Joe Vitaterna
@vitaterna.bsky.social
Husband and dad. #runningpunks Human rights. Lifelong liberal. Chicago. (Berlin Wall finger-giver)
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I needed four miles to cap off the week. It was dark & snowing, so why not go out before there are too many cars? Literally no other runners. Footing was awful and almost no streets were plowed. But another #RunningPunks week in the books. Take care out there & Go @chicagobearsnews.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I needed four miles to cap off the week. It was dark & snowing, so why not go out before there are too many cars? Literally no other runners. Footing was awful and almost no streets were plowed. But another #RunningPunks week in the books. Take care out there & Go @chicagobearsnews.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Destination location in @lakebluff for the Saturday AmeriPunks. Some went in after to volunteer at @berniesbookbank A few solo #RunningPunks miles after the pack for me. Take care, y’all.
December 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Destination location in @lakebluff for the Saturday AmeriPunks. Some went in after to volunteer at @berniesbookbank A few solo #RunningPunks miles after the pack for me. Take care, y’all.
@denisedewald.bsky.social Seen at Rush hospital in Chicago.
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@denisedewald.bsky.social Seen at Rush hospital in Chicago.
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Good for Berman. More of this please
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Good for Berman. More of this please
A gentle #RunningPunks 🐫 Day outing after lunch. Some awkward stepping around piles of snow narrowed streets. Hat tip to falling snow crystals that lasered into my 👀 the entire time 😀.
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A gentle #RunningPunks 🐫 Day outing after lunch. Some awkward stepping around piles of snow narrowed streets. Hat tip to falling snow crystals that lasered into my 👀 the entire time 😀.
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Hey guys, I think it's way past time to call him what he is, a racist.
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hey guys, I think it's way past time to call him what he is, a racist.
Good morning, Chicago.
Let’s go!!!
Let’s go!!!
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Good morning, Chicago.
Let’s go!!!
Let’s go!!!
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Yet another long feature article about political violence that refuses to acknowledge the basic reality that right-wing violence is far more common than left-wing violence.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yet another long feature article about political violence that refuses to acknowledge the basic reality that right-wing violence is far more common than left-wing violence.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
First serious #RunningPunks snow of the year to make the running path look great. Great company as we broke down how Thanksgivings went, what the book clubs were reading, and how delayed all travel would be and why.
Take care, y’all.
Take care, y’all.
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
First serious #RunningPunks snow of the year to make the running path look great. Great company as we broke down how Thanksgivings went, what the book clubs were reading, and how delayed all travel would be and why.
Take care, y’all.
Take care, y’all.
This week: The fascist administration has been harassing Sen Mark Kelly of Arizona with threats of court martial and accusations of treason for joining in a video reminding military personnel that it’s their duty not to execute illegal orders; restating the basics of their oaths.
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This week: The fascist administration has been harassing Sen Mark Kelly of Arizona with threats of court martial and accusations of treason for joining in a video reminding military personnel that it’s their duty not to execute illegal orders; restating the basics of their oaths.
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“As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
@christenrexing.bsky.social Game on!
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
@christenrexing.bsky.social Game on!
@sarcher.bsky.social
Just listened to Cold War Santa. Loved it. Another lesser considered source of a closer look a post WWII consumerism is (believe it or not) the musical Little Shop of Horrors? Written in 1982.
Just listened to Cold War Santa. Loved it. Another lesser considered source of a closer look a post WWII consumerism is (believe it or not) the musical Little Shop of Horrors? Written in 1982.
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
@sarcher.bsky.social
Just listened to Cold War Santa. Loved it. Another lesser considered source of a closer look a post WWII consumerism is (believe it or not) the musical Little Shop of Horrors? Written in 1982.
Just listened to Cold War Santa. Loved it. Another lesser considered source of a closer look a post WWII consumerism is (believe it or not) the musical Little Shop of Horrors? Written in 1982.
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The US government is now investigating duly elected Democratic Senators for reminding military servicepeople that they should follow the law.
Let’s be real. This isn’t only about threatening Mark Kelly with court martial. It’s to remind those serving to be loyal to a fascist tyrant.
Let’s be real. This isn’t only about threatening Mark Kelly with court martial. It’s to remind those serving to be loyal to a fascist tyrant.
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The US government is now investigating duly elected Democratic Senators for reminding military servicepeople that they should follow the law.
Let’s be real. This isn’t only about threatening Mark Kelly with court martial. It’s to remind those serving to be loyal to a fascist tyrant.
Let’s be real. This isn’t only about threatening Mark Kelly with court martial. It’s to remind those serving to be loyal to a fascist tyrant.
@andrear9md.bsky.social A riff on chicken piccata based on what was within arm’s reach. (It’s always fun to get out the mallet.) Mixed tastes in the audience so capers on the side. Pearled couscous as a helper. Take care.
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
@andrear9md.bsky.social A riff on chicken piccata based on what was within arm’s reach. (It’s always fun to get out the mallet.) Mixed tastes in the audience so capers on the side. Pearled couscous as a helper. Take care.
Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Remember the woman a Border Patrol Agent shot?
DOJ just dropped the case.
DOJ just dropped the case.
Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park
DEVELOPING from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
DEVELOPING from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park
It's one of the most high-profile prosecutions to result from the Trump administration's "Operation Midway Blitz." Defense attorneys have been aggressively challenging evidence and sought a speedy tri...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Remember the woman a Border Patrol Agent shot?
DOJ just dropped the case.
DOJ just dropped the case.
Happy Thursday, Chicago.
LFG!
LFG!
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy Thursday, Chicago.
LFG!
LFG!
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VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS.
THE LAST TIME HHS, AS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY RFK JR., CONDUCTED A “COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT” OF THE CAUSES OF AUTISM THEY BLAMED TYLENOL AND THEN, BECAUSE IT WAS BULLSHIT, HAD TO WALK IT BACK.
THE LAST TIME HHS, AS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY RFK JR., CONDUCTED A “COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT” OF THE CAUSES OF AUTISM THEY BLAMED TYLENOL AND THEN, BECAUSE IT WAS BULLSHIT, HAD TO WALK IT BACK.
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS.
THE LAST TIME HHS, AS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY RFK JR., CONDUCTED A “COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT” OF THE CAUSES OF AUTISM THEY BLAMED TYLENOL AND THEN, BECAUSE IT WAS BULLSHIT, HAD TO WALK IT BACK.
THE LAST TIME HHS, AS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY RFK JR., CONDUCTED A “COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT” OF THE CAUSES OF AUTISM THEY BLAMED TYLENOL AND THEN, BECAUSE IT WAS BULLSHIT, HAD TO WALK IT BACK.
OK, Chicago. I see your rain. Let’s Go!
And fuck that fat black bot “Quiet Quiet, Piggy” guy.
And fuck that fat black bot “Quiet Quiet, Piggy” guy.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
OK, Chicago. I see your rain. Let’s Go!
And fuck that fat black bot “Quiet Quiet, Piggy” guy.
And fuck that fat black bot “Quiet Quiet, Piggy” guy.
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There's a lot we have not visualized in a useful way.
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
The fascist's unemployment solution: hiring some people to terrorize and cage others
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-hir...
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-hir...
U.S. Hires 50,000 Federal Workers Under Trump, Boosting Immigration Roles
The bulk of the new hires, reported first by Reuters, work at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There's a lot we have not visualized in a useful way.
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."