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the foia bakery, disability leads, n4ej
a study on policing of young people in chicago: www.refusedetention.com
disability justice, immigration, anti-colonial lawsuits: linktr.ee/miriamcb
the foia bakery, disability leads, n4ej
a study on policing of young people in chicago: www.refusedetention.com
disability justice, immigration, anti-colonial lawsuits: linktr.ee/miriamcb
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· Oct 16
there is not a small number of people who can no longer go to the grocery store or the food pantry, there are many who are taking risks
we have a small wishlist and i will keep sharing it, we keep hearing from families who trust us or trust their networks to trust us
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
we have a small wishlist and i will keep sharing it, we keep hearing from families who trust us or trust their networks to trust us
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
scenes from suburbia
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
scenes from suburbia
FOIA tuesday snack
a text from Alderman Samantha Nugent to CEO of the Chicago Park District, Carlos Ramirez Rosa
she is thanking him for a job well done for a violent removal of unhoused people in legion park
a text from Alderman Samantha Nugent to CEO of the Chicago Park District, Carlos Ramirez Rosa
she is thanking him for a job well done for a violent removal of unhoused people in legion park
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
FOIA tuesday snack
a text from Alderman Samantha Nugent to CEO of the Chicago Park District, Carlos Ramirez Rosa
she is thanking him for a job well done for a violent removal of unhoused people in legion park
a text from Alderman Samantha Nugent to CEO of the Chicago Park District, Carlos Ramirez Rosa
she is thanking him for a job well done for a violent removal of unhoused people in legion park
fifty degree weather at the end of november in chicago is unnerving
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
fifty degree weather at the end of november in chicago is unnerving
alderman hopkins plans to re-introduce the snap curfew in december
city council is looking to consolidate control for police using the death of a Black teenager to do it
sundown town chicago
city council is looking to consolidate control for police using the death of a Black teenager to do it
sundown town chicago
a snap curfew in chicago is designed to expand police powers and make the world smaller for young people, for us all
we can predict the snap curfew for june 12 and june 13, we can see the police stops at the beaches this summer
the curfew is designed to make chicago a sundown town
we can predict the snap curfew for june 12 and june 13, we can see the police stops at the beaches this summer
the curfew is designed to make chicago a sundown town
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
alderman hopkins plans to re-introduce the snap curfew in december
city council is looking to consolidate control for police using the death of a Black teenager to do it
sundown town chicago
city council is looking to consolidate control for police using the death of a Black teenager to do it
sundown town chicago
the legislative branch is getting involved as the last player
the executive branch and the judicial branch are already involved and what could impact chicagoans is if the Mayor was involved in missing union dues money
the executive branch and the judicial branch are already involved and what could impact chicagoans is if the Mayor was involved in missing union dues money
maybe it is in your best interest to not really respond when the spectacle of embezzlement is on the opposite side of your response
the letter that CTU sent to the House Committee:
"We are concerned that your Committee is being used as a stalking horse for the plaintiffs in that litigation, and that you are exercising your oversight responsibilities in an inappropriate way to aid a party in a contested lawsuit."
"We are concerned that your Committee is being used as a stalking horse for the plaintiffs in that litigation, and that you are exercising your oversight responsibilities in an inappropriate way to aid a party in a contested lawsuit."
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
the legislative branch is getting involved as the last player
the executive branch and the judicial branch are already involved and what could impact chicagoans is if the Mayor was involved in missing union dues money
the executive branch and the judicial branch are already involved and what could impact chicagoans is if the Mayor was involved in missing union dues money
maybe it is in your best interest to not really respond when the spectacle of embezzlement is on the opposite side of your response
the letter that CTU sent to the House Committee:
"We are concerned that your Committee is being used as a stalking horse for the plaintiffs in that litigation, and that you are exercising your oversight responsibilities in an inappropriate way to aid a party in a contested lawsuit."
"We are concerned that your Committee is being used as a stalking horse for the plaintiffs in that litigation, and that you are exercising your oversight responsibilities in an inappropriate way to aid a party in a contested lawsuit."
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
maybe it is in your best interest to not really respond when the spectacle of embezzlement is on the opposite side of your response
the letter that CTU sent to the House Committee:
"We are concerned that your Committee is being used as a stalking horse for the plaintiffs in that litigation, and that you are exercising your oversight responsibilities in an inappropriate way to aid a party in a contested lawsuit."
"We are concerned that your Committee is being used as a stalking horse for the plaintiffs in that litigation, and that you are exercising your oversight responsibilities in an inappropriate way to aid a party in a contested lawsuit."
![Dear Chairmen Walberg and Allen:
We represent the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) in connection with the requests
for documents contained in your letter of November 20, 2025. We will respond to the
House Committee on Education and Workforce and cooperate with any legitimate
requests. Indeed, we have already been in touch with Committee staff regarding the
schedule for producing responsive documents and will produce them on or before
December 22. We are confident that our responses will fully answer any legitimate
questions and address the allegations contained in your letter.
At this point, however, we have two initial concerns. First, the allegations in
your letter appear to closely mirror allegations made in a civil lawsuit recently filed in
[the Illinois state court]. We are concerned that your Committee is being used as a
stalking horse for the plaintiffs in that litigation, and that you are exercising your
oversight responsibilities in an inappropriate way to aid a party in a contested lawsuit.
We expect your assurance that this is not the case.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2db5i4ywuq64zjdycasinzas/bafkreibqutpn7uthterut2vptt57fkhlxnlfyctczdcbrcjhgu5bxx26au@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
the letter that CTU sent to the House Committee:
"We are concerned that your Committee is being used as a stalking horse for the plaintiffs in that litigation, and that you are exercising your oversight responsibilities in an inappropriate way to aid a party in a contested lawsuit."
"We are concerned that your Committee is being used as a stalking horse for the plaintiffs in that litigation, and that you are exercising your oversight responsibilities in an inappropriate way to aid a party in a contested lawsuit."
the week of movie binge-watching begins with jurassic park
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
the week of movie binge-watching begins with jurassic park
i was thinking about all the ways to get to and from betwen here and there and by far my favorite and most useful is mass transit buses
all infrastructure should be built around the bus being supreme
all infrastructure should be built around the bus being supreme
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
i was thinking about all the ways to get to and from betwen here and there and by far my favorite and most useful is mass transit buses
all infrastructure should be built around the bus being supreme
all infrastructure should be built around the bus being supreme
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Can't help thinking the world wd be different, and so many people freer—in the true sense of freedom, not in the "excuse to harass, abuse, dehumanize, and punch down" sense—if @monaeltahawy.bsky.social & @saranahmed.bsky.social were mandatory reading for all girls & women from hs & college onward.
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Can't help thinking the world wd be different, and so many people freer—in the true sense of freedom, not in the "excuse to harass, abuse, dehumanize, and punch down" sense—if @monaeltahawy.bsky.social & @saranahmed.bsky.social were mandatory reading for all girls & women from hs & college onward.
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I can't remember who it was reviewing whom & internet seqrch is broken but the phrase has stuck, calling a supposedly major USian writer "fundamentally dishonest at the level of the sentence." It's been my guiding star since: to be honest at the level of the sentence. And so many writers aren't.
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I can't remember who it was reviewing whom & internet seqrch is broken but the phrase has stuck, calling a supposedly major USian writer "fundamentally dishonest at the level of the sentence." It's been my guiding star since: to be honest at the level of the sentence. And so many writers aren't.
university of chicago has an interest in keeping surveillance technology that produces mounds of data because the university keeps data-sharing agreements with most of the city's agencies
a sociology professor who wants to make an algorithmic review creates the imperative for a test market
a sociology professor who wants to make an algorithmic review creates the imperative for a test market
this entire opinion piece makes a background assumption about technology and safety, that I fundamentally do not agree with and have never experienced as a woman of color
safety is not the technology and never will be, it's in the relations we hold with each other
safety is not the technology and never will be, it's in the relations we hold with each other
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
university of chicago has an interest in keeping surveillance technology that produces mounds of data because the university keeps data-sharing agreements with most of the city's agencies
a sociology professor who wants to make an algorithmic review creates the imperative for a test market
a sociology professor who wants to make an algorithmic review creates the imperative for a test market
this entire opinion piece is flawed
i don't think we should expand our procurement apparatus to include algorithm reviews of new technology for 'safety'
hire more cops to look at technology before we buy it is not a fix to being safe from white supremacy
i don't think we should expand our procurement apparatus to include algorithm reviews of new technology for 'safety'
hire more cops to look at technology before we buy it is not a fix to being safe from white supremacy
academics and non-profits holding technology supreme continually make the mistake in Chicago
"If the city cannot see, study or share the data private firms collect from the city, then it cannot evaluate whether the technologies work or whether they harm communities."
"If the city cannot see, study or share the data private firms collect from the city, then it cannot evaluate whether the technologies work or whether they harm communities."
Rewiring city's technology ties following ShotSpotter saga
At a moment when an authoritarian president is seeking every tool possible to target his perceived political enemies, there is no better time for Chicago to rethink how it does business with technolog...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
this entire opinion piece is flawed
i don't think we should expand our procurement apparatus to include algorithm reviews of new technology for 'safety'
hire more cops to look at technology before we buy it is not a fix to being safe from white supremacy
i don't think we should expand our procurement apparatus to include algorithm reviews of new technology for 'safety'
hire more cops to look at technology before we buy it is not a fix to being safe from white supremacy
the orange cat caught the blue bird
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
the orange cat caught the blue bird
i have the same feeling about people who know a lot of about police techniques but have never experienced the material conditions directly
why do you know what that is sir
why do you know what that is sir
white people who study Nazi Germany for the symbolism so they can warn the rest of us freak me out as much as Nazis do
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
i have the same feeling about people who know a lot of about police techniques but have never experienced the material conditions directly
why do you know what that is sir
why do you know what that is sir
an impressive building by any standards, it used to serve as a CPS high school and now is a CPS elementary school
sometimes you have to back up from a building and look up to find one of its coolest details 🦁
sometimes you have to back up from a building and look up to find one of its coolest details 🦁
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
an impressive building by any standards, it used to serve as a CPS high school and now is a CPS elementary school
sometimes you have to back up from a building and look up to find one of its coolest details 🦁
sometimes you have to back up from a building and look up to find one of its coolest details 🦁
i am going to use every topstitch the sewing machine has
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
i am going to use every topstitch the sewing machine has
there is a publishing house that functions as the mouthpiece for the ISO {defunct-ish} and it often really discounts its books to move its language around leftist circles
but how things are categorized matters and Disability is not a category for their books
but how things are categorized matters and Disability is not a category for their books
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
there is a publishing house that functions as the mouthpiece for the ISO {defunct-ish} and it often really discounts its books to move its language around leftist circles
but how things are categorized matters and Disability is not a category for their books
but how things are categorized matters and Disability is not a category for their books
it's fancy dinner night
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
it's fancy dinner night
yesterday, i shared with my partner what the absolute height of fancy, the top of the top restaurant was for me growing up
and tonight is date night and guess where we're going
and tonight is date night and guess where we're going
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
yesterday, i shared with my partner what the absolute height of fancy, the top of the top restaurant was for me growing up
and tonight is date night and guess where we're going
and tonight is date night and guess where we're going
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it is always valid to name our material conditions
a zine that was published over a decade ago that is still relevant to naming the materiality of why it matters to contextualize misogyny and social control that predictably appears in leftist spaces
why misogynists make great informants
a zine that was published over a decade ago that is still relevant to naming the materiality of why it matters to contextualize misogyny and social control that predictably appears in leftist spaces
why misogynists make great informants
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
it is always valid to name our material conditions
a zine that was published over a decade ago that is still relevant to naming the materiality of why it matters to contextualize misogyny and social control that predictably appears in leftist spaces
why misogynists make great informants
a zine that was published over a decade ago that is still relevant to naming the materiality of why it matters to contextualize misogyny and social control that predictably appears in leftist spaces
why misogynists make great informants
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everyone, it's time to hibernate
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
everyone, it's time to hibernate
it's really impressive that the technology industry has made it seem as though safety lies in the adherence to strict technical standards
safety is in the relational and anyone who tells you different is a charlatan
safety is in the relational and anyone who tells you different is a charlatan
security isn't a technical problem, it's a social one
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
it's really impressive that the technology industry has made it seem as though safety lies in the adherence to strict technical standards
safety is in the relational and anyone who tells you different is a charlatan
safety is in the relational and anyone who tells you different is a charlatan
who is erased when we speak only of transparency and accountability
as @saranahmed.bsky.social writes in Complaint:
"we know that some of the most revealing papers in the colonial archives - and by revealing, I mean revealing colonial violence - were destroyed by the colonizers. It can be telling, which papers are not preserved."
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"we know that some of the most revealing papers in the colonial archives - and by revealing, I mean revealing colonial violence - were destroyed by the colonizers. It can be telling, which papers are not preserved."
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November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
who is erased when we speak only of transparency and accountability
everyone, it's time to hibernate
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
everyone, it's time to hibernate