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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 10h

Ah fuck I didn't realize Abe Books was owned by Amazon 😵

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Cottagecore Spider Jerusalem @andyeyeballs.bsky.social · 12h

May her memory be a blessing; may she never thirst.

TransLash Media @translash.org · 12h

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 11h

You think you admire Du Bois and then you learn something new about him and then you need a word stronger than admire

Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 12h

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

BIB L I OGRAPH Y
STAN DARD - A N TI-NEGRO
(These authors believe the Negro to be sub-human and congenitally un-
fitted for citizenship and the suffrage.)
Burgess, John W., Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1 866-1 876.
Coulter, E. Merton, Civil War and Reconstruction in Kentucky.
Davis, William W ., The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida.
Dunning, William A., Reconstruction, Political and Economic .
Eckenrode, F. Hamilton, Political History of Virginia During Reconstruc·
tion.
Fertig, James Walter, The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee.
Ficklen, John R., History of Reconstruction in Louisiana.
Fleming, Walter F., Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.
--, Documentary History of Reconstruction, 1 906, 1907.
Hamilton, Joseph G. de R., Reconstruction in North Carolina.
Hollis, John Porter, The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
Lonn, Ella, Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1 868 .
Ramsdell, Charles W., Reconstruction in Texas .
Rhodes, James F., History of United States from the Compromise of 1 850.
Scott, Eben G., Reconstruction During the Civil War.
Staples, Thomas S ., Reconstruction in Arkansas .
Studies in Southern History and Politics . Inscribed to William Archibald
Dunning.
Carpet-Baggers in the United States Senate. By C. Mildred Thompson.
The Literary Movement for Secession. By Ulrich B. Phillips.
Negro Suffrage in the South. By W. Roy Smith.
Some Phases of Educational History in the South Since 1 865. By Wil-
liam K. Boyd.
Southern Legislation in Respect to Freedmen, 1 865- 1 866. By J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.
The Federal Enforcement Acts . By William Watson Davis.
The New South, Economic and Social . By Holland Thompson.
Grant's Southern Policy. By Edwin C. Woolley.
Taylor, Richard, Destruction and Reconstruction.
Thompson, Clara M., Reconstruction in Georgia, Economic, Social, Po-
litical, l 805-1 872.
Wooley, Edwin C., The Reconstruction of Georgia.

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 11h

Grateful for Miss Major and the House of gg. May her memory be a blessing.

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78

Miss Major continued fighting for trans rights even after two strokes and other health concerns.

www.them.us

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 12h

Your periodic reminder that Whitney's I Will Always Love You was a cover

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 16h

"The task is to trace the lines for a different genealogy, one that would embrace the failure to inherit the family line as the condition of possibility for another way of dwelling in the world."

-Sara Ahmed, "Queer Phenomenology"
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 16h

"If anything, I would see queer as a commitment to an opening up of what counts as a life worth living... To inherit the past in this world for queers would be to inherit one's own disappearance..."
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h

I used to think people just didn’t understand what Columbus did but now I think some are really attached to him (as opposed to other worthy italians to celebrate) because their whole thing is not only getting away with doing horrible things but forcing everyone to praise them for being horrible

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Craighton Berman @craighton.bsky.social · 7d

In Chicago we have alders that represent 50 different community areas. I went to my Alderwoman’s office this morning to ask about her silence on the ICE activity in our ward. After a poor exchange I wanted to share the follow-up letter I sent:

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 19h

Just six months ago, most people would have said you were a nutter. And even now, most of the nation has no idea what's happening. When they hear it, they think you must be exaggerating.

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 21h

I don't even really know much of the RH shows but somehow she was the first person to come to mind

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 22h

If a Democratic Presidential candidate wants to win Illinois in 2028, they will make "Abolish ICE" part of their platform.

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 22h

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 21h

People make fun of Jersey girls, but I think they're just jealous. - Teresa Giudice

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

A federal judge ordered federal agents last week to issue two warnings before using tear gas.

Witnesses said they heard no warnings and none can be heard on videos, @chicago.suntimes.com reports

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Federal agents deployed tear gas after Albany Park residents protested to their attempts to detain a resident of the Northwest Side neighborhood, @vimiller.bsky.social reports for the @chicago.suntimes.com

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 1d

Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed.

“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 4d

Request for technical aid:

My desktop computer's internet connection is much slower than other devices on the same wifi. I've tried futzing with wifi settings, firewall, the wireless adapters. Some fixes work for a few days or weeks and then the problem comes back.

Cat for tax

an orange cat making a funny face, like her upper lip is bunched up

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 4d

Request for technical aid:

My desktop computer's internet connection is much slower than other devices on the same wifi. I've tried futzing with wifi settings, firewall, the wireless adapters. Some fixes work for a few days or weeks and then the problem comes back.

Cat for tax

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James G @orth.ca · 5d

Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 4d

It's me, I'm who celebrate.

Lindsay Ballant @lballant.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Yankees Elimination Day to all who celebrate

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Shani 🫧 @blerdmommy.blacksky.app · 5d

As a Chicagoan, I complain about Chicago. Then I go other places and I’m like, “why doesn’t this work like in Chicago?!” And when I’m back in Chicago, I complain Chicago.

But if you’re not Chicago, #STFUAboutChicago.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 5d

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.

MacArthur 2025 ‘genius grant’ winners include a Chicago photographer

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.

trib.al

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 5d

Sure, why not. My All-MLB ballot.

Gimé and Kwan should be on this list too

1b: Naylor; 2b: Hoerner; SS: De La Cruz; 3b: Ramirez; C: Raleigh; DH: Springer; OF: Caroll, Crow-Armstrong, Judge; SP: Skenes, Skubal, Williams, Woo, Yamamoto; RP: Diaz, Smith

Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 5d

Ok. That's my impression of things right now too. I hope she and her kids will be ok.

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · 5d

Do they need local support? Like someone to stay with or near them or a safe haven or grocery delivery or whatever? Seriously. I'm in Chicago and can look into some resources or offer help myself

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