Alex Nelson
@aenelson4.bsky.social
The real infrastructure is the friends we make along the way. Free Palestine. She/Her.
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Just watched someone trying to navigate an icy intersection with a wheelchair almost get plowed into by a delivery robot that had raced across the street and almost got hit by a car in the process as the light was changing.
Yeah we all need to start carrying baseball bats
Yeah we all need to start carrying baseball bats
December 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just watched someone trying to navigate an icy intersection with a wheelchair almost get plowed into by a delivery robot that had raced across the street and almost got hit by a car in the process as the light was changing.
Yeah we all need to start carrying baseball bats
Yeah we all need to start carrying baseball bats
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Woman fatally struck by CTA bus after apparent slip in South Shore: Chicago police
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
wgntv.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Woman fatally struck by CTA bus after apparent slip in South Shore: Chicago police
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
This is far and away the craziest captcha I have ever encountered.
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is far and away the craziest captcha I have ever encountered.
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This delivery robot appears to be stuck.
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This delivery robot appears to be stuck.
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Video shows him during a raid in Little Village saying to Border Patrol Agents "My regards for all of you and the work that you guys are doing... God bless you guys.”
At the time he was Director of Community Outreach at Little Village Chamber of Commerce.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...
At the time he was Director of Community Outreach at Little Village Chamber of Commerce.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...
Little Village Chamber Leader Thanked Border Patrol Agents As They Arrested Neighbors, Video Shows
Little Village, an enclave for Mexican Americans and immigrants, was heavily targeted during Operation Midway Blitz. After Block Club uncovered the video, the chamber said the employee was no longer e...
blockclubchicago.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Video shows him during a raid in Little Village saying to Border Patrol Agents "My regards for all of you and the work that you guys are doing... God bless you guys.”
At the time he was Director of Community Outreach at Little Village Chamber of Commerce.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...
At the time he was Director of Community Outreach at Little Village Chamber of Commerce.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...
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Join us on Sunday, December 7th at the West Loop branch for a community meeting to go over what happened to #PlowTheSidewalks and discuss where we go next.
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Join us on Sunday, December 7th at the West Loop branch for a community meeting to go over what happened to #PlowTheSidewalks and discuss where we go next.
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
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Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Every now and then I go out on my balcony to admire my perfectly shoveled sidewalk and feel morally superior. And yes I am the reason the bus stop down the way is cleared as well. 😇
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Every now and then I go out on my balcony to admire my perfectly shoveled sidewalk and feel morally superior. And yes I am the reason the bus stop down the way is cleared as well. 😇
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The administration has taken into custody immigrants who are medically vulnerable and whose detention threatens not only their own health but also that of their newborn children — typically U.S. citizens — by depriving them of early bonding beneficial to a baby’s lifelong wellbeing.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The administration has taken into custody immigrants who are medically vulnerable and whose detention threatens not only their own health but also that of their newborn children — typically U.S. citizens — by depriving them of early bonding beneficial to a baby’s lifelong wellbeing.
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See an uncleared sidewalk? We want to see it too.
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
See an uncleared sidewalk? We want to see it too.
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
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The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts.
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts.
Happy "my dog is from California and refuses to take walks in this weather" season to all who celebrate.
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy "my dog is from California and refuses to take walks in this weather" season to all who celebrate.
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RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
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also curious how many that oppose the #plowthesidewalk idea were out shoveling their walkways and neighbours to prove that the city does not need to spend the money…
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
also curious how many that oppose the #plowthesidewalk idea were out shoveling their walkways and neighbours to prove that the city does not need to spend the money…
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What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next…
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next…
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
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My city has these for sweeping. They have also simpler variant for emptying public bins in the city. These can carry snow plows and spray saline fluid to keep the bike paths open in winter. In autumn, they operate in tandem, one sweeping the street and the other carrying a guy with a leaf blower.
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My city has these for sweeping. They have also simpler variant for emptying public bins in the city. These can carry snow plows and spray saline fluid to keep the bike paths open in winter. In autumn, they operate in tandem, one sweeping the street and the other carrying a guy with a leaf blower.
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
A true Chicago 'Welcome Home.'
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A true Chicago 'Welcome Home.'
Rewatching 'Charlie's Angels' which was an absolute favorite of mine growing up. This movie definitely had an outsize role in my formative understanding of womanhood.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Rewatching 'Charlie's Angels' which was an absolute favorite of mine growing up. This movie definitely had an outsize role in my formative understanding of womanhood.
I don't like that Lyft knows I'm on an airplane.
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I don't like that Lyft knows I'm on an airplane.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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I think my brain is broken. I take plenty of the normal tourist pics and selfies, but I also have so many pics of public bathrooms and broken sidewalks.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I think my brain is broken. I take plenty of the normal tourist pics and selfies, but I also have so many pics of public bathrooms and broken sidewalks.
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“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and roaches and flea infestation before ICE.”
Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and roaches and flea infestation before ICE.”
I did that thing I sometimes do where I flew to a foreign country with no plans or itinerary outside of booking a hostel to sleep in.
Give me all your Mexico City recommendations, I'm here till Friday!
Give me all your Mexico City recommendations, I'm here till Friday!
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I did that thing I sometimes do where I flew to a foreign country with no plans or itinerary outside of booking a hostel to sleep in.
Give me all your Mexico City recommendations, I'm here till Friday!
Give me all your Mexico City recommendations, I'm here till Friday!