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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 17m

the correct answer is “whatever relationship style personally works for you” and i am so tired of people arguing about this (also cute joke)

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 42m

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 57m

i really hope yr coworkers return

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 1h

shit is real, people need to know

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 1h

the daily wear and tear of worrying about yr neighbors, constantly vigilant with whistle in hand, etc

Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 1h

It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 3h

The beloved Saleh Al-Jafarawi has been murdered. We are absolutely devastated. For 2 years he reported on the genocide of his people, just for him to be murdered during the ‘ceasefire’

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 1h

one of my signature scents!

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

another day of border patrol and ice terrorizing chicago—and of spontaneous community resistance.

they tear-gassed community members on a residential street in albany park. they pulled a gun on a rapid responder in rogers park.

they abducted people from alleys and parking lots and train stations.

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 1h

yeah my family is obviously jewish (my parents are secular) so pretty different religious vibes. but incense rules

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 1h

i love myrrh too and have multiple myrrh colognes, he should not feel left out

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 2h

sometimes i like to personally smell like a church too

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 2h

man i love the smell of frankincense. i have no desire to attend catholic services ever but i do love my home smelling like a church

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Secret Third Thing @gochujung.bsky.social · 7h

I spent time medicking otg yesterday in Broadview, and yes things were absolutely as chaotic and violent as this video depicts, especially stuck in the middle of it as ISP stampeded at protestors with batons raised. At one point, they opened their line just to drag someone away. Terrifying.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Trans Rescue Action 🏳️‍⚧️ @transrescueaction.bsky.social · Mar 30

There is ongoing scam happening posing as a black trans safe house in Texas. The fake org is "Black Trans Texas Connection."

There is an IG page
@blacktransscam

that verifies its nonexistence by checking w local orgs in its supposed operating city of Houston. 👇

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maura johnston @maura.bsky.social · 19h

turns out the answer to “are they malicious or just stupid” — a question often asked about big media boss types — is “yes, but sliiiightly more the former”

Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 20h

coil soundtrack would have gone HARD

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21h

Quick update on what we just saw here—*before curfew*, ISP troopers, Broadview PD and CCSO deputies began menacing demonstrators outside the ICE facility. Several arrests.

Pepper ball guns at the ready, a bit of a standoff going with remaining protesters. All people are doing is playing music.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 21h

Tonight, in Broadview — a suburb outside of Chicago where Illinois state troopers are doing crowd control near the ICE detention center.

Read the thread from @unraveledpress.com

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23h

more ideas that anyone can take up in their community.

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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Necro Supernaut XIII @necrobutcher187.bsky.social · 23h

Go West by the Village People and The State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics being identical is one of the few things that have made human kind worthwhile

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 23h

every time we’re out here we see new types of cops.

looks like the illinois department of correction’s tactical team is also here on site.

background: www.chicagoreporter.com/new-uniforms...

two cops in dark blue uniforms stand next to another cop wearing a blue polo

a close-up of one officer’s patch. it reads “tactical dept corrections. illinois sort.”

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 23h

that picture of paul ryan lifting weights is scarred into my memory

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 1d

i get that some staffer is churning these out but a simple “thank you for writing, we take our constituents’ opinions seriously” would have gone many, many miles further

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 1d

btw i both called and wrote pritzker’s office to register my displeasure with state and county cops’ behavior at broadview and the answer i got back was practically nonsensical. i didn’t save it but it did not address any of my concerns directly

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