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Proton @proton.me · 2d

Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 1d

“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"

- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 5d

Growing up, my mother worked full time providing care for the elderly and her wages were not enough to house us or feed us. We survived because of section 8 housing benefits and food stamps. We thrived because we were lucky enough to attend good public schools in our small town...

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 1d

Had a great time recording this conversation! Check it out

Resistant Communiqués Podcast @resistantcommpod.bsky.social · 2d

We’re thrilled to release our new episode: an interview with Dr. @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social about the history & legacies of the Palestinian struggle for freedom. We discuss the Palestinian Liberation Movement here & abroad, & the challenges that have come with the fight.
🎧: bit.ly/rc2025emanabdehadi

Graphic with Eman Abdelhadi on the right, with text on the left that reads:

“RESISTANT COMMUNIQUÉS PODCAST
Resistance at
Home and Abroad:
Palestinian
Solidarity with
Dr. Eman Abdelhadi

ResistantCommPod.Substack.com | @ResistantCommPod”

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22h

Karla Strand writes in @msmagazine.com of Read This When Things Fall Apart: "Not a guide, this volume is a salve for the wounds we incur when doing the work, and its contents are the love and encouragement we need to continue tending the fires of resistance."

November 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us

The best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in November 2025.

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Humanizing Through Story @yourstorymatters.bsky.social · 1d

While mass is being held at the Broadview detention center, caravans of buses and vans simultaneously drive detained people away, most likely to the airport.

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Leigh Kunkel @leighkunkel.bsky.social · 21h

I can't think of anything to say

A girl holding a sign reading SET MY DAD FREE

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T @tanuja.bsky.social · 2d

This event and this moment was everything. Thank you @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and @mayaschenwar.bsky.social for bringing us all together! 💚🐸

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Tonight, @mayaschenwar.bsky.social and I organized an event for exhausted Chicago organizers to laugh, find some fellowship, and sing karaoke. Folks were masked when not eating, drinking or performing. Here are my beloved friends @prayingmantis.bsky.social and @thatguywasfly.bsky.social rocking out.

A woman dressed in a Halloween costume as a mix tape sings in a diva-like fashion while a man in an inflatable frog costume sways in the background.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

I talked to @biidaasamose.bsky.social about what it takes to stay human and protect each other in fascistic times, and how we can build networks of care, defend our neighbors, grieve, and make space for joy. This episode includes some Nishnaabe wisdom and music from Leanne. Transcript + audio:

Resisting ICE, Building Worlds: Care and Survival in Fascistic Times

“It’s all hands on deck and we have to fight. This is the only way,” says Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

Today was a heavy one. I know folks are hurting over the harms our best efforts didn't prevent. It's not a fair fight, and these things are going to happen. Too often, the best we can do is document the damage done.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

"You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be, and you do choose how you want to think." –

Grace Lee Boggs

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

I was interviewed by @reemasabrina.bsky.social about Read This When Things Fall Apart. "Fight for what is sacred to you. And if you don’t know what’s sacred to you yet, I suggest you get out there, amongst other people fighting the good fight, and I suspect you’ll find it."

A care package for activists in crisis - Chicago Reader

Read This When Things Fall Apart, edited by Kelly Hayes, features letters offering hope and advice for activist in crisis.

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Atena O. Danner @atenaoyadi.bsky.social · 5d

Today! I’ll be in conversation with my brilliant fellow authors about our newly published anthology, ‘Read This When Things Fall Apart.’

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

This is today at 4 pm CT!

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

Tomorrow, we have the first virtual launch event for Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. I will be in conversation with my friends @shaneburley.bsky.social, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Atena Danner. Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

Tomorrow, we have the first virtual launch event for Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. I will be in conversation with my friends @shaneburley.bsky.social, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Atena Danner. Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Graphic for a book launch for Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. The listed time is October 28, 5pm ET. Photos of Kelly Hayes, Shane Burley, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Atena O. Danner are included.

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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to our immigration project editor @almacampos.bsky.social on being named a finalist for the CJA's prestigious Dorothy Storck award! Here's a thread of some of Alma's recent work. 🧵1/5

Photos of the three Dorothy Storck award finalists. The finalists are pictured inside blue circular frames on a cheerful yellow background. From left to right: Alma Campos, South Side Weekly; Brandis Friedman, WTTW; Shia Kapos, Politico.

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T @tanuja.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t miss the latest from @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social 🔥 for @southsideweekly.bsky.social 🙌🏾

911 Calls Show South Shore Residents’ Panic During ICE Raid

CPD dispatch audio reveals Border Patrol also arrested two U.S. citizens that night in Steelworkers Park.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 8d

Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids

Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025

New: mutual aid fund supporting immigrant families impacted

All donations support families in Chicago IL who have been directly impacted by detention, deportation, and ICE raids

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Alma Campos @almacampos.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you, Cicero Independiente, for republishing my story. 📝

South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks to our friends at Cicero Independiente for republishing @almacampos.bsky.social's moving reporting on the last journey home for Silverio Villegas González, who ICE agents killed near Chicago in September.

A Tragic Homecoming — Cicero Independiente

After nearly two decades in Chicago, Silverio Villegas González returned to Michoacán in a coffin. His death at the hands of federal agents left two families divided by borders, shattered with grief, ...

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 9d

“Tricia McLaughlin said protesters “shot at agents” with fireworks and threw objects at agents [and] Agents...gave protesters multiple warnings.

The video of the incident does not show protesters throwing rocks or fireworks at agents, nor can agents be heard warning protesters.”

Border Patrol Boss Bovino Tear-Gasses Chicago Crowd, Violating Judge’s Order, Lawyers Say

New video shows Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino tossing a tear gas canister toward people in Little Village Thursday. Attorneys in an ongoing lawsuit over force against peaceful protesters say Bovino ...

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 8d

New: District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago has issued an order this afternoon, commanding Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino to appear in federal court on Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Bovino was videotaped throwing tear gas into a crowd in Chicago's Little Village community this past Thursday.

A court order commanding Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino to appear in court on Tuesday, 10/28.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 9d

Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 9d

Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday a decision on whether to pursue the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination comes down to whether he thinks he can meet “both the challenge and the promise of tomorrow” and execute on it.

Rahm Emanuel points to record, trust with Republicans as he considers presidential bid

Former Chicago mayor and Japan ambassador Rahm Emanuel said at a City Club of Chicago luncheon he needs to have something unique to say and know he can execute on it to run for president.

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 8d

This is what fascism is folks. They're kidnapping and disappearing people and telling us it's a crime to oppose it.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 8d

“The use of force that I’ve seen has been exemplary — the least amount of force necessary to accomplish the mission,” Bovino told @cbsnews.com Friday. “If someone strays into a pepper ball, then that’s on them. Don’t protest and don’t trespass.”

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 8d

FULL STORY: U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who has led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs, to appear in her courtroom in person at 10 a.m. Tuesday. @wttw.bsky.social

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8d

My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."

We Have to Move

"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9d

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

“Making Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped

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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · 11d

Episode 10 is out! In this episode, I talk to Kelly Hayes, the brilliant journalist and organizer whose writing and podcast so many of us rely on to make sense of the world.

Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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