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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 12h

Legislators are back in Springfield to try to save our transit network and the budget hole blown by Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill as the feds tear gas neighborhoods to disappear more brown people

Trib ed board: COPS 👏 NEED 👏 HORSES 👏

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 13h

From the Editorial Board:

As Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to give his budget address Thursday, one idea should get tossed aside: eliminating Chicago’s mounted police unit.

Editorial: Chicago budget should not cut mounted police nor sell off their horses

Is Chicago really going to sell off the horse named for Officer Ella French?

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 13h

beyond parody

"The mounted patrol is an important tool for public safety — one that helps bridge the trust gap between residents, some of whom have a less than generous view of police, and the officers tasked with protecting our city. Kids feel safer around officers on horseback, the presence of the animal offering comfort and evoking calm. This highly visible, less intimidating police presence does exactly what we want law enforcement to do: work in cooperation with the community.

And these horses aren’t just steeds, they’re living memorials bearing the names of officers who’ve died in the line of duty — the entrance to each stall is adorned with a photo and a tribute to the officer. In 2023, a horse was named in honor of Officer Ella French, who was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop in 2021.

Is Chicago really going to sell off Ella French’s horse?"

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 16h

7 "Whistlemania" meetups are happening Tuesday night across Chicago. Here’s how to join them: blockclubchi.co/46PIk2O

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 17h

The thing about Drew Struzan is that he somehow made Kurt Russel look even hotter then he is which is an effect on par with making red redder

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crush @lizzyisi.bsky.social · 19h

NLG Chicago is asking for your support to help us raise $10,000 to support our ongoing legal defense efforts. You can donate directly to our chapter:
www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=...

Or the foundation: www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=...

A green square with the words National Lawyers Guild Chicago on it.

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VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 20h

Report from Florida now that I'm back in Chicago: Charlie Kirk t-shirts at crappy beach souvenir stores were 50% off and Buy 3, Get One Free and there's still plenty of stock left.

Fuck that guy obviously but nobody has disrespected his memory more than those who supported him.

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Queerazon.com @queerazon.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in queer history: Oct 14, 1977

During a live TV appearance in Iowa, anti-gay activist Anita Bryant was hit with a pie in protest of her “Save Our Children” campaign. A sweet moment of queer resistance.

#QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #QueerResistance #AnitaBryant

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VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 1d

there's already a market!

VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 1d

The "Fred Astaire tape hidden in a vault" is my personal Ocean's 11 heist

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VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 1d

I hope they live to regret getting him fired.

(also, never has a sentence required more than the first 4 words)

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VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 1d

There were only 900 people in my home town so you only had to dial 5 digits for a lot of my childhood, and it was a huge thing when that changed to 7, which is the rural equivalent.

(I also remember my grandmother's phone number

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VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 1d

* wasn't left alone

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VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 1d

when the cat in your house starts freaking out you come home after being gone for 3 days even though he was left alone so it means he really missed you >>>>>>>

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Karen Geier @karengeier.com · 1d

Giorgio Moroder

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social · 1d

Finally! I’ve broken through the glass ceiling for old, white men hoping to work in animation.
Be sure to tune in. As I tell all my lovers, this might just be the best 20 seconds of your life.

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VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning

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Milwaukee Ave Bike Lane @milwaukeeavbike.bsky.social · 2d

Listen for the loud whistles. Carry them and use them. 3 short blows for sightings, 3 longs blows if you see someone being kidnapped.
Fuck these fucks

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 2d

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 5d

Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 3d

Today is National Coming Out Day!

It's also Freedom to Read Day, aka the last day of Banned Books Week.

This feels right — because the main reason they try to ban books is to keep people from dreaming they could ever come out.

My latest newsletter: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

They Want To Ban Books To Keep Us From Coming Out

Quick housekeeping! I’m doing a flurry of events once again: Tuesday I’ll be in the Koret Auditorium at the SF Public Library talking about banned books for...

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VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 3d

Getting to watch a Cubs playoff game with my 78 year old dad who has been in poor health this year together in person (even though they lost and we are in Florida when I live much closer to either team): very valuable

Hearing his opinion about this asshole for the first time in person: priceless