Katie Risseeuw
@katierizz.bsky.social
Will die on niche hills, windows always open.
Libraries, archives, preservation, art, turtles, Chicago, bricks, the desert.
Libraries, archives, preservation, art, turtles, Chicago, bricks, the desert.
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outside of individual donations to gofundmes and such, one helpful destination for your money right now is this bond fund. everyone being released from broadview needs to pay $1500 bond, which is obviously insane. it's going to cost like $925k to successfully spring 615 people linktr.ee/mw_bondfund
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund | Linktree
We formed in 2020 & began paying out immigration bonds for IL, IN, WI, and KY.
linktr.ee
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
outside of individual donations to gofundmes and such, one helpful destination for your money right now is this bond fund. everyone being released from broadview needs to pay $1500 bond, which is obviously insane. it's going to cost like $925k to successfully spring 615 people linktr.ee/mw_bondfund
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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New from 404 Media: people are 3D-printing whistles to warn each other about the presence of ICE. Some people make designs and upload them; others are given a design and are printing hundreds and hundreds of whistles at home. It's been effective in Chicago
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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24.3 million Americans enrolled in ACA (kkf.org)
I don't know how many people fly but it's less than that. #StrongArgument
I don't know how many people fly but it's less than that. #StrongArgument
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
24.3 million Americans enrolled in ACA (kkf.org)
I don't know how many people fly but it's less than that. #StrongArgument
I don't know how many people fly but it's less than that. #StrongArgument
Illinois peeps:
Durbin's DC phone number won't let you leave a message. But the Chicago one will!
312-353-4952
Durbin's DC phone number won't let you leave a message. But the Chicago one will!
312-353-4952
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Illinois peeps:
Durbin's DC phone number won't let you leave a message. But the Chicago one will!
312-353-4952
Durbin's DC phone number won't let you leave a message. But the Chicago one will!
312-353-4952
Did someone speed up the weather app
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Did someone speed up the weather app
Health insurance open enrollment time!*
The salary tiers for monthly premiums means I am paying as much as someone making $50k more than me.
*exTREMely thankful I have coverage, just another example of all the fuckedupness
The salary tiers for monthly premiums means I am paying as much as someone making $50k more than me.
*exTREMely thankful I have coverage, just another example of all the fuckedupness
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Health insurance open enrollment time!*
The salary tiers for monthly premiums means I am paying as much as someone making $50k more than me.
*exTREMely thankful I have coverage, just another example of all the fuckedupness
The salary tiers for monthly premiums means I am paying as much as someone making $50k more than me.
*exTREMely thankful I have coverage, just another example of all the fuckedupness
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New print in honor of Studs and my neighbors standing up to protect our communities. #letterpress
www.starshaped.com/8x10prints/o...
www.starshaped.com/8x10prints/o...
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
New print in honor of Studs and my neighbors standing up to protect our communities. #letterpress
www.starshaped.com/8x10prints/o...
www.starshaped.com/8x10prints/o...
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Today’s World Digital Preservation Day 2025 brings the release of the new Global Bit List of Endangered Digital Materials from the @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy 🌍
It’s a snapshot of the digital materials most at risk of being lost forever. #WDPD2025
-> www.dpconline.org/digipres/cha...
It’s a snapshot of the digital materials most at risk of being lost forever. #WDPD2025
-> www.dpconline.org/digipres/cha...
DPC Global 'Bit List' of Digital Materials - Digital Preservation Coalition
www.dpconline.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today’s World Digital Preservation Day 2025 brings the release of the new Global Bit List of Endangered Digital Materials from the @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy 🌍
It’s a snapshot of the digital materials most at risk of being lost forever. #WDPD2025
-> www.dpconline.org/digipres/cha...
It’s a snapshot of the digital materials most at risk of being lost forever. #WDPD2025
-> www.dpconline.org/digipres/cha...
Cool that a court has to order food, water, and cots for human beings.
NEWS: A federal judge ordered govt to provide immigration detainees enough food, water and bed space, finding that conditions at the ICE holding facility in Broadview do not “pass constitutional muster.” By Madeline Buckley
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/b...
Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, finding substandard conditions at Broadview immigration facility
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered government officials to provide immigration detainees at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview enough food, water and bed space.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Cool that a court has to order food, water, and cots for human beings.
who does this. what kind of monster must you be.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
who does this. what kind of monster must you be.
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Thousands of volunteers are racing to preserve America’s history — photographing museum exhibits they fear the Trump administration could erase.
A small army is racing against time and Trump to preserve U.S. history
Like 'monks' in the Middle Ages, volunteers are working to preserve cultural treasures they fear are under threat from President Trump’s war against 'woke.'
www.latimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Thousands of volunteers are racing to preserve America’s history — photographing museum exhibits they fear the Trump administration could erase.
I worry my cube neighbor could make a compilations like this of me cursing under my breath all day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU2Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU2Z...
The Big Lebowski - The Fucking Short Version *featured*
YouTube video by Stormy Lang
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I worry my cube neighbor could make a compilations like this of me cursing under my breath all day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU2Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU2Z...
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
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Folks in the US, send us your stories of your experiences with your public library systems! Are you part of your library board/ raised funds/organised to keep your library open/part of your friends group? We want to hear it all!: librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/for-the-pe...
For The People Newsletter Vol. XXXIII
For everyone working to strengthen and expand public libraries
librariesforthepeople.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Folks in the US, send us your stories of your experiences with your public library systems! Are you part of your library board/ raised funds/organised to keep your library open/part of your friends group? We want to hear it all!: librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/for-the-pe...
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As I navigate financially crippling ‘choices’ for health insurance to cover a disabled child, I’m reminded of this print I made earlier in the year satirizing how our mighty leaders feel about disabled kids. Full text and context here: www.starshaped.com/postersprint...
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As I navigate financially crippling ‘choices’ for health insurance to cover a disabled child, I’m reminded of this print I made earlier in the year satirizing how our mighty leaders feel about disabled kids. Full text and context here: www.starshaped.com/postersprint...
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In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls to disperse an angry crowd and arrested two U.S. citizens. In Evanston, one repeatedly pointed his weapon at protesters while another knelt on a man’s back and punched him in the head.
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs
Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls to disperse an angry crowd and arrested two U.S. citizens. In Evanston, one repeatedly pointed his weapon at protesters while another knelt on a man’s back and punched him in the head.
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A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
BREAKING: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of raids across Chicago, Evanston and Skokie on Friday, does not have to report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried to rein in federal agents’ use of force, an appeals court ruled. @wttw.bsky.social
Appeals Court Rules Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Does Not Have to Check In Every Day With Federal Judge
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of raids across Chicago, Evanston and Skokie on Friday, does not have to report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried t...
news.wttw.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
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If anyone asks what I’m dressing up as for Halloween this year I’m just gonna take their water, make up a lie, and leave. I’m ChatGPT bitches.
October 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If anyone asks what I’m dressing up as for Halloween this year I’m just gonna take their water, make up a lie, and leave. I’m ChatGPT bitches.
Don’t know how this guy found me, but love that gmail gave his email the shopping icon.
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Don’t know how this guy found me, but love that gmail gave his email the shopping icon.
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"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
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October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
October 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
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Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online
The Library of Congress’s Historical Media Publications Collection is now a an online, searchable resource for film fans and historians.
www.filmbuffonline.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/