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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 12h

Time for America to get serious & plan general strikes, boycotts, & millions on top of millions of people PEACEFULLY in the streets to confront The Dictator’s madness.

Got to step it up.

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🏳️‍⚧️Topanga Elizabeth Razzmatazz Rainbows 🌈 @topangarainbows.bsky.social · 20h

Activism during literal fascism is probably not a thing you want to rsvp for or even talk about on a public forum like social media. Extrapolate as you will

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Iruka @iruka88.bsky.social · 3h

If all you remember is SALUTE and the need to write down specifics, you’re in good shape.

Rae Loren @aspwriter85.bsky.social · 26d

I'm heading to the burbs today and refreshing myself on SALUTE. ICE hasn't been spotted as much in the city but has been very present in the suburbs.

An screenshot displaying "SALUTE"
with information on if for how to spot and report ICE in Illinois

REMEMBER SALUTE

Provide as much information as possible when reporting or boosting potential threats. Spread information - not panic!!

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Size / Strength How many agents? How many vehicles? "4 agents, 2 SUVs, no license plates"

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Activity / Action

What are you seeing? A raid at a workplace? A traffic stop? Are they using force? "Harassing workers in my shop"

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Location / Direction Address? Intersection? Nearby landmarks? "at Fillmore and Maple in South Oak Park"

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Uniform / Clothing What are they wearing? Do they have masks?

Vests? Badges? What do they say on them? "Civilian clothes that say DEA on the back"

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Time and Date What is the time and date of the sighting? "11:15AM on September 4"

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Equipment / Weapons

What equipment/weapons? Are they using them?

"They have hancuffs and batons"

PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN WHEN REPORTING OR BOOSTING POTENTIAL THREATS. BE AS SPECIFIC, CONCISE, AND PRECISE AS POSSIBLE

You have a right to document in a public space. This is particularly important if there is ICE activity or activity by law enforcement.

The best way to document is to use your phone to take video of what is occurring

The best practices for taking video safely are:

Stay and record at a safe distance

Hold your phone horizontally so you get as much of what is occurring as possible in the video.

Try to get the whole scene showing location and time

Narrate what you are seeing. You can describe where you are and what you are seeing or maybe what occurred prior to your beginning the recording.

Do not post or share the video on social media - connect with a PASO Westside Rapid Reponse. Or contact the Family Support Network at 855-435-7693.

IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE DUE TO ICE DETENTION, OR TO REPORT ANY SUSPECTED ICE SIGHTINGS, CALL 855-435-7693

Visit icirr.org/fsn for hotline and Know Your Rights info

Iruka @iruka88.bsky.social · 3h

Judge me all you want. I read what I read.

Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 4h

people are still super embarrassed to read and be seen reading romance and its making me sad.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19h

a fully bipartisan genocide.

Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 20h

there was a ceasefire when trump came in. he let israel blow that up, let famine spread, let his goons murder starving people, before using the power he'd had since he took office. grotesque to call this peacemaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-mideast-visit-israel-gaza.html

(from the nyt obvi) With Mideast Deal, Trump Is on the Brink of a Major Diplomatic Accomplishment

For President Trump, success in brokering a cease-fire is the ultimate test of his self-described goal as a deal maker and a peacemaker.

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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 14h

Police chiefs & sheriffs only talk "reform" when there's a pending lawsuit from the DOJ or budget $$$ at stake.

Where are all the community policing acolytes as masked ICE agents continue to terrorize vulnerable populations in LA, Chicago, and elsewhere?

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Iruka @iruka88.bsky.social · 4h

Careful, Star Trek had some wacky explanations.

Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 20h

God if the outcome of all this is a discovery that a specific type of black mold makes you a weird bigot I'm gonna have a hearty chuckle then fill my pockets with stones and walk into a lake. We are now living in the mold age. The mildew years. The roaring fungis.

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 20h

Suuuure it's the "molds" fault. Whats next, a very specific strain of mold that turns children's book authors into raging terfs?

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 6h

RFK Jr: “This is not proof. We’re doing the studies to make the proof”.

You don’t get to “make” proof.

That’s not how science works.

Please don’t take any medical advice from this man.

Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.

Vaccines do not cause autism.

Autistic and disabled people are not “less than”

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Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h

Every single day I share at least 5 concrete actions people are taking and someone always asks: "but what can I do?"

I don't really know what to tell you at this point. I really don't.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5h

RFK Jr admitted there’s no proof Tylenol causes autism.

He said “we’re making the proof”.

This is the man directing public health policy for the country.

If you have to “make the proof” you haven’t solved the problem.

He’s a eugenicist grifter.

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Cayman (real) @caymanwent.bsky.social · 4d

It’s undeniable that we’re in the late stages of capitalism and it’s become entirely unsustainable

Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 4d

There's literally a subprime car loan crisis going on, two automotive finance companies went bankrupt in the last few weeks, been a rash of squeamish headlines about private equity and finance, high-interest buy now pay later schemes for GROCERIES and medical bills have become a massive industry

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Miriam @miriamboosh.bsky.social · 4d

Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.

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Middlespace Lucariolu @moxsully.bsky.social · 2d

Hey remember how I keep saying that Telegram isn’t secure and that we should really be using Signal

Ben Hart, Gender Archivist @pavlovforgoths.com · 2d

Telegram reveals that the communications platform has fulfilled 900 U.S. government requests, sharing [information about] 2,253 users with law enforcement.

Previously, Telegram ... had only fulfilled 14 requests affecting 108 users until September 30, 2024.

Telegram hands over data on thousands of users to US law enforcement

Telegram reveals that the communications platform has fulfilled 900 U.S. government requests, sharing the phone number or IP address information of 2,253 users with law enforcement.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 22h

honestly fu** you if you think gazans are only allowed to ask for help to cover their very basic necessities when they’re starving or being killed, calling a gazan a grifter for trying to secure her education proves that you don’t see gazans as humans who deserve to live equally.

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