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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 22h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 7h

"I believe a durable, mutually agreed upon resolution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict requires what Trump’s plan sidelines: Palestinian self-determination."

Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 7h

My article on the 20 point gaza "peace plan" is now out. Let me tell you why peace processes in the Israeli Palestinian conflict seem to keep failing, with a focus on Tony Blair the menace of the middle east

theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...

Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland

The former British leader was tapped to lead redevelopment efforts in Gaza if a deal is agreed upon.

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 7h

(I will not actually be in the tub, I have to go to work)

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 7h

Had a couple of very packed & reasonably effective days (City Civics workshop! Council hearing on the ordinance to ban police-ICE collaboration! Tough family stuff that is ongoing but being handled, at least in my house, with care! Baby Time!) & am now depleted. If you need me I'll be in the tub

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 7h

I love people's creativity and the various ways they have found to support each other. I've seen several examples of people doing this in Chicago. If you know a local vendor, can you do the same for them? Sell their goods so they won't be vulnerable to ICE?

A Facebook post by Jaime Andrade promotes a tamales and champurrado sale for Ms. Maria on Thursday, October 9th, at Kedzie & Byron to support her family. The flyer features tamales, a mug, and contact/payment info.

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 8h

#PVDlocal / #RIlocal big coordinated food drive going on ahead of a very meager winter thewomxnproject.org/pr-food-drive/

PR: Local Groups Team Up for a Collective Food Drive & Call on the Greater Community This Fall and Winter

Providence, RI – RI Food Bank, RI Food Policy Council, RI State Council of Churches, The Womxn Project, and Youth Pride urge partners to help keep our

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 8h

Tonight, with @climatena.bsky.social & the Climate Mobilization Project, learn how training in mental health care can support mutual aid, survival organizing, & local resilience! You might like it! www.eventbrite.com/e/community-...

Community climate resilience: Integrating mental health skills & mutual aid

The Climate Mobilization Project will describe their work at the intersection of mutual aid and climate action + more.

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Eng Alaa @mamatwins.bsky.social · 11h

The ceasefire has now been implemented.

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 9h

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 1d

sign and share and join AAUP actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025

We stand for education—for science, for students and for freedom—and against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?

section of text from South Side Weekly's coverage, which says: "The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records. On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver.

Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing, has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park.

Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments. In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 9h

Compact shmompact www.brownchapteraaup.org/statements

Statements — Brown AAUP

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Henny Gesserit @nmjmredux.blacksky.app · 1d

This is only 12 miles from where my family lives. When you use AI in any form, people are affected directly

Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 2d

- put down the damn AI.

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 1d

They sound perfect. Do they get along?

Also: just got a vivid sense-memory of my sister's late workmate, Boots, a tabby who made a wheezing noise with occasional snorts that can best be conveyed as, "Hnrr. Hnrr. Hnrr, HENK. Hnrr."

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

It's thanks to the work of independent journalists and activists that we do know just how much ICE is terrorizing this country

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 1d

😭😭😭😭😭

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 1d

Pics or istg

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.

The News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 1d

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

NC nonprofit still pushing for Durham County sheriff to release jail policies

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 1d

Ahmad is in dire need of food and better shelter

@mommunism.bsky.social ❤️

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Lucy Hochschartner @lucyhoch.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't understand electricity until I talked to people who didn't have it. We all deserve the power we need to thrive — it's that simple. Thank you so much to Kate and @sevier.io and everyone who helped to make this guide! We @publicgrids.org hope you'll use and share it.

Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 2d

Here's your guide to fighting utility shutoffs this winter. W/o the gov't open, few to no states will have funds for emergency bill payment program LIHEAP. This doc has scripts, state context, contact info for governors & commissions, everything you need. Please call! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

NO UTILITY SHUTOFFS scripts by state

🚨 WE NEED AN EMERGENCY BAN ON UTILITY SHUTOFFS DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN 🚨 TAKE ACTION: ONE E-MAIL OR PHONE CALL! ⚡ Hello! Welcome to our crowdsourced effort to campaign for ending util...

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 1d

House wren going SCOODLY SCOODLY SCOODLY

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 1d

Genuine question: did you set a timer?

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 1d

We all did a very good job and I am very tired

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 1d

City Civics kids >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 2d

Here's your guide to fighting utility shutoffs this winter. W/o the gov't open, few to no states will have funds for emergency bill payment program LIHEAP. This doc has scripts, state context, contact info for governors & commissions, everything you need. Please call! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

NO UTILITY SHUTOFFS scripts by state

🚨 WE NEED AN EMERGENCY BAN ON UTILITY SHUTOFFS DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN 🚨 TAKE ACTION: ONE E-MAIL OR PHONE CALL! ⚡ Hello! Welcome to our crowdsourced effort to campaign for ending util...

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 2d

*fully embraces being this guy* check out Chapters 6 & 7 of my book if you want to read about procedural fights against fossil fuel infrastructure & what they give you www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kate-...

Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth

Climate anxiety is real—and this practical, accessible guide helps address it on personal, relational, and structural levels, from the founder of ...

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