C. Tocci
@tocci.bsky.social
"With fervency I spoke of that new world, blessed with plenty, purified by justice and sweetened by brotherly kindness, the world of which I had indeed but dreamed, but which might so easily be made real." - E. Bellamy
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C. Tocci
@tocci.bsky.social
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Let’s defeat the oxymoron “academic courage.” - Ilan Pappè
It’s pure power politics and the choices are stark - accommodate them & degrade yourself or seek to organize greater power & face attacks.
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
It’s pure power politics and the choices are stark - accommodate them & degrade yourself or seek to organize greater power & face attacks.
Over at the old place, I kept an updated thread of the guerrilla memorials to Michele Robey, always mounted to an electrical box near the site of her murder police (Irving Park & Western, Chicago).
I hadn’t seen one in a while, but this is new.
I hadn’t seen one in a while, but this is new.
December 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Over at the old place, I kept an updated thread of the guerrilla memorials to Michele Robey, always mounted to an electrical box near the site of her murder police (Irving Park & Western, Chicago).
I hadn’t seen one in a while, but this is new.
I hadn’t seen one in a while, but this is new.
Detroit autoworker
(Fantastic book)
(Fantastic book)
December 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Detroit autoworker
(Fantastic book)
(Fantastic book)
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If Vallas were Mayor, the Tribune Editorial board would be petitioning that he be declared a saint on this alone. Instead they continue their copaganda crusades against Brandon.
Despite some headline-grabbing mayhem, Chicago’s gun violence fell to levels not seen in a decade in 2025.
Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes
Despite some headline-grabbing mayhem, Chicago’s gun violence fell to levels not seen in a decade in 2025, with a homicide total roughly half what it was just four years ago.
trib.al
December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If Vallas were Mayor, the Tribune Editorial board would be petitioning that he be declared a saint on this alone. Instead they continue their copaganda crusades against Brandon.
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Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.
Organizing My Thoughts
Kelly Hayes writes about things you should know if you want to change the world.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.
What is a “public artist”?
Maybe I’ve just never heard of any private artists because they’re…very private?
Maybe I’ve just never heard of any private artists because they’re…very private?
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
What is a “public artist”?
Maybe I’ve just never heard of any private artists because they’re…very private?
Maybe I’ve just never heard of any private artists because they’re…very private?
If I had to act nose-to-nose with Glen Close doing a death scene, I would also cry tears of anxiety.
(Highly enjoyable flick, even if it wasn’t quite Catholic.)
(Highly enjoyable flick, even if it wasn’t quite Catholic.)
December 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
If I had to act nose-to-nose with Glen Close doing a death scene, I would also cry tears of anxiety.
(Highly enjoyable flick, even if it wasn’t quite Catholic.)
(Highly enjoyable flick, even if it wasn’t quite Catholic.)
Being exceptional can be so confusing.
The Trump administration wants to revamp U.S. childhood vaccination recommendations to align with some other peer nations, including one tiny country in northern Europe. n.pr/4atOAzx
Should the U.S. model its vaccine policy on Denmark's? Experts say we're nothing alike
The Trump administration wants to revamp U.S. childhood vaccination recommendations to align with some other peer nations, including one tiny country in northern Europe.
n.pr
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Being exceptional can be so confusing.
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Very funny to see Alito complain about the court skipping full briefing and oral arguments for a quick shadow docket decision when he has signed onto innumerable orders that pull the exact same tricks and rebuked colleagues who complain about it ... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Very funny to see Alito complain about the court skipping full briefing and oral arguments for a quick shadow docket decision when he has signed onto innumerable orders that pull the exact same tricks and rebuked colleagues who complain about it ... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
"Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable & nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature." - Eno
This is so bleak.
This is so bleak.
Porsche reportedly created their new ad without using any AI.
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable & nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature." - Eno
This is so bleak.
This is so bleak.
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This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
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this is an amazing thread
research is the creative process of asking questions, doing the diligence, talking to people, testing out ideas, asking more questions, analyzing and writing, asking more questions
it's an absurd and glorious process 🏵️
research is the creative process of asking questions, doing the diligence, talking to people, testing out ideas, asking more questions, analyzing and writing, asking more questions
it's an absurd and glorious process 🏵️
I do think this is true. I'm often guilty myself of underplaying what the work I do looks like or how much time and effort it takes. Research isn't 'just reading' or a question of sucking up summaries others have created. It's knowledge creation.
So let me go through the process with an example 1/
So let me go through the process with an example 1/
What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.
December 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
this is an amazing thread
research is the creative process of asking questions, doing the diligence, talking to people, testing out ideas, asking more questions, analyzing and writing, asking more questions
it's an absurd and glorious process 🏵️
research is the creative process of asking questions, doing the diligence, talking to people, testing out ideas, asking more questions, analyzing and writing, asking more questions
it's an absurd and glorious process 🏵️
For 6 years my teacher candidates & I have studied CPS' "Reparations Won" curriculum & the history behind it. And every year I have to say, the unit summative asks kids to design a memorial, which will have to change when the city finally does what it promised to do. One step closer.
Chicago Torture Justice Memorial to be built in Washington Park • The TRiiBE
The long-awaited memorial will pay tribute to survivors and victims of police torture at the hands of the Chicago Police Department. Groundbreaking is expected in Spring 2026.
thetriibe.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
For 6 years my teacher candidates & I have studied CPS' "Reparations Won" curriculum & the history behind it. And every year I have to say, the unit summative asks kids to design a memorial, which will have to change when the city finally does what it promised to do. One step closer.
For those following along at home…
The House of Delegates passed the legal defense fund for NCSS members. There’s an existing fund with monies in it.
It’s on the Board to design the program for implementation.
The House of Delegates passed the legal defense fund for NCSS members. There’s an existing fund with monies in it.
It’s on the Board to design the program for implementation.
1. Restarting the NCSS legal defense fund for members.
2. Calling on NCSS to publish a position statement in support of K12 ethnic studies programs.
Contact your state and/or interest group delegates & ask them to support CUFA’s efforts to strengthen our field.
2. Calling on NCSS to publish a position statement in support of K12 ethnic studies programs.
Contact your state and/or interest group delegates & ask them to support CUFA’s efforts to strengthen our field.
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
For those following along at home…
The House of Delegates passed the legal defense fund for NCSS members. There’s an existing fund with monies in it.
It’s on the Board to design the program for implementation.
The House of Delegates passed the legal defense fund for NCSS members. There’s an existing fund with monies in it.
It’s on the Board to design the program for implementation.
In America, the border comes to you!
When they redefine the border from being a place to being a law enforcement practice, then the border is everywhere.
Border Patrol out of everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In America, the border comes to you!
When they redefine the border from being a place to being a law enforcement practice, then the border is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
When they redefine the border from being a place to being a law enforcement practice, then the border is everywhere.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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i fell down a rabbit hole landing softly on a ward map from 1980, hand drawn by Charles Brubaker
he was a prolific designer at perkins & will, nationally known for school design, he designed whitney young magnet high school
he is known for having designed 1 fist national plaza
an artist's artist
he was a prolific designer at perkins & will, nationally known for school design, he designed whitney young magnet high school
he is known for having designed 1 fist national plaza
an artist's artist
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
i fell down a rabbit hole landing softly on a ward map from 1980, hand drawn by Charles Brubaker
he was a prolific designer at perkins & will, nationally known for school design, he designed whitney young magnet high school
he is known for having designed 1 fist national plaza
an artist's artist
he was a prolific designer at perkins & will, nationally known for school design, he designed whitney young magnet high school
he is known for having designed 1 fist national plaza
an artist's artist
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there is not a small number of people who can no longer go to the grocery store or the food pantry, there are many who are taking risks
we have a small wishlist and i will keep sharing it, we keep hearing from families who trust us or trust their networks to trust us
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
we have a small wishlist and i will keep sharing it, we keep hearing from families who trust us or trust their networks to trust us
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
October 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
there is not a small number of people who can no longer go to the grocery store or the food pantry, there are many who are taking risks
we have a small wishlist and i will keep sharing it, we keep hearing from families who trust us or trust their networks to trust us
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
we have a small wishlist and i will keep sharing it, we keep hearing from families who trust us or trust their networks to trust us
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
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I invite you to help me feed people in Chicago.
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
we're good on the diapers for now but the food is needed
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
we're good on the diapers for now but the food is needed
there is not a small number of people who can no longer go to the grocery store or the food pantry, there are many who are taking risks
we have a small wishlist and i will keep sharing it, we keep hearing from families who trust us or trust their networks to trust us
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
we have a small wishlist and i will keep sharing it, we keep hearing from families who trust us or trust their networks to trust us
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
October 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I invite you to help me feed people in Chicago.
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
we're good on the diapers for now but the food is needed
bit.ly/distributefoodchicago
we're good on the diapers for now but the food is needed
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Perhaps just not funding the fascist stormtroopers *at all* might be an idea? Just a thought...
This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.
"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.
This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...
"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.
This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...
Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening
There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.
newrepublic.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Perhaps just not funding the fascist stormtroopers *at all* might be an idea? Just a thought...
Sister Jean put me in my place once, very nicely.
October 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sister Jean put me in my place once, very nicely.
Haverhill
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Haverhill
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for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...