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Jakub M. @iliekmudkip.bsky.social · 7h

Frogs in Chicago when?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

The Freedom Frogs of Portland are multiplying. It’s beautiful.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 9h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

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

Jakub M. @iliekmudkip.bsky.social · 7h

If you are paid bi-weekly, does your payslip include the dates of the two work weeks? I.E
09/01/2025-09/07/2025 30 hours worked
09/08/2025-09/14/2025 27 hours worked

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Jakub M. @iliekmudkip.bsky.social · 7h

Unfortunately, yes if the total 57 hours that you work was split between the 1st week of your pay period and the 2nd week of your pay period. Say for example 30 hours in week 1 and 27 hours in week 2.

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Jakub M. @iliekmudkip.bsky.social · 9h

Check out illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/rights-of-th...

For more information or to file a complaint about an employer's practices, please call the Workplace Rights Hotline at 1-844-740-5076 or use the complaint form.

Workplace Rights

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Jakub M. @iliekmudkip.bsky.social · 9h

Straight up sounds like wage theft!

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 16h

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Jakub M. @iliekmudkip.bsky.social · 1d

Good news! “Chicago is set to have the largest community air monitoring network in the world with nearly 280 sensors”. Data is supposed to be available early in 2026.

www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...

www.chicago.gov

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Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 1d

RIP actor & Chicago native Ron Dean.

He interrogated Dr. Richard Kimble in THE FUGITIVE, he dropped Andy off at detention in THE BREAKFAST CLUB, he was shot by Harvey Dent in THE DARK KNIGHT, he was Marty Crane's poker buddy on FRASIER, and so much more.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 1d

Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.

In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬

Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services

Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…

www.urban.org

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 2d

Speed safety cameras are astonishingly successful. We know the tools that reduce traffic violence. Legalize them.
www.sfmta.com/blog/our-spe...

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Jakub M. @iliekmudkip.bsky.social · 2d

Love to see the new street calming chicanes “curb bump-outs” going in on Avondale Ave. in Jefferson Park!
Thank you CDOT for making our streets safer.

youtu.be/bOlk-hEcors?...

Residents in Jefferson Park confused over chicane construction

YouTube video by CBS Chicago

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 2d

I can't stop thinking about this. We're pursuing zero fire risk in multifam, while tolerating much more in single-fam. People respond by building and living in single-fam, where they're exposed to not only one of the highest fire death risks in the developed world, but also TONS more car crash risk

Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 2d

Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.

www.pew.org/en/research-...

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Tosin Fadeyi @tosinfadeyi.bsky.social · 2d

Applications for this year's minigrants are open! Reach out to me with any questions :)

Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 2d

🔬✨Applications are open! The Science for Public Good Fund offers up to $1500 to support community-driven science advocacy projects. From workshops to local campaigns, you can help spark change.

🔗 Apply here now: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 2d

🔬✨Applications are open! The Science for Public Good Fund offers up to $1500 to support community-driven science advocacy projects. From workshops to local campaigns, you can help spark change.

🔗 Apply here now: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3d

No remote access in this afternoon's hearing in Illinois v Trump—Chicago-based legal journalists, we are counting on you

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Alex @3eeutiful42.bsky.social · 4d

"I think the ambition of trying to put people back in the heart of the street is fantastic"
Feel like this ethos has been laughed at by transpo professionals at CDOT and IDOT for so long that anyone who works in these places suppresses it. Obvs a small cherry-picked example but that statements BIG

London's Lambeth: Creating Mini Town Squares with Modal Filters (Low Traffic Neighborhoods)

YouTube video by Streetfilms®

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Jakub M. @iliekmudkip.bsky.social · 7d

We need to bring back the Millennium Park bike station! And expand with a new bike commuter station in the central loop!

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 7d

Chicago really is becoming a bigger and bigger biking city - look at all the bikes I saw parked downtown on lunch!

A man in the Dearborn protected bike lane waiting on a light to change

Bike parking in front of Chase Tower truly filled to the brim

Tons of Divvy bikes filling up and overflowing a station on Dearborn Ave next to a two way protected bike lane

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8d

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 8d

Well this is (not) reassuring: a TFR (temporary flight restriction) just went up over the city from now through October 12th for "Special Security Reasons."

Not that this makes it any better, but this TFR is specifically for drones (UAS) provided you don't have prior approval or authorization.

This image displays a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) detailing temporary flight restrictions around Chicago, Illinois, near O'Hare International Airport. The restriction zone spans a 15 nautical mile radius centered around the O'Hare VOR/DME, from the surface to 400 feet above ground level. The NOTAM, issued for special security reasons, is in effect from October 1, 2025, at 1445 UTC until October 12, 2025, at 2359 UTC. It highlights that no Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations are allowed in the area unless authorized under specific conditions for defense, law enforcement, or other critical missions.

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Jakub M. @iliekmudkip.bsky.social · 8d

TFR stands for Temporary Flight Restriction, which is ban on flying drones in a specific area and for a short period of time.

The FAA has banned drone flights within the entire Chicago area for 12 days.

Dean W. Armstrong @dwarmstr.bsky.social · 8d

screenshot of map of chicago with red circle centered on downtown with Temporary Flight Restriction notice in text on right.

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Dean W. Armstrong @dwarmstr.bsky.social · 8d

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