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Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 2m

They released additional dates, I made it through the que, found ok seats, then they tacked on $150+in fees to "cover the cost of putting on the event" after the $300 a seat ticket prices so I closed it just on principle. Capitalism as genuinely destroyed everything.

Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 2h

Lol thought just maybe I could take my brother to see a show at the Sphere. This is pre-sale and I was in the que and hour early. I don't have the will or the stamina for this.

Screenshot of ticket que for the Sphere. I am number 23693 in line.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h

It’s fun how the Neo liberals are openly saying they don’t plan on defunding the Gestapo. They’re just going to to ask them to stop wearing masks nicely and that’s it. The national level Democratic Party is completely unwilling to do what is going to be needed to regain democracy.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 1h

Friendly reminder that Tidal ($10.99) is now cheaper than Spotify ($11.99), delivers better audio quality, pays its artists 2x as much, and generally doesn't allow AI slop.

You can move your entire music library over in a matter of minutes.

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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 1h

lots of tiktok shops selling this shirt in a promoted ad I got while scolling

An ad for a black tshirt on a woman. The white text says paper beats rock and it has a nazi salute as paper over a fist that represents blm and other resistance ideology as the rock

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Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 2h

Lol thought just maybe I could take my brother to see a show at the Sphere. This is pre-sale and I was in the que and hour early. I don't have the will or the stamina for this.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 16h

This seems like a job for somebody on here

Comics Jobs @comics-jobs.com · 17h

Assistant Editor, Manga at Penguin Random House

Full-time | Remote (Anywhere)

comics-jobs.com

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3h

“The most common is “Chinese woman follows her African partner home and has a bad time.” These videos universally depict Africa (never a specific country) as desperately poor, socially backward, and rife with physical and sexual violence.”

foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/15/c...

Racist AI Fantasies Are Spreading on China’s Internet

Anti-Black videos speak to popular prejudices.

foreignpolicy.com

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Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 2h

I don't think it's fair or honest to downplay age concerns right now. 8 democrats died in office last year and the consequences of that are tangible. I'm sorry, but this is gaslighting peoples very real fears and experiences.

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 3h

very interesting replies in this thread on why it would/wouldn't work! number one argument against is that "to survive, journalism needs subscribers who forget about their subscriptions" and man if that isn't late stage capitalism i dont know what is

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Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 3h

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

www.scientificamerican.com

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Taulby Edmondson @taulby.bsky.social · 3h

"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."

Lauren Gill @laurengill.bsky.social · 3h

Everything about this case shows how easy it is to send someone to death row.

Anthony Boyd was sentenced to death entirely on dubious eyewitness testimony. His lawyer had a month to prepare for trial. Alabama plans to execute him next week.

My latest @boltsmag.org:
boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...

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.

boltsmag.org

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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 5h

“It was half past midnight and eight women had just left the Cook County jail. They hadn’t eaten in hours. They didn’t have their phones, keys, or anything else they had on them when they were arrested; a few didn’t even have sure ways to get home. One, a recent transplant to the city with no close contacts, broke down in tears at the prospect of a night on the streets.”

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Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 5h

Inside a New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum

www.nytimes.com

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 9h

Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

nyti.ms

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Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 18h

It's a fine day to cancel spotify

Spotify is running ICE hiring ads boasting wild signing bonuses

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

www.sfgate.com

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Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 18h

which one is that

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Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 19h

I witnessed this irl (smaller knife) when I was a bartender at The Sandbar in Coconut Grove. I was fired after not to long for not getting drunk on the job.

Shazzoir @shazzoir.bsky.social · 20h

Some stabby artwork for #CrabTime

🦀

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Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 22h

"Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social · 22h

Debris from Halley’s Comet lights up the sky with the Orionid meteor shower! 🌌🧪

This meteor shower will be active from Sept. 26 to Nov. 22, and will peak on October 21. These are actually fragments from Halley’s Comet, which orbits the Sun every 76 years.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

trib.al

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1d

i've said it 100x and i'll say it 100x more: every ounce of energy expended on trying to help the democratic party unfuck itself is energy better spent organizing in your local community to be resilient against fascism and climate collapse because the dems will always sabotage whatever you do.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 The DSCC — led by Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Kelly, Adam Schiff, and Lisa Blunt Rochester — has formed a joint fundraising committee with Janet Mills.

Mills, running against Graham Platner in the Maine Democratic Senate primary, would become the oldest freshman (79) ever elected, to a 6-year term.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social · 1d

My dog when I try to lay with him:

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