Katherine 😷
@solidaricats.bsky.social
Learning to tend the earth in SE Chicago.
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Happy Winter! 10:03am ET today marked the Winter Solstice, the day of the year when the Earth's northern hemisphere is tilted furthest away from the Sun – making today the shortest of the year for those of us north of the equator.
Will wintry temperatures be in your area? 😬
Visit weather.gov to see
Will wintry temperatures be in your area? 😬
Visit weather.gov to see
December 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy Winter! 10:03am ET today marked the Winter Solstice, the day of the year when the Earth's northern hemisphere is tilted furthest away from the Sun – making today the shortest of the year for those of us north of the equator.
Will wintry temperatures be in your area? 😬
Visit weather.gov to see
Will wintry temperatures be in your area? 😬
Visit weather.gov to see
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It sounds like Waymo failed to program the vehicles to switch to stop sign mode in the event of a failed light? Every human driver has to learn this rule, and I don’t understand how the California DMV can possibly justify licensing any “driver” including an algorithm that doesn’t know this
Much of SF lost power last night. Waymos blocked intersections across the city, even though they are Wayless than 1% of cars on the roads. They accumulated at their failure points--intersections with no green lights, in busy areas, and shut down traffic there.
December 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It sounds like Waymo failed to program the vehicles to switch to stop sign mode in the event of a failed light? Every human driver has to learn this rule, and I don’t understand how the California DMV can possibly justify licensing any “driver” including an algorithm that doesn’t know this
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“There is no obvious legitimate reason for ICE to be compiling what appears to be a covert roster of immigration lawyers.”
ICE Accidentally Publishes A ‘Watch List’ Of Immigration Lawyers, Which Is Definitely A Normal Thing For The Government To Do
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/12/ice-accidentally-publishes-a-watch-list-of-immigration-lawyers-which-is-definitely-a-normal-thing-for-the-government-to-do/
ICE Accidentally Publishes A ‘Watch List’ Of Immigration Lawyers, Which Is Definitely A Normal Thing For The Government To Do
This is... disturbing.
abovethelaw.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“There is no obvious legitimate reason for ICE to be compiling what appears to be a covert roster of immigration lawyers.”
On the Pluribus bus, joining y’all’s hive mind lol
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
On the Pluribus bus, joining y’all’s hive mind lol
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As I suspected, it was not specific to BOS or DCA. This is national.
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
As I suspected, it was not specific to BOS or DCA. This is national.
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I came across *the* example I have been hammering with these food delivery robots.
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I came across *the* example I have been hammering with these food delivery robots.
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
Woohoo to new Star Trek in January, Woohoo to gay as fuck!
Pleased that Starfleet Academy looks gay as fuck
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Woohoo to new Star Trek in January, Woohoo to gay as fuck!
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Charles Whitaker et al are making people mad for wasting money. They have paid me NOT to teach for 3 yea & have pissed away the Renberg Chair, taking $3 million from the late Gene Kapaloski (RIP) for LGBTQ journalism courses while not allowing me to teach them. Meanwhile, they give $75 mil to Trump
Yes, Northwestern and @medillschool.bsky.social, go hide in shame. You realize that no one will want to give you money to turn around and give it to Donald Trump. My alma mater is dead to me.
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Charles Whitaker et al are making people mad for wasting money. They have paid me NOT to teach for 3 yea & have pissed away the Renberg Chair, taking $3 million from the late Gene Kapaloski (RIP) for LGBTQ journalism courses while not allowing me to teach them. Meanwhile, they give $75 mil to Trump
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Jesus fucking Christ
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Jesus fucking Christ
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South Chicago family taken by ICE and their daughter liquidating their store. See details posted by @pilsenfreestore on IG.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
South Chicago family taken by ICE and their daughter liquidating their store. See details posted by @pilsenfreestore on IG.
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security isn't a technical problem, it's a social one
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
security isn't a technical problem, it's a social one
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A couple in Franklin Park was taken by federal agents today when they knocked down the door of this family’s home.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
Federal agents detain couple in Franklin Park family says; Border Patrol chief no longer in area
It's been about a week since Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and his team left the Chicago area, but immigration operations still continue as two people were detained by federal agents in the w...
abc7chicago.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A couple in Franklin Park was taken by federal agents today when they knocked down the door of this family’s home.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
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Kidnappings have slowed with CBP’s ramp-down, but rapid response, patrols, whistles, etc. all formed even before Border Patrol arrived.
Expect we’re going to see a return to quick abductions of people they’ve targeted and probably some opportunistically, when people are out during mild weather.
Expect we’re going to see a return to quick abductions of people they’ve targeted and probably some opportunistically, when people are out during mild weather.
Greg Bovino may have moved on to Charlotte, but federal immigration agents maintain a presence in the Chicago area.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Kidnappings have slowed with CBP’s ramp-down, but rapid response, patrols, whistles, etc. all formed even before Border Patrol arrived.
Expect we’re going to see a return to quick abductions of people they’ve targeted and probably some opportunistically, when people are out during mild weather.
Expect we’re going to see a return to quick abductions of people they’ve targeted and probably some opportunistically, when people are out during mild weather.
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I’m sorry, now that @404media.co broke that Thomson Reuters is selling data about our whereabouts to ICE, how can anyone take @reuters.com news seriously? It has broken the public trust www.404media.co/this-app-let...
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I’m sorry, now that @404media.co broke that Thomson Reuters is selling data about our whereabouts to ICE, how can anyone take @reuters.com news seriously? It has broken the public trust www.404media.co/this-app-let...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We’re hiring!
The TRiiBE is currently experiencing an exciting period of audience growth, which requires a leader to capture new readers and pipeline them into our membership program.
Come work with our independent and Black-owned newsroom ✊🏾✨
thetriibe.com/jobs
The TRiiBE is currently experiencing an exciting period of audience growth, which requires a leader to capture new readers and pipeline them into our membership program.
Come work with our independent and Black-owned newsroom ✊🏾✨
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'Like an orchard in full bloom, nurturing stories requires care and connection, too. The people we love who are no longer alive—Stacey, Janna, Jonathan, Shizuko—are still with us, and our stories about them are seeds planted with gentleness and hope for the future.'
In Praise of Peaches - Orion Magazine
Sometimes a peach is just a peach. But sometimes it's a portal.
orionmagazine.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
'Like an orchard in full bloom, nurturing stories requires care and connection, too. The people we love who are no longer alive—Stacey, Janna, Jonathan, Shizuko—are still with us, and our stories about them are seeds planted with gentleness and hope for the future.'
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A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
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I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
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Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
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I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
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It takes years of public meetings and debate for citizens to get a sparse few concrete barriers to protect cyclists, but it can be done on a whim to protect state sponsored torturers.
More concrete barriers are being added on Beach Street outside the ICE processing center in suburban Broadview after a clash between protesters and agents led to at least 21 arrests and four law enforcement officers injured.
READ MORE: https://tinyurl.com/nhaymebh
READ MORE: https://tinyurl.com/nhaymebh
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It takes years of public meetings and debate for citizens to get a sparse few concrete barriers to protect cyclists, but it can be done on a whim to protect state sponsored torturers.
What the fawk is this sh*t
I loathe them so much
I loathe them so much
Earlier, in the first round of arrests, we saw state troopers drag one woman down the street over 100 feet to their wagon.
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
What the fawk is this sh*t
I loathe them so much
I loathe them so much
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This camp is in El Paso. This is where today’s flight from Gary just landed. It was carrying detainees from ICE’s detention facility in Broadview.
All of DHS’s denials in this story about inhumane conditions and lack of access to attorneys are the same false claims they made about Broadview.
All of DHS’s denials in this story about inhumane conditions and lack of access to attorneys are the same false claims they made about Broadview.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This camp is in El Paso. This is where today’s flight from Gary just landed. It was carrying detainees from ICE’s detention facility in Broadview.
All of DHS’s denials in this story about inhumane conditions and lack of access to attorneys are the same false claims they made about Broadview.
All of DHS’s denials in this story about inhumane conditions and lack of access to attorneys are the same false claims they made about Broadview.
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It's been rumored for a bit they would leave mid-November. It's not the weather, just the natural lifespan of a ~225 person operation.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
Bovino left LA to come to Chicago and it's not like LA saw immigration operations stop - just less showboating from his crew. So even if these circulating rumors over the last week turn out real, I'm pessimistic about how much change to expect on the ground.
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's been rumored for a bit they would leave mid-November. It's not the weather, just the natural lifespan of a ~225 person operation.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.