Ruby Ninepins
@ninepins.bsky.social
Glitch artist and seemingly sentient blob of star stuff. Shepherdess of error-prone software. Cat mom. Chicago. She/her. 🏳️⚧️
Fuck ICE and the regime. Fight fascism and genocides.
“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.”
Fuck ICE and the regime. Fight fascism and genocides.
“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.”
Pinned
to east-wing something:
to destroy something valuable without permission for no reason other than to deny its value to others.
to destroy something valuable without permission for no reason other than to deny its value to others.
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The parents of Alex Pretti:
“There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“His last act on this earth, his last thought, was to help this woman”
“There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“His last act on this earth, his last thought, was to help this woman”
‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up
I'm gifting this article.
I'm gifting this article.
‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:27 AM
The parents of Alex Pretti:
“There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“His last act on this earth, his last thought, was to help this woman”
“There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“His last act on this earth, his last thought, was to help this woman”
February 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM
TIL that I live ~450ft from a building that once housed a jazz club from the 1920s to the '40s where Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and Art Tatum had all performed.
Mind, blown. 🤯
Mind, blown. 🤯
February 10, 2026 at 11:13 PM
TIL that I live ~450ft from a building that once housed a jazz club from the 1920s to the '40s where Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and Art Tatum had all performed.
Mind, blown. 🤯
Mind, blown. 🤯
Ringed planets are so satisfying.
SATURN CASSINI NASA/JPL/j. Roger - From Jacint Roger (landru79.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2iJYCbp
February 10, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Ringed planets are so satisfying.
Gonna be a tired Tuesday today since I slept for shit last night.
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Gonna be a tired Tuesday today since I slept for shit last night.
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couch time with momma
February 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
couch time with momma
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From what they’re saying, it’s someone close to Trump getting caught communicating with a foreign intelligence operative. I don’t know what it was related to, but I’m deeply concerned that the NSA Director and Deputy Director were both fired around the time of the complaint.
February 8, 2026 at 2:55 AM
From what they’re saying, it’s someone close to Trump getting caught communicating with a foreign intelligence operative. I don’t know what it was related to, but I’m deeply concerned that the NSA Director and Deputy Director were both fired around the time of the complaint.
2026 America (for me, at least): I don’t know at least half my building neighbors but I’d give my life for them and their right to live here & thrive.
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 AM
2026 America (for me, at least): I don’t know at least half my building neighbors but I’d give my life for them and their right to live here & thrive.
Who *hasn’t* been to the suicide vest store on Armitage? That’s what I want to know.
Defense attorneys say law enforcement obtained "30 days" of camera images of Marimar Martinez's car all over Chicago.
"They presumably wanted to be able to show her driving from the dynamite factory … to the suicide vest store."
They say she was likely caught going to Target, instead.
"They presumably wanted to be able to show her driving from the dynamite factory … to the suicide vest store."
They say she was likely caught going to Target, instead.
February 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Who *hasn’t* been to the suicide vest store on Armitage? That’s what I want to know.
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I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the only way to ensure a free and just society for our children and grandchildren is to enact policies as soon as possible that tax billionaires out of existence, removes their influence from politics, and breaks up the companies they've consolidated.
February 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the only way to ensure a free and just society for our children and grandchildren is to enact policies as soon as possible that tax billionaires out of existence, removes their influence from politics, and breaks up the companies they've consolidated.
Listening to an album that goes hard from pagan folk to metal and back again.
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Listening to an album that goes hard from pagan folk to metal and back again.
I attended today an amazing puppet theater performance of The Left Hand of Darkness. And now I want to take cuties to shows all over the city.
February 2, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I attended today an amazing puppet theater performance of The Left Hand of Darkness. And now I want to take cuties to shows all over the city.
to east-wing something:
to destroy something valuable without permission for no reason other than to deny its value to others.
to destroy something valuable without permission for no reason other than to deny its value to others.
February 2, 2026 at 1:38 AM
to east-wing something:
to destroy something valuable without permission for no reason other than to deny its value to others.
to destroy something valuable without permission for no reason other than to deny its value to others.
Check out this video of a young eagle!
Video of a bald eagle at Island Park in Geneva, Illinois
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Check out this video of a young eagle!
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Woke 2 is going to need to go a whole lot further than Woke 1
February 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Woke 2 is going to need to go a whole lot further than Woke 1
Me, trying to keep up with current events.
a man standing in front of a bulletin board with papers on it including one that says pepe
ALT: a man standing in front of a bulletin board with papers on it including one that says pepe
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Me, trying to keep up with current events.
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Among the other painful but delicious details in this Fred Biery opinion ordering Liam Ramos be freed is this subtweet of Stephen Miller.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Among the other painful but delicious details in this Fred Biery opinion ordering Liam Ramos be freed is this subtweet of Stephen Miller.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I love this ad.
January 31, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I love this ad.
never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Physics
Meteorology
Quantitative Chemistry
Educational Psychology
Business Law
Physics
Meteorology
Quantitative Chemistry
Educational Psychology
Business Law
never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
-protest and propaganda
-the aesthetics of punk
-community journalism
-technical editing
-sociology statistics
-protest and propaganda
-the aesthetics of punk
-community journalism
-technical editing
-sociology statistics
never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
children’s literature
the contemporary south
film studies
oral communications - french
fundamentals of acting - theatre
children’s literature
the contemporary south
film studies
oral communications - french
fundamentals of acting - theatre
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Physics
Meteorology
Quantitative Chemistry
Educational Psychology
Business Law
Physics
Meteorology
Quantitative Chemistry
Educational Psychology
Business Law
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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We’ve got another knitting circle tomorrow but you can join us from anywhere!
In fact, we just got this new shipment of knit goods for our mutual aid program from a lovely supporter in Iowa!
I guarantee these will be out the door with someone who needs them by noon tomorrow.
In fact, we just got this new shipment of knit goods for our mutual aid program from a lovely supporter in Iowa!
I guarantee these will be out the door with someone who needs them by noon tomorrow.
January 30, 2026 at 10:51 PM
We’ve got another knitting circle tomorrow but you can join us from anywhere!
In fact, we just got this new shipment of knit goods for our mutual aid program from a lovely supporter in Iowa!
I guarantee these will be out the door with someone who needs them by noon tomorrow.
In fact, we just got this new shipment of knit goods for our mutual aid program from a lovely supporter in Iowa!
I guarantee these will be out the door with someone who needs them by noon tomorrow.
brutal and hilarious
January 30, 2026 at 10:28 PM
brutal and hilarious
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The people demand not one more dollar for ICE. We demand not on more agent hired to terrorize our communities.
We say: Abolish ICE and dismantle DHS!
We say: Abolish ICE and dismantle DHS!
January 30, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The people demand not one more dollar for ICE. We demand not on more agent hired to terrorize our communities.
We say: Abolish ICE and dismantle DHS!
We say: Abolish ICE and dismantle DHS!