Ocean 🇵🇸 (they/them)
@fantasyocean.bsky.social
History ended three decades ago, but you'll be paying off your student loans till you die
Repeating "There's no ethical consumption under capitalism" isn't an excuse for apathy
🐘https://mastodon.sdf.org/@fantasyocean
Repeating "There's no ethical consumption under capitalism" isn't an excuse for apathy
🐘https://mastodon.sdf.org/@fantasyocean
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The next #YardSocial train crawl is just eight days away! Shake off the turkey coma and ride the rails with us for Black Friday in the southwest suburbs. Crawl kicks off downtown at Bears kickoff, with the first train right around halftime. Check the alt text for the full itinerary.
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The next #YardSocial train crawl is just eight days away! Shake off the turkey coma and ride the rails with us for Black Friday in the southwest suburbs. Crawl kicks off downtown at Bears kickoff, with the first train right around halftime. Check the alt text for the full itinerary.
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The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
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Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
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For far too many families, the cost of childcare is driving them out of the city they love.
New Yorkers deserve to be able to afford to raise families here.
New Yorkers deserve to be able to afford to raise families here.
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
For far too many families, the cost of childcare is driving them out of the city they love.
New Yorkers deserve to be able to afford to raise families here.
New Yorkers deserve to be able to afford to raise families here.
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A Chicago daycare teacher taken by federal agents has been released. blockclubchi.co/4hYKy3F
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A Chicago daycare teacher taken by federal agents has been released. blockclubchi.co/4hYKy3F
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As the Trump administration tries to withhold SNAP benefits from families all across the country, it also plans to make it much more difficult for blue collar workers to qualify for disability 👇
NEW: Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid.
These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
As the Trump administration tries to withhold SNAP benefits from families all across the country, it also plans to make it much more difficult for blue collar workers to qualify for disability 👇
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“When our heroic law enforcement officers conduct operations, they clearly identify themselves as law enforcement,” DHS’ Tricia McLaughlin asserted, “while wearing masks to protect themselves from being targeted by highly sophisticated gangs.”
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“When our heroic law enforcement officers conduct operations, they clearly identify themselves as law enforcement,” DHS’ Tricia McLaughlin asserted, “while wearing masks to protect themselves from being targeted by highly sophisticated gangs.”
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
THE GUNDAM BASE CHICAGO - First U.S. Location Coming to Chicago! share.google/85Sfu8dWo9VZ... #gunpla
After not getting any of the pop-ups all summer, I can't believe we're getting an actual Gundam Base!
After not getting any of the pop-ups all summer, I can't believe we're getting an actual Gundam Base!
THE GUNDAM BASE CHICAGO - First U.S. Location Coming to Chicago Winter 2025｜NEWS｜BANDAI HOBBY SITE
Featuring information on new products, events, and campaigns, including
share.google
October 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
THE GUNDAM BASE CHICAGO - First U.S. Location Coming to Chicago! share.google/85Sfu8dWo9VZ... #gunpla
After not getting any of the pop-ups all summer, I can't believe we're getting an actual Gundam Base!
After not getting any of the pop-ups all summer, I can't believe we're getting an actual Gundam Base!
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Our Block Party is on Oct. 4 and we partnered with Half Acre to brew our own special beer.
Block Club's Extra! Extra! Pale Ale will be available at the Block Party and our newsroom will receive $1 from every pint sold. 🍻
What are you waiting for? It's free to RSVP:
partywithblockclub.org
Block Club's Extra! Extra! Pale Ale will be available at the Block Party and our newsroom will receive $1 from every pint sold. 🍻
What are you waiting for? It's free to RSVP:
partywithblockclub.org
September 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our Block Party is on Oct. 4 and we partnered with Half Acre to brew our own special beer.
Block Club's Extra! Extra! Pale Ale will be available at the Block Party and our newsroom will receive $1 from every pint sold. 🍻
What are you waiting for? It's free to RSVP:
partywithblockclub.org
Block Club's Extra! Extra! Pale Ale will be available at the Block Party and our newsroom will receive $1 from every pint sold. 🍻
What are you waiting for? It's free to RSVP:
partywithblockclub.org
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Not “professional”, we do it just for the love of the game, baby
President Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime, but "would have preferred" Chicago. On Fox News Channel, he said Chicago politicians have fiercely resisted his plans, and that it was a “hostile” place with “professional agitators.”
Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime, 'would have preferred' Chicago
Trump says Memphis is “deeply troubled” and he's “going to fix that." On Fox News Channel, he said he “would have preferred going to Chicago,” where local politicians have fiercely resisted his plans, but he suggested it was a “hostile” place with “professional agitators.”
trib.al
September 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Not “professional”, we do it just for the love of the game, baby
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I am aware of the troubling incident that has unfolded in Franklin Park.
This is a developing situation and the people of Illinois deserve a full, factual accounting of what’s happened today to ensure transparency and accountability.
This is a developing situation and the people of Illinois deserve a full, factual accounting of what’s happened today to ensure transparency and accountability.
September 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I am aware of the troubling incident that has unfolded in Franklin Park.
This is a developing situation and the people of Illinois deserve a full, factual accounting of what’s happened today to ensure transparency and accountability.
This is a developing situation and the people of Illinois deserve a full, factual accounting of what’s happened today to ensure transparency and accountability.
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Metra’s South Chicago Branch and the Illinois Quantum Campus | High Speed Rail Alliance
www.hsrail.org
August 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Before this entire site goes the way of Mississippi, here’s a one-stop shop of #BuildTheTunnel links:
📽️ Watch it: youtu.be/WrCsytmZK4U?...
📰 Read it: citythatworks.substack.com/p/build-the-...
🗺️ Maps and more: yard-social.com/crosstowners
📽️ Watch it: youtu.be/WrCsytmZK4U?...
📰 Read it: citythatworks.substack.com/p/build-the-...
🗺️ Maps and more: yard-social.com/crosstowners
CrossTowners
CrossTowners, or “regional rail”, are a vision to unlock Chicagoland by using our existing passenger rail infrastructure more efficiently for all-day service.
yard-social.com
August 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Before this entire site goes the way of Mississippi, here’s a one-stop shop of #BuildTheTunnel links:
📽️ Watch it: youtu.be/WrCsytmZK4U?...
📰 Read it: citythatworks.substack.com/p/build-the-...
🗺️ Maps and more: yard-social.com/crosstowners
📽️ Watch it: youtu.be/WrCsytmZK4U?...
📰 Read it: citythatworks.substack.com/p/build-the-...
🗺️ Maps and more: yard-social.com/crosstowners
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Explainer by #JustinErb in #CityThatWorks on Title VI and CTA service cuts. Note that unless CTA, Metra, & Pace collaborate on service cuts and post-cliff funding distributions, transit service cuts will be done in separate institutional/geographic siloes. citythatworks.substack.com/p/federal-ru...
Federal rules do not prevent the CTA from making smart cuts
Explaining Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
citythatworks.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Explainer by #JustinErb in #CityThatWorks on Title VI and CTA service cuts. Note that unless CTA, Metra, & Pace collaborate on service cuts and post-cliff funding distributions, transit service cuts will be done in separate institutional/geographic siloes. citythatworks.substack.com/p/federal-ru...
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Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.
August 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.
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Imagine we’re all on a bus that hasn’t moved & people are upset.
Gov. Newsom is the equivalent of someone hopping in the driver seat and driving it towards a cliff.
Those of us trying to get him to stop are being shouted down because “at least someone is driving!”
Gov. Newsom is the equivalent of someone hopping in the driver seat and driving it towards a cliff.
Those of us trying to get him to stop are being shouted down because “at least someone is driving!”
Gavin Newsom is all over the news, I feel this is very important because he's likely running for POTUS.
Many on the left are raising red flags about his POV on trans people & unhoused people 🚩
Erin @erininthemorning.com is the #1 trans journalist. This article is 🔥
share.google/WdPQceHxBDJv...
Many on the left are raising red flags about his POV on trans people & unhoused people 🚩
Erin @erininthemorning.com is the #1 trans journalist. This article is 🔥
share.google/WdPQceHxBDJv...
CA Gov Gavin Newsom "Completely Aligns" With Charlie Kirk On Trans Issues In Podcast
The California Governor, in the launch of his new podcast, announced that he completely aligned with far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ influencer Charlie Kirk on sports, and agreed on prisons and youth care.
share.google
August 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Imagine we’re all on a bus that hasn’t moved & people are upset.
Gov. Newsom is the equivalent of someone hopping in the driver seat and driving it towards a cliff.
Those of us trying to get him to stop are being shouted down because “at least someone is driving!”
Gov. Newsom is the equivalent of someone hopping in the driver seat and driving it towards a cliff.
Those of us trying to get him to stop are being shouted down because “at least someone is driving!”
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You are a Linux user now. 😉
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
You are a Linux user now. 😉
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the community guidelines in question here include issues pertaining to adult content and LGBT+ identity, so please do fill it out and give them a BIG piece of your mind!!
kick up a fuss! we're not about to be pushed out!
kick up a fuss! we're not about to be pushed out!
In the coming weeks, we're asking for feedback on our Community Guidelines. Your input will help ensure our Guidelines serve our users and are ready to support Bluesky's future.
To learn how to contribute, check out our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
To learn how to contribute, check out our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Updated Terms and Policies - Bluesky
We’re updating the language in our terms and policies to better explain our approach and provide more detail.
bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
the community guidelines in question here include issues pertaining to adult content and LGBT+ identity, so please do fill it out and give them a BIG piece of your mind!!
kick up a fuss! we're not about to be pushed out!
kick up a fuss! we're not about to be pushed out!
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How a rogue laboratory got people convicted for driving high.
A forensics scandal at the University of Illinois Chicago reveals a crisis of oversight in the state’s crime labs.
Injustice Watch reports: blockclubchi.co/4mJg4nD
A forensics scandal at the University of Illinois Chicago reveals a crisis of oversight in the state’s crime labs.
Injustice Watch reports: blockclubchi.co/4mJg4nD
August 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
How a rogue laboratory got people convicted for driving high.
A forensics scandal at the University of Illinois Chicago reveals a crisis of oversight in the state’s crime labs.
Injustice Watch reports: blockclubchi.co/4mJg4nD
A forensics scandal at the University of Illinois Chicago reveals a crisis of oversight in the state’s crime labs.
Injustice Watch reports: blockclubchi.co/4mJg4nD
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Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card!!!
As someone on a county library board: we track checkouts, we track event attendance, hell we track door counts. Just visit your local library and show them some love
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card!!!
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See, Gaza isn’t a genocide because they’re also bombing and starving international reporters.
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
See, Gaza isn’t a genocide because they’re also bombing and starving international reporters.
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TODAY is the last day to donate! Before school starts, Block Club is partnering w/ Open Books to provide 2,200 free books to CPS students. Every $20 contribution provides 1 book. 📚
Donate here to support Block Club AND gift a book to a student: blockclubchi.co/4m5FXy2
Donate here to support Block Club AND gift a book to a student: blockclubchi.co/4m5FXy2
August 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
TODAY is the last day to donate! Before school starts, Block Club is partnering w/ Open Books to provide 2,200 free books to CPS students. Every $20 contribution provides 1 book. 📚
Donate here to support Block Club AND gift a book to a student: blockclubchi.co/4m5FXy2
Donate here to support Block Club AND gift a book to a student: blockclubchi.co/4m5FXy2
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5 must-see theater shows to check out in August: blockclubchi.co/45nwTxk
August 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
5 must-see theater shows to check out in August: blockclubchi.co/45nwTxk