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Darkrose @darkrose.bsky.social · 1h

Too bad no journalist will ask a Catholic official—like say, the Vice President—to comment on ICE refusing to allow a priest to administer the sacraments. That sounds pretty anti-Catholic to me.

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 18h

it's so weird to me how right wingers are like "the left LOVES soros" and I've literally never heard anyone on the left even talk about the guy. like he's not even some kind of minor celebrity. no one seems to give a shit about the guy except the right wing.

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vulgarweed.bsky.social @vulgarweed.bsky.social · 1h

October 11:
He patted my head as he said it, his hands being much warmer than the last friendly fellow's I'd met.
"Home. Go home now."
Thinking of Graymalk in the well, I led them to Morris and McCabe's place til I heard footsteps approaching inside in response to their knocking.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 6h

RIP Tony Fitzpatrick. Taught me so much about what it means to love a place so much that you become one with it. A truly singular Chicago artist.

A vibrant collage by Tony Fitzpatrick features a peregrine falcon with architectural elements and bold text related to Chicago.

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Martha Bayne @marthabayne.bsky.social · 6h

In disbelief that Tony Fitzpatrick has died. Almost 10 years ago he messaged me out of the blue to see if I wanted some art of his for the cover of "Rust Belt Chicago," a @beltpublishing.bsky.social anthology I was editing of essays, poetry & short stories about Chicago. His generosity was legend.

Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 6h

RIP Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66

He had recently published a new book, “The Sun at the End of the Road,” filled with his distinctive art, poetry and prose. Some consider it a memoir.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 8h

Tony Fitzpatrick, 1958-2025

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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 16h

🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂

So share some of my paintings??

In the pew-lined interior of a dim medieval church lit by rows of candles on tall staffs and pale sunlight coming through a window, a tall humanoid crow figure with flowing black robes and a glowing yellow eye stands beneath an ornately carved semicircular arch in Norman Romanesque style. On the wall surrounding the arch are many colourful murals depicting more humanoid crow figures with halos, carrying various items including swords, spears, harps, and chalices.

A painting set in a cosy shady woodland clearing on a sunny summer's day. In the centre of the frame, two figures sit on a fallen log mostly hidden by vegetation. The figure on the right has wavy blonde hair down past her shoulders, and wears a flowing white floor-length dress with long sleeves, with delicate lacework around the cuffs and neckline. She looks into the distance with a contemplative, sad expression. On her lap rests a small green book, covered by both of her hands.
The figure on the left sits leaning with her head against shoulder of the other figure. She wears a similar dress but simpler, and in a dark slate grey. Her hair is dark and straight, and flows down her tilted face, and she looks off towards a nightingale bird perched on a nearby branch. She raises a hand towards the other figure as if to get her attention.

Both figures are surrounded by various flowers. On the left of the frame are many spires of foxglove flowers in vivid pink and white, interspersed among green stinging nettles. On the right are the purple flowers of monkshood/wolfsbane.

Wrapping around the figures is a clear stream flowing from a distant pond that descends in a series of steps. Around the stream are many small mossy rocks, and shoots of dark green dog's mercury.

Above and behind the figures and flowers are two trees; on the left is a weeping willow with dangling dark green leaves. On the right are the branches of an old ash tree.

A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 8h

Oh no. What a legend.

MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 8h

Well, shit.

Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66

He had recently published a new book, “The Sun at the End of the Road,” filled with his distinctive art, poetry and prose. Some consider it a memoir.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 12h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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vulgarweed.bsky.social @vulgarweed.bsky.social · 1d

October 10:
Continuing, I came at last into the precincts of the Good Doctor's abode. It was as if I were directly beneath the low cloud-cluster now; and even as I watched, a triple-pronged piece of brightness fell from overhead to dance among the rods on the old building's roof.

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vulgarweed.bsky.social @vulgarweed.bsky.social · 2d

October 9:
"Snuff," Jack said. "Remember that man."
Somewhere on the long, long walk home an owl passed us, riding the chill breezes on motionless wings. I could not tell whether it was Nightwind. There were rats about the bridge, and I did not know whether Bubo was one of them.

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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 2d

And not just some random white criminal, it’s Al Ca-fucking-pone three months after the St Valentine’s Day Massacre

Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 2d

This is a great read from @chicagocovenants.bsky.social The parallels to today--a white criminal preferable to a black homeowner . . .
www.chicagocovenants.com/research/al-...

Al Capone’s Covenant — Chicago Covenants

By Ben Miller In the late 1920s, covenant fever swept the South Side of Chicago. As the city’s Black population boomed, white residents mobilized to prevent their neighborhoods from becoming integra...

www.chicagocovenants.com

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vulgarweed.bsky.social @vulgarweed.bsky.social · 2d

Pop Worship sounds kinda kinky

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 2d

fiction is a safe space to think of unsafe things

if you feel it's messing you up, step away. don't assume it's messing everyone up and you need to eradicate it because you caught a case of the feel-bads from something. go sit with that and think about why instead of pissing in everyone else's cheerios.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t get over how beyond despicable it is to detain street vendors, people that keep our streets vibrant and safer because of their presence. Street vendors are some of the most vulnerable and visible yet we are being told their detainment is to keep us safe. Ridiculous.

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Stephanie Lulay @slulay2.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: Today, a judge banned federal agents from using riot control weapons against reporters in Chicago.

It comes after 4 of our journalists were tear-gassed and shot w/ pepper-spray bullets and our nonprofit newsroom @blockclubchi.bsky.social and others sued.

This judgement protects us all:

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

blockclubchicago.org

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vulgarweed.bsky.social @vulgarweed.bsky.social · 2d

apropos of everything
youtu.be/lWF8iRCan7I?...

Spike Jones - Der Fuehrer's Face

YouTube video by MasterChristian82

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 3d

"Since September, at least six unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents. That number is likely higher, but the social invisibility and isolation already faced by people experiencing homelessness make their disappearances harder to track" by @katieprout.bsky.social @mulchy.bsky.social

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

it really feels like you should need to be smarter than these guys to do the amount of damage they do

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 3d

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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vulgarweed.bsky.social @vulgarweed.bsky.social · 3d

October 8:
I watched them - two big men, the air of the predator about each -sipping their tea now and discussing the exotic flowers Talbot cultivated and how they might fare, even indoors, in this climate.

Then came a terrible crash from the attic.

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 3d

This is a good article covering what's been done in my neighborhood to protect our schools, since a spate of ICE activity took place last Wednesday, some of which took place near the schools.

blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/c...

Chicago Neighbors Are Forming Watches Near Schools To Protect Students, Guardians From ICE

Increased federal immigration activity has prompted whistle-carrying neighbors in Irving Park and Albany Park to organize walking school buses and keep watch over students and guardians during school ...

blockclubchicago.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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