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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 1h

after spending all year behind the paywall, part 1 of my documentary series FOOL TIME is now unlocked and free to watch for everybody: www.patreon.com/posts/fool-t...

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 5h

can we all at least agree that no one should ever be criticized for any reason

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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t get the sense that the NYT is trying to present Chicagoans as being particularly militant here

Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 4h

There’s a generational split in how this word is interpreted. Younger ppl, likely further to the left, use it to mean organized, pro-active resistance to Trump, which is what the story describes. Furthermore, I don’t think Trump needs media headlines to justify more repression!

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4h

This is a bullshit headline in the New York Times. There’s no “uprising” in Chicago. Rather, Chicagoans are peacefully defending themselves against ICE violence. Use of the term “uprising“ is just what the Trump regime wants to excuse a further fascist crackdown in Chicago.

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 5h

One of the "Democrat programs" cut by Trump: Federal building inspectors who test smoke alarms, plumbing fixtures, electric outlets, door locks, circuit breakers and more in subsidized housing, while also checking for lead paint, mold, pests and other hazards.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Affordable Housing Left Vulnerable After Trump Fires Building Inspectors

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development cut its inspection team two weeks after a public housing building partially collapsed in the Bronx.

www.bloomberg.com

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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 5h

If we live thru this historians are gonna a roast democrats so hard

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 6h

You can't just drive your monster truck to your white flight suburb & escape the effects of the systems you plundered & destroyed. That's not how social systems work.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

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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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 1d

He’s a giant and they’re in Tartaria

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1d

The Alberta teacher strike that has affected more than 700,000 students isn’t just another labour dispute.

It’s the latest front in a long campaign to undermine education — closely linked to the right-wing Project 2025 initiative to transform America.

@ximenaka.bsky.social writes. #abpoli #uspoli

Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

thetyee.ca

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 1d

i'm gonna be so mad if people start pretending to be libertarian again once trump is gone

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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 1d

the circle of state-defined “right” and “wrong” is rapidly contracting, stranding ppl that are generally amenable to how things were going outside the line. This dynamic vs. our learned passivity will determine what happens in the months ahead

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d

It’s almost like billionaires and strong vibrant institutions of civil society can’t coexist

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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been helping out at my kid’s school by looking out for ICE during drop-off & pick-up w/other parents. This is tragic, but also a powerful moment for our community. It’s a wonderful day in Chicago because our response to state repression is solidarity & care & this will continue to be the case.

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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 1d

We’re stuck in the uncanny valley and it sucks

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Cross-laminated & Skinned her 👻 🦇 🎃 @nickhasthoughts.com · 1d

photo-realism is a dead-end and I wish there were a way to stop its inevitability

Dezeen @dezeen.com · 1d

Foster + Partners unveils plans for first pub project: www.dezeen.com/2025/10/14/foster-partners-pub-eagle-and-child-oxford/

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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 1d

Technology has allowed us to place every single architectural rendering squarely in the uncanny valley and it sucks real bad

Dezeen @dezeen.com · 1d

Foster + Partners unveils plans for first pub project: www.dezeen.com/2025/10/14/foster-partners-pub-eagle-and-child-oxford/

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 1d

I love the Comuta-Car because when Commuter Vehicles bought Sebring-Vanguard, the only major change they made to the design of Sebring-Vanguard's CitiCar was to add truly massive bumpers to meet new U.S. safety regs. The bumpers take up something like 20% of the total body length.

Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · 1d

1980 Commuter Vehicles Comuta-Car Project at No Reserve

No Reserve: 1980 Commuter Vehicles Comuta-Car Project

Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 1980 Commuter Vehicles Comuta-Car Project at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #215,532.

bringatrailer.com

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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 1d

There’s my bat signal again

Eric Erins @ericerins.bsky.social · 1d

I’m thrilled to report that Chicago Tartaria truthersc are FINALLY folding walkup apartment buildings from the 1920’s into their conspiracy

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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 1d

Yessssss

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 4d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 3d

Power move

Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 3d

My 2yo just informed me that her favorite food is gummy bears wrapped in salami. Then she held eye contact while wrapping a gummy bear in salami and eating it.

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 4d

Opening tomorrow night! Come see some impressive art and artifacts from the studio of a man who deeply influenced the visual vernacular of Chicago during the early 20th century.

The annual Historic Pullman House Tour is also happening this weekend, so you can make a full day of it on Saturday.

A photo of an art gallery whose walls are filled with framed design documents for Art Deco figurines and buildings, with additional objects shown in display cases.

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