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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 1h

This crucially important and obviously visionary work makes me feel vindicated for having said the same thing last year, albeit with much less evidence, while being mercilessly mocked by the city and its residents. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Rodent indent not self-evident: a case of mistaken identity of the ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ | Biology Letters

The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ is a remarkable full body impression ostensibly created by a brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) crossing fresh concrete in Chicago’s Roscoe Village that became a viral sensation. Whi...

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 6h

Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads. I ditched it awhile ago for other political reasons, but this might tip your hand.

Thanks for the heads up @chuckwendig.bsky.social.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

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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Mikko Jimenez @mikkojimenez.bsky.social · 1d

Ok but that means you got the Super Bowl Shuffle squad. I grew up with fkn Jim Miller

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Mikko Jimenez @mikkojimenez.bsky.social · 1d

I have this bit where I’ve been a Chicago Bears fan for the past 30 years

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.

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Mikko Jimenez @mikkojimenez.bsky.social · 3d

For the science nerd x baseball intersection watching the cubs rn, I just told my wife:

“Call him PCA bc he’s covering ALL the dimensions”

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 6d

I can’t get over how beyond despicable it is to detain street vendors, people that keep our streets vibrant and safer because of their presence. Street vendors are some of the most vulnerable and visible yet we are being told their detainment is to keep us safe. Ridiculous.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 6d

Good morning. U.S. District Judge April Perry just took the bench for oral arguments in Illinois v. Trump, over the deployment of the National Guard.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 6d

Ok, I'm in my seat and waiting as they fill up the gallery of Judge Perry's courtroom. Stay tuned.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 6d

Standing by this morning, waiting for Judge Perry’s courtroom to open for arguments today in Illinois v Trump.

Doors should open in 30 minutes or so.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6d

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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Mikko Jimenez @mikkojimenez.bsky.social · 6d

fwiw I gained a level of media literacy while working with folks like you at Audubon that I 1000% never would’ve gained at any other point in my career. So if it’s any consolation, you helped at least one scientist clock bullshit when he sees it

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DJ Pigeonkiss @2boy2furious.bsky.social · 6d

time for another night in Chicago, where my anxious, hypervigilant ass will be checking for ICE outside every time a sound wakes me up. 🫩

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Mikko Jimenez @mikkojimenez.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats!

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Ian Petchenik @petchmo.bsky.social · 8d

Bucking tradition is putting ketchup on a hot dog in Chicago not sending in another state’s national guard troops to wander around a city and state that has explicitly said, “we do not want you to do that.”

NPR @npr.org · 8d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 10d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 10d

They're teargassing people on the streets and shooting them, Chuck.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 10d

CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 10d

Journalists in Portland: Try to get photos of gas canisters/munitions, either spent on ground or still carried by DHS. ONLY IF SAFE. Use long lens. Risks unknown, don’t approach.

This green smoke isn’t super common. Raised concerns in 2020. Documenting DHS munitions may help accountability later.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 10d

Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 12d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 12d

I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety

Video from: www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 13d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 13d

What is the city government going to do to address the recent South Shore raid? Seems people were left with their apartments destroyed, items stolen, and potentially unhoused. Dozens others were taken into federal custody. Complete destabilization of our communities’ sense of peace and safety.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 14d

Such an amazing life and legacy. RIP.

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91

"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 14d

South Shore on Chicago’s South Side became a popular neighborhood for migrants arriving in Chicago over the last three years. This is due to the availability of affordable housing stock. Now we see it as another site of targeted ICE enforcement.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15d

Update: horrifying details about last night's raid are emerging.

Organizers + electeds are reporting potentially dozens of people (at least 40 per initial estimate) were detained. Not much more confirmed at this time.

More will be shared at press conference at 5 at corner of 75th & South Shore.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15d

What's happening with ICE in Chicagoland today:

Federal agents continue terrorizing Back of the Yards, Broadview mayor and police chief held a presser, and neighbors in South Shore late night were startled awake by a raid on an apartment with stun grenades.

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Mikko Jimenez @mikkojimenez.bsky.social · Sep 9

Oh man is right

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