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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 8m

Yeah, a friend of mine reported that this year's Nobel Peace Prize appears to be another dud, which is a shame.

That said, I did read once that the Peace Prize tends to be either sublime or terrible and there isn't really any in between.

Informed Takes @peebsy0.bsky.social · 1h

Nope

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 41m

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She Was Starved, Neglected, and Degraded. She Held Her Humanity.

This is the story of an autistic woman of color, Aspen, who was failed by Peach County, GA. Facing ~33 years in prison. She is locked in a legal fight against system that continues to harm people.

open.substack.com

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 11m

And I was just writing a bit about the way rich landowners like to cosplay as cowboys while pissing on their actual legacy...

Grotesque.

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 17m

And wasn't he like another one of those children of privilege cosplaying as poor?

And I hate that expression but I think it's the label he was aiming at...

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Alan Hartley @alanhartley.bsky.social · 21m

Not the good guys.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 19m

When was the last time he produced any real music? How many years ago?

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 32m

This all rings very true to me.

Why Farmers Voted For Trump

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 36m

I'm struggling to find an appropriate ecological metaphor for this. But they're all kinda inappropriate. It's all rather predictable.

Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 38m

And now I realize you meant "Park for free" in Indianapolis, in case which I will step back because it isn't my city.

Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 40m

I should visit Indianapolis sometime. I saw you were from Detroit, my spouse and I vacationed there a year or two ago via Amtrak and that was a fine experience, also eminently bicycle-friendly.

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 40m

Far as traffic, Chicago has gotten pretty good at bicycle infrastructure and there's a bike path maybe 2-3 miles from my house that goes all the way downtown, though you have to ride over roads to get there.

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 40m

Growth will do that. I think with Chicago's mind-blowing (to me) scale and density, it'd be harder. I can bike downtown from Rogers Park, but it's about an hour's ride. And the real estate once you get near downtown is rich-people-stuff.

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Syl @suddensyl.bsky.social · 13h

Portland's anti-ICE protests have become a magnet for MAGA influencers www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne... MAGA influencers going to Portland to incite violence for clicks.

Portland's anti-ICE protests have become a magnet for MAGA influencers

Right-wing influencers and media figures have flocked to Portland, helping bring national and Trump administration attention to ICE protests in the city.

www.nbcnews.com

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 1h

Heels used to be menswear because they were for manly horseback riding. They were for anchoring your feet in stirrups.

Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 1h

If you could park for free, there'd be no room for anyone else for all of the free parking.

My advice as a local: if you really want to see downtown, take the train in and walk around. You see more of it that way.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4h

ICE in Portland is coming off like Gargamel getting repeatedly rolled by the Smurfs

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 1h

No. You can spend a good day in any single museum alone.

But you can catch a lot of the big sights downtown.

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 1h

"Doubling down on dubious dumbassery."

Trae Crowder Rant - On Trump Deploying Troops to US Cities to Protect ICE from Antifa (or Whatever).

YouTube video by Trae Crowder (Liberal Redneck)

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 2h

Dude needs to get himself some history.

Like, yes.

Tyler Childers - Long Violent History (Official Audio)

YouTube video by TylerChildersVEVO

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Informed Takes @peebsy0.bsky.social · 2h

Steven Miller is provoking riots.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 2h

Oh yes! I was in dining co-ops in college and people used that stuff.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 6h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 10h

anyways we know this but tech companies are not only using AI to justify laying workers off and to justify not hiring people. they're also using it to say that their existing human workers must do the work of five humans each

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Tomás Arís @littlebridgetroll.bsky.social · 3h

In which AI manages to bring out the absolute worst in humanity, again.

'AI homeless man prank' on social media prompts concern from local authorities

The trend involves using AI image generators to simulate false home invasions.

www.nbcnews.com

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 4h

I was on the ground today in Broadview with Senator Durbin to conduct Congressional oversight on ICE’s processing facility.  As elected officials, we have a duty to ensure transparency within federal facilities. What is ICE hiding? Kristi Noem, what are you hiding?

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