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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · May 26

Digital illustration (inked figures in a looser more watercolor-y background) of a frame from the movie The Neverending Story. Young, shaggy-haired Atreyu, hip-deep in swamp muck, is desperately pulling on the reins of his white horse, Artax, who is neck-deep in the same swamp. In a speech bubble Atreyu is saying, ‘Maybe it will happen today!’ If you recognize the reference you are already triggered and my work here is done.

DLS @forensicgarlic.bsky.social · 17h

In Detroit a few months back and Milwaukee this weekend and looking at the streetcars running in the same streets as cars makes me think there's something really wrong with how busses are treated if this is the response.

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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 18h

Chicagoans: Attend this virtual Rapid Response training on Wed 10/14 at 4pm to learn how to help protect our neighbors during this occupation. zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Second Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 18h

Regular reminder that you can support Spanish language churches just by going to services! People are thrilled to have new people, white English speaking citizens can sit by the door and help warn, and we can all give money to churches who are doing mutual aid work themselves!

A photo of a small Lutheran Church with a pride flag in the background. Everyone's faces are blurred.

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DLS @forensicgarlic.bsky.social · 18h

I'm having a hard time personally helping push back against ICE invading our city, but I have put my money into helping 6+ different orgs. I'm fortunate enough that my rainy day funds are full, and this feels like a downpour. I'm sure you see a neighbor doing good work, but I can share my list too.

Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 19h

Hey, it’s your daily reminder to get out there and do something!

Our neighbors have been terrorized more over the weekend and are pretty scared. Hearing there’s been a lot of interest in rapid response, but schools may still need help. Talk to “friends of” or parent networks at your nearest school.

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DLS @forensicgarlic.bsky.social · 18h

The Campton cross cyclocross race is always out costume day and folks dress up to race. It's Nov 2nd this year but I believe will still be costumed

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 20h

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · Mar 20

Re: *waves generally* allathis

Any US Rep can introduce articles of impeachment against exec branch officers, not just POTUS/VPOTUS.

It's murky and only one person has been impeached (US Grant's Secretary of War) but it's hard to see why these clowns shouldn't be burning time on defense

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · May 26

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 1d

What they say while assaulting people is specifically designed to give them immunity (despite already having qualified immunity!) from their actions. The ISP is basically yelling "stop punching yourself" while attacking peaceful protesters.

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 1d

I'm asking my American friends to turn out for the No Kings marches on the 18th. Turn out for your immigrant friends and neighbors. Turn out for your soul.

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kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈 @itskylelucas.com · 1d

No matter how many hit clips you see from @govpritzker.illinois.gov, the fact remains that the Illinois State Police are actively protecting and aiding ICE in their terrorizing of our communities.

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DLS @forensicgarlic.bsky.social · 1d

Every time Im talking about that city I pause to double check I'm not just saying a racist stereotype Chinese word.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · May 27

Pixel art of Luigi from the Mario games. He’s standing on a path in a green landscape under blue sky and puffy clouds. He has one hand on his hip and the other is tipping up his green hat. Orange balloon lettering I his left reads ‘Maybe it will happen today’ and below that is a Super Mario Bros question block.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 2d

Art contribution by @jalaffler.bsky.social of Off Color Brewing

The blank back of a beer mat with a little sharpie drawing of a kitty cat on it and the words ‘maybe it will happen today’

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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 2d

You cannot use moral reasoning against fascists, because moral reasoning does not motivate them. You cannot argue against the law against them because they do not care about the law. What they care about is violence, and what they use is power. They will only respond to a superior display of power.

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cailin @cailin.gay · 2d

I’ve been in Madison, Wisconsin for 20 minutes and it has already jumped towards the top of my favorite city power rankings because I’m biking and had to pee and went to a park with a bathroom and the doors were unlocked. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa I am inside the walls of your house