@inkinoveritas.bsky.social
Runnin’ on empty, might as well gun it.
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Prison guards are flocking to ICE jobs and frankly this makes sense. Those of us who have been anti-prison organizers for decades have been saying that fascism already existed within prisons/jails. Our best teachers for how to survive fascism are incarcerated people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Prison guards are flocking to ICE jobs and frankly this makes sense. Those of us who have been anti-prison organizers for decades have been saying that fascism already existed within prisons/jails. Our best teachers for how to survive fascism are incarcerated people.
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I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
January 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
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I just subscribed. Let’s get this over this line.
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 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I just subscribed. Let’s get this over this line.
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but at the end of the day, whether cops brutalize protesters or take a more hands-off approach, there’s still a massive, daily presence of state/county police providing security outside ice’s fortress so masked agents can continue to abduct our neighbors.
October 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
but at the end of the day, whether cops brutalize protesters or take a more hands-off approach, there’s still a massive, daily presence of state/county police providing security outside ice’s fortress so masked agents can continue to abduct our neighbors.
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little village residents chased border patrol from the discount mall, but they feds didn’t go away.
as of noon, agents were active further east in bridgeport and mckinley part, per the southwest side rapid response team.
also reports just north in lawndale.
www.instagram.com/p/DQKO7XmjsUI/
as of noon, agents were active further east in bridgeport and mckinley part, per the southwest side rapid response team.
also reports just north in lawndale.
www.instagram.com/p/DQKO7XmjsUI/
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
little village residents chased border patrol from the discount mall, but they feds didn’t go away.
as of noon, agents were active further east in bridgeport and mckinley part, per the southwest side rapid response team.
also reports just north in lawndale.
www.instagram.com/p/DQKO7XmjsUI/
as of noon, agents were active further east in bridgeport and mckinley part, per the southwest side rapid response team.
also reports just north in lawndale.
www.instagram.com/p/DQKO7XmjsUI/
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
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Hey, photography friends, this could be a good place to throw a few bucks to a fellow photographer.
@yourstorymatters.bsky.social has been doing phenomenal work OTG in Chicago (mostly over on Instagram), documenting assaults on the press and protesters. Last night a needed lens disappeared in the chaos.
If you picked up this Sigma, get in touch!
account.venmo.com/u/jon_stegenga
If you picked up this Sigma, get in touch!
account.venmo.com/u/jon_stegenga
September 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Hey, photography friends, this could be a good place to throw a few bucks to a fellow photographer.
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So thankful for @unraveledpress.com’s courage and dedication. Please support them unraveledpress.com/support-unra...
September 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
So thankful for @unraveledpress.com’s courage and dedication. Please support them unraveledpress.com/support-unra...
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the dont sign up for protests advice is the equivalent to cover up your tattoos and your face at protests, and leave your phone at home when attending them. its literally just to reduce the amount of identifiers of yourself for your safety. they are calling peaceful protests an act of terrorism.
The “don’t sign up for protests” thing is just an outgrowth of the Online tendency to one-up other people on how much you care. Oh, they’re protesting and signing people up for it? I’ll show them by claiming that’s wrong and you can care more by not signing up.
September 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
the dont sign up for protests advice is the equivalent to cover up your tattoos and your face at protests, and leave your phone at home when attending them. its literally just to reduce the amount of identifiers of yourself for your safety. they are calling peaceful protests an act of terrorism.
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If I were editing a college president’s guest essay about the importance of colleges hosting “difficult speakers,” I would ask her to clarify how her argument squares with her history of expelling students for protesting, and why speakers should be treated better than her own students.
September 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If I were editing a college president’s guest essay about the importance of colleges hosting “difficult speakers,” I would ask her to clarify how her argument squares with her history of expelling students for protesting, and why speakers should be treated better than her own students.
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Calling out political extremists for being hypocritical (“they claim to value free speech, but actually try to censor speech they don’t like!”) is like calling out a football team for playing both offense and defense. They’re not trying to embody fixed standards, they’re just trying to win.
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Calling out political extremists for being hypocritical (“they claim to value free speech, but actually try to censor speech they don’t like!”) is like calling out a football team for playing both offense and defense. They’re not trying to embody fixed standards, they’re just trying to win.
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I'm not sure if people have really absorbed this week's lesson of how the mainstream political establishment is ready to justify and go along with a massive crackdown on any left political expression.
September 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I'm not sure if people have really absorbed this week's lesson of how the mainstream political establishment is ready to justify and go along with a massive crackdown on any left political expression.
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Chicago:
EVERYONE IN CHICAGOLAND:
Save this number in your phone. If you see an ICE raid:
1. Ask the the person their name
2. Ask who to call to let them know they’ve been taken by ICE
3. Tell them to not say anything
4. Call this number to report the arrest
If possible video it
Save this number in your phone. If you see an ICE raid:
1. Ask the the person their name
2. Ask who to call to let them know they’ve been taken by ICE
3. Tell them to not say anything
4. Call this number to report the arrest
If possible video it
September 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Chicago:
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September 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Someone asked me what victory against the forces seeking to occupy Chicago looks like. Obviously, those forces being repelled is the goal, but there are layers to what success looks like in these deteriorating conditions. The first is to successfully resist the normalization of military occupation.
September 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Someone asked me what victory against the forces seeking to occupy Chicago looks like. Obviously, those forces being repelled is the goal, but there are layers to what success looks like in these deteriorating conditions. The first is to successfully resist the normalization of military occupation.
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Trump wants to make the military takeovers scary to stop resistance but the truth is the military is not large enough to control all the major cities if there is mass resistance. They'd need 600k troops at a minimum and the national guard only has ~336k. They can't actually hold cities if we resist.
August 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump wants to make the military takeovers scary to stop resistance but the truth is the military is not large enough to control all the major cities if there is mass resistance. They'd need 600k troops at a minimum and the national guard only has ~336k. They can't actually hold cities if we resist.
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General and current reminder: if you see unusual police or fed activity in the Chicago area, reach out via Signal at unraveled.66. Anonymity always protected
August 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
General and current reminder: if you see unusual police or fed activity in the Chicago area, reach out via Signal at unraveled.66. Anonymity always protected
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Some people don't feel as close to this as they ought to. Most of us are just a bad break or two away from winding up on the streets, and addiction & mental health crises can affect anyone. They're gutting services and rendering more of us disposable, and there's a carceral disposal system waiting.
July 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Some people don't feel as close to this as they ought to. Most of us are just a bad break or two away from winding up on the streets, and addiction & mental health crises can affect anyone. They're gutting services and rendering more of us disposable, and there's a carceral disposal system waiting.
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4 folks got detained (but not arrested?) doing this today, but the folks at this daily protest are actively helping make it a pain for ICE to kidnap our neighbors
June 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
4 folks got detained (but not arrested?) doing this today, but the folks at this daily protest are actively helping make it a pain for ICE to kidnap our neighbors
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a) this is racist and authoritarian
b) we cannot oppose a federal police state while building a local one
c) Chicago hates children and it makes me furious
b) we cannot oppose a federal police state while building a local one
c) Chicago hates children and it makes me furious
A new curfew proposal would let Chicago police declare a curfew anytime, anywhere in the city. buff.ly/R3VhfPb
April 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
a) this is racist and authoritarian
b) we cannot oppose a federal police state while building a local one
c) Chicago hates children and it makes me furious
b) we cannot oppose a federal police state while building a local one
c) Chicago hates children and it makes me furious