Erik Wallenius
@erikwallenius.bsky.social
Eagle Scout, Army vet, @BarackObama ‘08 alum. Interests include data/tech, board games, feminism. Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ he/him
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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“Kaegi’s office largely completed their portion of the Tyler upgrade in 2021.”
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/c...
Cook County property tax bills will be mailed out on Nov. 14
After months of uncertainty and delay, Cook County officials announced Friday that property tax bills will be mailed on Nov. 14 and due by Dec. 15.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Kaegi’s office largely completed their portion of the Tyler upgrade in 2021.”
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/c...
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Here's your regular reminder to tell your loved ones what you want for the end of your life because you don't know when it will be or if you'll be able to communicate
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Here's your regular reminder to tell your loved ones what you want for the end of your life because you don't know when it will be or if you'll be able to communicate
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"Like capital punishment, torture, and slavery, deportation is wrong. Always, all of it, no exceptions. People of conscience must not let ourselves be pulled into line-drawing between acceptable and unacceptable instances of this violence"
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Letter to the editor: Deportation is wrong, period - Little Village
By Nate Holdren, Des Moines I write this letter to the editor on the evening of Friday, Sept. 26 after hearing the news that Ian Roberts, the superintendent of the […]
littlevillagemag.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Like capital punishment, torture, and slavery, deportation is wrong. Always, all of it, no exceptions. People of conscience must not let ourselves be pulled into line-drawing between acceptable and unacceptable instances of this violence"
littlevillagemag.com/letter-to-th...
littlevillagemag.com/letter-to-th...
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Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
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‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
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Nate Silver could have walked a precinct
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Nate Silver could have walked a precinct
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Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
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I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
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it's been a really bad long shitty time for people who care about victims of rape and sexual abuse, and those who've suffered it. drubbing someone who perpetrated it gleefully and believed he was entitled to power despite it is part of this.
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
it's been a really bad long shitty time for people who care about victims of rape and sexual abuse, and those who've suffered it. drubbing someone who perpetrated it gleefully and believed he was entitled to power despite it is part of this.
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38 VOTES DOWN
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
38 VOTES DOWN
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why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
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You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!
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👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants
The tax agency has quietly built its own prototype system for filing tax returns digitally and free of charge, according to current and former officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
“It’s a strange feeling when the war criminals of your youth become the artists and reluctant moral compasses of your adulthood.”
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Sorry (Not Sorry) to This Man, Who Died
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
www.jezebel.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“It’s a strange feeling when the war criminals of your youth become the artists and reluctant moral compasses of your adulthood.”
www.jezebel.com/sorry-not-so...
www.jezebel.com/sorry-not-so...
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The @cookcountyassessor.bsky.social worked with lawmakers to fix a problem that caused seniors on fixed incomes to lose their property tax exemptions.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
Cook County leaders get some but not all property tax relief legislation sought in Springfield
Illinois lawmakers passed legislation expanding eligibility for senior property tax breaks and moving the due date back one month for spring Cook County property tax bills.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The @cookcountyassessor.bsky.social worked with lawmakers to fix a problem that caused seniors on fixed incomes to lose their property tax exemptions.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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You’re not proposing marriage to a politician when you cast a vote for them. You’re hiring them for a job.
“I didn’t get a plumber to fix the leak because I didn’t feel comfortable putting my name behind any of them. Anyway that’s why the basement is flooded now, but what else could I do?”
“I didn’t get a plumber to fix the leak because I didn’t feel comfortable putting my name behind any of them. Anyway that’s why the basement is flooded now, but what else could I do?”
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You’re not proposing marriage to a politician when you cast a vote for them. You’re hiring them for a job.
“I didn’t get a plumber to fix the leak because I didn’t feel comfortable putting my name behind any of them. Anyway that’s why the basement is flooded now, but what else could I do?”
“I didn’t get a plumber to fix the leak because I didn’t feel comfortable putting my name behind any of them. Anyway that’s why the basement is flooded now, but what else could I do?”
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Note, Miramar Martinez (the woman. shot by CBP) wasalso charged by that Special Grand Jury.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Note, Miramar Martinez (the woman. shot by CBP) wasalso charged by that Special Grand Jury.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Several former members of the Sheffield Neighborhood Association are speaking out against what they describe as a flawed, insular decision-making process that allows a handful of residents — some of whom no longer live in the neighborhood — to influence city policy. blockclubchi.co/43JNcV4
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Several former members of the Sheffield Neighborhood Association are speaking out against what they describe as a flawed, insular decision-making process that allows a handful of residents — some of whom no longer live in the neighborhood — to influence city policy. blockclubchi.co/43JNcV4
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The Justice Department has levied federal conspiracy charges against Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh and five others over protests outside the Broadview ICE facility, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. blockclubchi.co/3X0vgBM
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Justice Department has levied federal conspiracy charges against Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh and five others over protests outside the Broadview ICE facility, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. blockclubchi.co/3X0vgBM
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It's only going to get worse. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... The provocations-crackdown-escalate cycle is terrifying.
Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It's only going to get worse. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... The provocations-crackdown-escalate cycle is terrifying.
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FULL STORY: A Democratic candidate for Congress & a candidate for Cook County Board along with 4 other people were indicted Thursday on charges they “forcibly impeded, intimidated & interfered with” a federal agent while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
Democratic Candidates for Congress, Cook County Board Indicted for ‘Impeding’ Federal Agent Outside Broadview ICE Facility
Kat Abughazaleh, who is running to represent Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, and Catherine “Cat” Sharp, who is running to represent the 12th District on the Cook County Board, were indicted alon...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
FULL STORY: A Democratic candidate for Congress & a candidate for Cook County Board along with 4 other people were indicted Thursday on charges they “forcibly impeded, intimidated & interfered with” a federal agent while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
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Kat Abughazaleh, a candidate Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, along with five other people, have been indicted on charges they “forcibly impeded, intimidated, and interfered with” a federal agent while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility.
https://to.wttw.com/4o7TJBc
https://to.wttw.com/4o7TJBc
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Kat Abughazaleh, a candidate Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, along with five other people, have been indicted on charges they “forcibly impeded, intimidated, and interfered with” a federal agent while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility.
https://to.wttw.com/4o7TJBc
https://to.wttw.com/4o7TJBc