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Chris J. Karr

@cjkarr.bsky.social

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I wear a lot of hats: software developer, entrepreneur, weird fiction publisher, writer, non-profit founder, election worker, local handyman, open-source creator, and Macross fan. Latest updates can be found at notesfromthevoid.cc.

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Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social · 10d

Just in time for Halloween, "Codex of Pleasure and Pain: Stories Inspired by Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser'" is now out!

My story - "The Apprentice" - is included and tells the story of a 16th century math prodigy who joins forces with Hell's own emissaries.

Get the book soundtrack too!

#Hellraiser

Codex Of Pleasure And Pain (Cd + Book) from Eighth Tower Records

eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1h

yes!!!! ha ha ha yes!!!!

Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 1h

Portland’s Emergency World Naked Bike Ride arrives at ICE

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4h

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social · 9h

He's from Chicago. What did you expect?

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20h

Chicago

sevedge @sevedge.bsky.social · 1d

photo of a Do Not Enter traffic sign on a Chicago street, but someone has altered it to say Do Not -Let ICE- Enter

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 20h

I had not heard Rob Dougan's Clubbed to Death in years. Maybe decades.

But it instantly activated a dormant part of my brain. A part that craves AMVs like you wouldn't believe.

The Matrix • Clubbed to Death • Rob Dougan

YouTube video by HD Film Tributes

www.youtube.com

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TCFlyingV @tcflyingv.bsky.social · 22h

Kristi Noem releases sketch of Antifa founder seen here amassing Tylenol in a war torn patch of trees:

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Chris J. Karr @chris.sights.omgwars.com · 23h

Eamus Catuli!

#ChicagoCubs

"Let's win this for Ryno and Sister Jean! Go Cubbies!" Sign at Murphy's Bleachers.

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TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @krajcitom.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Maple leaves in autumn colors on the forest floor in the mountains of southern New mexico.

Looking down at a small portion of forest floor. Two normal sized maple leaves have beautiful autumn colors of yellow orange and red. Between these two leaves and slightly above them is one very small maple leaf with perhaps slightly more brilliant red coloring.

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Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social · 1d

Broke out the Steam Deck radio to hear what was flying overhead this afternoon.

#SoftwareDefinedRadio #ADSB #SDRangel #RTLSDR

Chris J. Karr @chris.sights.omgwars.com · 1d

Broke out the radio to see if I could catch some plane transponders.

Ended up being easier than I expected.

#ADBS #SoftwareDefinedRadio

Caught a Midway Blitz chopper flying over the area.

Listening to ADB-S transponders over Chicago.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that Donald Trump’s first appearance in the New York Times was when the Nixon Justice Dept. sued him and his father for refusing to rent apartments to black people.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 1d

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Duane Pesice @moderan.bsky.social · 1d

The meatloaf sweepstakes.

Chicago Cubs news and notes: Boyd, Busch, Happ, Tucker

Cub Tracks - The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news.

www.bleedcubbieblue.com

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 1d

1.6 million crypto traders had their positions liquidated after Trump announced 100% tariffs on China. There were $16.6B in losses from liquidated long positions which is 10x the amount from COVID and FTX related crashes.

I’m surprised Trump Always Chickens Out didn’t apply this time, instead panic

Crypto bloodbath sees $19B in leveraged positions erased

Over $19B in leveraged positions liquidation hit crypto markets, affecting 1.6 million traders as Bitcoin and Ethereum saw sharp declines.

cryptobriefing.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

It's a solid point. Pritzker and Newsom have said that federal agents can be charged with state and local crimes, when possible. Moving traffic violations and side swiping vehicles should qualify.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 2d

39/ Shout-out to Bryce Dallas Howard!

We're sticking with Star Wars because she directed some really good episodes. And there are so few women who have directed a Star Wars story (it's crazy).

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 3d

38/ Shout-out to Tony Gilroy!

Not everyone can create a second great Star Wars saga.
And unintentionally releasing this study of authoritarianism and revolutions throughout history at just the right moment, resulting in a prestigious show that comments daily on what we see in the news.

So much going wrong, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it.

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Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social · 1d

It's not a real hobby until it gets its own Pelican case.

Chris J. Karr @chris.sights.omgwars.com · 1d

Finally got the foam inserts to wrap up my Radio Box.

Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social · 2d

"The Anubis Gates" is one of the Tim Powers books remaining on my TO READ list...

#TimPowers #TheAnubisGates

Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 2d

Art by Philippe Caza for Les voies d’Anubis (The Anubis Gates) by Tim Powers (1986 French edition)

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 2d

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

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Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social · 2d

Bros got more pouches than a Rob Liefeld omnibus!

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 2d

I went to Broadview ICE facility again today. They blocked off 25th, a lot of sheriffs police, local cops& Illinois state police. Around noon, riot police w/ weapons, helmets, zip ties came out. All in black & I cannot figure out what this patch says. The word on the bottom is police. Anybody know?

A patch that says police on the bottom and has a figure with a lance on a white horse above the word police. There are words above the horse image, but I do not know what they are.

A cop clad all in black with a helmet and mask on and a gun. On his uniform, there is A patch that says police on the bottom and has a figure with a lance on a white horse above the word police. There are words above the horse image, but I do not know what they are.

Cops clad all in black with helmets and masks on and guns. Their helmets have right Shields over the front. This is outside the Broadview, Illinois ice facility. One of the cops also has zip ties.

Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social · 2d

YES!

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 2d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · 2d

Cannot thank Nelson enough for being in our #Peacemaker Finale “Full Nelson.” See this very special music video to their song “To Get Back To You” at the link!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORFA...

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Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social · 2d

Goon shit.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 3d

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 3d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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