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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1h

NEW: Alabama is executing a man next week, Anthony Boyd, who was convicted entirely based on contradictory eyewitness testimony, including from a co-defendant who says he was pressured to testify under the threat he'd get death himself.

@laurengill.bsky.social breaks down the case with days to go:

He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week. - Bolts

No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 7h

I know I have a few journalists following me...I hope some of you will stay on this. There are many organizations sitting on millions of dollars that people from around the world donated for the people of Gaza. This money needs to get to the people it was meant for so they don't have to beg anymore

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3d

It's not just UNRWA, every organization has received a record amount of donations they haven't been able to give to Palestinians in Gaza
www.reuters.com/world/us/pal...

Palestinian Americans fundraise for Gaza, as aid groups receive record donations

Palestinian Americans and aid groups in the United States are raising funds for Gaza, which faces a deepening humanitarian crisis as the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth week - but they have as yet limited ability to get supplies into the besieged enclave.

www.reuters.com

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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 14h

Brewerssssssss
Let's do this!!!!!!!!!!

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Hazard @datgreenmonstah.bsky.social · 1d

There was a typhoon that hit western Alaska and has hit a lot of rural and indigenous communities to where whole houses were floated away. There’s a disaster relief fund available to help those that were affected by it where you can share and or donate

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

/erp/donate/create/fund

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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 1d

Goddamnit

MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 1d

Bases loaded babeeeeyyyy

MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 1d

It's not over until it's over!!!

MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 1d

Playoff baseball is too stressful for a Monday night

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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 1d

Let's go Brew Crew!!!

MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 3d

Letsssss goooooo Brewers!!!

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 1d

A few messages seen today in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood

A poster on a pole next to a street says:
“ICE YOU ARE NOT INVISIBLE
!RECORD!
!RECORD!
!RECORD!
NAZI RATS LEAVE OUR CITY”

A stack of posters featuring a hammer-wielding figure with the stars of the Chicago wrapped around his torso. It says:
“I PREFER MY ICE CRUSHED. END IMMIGRATION ARRESTS, DEFEND OUR SANCTUARY”

A sign in a store window says: “WE DON’T [SERVE is crossed out] FEED ICE OR PIGS! even if you steal this sign”

The words “ICE OUT” are written in chalk on a sidewalk.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

you cannot "abuse" your rights.

civil rights either are protected and real or they are not.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Image text:

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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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 1d

Lulu's Bluesky keeps getting deleted and her donations have been very slow. She and her family are trying to find safe shelter before winter. Please help them survive if you can spare anything.

chuffed.org/project/1277...

Lulu and Family

I am Lolo, I have four children, my youngest baby was born in a difficult situation during this war.

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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 1d

Please help Mohammad and his family rebuild their home. Our friends still need our help to survive, especially as winter comes. Please help if you can spare anything.

Mohammed @m7mdeyad.bsky.social · 20d

Plz donate

Mohammed @m7mdeyad.bsky.social · May 4

الخيمة لا تصلح لحياة، لكنها صارت كل ما نملك.
نحلم بغرفة، باب، سقف، وجدران.
ادعمونا نرجع لوطننا الصغير:
‏
chuffed.org/project/1297...
#بلوسكاي #غزة.

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Mohammed @m7mdeyad.bsky.social · 20d

Plz donate

Mohammed @m7mdeyad.bsky.social · May 4

الخيمة لا تصلح لحياة، لكنها صارت كل ما نملك.
نحلم بغرفة، باب، سقف، وجدران.
ادعمونا نرجع لوطننا الصغير:
‏
chuffed.org/project/1297...
#بلوسكاي #غزة.

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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 1d

Please help Azza and her family rebuild. Our Palestinian friends still need help to survive after the devastation of the war.

Zozo ،، 🇵🇸 🍉 @azza707.bsky.social · 2d

Hello my dear Western and Arab friends and all the personalities in this vast universe, I hope you will help me and make a generous donation to me, my children and my tired husband. I know that I am not alone, but you are the ones who planted hope with your help to us.

chuffed.org/project/1476...

Help Azza and her family survive the war in Gaza

Please help us 🙏

chuffed.org

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I know it’s the most obvious thing in the world but it’s really sad that so many people have absolutely no desires or dreams in life except to accumulate money and our entire world is becoming a fucking pit because of it

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 3d

Letsssss goooooo Brewers!!!

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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 3d

Let her cook!

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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest 🕸️💀🔮🧹 @majq.bsky.social · 3d

Let's go Brewers!

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 4d

Eslam keeps getting deleted and she said that it’s really helped her family when we’ve been able to boost her visibility or donate before the accounts disappear.

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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d

OUTSIDE A NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE THE FRIDAY BEFORE A LONG WEEKEND

ATTENTION PLEASE!
COMMUNITY ALERT
LOCATION: W LAWRENCE N ST LOUIS;
DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2025
TIME: 10:30 AM
Volunteers confirmed Border Patrol activity on Lawrence and Saint Louis. Agents were wearing green uniforms and face masks. They were seen in a white Chrysler Pacifica.
As of 11:15 AM ICE is still in the area. Please stay home!
IF YOU SEE ICE PLEASE REPORT TO ICIRR HOTLINE
(855)-435-7693
NORTHWEST SIDE
RAPID RESPONSE

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Jesse @eegah.bsky.social · 5d

Is there a gas leak at the christmas adventurers club

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 5d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 6d

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

Vallas would've had CPD attack the crowd protesting ICE after ICE shot a woman in Brighton Park, gassed onlookers, and then requested "assistance." It means something that Brandon Johnson did not betray us in that moment, and I won't forget it, even tho I've had my gripes with his administration.

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 7d

Actually, it really matters whether your electeds are progressive. We are often frustrated on the left at what electeds can deliver, but we have to remember moments like this. Paul Vallas would NOT have created ICE free zones.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 9d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

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