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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 6h

A child - a Black child - only 15 - was zip-tied and held by federal agents for hours, unable to contact his mother. Here in Chicago on the Southeast Side. tinyurl.com/BlackChildHeld @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Screenshot of photo of mother embracing her son and the words: 15-year-old U.S. citizen taken by feds for 5 hours after East Side protest, attorney says

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 6h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

Yesterday, white nationalist paramilitary forces attacked another Chicago neighborhood with chemical weapons. Families and at least one infant were gassed. This morning, they are kidnapping more immigrants both here and in other metros (D.C., L.A. still being terrorized).

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 21h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 1d

The photos are all of the same guy, right? You can't convince me otherwise.

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 1d

No thank you

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 1d

Hate ages people in vicious and hilarious ways

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 1d

A squirrel is standing inside and peeking over the top rim of a hollowed out pumpkin. The top of the pumpkin can be seen behind. The squirrel is wearing a slouchy black witch hat with orange stripes and holding a squirrel-sized chef knife. The knife is because the squirrel has carved the words ‘MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN’ in the side of the pumpkin and in the ground in front the word ‘TODAY’ has been spelled with stringy orange pumpkin guts with seeds scattered all around.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 1d

Also: the barrel rolls! My god!

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

gene kelly is antifa

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 2d

I love it when the dictionary quotes George Clinton

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/dog...

17 Words for Dog Breeds

If you love dogs and words, you’re barking up the right tree

www.merriam-webster.com

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 2d

"How likely are you to recommend [HOSPITAL] to a friend?"

Uhh, that's not how insurance works, man!

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 2d

I have a lot of doctors now, and I get emails asking for ratings after every visit. I'm also asked to rate the person who scheduled the appointment. Some of these rating pages have multiple questions, too. It's like having homework. Leave me alone!

Amos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 2d

I think businesses asking people to rate every single experience has furthered this damage. We shouldn't have this many opinions about this many things, and we certainly shouldn't expect other busy people to care if we do.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

few ideas have damaged the average psyche more than ‘the customer is always right.’ it should be a little bit humiliating, being a customer. you should walk into any service transaction knowing that the other person, and not you, is in control over whether you get your treats

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2d

You officially live in a “show me your papers” nation, if you were wondering how far along things are now.

And ICE took his unhoused friend.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 2d

"I’m not sure accurate news is getting to everyone. And right now, the government is lying to you about Chicago and what’s happening here."

Sarah Becan @sarahbecan.bsky.social · 2d

New Sauceome comic this week, because it's winter squash season!

(also, a little rumination about what's up in Chicago these days)

buttondown.com/sarahbecan/a...

Roasting Winter Squash

It’s winter squash season! I drew this using butternut squash, but this method works for pretty much any winter squash: acorn, autumn frost, delicata,...

buttondown.com

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 2d

AppleMaxxing!

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 2d

Introduce yourself using a food you refuse to eat, a film you’ll never watch again, a song you can’t stand

1. Mushrooms.
2. Cape Fear. The only movie I walked out of twice!
3. Even Flow. Even for a Pearl Jam song, it's dreadful.

That's Irritainment @irritained.bsky.social · 2d

Introduce yourself using a food you refuse to eat, a film you’ll never watch again, a song you can’t stand

1. Raisins. Curiously OK with most other dried fruits
2. Goonies. If I wanted to listen to kids scream at each other I mighta' had kids
3. Two Princes, but anything Spin Doctors, really

Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 2d

Introduce yourself using a food you refuse to eat, a film you’ll never watch again, a song you can’t stand

1. Pineapple is really repulsive.

2. "Salo" was absolutely the worst date night I ever had

3. There were some strong contenders but then Samhain made me listen to Temporary Secretary

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 2d

OCTOPHANT PRIME DAYS

Go have a look at the original paintings and gel prints I have for sale and if you see something you like make me a dang offer

Paintings: octophant.us/paintings

Gel Prints: octophant.us/gel-prints

An oil painting of a Grimpowlteuthis: A barn owl's head on the body and arms of a grimpoteuthis 'dumbo' octopus. With small owl wings on the head where the octopus would have fins. The owl head is shades of white and brown looking off to the left a bit. The octopus portion is pinks and purples, with the arms all curling up on themselves around its body. This is all painted on collaged pages from a Japanese wrestling magazine. There is different sizes and typefaces of Japanese text and decontextualized photos of wrestling and wrestlers, but mostly text.

A woman in a voluminous, deep, dark blue dress, with her blond hair piled atop her head in braids holding a young white goat in her arms. The background is greenish white tile. Her eyes are deeply set and blackened and she’s conspicuously bleeding from her mouth. Based on a shot from s2 of Severance.

A difficult image to write alt text for. This is a collage of wrestling images, pagers, and random Japanese text. The two largest figures are both masked wrestlers inverted from each other. One wears a full-body gold suit, the other has striped white and orange pants, orange boots and a mask and is shirtless. Stripey is in what almost looks like a running pose, but upside down. He's being grabbed from behind by Goldie who is mostly upright. Honestly even the original photo was confusing. There's a smaller image imposed among these two of one wrestler smashing another's face with a huge drop kick. Smaller masked and caped wrestlers stand in the top left and bottom right. The colors are hot pinks, acid greens, orange, and gold.

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 2d

Far north side of Chicago

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Daniel Biss @danielbiss.bsky.social · 3d

ICE was once again a presence in Evanston and Rogers Park this AM, with masked men taking multiple members of our community off the street. Here are a few things you can do right now to stay safe and help protect your neighbors

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 3d

AN ENTIRE CRAB FOR A HEAD

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 3d

Kani Bucho, an office boss with an entire crab for a head, is the mascot for Yokobiki, a company that makes metal roller shutters for store windows.

A mascot in a blue suit with a red crab for a head enters a building.

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 3d

Really wish people would take some care in what they amplify. Many local journalists are working really really hard to verify confusing reports and document precisely what's going on. That matters for accountability and helping the community be accurately informed.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 3d

Folks, see the details local journalists post about breaking news events when verifiable info is limited. ⤵️

Name of agency. Location. Time. Source. Context about local area and confirmation by local Rapid Response group.

Stop sharing accounts that solely post "Holy Sh*t, ICE!" with dramatic video.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Border Patrol is terrorizing Gage Park this morning (video from Facebook, 55th & California reportedly 9:40am). SWRR reports agents are highly active and were also seen at the Pulaski orange line again: instagram.com/p/DPtwEY7DhTy

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Amy C's dancing skeleton @thisnicelady.bsky.social · 3d

My own Buster Keaton approves!

Blurry photo of a tabby cat going absolutely bonkers for the Cat Dancer toy

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rickkogan.bsky.social @rickkogan.bsky.social · 4d

Tremendous loss as Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/t...

Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66

He had recently published a new book, “The Sun at the End of the Road,” filled with his distinctive art, poetry and prose. Some consider it a memoir.

www.chicagotribune.com

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