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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 18h

In the end, when even the hard-core deniers can see that climate change and sea-level rise are problems, we will recognise that most of the fossil carbon should stay in the ground. The question is whether we will get to that realisation soon enough. #auspol #climate

The problem of climate change denialism

It is one of the great public debates of our time: is climate change happening or not? If it is, is humanity partly responsible? Either way, is it problematic and, if so, should we act?

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 45m

happening now: border patrol commander greg bovino and at least a dozen armed, masked agents have formed a line residents at 26th and ogden in cicero.

federal agents for weeks have repeatedly targeted the nearby home depot parking lot.

local police are also on scene, according to a facebook live.

border patrol chief greg bovino and six masked border patrol agents

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 1h

In ICE’s Expanding Chicago Blitz, Federal Authorities Turn Resistance Into A Crime

Federal authorities are increasingly using charges — or the threat of them — to counter resistance to the immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

Community report: ICE is on 26th Street by (at?) El Milagro. This is the heart of Chicago’s Mexican community in Little Village

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San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 5h

With so many hate activities, how does he find time to do his homework?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court Monday all but cleared the way for President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Appeals Judges Greenlight Trump's Portland Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 1d

Having it available and then being able to use it correctly are two different things. It'll be interesting to see if they figure it out.

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 2d

“In Ireland, data centers consume more than 20 percent of the country’s electricity. In Chile, precious aquifers are in danger of depletion. In South Africa, where blackouts have long been routine, data centers are further taxing the national grid.”

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy

www.nytimes.com

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 2d

Added this link to my context page section specifically on AI+Water Use - context.center/topics/gener...

Machine Learning, ChatGPT and other Generative AI

Understanding the common uses of ChatGPT, Generative AI, and the criticisms leveled against them

context.center

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San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 1d

Uhhhmm... I guess I'm late to the game, spending too much time obsessing about Chicago problems, but this is a lovely little project you're building. Fair play to you.

San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 6d

I love this.

Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 6d

“Not paying for a product you exploit to sell your product is theft; not paying for labour you employ is slavery. If your business model is theft and slavery, you’re not an industry. You’re a pirate.” @vanbadham.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham

Despite the relentless insistence of tech’s grifters, AI is not industrially inevitable – or even sustainable. Which is why it is time to push back

www.theguardian.com

San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 6d

I still haven't figured out why the assembled "jounalists" don't follow up with the same question over and over until they get an answer, or he runs away. It's crazy that they move on just because he wants to.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

You may have noticed that folks who are from Chicago love this city. There's a reason for that. I walked to the lake with friends yesterday, and when I saw the waves rolling in, I felt something shift back into place inside of me. So many parts of this city are part of me. We will defend this place.

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San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 7d

Our airports have more balls than our governor. @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 7d

O’Hare and Midway international airports are refusing to play a video from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that accuses Democrats of causing the ongoing government shutdown.and its impacts on flight operations.

O'Hare, Midway refuse to play video of Kristi Noem accusing Democrats of government shutdown

They join a growing list of airports refusing to play a video from Department of Homeland Security Secretary due to its partisan messaging.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7d

This weekend, three men in Evanston hugged their families goodbye to look for work at Home Depot but were attacked by ICE before they could return home.

Two were abducted, one is petrified of leaving the home.

If you’re able, please help us support our neighbors: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Donate to Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid, organized by Michele Hays

If you are on social media and live near Evanston, IL, you ma… Michele Hays needs your support for Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid

www.gofundme.com

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San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 7d

I have been surprised at the number of people and organizations willing to pucker up and kiss his ass.

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San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 7d

Unbelievable to me how quickly Illinois elected officials have caved to the Trump regime. First @govpritzker.illinois.gov turns coward, now the Mayor of Broadview. Gutless cowards.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Broadview mayor shrinks protest zones at ICE facility

The designated protest zone on South 25th Avenue is being closed over "chaos" at Saturday's demonstration, said Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson. Protesters dispute how the purported chaos started.

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San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 10d

I've been watching coverage of the Chicago Marathon, and Ch 5 is using AI to make the city look so gorgeous. They are purposely not showing the bombed out war-torn streets. Fake news.

San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 10d

I grew up in the era where we still got annual classroom visits from Officer Friendly. Even as a kid I knew it was BS, because I could see what was happening in the streets. And a lot of my friends Dad's were coppers and you heard them talking about the reality.

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San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks JB. @govpritzker.illinois.gov

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 10d

Lee Marvin was amazing. And this just makes me sick to think of what replaced the old Sun-Times building.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Ron Sexsmith @ronsexsmith.bsky.social · 10d

I'd never want to be:
Fuelled by hate
Soured by bitterness
Empowered by the weakening of others
Uplifted by the downfall of others
Or find joy in the misery of others
But rather be a torch wherever darkness intrudes
Ands always be stumblin' t'wards empathy & gratitude RS

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San Patricio Brigade @behan.bsky.social · 10d

Renaissance Man. He never had a job, but he always had the price of a movie. RiP.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11d

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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