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Patrick Monaghan
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Somehow still here. Chicago, films, MS, music, far too many effects pedals, Antifa Local 242.
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Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social · Apr 26
Please donate whatever you can when you can. Even a tiny amount can make a difference to someone in dire need.

MARKET BOX
is a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago

marketboxchi.org
Market Box
Market Box is a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago
marketboxchi.org
pkmonaghan.bsky.social
When we need it the most, Apple is starting to Think Different again

Cupertino employs real human artists instead of letting technology do the work.

by David Price, Macworld

www.macworld.com/article/2960...
When we need it the most, Apple is starting to Think Different again
Cupertino employs real human artists instead of letting technology do the work.
www.macworld.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
pkmonaghan.bsky.social
Juni made a happy new friend at daycare today
A smiling medium white dog standing next to a brown hound dog both looking up
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
pkmonaghan.bsky.social
“O’Hare International Airport logged almost 150 delays & nearly 40 cancellations from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., according to FlightAware. The transit hub had 50-minute delays on average this morning, and nearly 300 flights had been canceled in the last 24 hours.”

www.wbez.org/wbez-newslet...
The Rundown: The double whammy at O'Hare Airport
Plus, a major restoration of the Auditorium Theatre. Here’s what you need to know today.
www.wbez.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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bloody-disgusting.com
GOOD BOY, the haunted house movie told from the perspective of a dog, will stream on Shudder beginning November 21.
Dog-in-Haunted-House Movie ‘Good Boy’ Comes to Shudder This Month
Good Boy, the haunted house movie told from the perspective of a dog, will stream on Shudder beginning November 21. In the film, canine hero Indy finds himself on a new adventure with his human owner ...
bloody-disgusting.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
pkmonaghan.bsky.social
The west coast of Michigan is just getting pounded by lake effect snow
Weather map showing snow clouds along the Lake Michigan coast
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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alkapdc.bsky.social
New:

On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers

He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): I've been invited to speak across the country about January 6. And now that I'm relaunching Oath Keepers, I'm getting more invitations to come speak as well. So, yeah, I'm relaunching the organization and rebuilding it. ... They tried to take us out after January 6 but what man means for evil, God will use for good. I came out stronger after it, and so my goal is to rebuild the organization stronger than ever because it's an essential mission. Absolutely. JIM HOFT (HOST): Oh, that's wonderful news. So the Oath Keepers is going to have a relaunch here, and Stewart's breaking that news this weekend? RHODES: Yes, sir. ... RHODES: I mean, I have to make sure that if I'm ever taken out again or if I'm or when I'm taken out again, that the organization can drive on without me. That's not what happened last time. ... So we want to make sure it's got resilience and redundancy built in that it can drive on strong. With the same mission, though. You can't call yourself an Oath Keeper if you're not willing to protect people against radical antifa and other leftist violence in the streets. STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience. Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play. ... And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country. ... He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social
55 years ago his predecessors at 1st Pres were protesting for open housing/living conditions in Woodlawn, street gang outreach, etc., and detractors said the exact same thing. More things change, etc. etc.
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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lake-michigan.live
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
Rotating cam atop the SE corner of Soldier Field. // Image captured at: 2025-11-10 17:39:27 UTC (about 28 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 33.09 F | .61 C // Precip: broken clouds // Wind: NNW at 5.010 mph | 8.06 kph // Humidity: 64%
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
I don't know when I'll write it up, but among the things Rudy Giuliani got pardoned for is destroying the lives of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
"Italy’s biggest pasta exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January."
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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etamny.bsky.social
Cat was fascinated by (her first) snow. Unable to catch one flake through the window, sadly, despite digging at it.
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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peoplesfabric.com
You can believe the lawyers trying to contact clients or the people who have lied about most everything.
jonseidel.bsky.social Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5h
The latest update on conditions inside Broadview's ICE facility, where a magistrate judge is planning a visit this week.

The Trump administration says it's "compliant" with an order to provide phone services so detainees may communicate with counsel.

Plaintiffs "continue to have concerns."
JOINT WRITTEN STATUS REPORT The parties, by their undersigned attorneys, hereby submit the following joint status report pursuant to the court’s November 7, 2025, order (Dkt. 57) to apprise the court on the government’s compliance with the attorney-client communications provision of the court’s temporary restraining order (Dkt. 49). Defendants’ Position: Para. 10 of the TRO requires defendants to “provide telephone services for each Detainee to communicate with the Detainee’s counsel in private and without cost.” Defendants are compliant with this provision. Detainees have access to a government phone and private area to call their attorneys free of charge upon request. The government has set up a new phone number (708-316-4200) and email address (BSSA.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov) that attorneys may use to initiate contact with their clients. The new Broadview phone number is not fully operational yet, so the government will be using the phone number to the guard shack call (708-316-4192) in the meantime. This number is for attorneys only. Attorneys may also send email requests to email Chicago.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov and CHI-ERO-Detained@ice.dhs.gov until the new Broadview email address is fully operational. The email addresses will kick back an auto reply to include the phone number that attorneys may use to coordinate calls to their clients. The phone number will also be distributed to the Chicago AILA Chapter. The telephone calls are not being monitored or recorded In terms of nighttime lighting, the facility has implemented a 11 p.m.-11:15 p.m. to 5 a.m.- 5:15 a.m. “lights out” period where the lighting will be dimmed (absent any exigent circumstances such as during detainee transfers for safety reasons). Defense counsel asked that plaintiffs’ counsel test the phone number and emails on November 8-9, 2025, and report back in an attempt to trouble shoot before today’s noon deadline. Counsel for the defendants was not made aware of any of the issues reported below until five minutes before the filing deadline. The defense will look into plaintiffs’ complaints. Plaintiffs’ Position: Plaintiffs cannot verify whether Defendants are compliant with the provisions of the TRO concerning attorney-client communications. Plaintiffs continue to have concerns that attorneys are not able to arrange calls to their clients in a timely fashion. The new phone number that the government has set up (708-316-4200) still does not work. As described during the last court hearing, the phone line cuts off after an attorney navigates through the automated menu. On Saturday, November 8, 2025, around 2:45 p.m., Defendants’ counsel provided Plaintiffs’ counsel with the phone number to the Broadview guard shack, as mentioned above (708-316-4192). Plaintiffs are in touch with an attorney, Shelby Vcelka (who testified at the TRO hearing) who called the guard shack number on Sunday afternoon before 3:30pm in an effort to set up a call with her client. She was transferred to a supervisor who told her that someone would call her back within 48 hours. As of 8:30 am today (Monday), she had not heard back. Plaintiffs submit that a 48-hour response time is far too long, particularly given the substantial rights at stake while people are detained and processed at Broadview and the fact that people may be transferred elsewhere sooner than 48 hours. The new email address (BSSA.Outreach@ice.gov) generates an auto-reply, but it lists the ICE Chicago Field office number (872-351-3990). That number disconnects after an attorney navigates through the automated menu. The auto-reply does not contain the guard shack phone number. The Chicago.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov and CHI-ERO-Detained@ice.dhs.gov email addresses do not generate auto-replies. We have received one report from an attorney who appears to have emailed both the BSSA.Outreach@ice.gov mailbox and Chicago.Outreach@ice.gov mailboxes and subsequently received a phone call from a Broadview official in response. That attorney was able to have a phone call with her client. It is not clear to Plaintiffs which email inbox precipitated the response. Nor is it clear to Plaintiffs how frequently either of these mailboxes are monitored or whether attorneys consistently receive a prompt response and client call. Plaintiffs have no information about whether detainees are being provided with the means to make free, unmonitored, and private phone calls to attorneys, or where that is being facilitated within the Broadview facility. With respect to nighttime lighting, Plaintiffs have no information at this time about whether or how Defendants are implementing the new “lights out” period they describe to the Court. Plaintiffs have received no further information about whether detainees are now being provided with a bedding mat or bedding, and have also received no further information about food service at the facility.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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bibliogrrl.bsky.social
helicopter over Rogers Park. 😒
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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lake-michigan.live
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
View looking east from the Skydeck at top of the Sears Tower towering over the Loop, Millenium Park, Chicago Harbor and Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-11-10 19:06:15 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 34.55 F | 1.42 C // Precip: light rain // Wind: N at 8.992 mph | 14.47 kph // Humidity: 56%
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
pkmonaghan.bsky.social
This is about the angriest I’ve seen a racing driver short of a NASCAR fist fight.

From last weekend’s World Endurance Championship 8 Hours of Bahrain
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
Fifty years ago, I was a third-grader in Orland Park. My family took a weekend trip to northern Wisconsin, including a visit to the shores of Lake Superior. Then a big storm hit. We got snowed in and missed a day of school. The same storm wrecked the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
pkmonaghan.bsky.social
We hope you enjoyed your time in Chicago. Please come back again soon!
theathletic.com The Athletic @theathletic.com · 5h
The New York Giants fired coach Brian Daboll on Monday after the team dropped to 2-8 to start the 2025 season, sources told The Athletic’s Dianna Russini.
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
pkmonaghan.bsky.social
Chicago's crime decline weakens Trump's argument for federal takeover

by Justin Kaufmann

www.axios.com/local/chicag...
Chicago's crime decline weakens Trump's argument for federal takeover
New October data shows violent crime is trending downward.
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
Manhole cover next to a hole. (Watch your step!!!) #ManholeCoverMonday @kevinirvine.bsky.social
@sparrersway.bsky.social
@willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social
A manhole cover partially covered by leaves is next to a hole in a street, marked with a construction barricade.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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katieprout.bsky.social
Coyotes on the lakefront, flying squirrels in the trees. 7 people in the woods after sunset. Entities called wavy-lined emeralds, pale beauties, tufted apple buds. The Mothman? Wolves in Pilsen?? For @chicagoreader.com, my story on the city's nocturnal wildlife. chicagoreader.com/city-life/fe...
Chicago’s creatures of the night - Chicago Reader
Coyotes, bats, moths, raccoons, deer, and more: an exploration of the city’s dusk-till-dawn wildlife and the humans who study it
chicagoreader.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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raypride.bsky.social
ICE Crashes Oak Park Girl Scouts
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
Here's a story about the family whose 1-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed yesterday by federal agents. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
The Criminal podcast's latest episode: "Rogers Park: The story of one day in one neighborhood in Chicago — and the people living there who try to stop ICE agents from arresting their neighbors" thisiscriminal.com/episode-339-...
Episode 339: Rogers Park (11.7.2025)
The story of one day in one neighborhood in Chicago – and the people living there who try to stop ICE agents from arresting their neighbors.
thisiscriminal.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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wgntv.com
A Chicago man says a routine grocery trip turned into a nightmare when federal agents pepper-sprayed his car with his wife, teenage sister and 1-year-old daughter inside. He joined community advocates and leaders to speak out about the incident.
Leaders, activists condemn federal agent actions in Little Village and Cicero
A Chicago man says he, his wife, teenage sister and 1-year-old daughter were pepper sprayed by federal agents in a Sam’s Club parking lot, causing them to struggle to breathe and leaving the …
wgntv.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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wgntv.com
Chicagoans are taking a stand against Operation Midway Blitz by packing and distributing ICE watch kits containing a 'know your rights' card and a whistle to alert undocumented immigrants to the presence of ICE and Border Patrol.
Chicago volunteers assemble ICE watch kits to protect neighbors
Chicago residents are coming together to protect each other from Operation Midway Blitz by packing and distributing ICE watch kits containing a ‘know your rights’ card and a whistle to …
wgntv.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM