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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 2h

Birds migrating overnight can hit untreated windows and die or need rescue, but they’re not the only ones— bats do too!

I thought this one had died but luckily poked it before I bagged it—it’s alive but very cold, and now en route to a licensed rehabber!

(I didn’t directly touch it, bc risky)

Fluffy brown furry bat looking raggedy on the sidewalk, its wings tucked at its sides and its legs out back.

Bat upside down in a paper bag, wings spread, mouth open to reveal pink mouth and little fangs.

Bat now righted in the bag, wings spread still. Looking grumpy.

Another photo of the brown furry bat on the sidewalk.

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John @localcelebrity.bsky.social · 15h

Our community is being ravaged by violent secret police with the judicial branch being our only defense and our Senior Senator is voting confirming the President’s judicial nominees.

During a government shutdown.

While the speaker of the house refuses to swear in a Democratic house member.

Dick.

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 1d

Dems/Ind Senators voting in favor: Coons, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Heinrich, Kaine, Kelly, King (I), Klobuchar, Reed, Schiff, Shaheen, Welch, & Whitehouse.

Senators not voting: Duckworth & Tillis

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 23h

NEWS: ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: “He belongs with her.” I spent yesterday afternoon with Ofelia Torres and her mother, Sandibell, talking about Ruben Torres. Here’s the story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/i...

ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: ‘He belongs with her’

Ofelia Torres has spent almost every day of the past month at Lurie Children’s Hospital, where the 16-year-old Lake View High School student is fighting cancer.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 16h

“Once my colleague pulled out his camera, the agent put away the gun," Huynh told the Sun-Times Tuesday night. "[But] if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.”

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 23h

The Bridge: 'Medicare Telehealth Coverage Has Ended, Startling Those Who Had Relied on It'

'For patients disabled by certain chronic diseases, such as severe long COVID & chronic fatigue syndrome, getting to the office can be harmful or even impossible, Houser said'

thebridgevt.org/2025/10/medi...

Medicare Telehealth Coverage Has Ended, Startling Those Who Had Relied on It - The Bridge

Disabled and elderly Vermonters who use Medicare woke up Oct. 1 to a new medical care barrier. That day, Medicare stopped covering the cost of telehealth for medical visits. Instead of receiving care...

thebridgevt.org

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1d

‘No Kings’ Protesters Reject Political Violence, Survey Shows www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-k...

Are Protesters Becoming Less Violent? ‘No Kings’ Survey Suggests So

Massive marches nationwide in the U.S. marked a turn against an increasing acceptance of political violence among protesters, report sociologists

www.scientificamerican.com

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 18h

State rep. Hoan Huynh shared video of agents surrounding his vehicle/stopping him + staffers shortly after he said one agent pointed a gun inside his vehicle at him while another threatened to break a window. They were following feds in Albany Park after four people were reportedly taken.

Story tk.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 19h

FULL STORY: A Border Patrol agent pointed a gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh while he warned North Side residents that immigration agents were conducting enforcement operations, said Huynh, a Vietnam refugee who is running to represent Illinois' 9th District in Congress. @wttw.bsky.social

Illinois State Rep. Says Border Patrol Agent Pointed a Gun as He Was Warning Residents About Immigration Raids

State Rep. Hoan Huynh, a candidate to represent Illinois’ 9th District in Congress, said he was in Albany Park when he was confronted by six Border Patrol agents.

news.wttw.com

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Alex Nitkin @alexnitkin.bsky.social · 20h

IL State Rep. Hoan Huynh says CBP agents surrounded his car and drew a gun on him on the Northwest Side of Chicago this morning

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Dr. Jey McFright 😱 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 23h

If you're sympathetic to "accidental" Nazi tattoo guy but think trans people brought genocide upon themselves by being "too much":

You may also be an "accidental" Nazi

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 23h

You know, seeing liberals speak up louder in defense of a guy with a Nazi tattoo than any marginalized community in the past year shouldn't shock me at all, and yet it does. It really does.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23h

If you need a whistle, please drop by our office (7016 N Clark Street) to pick up one for free.

If you see ICE, blow three short bursts.

If they are detaining someone, blow three long bursts.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

If you are on ICE watch in the Rogers Park vicinity please have a buddy and exercise extreme caution. ICE has assaulted verifiers today and arrested at least one of our people. If you are vulnerable to ICE in this area, I recommend staying inside if possible.

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 23h

Federal agents shot two people during a violent and chaotic immigration abduction. That’s the actual headline here

Daily Mail @dailymail.co.uk · 23h

US marshal and illegal immigrant both shot during ICE operation in LA

The two were shot after agents surrounded a person in a vehicle in the California city.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 1d

History shows us what happens when corrupt Kings destroy palaces and temples to rebuild for their golden visions and it often ends in flames and looting and razing when they die, just speaking as an archaeologist here, nothing whatsoever to do with anything modern *clutches pearls*

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…

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

Independent of his age, this agent is pointing what appears to be a tear gas launcher directly at an unarmed person’s head just a few feet away, which would be lethal force. Bit odd that his age was the main line of questioning here.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

Ellis says the person having the weapon pointed at him is a juvenile, and asks about the rules involving juveniles.

Harvick: "Just based on that photo, he did not look like a juvenile. I believe he is 17."

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

Someone who saw the evidence in that case and wanted to have dinner with Epstein is not anyone who should be allowed near children.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING

Jeffrey Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show

Full Story: bit.ly/4nVTRUe

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 3d

Disabled folks feeling guilty for not protesting today: *it is not your fault* that organizers don’t make an effort to make protests accessible and don’t encourage masking

And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

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Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 4d

a cartoon of hyenas with the words no kings no kings la la la la la la

ALT: a cartoon of hyenas with the words no kings no kings la la la la la la

media.tenor.com

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Bea Arthur Chicken @beaarthurchicken.bsky.social · 4d

@annecaprara.bsky.social JB can do better!

We need more of the combo Midwest + Philly energy of brotherly love we come to know from your team

Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 5d

This is hardly a new observation; Katelyn Burns did a piece on this a few days ago ( www.burnsnotice.com/democrats-mu... ). But every day shit like this happens Pritzker is undermining his own position. You can't be outraged at one flavor of state based terror while greenlighting another.

Democrats Must Kill Their Inner Cops

Who needs the National Guard when your state troopers are perfectly willing to crack protester skulls all on their own? Listen, Illinois governor JB Pritzker is not perfect, but he's my guy. Or at le...

www.burnsnotice.com

Bea Arthur Chicken @beaarthurchicken.bsky.social · 4d

I adopted a two pack of ginger kittens. The vet suspects one has FIP (a covid) and watching for now. Does anyone have experience getting their cat diagnosed with FIP and / or treatment? Shes definitely a survivor!

Ginger cat staring away from camera. Sitting on wooden cobbler table in a living room. Blue skies and white clouds beam through the windows

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 5d

This is hardly a new observation; Katelyn Burns did a piece on this a few days ago ( www.burnsnotice.com/democrats-mu... ). But every day shit like this happens Pritzker is undermining his own position. You can't be outraged at one flavor of state based terror while greenlighting another.

Democrats Must Kill Their Inner Cops

Who needs the National Guard when your state troopers are perfectly willing to crack protester skulls all on their own? Listen, Illinois governor JB Pritzker is not perfect, but he's my guy. Or at le...

www.burnsnotice.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 4d

So @govpritzker.illinois.gov
you’ll down for a chummy interview & fashion yourself into a hero of the people meanwhile Illinois State Police is HELPING ICE & beating people—again—at Broadview ICE facility, which you have still not attempted to inspect nor have you done anything about ISP violence 👎🏻

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

I'm not afraid of Donald Trump — and I won't back down when it comes to protecting my people.

What Trump Is Really Up to in Chicago, According to JB Pritzker

In a new interview, the Illinois governor lets loose on the president’s decision to send troops to Chicago.

www.politico.com

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 4d

Now WeRateDogs is TRIPLING THE FUCK DOWN and talking about how often cops shoot dogs

Screen grab of the WeRate Dogs podcast where they’re talking about cop violence against dogs

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 6d

Look for the helpers: Here's how Chicagoans are supporting their neighbors amid ICE raids.

In collaboration w/ @citybureau.bsky.social: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8

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