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Absolute Cognitio Hazard I have misplaced my concept of a plan. I know it's around here somewhere. HIV+ #AmWriting Chicago ✈️2001 New Orleans2023✈️Chicago Occupied Chicago

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 3d

For those of you who have been wondering what is going on. This happened on July 29th, 2025.

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Bongo from Life In Hell sitting in his chair while the eyes through the window slit give him news:

"Bad news Bongo you have invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast"

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 4h

Current Earworm:

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Depeche Mode - Suffer Well (Remastered)

YouTube video by DepecheModeVEVO

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 16h

#Chicago #NoKings

Saturday 10/18

12 pm

Butler Field, Grant Park

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

What happens if he keeps the House in recess?

Can he do that indefinitely?

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson predicted this will be the longest shutdown ever. @washingtonpost.com
The latest: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said today this could be the longest government shutdown on record and that he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats.

Shutdown is the GOP's fault.

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Human☮ @4humanunity.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the deal, Mike Johnson, you worked 9 days since July, make $200K, and get best free healthcare we pay for, while shutting down ours.

Want it fair? Start with your paychecks. No work, no pay and no damn free healthcare for any of you. Let Congress feel the pain they dump on the rest of us.

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

This

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d

Weird thing where people say “no one could have predicted it” when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but “no one could have“ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

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Scottsthaname @scottsthaname.bsky.social · 2d

Evidently, ICE agents know the sound of a rape whistle and are repelled by it...

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

The jarlic use is out of control. Using multiple versions of Cajun seasonings. No thyme, oregano, paprika, cayenne, white pepper, etc… No knife skills, no dark roux. Not saying I’m the best cause I’ll never but, man, I try. I wanna do this culture and food justice.

Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve seen some super questionable shit from “Cajun” content creators lately. Rice dressing/dirty rice w/o livers and/or gizzards & jambalaya with multiple cans of cream of “X” soup. I’m gonna have to start making content to show how to actually cook the old way

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

They could also walk into SCOTUS & ask one of them to swear her in

RachelMarta @rachel99marta.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats should seat her by all walking in together, escorting her and make sure the MSM is there. Walk up to Mike Johnson and request the swearing in be done immediately. If not, ask him why.
#MakeGoodLoudTrouble

Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 1d

She was elected 3 weeks ago but still hasn’t been sworn in! But @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social Grijalva joins me today to get her take. Plus @eliselabott.bsky.social on the news from the Middle East. See you soon at 4p ET / 1p PT live on Substack and later on YouTube.

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

I think he definitely has plans for NKD at least in Chicago

Brooklyn American @brooklynamerican.bsky.social · 1d

So is Trump going to command Mike Johnson to cave in on the shutdown, thinking it will dilute No Kings day? Or Is Trump going to invoke the Insurrection Act on NKD and shut down the government in perpetuity?

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

Instead Trump is moving money around at the Pentagon.

That way he not only looks like some sort of hero, he furthers his intrusion into Congressional budgeting powers

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"Support the troops, y'all!"

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

This has possibilities

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

That sounds like some sort of cheap sake.

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Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 1d

The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com

Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...

windycitytimes.com

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

I thought that was him in the Waukegan video

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

I would like to see more short story collections.

April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 1d

Short story collections should be way more popular and marketed better for the short-attention present.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

He has questions.

He wants answers.

🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 1d

This one has been glued to me like a limpet to a rock since I came back from my travels

My all black cat sat on my lap and giving all his undivided attention to me

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 18h

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Doocy: Does this help get you into heaven?

Trump: I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven. I think I’m not heaven bound.

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The BK Kiddo @jkiddo24.bsky.social · 9d

a cartoon of a man with a quote by john lewis

ALT: a cartoon of a man with a quote by john lewis

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

ICE is all over the city and burbs today, including Waukegan. Multiple reports on social media from people who have found empty work vans and are trying to locate family of their owners. This is a near daily occurrence now.

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DaylightCounter @daylightcounter.bsky.social · 1d

Daylight Saving Time ends in 20 days.

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Chicago News Bot @chicagonewsbot.bertshouse.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

What happens if feds refuse to follow court orders? Experts speak on arrests, crowd control tactics
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-what-happens-agents-refuse-follow-court-orders-experts-speak-immigration-arrests-tear-gas-allegations/18000983/

What happens if feds refuse to follow court orders? Experts speak on arrests, crowd control tactics

Video appears to show federal agents deploying tear gas against the public in Albany Park without any audible warning - something that is unlawful under a court order from last week.

abc7chicago.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

OBAMA: “Better’s good… we’re not gonna get to perfect. Do I think single-payer with no profit motive would’ve been smarter? Absolutely.”

President Obama tells Maron the ACA was a compromise because he didn’t have the votes for what he really wanted. #MedicareForAll

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