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@rileywryly.bsky.social

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SC ➡️ Chicago. Lady of negotiable affection. If you want beef then bring the ruckus. Beer connaisseuse; Chicken Boo and Saved By The Bell enthusiast. Unhinged always. She/her

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Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · Nov 15

I think everyone was doing intros a few days ago but here’s mine:

I’m Riley and I use she/her pronouns; if you need to practice they/them I’m fine with those too!

I have three cats, and I love beer, food, and travelling. I have far more education than makes sense and I bartend for a living.

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Shirley Chisholm @anickel4thought.bsky.social · 1d

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Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 1d

(This is not an endorsement for breaking sobriety)

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Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a lot to be said for going and getting drunk after having a bad day

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 2d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 2d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 2d

This is the perfect excuse to plan an outing for beers together soon

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Former Brundlefly @thatguywasfly.bsky.social · 4d

“how much longer can this drag on for”, they’re saying tonight… “surely this isn’t sustainable and the punishment has to end eventually”

Former Brundlefly @thatguywasfly.bsky.social · 9d

could very easily put together a quiz right now called "sports or fascism?" in which I share an out of context post and you all have to guess if it was about sports or the current US civil cold war

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 5d

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 4d

Look, if the 2016 win got us into This Mess, maybe a 2025 win can get us out of it

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

Chat is it a good sign that it took national reporters an entire month to finally pay attention to the third largest metro in the country being invaded

Second Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 6d

I'm really glad more people are realizing how brutal ICE has been in Chicago but it's really weird to see people talking about Rev Black getting attacked like it happened yesterday and not 3 weeks ago. Like, I'm glad people are catching up! But it's very weird.

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Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 6d

I love when customers start a sentence with “dumb question but…” because it’s either a totally reasonable question or it is literally the dumbest shit you’ve ever heard

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aliii✨ @gigixmelo.bsky.social · 6d

i wrote a research paper on “childbirth - miracle of life or forced servitude?” plus a powerpoint presentation the following morning.
if you don’t know how to lock the fuck in on no sleep, no sources even searched, at minimum 2 red bulls as food. like yall don’t know how to be persuasive anymore???

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 7d

The King of All Cosmos from the Katamari series, with a speech bubble.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s video of the incident

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JuliusG @julius64.bsky.social · 7d

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Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 7d

I’m gonna feed them beefs until they go to sleep for a fortnight

Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 7d

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/n...

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area

Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.

www.chicagotribune.com

Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 9d

I’m not going to re-explain my take on respectability. This isn’t a take about respectability, it’s a take about contextualizing and messaging.

Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 9d

They’re antagonizing us right now and we are ALL on the edge. I’m on the north side and haven’t seen much of anything firsthand, and I’m as anxious walking around as I was when we were occupied in 2020. When this breaks, it’s going to break HARD and we have to show we didn’t start it

Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 9d

Keep that in mind when this escalates and they start to treat the feds like victims. Save posts and videos to show them so we have ANY hope they see what’s going on here

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Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 9d

Of interest: I checked in with some family in the South and happenings in IL are barely being reported by local news and seemingly not much nationally either.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 9d

Here is a sign that asks @govpritzker.illinois.gov to come to Broadview, where Illinois State police are helping ICE execute their terrible duties. Protesters have been brutalized & attacked for no reason. Please stop talking a good game on social media & actually do something about this Governor

A white sign that says JB, your words mean nothing, come to Broadview in person, demand an inspection, put your billions where your mouth is, or are you just like every other politician?

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Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 9d

We were a Frasier and Simpsons family. I’ve only watched Friends at the gym (to make cardio go faster) and same.

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Riley 🐈 🧈 @rileywryly.bsky.social · 10d

“Back the Blue” though 🙄

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10d

CPD just relieved feds from this line too. Then a moment later the feds gassed the whole area, including the cops.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11d

Your state troopers participated in Friday's fascist photo op attack at Broadview. Get the false charges against protesters dropped immediately!

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11d

Illinois is not a photo opportunity or warzone, it’s a sovereign state where our people deserve rights, respect, and answers.

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