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@marigoldmimsy.bsky.social
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the foia bakery, disability leads, n4ej
www.refusedetention.com
disability justice, immigration, anti-colonial lawsuits: linktr.ee/miriamcb
chicago
the foia bakery, disability leads, n4ej
www.refusedetention.com
disability justice, immigration, anti-colonial lawsuits: linktr.ee/miriamcb
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@marigoldmimsy.bsky.social
· Oct 28
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
a lot of people know they need to stretch food and simultaneously cannot stock up
we can be more than in solidarity, we can share resources with each other
people take care of each other, consider buying shelf staples for others if you cannot immediately think of someone to share food with
we can be more than in solidarity, we can share resources with each other
people take care of each other, consider buying shelf staples for others if you cannot immediately think of someone to share food with
this development started as a proposal for 57 units and was then revised down and in this notice, it's been revised down again
Gil should not have this amount of power over whether a development can move forward, no alderman should
i want to know the maximum number of units that land can support
Gil should not have this amount of power over whether a development can move forward, no alderman should
i want to know the maximum number of units that land can support
if you live in the 36th ward, final community meeting next thursday about the vacant auto parts store site on chicago ave and washtenaw
you know every racist neighbor will be there screaming their heads off about parking and affordable housing, so let’s try to stiffen our weaselly alderman’s spine
you know every racist neighbor will be there screaming their heads off about parking and affordable housing, so let’s try to stiffen our weaselly alderman’s spine
January 28, 2026 at 1:51 PM
this development started as a proposal for 57 units and was then revised down and in this notice, it's been revised down again
Gil should not have this amount of power over whether a development can move forward, no alderman should
i want to know the maximum number of units that land can support
Gil should not have this amount of power over whether a development can move forward, no alderman should
i want to know the maximum number of units that land can support
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what are we reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaading?
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM
what are we reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaading?
i told someone today that economists designed the student assignment system at Chicago Public Schools and their response was so great
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 AM
i told someone today that economists designed the student assignment system at Chicago Public Schools and their response was so great
the CPS Board meeting is this Thursday at 10:30am downtown at 42 West Madison
if you plan to go in person, remember you cannot bring anything to drink through security
but you can bring your devices and file FOIAs of CPS using the CPS internet
if you plan to go in person, remember you cannot bring anything to drink through security
but you can bring your devices and file FOIAs of CPS using the CPS internet
January:
a FOIA workshop
chicago research desk office hours
zine on disability and cps
a FOIA lawsuit
art and then more art and then more art
meetings with local reporters
a visit to an archive
a public meeting
a state of affairs of transportation
watch out for invitations and updates 🏵️
a FOIA workshop
chicago research desk office hours
zine on disability and cps
a FOIA lawsuit
art and then more art and then more art
meetings with local reporters
a visit to an archive
a public meeting
a state of affairs of transportation
watch out for invitations and updates 🏵️
i had a thought that this year i would file a FOIA a day and see what happens but as it turns out
i have a lot of substantial projects underway and i want to do them really well, i owe the people i am in community with that much
so this me saying no to myself, revising expectations and reinvesting
i have a lot of substantial projects underway and i want to do them really well, i owe the people i am in community with that much
so this me saying no to myself, revising expectations and reinvesting
January 27, 2026 at 8:04 PM
the CPS Board meeting is this Thursday at 10:30am downtown at 42 West Madison
if you plan to go in person, remember you cannot bring anything to drink through security
but you can bring your devices and file FOIAs of CPS using the CPS internet
if you plan to go in person, remember you cannot bring anything to drink through security
but you can bring your devices and file FOIAs of CPS using the CPS internet
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Waiting for my severely delayed flight and my temper is not being improved by the fact that I am writing about the 1949 Abducted Persons Act. The birth of the supposedly secular constitutional democracy of India began with the forcible state abduction of 30,000 women. Yes I’m a killjoy historian.
January 27, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Waiting for my severely delayed flight and my temper is not being improved by the fact that I am writing about the 1949 Abducted Persons Act. The birth of the supposedly secular constitutional democracy of India began with the forcible state abduction of 30,000 women. Yes I’m a killjoy historian.
I Didn't Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education
by Karen Lewis and Elizabeth Todd-Breland
published in 2025
by Karen Lewis and Elizabeth Todd-Breland
published in 2025
January 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I Didn't Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education
by Karen Lewis and Elizabeth Todd-Breland
published in 2025
by Karen Lewis and Elizabeth Todd-Breland
published in 2025
kill mice, downtown chicago
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
kill mice, downtown chicago
student council energy
January 27, 2026 at 5:15 AM
student council energy
the kid finished her watercolor painting ♥️
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 AM
the kid finished her watercolor painting ♥️
as part of the disability zine i am working on funded by @wildramppublishing.bsky.social, i am making a deck of cards that will serve as a directory of chicago public schools mucky mucks
it'll include anyone a student or parent would need to send notice to about a special education violation at CPS
it'll include anyone a student or parent would need to send notice to about a special education violation at CPS
and those who know me know that i tend to underplay my hand, that's why I win at card playing
January 27, 2026 at 1:17 AM
as part of the disability zine i am working on funded by @wildramppublishing.bsky.social, i am making a deck of cards that will serve as a directory of chicago public schools mucky mucks
it'll include anyone a student or parent would need to send notice to about a special education violation at CPS
it'll include anyone a student or parent would need to send notice to about a special education violation at CPS
it's still abolish ICE and borders
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 12:51 AM
it's still abolish ICE and borders
my mom, who grew up in St. Anthony Village, is looking to support anyone who needs rental assistance in St. Anthony, does anyone know if there is a gofundme or rental assistance for SAV?
i have the one for columbia heights and twin cities at large, thanks
i have the one for columbia heights and twin cities at large, thanks
January 26, 2026 at 10:46 PM
my mom, who grew up in St. Anthony Village, is looking to support anyone who needs rental assistance in St. Anthony, does anyone know if there is a gofundme or rental assistance for SAV?
i have the one for columbia heights and twin cities at large, thanks
i have the one for columbia heights and twin cities at large, thanks
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Friends, we are over halfway to completing this GFM, enabling our departed neighbor’s family to pay for his funeral arrangements.
Please keep sharing, donating, and assisting his brother in honoring his life.
Please keep sharing, donating, and assisting his brother in honoring his life.
Friends, this relative lost his life due to exposure in the elements last weekend. His family needs support, and this GFM is woefully underfunded.
Please consider donating if you’re able.
gofund.me/5bddd9549
Please consider donating if you’re able.
gofund.me/5bddd9549
Donate to Honoring Harold Lightfeather (Benny Boy), organized by Joey goodman
My name is Joey Goodman, and I am reaching out for help to honor my big brother,… Joey goodman needs your support for Honoring Harold Lightfeather (Benny Boy)
gofund.me
January 25, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Friends, we are over halfway to completing this GFM, enabling our departed neighbor’s family to pay for his funeral arrangements.
Please keep sharing, donating, and assisting his brother in honoring his life.
Please keep sharing, donating, and assisting his brother in honoring his life.
i had a check-in with library workers in Hennepin County this morning, Hennepin county includes Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs
they were feeling tired and energized at once and something we can do if we don't live there is pump everyone up who is there
morale is so important
they were feeling tired and energized at once and something we can do if we don't live there is pump everyone up who is there
morale is so important
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
i had a check-in with library workers in Hennepin County this morning, Hennepin county includes Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs
they were feeling tired and energized at once and something we can do if we don't live there is pump everyone up who is there
morale is so important
they were feeling tired and energized at once and something we can do if we don't live there is pump everyone up who is there
morale is so important
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. - Assata Shakur
January 26, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. - Assata Shakur
preparing for another FOIA workshop with origami folded envelopes
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
preparing for another FOIA workshop with origami folded envelopes
sunday art night, bookmaking and water color
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 AM
sunday art night, bookmaking and water color
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Thinking a lot about those worms eating at the rind today.
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
— Langston Hughes
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
— Langston Hughes
January 25, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Thinking a lot about those worms eating at the rind today.
you deliberately misinterpret me, like constantly
see me only as the man
who represents
the ten bridges I've burnt
but not the hundred that I've built
girl, fuck you
whether or not
multiplicity is
to your taste
I shall give you a feast
-Brontez Purnell
see me only as the man
who represents
the ten bridges I've burnt
but not the hundred that I've built
girl, fuck you
whether or not
multiplicity is
to your taste
I shall give you a feast
-Brontez Purnell
January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
you deliberately misinterpret me, like constantly
see me only as the man
who represents
the ten bridges I've burnt
but not the hundred that I've built
girl, fuck you
whether or not
multiplicity is
to your taste
I shall give you a feast
-Brontez Purnell
see me only as the man
who represents
the ten bridges I've burnt
but not the hundred that I've built
girl, fuck you
whether or not
multiplicity is
to your taste
I shall give you a feast
-Brontez Purnell
Open Throat
by Henry Hoke
published in 2023
by Henry Hoke
published in 2023
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Open Throat
by Henry Hoke
published in 2023
by Henry Hoke
published in 2023
some of this is clarified in maternal theory
positioning care work as the opposite of policing ignores the very real policing that happens inside mutual aid allowing the ideology behind intensive mothering to flourish, reinforcing patriarchal structures
positioning care work as the opposite of policing ignores the very real policing that happens inside mutual aid allowing the ideology behind intensive mothering to flourish, reinforcing patriarchal structures
there are some thoughts swimming here but not yet clarified on how it's actually misogyny directing the language of care work which simultaneously does not serve as an interruption of policing
it doesn't even create the options to interrupt policing, it's like a weird parallel play offering
it doesn't even create the options to interrupt policing, it's like a weird parallel play offering
reclassifying police abolition and mutual aid as care and begging for the valuation of that is not where i want to spend my time
i have seen enough spaces that would never publicly call attention to issues by calling police but institute their own social control, treatment as they would say
i have seen enough spaces that would never publicly call attention to issues by calling police but institute their own social control, treatment as they would say
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
some of this is clarified in maternal theory
positioning care work as the opposite of policing ignores the very real policing that happens inside mutual aid allowing the ideology behind intensive mothering to flourish, reinforcing patriarchal structures
positioning care work as the opposite of policing ignores the very real policing that happens inside mutual aid allowing the ideology behind intensive mothering to flourish, reinforcing patriarchal structures
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it's obviously India there is no argument
Every person from a mango growing country thinks mangos from their country are the absolute best and will ride or die for them.
Get a few people from these countries in a room, ask them who has the best mango and then…
Get a few people from these countries in a room, ask them who has the best mango and then…
a gazelle is looking at a bowl of popcorn ..
Alt: a gazelle is looking at a bowl of popcorn ..
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:23 PM
it's obviously India there is no argument
she's still there, midwest winter edition
January 25, 2026 at 3:18 PM
she's still there, midwest winter edition
i live 8 floors up and it sounds menacing outside
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 PM
i live 8 floors up and it sounds menacing outside
i love tall buildings, you'll never ever see me climb one
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 AM
i love tall buildings, you'll never ever see me climb one