Jeff Nichols
@backwardsriver.bsky.social
Chicago blueystorian, UIC ABD
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I queue up Chicago images and footage on days when I am multitasking or just burned out. If Trump has ordered tanks to roll over peaceful demonstrators in Los Angeles or anywhere else, my Chicago posts aren't some kind of passive aggressive message.
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What’s most upsetting about the AI slop videos “from Minneapolis” are that they don’t show the awesome stuff that is actually happening.
January 18, 2026 at 12:59 PM
What’s most upsetting about the AI slop videos “from Minneapolis” are that they don’t show the awesome stuff that is actually happening.
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Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
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"Such teachings should be viewed as treason and those who do it imprisoned," said the First Amendment Absolutist.
January 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
"Such teachings should be viewed as treason and those who do it imprisoned," said the First Amendment Absolutist.
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“Don’t blow a whistle when you see ICE, it might traumatize someone and cause ICE agents to escalate their brutality” is some insane mental gymnastics and victim blaming.
January 18, 2026 at 6:36 PM
“Don’t blow a whistle when you see ICE, it might traumatize someone and cause ICE agents to escalate their brutality” is some insane mental gymnastics and victim blaming.
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How it started/how it's going
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How it started/how it's going
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At what point does losing 77 billion dollars impact a business? The global box office for all movies, put together, in total, all movies everywhere in 2025 was 33.5 billion dollars. He lost more than double that on “legs”
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
At what point does losing 77 billion dollars impact a business? The global box office for all movies, put together, in total, all movies everywhere in 2025 was 33.5 billion dollars. He lost more than double that on “legs”
While they shared some of the same bigotries as Trump, Americans in the 19th Century would have NEVER elected Trump, an unchurched degenerate who is clearly mentally unsound. For all the talk about "pioneers," Trump fits the Kaiser-shaped hole where Schmitt's soul should be.
January 18, 2026 at 5:40 AM
While they shared some of the same bigotries as Trump, Americans in the 19th Century would have NEVER elected Trump, an unchurched degenerate who is clearly mentally unsound. For all the talk about "pioneers," Trump fits the Kaiser-shaped hole where Schmitt's soul should be.
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jd vance would sell his *own* children for a percocet if he thought it would get him closer to the presidency
NEW: JD Vance supported US strikes on Iran this week and reasoned that Trump had to enforce his own red line, per sources. It was a surprise role reversal for a politician who built his identity on opposing Middle East wars with a loose connection to core US interests
January 18, 2026 at 1:21 AM
jd vance would sell his *own* children for a percocet if he thought it would get him closer to the presidency
I can't get over how doorknobs with anonymous Bluesky accounts are critiquing the heroism and discipline of Minnesotans trying to protect their neighbors.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I can't get over how doorknobs with anonymous Bluesky accounts are critiquing the heroism and discipline of Minnesotans trying to protect their neighbors.
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We have unlimited money for paramilitary forces that kidnap people off the streets but also have something called "school lunch debt" what are we doing here
January 18, 2026 at 4:03 AM
We have unlimited money for paramilitary forces that kidnap people off the streets but also have something called "school lunch debt" what are we doing here
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cassidy betrayed his country and himself in order to help rfk murder children, and for what?
like, "okay, I will murder children for tump's endorsement" and then he doesn't endorse you.
I hope he appreciates the price of his soul.
like, "okay, I will murder children for tump's endorsement" and then he doesn't endorse you.
I hope he appreciates the price of his soul.
Trump says he will endorse Julia Letlow if she runs against Bill Cassidy in a Republican senate primary.
January 18, 2026 at 3:52 AM
cassidy betrayed his country and himself in order to help rfk murder children, and for what?
like, "okay, I will murder children for tump's endorsement" and then he doesn't endorse you.
I hope he appreciates the price of his soul.
like, "okay, I will murder children for tump's endorsement" and then he doesn't endorse you.
I hope he appreciates the price of his soul.
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Filming the police isn't a crime.
Federal Agents Keep Invoking Killing of Renee Good to Threaten Protesters in Minnesota
In apparent references to Renee Good, multiple agents have asked protesters: “Have y’all not learned from the past couple of days?”
interc.pt
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Filming the police isn't a crime.
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Hey, so. After Charlie Kirk was killed, did the left doxx his kids' school and barrage it with so much harassment and violent threats it had to shut down for the safety of the students and staff?
Because the right did that to Renee Good's six year old son's school.
Because the right did that to Renee Good's six year old son's school.
January 18, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Hey, so. After Charlie Kirk was killed, did the left doxx his kids' school and barrage it with so much harassment and violent threats it had to shut down for the safety of the students and staff?
Because the right did that to Renee Good's six year old son's school.
Because the right did that to Renee Good's six year old son's school.
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I’m physically following them around using my government name telling them to arrest me and they haven’t bothered to arrest me. Also half the US Attorney’s office here in MN just resigned! They do not have a case and they do not have manpower, but their only tool is trying to be menacing.
will not be surprised if the subpoenas are never issued
NYT says subpoenas have not been issued. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I’m physically following them around using my government name telling them to arrest me and they haven’t bothered to arrest me. Also half the US Attorney’s office here in MN just resigned! They do not have a case and they do not have manpower, but their only tool is trying to be menacing.
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Make no mistake, he is justifying violence if he objects to the outcome of an election. Keep that in mind as we prepare for 2026.
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Make no mistake, he is justifying violence if he objects to the outcome of an election. Keep that in mind as we prepare for 2026.
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
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JD Vance is a liar. The best prospect for Greenland under US rule would be something like Palau or Micronesia, a neglected
free associate" of the US worse off than Puerto Rico, disenfranchised, impoverished, and forgotten.
free associate" of the US worse off than Puerto Rico, disenfranchised, impoverished, and forgotten.
What JD Vance doesn't get when he implies everyone should cry tears of joy at being conquered by the US is that the prospect of being governed by a malignant narcissistic psychopath and his band of Nazis is not exactly what you would hope for your country.
January 18, 2026 at 2:24 AM
JD Vance is a liar. The best prospect for Greenland under US rule would be something like Palau or Micronesia, a neglected
free associate" of the US worse off than Puerto Rico, disenfranchised, impoverished, and forgotten.
free associate" of the US worse off than Puerto Rico, disenfranchised, impoverished, and forgotten.
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I speak Midwestern:
🟢 “Hey man, you sure about that?”
🟡 “Take it easy, buddy”
🟠 “It’s time for you to head home my friend”
🔴 “I don’t plan to let you do that”
⚫️ [you are under the ice in a lake that will not thaw until Memorial Day]
🟢 “Hey man, you sure about that?”
🟡 “Take it easy, buddy”
🟠 “It’s time for you to head home my friend”
🔴 “I don’t plan to let you do that”
⚫️ [you are under the ice in a lake that will not thaw until Memorial Day]
If a Minnesotan says to you, "I don't plan to let you do that," run.
January 18, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I speak Midwestern:
🟢 “Hey man, you sure about that?”
🟡 “Take it easy, buddy”
🟠 “It’s time for you to head home my friend”
🔴 “I don’t plan to let you do that”
⚫️ [you are under the ice in a lake that will not thaw until Memorial Day]
🟢 “Hey man, you sure about that?”
🟡 “Take it easy, buddy”
🟠 “It’s time for you to head home my friend”
🔴 “I don’t plan to let you do that”
⚫️ [you are under the ice in a lake that will not thaw until Memorial Day]
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Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
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MLK Day is coming up, which means we’ll see every right wing jackass with a microphone quoting him out of context and pretending they wouldn’t have cheered his assassination at the time.
January 17, 2026 at 10:35 PM
MLK Day is coming up, which means we’ll see every right wing jackass with a microphone quoting him out of context and pretending they wouldn’t have cheered his assassination at the time.
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I kind of miss when calling anyone a Nazi online was considered a low blow and not plainly factual.
January 17, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I kind of miss when calling anyone a Nazi online was considered a low blow and not plainly factual.
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
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Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
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the fact that Republican senators like Schmitt can’t even write a fascist screed on their own and instead have to rely on chatGPT perfectly captures the unique combination of evil and stupid that defines the modern Republican Party
January 17, 2026 at 7:16 PM
the fact that Republican senators like Schmitt can’t even write a fascist screed on their own and instead have to rely on chatGPT perfectly captures the unique combination of evil and stupid that defines the modern Republican Party