Alex Nelson
@aenelson4.bsky.social
The real infrastructure is the friends we make along the way. Free Palestine. She/Her.
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Is this the trip to Philadelphia where I actually eat a Philly Cheesesteak? Only time will tell.
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Is this the trip to Philadelphia where I actually eat a Philly Cheesesteak? Only time will tell.
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
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I took a picture earlier this week that I think encapsulates the isolation and danger of living in a city that doesn’t #plowthesidewalks and a neighborhood where reactionaries want to tear out an under-construction safety project on Archer Avenue.
It’s a message about priorities.
It’s a message about priorities.
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I took a picture earlier this week that I think encapsulates the isolation and danger of living in a city that doesn’t #plowthesidewalks and a neighborhood where reactionaries want to tear out an under-construction safety project on Archer Avenue.
It’s a message about priorities.
It’s a message about priorities.
"maybe we'll all get fired!" my boss says on the Teams call with glee.
You know things are going great when staff at every level of leadership are like "please free me from this hell."
You know things are going great when staff at every level of leadership are like "please free me from this hell."
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"maybe we'll all get fired!" my boss says on the Teams call with glee.
You know things are going great when staff at every level of leadership are like "please free me from this hell."
You know things are going great when staff at every level of leadership are like "please free me from this hell."
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Putting Elon Musk on the cover of a magazine for anything other than “his illegal government funding cuts have already killed hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children” is propaganda
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Putting Elon Musk on the cover of a magazine for anything other than “his illegal government funding cuts have already killed hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children” is propaganda
The Brad Lander endorsement rollouts are incredible. Just one after another on launch day. What a feat.
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Brad Lander endorsement rollouts are incredible. Just one after another on launch day. What a feat.
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Just watched someone trying to navigate an icy intersection with a wheelchair almost get plowed into by a delivery robot that had raced across the street and almost got hit by a car in the process as the light was changing.
Yeah we all need to start carrying baseball bats
Yeah we all need to start carrying baseball bats
December 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just watched someone trying to navigate an icy intersection with a wheelchair almost get plowed into by a delivery robot that had raced across the street and almost got hit by a car in the process as the light was changing.
Yeah we all need to start carrying baseball bats
Yeah we all need to start carrying baseball bats
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Woman fatally struck by CTA bus after apparent slip in South Shore: Chicago police
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
wgntv.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Woman fatally struck by CTA bus after apparent slip in South Shore: Chicago police
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
This is far and away the craziest captcha I have ever encountered.
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is far and away the craziest captcha I have ever encountered.
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This delivery robot appears to be stuck.
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This delivery robot appears to be stuck.
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Video shows him during a raid in Little Village saying to Border Patrol Agents "My regards for all of you and the work that you guys are doing... God bless you guys.”
At the time he was Director of Community Outreach at Little Village Chamber of Commerce.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...
At the time he was Director of Community Outreach at Little Village Chamber of Commerce.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...
Little Village Chamber Leader Thanked Border Patrol Agents As They Arrested Neighbors, Video Shows
Little Village, an enclave for Mexican Americans and immigrants, was heavily targeted during Operation Midway Blitz. After Block Club uncovered the video, the chamber said the employee was no longer e...
blockclubchicago.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Video shows him during a raid in Little Village saying to Border Patrol Agents "My regards for all of you and the work that you guys are doing... God bless you guys.”
At the time he was Director of Community Outreach at Little Village Chamber of Commerce.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...
At the time he was Director of Community Outreach at Little Village Chamber of Commerce.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...
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Join us on Sunday, December 7th at the West Loop branch for a community meeting to go over what happened to #PlowTheSidewalks and discuss where we go next.
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Join us on Sunday, December 7th at the West Loop branch for a community meeting to go over what happened to #PlowTheSidewalks and discuss where we go next.
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
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Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Every now and then I go out on my balcony to admire my perfectly shoveled sidewalk and feel morally superior. And yes I am the reason the bus stop down the way is cleared as well. 😇
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Every now and then I go out on my balcony to admire my perfectly shoveled sidewalk and feel morally superior. And yes I am the reason the bus stop down the way is cleared as well. 😇
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The administration has taken into custody immigrants who are medically vulnerable and whose detention threatens not only their own health but also that of their newborn children — typically U.S. citizens — by depriving them of early bonding beneficial to a baby’s lifelong wellbeing.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The administration has taken into custody immigrants who are medically vulnerable and whose detention threatens not only their own health but also that of their newborn children — typically U.S. citizens — by depriving them of early bonding beneficial to a baby’s lifelong wellbeing.
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See an uncleared sidewalk? We want to see it too.
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
See an uncleared sidewalk? We want to see it too.
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
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The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts.
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts.
Happy "my dog is from California and refuses to take walks in this weather" season to all who celebrate.
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy "my dog is from California and refuses to take walks in this weather" season to all who celebrate.
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RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
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also curious how many that oppose the #plowthesidewalk idea were out shoveling their walkways and neighbours to prove that the city does not need to spend the money…
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
also curious how many that oppose the #plowthesidewalk idea were out shoveling their walkways and neighbours to prove that the city does not need to spend the money…
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What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next…
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next…
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
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My city has these for sweeping. They have also simpler variant for emptying public bins in the city. These can carry snow plows and spray saline fluid to keep the bike paths open in winter. In autumn, they operate in tandem, one sweeping the street and the other carrying a guy with a leaf blower.
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My city has these for sweeping. They have also simpler variant for emptying public bins in the city. These can carry snow plows and spray saline fluid to keep the bike paths open in winter. In autumn, they operate in tandem, one sweeping the street and the other carrying a guy with a leaf blower.
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?