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PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 4h

I hear she has supported school bands as well: www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/10/d...

Dolly Parton quietly funded Black school bands: 'The woman is a national treasure'

Dolly Parton paid for band uniforms and instruments for kids at majority Black high schools with zero publicity, a writer has revealed.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1h

NEW — The federal courthouse in Chicago was packed this week with cases related to immigration enforcement activity and the Trump administration’s targeting of the city.

Here’s a rundown of what happened.

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Trump’s ‘Midway Blitz’ hits the courts in Chicago • The TRiiBE

The legal impacts of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts landed hard in Chicago’s federal courthouse this week, with more developments expected in the coming days.

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Sugar Maven of the Desserts Coven @mochene.bsky.social · 1h

Looks great!

I tried a paint by numbers kit, but my eyes told me that I should have done that about 10 years ago! 😆

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K. Liakos @kliakos.com · 1h

America 2025:

The facade of a store in a Delaware strip mall called its fashion but the lights on the o n and exclamation point are out so it says it’s fashi

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 6h

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 5h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Axios @axios.com · 6h

Federal authorities in L.A. arrested a man they accused of igniting January's Palisades wildfires, and prosecutors say he used ChatGPT to confide an obsession with fires and indulge it.

Prosecutors arrest man for Palisades fire, allege he used ChatGPT for planning

ChatGPT tied to Uber driver accused in deadly L.A. wildfire

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7h

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-short...

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed

The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

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Sugar Maven of the Desserts Coven @mochene.bsky.social · 6h

I am tired

I am craving Mac & cheese

I have had that for 3 days this week

I want more

please send help (in the form of Mac & cheese)

Sugar Maven of the Desserts Coven @mochene.bsky.social · 8h

As I see other people’s work in our little felting group, I often wonder if what they make is what they actually see, or if their skills are skewing what they see.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 11h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
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National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 10h

For more than 6 weeks, a Bronx family lived without running water, gas, or electricity—showering in a park and using a Burger King bathroom—after their utilities mysteriously shut off in August.

Now, after NYC's HPD said it was unable to help restore the services, it has ordered them to leave.

These Bronx Tenants Lived Six Weeks Without Water and Power. The City’s Fix? A Vacate Order

The plight of the Ramos family reveals the weaknesses in the City's system to protect tenants from unlivable conditions—and from being put out on the street.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

NEW — A message of support has been circulating online for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes, who was temporarily detained by federal agents last week.

A few signatures were noticeably missing: 13, to be specific.

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So, about that letter of support for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes: 13 alderpeople didn’t sign it • The TRiiBE

The letter describes what the agents did to Fuentes as an “abuse of power.” Mayor Brandon Johnson, City Clerk, Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin also signed it.

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I'm Margaret! I'm the best! Blah Blah Blah! @vt-vagabond.bsky.social · 23h

There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;

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"The ones that are getting out are coming home to no home," Watson said.
According to her, after the raid occurred, building management stole or threw out residents belongings, including visas and important documents.

ICIRR is still trying to determine the identities of all the people detained in the raid. Castro said that the organization usually can do that by following up with family members or loved ones. "In this instance, there was nobody left to work with," she said. The only detainee name they're sure of is that of a person who passed their Venezuelan passport to a neighbor as they were being taken away.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 6d

They are knocking down doors and dragging screaming kids out into the night. I don't know what to say aside from this is it. This is the goal. They have always wanted to make an example of Chicago and it's not as if they haven't other places & other ways. All of it. This is fascism, plain & simple.

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Axios @axios.com · 23h

Airport staffing shortages saw thousands of flights delayed across the U.S. tonight, as overstretched air traffic controllers continue to work with no pay during the government shutdown.

Staffing woes see flight delays spread to more U.S. airports amid shutdown

Analysts predict the current crisis will only worsen if the shutdown drags on.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 1d

I've seen a couple of news stories recently that tell me how completely screwed that major consulting firms are. The first was Accenture laying off 1% of their workforce to demonstrate that they're all in on GenAI. Really? Accenture wants to advertise that they can be replaced by an $20/month LLM?

Accenture plans on 'exiting' staff who can't be reskilled on AI amid restructuring strategy

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said as advanced AI becomes core to the company's strategy, employees are expected to "retrain and retool" at scale.

www.cnbc.com

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Sugar Maven of the Desserts Coven @mochene.bsky.social · 1d

I changed the ink cartridges all by myself today

because I didn't want to have to wait for someone else to do it all the time

see, I am so used to doing everything myself, but that was one thing I decided to delegate

well, I ended up doing it anyway because, waiting on somebody got on my nerves

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

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.

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Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

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Sugar Maven of the Desserts Coven @mochene.bsky.social · 1d

Bless your heart.

Sugar Maven of the Desserts Coven @mochene.bsky.social · 1d

Had my first sip of applejack and my knees buckled lol.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 2d

Link & I were mutuals. While he’s gone, I encourage you to support some of his causes:

1) Use alt text on all images to support disability justice. Adjust your bsky settings: settings > accessibility > require alt text.

2) Reply here with mutual aid requests. Donate if you can, boost if you can’t.

Infographic featuring a photo of a capybara.

Writing Alt Text: identify who, expression, description, color, and interesting features.

The completed example reads, “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”

Screenshot of the bluesky accessibility settings that shows the “require alt text before posting” setting toggled on and underlined for emphasis.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg: "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. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

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Sugar Maven of the Desserts Coven @mochene.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, it's been dubbed, which makes me cranky. I'd rather have the original French, with subtitles. All of the text messages are in French, which is fine, but I don't like it when they do this to foreign movies.