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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 4h

I have recurring bad dreams about separating from my spouse and needing to find a new housing solution.

I get to see some amazing (fictional) apartments most nights.

If I had skill+time+energy, I'd create an art portfolio called Apartment of My Dreams, featuring floorplans and design schemes.

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 1d

Adding "same for any type of protest"

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archery szn kwisatz haderade 🏹 @booksandbows.bsky.social · 1d

if you’re doing rapid response even if you don’t care about COVID wear a fucking mask, DHS and ICE are filming peoples faces on purpose for their propaganda social media videos

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re in the Edgewater/Rogers Park area, we need people with their whistles on visibly out on patrol. Even if it’s just a walk on your lunch break or while you walk your dog, it matters. This is an all hands on deck day. Whatever you can do. ICE is heavily present in the area. Hope I see you.

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 1d

I have been asked by multiple people at work if I'm okay the past few weeks.

My friends, anyone I consider to be a decent human being is very much not okay right now, for good (and many) reasons.

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aloof bisexual wife @gochujung.bsky.social · 2d

As SNAP cuts & ICE / CBP threaten the safety & security of far north side neighbors, Rogers Park Free Store distro’d diapers, formula, menstrual products, cleaning supplies, OTC meds, toiletries & more yesterday with the help of local migra watch. Support our work: www.opencollective.com/rpfreestore

shelves and packages of toilet paper and paper towels, along with a collection box that reads “fund the rogers park free store” in a grassroots distro storage room

shelves stocked with diapers, cleaning supplies, and oral health products in a grassroots distro storage room

bags and boxes full of diapers, cleaning supplies, and personal care items stacked on the floor and counter of a grassroots distro storage room

cans of baby formula and bags packed with cleaning supplies and personal care items are set out on tables ahead of community distribution

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 3d

As someone from AZ, who was transplanted in IL 13 years ago, I'd love nothing more than to stop changing the clocks.

But I thought standard time was better for people.

Either way, yes, make a time permanent please.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

Love it or hate it, many will turn their clocks back on Sunday. The debate — whether or not to make daylight saving time permanent — continues. n.pr/4okDSzv

Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Here's what to know

Love it or hate it, many will turn their clocks back on Sunday. The debate — whether or not to make daylight saving time permanent — continues.

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 3d

Just in case anyone thought I was joking.

I worked today but I still started. :)

An artificial, lit Christmas tree set up in a living room. Decorative pink, red, and mint green snowflakes hang from the ceiling.

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 3d

I sincerely hope she, and her colleagues, find outlets for the grief it causes them as witnesses to the cruelty, as well as sources of joy, so they don't break.

For whatever it is worth, they have my unending gratitude.

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 3d

And this one feels like a Smokey song to me; vibes, all the way down.

Olivia Dean - A Couple Minutes (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Olivia Dean

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 3d

This song gives me the type of joy a 90s rom-com does.

Just silly amounts of it, melting away some of the tension from having an ongoing invasion taking place.

Olivia Dean - Man I Need (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by OliviaDeanVEVO

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely.

“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐳…” @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 4d

So just to clarify, Christmas trees go up tomorrow on the 1st, right?

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 4d

What frightens me the most?

A lot of supposedly decent people I know support everyday* cruelty toward the unhoused.

*Calling cops, removing tents/encampments, kicking them out of public spaces, etc.

I provided assistance to unhoused individuals and a former coworker wanted me fired for it.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

Utah has just approved a 1,300-person “mega camp” for homeless individuals,This camp lacks transportation, features locked units, and even imposes forced labor.

They refer to this facility as “work-conditioned housing,” but we simply call it what it is: modern-day internment.

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 4d

I had 24 kids stop by for a full-sized candy bar.

That's actually decent for my street; most families head to the neighborhood north of us.

I got some reading in, in between visits.

In the foreground: the book "I Who Have Never Known Men" rests on a person's knee, as they cross their leg.

In the middle ground: a black folding table with a bowl of candy.

In the background: a Know Your Rights yard sign in the grass, with the road behind it.

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 4d

The cards have arrived. Time to get writing! ✏️

Multiple packs of plastic wrapped holiday card sets that say "Season's Greetings"

The card's art features a lake surrounded by mountains.

Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 4d

Why am I sincerely tearing up over this?

I <3 public transit.

I'm so grateful to all who championed this outcome.

Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 4d

We saved transit.

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aloof bisexual wife @gochujung.bsky.social · 6d

It doesn’t matter to me if ICE / CBP only abduct criminalized and/or undocumented people, and do so without using chemical weapons, harming bystanders, or physically injuring anyone in the process. ALL ICE / CBP actions are unnecessary and unjustified violence, regardless of how they operate.

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 7d

Hey, cous'

Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 7d

The Border Patrol isn't a laughing matter but the other part lifted this stranger's spirits just a touch.

I thank you (and the Discovery feed) for that.

Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 7d

Whatever may be said about what Christianity is *supposed* to be, I feel like it's common knowledge at this point that what it *is* and historically *has been* is chock full of cruelty towards others.

Or, it has been wielded by people in that way.

It's pretty inextricable, is it not?

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8d

When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 7d

My pregnant niece, who has a job but qualifies for the SNAP program, is not getting SNAP benefits in November.

I don't need it to be personal to care but it happens to be and I also care quite a bit. This is true for a lot of people.

a man in a red shirt is standing in front of a crowd .

Alt: Michael Jackson, in a red shirt, standing in front of a crowd, in the They Don't Care About Us music video. The caption reads "All I want to say is that they don't really care about us"

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 7d

Cessnas, helicopters, and drones are just part of life now. At all hours.

I woke up Friday night/Saturday morning, at 3am, to repeated flyovers that went on for an hour.

Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 9d

I signed up to do this and hope to talk some friends into helping.

justdetention.org/woh/

Join JDI’s Words of Hope Campaign! – Just Detention International Join JDI’s Words of Hope Campaign! – Just Detention International

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 9d

Talking shop (very specific type of food pantry support) like a boss.

I'm 8 months in on this project and it's only getting more awareness/support as time passes.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 9d

Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.

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