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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 14h

Working to make sure we have plenty available for people to take while they're out and about tomorrow!

A brown cardboard box, sitting open, showing several whistle zine packets inside.

radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 19h

This looks absolutely awful! I can't imagine what kind of brain thinks this is a good idea.

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 21h

Helicopter circling the neighborhood but not showing up on the flight radar. Hate this bullshit so much.

radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 1d

But political violence is when you're not sad enough about the right's podcasters dying.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

This is so fucked up.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 5d

whoa

Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 5d

I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)

to the Aurora Police

following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests

So here it is!

Hello Chief and APD Leadership,

I just wanted to jot a quick thank you note for those who participated in this meeting with the Latino community about ICE in our neighborhoods.

Sadly, this problem is not going away anytime soon. Historically, the police have been on the wrong side of history during the civil rights movement and the labor movement - defending capital. The pivotal points in American history are when police realized that their solidarity should be with labor; not capital.

Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history Workers World

In this current struggle, I believe that we are 2-3 years away from a moment where we see the shift in solidarity.

I would like to see Aurora lead, and show something different. It will create discomfort during the transformation. I noticed during the march towards Blue Kangaroo, when the police escort disappeared, that activists I didn't know used their vehicles to block the intersections and protect the marchers.

All living things have the capacity to evolve and grow. Government is about to go through a huge evolutionary period and shed that which is not necessary, and re-focus on what is important.

As government continues to disintegrate from the top down, we have an opportunity to re-invent the ways we find food, water, shelter and protection.

We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different, leave our mark in the history books, and make a difference. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to discussing it further.

Respectfully, John Laesch Mayor, City of Aurora laesch@aurora.il.us

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 9d

She knows how to not find the video

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 9d

It's the end of October so I should plant garlic this weekend, but the forecast doesn't indicate that winter is coming so idk

radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 10d

Yep, same pic posted in February

www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAt...

From the LeopardsAteMyFace community on Reddit: A handful of protestors were out today, some with megaphones, coming to terms with their choices

Explore this post and more from the LeopardsAteMyFace community

www.reddit.com

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 10d

Congrats! ♥️

radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 12d

Great showing today Chicago, I love you very much.

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 12d

Someone on this packed El train apparently keeps pulling the emergency door thing. It is unpleasant.

radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 13d

Really sucks hearing the Madvillian All Caps beat in that AI commercial

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 15d

Up on Nebula now: I went to Chicago to ground-truth the “crime-ravaged third world hell hole” allegations. You will NEVER GUESS what I found

nebula.tv/videos/cityn...

CityNerd — Shockingly, They've Been Lying to Me About Chicago

I went to Chicago to see if it's really the crime-ridden, third world hell hole I've been told. You will NEVER BELIEVE what I actually saw.

nebula.tv

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 20d

Preorder now! $8 per screenprinted shirt is going to the ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)

www.harebraineddesign.com

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 16d

We were skeptical but they were pretty good!

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 17d

Irving Park blue line station gotta be one of the absolute worst. Standing in the middle of 10 lanes of speeding vehicles is cheeks.

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 21d

THIS IS MY BAIT!!

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 22d

I've seen these on several 91 busses but the QR code for the new app never works for me.

radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 23d

Oh god, not you again.

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 24d

With everything going on, "Where's next" has been an ever-present thought

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 28d

#Björk has thrown her support behind the No Music For Genocide initiative, which encourages artists and record labels to geo-block their back catalogues from being accessed via streaming platforms in Israel.

buff.ly/YcKIo26

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 28d

Jay K Rowling

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 28d

Amazing breakfast this morning. I love waffles

Waffle with berries & powdered sugar on floral plate

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 28d

I could hear these trains from my office yesterday - the delightful toot-toot of their whistles was charming.

WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 28d

The Chicago Transit Authority brought out the oldest trains in its vintage fleet to celebrate the agency’s 78th anniversary. The 1920s-era rail cars ran on the CTA until they were retired in 1973.

https://to.wttw.com/4nxJ02A

CTA Brings Out 1920s Vintage Railcars to Celebrate Transit Agency’s 78th Anniversary

The 4000-series rail cars that commuters and train enthusiasts rode through the Loop on Wednesday were built in 1923 by the Cincinnati Car Company. As part of the special occasion, some CTA employees ...

news.wttw.com

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 28d

#Chicago, download and print some FREE protest art:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hbucs...

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radben 👻 boo! 🎃 @radben.bsky.social · 29d

pathetic