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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 1h

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Genevieve Renard Painter @genevievepaintr.bsky.social · 23m

People in Gaza should not have to wait a single minute longer for life-saving aid.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Desperately needed aid is in position on the Egypt-Gaza border, ready to be delivered to millions of Palestinians. The UN says it has received approval from Israel to begin deliveries on Sunday.

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 3h

The Swiss journalist @emilianobos.bsky.social ( @rts.ch ) managed to enter the Gaza Strip with a cameraman on Friday - first foreign journalists that enter Gaza. The below video was taken in Rafah.

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 1d

It’s heartbreaking that the richest country in the world needs food banks to feed its people but it’s unbelievable that our billionaire politicians have forced our military to feed themselves and their families from food banks.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #Military
www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Food Pantry Visits From Military Families Climb Over 30% Since Government Shutdown Began

Military families are being encouraged to seek out food, other resources as the government shutdown has surpassed one week with no end in sight.

www.military.com

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2h

Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans

Image: A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” engraving, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. Each segment of the snake has the name of a university sent Trump’s “compact”: Texas, AZ, Vanderbilt, USC, Dartmouth, UVA, Brown, Penn, MIT.

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Genevieve Renard Painter @genevievepaintr.bsky.social · 14h

it is so amazing to see a candidate for office speak so clearly and unabashedly about trans people's rights and their intrinsic value to the community. thank you @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 17h

Fuck every part of this. If you're in Illinois, please phone @govpritzker.illinois.gov 's office and tell him to stop this right fucking now.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 21h

every time we’re out here we see new types of cops.

looks like the illinois department of correction’s tactical team is also here on site.

background: www.chicagoreporter.com/new-uniforms...

two cops in dark blue uniforms stand next to another cop wearing a blue polo

a close-up of one officer’s patch. it reads “tactical dept corrections. illinois sort.”

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20h

get in losers we're repenting

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 20h

Liberation theology in the USA. More please.

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · 16h

The McGill Assoc. of Univ. Teachers (MAUT) yesterday *overwhelmingly* endorsed the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, & calls upon McGill to end its partnerships with Israeli universities & other institutions.

("Overwhelmingly" means 104 yea to 8 nay!)

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 19h

I saw myself as maybe all in for J.B. Pritzker

But I am losing faith, rapidly.

Police state fascism in America is bigger than Trump. It's backed by Democrats just like Republicans. And it's not going anywhere

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

Note: it's not even curfew yet.

State police just started pushing people off the business park corner. Here in the road, a brave group of demonstrators are attempting to hold their line.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 2d

So what excuse does Israel now have for not letting foreign journalists into Gaza?

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2d

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 2d

To avoid swearing in a duly elected Democratic House member who will force a vote to release the Epstein files, the House is in recess indefinitely

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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 2d

We have reached the point where "multiplying protest frogs" is a headline I instantly understand, and I was not prepared for this. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Troops to Portland still on hold, multiplying protest frogs, fact-check on Trump claims: Get caught up

It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

www.oregonlive.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 2d

Much love and solidarity to everyone in RP on such a horrible day. Saw so many people out and about this afternoon, doing whatever they can to keep everyone safe around here.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 2d

Context for the whistles (though the above is about Rogers Park/Edgewater, not Little Village): blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/17/i...

In Little Village, Residents Are Blowing Actual Whistles To Warn Neighbors About ICE

Residents have equipped themselves with bright orange whistles amid ramped-up ICE arrests. "People could hear that noise, and if they don’t have legal status, go the other way," one immigrant advocate...

blockclubchicago.org

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 2d

Signs of the times in Chicago today: My daughter's school went on soft lockdown because of reports of ICE. Volunteers showed up at the nearby H.S. to escort people who didn't feel safe. Walking around, I saw lots of orange whistles around people's necks.

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Genevieve Renard Painter @genevievepaintr.bsky.social · 3d

the hell fire before the cease fire, as always.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Genevieve Renard Painter @genevievepaintr.bsky.social · 3d

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Elizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 3d

U.S bill calls for negotiations for more integration between Canadian, American border agents and for U.S. law enforcement to be able to operate in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Antagoniste 🏴 @antagonisteqc.bsky.social · 3d

ça contredit complètement la santé publique/politique du québec

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 3d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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