Paddy Lindley
@pwlindley.bsky.social
Vegan IT guy in NW Chicago
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Oblong, Illinois, is actually square.
February 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Oblong, Illinois, is actually square.
I am interested in as much lore about Tyler Technologies as I can get right now.
Cook County’s troubled tech overhaul boils over, as political leaders start pointing fingers
The latest delays to the Cook County property tax system upgrade by controversial contractor Tyler Technologies is leading to fighting among county leaders.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I am interested in as much lore about Tyler Technologies as I can get right now.
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This is FORBES saying it:
"The voucher tax credit fits neatly into that broader project: route around public institutions rather than rebuild them."
Learn more from @ilfps.bsky.social here
"The voucher tax credit fits neatly into that broader project: route around public institutions rather than rebuild them."
Learn more from @ilfps.bsky.social here
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
This is FORBES saying it:
"The voucher tax credit fits neatly into that broader project: route around public institutions rather than rebuild them."
Learn more from @ilfps.bsky.social here
"The voucher tax credit fits neatly into that broader project: route around public institutions rather than rebuild them."
Learn more from @ilfps.bsky.social here
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hey, i've got a great idea. how about we gut that department in the state's attorney's office that reviews felony gun charges before they're filed and just let cops file them directly with the court instead
Chicago police arresting Black legal gun owners for personal gain, source says
Why are Chicago police officers arresting and charging Black gun owners with valid FOID cards and CCLs? An inside source spoke exclusively to CBS News Chicago to offer insights into their possible mot...
www.cbsnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
hey, i've got a great idea. how about we gut that department in the state's attorney's office that reviews felony gun charges before they're filed and just let cops file them directly with the court instead
Read the thread all the way down
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Read the thread all the way down
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I can't get this across enough. Everyone in Cook County, you have to vote for Kaegi in March.
Tell your friends, neighbors, coworkers.
Tell your friends, neighbors, coworkers.
My opponent, Pat Hynes, took $25,000 from a MAGA Trump donor whose family cheered when ICE killed Alex Pretti.
The Loquercios has given $372,000+ to Trump, McConnell, Graham, and others.
Democrats shouldn't take money from MAGA donors or people who celebrate murder. Return it.
The Loquercios has given $372,000+ to Trump, McConnell, Graham, and others.
Democrats shouldn't take money from MAGA donors or people who celebrate murder. Return it.
February 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I can't get this across enough. Everyone in Cook County, you have to vote for Kaegi in March.
Tell your friends, neighbors, coworkers.
Tell your friends, neighbors, coworkers.
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My opponent, Pat Hynes, took $25,000 from a MAGA Trump donor whose family cheered when ICE killed Alex Pretti.
The Loquercios has given $372,000+ to Trump, McConnell, Graham, and others.
Democrats shouldn't take money from MAGA donors or people who celebrate murder. Return it.
The Loquercios has given $372,000+ to Trump, McConnell, Graham, and others.
Democrats shouldn't take money from MAGA donors or people who celebrate murder. Return it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
My opponent, Pat Hynes, took $25,000 from a MAGA Trump donor whose family cheered when ICE killed Alex Pretti.
The Loquercios has given $372,000+ to Trump, McConnell, Graham, and others.
Democrats shouldn't take money from MAGA donors or people who celebrate murder. Return it.
The Loquercios has given $372,000+ to Trump, McConnell, Graham, and others.
Democrats shouldn't take money from MAGA donors or people who celebrate murder. Return it.
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Michael Sacks very much fills the "Villain-shaped hole" one imagines Ken Griffin left behind in Chicago
Given his role in state, local, and university politics, want to make sure everyone has a chance to read the way Michael Sacks speaks of local politicians and Northwestern faculty
January 30, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Michael Sacks very much fills the "Villain-shaped hole" one imagines Ken Griffin left behind in Chicago
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
"In February, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its chief prosecutor, British lawyer Karim Khan...
"...he found that not only were his UK bank accounts frozen, but he also lost access to his Microsoft email address."
"...he found that not only were his UK bank accounts frozen, but he also lost access to his Microsoft email address."
When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
Escaping the trap of US tech dependence
Canada needs real digital sovereignty, not our own digital colonizers
disconnect.blog
January 17, 2026 at 1:08 PM
"In February, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its chief prosecutor, British lawyer Karim Khan...
"...he found that not only were his UK bank accounts frozen, but he also lost access to his Microsoft email address."
"...he found that not only were his UK bank accounts frozen, but he also lost access to his Microsoft email address."
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This is another thing making me lose my mind.
Not only was this guy a trainer, but so is the CBP agent who shot a woman 5 times in Chicago. These ARE THE TRAINERS. More time with them is not going to help.
Not only was this guy a trainer, but so is the CBP agent who shot a woman 5 times in Chicago. These ARE THE TRAINERS. More time with them is not going to help.
Ross was a FIREARMS TRAINER.
The shooter who is making them want to freeze funding is the one who does the training.
The shooter who is making them want to freeze funding is the one who does the training.
If the Dems vote to increase ICE funding for "better training" (overseen by whom? accountable to what?) I will never give a single Dem a single penny ever again
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This is another thing making me lose my mind.
Not only was this guy a trainer, but so is the CBP agent who shot a woman 5 times in Chicago. These ARE THE TRAINERS. More time with them is not going to help.
Not only was this guy a trainer, but so is the CBP agent who shot a woman 5 times in Chicago. These ARE THE TRAINERS. More time with them is not going to help.
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Chicagoans packed a special meeting of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability last night, recounting story after story of Chicago police assisting federal immigration agents while blasting the commission for a lack of action.
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Police accountability commission under fire: “You have state power—fucking use it.”
Chicagoans shared accounts of Chicago police helping ICE and Border Patrol agents at a public listening session they criticized as long overdue.
unraveledpress.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Chicagoans packed a special meeting of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability last night, recounting story after story of Chicago police assisting federal immigration agents while blasting the commission for a lack of action.
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Funnily enough, I checked in with CTA and they're actually urging Chicagoans not to be alone with Ald. Jim Gardiner after dark.
Ald. Jim Gardiner urged riders not to use public transit after dark, but data shows CTA crime is down. blockclubchi.co/49ddyCb
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Funnily enough, I checked in with CTA and they're actually urging Chicagoans not to be alone with Ald. Jim Gardiner after dark.
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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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I do not know what to say that there had to be a massive coordinated effort to get a hearing on how much our tax $ should be used to brutalize people with whistles in their pajamas in order to protect armed federal agents operating on extralegal orders.
This is generalization but not exaggeration.
This is generalization but not exaggeration.
January 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I do not know what to say that there had to be a massive coordinated effort to get a hearing on how much our tax $ should be used to brutalize people with whistles in their pajamas in order to protect armed federal agents operating on extralegal orders.
This is generalization but not exaggeration.
This is generalization but not exaggeration.
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October Café adds a 2nd location and 2 coffee shops open on the Far Northwest Side. blockclubchi.co/4qGrP0a
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 AM
October Café adds a 2nd location and 2 coffee shops open on the Far Northwest Side. blockclubchi.co/4qGrP0a
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I mean, Daley, Madigan, Blago, Rahm. IL is great place to learn that Dems are not only not always your friends, they're very often your enemies.
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I mean, Daley, Madigan, Blago, Rahm. IL is great place to learn that Dems are not only not always your friends, they're very often your enemies.
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
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Here’s my alderman telling people not to take public transit on the drunkest night of the year.
December 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Here’s my alderman telling people not to take public transit on the drunkest night of the year.
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UPDATE: Cupich again held a service for 50 people. Rainbow PUSH had 100.
There were 5,615 people in Cook County Jail on Christmas Eve
5,465 (97%) did not attend either
What was the holiday like for 97% of the people there?
Often, holidays mean fewer, colder meals.
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There were 5,615 people in Cook County Jail on Christmas Eve
5,465 (97%) did not attend either
What was the holiday like for 97% of the people there?
Often, holidays mean fewer, colder meals.
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Over 150 Cook County jail detainees spent Christmas morning singing, clapping and cheering as faith leaders offered religious messages of positivity.
Cardinal Blase Cupich, Rainbow PUSH deliver Christmas Mass messages at Cook County Jail
chicago.suntimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
UPDATE: Cupich again held a service for 50 people. Rainbow PUSH had 100.
There were 5,615 people in Cook County Jail on Christmas Eve
5,465 (97%) did not attend either
What was the holiday like for 97% of the people there?
Often, holidays mean fewer, colder meals.
bsky.app/profile/chic...
There were 5,615 people in Cook County Jail on Christmas Eve
5,465 (97%) did not attend either
What was the holiday like for 97% of the people there?
Often, holidays mean fewer, colder meals.
bsky.app/profile/chic...
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It was heartbreaking honor to support neighbors at this week’s Accountability Commission hearing about Border Patrol Chief Bovino’s human rights abuses in our city this summer.
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It was heartbreaking honor to support neighbors at this week’s Accountability Commission hearing about Border Patrol Chief Bovino’s human rights abuses in our city this summer.
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"More than a month ago over 30 police district council members formally requested this hearing today we have returned with this request back by our communities because what Chicagoans are enduring is urgent, unacceptable and cannot be delayed any longer."
Here's the full statement from the police district council members and a link to the petition
www.change.org/p/ccpsa-hear...
www.change.org/p/ccpsa-hear...
December 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"More than a month ago over 30 police district council members formally requested this hearing today we have returned with this request back by our communities because what Chicagoans are enduring is urgent, unacceptable and cannot be delayed any longer."
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After Victor Rodriguez, Any Huamani with the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council spoke.
She said federal immigration agents took over 15 people from Chicago's southwest side today.
She also noted they drove while missing license plates, went the wrong way down one-way streets, and red red lights.
She said federal immigration agents took over 15 people from Chicago's southwest side today.
She also noted they drove while missing license plates, went the wrong way down one-way streets, and red red lights.
December 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
After Victor Rodriguez, Any Huamani with the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council spoke.
She said federal immigration agents took over 15 people from Chicago's southwest side today.
She also noted they drove while missing license plates, went the wrong way down one-way streets, and red red lights.
She said federal immigration agents took over 15 people from Chicago's southwest side today.
She also noted they drove while missing license plates, went the wrong way down one-way streets, and red red lights.
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I finally got an answer back from CPD on Carlos Baker’s status. He’s the cop who fatally shot his partner, allegedly shortly after she ended their relationship.
“Officer Baker is on Active Status, assigned to the 6th District and Detailed to Unit 376.”
376 is the Alternate Response Section.
“Officer Baker is on Active Status, assigned to the 6th District and Detailed to Unit 376.”
376 is the Alternate Response Section.
So: a walking embodiment of ACAB who, even by pro-cop standards, should never have made it past probation and at best killed someone by incompetence and will cost the city milliions is technically still employed and no coverage I've found says if he's getting paid or not.
Not fired, just relieved of his police powers. It could take years to actually fire him.
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I finally got an answer back from CPD on Carlos Baker’s status. He’s the cop who fatally shot his partner, allegedly shortly after she ended their relationship.
“Officer Baker is on Active Status, assigned to the 6th District and Detailed to Unit 376.”
376 is the Alternate Response Section.
“Officer Baker is on Active Status, assigned to the 6th District and Detailed to Unit 376.”
376 is the Alternate Response Section.
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Rich Miller, in just 38 words, exposes a common fallacy embraced by SAFE-T Act Critics
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Rich Miller, in just 38 words, exposes a common fallacy embraced by SAFE-T Act Critics