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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 21h

In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls to disperse an angry crowd and arrested two U.S. citizens. In Evanston, one repeatedly pointed his weapon at protesters while another knelt on a man’s back and punched him in the head.

On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs

Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 1d

Kid Dressed as Dragon: Can I tell you a joke?
Me: Yeah, dude.
Kid: Why did the octopus cross the reef?
Me: Why?
Kid: TO GET TO THE OTHER TIDE! *runs away*

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404 Media @404media.co · 1d

NEW: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document 404 Media obtained. Photos taken by the app are stored for 15 years, including of U.S. citizens. We've published the full document here: www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...

You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says

Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

www.404media.co

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.

That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...

www.propublica.org

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 2d

It also helps that I don't have meetings today (somehow???) and can stay comfortable in a quiet room with controlled lighting, ginger tea, etc.

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 2d

Another reason remote work is important for folks with chronic illness: Woke up today with vertigo. Couldn't walk, never mind drive. But I did the Epley maneuver, took Zofran, and rested. I'm not 100% now, but I'm good enough to log on. Would have had to burn PTO if I'd been required in an office.

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 2d

A fun thing about being catastrophically tired is not always knowing when you shouldn't engage or talk to people because everything is going to come out half baked.

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mindi @flawdbizkit.bsky.social · Sep 4

I got a haunted house right here

*taps on my head

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 2d

“Following Ryan Walters’s resignation, we have noticed a substantial decrease in crisis calls from Oklahoma, Lance Preston," Rainbow Youth Project director said.

"The relief expressed by callers is palpable, and we are grateful for the positive impact his departure has had."

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Following the Resignation of Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma schools chief who was a fan of Libs of TikTok, mental health is improving among young people in the state.

Who could have seen this coming?

www.advocate.com/news/ryan-wa...

Crisis calls among Oklahoma LGBTQ+ youth drop after Ryan Walters quit his job as the state’s schools chief

“The relief expressed by callers is palpable, and we are grateful for the positive impact his departure has had on the mental well-being of our community,” Rainbow Youth Project director Lance Preston...

www.advocate.com

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 3d

I love how the strategies for "pacing" and similar given to people with chronic fatigue challenges are completely incompatible with having a job.

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 4d

Yeah, I mean I do mask everywhere, but it's still wild to me that people don't do it in places where sick people literally go for care, especially now that we theoretically know better. But it's not like medical professionals have been modeling this appropriately either.

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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 5d

People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.

AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief

Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal

www.theguardian.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 5d

centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 5d

Note to self before leaving for international travel: please do not do the funniest yet stupidest thing possible at the airport tomorrow

two small booklets of similar size and shape on a faux-wood desk. one reads 'people i want to punch in the face.' the other is a canadian passport.

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 5d

Next four books in the stack include To the Moon and Back, The Tusks of Extinction, You Weren't Meant to be Human, and The Emperor of Gladness.

Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 5d

Also finished the audiobook of @isabelcanas.bsky.social's The Possession of Alba Díaz, which I didn't find spooky but did find delightful. Blood-soaked yearning with bonus heavy metal poisoning.

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 5d

In other news, I loved Saltcrop by @yumewrites.bsky.social. It's a lovely, gnarled sibling drama masquerading as an agricultural thriller, and I mean that in the best possible way. I have some thoughts about the pacing in the second half, but I strongly recommend. Made me miss sailing, too.

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 5d

It is what it is.

Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 5d

I can't reiterate enough that wearing a mask is community care.

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 5d

Realizing I'm going to have to say no to a ton of shit between Nov. 15 and my surgery on Dec. 9 because the disease burden is super high and I can't trust anyone to take meaningful precautions to help keep me healthy. Great times!!!!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow

'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

As SNAP benefits come under threat, a Detroit farmer is stepping up to help fill the void

The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat.

www.whatimreading.net

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 10d

The vibe I bring to the function

Guillermo del Toro at a Frankenstein screening with a mic in hand
Subtitles „thank you very much“ „and fuck AI“

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 6d

How is Lewis the only one with a penalty after all that nonsense? #MexicoGP

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · 7d

#TraumaticBrainInjury (TBI) can have lasting physical, cognitive, and emotional health impacts.

A recent National Academies workshop explored #TBI as a chronic condition and opportunities to improve care.

Read about discussions and presentations from the workshop: https://ow.ly/MMwQ50XhOoz

A graphic with the text, "Examining Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Condition: Proceedings of a Workshop."

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 9d

Why do I live in mid-Michigan when I could be eating like this

A pale hand holds a tightly wound croissant wheel dipped in a bright-green pistachio coating. Although you can't tell, it's filled with thick pistachio cream.

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