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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 53m

related: i am fascinated by people thinking they have to "do" something when you share a low level hurt or frustration w/them related to a person they know

you don't need to speak to your friend or disavow them or say they're bad. just say, "that's tough dude, i'm sorry that experience hurt you"

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 53m

"MY FRIEND CAN TALK ABOUT YOU HOWEVER THEY WANT, SEX PERVERT"

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 1h

recently disclosed to a cis person that some language a friend of theirs used to describe me touched a dating wound, and it turned into "NOT EVERYONE IS GONNA KNOW THE EXACT WORD TO SAY ALL THE TIME TO CATER TO YOUR UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD" calm down, i just said i was frustrated

whitty @tswhitty.bsky.social · 1h

cis ppl shouldn’t be allowed to vote

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 1h

long live indie media 🖤

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 1h

imho the @thetriibe.com is doing some of the best ice coverage in the city

i don't think people outside the industry fully appreciate the scope of what they provide relative to their resources, and i think they should be the first click for non-chicagoans trying to understand chicago right now

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 16h

NEW — Some TRiiBE readers, among many others on the internet, have been suggesting that the Chicago police arrest ICE agents for their misconduct.

TRiiBE publisher @morganelisej.thetriibe.com put out this explainer video, breaking down the legality for y’all.

youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

youtube.com

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1h

in the column this week:

-advocates have confirmed/are investigating the abductions of ~25 unhoused folks by federal agents in chicago (via @katieprout.bsky.social)

-state/local leaders crack down on anti-ice protesters

-civil rights orgs ask chief judge to bar ice arrests at county courthouses

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 1d

Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 1d

(the fbi has never shopped united tactical systems, btw, this is a joke about celebrating federal law enforcement spending money here without casting an eye on what they're buying)

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 1d

he gonna spend money loading up on pepperballs from united tactical systems

chicagoreader.com/news/pepperb...

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 1d

i feel very good about being able to exist and get along in all kinds of spaces, but i keep a small close circle built on trust and consistency and don't invest much in other connections

i am okay with having a smaller life if i can trust everyone who's participating in it. i love it very much :)

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 1d

does tear gas only count as bad when cops are sad about it????

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 1d

27 police officers were among those injured by tear gas during a weekend protest, Chicago’s top cop says. blockclubchi.co/4nGOb0m

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olive consumer's ambulatory skeleton @machete.gay · 1d

The camera and written word are HEAVY filters and if someone arrives on the scene to participate in the story, they have added another, even more significant filters.

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olive consumer's ambulatory skeleton @machete.gay · 1d

I think a lot of thing people struggle with is the difference between reporting and capital-C Content is that you do, in fact, have to maintain some objectivity—something that's hard to do under the best of circumstances for entirely fair, reasonable causes.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

I agree that ICE sucks. I have always thought it should not exist. I do not taunt ICE or participate in the protests!!!!!! That isn't real journalism!!!!!

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 4d

In the past 4 weeks in Chicago, ICE/CBP have snatched hundreds of people off the streets & homes, shot & killed a single-father in his car, smashed & abandoned countless cars, and deployed chemical munitions at protesters, journalists, & now on public streets. Today they cuffed an alderperson.

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Kit boO'Connell (🎃For Hire👻) @kitoconnell.com · 4d

Buy / download / save your favorite queer media in a form that can't be deleted against your will.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 4d

The hate crime charge against Alexa Wilkinson for photographing vandalism of the New York Times building is a dangerous precedent, no matter what you think of Wilkinson.

Journalist or not, photography isn’t a hate crime

Gatekeeping over hate crime charges misses the forest for the trees

freedom.press

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 5d

In case you're wondering whether the TRUST Act will protect anyone: Border patrol just attacked press and protesters inside ISP's designated "free speech zone" and the state police reacted by immediately establishing a protective perimeter for the feds

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5d

moments ago: pandemonium.

a huge mass of border patrol agents, led by greg bovino, pushed the crowd of protesters and started grabbing people at random.

leading up to this, folks were just calmly standing in the grass, following isp’s orders.

multiple people detained. no clue how many.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 5d

get it, corli!!!!

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 5d

"hello, it's ice, please return to the bank of america free speech zone so we know where to aim our pepper balls"

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5d

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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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 5d

i'm so pumped for autumn i'm gonna fill my ass with leaves

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 5d

i wrote about pleasure cruise, an art show on view at roots & culture that uses cruising and cruise ships to look at who gets to experience pleasure and how

chicagoreader.com/visual-arts/...

‘Pleasure Cruise’ charts two different courses - Chicago Reader

“Pleasure Cruise” at Roots & Culture is a conceptually ambitious show trying to navigate waves of joy only to chart two different courses.

chicagoreader.com

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 6d

In case you missed it, this, by @juggaloreporter.bsky.social, is very infuriating and very good: a lucid account of pepper balls, the munitions DHS is using to brutalize protestors in Broadview, IL (provided by local company United Tactical Systems!)

micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 7d

i wrote about the local company dhs loves buying weapons from

interestingly, dhs's contracts begin exactly at the same time as the myth of organized retail crime......

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 7d

new: in mid-september, dhs paid lake forest-based pepperball $1.1 million for “pressurized air launchers.”

the federal government has spent millions in recent years on launchers and chemical projectiles like the ones agents are now using to brutalize protesters.

via @juggaloreporter.bsky.social:

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