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scoot 🌸 @scralston.bsky.social · 12h

i made a set for this! more info to come <3

PRESENTING BUELFEST 2025
an 8-or-more-day URLfest in celebration of Bueller's birthday, raising money for autism service dogs and diy hrt harm reduction!!
more info at buelfest.guywith.dog
lovely posters by orangejuicer and katheriina.

a poster with a cute drawing of my dog in the center, surrounded by text. at the top, in scribbles and on top of a subtle trans motif, the word BUELFEST, with 2025 resting at the bottom of it in serif text. at the bottom are two more blocks of text, giving information about dates and times. the fest takes place from november 1-8 (5 days of main fest with 3+ days of afterparty), extending if the afterparty goes long. it is raising money for autism service dogs and distribute aid's HRT harm reduction toolkit program. it starts at 4pm et each day (4pm EDT the first day and EST for the rest) and ends at 9 (except for the last day). it takes place at the twitch page linked on the website in this announcement. on either side of the dog are blocks of names. not in order, they are as follows:
Warping Chiyo
R3AL_fm
i.v! FF+REWIND
sadotterz
t4teeth
ryanfrogz
sprunklo
Peter Pan (Randy Constan)
Kurt Munky
MIRA
Install a Billion Little Inchworms
flyman347
toxicsporecore
Renii.Star
BAUM
savoa
Hurricane Fordy
tweemail
jessica may
Common ZenZe
Veronica Violence
Lynxy
Ecrylian
chk!dsk
PLUSTWENTYFOUR
DJ GATOR AIDS
ragdoll physics
verity
Teetow
Popbot
J3N2000
hyperlnxx
[PROTO EDEN]
guy with dog
guy with estrogen
dynastic & ok slime
13moonlanding
Cimilo1273
The Daneyoable
keyesgen
pjpriiincess
Detatchi
eris mirror
Any-Any
SÍODA
DJ Daddy Yonqui
littleflodus
BuzzyBee
Nico
Blaire Bombshell
TheGooseMafia
ELN
dotC0D3 (or .C0D3)
Duna (aka Whitefish)
m3taphysics
Dreamcoat Rising
fuck
pacificship
ryanfrogz b2b Laura97
Laura97
slxxpyhxxd
irven
Crash Amen
YARHGANG
Katheriina
Gibusnipu
i.v.
FOAM SWORDS
22oh6
DJ B++
Plasma1073
drow-z
hellomynameisjoe
MixmstrStel
lumaline
nek0baby b2b KITTYPUPPY
P3RC!
mentaly sane girl
Hayden Jason
SHARTCHAN
mila hays b2b mikel romberg
dakist4t
sapphire brew
The Dimmest Bulb
DARYA PLUR
algo
lau
wormhole!! b2b liacore
scoot 🌸
m0u
Malísima
DJ Re:Code
Y2F0 b2b Ecrylian (No Trespassing)
illusori b2b babydactyl
Kenny Riot
kes

a second poster with the same information as the first, this time surrounded by a cloud made from 3 distinct drawings of bueller doing a thumbs up in shades, wearing his autism headphones, and carrying a trans flag in his mouth. there's a lot of text formatting going on, the names and info are all sorts of different fonts, font weights, and lightnesses, in order to make the distinction between adjacent blocks of text clear.

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axolotl "Wound Licker" lovely / fka frog k ⚧️🏴‍☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 1d

my strongest political conviction is that pica is my god-given right as a living creature. i made this image about it

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BUELFEST @buelfest.bsky.social · 2d

ur soooo not ready btw

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 3d

I just watched this 500 times in a row and felt all my psychic wounds close like wolverine

Tom's cool dance

YouTube video by Go Off Kings

youtube.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 4d

This doesn’t even count all the people who aren’t citizens, but are here legally, who have been taken.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 4d

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Beccas can't be choosers @beccanical.bsky.social · May 18

i have designed my own version of a bed optimised for non-monogamy. i hope you like my very good graphic design skills

A top-down diagram of a "bed optimised for non-monogamy" consisting of crudely-drawn shapes labelled so you can figure out what they're meant to mean

The centre of the image features a large bed with three parts, labelled "main bed", "soft lowerable divider (to join or separate beds)", and "schism/privacy bed". Behind the headboard is a cabinet on which are sitting a laptop plugged into a projector and a "cheap bluetooth speaker can thing"

On the wall opposite the bed is a chest of drawers with 2 labelled as "sex apparatus drawer" and "nintendo console drawer". On the wall to the side of the bed is a whiteboard with a single marker and eraser, labelled "whiteboard for weekly stand-up meeting". Towards the corner from the whiteboard are 2 stools, with the closer labelled "rest stool" and the further labelled "cuck stool"

Behind the bed are 2 privacy screens creating a little nook, labelled as "vintage dividers for horny burlesque roleplay". The nook is labelled "changing area (doubles as scheming zone)"

In the far corner behind the bed and opposite the changing area is a third stool labelled "cucked-cuck stool"

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 3d

“rich people hate me” is maybe the strongest endorsement

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 3d

Feeling dehydrated? This quenched my thirst. www.wsj.com/us-news/zohr...

New York's Richest Ask 'how Dare He?' as Mamdani Closes In on City Hall
The city's 1% realize their influence is waning: It's hard to be chill and relaxed'

It was just after finishing a set of pelvic floor exercises that a Pilates instructor on the Upper East Side recently brought up one of the least popular men in the neighborhood: New York City
mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani,.

All of a sudden the class, which costs $50 a pop, became something of a political confab. In between sets, some women strategized about helping former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo,
who they see as more palatable, pull off an upset. Others gushed about a recent New York Post cover depicting Gov. Kathy Hochul, who had recently endorsed Mamdani, as a devotee of Mao Zedong.

New York's richest residents can't stop talking about Mamdani, the Democratic nominee. To many of the city's uber-wealthy, his sustained
popularity has been a shock. The 33-year-old, self. described Democratic Socialist is the overwhelming favorite to win City Hall next month, on a platform that includes free buses and free child care--programs that, the moneyed
are well aware, somebody needs to shell out for.

"I hope Mamdani is going to give out free Xanax," said Caroline Leventhal, a lifelong Upper East sider who co-founded 'Mic'd and Medicated," a podcast that dissects the lifestyle of cosmetic surgeries and private ski instructors. "It's hard to
be chill and relaxed."

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Big Chungus Bus Factory, MSW (NOT A MAN) @acabcalloway.bsky.social · 3d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov owns this

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 4d

CA governor Gavin Newsom vetoed both of the major AI bills on his desk that Silicon Valley meaningfully opposed—one making it illegal for bosses to use AI to fire workers with no oversight, one requiring chatbot sellers to ensure their products do not harm children before marketing to them.

Silicon Valley's capture of our political institutions is all but complete

The tech lobby kills off two key California AI bills, and why it matters. Plus: How Sam Altman played Hollywood with Sora 2, organized mass social media deletions, and more.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 4d

We are going to win

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4d

Earlier today I was listening to one of the hosts from Here and Now repeatedly ask a resident from Southeast Chicago whether throwing rocks at ICE was justified. And finally she just said, "They invaded our community. They have machine guns."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35.

Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 4d

This describes so many people in my life

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 4d

Izunyan, a fashionable cat-like fairy who enjoys changing clothes and eating mandarin oranges, is the mascot for Izumiya Shopping Center in Osaka.

A white cat-like mascot with orange, green, and blue patches and a red love heart on its chest is standing in a park.

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 5d

People think they're fancy saying shit like "𝐴𝑙𝑜𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎 is a succulent." Just tell me "this leaf has a big ass"

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

Yesterday, white nationalist paramilitary forces attacked another Chicago neighborhood with chemical weapons. Families and at least one infant were gassed. This morning, they are kidnapping more immigrants both here and in other metros (D.C., L.A. still being terrorized).

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Maureen Jice @jane.meangirls.online · 6d

explicitly nazi administration

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 6d

The 15 y/o detained by CBP today in the East Side neighborhood has been released per a statement from his attorneys.

Story tk in the morning.

CHICAGO (October 14, 2025) – A 15-year-old American citizen was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents today in a manner reminiscent of authoritarian regimes, holding him incommunicado in a federal building garage for five hours without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney. The teenager, who is Hispanic and African American, was grabbed off a Chicago East Side street at approximately 12:30 p.m. CST slammed to the ground, kneed in the back, and zip-tied by CBP agents. He was then transported to a federal law enforcement facility not affiliated with CBP or ICE, where CBP agents held him, handcuffed, in the back of a vehicle in a garage—never booking him, never reading him his rights, never stating why he was detained, and never allowing him to contact his mother.

For five hours, his mother had no idea where her son was or whether he safe. Federal agents provided no information about his whereabouts, no phone call, no explanation for the arrest. His mother’s terror was amplified by her son’s heart condition and the complete absence of any information from authorities.

"This is how people disappear in autocracies—grabbed off streets, held in unmarked locations, no calls to family, no stated charges, no due process," said Founding Partner Antonio M. Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, the firm that obtained his release this evening. "A 15-year-old American citizen was effectively 'disappeared' for five hours in Chicago. This is not law enforcement; this is the playbook of authoritarian regimes."

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 6d

Here's video of the crash. Top of frame the white SUV makes contact with back of the red SUV which spins into a parked car and a foot chase follows. Crowd gathers after. 105/N. #chicago (via kwisstin on IG.)

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6d

Based on the video shared by Univision (they've paired it with overhead from ABC), today's attack might be the most chemical gas we've seen feds launch into a neighborhood so far. The clouds are enormous/that's a lot of canisters. Completely engulfing cars and homes.

instagram.com/reel/DPzWnGCklvl

unichicago on Instagram: "Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información …"

Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información en nuestra biografía.

www.instagram.com

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 7d

A few messages seen today in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood

A poster on a pole next to a street says:
“ICE YOU ARE NOT INVISIBLE
!RECORD!
!RECORD!
!RECORD!
NAZI RATS LEAVE OUR CITY”

A stack of posters featuring a hammer-wielding figure with the stars of the Chicago wrapped around his torso. It says:
“I PREFER MY ICE CRUSHED. END IMMIGRATION ARRESTS, DEFEND OUR SANCTUARY”

A sign in a store window says: “WE DON’T [SERVE is crossed out] FEED ICE OR PIGS! even if you steal this sign”

The words “ICE OUT” are written in chalk on a sidewalk.

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 7d

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 7d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

Image text:

Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 7d

yeah man, trans reporters, whom the ny times derogatorily calls "trans activists" so that normies won't listen to them, have been reporting on ADF activity in the UK since 2018.

bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.

Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 7d

Really important NYT investigation finds that the ADF has been working with Reform, 'courting the party since at least 2024' and that the British arm 'orchestrated Mr Farage’s appearance in Congress, reaching out to ask if he would like to give evidence on censorship'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 7d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 8d

We are going to Win

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 8d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 8d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 8d

This is my family’s cemetery. Generations of us are here. DHS thugs attacked the workers who laid my father to rest and tend to his gravesite. i dont know whether to cry or yell. I hope these DHS thugs find no peace in this life and the next.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 8d

ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/

Caught on camera… ICE agents clash with suburban cemetery workers trying to help man in Des Plaines River… #wgn9 #ice #operationmidwayblitz #immigration

TikTok video by WGN9Chicago

www.tiktok.com

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