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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9h

2025 is full of moments like this - learning about some awesomely good and important thing the government did that this evil administration is killing

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 9h

Except this poem. This one will keep in my wallet.

The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 9h

We only have so many words in us. And eventually, they all run out, and they all get forgotten.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 10h

I wonder if they will re-stock the machine after the run out.

Maybe, for a while, but eventually, her words will run out, carrying on for a while after her body succumbed.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 10h

She had passed away this February.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 10h

On the side of the machine, it gave a little bio of the author, Yvonne Zipter.

Ominously, it had dates that went (1954-2025.)

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 10h

For 50 cents, it’s about as good a deal as you’re going to get.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 10h

At our favourite little cider and bar (Eris) they have a little poetry vending machine and this popped out.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 13h

Last night, at midnight, I walked 3 1/2 miles home from Wrigley Field down Addison.

It was a lovely walk- a quiet, well off part of town, with a fancy high school at Western.

Today, the area is swarming with ICE and is magnitudes less safe than it was for me last night in the wee hours.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 12h

Establishing a pretty clear M.O. the past few weeks.

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 12h

The WGN producer was released with no charges, per the outlet wgntv.com/news/operati...

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 17h

Poster selfie with guy in inflatable frog outfit.

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Defence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 12h

There’s going to be a time in the near future where stories and images like this simply aren’t proliferated anymore.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 12h

They are grabbing people that are outside

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 21h

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago and Chicagoans are doing their best to protect each other.

We are running patrols, hiding our neighbors, and locking down our schools.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 17h

Multiple Chicago schools went on lockdown today because of ICE, including my son’s and the one I’m on the council of. Spent the last two hours standing outside, trying to make sure nothing happens to these kids. This is horrible.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 13h

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

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 16h

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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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 13h

It was so quiet and peaceful and lovely.

I love Chicago so much. And they are trying to break it.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 13h

When they hopped on a bus at California, it was just me for a while as I walked along that familiar street.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 13h

It was such a lovely walk, as the crush of fellow fans slowly thinned out. Eventually it was just me and a couple from Schaumburg, who were happy to have a local as a guide to the blue line.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 13h

Last night, at midnight, I walked 3 1/2 miles home from Wrigley Field down Addison.

It was a lovely walk- a quiet, well off part of town, with a fancy high school at Western.

Today, the area is swarming with ICE and is magnitudes less safe than it was for me last night in the wee hours.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 17h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 14h

They cannot handle even this level of dissent.

It may seem hopeless, but, in my heart of hearts, I think we are winning.

The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 14h

This protests can seem silly, and hopeless.

What hope can demonstrators have against the power of the state as the kidnap hundreds of people a day?

But remember- it is driving these current administration administration absolutely crazy.

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The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social · 14h

They grabbed my tamale vender, too, in my neighborhood (Avondale) earlier this week.

It’s awful.

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