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NWChiFiets
@nwchifiets.bsky.social
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Salty AF. Safe streets & sound climate policy = social justice. Enjoy biking, travel, beer and cats. Content likely to randomly touch on all of the above. All content is my personal opinion. She/Her.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h
Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine
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NWChiFiets @nwchifiets.bsky.social · 1h
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TheColfaxxx 🐢 @thecolfax.bsky.social · 14h
The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice. - Bryan Stevenson

Pic of the day

#photography
Loutro Beach on the island of Crete. A small boat with a man in it hovers on top of turquoise water. In the distance, brilliant white stores and homes line the cove. There are no roads to get here. Boat is everything. #greece #travel #sea #holiday #crete
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 18h
"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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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1h
The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips

Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons

Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection

This is how bribes work.
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Quid Pro Presidency
Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits fro...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1h
For the first time, the avg new car costs >$50,000. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/n...

It's making more and more sense for families to use a relatively cheap e-bike or golf cart in lieu of a 2nd or 3rd car. Detroit should be nervous.
Why car companies should fear the golf cart
Automakers are churning out vehicles that are bigger and more expensive—but that might soon reach a breaking point.
www.fastcompany.com
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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 11h
A friend in DC got hit in the latest round of illegal layoffs at HHS, after close to a decade of public service.

A friend in Chicago is walking their kid's classmate to school, because that kid's parent doesn't feel safe doing so.

It doesn't have to be this way.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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NWChiFiets @nwchifiets.bsky.social · 12h
I'll keep that in mind for future visits!
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NWChiFiets @nwchifiets.bsky.social · 18h
Yes, stayed with a friend on the NW side of Indy last night so squeezed in a quick ride before heading back home today.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
wild hand jerking during Trump's handshake photo op with Orban
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NWChiFiets @nwchifiets.bsky.social · 21h
Monday morning Monon.
peaceful Monon bike path, surrounded by trees.
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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 23h
This isn’t Chicago, but reminded me of that time early this year when Tom Homan went on TV to complain about how difficult Chicago is for them, because there has long been an effort to inform people of their rights.

So now they’ve sent in the secret police, who simply ignore people’s rights.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d
Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”
Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance
Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.
www.10news.com
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NWChiFiets @nwchifiets.bsky.social · 23h
Argh as we drove to dinner last night our friend pointed out a cute area that just never sustains businesses and commented It's because there's not enough parking.
a man in a suit and tie sitting in a chair
ALT: a man in a suit and tie sitting in a chair
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NWChiFiets @nwchifiets.bsky.social · 1d
So much love for the puppet bike!
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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 1d
I support bike-based puppetry
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 1d
One continuous scene of two separate run-ins with ICE from an alley in Rogers Park this morning, from three entirely different POVs.

1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi...

2. bsky.app/profile/roya...

3. bsky.app/profile/juri...
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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 1d
It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d
This is why the work of community watch groups is so important. It's not just capturing the faces of ICE agents, but also their vehicles. In Massachusetts we are already seeing them adapt and change their tactics in response to the work of community groups.
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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1d
One of the things that I think the internal politics of ICE/CBP is probably grappling with and didn't quite get when all this kicked off is that the fact that the surveillance state could be turned back on the secret police in a way that makes it very hard for anything they do to be ignored.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 1d
Clark at ridge.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d
ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 1d
video of people being snatched by ICE at a laundromat shows an intersection between housing and immigration enforcement. if your unit and building don't have (working, available) laundry, that's one more errand where you have to spend significant time in potentially vulnerable public space
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 1d
Paris Sets Another Record Logs 21,817 Bicycle Trips in a Single Day on One Route.
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Paris Sets Another Record Logs 21,817 Bicycle Trips in a Single Day on One Route
Paris broke yet another series of cycling records, underscoring what many residents already feel in their daily commute.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 1d
"We are pro-bikes. We just think this is a really bad idea."

It's like NIMBY Mad Libs! As we write in the book, it's actually somewhat encouraging that bike lane opponents can't come up with new things to say.
Brooklyn neighbors fear new bike lanes on busy McDonald Avenue will be dangerous
Windsor Terrace neighbors are growing concerned the city's plan to redesign the busy four-lane corridor with bike lanes will make it less safe.
www.cbsnews.com
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d
The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 1d
THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.
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