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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 46m

It is extremely wild to me that when you sign up for text alerts for a 311 service request, they come signed "Mayor Johnson."

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 22h

My friend watching KPop Demon Hunters for the first time:

"This isn't going to be a Luke/Leia situation where they have the same dad right?"

I want to confidently tell her no, but there is a sequel.........

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 1d

This is wild! I'd expect to be able to use the same card twice and have. Like it might charge you twice, sure, but my spouse and I have definitely traveled on the same card before???

Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 2d

My spouse literally anytime it rains.

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 2d

This is a fair point. I struggle with the implications of the surveillance state alongside traffic scofflaws becoming the norm/cameras being seemingly the only thing that slows people down. My biggest enemy in this city is cars.

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible, thank you!!

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 2d

Where have you heard this?? The delight this brings me, I just want to see more about it because wow my blood boils every time.

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 3d

What's extra wild is that because these two poles are bent in two different directions, I imagine this had to have been two separate incidents!!!!!!!!!!

STOP TRYING TO KILL US.

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 3d

I am so, so tired of traffic violence everywhere I turn. This is on the north end of one of Chicago's largest parks! And it's a "protected" pedestrian crossing!

What am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to live? The cars have to be stopped.

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 3d

IF THE SIGNS AREN'T SAFE, THE PEOPLE AREN'T SAFE.

Montrose and Manor.

@aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social @ward33chicago.bsky.social

Two signs in the middle of a pedestrian island smashed completely to the ground at night

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 4d

I've never seen a more consistently reactive audience than Good Boy in theater 2 at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social

We're talking constant awwws and gasps all out of concern for the cutest dog I've ever seen in a movie.

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 5d

Why is @repandrade40.bsky.social district office phone disconnected? Was directed to his secretary's email but ???

Meanwhile, @senatorguzman.bsky.social is answering her own phone and definitely doing the work against the depravity we're seeing this morning in Broadview.

Call your reps!!!!!!!!

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 5d

Collaborators, plain and simple.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5d

some pushing and shoving from cops as a group of protesters attempted to rush out in front of an ice vehicle that was arriving back at the broadview ice facility.

one state trooper gets pretty handsy with father david black, a regular protester here.

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 5d

Your state police are currently also creating panic in our communities.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.

They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 5d

Seriously @govpritzker.illinois.gov where are you? Why are you not down in Broadview putting a stop to this? You are enabling this terror!

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5d

state police just arrested a person for sitting in the street.

looks like the isp swat team is onsite too.

this is protecting free speech, right?

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 5d

Not a good look @govpritzker.illinois.gov!!!!!

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5d

state police wanna show off their pepper ball guns, too.

a state police officer stands in the street. a weapon slung across him looks like a paintball gun that shoots pepper balls.

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 5d

Chat is this freedom?

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 6d

the cook county sheriff’s office and illinois state police announce they’re setting up a “temporary unified command” to “coordinate public safety efforts” outside the broadview ice detention center.

this includes “designated areas” for protest along the sidewalk “to allow emergency vehicle access.”

CHICAGO - At the request of the Broadview Police Department, the Cook County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) and the Illinois State Police (ISP), with assistance from the Cook County Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA), have established a temporary Unified Command to coordinate public safety measures in Broadview around the facility being used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The Unified Command is setting up designated areas where people can safely exercise their rights, which will support the safety of the public, and ensure vehicular traffic can safely access the roads in the area. The goal of the Unified Command is to protect the health and safety of all individuals, including nearby Broadview residents and businesses, and enable the peaceful expression of First Amendment rights. The agencies involved in this operation will neither assist nor obstruct enforcement of federal immigration statutes in compliance with state and federal law.

Uniformed officers will be on site to help direct people to the designated areas. In addition to protecting the safety and rights of people peacefully expressing their views, these measures will also ensure that third parties that need access to the facility - including attorneys and legal representatives, people bringing medicine to detainees, and representatives from foreign consulates - will maintain clear points of access to the facility.

Below are designated protests areas, which will be marked on site.

a map of the “protest areas” outside the broadview ice facility. the designated areas span the sidewalk on the west side of the street and a grassy patch on the east side of the street.

the area in front of the facility, where ice had previously illegally installed a fence, is marked as a “restricted area”

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ocadchicago.bsky.social @ocadchicago.bsky.social · 6d

Calling all artists (musicians,poets, comedians, & all!) to join us at our annual gathering. Fill out the form by 10/15.

📣 Llamada para artistas (músicos/as/es, poetas, bailarines y todos!) para nuestra reunión. Complete el formulario antes de 10/15.

bit.ly/4gS9E3U

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 6d

I am reading The Blue Machine right now and loving it--it reminds me a lot of The Underworld by Susan Casey. If you haven't read that one, it's also excellent! Thanks for the rec!

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 6d

Saw Big White Fog at Court Theatre last night and boy howdy y'all should see it while you can. A nuanced and powerful performance.

My friend and I agreed, we haven't seen a true ensemble cast in a performance in some time. So many shows with 2-5 players max. Curtain call was a stage full of talent!

Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 7d

I am not as pro-transit app as everyone else here is. Idk it doesn't always work for me!

Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 9d

A driver glares, furious at me for startling her with my loud "BOOOO!" as she speeds through the crosswalk I am legally occupying. I am shamed; I have not knelt before the altar of the vehicle. I will lie down in the nearest expressway (DSLSD) in sacrificial penance to the god of American Freedom 🦅

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 15d

“The problem is...about 13,000 folks who have incurred between 30 to 50 tickets in the last 10 years...there’s a correlation between accruing a high number of tickets and [causing] a fatal or serious crash. We need to...engage with those folks.”

How do you engage with scofflaws? Serious question.

Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 15d

Block Club: "Speed Cam Program Should Axe Late Fees, Boost Transparency To Be More Effective: Report."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/23/s...

No word on restoring Clear Path's income-based 50% ticket discounts.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/03/04/a... @equiticity.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social

Speed Camera Program Should Axe Late Fees, Boost Transparency To Be More Effective: Report

A report from a city-backed group tasked with improving the controversial program suggests more than a dozen changes, including pushing for a change in state law to have the cameras installed citywide...

blockclubchicago.org

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 16d

PUBLIC PRESSURE WORKS

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16d

BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return on Tuesday night following a brief suspension.

"Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country..."

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Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social · 16d

Was this the Invictus production at Windy City Playhouse? So good!

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