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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 5h

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 12h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 9h

Platner is so, so good at this.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 16h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you. You're very kind and I really appreciate the insight.

I think what I've done probably sacrifices art in the name of realism ... which means I need to go buy more yellow beads. 🤣🫣

Somehow I *always* need to buy more beads. 🫠😂

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10h

Most of these people are deeply trained, or at least highly educated, in humanities. Knowing isn’t being.

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 16h

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10h

Some people might laugh but there's something actually important in this as I have heard others talk about how a fear of dying is palpable among fascists. They carry hell with them in real life.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 10h

Interesting! Is it just the row bordering the green or both that and the next shade in?

Daffodils do come in all sorts of shades, so I can take it brighter ... I'm just not a fan of yellow, so I think I gravitate to the paler shades.

You're probably right that higher contrast would be prettier!

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 10h

Definitely! That's a great point and probably part of why I don't like it as much. 🤣

I do want to center the flower. The friend I'm making it for loves daffodils (he took that photo) and I'll have more green elsewhere in the piece.

Basically, I'm doing a version of this, but daffodil-esque.

A hexagonal piece of beadwork with a "flower" type design. The flower petals are shades of pink and purple with white accents. Green sections around the outside imply leaves.

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 13h

Hivemind, I could use some color input. Inspo pic on the right.

Do I not like my interpretation because I don't enjoy yellow or because I need different yellows?

#beading #beadweaving #craftiverse #colortheory 🧶 🧵 🪡

A beaded triangle. The top section is a gradient of green tones. The bottom two sections are four shades of yellow, the palest at the top, getting more vibrant and intensely yellow toward the bottom.

A clump of daffodils growing outside. The centers are a bright yellow and the petals fade to lighter shades of yellow at the edges.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, now. I've only been rear-ended there once!

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

It's utterly devastating to see decades of progress for the disability community being wiped out in just a few months.

There was of course much work to be done, but now that effort will have to be devoted to clawing back the gains now being ripped away.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 1d

The one closest to me is just always slammed. "Perk" of being disabled - I can go any time. It's always impossible.

It's the only one in the city proper and I'm just not willing to circle the parking lot and fight for a space. It's both faster and less stressful to just drive an extra 6 miles.

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 1d

I agree that the parking lots match the stores, but the # of stores doesn't match demand. After 4/5 attempts to go to the one ~2 miles from me resulted in leaving without ever parking my car, I've started going to one in the burbs, with ample parking. Currently 3/3 on getting groceries as planned.

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 1d

One of these days we'll do an episode on why the parking lots at Trader Joe's are small. tl;dr: the stores themselves are small compared to other grocery stores which helps them find locations where they don't have to supply massive amounts of parking as mandated by local parking requirements.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

You can’t hate fascists and use AI slop generators. They’re the same thing: total destruction of truth at scale.

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 2d

Influenza versus Cövid.

826 COVID vs 89 flu deaths, and within 90 days, 1,391 COVID vs 149 flu deaths, showing worse outcomes for COVID-19

Rough maths? About 10 times more fatal

journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Comparative risk of post-acute sequelae among adults following SARS-CoV-2 or influenza virus infection: A retrospective cohort study among United States adults

Author summary Why was this study done? It is known that people may suffer medical complications long after COVID-19, which are called post-acute sequelae (PAS). Similar sequelae are also known to h...

journals.plos.org

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 2d

He got the shots that his own HHS is telling you are not necessary

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 2d

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 2d

☺️☺️ I'm excited for you! It's SO much fun!

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 2d

Do it!! It's just 24 peyote triangles with added borders and hinges! I had so much fun with it.

This made it super easy (just know the hinges on face 2 will be visible on face 4 -- I would've chosen different colors had I known):
youtu.be/ACoa_evquo4?...

Kaleidocycle Summer Bead Along - Part 1

YouTube video by offthebeadedpath

youtu.be

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 2d

FWIW, I mostly (aside from the last face) followed the tutorial on Off the Beaded Path on YT. Super easy to follow. My only quibble is I wish I'd known the hinges (attached to face 2) are also visible on face 4. I would've chosen different colors.

I've already started another. It's super fun!

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 3d

Final kaleidocycle update: She's done.

People always ask so, it's 6,126 beads.
🪡 🧵 🧶

#beading #beadweaving #crafting #craftiverse

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

That's wild. If you know anything about ICE agents, looking scared, changing your demeanor, etc are eminently reasonable reactions

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 5d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! The woman who made the pattern (Kate McKinnon) is an absolute genius. I just added color, a little skill, and a lot of labor. 😂