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@justchris.bsky.social
gender/queer chicagoan artist & designer. talk to me about birds and museums and live music and good films and bad movies. fanzines & art books at justchrispress.itch.io and generally in whatever bag I’m carrying
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It's better if the Democratic Party in DC does NOTHING rather than to give ICE more money for body cams and training. NOTHING is better than that plan. I mean it.
DO NOTHING.
DO NOTHING.
January 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
It's better if the Democratic Party in DC does NOTHING rather than to give ICE more money for body cams and training. NOTHING is better than that plan. I mean it.
DO NOTHING.
DO NOTHING.
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We are quickly coming up on 50,000 whistles shipped so far in January, and I am just forever impressed by the passion of the folks who have joined forces with us!
A reminder that if you know anyone who needs whistles, they can email the address at the top of our linktree! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
A reminder that if you know anyone who needs whistles, they can email the address at the top of our linktree! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
January 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
We are quickly coming up on 50,000 whistles shipped so far in January, and I am just forever impressed by the passion of the folks who have joined forces with us!
A reminder that if you know anyone who needs whistles, they can email the address at the top of our linktree! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
A reminder that if you know anyone who needs whistles, they can email the address at the top of our linktree! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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We’ve raised just shy of $9000 for Minneapolis in a little over a week. I’m trying desperately to convince community orgs to take my money. I’m going to see if I can use some of it to help people who attended today stand up their own whistle events.
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 AM
We’ve raised just shy of $9000 for Minneapolis in a little over a week. I’m trying desperately to convince community orgs to take my money. I’m going to see if I can use some of it to help people who attended today stand up their own whistle events.
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"we don't want people thinking Democrats are for open borders" I am! who gives a shit!!! my life has been immeasurably improved by the presence of immigrants in my community, regardless of their status, there is literally no downside there! why would I give a shit!!!!
January 17, 2026 at 10:08 PM
"we don't want people thinking Democrats are for open borders" I am! who gives a shit!!! my life has been immeasurably improved by the presence of immigrants in my community, regardless of their status, there is literally no downside there! why would I give a shit!!!!
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www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/o... (gift link)
January 16, 2026 at 1:04 PM
www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/o... (gift link)
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hence the iconic @prisonculture.bsky.social piece from peak 2020 (gift link)
Opinion | Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police (Published 2020)
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
hence the iconic @prisonculture.bsky.social piece from peak 2020 (gift link)
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I’m full of asks today but anyone got a rec for a printer able to produce 10,000 3x5 postcards and get them to Minnesota by Saturday for under $500?
January 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I’m full of asks today but anyone got a rec for a printer able to produce 10,000 3x5 postcards and get them to Minnesota by Saturday for under $500?
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hi community, i am fundraising for 5 Latino restaurant workers & their families in South Minneapolis who need financial help to be able to stay home from work. this is an effort being coordinated with several community members i trust.
Venmo: @allisonannecollage
Please write "MPLS" in memo
Venmo: @allisonannecollage
Please write "MPLS" in memo
January 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
hi community, i am fundraising for 5 Latino restaurant workers & their families in South Minneapolis who need financial help to be able to stay home from work. this is an effort being coordinated with several community members i trust.
Venmo: @allisonannecollage
Please write "MPLS" in memo
Venmo: @allisonannecollage
Please write "MPLS" in memo
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Supplies handed off to Wednesday’s driver and we’re up to $3084 on the GoFundMe. We’re also shipping free whistles and helping make/promote wishlists for organizers in Minneapolis. Message me on signal for more info on any of this: emidly.08
Given the continued escalation by the federal forces occupying Minneapolis-St. Paul, we’re going to continue diverting all GFM donations to help people on the ground. $2,549 raised and counting.
I’m also collecting material donations through tomorrow!
gofund.me/0b3af2ca7
I’m also collecting material donations through tomorrow!
gofund.me/0b3af2ca7
January 13, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Supplies handed off to Wednesday’s driver and we’re up to $3084 on the GoFundMe. We’re also shipping free whistles and helping make/promote wishlists for organizers in Minneapolis. Message me on signal for more info on any of this: emidly.08
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Given the continued escalation by the federal forces occupying Minneapolis-St. Paul, we’re going to continue diverting all GFM donations to help people on the ground. $2,549 raised and counting.
I’m also collecting material donations through tomorrow!
gofund.me/0b3af2ca7
I’m also collecting material donations through tomorrow!
gofund.me/0b3af2ca7
January 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Given the continued escalation by the federal forces occupying Minneapolis-St. Paul, we’re going to continue diverting all GFM donations to help people on the ground. $2,549 raised and counting.
I’m also collecting material donations through tomorrow!
gofund.me/0b3af2ca7
I’m also collecting material donations through tomorrow!
gofund.me/0b3af2ca7
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People have been asking, how do you get ICE to leave? These folks did it, documenting as they figured out what to do in real time. Watch the whole thing.
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:16 PM
People have been asking, how do you get ICE to leave? These folks did it, documenting as they figured out what to do in real time. Watch the whole thing.
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In Minneapolis this afternoon—
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
January 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
In Minneapolis this afternoon—
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
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Donate any amount to unidos-mn.org, reply here, and I'll assign you an obscure bird species. Any takers?
unidos-mn.org
unidos-mn.org
Unidos MN
Unidos MN is a grassroots organization that builds power for Minnesota's working families to advance social, racial, and economic justice. As an organization born from the DREAMER movement, the topi...
unidos-mn.org
January 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Donate any amount to unidos-mn.org, reply here, and I'll assign you an obscure bird species. Any takers?
unidos-mn.org
unidos-mn.org
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Commenter after commenter here still expressing their disappointment in the commission and the lack of transparency from CPD.
"The Chicago police department is fully complicit in the last few months of tragedy in Chicago, both through what it has done...and what it has not."
"The Chicago police department is fully complicit in the last few months of tragedy in Chicago, both through what it has done...and what it has not."
January 9, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Commenter after commenter here still expressing their disappointment in the commission and the lack of transparency from CPD.
"The Chicago police department is fully complicit in the last few months of tragedy in Chicago, both through what it has done...and what it has not."
"The Chicago police department is fully complicit in the last few months of tragedy in Chicago, both through what it has done...and what it has not."
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Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
January 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
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When you learn how many "they should have just followed orders" people are in this country, then you begin to understand how we arrived to the point of a federal fascist takeover.
January 8, 2026 at 1:07 PM
When you learn how many "they should have just followed orders" people are in this country, then you begin to understand how we arrived to the point of a federal fascist takeover.
my neighbors 💞
More speakers deliver remarks: one tells the crowd we are living through "fascist times," another notes Nicole Good showed up to observe ICE despite being a queer person, another reminds the crowd of Silverio Villegas González, whom ICE also killed.
The crowd has grown substantially meanwhile.
The crowd has grown substantially meanwhile.
January 8, 2026 at 6:08 AM
my neighbors 💞
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Easily two hundred people here now.
January 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Easily two hundred people here now.
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look at her. she never has to know anything
January 7, 2026 at 8:57 PM
look at her. she never has to know anything
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I'm truly sorry to hear about this ICE killing. I want to remind people about what they did to Marimar Martinez in Chicago. She fortunately survived being shot multiple times. news.wttw.com/2025/11/20/f.... -
Feds Dismiss Charges Against Woman Shot by Border Patrol Agent in Brighton Park
Texts from the Border Patrol agent who fired at Martinez revealed he apparently bragged about the shooting to others, stating in one message that he’d “fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in ...
news.wttw.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I'm truly sorry to hear about this ICE killing. I want to remind people about what they did to Marimar Martinez in Chicago. She fortunately survived being shot multiple times. news.wttw.com/2025/11/20/f.... -
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Time to join yr local ICE Rapid Response Network.
ANYONE can help: RRNs have many needs &
ways to plug in at whatever commitment level U can make.
Find yr local RRN on-line or ask local immigrants' rights groups.
None exists yet? Start yr own w/ just 2 othr ppl!
Step-by-step guide here:
ANYONE can help: RRNs have many needs &
ways to plug in at whatever commitment level U can make.
Find yr local RRN on-line or ask local immigrants' rights groups.
None exists yet? Start yr own w/ just 2 othr ppl!
Step-by-step guide here:
January 7, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Time to join yr local ICE Rapid Response Network.
ANYONE can help: RRNs have many needs &
ways to plug in at whatever commitment level U can make.
Find yr local RRN on-line or ask local immigrants' rights groups.
None exists yet? Start yr own w/ just 2 othr ppl!
Step-by-step guide here:
ANYONE can help: RRNs have many needs &
ways to plug in at whatever commitment level U can make.
Find yr local RRN on-line or ask local immigrants' rights groups.
None exists yet? Start yr own w/ just 2 othr ppl!
Step-by-step guide here:
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I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK