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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 11h

I’m in Chicago, so yeah.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 11h

Sending one state’s federalized National Guard into another state seems pretty inter-state. But who knows nowadays?

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 11h

Then he will appeal to SCOTUS, and get what he wants. That’s the pattern.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 14h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 11h

Go to bed; tired is stupid.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 11h

A legit Manfred Man! @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 11h

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

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A. J. Lee @byajlee.myatproto.social · 12h

Hi, I googled it and found a description… see screenshot! Scroll down the page from this link for text of image.

www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Ja...

In the fall of the year 1914 two separate clubs were organized one for Senior girls and the other for Junior girls. In Sept., 1916, these two clubs consolidated. The name Terquarts was therefore derived from the combining of the third year and fourth year clubs. All Senior and Junior girls are eligible for membership, The total number of members in the Club is one hundred and ninety-six. The purpose of this Club is to develop sociability and friendliness among Senior and Junior girls throughout the school, and to learn more of present problems connected with the civic welfare of the school and community, A meeting of the Ter-gggrts is held the third hour of the third Friday of each school month in room The meetings are very interesting. First, business matters are taken care of. Then, a program usually consisting of a few musical numbers and recita- tions is given. The Club had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Stahl give two readings at one meeting and at another enjoyed a reading by Miss McCarthy, also of the Faculty. The Terquart Club is known well to all Freshmen girls because of the party…

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14h

"If we were even to suppose the national rulers actuated by the most ungovernable ambition, it is impossible to believe that they would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs."

Oh Alexander, honey.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h

Quoted by Judge Perry today in her opinion in Illinois v Trump

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 14h

Fair enough and clear from context, but as a word it mystifies me. A neologism? Slang? Forgotten portmanteau?

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Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 14h

Unsubtle Polish-language cartoon critical of Irish-American clout in Chicago, 1922

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 14h

Anyond have amy idea what “terquarts” means?

Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 14h

Bowen High School seniors, Chicago 1915

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Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 14h

Perfecto Beer ad in German, Chicago 1902

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 14h

Today is the 154th anniversary of the end of the Great Chicago Fire, and the beginning of Chicago’s “Regeneration,” the title of this sculpture by Henry Hering on SE Du Sable Bridge bridgehouse at Michigan & Wacker. The I Will Maiden personified Chicago’s energy. We will need that energy again soon.

Bas relief sculpture showing the I Will Maiden, a Greek Goddess of sorts, in armor, a cape, and flowing skirt; in one hand she holds rolled up blueprints for, presumably, new buildings; other hand wields a carpenter’s square. She has a tiara on as well; she treads on an unhappy dragon (the Fire?) beneath her sandals. She is flanked on each side by muscular tradesmen rebuilding the city.

See first picture alt text. Closeup of the I Will Maiden.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 19h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Don’t worry ICE, Chicago may not want you but there’s plenty of space for you in hell.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 16h

The I Will Maiden would admire your dedication!

Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 17h

Montgomery Park could not be better looking

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 16h

Lunt and Clark.

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 20h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 20h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 17h

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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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 16h

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: U.S. District Judge April Perry's 51-page written opinion in Illinois v. Trump is in.

Full opinion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/6d/6a/8d3a44...

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Judith Butlerian Jihad @pghguy.bsky.social · 16h

this is what it takes. we're here now folks, there is not a "if the nazis came" it's "they're here and your mettle will be tested now"

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 19h

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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