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Jen Canary

@canarynoir.bsky.social

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My list of discarded (but still beloved) hyperfixations is long and varied. Currently mostly into cats, cemeteries, and Star Trek.

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Jen Canary @canarynoir.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hey… Why the heck does almost every science-fiction show — and some non-science-fiction shows — always have an episode where cast members get kidnapped into a fight club? Why is that?

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PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 15d

An astonishing crowd! By u/sandrakaufmann in r/chicago

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 15d

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

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Rachael P @plussone.bsky.social · 15d

Here’s the front of the Chicago #NoKings march, stepping off from Grant Park soon. Photo: @aaroncynic.bsky.social

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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 15d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 15d

Peaky Blinders meme: No fighting with regime-run accounts. No fucking fighting with regime-run accounts!

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Jen Canary @canarynoir.bsky.social · 17d

“Punches WILL be pulled”

Colossus: for big wussies who can’t handle excitement or unpleasantness in their news articles

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18d

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Jen Canary @canarynoir.bsky.social · 19d

The minimal level of paperwork involved in immigrating at that time is stunning. If someone decided to just give a new name at Ellis Island, no one was going to care. No one could require anyone to start using a different name. There was no infrastructure around that. Immigration was extremely easy.

Jen Canary @canarynoir.bsky.social · 19d

A lot of families started changing their names in that time because of the war to distance themselves from German sounding names. But it wasn’t done by the government; it was a choice made by the families. I do a lot of local history research and this is very consistently true.

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Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 19d

Now, more than ever, it's important to understand why so many the myths we tell ourselves about immigration are actually very harmful.

First of all, your great-great-grandparents names *were not changed* at Ellis Island. No one there had the authority to do that.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20d

I hope people remember that the @nytimes.com has actively worked to try to sabotage Mamdani at almost every single turn. ACTIVELY. They've been the NY Post.

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