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Hapless In The Wild

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Absolute Cognitio Hazard I have misplaced my concept of a plan. I know it's around here somewhere. HIV+ #AmWriting Chicago ✈️2001 New Orleans2023✈️Chicago Occupied Chicago

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · Aug 15

Make that the next several months.

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · Jul 28

Me looking at My Chart over the next couple of weeks

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 5h

www.iceinmyarea.org/en

ICE Activity Tracker - Community Safety Alert System

Anonymous community tool to report and track ICE activity. Help protect undocumented immigrants with real-time safety alerts.

www.iceinmyarea.org

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 5h

Reports say she was parking on her way into work. Online reports say she was released from custody (US citizen) and went to an emergency room.

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 5h

October 10th, 2025
Chicago, IL
Hubbard & Paulina shortly after 9 am

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 8h

I'm tired of these people. They need to start listening more & talking less.

The pretense of shock when shit happens needs to stop as well.

"Well, I never thought ..."

That's the problem. They don't think.🐑

Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 6d

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 8h

This shouldn't surprise anyone. I'm sure they are already using something.

I know when they are near by because whatever frequency they are using fucks up the dsl & the wifi in my building.

The phone (different carrier) also acts up, but I think that might very well be congestion from posters.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 10d

New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising

www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 8h

When Charlie Kirk was murdered all I could think of is that he was the alt right political equivalent of a Tiger Beat cover boy (who was usually a grown ass man who played a teenager on tv).

A manufactured persona designed to pull in a certain demographic for a moment in time.

Not really worth it

Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 10d

Something I keep thinking about while watching the creation of right-wing heroes in real time is how clearly this demonstrates the structure, the apparatus, that underlies what we think of as fame or celebrity

Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 8h

They've surrounded my n'hood. Any day now I expect them on my block

You're up in Ravenswood if I recall correctly. Been a rough couple of days there

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18h

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 9h

It's good to know he's running. I was worried when I hadn't seen anything about it

Cade Roux @caderoux.bsky.social · 12h

GOOD CHEAP FAST: Manny Chevrolet for Mayor; Troubled Now, More Than Ever - usually you can only pick two, but Manny is promising all three!

GOOD CHEAP FAST: Manny Chevrolet for Mayor; Troubled Now, More Than Ever election sign

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

🤡🤡🤡 Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Emmer, a Republican from Minnesota, are blaming the #NoKings protest in DC this Saturday for prolonging the shutdown.

#50501Movement #Oct18 #FDT

BREAKING
NEWS
Speaker Mike Johnson
blames No Kings for the continued shut down.
Says it's a "hate America rally" for "the pro-Hamas wing" and
"the antifa people."
50501

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed the peaceful No Kings Day of Action on October 18 for the ongoing government shutdown. After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings coalition issued the following statement:
"Speaker Johnson is running out of excuses for keeping the government shut down. Instead of reopening the government, preserving affordable healthcare, or lowering costs for working families, he's attacking millions of Americans who are peacefully coming together to say that America belongs to its people, not to kings.
"We'll see everyone on
October 18."
All No Kings events adhere to a shared commitment to nonviolent protest and community safety.
Organizers are trained in de-escalation and are working closely with local partners to ensure peaceful and powerful actions

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 17h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

I don't think there's any better example of leopards eating faces than the Lebanese immigrant who opened a Trump-themed burger restaurant and then got arrested by ICE.

Chron.com @chron.com · 13h

🍔 Houston’s Trump Burger appears to have shut its doors after a brief run on Chimney Rock: bit.ly/46LpQAx

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 14h

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 16h

More street vendors taken by ICE today, according to rapid response team & neighborhood reports.

Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.

Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.

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Steven @stevevance.net · 13h

loss of a coach house :/

Chicago Cityscape @chicagocityscape.com · 1d

This garage – with the name Polonia Dairy Co. inscribed – and its coach house are subject to a demolition permit issued this week. buff.ly/Gzm5Nml

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13h

the republican majority leader with a clear vision for the democratic party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 14h

Censoring the press isn't enough for the Trump administration. Now they're even trying to censor court records that discuss the press's reporting.

This is unheard of.

Opposition Filed Against DOJ Effort to Strike Context from Complaint About Qatar’s ‘Gifted’ Jet to Trump Administration - American Oversight

As the DOJ refuses the prompt release of a memo clearing the Qatari jet ‘gift,’ Freedom of the Press Foundation, represented by American Oversight, argues against erasing this context and the agency’s...

americanoversight.org

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 14h

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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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 13h

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #70: memorandum opinion and order

Download PDF | View Full Case

#CL71559895

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Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 14h

If you've never encountered the details of these events in 1919 and are wondering how bad it could possibly be: its absolutely fucking awful. Genuinely, horrendous.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 18h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social · 21h

That he actually thought he’d win the Nobel Prize.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

“.. Frank Miranda, 46, filmed ICE agents confronting him before work on Oct. 2, demanding that he answer questions about where he was born. When he refused, agents threatened him with a dog ..”

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 20h

At 11am I will try to live-blog, for @lawfaremedia.org , the hearing in Abrego Garcia’s civil (habeas corpus) case in federal court in Greenbelt MD. Abrego is seeking release from detention under a SCOTUS precedent called Zadvydas v Davis (2001). ...
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