported cases of Lyme disease.Howard Gamble, admi

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Moti Rieber @rebmoti.bsky.social · 2h

Israelis are "hostages"; Palestinians are "detainees." Israelis come home with worldwide media coverage, Palestinians are threatened by Israel if they dare talk about their release.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

Elite solidarity is so funny

Axios @axios.com · 3h

Former Presidents Biden and Clinton praised President Trump today for the Gaza peace deal.

Biden, Clinton praise Trump for Gaza peace deal

Biden said he commends Trump and his team, and Clinton said they "deserve great credit."

www.axios.com

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Shani 🫧 @blerdmommy.blacksky.app · 2h

TMFRH…

Axios @axios.com · 3h

Former Presidents Biden and Clinton praised President Trump today for the Gaza peace deal.

Biden, Clinton praise Trump for Gaza peace deal

Biden said he commends Trump and his team, and Clinton said they "deserve great credit."

www.axios.com

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Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 2h

Blue No Matter Who, amirite?

Axios @axios.com · 3h

Former Presidents Biden and Clinton praised President Trump today for the Gaza peace deal.

Biden, Clinton praise Trump for Gaza peace deal

Biden said he commends Trump and his team, and Clinton said they "deserve great credit."

www.axios.com

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 3h

Newsom, again 😡

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 4h

California governor rejects bill to phase out "forever" chemicals used in cookware, children's products

Gov. Gavin Newsom votoes bill to phase out a range of popular consumer products, including nonstick pots and pans, that contain synthetic chemicals with links to cancer.

www.latimes.com

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Truthout @truthout.org · 10h

“It is still a disruption to families. It creates this mistrust, that you are gone and back and gone and back," said Lisa McConachie of the Oregon DeafBlind Project.

Ed Dept Restores Funding for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss After Outcry

The Trump administration targeted the programs in its attacks on diversity…

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 11d

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 4h

Freed Palestinian prisoners are barred by Israel from celebrating the release, or speaking to the media about their imprisonment, on threat of arrest and re-imprisonment or even death. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 4h

exceedingly rare mainstream coverage of real college

Jessica Wakeman @jessicawakeman.bsky.social · 4h

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

He was a homeless college student. He found hope in a parking lot.

Long Beach City College reserves 15 spots in a parking lot for homeless students. For Edgar Rosales Jr., the program has been a lifeline.

www.washingtonpost.com

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the lady from Bluesky @beigewunder.blacksky.app · 4h

I still have Next Door (or some similar neighbor thing) in So Cal and there are A LOT of posts about folks losing their apartments and needing a place to stay - it's heartbreaking. They've got kids and pets and sometimes elder parents. It could be a lot of us at any time. I'm genuinely scared.

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 7h

Tomorrow night in Chicago!

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 7h

Quick update: Yesterday I mentioned that the free general admission tickets for tomorrow night's event were sold out, but the organizers just made more available.

If you're in Chicago, hope to see you there!
withfriends.co/event/238616...

10/14 - Brian Goldstone: There is No Place for Us by Build Coffee & Books

Get tickets and support Build Coffee & Books by becoming a member

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 8h

If you didn’t know, Alaska has been hit by a massive storm, causing severe flooding. Many Indigenous villages have been completely wiped out, with some houses floating away with PEOPLE INSIDE THEM. Please keep posting to spread the info. They need help.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 13h

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 9h

"An 'inactive' Chicago police officer [David Deleon] has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he sexually abused minors."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Policing

'Inactive' Chicago Cop Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Sexual Abuse Of Minors

David Deleon, of Edison Park, is accused of meeting his victims during his work as a Chicago police officer. He pled guilty Friday in an agreement that dropped charges including manufacturing child…

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 9h

Black autistic people face double (and often triple) marginalization. When we uplift Black autistic voices, we fight against erasure and create space for authenticity and power…

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 5h

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an activist who took part in Stonewall and remained an advocate for the decades that followed, including caring for AIDS patients & pioneering needle exchange & defending the rights of incarcerated trans people on both coasts, passed away. www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 5h

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

terrible loss.

Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 6h

Hyde Park venue The Promontory will close at the end of the year www.instagram.com/p/DPw9gXkDvs...

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 8h

Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 5h

Israel and Hamas have a ceasefire deal. But college protesters say activism won't stop

Hostage and prisoner exchanges took place between Israel and Hamas and there appeared to be an end to a two-year war. But campuses are still reeling with the aftermath of two years of pro-Palestinian protests, including sweeping antisemitism investigations under President Trump.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 6h

NEW — Chance the Rapper decked out a CTA train with his starry album art and rode with passengers to the South Side.

Later that night, he brought his “And We Back” tour to Northerly Island.

He even displayed a message on stage that got lots of attention: “f—ck ICE.”

thetriibe.com/2025/10/chic...

Chicago got the full experience as Chance the Rapper brought ‘Star Line’ to life • The TRiiBE

With a decorated Red Line, surprise guests, and a Northerly Island show, Chance’s comeback was a city-wide celebration.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

China begins charging port fees for US ships, exempts China-built ones reut.rs/4pZObdk

China begins charging port fees for US ships, exempts China-built ones

China has officially started collecting special port fees from U.S.-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels on Tuesday but said Chinese-built ships would be exempted from it, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

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