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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · Apr 7

In the midst of all of this crap news, I’d like to remind y’all that I had a cameo in one of Dav Pilkey’s comics, about a year ago. It’s about my work on Fredric Wertham. Check out some of the images!

I appreciate having my work cited in academic pubs, but this citation is priceless. 📚 #libcomix

A two page spread from the Fredric Wertham mini-comic in Pilkey’s Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers. It is drawn in “kid”-style. The panels depict the impact of Wertham’s Seduction of the Innocent, Carol Tilley’s research at the Library of Congress and subsequent publication in 2012 of her findings about Wertham’s research, and a visual depiction of Wertham conducting questionable research on comics. In the top right panel, Carol is depicted with a book titled, “Diary of a Wimpy Doctor” and is saying “That dude LIED!"

The Notes & Fun Facts page from Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers. One note is circled. It reads: “Somebody” (mentioned on page 102) was actually an assitant professor at the University of Illinois named Dr. Carol Tilley. She investigated Dr. Wertham’s manuscripts at the Library of Congress and in 2012 concluded that “Wertham manipulated, overstated, compromised, and fabricated evidence - especially that evidence he attributed to personal clinical research with young people - for rhetorical gain."

The cover of Dav Pilkey’s book Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers. It shows a three big-eyed creatures along with Cat Kid reading a bright pink book.

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 2d

I need some help. Got laid-off on Friday: unannounced budget change + my position was first cut, so it was a total surprise. Thanks to a tax status loophole my employer manipulated, I cant get unemployment. In short im SOL

Anything you can give would be huge
Venmo: Vicky-surge
Cash: $VickySurge1312

A cardboard bankers box sitting on top of an office chair filled with assorted odds and ends as I cleaned out my desk

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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 12h

Covering all of California's water canals with solar panels could generate 13 gigawatts of renewable power and save 63 billion gallons of water per year: buff.ly/3Gx1wUq

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 5h

“No protest in the free speech zone”

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 5h

No protest from 6am to 9am in the Broadview free speech zone.

Just here with a handful of press waiting to see if we can catch the Texas National Guard arriving in Broadview tonight.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h

if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
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Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 4h

Goodnight, friends.

Stay safe from the water drugs. If you're headed to Portland, take extra supplies as I'm told all the stores are boarded over and gone. Who even goes fishing anymore?

I love you.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 4h

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 5h

They are delicious! Halved and flash fried with shallots.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 6h

Since we’re clearing the air, I might as well put out something I’ve been concealing for a very long time.

I’m the Vice President of Antifa (Western Continental Division)

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 7h

This is truly horrifying.

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach…with Antifa."

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 7h

Incidentally, in less important and kind of silly news, I think this is a first:

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 7h

The first squirrel has found our pumpkin gift. 🎃🐿

A young squirrel sits on its hainches to eat a chunk of a fresh pumpkin.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 7h

This thread! 🤣

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 10h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 9h

Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 7h

It's been a day, so there's someone bringing me delicious chicken tenders and fried brussel sprouts. I might even share with my beloved. 😉

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 10h

Aw! Thanks! I’m glad you’re here. :-)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 14h

There are at least three protest actions scheduled today in the Chicagoland area. Two in the Loop, and one in the suburb of Broadview at the ICE detention facility. (Instagram link for BV since I don't have a flyer)

Broadview: www.instagram.com/reel/DPhIdFP...

A photo of a flyer for a protest in Chicago. It's a white background at the top, and a partially transparent image of solidarity fists and signs. Fron the top it reads:

Government shutdown emergency rally: stand with federal workers. Wednesday, 10.8.25 at 12pm. Federal Plaza 230 S Dearborn St, Chicago.

Below that are logos for 10 unions. They are (left to right, top to bottom): AFGE, FUN Chicago, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, NTEU, AFGE Local 704, SEIU HCII, National Association of Letter Carriers, APWU, IFPTE Local 777, Chicaog Federation of Labor

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Ryan "Ghost Town / Why?" the Randalls @ryanpatrickrandall.com · 14h

These people don't want us to have affordable healthcare in the USA, but they know affordable healthcare is extremely popular with Americans.

So they're making up scenarios (complete with tired, racist imagery) to distract you from advocating for what actually benefits you and all your neighbors.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you, Governor.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

Despite strong objections from Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and the people of Chicago, the Trump regime is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago today.

If you are in Chicago and need guidance on how to interact with the Guard, here’s a helpful guide:
bit.ly/resistancetoolkit

Responding to Federal Occupying Forces

Click here for another version of this document optimized for readability and accessibility. Table of Contents (click to jump ahead) We the People are PISSED: statement/intro Situation Report: current...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21h

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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