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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 1h

⭕️ BREAKING: CNN reports that Israel will not release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as part of the ceasefire deal.

“The occupation refused to release Dr Hussam Abu Safiya,” a Hamas official told CNN on Friday.

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 2h

I posted this video of Chéster on Instagram and his previous person replied with “❤️🐈ya está gordo chéster” and now I feel self conscious. 😂😂😂

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 7h

I never understand folks who complain abt how OTHER ppl protest. If you don’t like protesters to cuss or where frog suits, why don’t YOU go protest wearing a tuxedo and reciting the Magna Carta? No one’s stopping you, least of all the frogman, who will likely leap for joy for your involvement

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Judith Butlerian Jihad @pghguy.bsky.social · 7h

this is what it takes. we're here now folks, there is not a "if the nazis came" it's "they're here and your mettle will be tested now"

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 12h

This is my CB and people are rabid about this project.

Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 13h

Senator Addabbo and the MTA are asking for Queens CB 5 residents to chime in with their views on the IBX. Not a lot of pick-up so far and I always worry the NIMBYs will flood the zone on this kind of stuff, particularly since Queens CB5 is home to a bunch of vehement NIMBYs.

IBX Constituent Survey

Share your thoughts on the IBX with Senator Addabbo, the MTA and Community Board 5! See our e-flyer for information about the project. Please do not fill out this form unless you are a constituent.

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Ima Being @quiltomancy.bsky.social · 2d

In Chicago they are shooting priests in the face and zipping little kids and loading up parents in vans separated by race.

In Portland they can be held back by inflatable costumes.

Chicago is 35% white
Portland is 70% white

Men in full war gear, masks and helmets, shoot an unarmed clergy member with a pepper bullet in the face.

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🎃 a frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 17h

Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 1d

Watched Scream in 16mm tonight because film nerds still exist.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Every day it's just helicopters all day long now and people are somehow still unsure whether to call this an occupation

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1d

feds have been all over chicagoland today.

reports of people abducted from back of the yards, cicero, rogers park, hermosa, barrington, batavia, and bridgeview.

feds are out in force in aurora. not sharing video, but residents have likewise turned out in force—and they aren't happy.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 2d

Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

A lot of people do not really seem to know this sort of stuff

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

It is true you can't trust Israel or the US but you should probably be aware the ceasefire doesn't begin until Saturday or Sunday and Israel has a long history of intensifying bombardment until the official starting point of a ceasefire.

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 2d

Extremely extremely relatable context

A white cat with black markings just asking you to rub his tummy so he can bite you

Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 2d

Also we are seeing Oratorio again this week so let's just keep everything kind of chill, universe.

Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 2d

Never has an artist touched my soul, because of her work, because of timing, because of context, like Heather Christian. www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Heather Christian

Creating space to contemplate the sacred and spiritual in structurally complex works of music theater.

www.macfound.org

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 2d

We wound up seeing it on 3/26/2022, a day before I turned 45. And Terce, what a story that was. Our cat had emergency surgery the day we were supposed to see it and I kept saying we could still make it. We didn't. We bought tickets for two weeks later, one day after we said goodbye to our cat.

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my god, I have loved Heather Christian's work since I first saw Animal Wisdom at the Bushwick Starr in 2017. I saw it the year after two major losses in my life and I just sobbed. We had tickets to see Oratorio for Living Things at Ars Nova on March 27, 2020, my first pandemic birthday.

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Black. Bitch. Purple. Kunt. (aka David) @ncred.bsky.social · 4d

"How does it feel to be locked up unlawfully" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 My kinda carrying on! Keep it up.

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Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 2d

Cats only matter 85% as much!

Renee @reneemc.bsky.social · 2d

I won't ever get over that when something is wrong with one of my cats and I research it (in peer-reviewed pubs), the actual research is like, well, this is what we do for dogs, so we tried it with cats, and it's like 100% effective in dogs but 85% effective in cats, we don't need to figure out why.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

Pritzker is offering the following at the moment:

1. Trust the courts. [not a viable strategy]
2. "Film the cops"
3. Vote in 2026
4. Protest [peacefully]

And he knows this is not sufficient. Everyone does.

He will not address the local cops angle because he might be deposed...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Chicago

Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 2d

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

View looking east from the Skydeck at top of the Sears Tower towering over the Loop, Millenium Park, Chicago Harbor and Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-10-08 13:37:18 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 57.09 F | 13.94 C // Precip: few clouds // Wind: N at 4.608 mph | 7.41 kph // Humidity: 75%

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 3d

Ok, this is just funny.

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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