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Steven J. Venturino @sjventurino.bsky.social · 3h

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Steven J. Venturino @sjventurino.bsky.social · 5d

Go Bruins.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 5d

I refuse to treat an AI generated avatar as a human while people who are very definitely human in every way are not being treated like humans.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

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Steven J. Venturino @sjventurino.bsky.social · 6d

Another great silent film version of Dickens. This time, David Copperfield ( Denmark 1922, directed by A. W. Sandberg). Spoiler alert for readers of Danish. www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7d

It was only two weeks ago when we first saw an ICE agent unholster his sidearm at Broadview. Since then, there have been many reports of agents directly pointing their guns at protesters. The escalation is escalating.

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 7d

"ICE has no regard for any human life."

"I've seen ICE agents with fingers on their trigger, using real M16s and M9s, pointing them at people."

"They're just trigger happy, and there is no trigger discipline."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Veterans Speak Out Against ICE's 'Mob Tactics' In Broadview: 'Our Democracy Is Being Crushed'

Activists and Chicago aldermen, meanwhile, are asking city and state leaders to do more to thwart ICE's efforts and treatment of protesters.

blockclubchicago.org

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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Joanna Warrens she/her @joannawarrens.bsky.social · 7d

They zip tied children.

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8d

ICE in Chicagoland today:

CBP agents were seemingly everywhere, with arrests across several neighborhoods and the suburbs. Exact numbers are unknown.

Neighbors in Garfield Park witnessed feds choking a Black man in the street, and Border Patrol snatched people at retail strips and traffic stops.

Kidnappings across Chicago’s Northwest Side, Bronzeville, Cicero and suburbs; DHS confirms 37 arrests in South Shore apartments raid • The TRiiBE

A day after federal officers swarmed an apartment building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, agents returned to the South and West sides on Wednesday

thetriibe.com

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Steven J. Venturino @sjventurino.bsky.social · 8d

Another wonderful Danish silent film adaptation of Dickens: Great Expectations, 1922. Directed by A. W. Sandberg. www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-...

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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 8d

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

We don’t want you here, Donald Trump.

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Steven J. Venturino @sjventurino.bsky.social · 9d

This week in Dickens's Our Mutual Friend. Boffin and Wegg near the Bower, in a still from the 1921 Danish silent film version, direct by A. W. Sandberg. Check out the amazing Danish Silent Film website for (most of this) film and more. www.stumfilm.dk/en/stumfilm/...

Two men shake hands at the garbage-strewn dust-heaps near Boffin's Bower, which is the small two-story house behind them. The blue tinting of the image indicates it is evening or night.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10d

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

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Steven J. Venturino @sjventurino.bsky.social · 10d

Yes. But I will also say that I had a very genuine and mutually respectful conversation about Shakespeare’s meter and the interdependence of prosody and character with a doctor while he was performing my vasectomy.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 10d

“Noemi Chavez and her two children are now confined to a room at O’Hare International Airport, awaiting transfer to a detention facility in Texas before deportation to Guatemala,“ reports the @chicagotribune.com

Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O’Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’

The mother said she felt her family was targeted because of their appearance. “There were a lot more people there, but the agents came directly to us because of how we look,” she said.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 11d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Erika Supria H @drcanonic.bsky.social · 11d

marching in front of the Newberry Library, shamelessly hospitable to people who really love genealogical research and Renaissance partbooks & like there's a park across the street that people just hang out in and the El is super scary b/c like everyone takes it www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/28/i...

masked and armed men marching in camo with badges that say "Border Patrol" and "Police" in front of a sunny Chicago building that is recognizable as the Newberry Library

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12d

If you think Trump deploying troops in American cities is nothing more than an opportunity to pivot to a completely different subject, you do not belong in Democratic leadership.

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 12d

The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.

Here’s a thought.

Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12d

Chaos again, feds tackling protesters at random.

They just detained @peoplesfabric.com.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12d

The State of Illinois is closely monitoring the federal deployments in the Village of Broadview.

Public safety is always my top priority, and the Illinois State Police remains in close communication with the Broadview Police Department to monitor and maintain public safety.

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Steven J. Venturino @sjventurino.bsky.social · 13d

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Chapter 1 of ‘Middlemarch’ (Published 2016)

Dorothea Brooke, young and brilliant, filled with passion no one needs.

www.nytimes.com

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