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Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · 4d

I needed a thread like this to pull me out of creeping despair.

Michael Sappir @m.sappir.net · 4d

Organized, targeted boycotts are a great and important tool in this moment. Organizing to take action, all kinds of action, is crucial.
But I want to complicate the picture a little. 🧵

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 4d

There is a disconnect in America today: Trump is deeply unpopular facing mass resistance from citizens. But elites keep rolling over for Trump anyway.

What to do? An organized boycott campaign.

Here's how it would work, and why it could very well change elite behavior www.vox.com/politics/466...

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Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · 4d

I expect DHS/CBP/ICE to grant the request and then go ahead with the kidnappings anyhow.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4d

IL Gov. JB Pritzker is asking DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other ICE & Border Patrol officials to suspend Midway Blitz operations through Halloween weekend.

In Jan. 2024, Pritzker asked TX Gov. Greg Abbott to stop busing migrants to Chicago amid a cold snap.

Abbott's office rejected that request.

Pritzker's letter asking for a pause on Midway Blitz operations through Halloween weekend. Full letter available here:

https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker-requests-trump-administration-pause-federal-immigration-operations-on-halloween-weekend?utm_source=prezly.com&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=Gov.+Pritzker+Requests+Trump+Administration+Pause+Federal+Immigration+Operations+on+Halloween+Weekend&utm_id=0873969e-10eb-4c01-96b8-d3e3f58b5c5e&utm_content=story+attachment#attachment-b7b6d97e-d116-4187-a084-bb524ccc44a3

Il Gov. Pritzker's January 2024 letter asking TX Gov. Abbott to stop sending migrants to Chicago amid a cold snap. Full letter here:

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pritzker-letter-to-abbott.pdf

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Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · 4d

What do you 'win'?
"We have a BINGO! Here's your anger and motivation!"

It's got to be a drinking game, no?

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Tracy Baim @tracybaim.bsky.social · 5d

donorbox.org/mutualaid2025

Support for Immigrant Families Impacted by ICE raids | Organized Communities Against Deportations (Powered by Donorbox)

MUTUAL AID: All donations to this fund support recently arrived migrant families and long term immigrant families in Chicago IL who: have been directly impacted by deportations, are at risk of deport...

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13d

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.

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Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · 13d

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Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · 13d

2/3rds of the way there.

Three skulls covering the corresponding facial features with their hand bones: speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil.

Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · 17d

The Admiral's Club in Queretaro at 2a.

Sad snacks and drinks in a small airport in a lovely Mexican city's airport.
From L to R: Coke, fos tequila, Strawberry soda water, KitKat bars on a bench.

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Justin Morgan @justinmorgan.io · 17d

nothing lasts forever and I wouldn't mind actually following the VA official account when it isn't being run by some dentist's failson.

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Chris Dashiell @cdashiell.bsky.social · 26d

They say they’ve arrested the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa, but she’d have to be 135 years old by now.

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Julio C. Caceres @juliocaceres.bsky.social · Oct 2

Scientists Studied People With Self-Diagnosed #ADHD. What They Found Was Revealing
Researchers analyzed nearly a half million posts from a subreddit dedicated to ADHD.

gizmodo.com/scientists-s...

Scientists Studied People With Self-Diagnosed ADHD. What They Found Was Revealing

Researchers analyzed nearly a half million posts from a subreddit dedicated to ADHD.

gizmodo.com

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Bad Horse @badhorse.bsky.social · Sep 30

President Trump wants to kill American citizens the right way.

By Ezra Klein

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Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · Sep 30

What's your sign

The sign for a pub called The Slaughtered Lamb. It depicts the decapitated head of a brown wolf on a pike, in front of a full moon.

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Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · Sep 22

Update: The detention center is not closing.

www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ev...

Protests Led Trump Administration To Consider Evacuating ICE Facility Outside Chicago

Homeland security communications show officials wanted to move operations after a protest in which demonstrators said they were hit with tear gas.

www.huffpost.com

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Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · Sep 21

"WGN is the only radio station owned by Nexstar Media Group"
Nexstar, aka the folks who subscribe to fascism and shut down freedom of speech and are partly responsible for silencing Jimmy Kimmel.

Ignore WGN , please.

#Nexstar
#Boycott
#Kimmel
#WGN
#Chicago
#ChicagoBears

Andy Masur @andymasur1.bsky.social · Sep 21

Join us for Hamp & OB postgame coming up shortly on @wgnradio.bsky.social 6:30pm...

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Sep 20

I tell you what, learn a little bit about cancer and people who think you can cure cancer with diet or supplements do look very silly. This is why cancer biologists have such a hard time not being snarky.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 18

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · Sep 18

Isn't it crazy that the leader of our country is able to get comedians fired for their jokes? Pic unrelated

A headline from a 1939 New York Times article: Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan'Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime

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Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · Sep 18

So, this gets better and then scarier—I pushed back and am waiting to hear from the pharmacy, so I call my dr. office to cover bases, and leave a message.
Then, pharmacy responds and says I AM covered. 30 min. later the dr. office returns my call and they don't know what to do—they have no guidance.

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Blue S'guy @smck.bsky.social · Sep 18

Checking the eligibility box didn't work for me. The pharmacy confirmed the appt. but sent a message later that the vax isn't approved by insurance. $250 cash.

I do have qualifying conditions but it seems I'll need my dr. to call it in.

I'm in Chicago FWIW.