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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 1d

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“And if anyone has a problem with that…” the Crow Time Crow menaces, posing with a red handled kitchen knife in their beak. The little crow is still perched on the stick, but now cheekily brandishes a small dagger with progress pride color facets on the handle.

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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 1d

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“Feathers grow a little different on some crows.” The Crow Time crow stands on a log and looks down at a smaller rounder crow with rainbow chest feathers perched on a branch. The smaller crow’s eyes sparkle in trans colors.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 19h

doing journalism

me emailing Tori Amos to ask if she invented the pumpkin spice latte

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Leslie R😈😈t @lesja.bsky.social · Oct 23

This tree on our block has a street lamp inside it

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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 1d

Most people with autoimmune diseases are women and people will try to explain this in convoluted ways to avoid the obvious explanation: our marginalization under patriarchy.

Men’s power debilitates women’s bodies and debilitated women’s bodies are the conditions of men’s power.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 21h

Let's see if Pritzker can back up his talk. I want to see charges filled.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 22h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 1d

nice to see white ladies call out the "purity test" and "circular firing squad" rhetoric as total bullshit

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 22h

How many employees and staffers of this administration must be outed as Hitler Admirers before it becomes a widely accepted Problem

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

Seen in Chicago

Handmade label sticker on street pole

The scariest thing this Halloween is ice terrorizing our communities

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h

There are so many obvious constitutional violations in this story. It is enraging.
There is no war, there is no foreign invasion, there is nothing that justify it. This is a choice to create a military presence that will brutalize residents of cities that do not support the President.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 22h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 22h

Days since DHS last lied: 0

Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 23h

DHS claims a “high-ranking Latin Kings member” from Chicago, solicited the murder of top Border Patrol chief.

But at his indictment, there was no mention of gang ties. His lawyers & family say DHS’s narrative of Juan Espinoza Martinez, is false.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/c...

Chicago man indicted for allegedly soliciting killing of Gregory Bovino, but without contention of gang involvement

A Chicago man has been indicted on charges he solicited the murder of U.S. Border Patrol field boss Gregory Bovino, but the bare-bones document makes no mention of previous allegations that he is a…

www.chicagotribune.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22h

There’s a lot to be upset about, and I don’t advise putting your head in the sand, but it is really bad for your brain to be mad all the time on a purely physiological level.

If you possibly can, take time to put down the mad.

It will help you think more clearly and remember why you’re doing this.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 21h

"I helped!" meowed Wendy.

Security camera catches cat dropping mouse into human family's dinner

Animal rescuers in California shared security camera stills showing the moment a foster kitten spiced up her human family's dinner with a dead mouse.

www.upi.com

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 22h

Big news of the day included the announcement of a new hearing for the restraining order meant to rein in federal agents’ violent behavior.

Despite the order, agents have deployed tear gas in two separate Chicago communities in the week since the judge handed it down.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/deta...

Detained youth released after feds gas East Side neighborhood, judge calls for morning hearing on restraining order against feds, and more from court • The TRiiBE

In Chicago, criminal and civil proceedings stemming from Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz” continued Wednesday, with more to come this and next week.

thetriibe.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21h

Crazy how these guys just keep showing up everywhere

ICE Agent in skull mask Broadview Illinois

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Mary Squires @morguesquid.bsky.social · 21h

The reporting confirmed 20 instances of investigators across the state using the tactic in the immediate aftermath of police shootings and in-custody deaths in order to collect information about the deceased, such as their mental health history, drug use or family feuds.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h

Moments after they shot his 19-year-old daughter, Diana, San Jose police rushed Jim Showman to an interrogation room, isolated him from his ex-wife, and questioned him for 27 minutes before revealing they'd killed her.

California has finally banned the practice.

California cops can no longer conceal police killings while interrogating loved ones for dirt

A Reveal investigation helped spark a crackdown on a disturbing, widespread practice.

www.motherjones.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 23h

"If Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."

Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1d

Owls are honorary cats

Glen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 1d

After Owliver got himself all dried off today, he took a nap. #birds #nature #photography #raptors

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 1d

This is dark. But also, this display of solidarity on the part of the pentagon press corps should be a model for dealing with the regime

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d

I see y'all arguing with Amanda Marcotte & let me crank up the wayback machine...she hung out with a bevy of white feminists who didn't think they were racist, they just thought BIPOC women should wait until all the other issues were solved. She's one of the reasons #solidarityisforwhitewomen exists

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 1d

This is Rosie. She doesn't have a bad angle, but prefers this one because it makes her look tall. 12/10 (IG: whippyrosie)

a gray whippet puppy with white on her paws, tummy, and snoot and blue eyes sits in a living room with a gray couch behind her. she's giving us an innocent expression and the teensiest hint of a blep with her pink tongue. we're looking up at her from a low angle, so it seems as if she's towering over us.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

So the "next frontier" is that they will keep kidnapping our neighbors, terrorizing our communities, and pulling guns on us in the street, but Dems will fight for them to be unmasked while doing it? I bet they'll just put those gas masks on a little more often. They love gassing our neighborhoods.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 1d

So Nazis. They want to give refugee status to Nazis.

OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”

That appeared to be a reference to the European far-right political party Alternative for Germany, whose leaders have trivialized the Holocaust, revived Nazi slogans and denigrated foreigners. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany for trying to suppress the views of the group, which is known as the AfD.

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