Jo
@joannatess.bsky.social
I just want to ride my bike 🥲
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I just want to ride my bike 🥲
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This is the most important op-ed you'll read this week. The Trump administration is about to get rid of the birth-dose of hepatitis B vaccine. That is a deadly choice for many families. @helenouyang.bsky.social tells her story. Now call your member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | My Father Died of Hepatitis B Before the Vaccine. We Must Not Go Back.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is the most important op-ed you'll read this week. The Trump administration is about to get rid of the birth-dose of hepatitis B vaccine. That is a deadly choice for many families. @helenouyang.bsky.social tells her story. Now call your member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
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Even without the surveillance, a smart ring is a bad idea. I was interested in getting one for sleep tracking until I read about what happens if the battery expands. It gets tighter and tighter on your finger and you can’t cut the ring off because it will literally explode.
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Even without the surveillance, a smart ring is a bad idea. I was interested in getting one for sleep tracking until I read about what happens if the battery expands. It gets tighter and tighter on your finger and you can’t cut the ring off because it will literally explode.
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No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
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If you live in Chicago, Illinois.
All baskets include Turkeys.
Please pass this info on if you know someone in need:
Blue Cross give away:
Saturday Nov 15th, noon - 2pm @ 756 E 111th
Saturday Nov 22nd, 11am - 1:30pm @ 11840 S Marshfield
Saturday Nov 15th 11am - 1:30pm @ 2551 W. Cermak Road.
All baskets include Turkeys.
Please pass this info on if you know someone in need:
Blue Cross give away:
Saturday Nov 15th, noon - 2pm @ 756 E 111th
Saturday Nov 22nd, 11am - 1:30pm @ 11840 S Marshfield
Saturday Nov 15th 11am - 1:30pm @ 2551 W. Cermak Road.
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you live in Chicago, Illinois.
All baskets include Turkeys.
Please pass this info on if you know someone in need:
Blue Cross give away:
Saturday Nov 15th, noon - 2pm @ 756 E 111th
Saturday Nov 22nd, 11am - 1:30pm @ 11840 S Marshfield
Saturday Nov 15th 11am - 1:30pm @ 2551 W. Cermak Road.
All baskets include Turkeys.
Please pass this info on if you know someone in need:
Blue Cross give away:
Saturday Nov 15th, noon - 2pm @ 756 E 111th
Saturday Nov 22nd, 11am - 1:30pm @ 11840 S Marshfield
Saturday Nov 15th 11am - 1:30pm @ 2551 W. Cermak Road.
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From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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Chicagoans: contact your alderperson! Say no to library cuts!
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Chicagoans: contact your alderperson! Say no to library cuts!
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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On halloween there’s nothing spookier than a future without CDC
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
On halloween there’s nothing spookier than a future without CDC
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Anyway, get ready to make phone calls to your Illinois Reps, and Governor. I'm going to call on Thursday myself.
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🚨 1 day to save transit and your legislators are not on the same page.
Flood the gates! Call, email, tag your State Rep & Senator on social and tell them it’s time to get the job done NOW!
Look up your legislator at the link in our bio ⬆️
Call and email NOW at savetransit.org
Flood the gates! Call, email, tag your State Rep & Senator on social and tell them it’s time to get the job done NOW!
Look up your legislator at the link in our bio ⬆️
Call and email NOW at savetransit.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Anyway, get ready to make phone calls to your Illinois Reps, and Governor. I'm going to call on Thursday myself.
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ICE was / is in my neighborhood today. I showed up to a local elementary school during pickup with lots of other concerned and caring neighbors. It felt good to do SOMETHING. I think I will continue doing that.
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
ICE was / is in my neighborhood today. I showed up to a local elementary school during pickup with lots of other concerned and caring neighbors. It felt good to do SOMETHING. I think I will continue doing that.
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There's an impressive new museum in Chicago. The Marquette Building, already known for its stunning - and problematic - Tiffany mosaics, now is home to Nwi Yathmomen, a new exhibition documenting the native peoples of our region, especially the Potawatomi...
www.macfound.org/press/perspe...
www.macfound.org/press/perspe...
October 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There's an impressive new museum in Chicago. The Marquette Building, already known for its stunning - and problematic - Tiffany mosaics, now is home to Nwi Yathmomen, a new exhibition documenting the native peoples of our region, especially the Potawatomi...
www.macfound.org/press/perspe...
www.macfound.org/press/perspe...
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
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“The doctor overseeing Ofelia Torres’ care at Lurie Children’s Hospital wrote that her “ongoing complex medical care requires the support of both her parents during this very difficult time,” according to court documents.”
Cruelty knows no bounds
Cruelty knows no bounds
A Chicago High Schooler Had Just Returned From Chemotherapy. Then ICE Arrested Her Father
Ofelia Torres is being treated for Stage 4 cancer while her father faces sudden federal detention. An emergency motion has been filed arguing that her father's detention is unlawful and violates his c...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“The doctor overseeing Ofelia Torres’ care at Lurie Children’s Hospital wrote that her “ongoing complex medical care requires the support of both her parents during this very difficult time,” according to court documents.”
Cruelty knows no bounds
Cruelty knows no bounds
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“CDC experts actively responding to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed 43 people were RIFed in the middle of their deployment.” rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of Public Health
Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“CDC experts actively responding to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed 43 people were RIFed in the middle of their deployment.” rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
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Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.
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CTA is providing free rides for the No Kings Rally
Free rides on the CTA from 11 PM tonight until 11 AM tomorrow
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
CTA is providing free rides for the No Kings Rally
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Once again, @govpritzker.illinois.gov's state police have attacked protesters while doing crowd control for ICE in Broadview. Pritzker positions himself as a Trump opponent, but he's doing ICE's dirty work in Broadview. It has to stop.
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Once again, @govpritzker.illinois.gov's state police have attacked protesters while doing crowd control for ICE in Broadview. Pritzker positions himself as a Trump opponent, but he's doing ICE's dirty work in Broadview. It has to stop.
Mood. I'm about to deck out my bici for my ride to the No Kings rally tomorrow✊🏼
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Mood. I'm about to deck out my bici for my ride to the No Kings rally tomorrow✊🏼
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This is a bullshit headline in the New York Times. There’s no “uprising” in Chicago. Rather, Chicagoans are peacefully defending themselves against ICE violence. Use of the term “uprising“ is just what the Trump regime wants to excuse a further fascist crackdown in Chicago.
October 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This is a bullshit headline in the New York Times. There’s no “uprising” in Chicago. Rather, Chicagoans are peacefully defending themselves against ICE violence. Use of the term “uprising“ is just what the Trump regime wants to excuse a further fascist crackdown in Chicago.
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Wow. NHANES js incredibly for population health surveillance, and is nationally representative as well. What a loss.
Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Wow. NHANES js incredibly for population health surveillance, and is nationally representative as well. What a loss.
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The East Side is a center of EJ leadership and resistance. It feels even heavier to see this community tear gassed as they continue to resist other environmental pollutants.
October 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The East Side is a center of EJ leadership and resistance. It feels even heavier to see this community tear gassed as they continue to resist other environmental pollutants.
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NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
October 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
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This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.
October 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.