Dr. Lucian Walkowicz
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Astronomer, movement artist, & educator based in Chicago 🛸 Founder, Not Not Rocket Science ✨Co-founder, the JustSpace Alliance 🚀they/them causing mayhem
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Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
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calls to abolish ice didn't start when trump got elected in 2024 or even in 2016.
ice has operated the detention center in broadview, illinois, for ~20 years.
the chicago field office, which covers six states, surveilled 20,000 people on electronic monitors as of sept 2024.
ice has operated the detention center in broadview, illinois, for ~20 years.
the chicago field office, which covers six states, surveilled 20,000 people on electronic monitors as of sept 2024.
More immigrants are under surveillance by ICE's Chicago field office than ever, data analysis finds
The number of people being electronically monitored by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in six states, including Illinois, has grown from 2,921 in 2019 to 19,160 last month. No other ICE field...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
calls to abolish ice didn't start when trump got elected in 2024 or even in 2016.
ice has operated the detention center in broadview, illinois, for ~20 years.
the chicago field office, which covers six states, surveilled 20,000 people on electronic monitors as of sept 2024.
ice has operated the detention center in broadview, illinois, for ~20 years.
the chicago field office, which covers six states, surveilled 20,000 people on electronic monitors as of sept 2024.
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An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
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It appears Magistrate Judge Laura McNally has arrived for the morning's inspection, along with a team of attorneys.
"Hold them accountable!" A protestor yells repeatedly.
"They had a week to clean things up, remember that!" Another says through a megaphone.
"Hold them accountable!" A protestor yells repeatedly.
"They had a week to clean things up, remember that!" Another says through a megaphone.
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It appears Magistrate Judge Laura McNally has arrived for the morning's inspection, along with a team of attorneys.
"Hold them accountable!" A protestor yells repeatedly.
"They had a week to clean things up, remember that!" Another says through a megaphone.
"Hold them accountable!" A protestor yells repeatedly.
"They had a week to clean things up, remember that!" Another says through a megaphone.
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#PPOD: When a meteoroid shook the edge of Apollinaris Mons on Mars, it triggered streaks that carved a hundred new scratches on the surface. The European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured these dust avalanches on the slopes the night before Christmas in 2023. Credit: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#PPOD: When a meteoroid shook the edge of Apollinaris Mons on Mars, it triggered streaks that carved a hundred new scratches on the surface. The European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured these dust avalanches on the slopes the night before Christmas in 2023. Credit: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS 🧪
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You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
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Same guy has a WSJ column which he has occasionally used to criticize me, personally
I always find out via the hate mail that starts rolling in
I always find out via the hate mail that starts rolling in
Jeffrey Epstein was developing a series, moderated by @lkrauss1.bsky.social, to bring scientists and celebrities together. The first season would include an episode where "Woody Allen talks about the human condition with Linguist Noam Chomsky."
drive.google.com/file/d/14Sla...
drive.google.com/file/d/14Sla...
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023123.txt
drive.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Same guy has a WSJ column which he has occasionally used to criticize me, personally
I always find out via the hate mail that starts rolling in
I always find out via the hate mail that starts rolling in
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Good morning from Judge Jeffrey Cumming's courtroom, where he's considering a motion to release 100s of "Midway Blitz" arrestees on EM who were subjected to "warrantless" arrest.
ICE and CBP recently produced a list of 3,300 people arrested since June
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/c...
ICE and CBP recently produced a list of 3,300 people arrested since June
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/c...
Federal judge appears poised to order release of at least some ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees
A Chicago federal judge appeared poised Friday to order at least a portion of the thousands of people detained in “Operation Midway Blitz” released on electronic monitoring while litiga…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Good morning from Judge Jeffrey Cumming's courtroom, where he's considering a motion to release 100s of "Midway Blitz" arrestees on EM who were subjected to "warrantless" arrest.
ICE and CBP recently produced a list of 3,300 people arrested since June
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/c...
ICE and CBP recently produced a list of 3,300 people arrested since June
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/c...
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///BREAKING/// Judge Jeffrey Cummings orders that by noon of Nov. 17, he will order the release of all of the 615 "Operation Midway Blitz" detainees identified as class participants (at least those still here in the country) once they pay a $1,500 bond.
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
///BREAKING/// Judge Jeffrey Cummings orders that by noon of Nov. 17, he will order the release of all of the 615 "Operation Midway Blitz" detainees identified as class participants (at least those still here in the country) once they pay a $1,500 bond.
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For years I've reported on the tech and tools that bounty hunters have access to. I think people would be shocked it is often essentially what cops can have too, w/ less accountability
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
For years I've reported on the tech and tools that bounty hunters have access to. I think people would be shocked it is often essentially what cops can have too, w/ less accountability
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
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Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities
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We were looking north-northwest but they appeared to stretch over a good part of the sky. 🔭 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
We were looking north-northwest but they appeared to stretch over a good part of the sky. 🔭 🧪
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Look at this fucking coward pointing a gun at someone just for witnessing this
Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday in Chicago.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Look at this fucking coward pointing a gun at someone just for witnessing this
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Hardly a day goes by now without seeing video/photos of federal agents in Chicago casually pointing actual firearms or pepper ball dispensers right at people's heads. They've already killed one person and injured another by gunfire. We are on the verge of another tragedy without real intervention.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Hardly a day goes by now without seeing video/photos of federal agents in Chicago casually pointing actual firearms or pepper ball dispensers right at people's heads. They've already killed one person and injured another by gunfire. We are on the verge of another tragedy without real intervention.
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CBP/ICE was supported by the FBI this morning in Little Village, with reports of plainclothes feds seen in vehicles across the area.
This also included using Chicago FBI HQ for staging. Bovino is seen here doing rock paper scissors with another agent for the DHS cameras, as people yell insults:
This also included using Chicago FBI HQ for staging. Bovino is seen here doing rock paper scissors with another agent for the DHS cameras, as people yell insults:
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
CBP/ICE was supported by the FBI this morning in Little Village, with reports of plainclothes feds seen in vehicles across the area.
This also included using Chicago FBI HQ for staging. Bovino is seen here doing rock paper scissors with another agent for the DHS cameras, as people yell insults:
This also included using Chicago FBI HQ for staging. Bovino is seen here doing rock paper scissors with another agent for the DHS cameras, as people yell insults:
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This is the most comprehensive reporting released on the DHS-alleged shooting so far. Read the entire story (reminder: reporters don't usually choose headlines).
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is the most comprehensive reporting released on the DHS-alleged shooting so far. Read the entire story (reminder: reporters don't usually choose headlines).
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
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NOW: U.S. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino agrees to meet with a federal judge every evening until a preliminary injunction hearing, which is set for 11/5.
Bovino tells her 6 p.m .would be better.
"I'll see you tomorrow at 6," Ellis says.
"I'll see you tomorrow at 6," Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NOW: U.S. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino agrees to meet with a federal judge every evening until a preliminary injunction hearing, which is set for 11/5.
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NEW: CU Boulder sophomore Nathaniel Ellis has been identified as a member of the white supremacist groups Patriot Front and Active Club.
Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter.
Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/
Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter.
Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
NEW: CU Boulder sophomore Nathaniel Ellis has been identified as a member of the white supremacist groups Patriot Front and Active Club.
Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter.
Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/
Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter.
Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/
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Credit for breaking this story here goes to @unraveledpress.com; last night they posted out Sakiyama's Facebook statement about his detainment. bsky.app/profile/unra...
NEW — Oak Park attorney Scott Sakiyama supported a neighboring Black family while federal prosecutors accused their son of assaulting a Border Patrol agent.
Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/chir...
Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/chir...
‘Chiraq Team 2’: Oak Park attorney catches glimpse of federal agents’ group chat during arrest • The TRiiBE
Scott Sakiyama supported a neighboring Black family while federal prosecutors accused their son of assaulting a Border Patrol agent. Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself.
thetriibe.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Credit for breaking this story here goes to @unraveledpress.com; last night they posted out Sakiyama's Facebook statement about his detainment. bsky.app/profile/unra...
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Rapid response now reporting ICE took two people from Bolingbrook this morning: instagram.com/p/DP_0sVNCdTn/
October 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Rapid response now reporting ICE took two people from Bolingbrook this morning: instagram.com/p/DP_0sVNCdTn/
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In the speech Trump complains that whoever is making the signs isn't making them "in the basement out of love" but actually they're being made in Portland's volunteer-run nonprofit print studio Flight 64!
October 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In the speech Trump complains that whoever is making the signs isn't making them "in the basement out of love" but actually they're being made in Portland's volunteer-run nonprofit print studio Flight 64!
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This is a tweet by the assistant secretary of DHS. Constant reposting about the tribune and Laura’s reporting.
October 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is a tweet by the assistant secretary of DHS. Constant reposting about the tribune and Laura’s reporting.
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The DHS Twitter has been tagging and calling out a local journalist writing on immigration in Chicago. Local journalists covering what’s happening need continual support especially as they write these important stories.
October 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The DHS Twitter has been tagging and calling out a local journalist writing on immigration in Chicago. Local journalists covering what’s happening need continual support especially as they write these important stories.