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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 7h

WWII ended in destruction and subjugation. The Civil War just ended with the insurrectionists being allowed to go home with their weapons. And that was that. Nothing changed, no repercussions. Reconstruction was half-assed. Fake equality was begrudgingly hinted at, never fully given.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 7h

My wife and I hold hands pretty much all the time. When we aren't holding hands we are connected in other ways. I only wish it was that easily explained. And we have yet, in four years in Portugal, to be asked that.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 7h

A WGN employee has hired a lawyer after being "violently assaulted" by immigration officers. blockclubchi.co/476EAZH

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 7h

this photo is not normal. and yet.

📷 Terrence Antonio James / Tribune

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/i...

U.S. Border Patrol agents are confronted by community members in the 10500 block of South Avenue M on Oct. 14, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 7h

One resident told the Tribune it was “scary” and “a little unsettling” to see reporters wearing riot gear in her neighborhood, but was heartened by the community’s response.

“I’m proud that they’re out here and resisting. I love to see community together. You’re not taking our people like this.”

ICE agents deploys tear gas following East Side traffic crash

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed tear gas on the Far South Side Tuesday to quell a clash with residents who demanded the enforcement officers leave the neighborhood, witnesses …

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 7h

ICE officers deployed multiple canisters of tear gas on the Far South Side to quell a clash with residents who demanded the officers leave the neighborhood.

At least 100 neighbors flocked to the intersection of 105th Street and Avenue N following a vehicle crash involving at least one ICE vehicle.

ICE agents deploys tear gas following East Side traffic crash

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed tear gas on the Far South Side Tuesday to quell a clash with residents who demanded the enforcement officers leave the neighborhood, witnesses …

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 7h

I’d been thinking for a while that it seems like a startling number of rappers have died in their mid-40s to mid-50s from natural causes but it didn’t really feel like an epidemic until I saw this list. 😦

Deaths of Hip-Hop Artists Reveal the Alarming State of Black Men’s Health

Neo-soul singer D'Angelo joins growing list of Gen X Black male performers who are dying relatively young.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 7h

You are absolutely correct. Whole foods are good foods.
P.S. Fries are whole foods, right?

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 7h

The Monday after a holiday party held by my wife's firm that I attended, one of her colleagues said, "Gosh, your husband is so well spoken." My wife said, "He's a Chicago Tribune journalist. Why wouldn't he be?" It's the little things. They don't actively mean to be racist. They just can't help it.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you for that. We also see it in the people standing up against ICE, because it is the right thing. I think xenophobia is built in. But that kind of pride still has to morph into active racism. Takes a system -- media images, crime propaganda, etc. -- to do that.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 7h

Yep. And a lot of the whey proteins have a crapton of sugar in them, which also sucks, even for someone on 5k calories/220g of protein a day.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 8h

Obviously as a plant-based athlete it got my attention because I supplement. My choice is Veggie Elite, which seems to be pretty clean, or as clean as any of them can be given their sourcing.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 8h

These folks, for one. vegfaqs.com/heavy-metals...

Heavy Metals in Vegan Protein Powder: Are They Dangerous?

Key takeaways: Uncertainty exists about the impact of trace heavy metals in plant-based protein powders, with a lot of concern fueled by reports from Consumer Reports and The Clean Label Project. Desp...

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 8h

Shit, how did he find time to do his job?

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14h

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 8h

God forbid a man has a hobby 🙄

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14h

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

www.404media.co

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 8h

Yep. I use soy or nut milks because we are plant-based. Works a treat.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 8h

I did some further digging. A couple of outfits looked more deeply into plant-based powders and heavy metal. Basically, it ain't like eating paint chips.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 8h

It is perfect. Only does one thing, and does it beautifully. Set the milk whirring, fold in the cocoa (I like a mix of half dark/half tazo) and four minutes later, a hot cocoa.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 8h

It's by ProfiCook. From Germany. Saw it online and fell in love.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 8h

I love my little hot cocoa machine. One of my first purchases in Portugal. Because duh.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 8h

And now white folks get to act surprised that other white people think and talk like that. They already know, but having it thrown in their faces makes them uncomfortable. Nobody of color is surprised by the presence of racism. No time for that shuck and jive.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah. When I say to people Trump isn't a sound enough reason to leave, they think I'm nuts, but I say, "America was like that before him and will be like that after him." All Trump did was give license. He removed the governor.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 9h

It will take people a long time to come to grips with how much hatred is in those people. They despise everyone who isn't like them. They have switched to the trans community because it feels more acceptable to them, "otherizing" human beings. It's why "trans rights are human rights" is so true.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h

D’Angelo, Grammy-winning neo-soul pioneer, dies aged 51

Singer known for tracks such as Brown Sugar and Untitled (How Does It Feel) died at home from pancreatic cancer D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer who helped pioneer the sound of neo-soul, has died. He was 51. The singer, born Michael Eugene Archer, died on Tuesday morning at his home in New York after privately suffering from pancreatic cancer, his family confirmed to Variety. Continue reading...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 9h

Stop trying to over-intellectualise these people. There is no grand philosophy behind it. It’s hate, it’s as simple as that. If you’re grasping for reasons why that can’t be, save yourself the energy. You’ll need it for something else.

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 9h

You can’t burn your bridges with people who are committed to racism. The bridges never existed in the first place. That’s hard to understand for people who don’t have to navigate at least one situation a week where they or their loved ones are treated as subhuman. But it’s true.

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