Marly S
@marlyschottchi.bsky.social
Pre-Apocalypse documentarist?
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Massive Layoffs at the Dept of #Education Erode Its #CivilRights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Massive Layoffs at the Dept of #Education Erode Its #CivilRights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
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So, this happened😱 no one is talking about it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So, this happened😱 no one is talking about it.
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Being a trad wife is cool until you get some wrinkles and your husband starts doing TRT...
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Being a trad wife is cool until you get some wrinkles and your husband starts doing TRT...
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#GVerse The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by #Shit4Brain's administration. #Shitface is lying about everything.
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#GVerse The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by #Shit4Brain's administration. #Shitface is lying about everything.
A group of kids shushing each other is one of the loudest things I’ve ever heard 😂
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A group of kids shushing each other is one of the loudest things I’ve ever heard 😂
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Chicago last weekend. Love to see it.
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Chicago last weekend. Love to see it.
The Ultimate Guide To Shopping Local In Chicago For The Holidays In 2025 blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/17/t...
The Ultimate Guide To Shopping Local In Chicago For The Holidays In 2025
Block Club reporters are putting the spotlight on small, locally owned businesses, which are offering everything from jewelry to toys, books, self-care items, clothing and more during the holidays.
blockclubchicago.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Ultimate Guide To Shopping Local In Chicago For The Holidays In 2025 blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/17/t...
I guess I’m a Bohemian Revolutionary. I believe in beauty, freedom, truth and love.
I just discovered that one of my favorites, Moulin Rouge, is on Netflix!!! I will be watching, singing, and crying on repeat for the next few weeks 😊😍
I just discovered that one of my favorites, Moulin Rouge, is on Netflix!!! I will be watching, singing, and crying on repeat for the next few weeks 😊😍
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I guess I’m a Bohemian Revolutionary. I believe in beauty, freedom, truth and love.
I just discovered that one of my favorites, Moulin Rouge, is on Netflix!!! I will be watching, singing, and crying on repeat for the next few weeks 😊😍
I just discovered that one of my favorites, Moulin Rouge, is on Netflix!!! I will be watching, singing, and crying on repeat for the next few weeks 😊😍
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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ICYMI, an avid driver and his posse say the City should paint bus lanes on Grand (0.3 miles S. of bus lanes on Chicago) instead of installing protected lanes. We used lots of maps, renderings, photos to show why that would be very silly.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/12/c...
@chicritmass.bsky.social
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/12/c...
@chicritmass.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
ICYMI, an avid driver and his posse say the City should paint bus lanes on Grand (0.3 miles S. of bus lanes on Chicago) instead of installing protected lanes. We used lots of maps, renderings, photos to show why that would be very silly.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/12/c...
@chicritmass.bsky.social
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/12/c...
@chicritmass.bsky.social
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How do millions of professed followers of Jesus reach a point where they harbor predators, willfully abandon survivors, and redact the truth in order to shield the monsters from the raking light of accountability?
How do Christians align with r*pists?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-christ...
How do Christians align with r*pists?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-christ...
The Christians Who Defend Predators
Surveying my social media feed this week, the questions swirl like a storm inside my head as a former pastor:
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
How do millions of professed followers of Jesus reach a point where they harbor predators, willfully abandon survivors, and redact the truth in order to shield the monsters from the raking light of accountability?
How do Christians align with r*pists?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-christ...
How do Christians align with r*pists?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-christ...
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Finally! Some national coverage of the surprising early-morning 10/31 passage of Illinois' robust transit reform/funding bill, the "Halloween Miracle," in Governing.
🚌 🚃 🚉 💰 🎃 🙌
@chicagocta.bsky.social @ctaction.org @atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @atalliance.bsky.social
🚌 🚃 🚉 💰 🎃 🙌
@chicagocta.bsky.social @ctaction.org @atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @atalliance.bsky.social
How Illinois Made a ‘Transformational' Investment in Transit
The Illinois legislature passed a bill with $1.5 billion to support transit in the Chicago area and statewide. It was in the works for years.
www.governing.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Finally! Some national coverage of the surprising early-morning 10/31 passage of Illinois' robust transit reform/funding bill, the "Halloween Miracle," in Governing.
🚌 🚃 🚉 💰 🎃 🙌
@chicagocta.bsky.social @ctaction.org @atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @atalliance.bsky.social
🚌 🚃 🚉 💰 🎃 🙌
@chicagocta.bsky.social @ctaction.org @atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @atalliance.bsky.social
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Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
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NITA celebrate? Hailing a historic win: the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and $1.5B in funding to save and upgrade service.
NITA celebrate? Hailing a historic win: the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and $1.5B in funding to save and upgrade service - Streetsblog Chicago
New York City dominated the headlines today after electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor. But it wasn’t the only big U.S. city that’s made history in the past week. On Halloween, everyone in the Chicagoland...
chi.streetsblog.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
NITA celebrate? Hailing a historic win: the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and $1.5B in funding to save and upgrade service.
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If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
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Things are pretty grim here in Chicago, but we at least have the advantage of getting a lot of national coverage. There are other places that aren't... like this case in Durango, CO.
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/p...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/p...
Hundreds protest outside ICE building in Durango after 2 children, father detained
Federal agents used pepper spray, rubber bullets on peaceful protesters. The family was detained on their way to school, according to local nonprofit
coloradosun.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Things are pretty grim here in Chicago, but we at least have the advantage of getting a lot of national coverage. There are other places that aren't... like this case in Durango, CO.
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/p...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/p...
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I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
December 19, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
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All right, now let's check what our siblings in local transportation advocacy are up to.
@betterstreetschicago.org is doing the deity's work, trying to get as many constituents as possible to nudge their senators and reps to support the transit bill. 👍
@betterstreetschicago.org is doing the deity's work, trying to get as many constituents as possible to nudge their senators and reps to support the transit bill. 👍
🚨 There’s still time to support the transit bill:
1. Fill out your contact information
3. Under "firm/business" put "self"
4. Under "representation" put "self"
5. Under "position" choose subject matter "SB2111" and "proponent"
6. Under "testimony" choose "record of appearance only"
7. "Submit"
1. Fill out your contact information
3. Under "firm/business" put "self"
4. Under "representation" put "self"
5. Under "position" choose subject matter "SB2111" and "proponent"
6. Under "testimony" choose "record of appearance only"
7. "Submit"
Official government website of the Illinois General Assembly
Welcome to the Official government website of the Illinois General Assembly
ilga.gov
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
All right, now let's check what our siblings in local transportation advocacy are up to.
@betterstreetschicago.org is doing the deity's work, trying to get as many constituents as possible to nudge their senators and reps to support the transit bill. 👍
@betterstreetschicago.org is doing the deity's work, trying to get as many constituents as possible to nudge their senators and reps to support the transit bill. 👍
Stay around please 💜
That is the greatest battle with depression: pulling yourself through the present despair to a place just slightly in the future where you may be surprised by joy or feel less tired or see something differently.
You deserve to experience that place.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/how-to-sta...
You deserve to experience that place.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/how-to-sta...
How to Stay Alive When You Don't Feel Like You Want To
Depression, Mental Illness, and Sticking Around
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Stay around please 💜
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Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
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Next week is our last chance to fix and fund our public transit system before 40% service cuts begin. Have you called your lawmakers yet? They need to hear from YOU that it’s time to #FixItFundIt! Transit can’t wait! Find their phone # and give them a call today: ilga.gov
October 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Next week is our last chance to fix and fund our public transit system before 40% service cuts begin. Have you called your lawmakers yet? They need to hear from YOU that it’s time to #FixItFundIt! Transit can’t wait! Find their phone # and give them a call today: ilga.gov
October 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
ALL HANDS ON DECK! Chicagoland region - call your legislators, vote for proper funding for public transit - essential to the functioning of the seven county region and far beyond.
All hands on deck to #FixItFundIt! IL lawmakers must fund & reform transit during veto session to avoid devastating service & job cuts. @betterstreetschicago.org is taking to the streets DAILY to urge transit riders to contact their legislators. 📣 Join a canvass or phone bank: act.savetransit.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ALL HANDS ON DECK! Chicagoland region - call your legislators, vote for proper funding for public transit - essential to the functioning of the seven county region and far beyond.