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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 6h

Every time I walk by the Chili's in Atlas Park I expect to see Bob Holden enjoying a nice appetizer.

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 6h

I can’t emphasize enough how the people who are the most eager to claim status as a REAL NEW YAWKAH are the most miserable people living here. They’d be happier living in a suburb and driving to Chili’s, but are too proud to admit it.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

This post was written before today's car crash and chemical attack. Was referring to the preceding car crashes and chemical attacks.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 20h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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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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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 3d

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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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 1d

Once again: this is also happening in DC. Still.

It feels like we’ve been forgotten, maybe because there aren’t huge confrontations to run photos of. But our neighbors are still being taken every day. Routine traffic stops are now done by 12+ feds alongside local police.

Please talk about us too.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is 70% white, Chicago is 35% white. I'm not sure what the response to inflatable costumes would be in Chicago but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be the same as it is in Portland.

Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 1d

This is why the inflatable costumes works so well -- it works the same way calling them "weird" or "creepy" did. It disrupts their narrative, and makes them seem pathetic rather than cool-and-cruel.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely, I wish this article was longer because I want to know more, and one of those more things I want to know is why this place is open 11-7, 6 days a week and I am sure the answer is staffing but it's not even a 24/7 shop!

Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 1d

WHAT A RELIEF: With just 112 stands where TLC-licensed drivers can station their vehicles for up to 1 hour, the Taxi Clubhouse helps meet their No. 1 need — a place to go potty.
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“I’m a human being, not a dog who can do it in the street.”

NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/14/t...

Taxi Drivers Hail Chelsea Rest Station

The Taxi Clubhouse features urinals, a prayer room, gym and more — giving drivers relief from the road.

www.thecity.nyc

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Premium Steve @premiumsteve.bsky.social · 1d

Uh, the thing that killed the Aztecs was the fact that they DID subjugate their neighbors, a fact the Spanish were happy to exploit when looking for allies

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

"Sapiens" is so normal for the first 70,000 years of human history but then goes absolutely buckwild as soon as it gets to colonialism

Had the Aztecs and Incas shown a bit more interest in the world surrounding them - and had they known what the Spaniards had done to their neighbours - they might have resisted the Spanish conquest more keenly and successfully.

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 1d

Is anyone going to tell him about Tupac Amaru II?

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

"Sapiens" is so normal for the first 70,000 years of human history but then goes absolutely buckwild as soon as it gets to colonialism

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d

I am, to a significant degree, extremely concerned that the president of the United States of America is not aware of whether he is currently alive or dead.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 3d

Also all Adams-administered city hall weddings should be live-streamed so that we can all continue to enjoy his weird personality but without the harms.

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 3d

When Zohran wins he should appoint Eric Adams city clerk so that he's responsible for administering all the weddings.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 5d

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3d

Get ready for "one day"

meme: ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS
Omar El Akkad

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, an infernal CBP helicopter woke me up early this morning. They’ve been buzzing my neighborhood like harpies all weekend. It reminds me of occupied Ireland back in the day. The racket casts a pall of doom, provokes a mix of sorrow and anger.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 7d

The level of destruction and erasure in the Gaza Strip is simply incredible. North Gaza, before and after:

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 3d

Ordered pizza and watched Weapons and ok.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 4d

But you just found Slinky like 6 months ago! He's brand new!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 4d

Genuinely, thank you for this reality check.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

organizingmythoughts.org

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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 4d

⭕️ BREAKING: CNN reports that Israel will not release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as part of the ceasefire deal.

“The occupation refused to release Dr Hussam Abu Safiya,” a Hamas official told CNN on Friday.

💔💔💔💔

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