Paddy Lindley
@pwlindley.bsky.social
Vegan IT guy in NW Chicago
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It was heartbreaking honor to support neighbors at this week’s Accountability Commission hearing about Border Patrol Chief Bovino’s human rights abuses in our city this summer.
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It was heartbreaking honor to support neighbors at this week’s Accountability Commission hearing about Border Patrol Chief Bovino’s human rights abuses in our city this summer.
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"More than a month ago over 30 police district council members formally requested this hearing today we have returned with this request back by our communities because what Chicagoans are enduring is urgent, unacceptable and cannot be delayed any longer."
Here's the full statement from the police district council members and a link to the petition
www.change.org/p/ccpsa-hear...
www.change.org/p/ccpsa-hear...
December 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"More than a month ago over 30 police district council members formally requested this hearing today we have returned with this request back by our communities because what Chicagoans are enduring is urgent, unacceptable and cannot be delayed any longer."
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After Victor Rodriguez, Any Huamani with the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council spoke.
She said federal immigration agents took over 15 people from Chicago's southwest side today.
She also noted they drove while missing license plates, went the wrong way down one-way streets, and red red lights.
She said federal immigration agents took over 15 people from Chicago's southwest side today.
She also noted they drove while missing license plates, went the wrong way down one-way streets, and red red lights.
December 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
After Victor Rodriguez, Any Huamani with the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council spoke.
She said federal immigration agents took over 15 people from Chicago's southwest side today.
She also noted they drove while missing license plates, went the wrong way down one-way streets, and red red lights.
She said federal immigration agents took over 15 people from Chicago's southwest side today.
She also noted they drove while missing license plates, went the wrong way down one-way streets, and red red lights.
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I finally got an answer back from CPD on Carlos Baker’s status. He’s the cop who fatally shot his partner, allegedly shortly after she ended their relationship.
“Officer Baker is on Active Status, assigned to the 6th District and Detailed to Unit 376.”
376 is the Alternate Response Section.
“Officer Baker is on Active Status, assigned to the 6th District and Detailed to Unit 376.”
376 is the Alternate Response Section.
So: a walking embodiment of ACAB who, even by pro-cop standards, should never have made it past probation and at best killed someone by incompetence and will cost the city milliions is technically still employed and no coverage I've found says if he's getting paid or not.
Not fired, just relieved of his police powers. It could take years to actually fire him.
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I finally got an answer back from CPD on Carlos Baker’s status. He’s the cop who fatally shot his partner, allegedly shortly after she ended their relationship.
“Officer Baker is on Active Status, assigned to the 6th District and Detailed to Unit 376.”
376 is the Alternate Response Section.
“Officer Baker is on Active Status, assigned to the 6th District and Detailed to Unit 376.”
376 is the Alternate Response Section.
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Rich Miller, in just 38 words, exposes a common fallacy embraced by SAFE-T Act Critics
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Rich Miller, in just 38 words, exposes a common fallacy embraced by SAFE-T Act Critics
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
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I had to go uncharacteristically short writing abt the potentially deadly eviction wave coming to Chicago--& the rest of the US--this winter, but there is more to come.
Of the stories I've written since coming back from leave, this is the one I hope most people read.
Of the stories I've written since coming back from leave, this is the one I hope most people read.
2/ more than 5,800 chicagoans are at risk of losing their housing and being forced back into homelessness thanks to the trump administration's planned cuts to permanent supportive housing.
"people will die" as a result of the policy, one program director told @katieprout.bsky.social.
"people will die" as a result of the policy, one program director told @katieprout.bsky.social.
Make It Make Sense: Cook County’s new chief judge
Plus: Trump slashes housing funding and the American Indian Health Service of Chicago celebrates 51 years.
chicagoreader.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I had to go uncharacteristically short writing abt the potentially deadly eviction wave coming to Chicago--& the rest of the US--this winter, but there is more to come.
Of the stories I've written since coming back from leave, this is the one I hope most people read.
Of the stories I've written since coming back from leave, this is the one I hope most people read.
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i am looking at chicago public schools student enrollment data, something that strikes me with a dataset that is 24 years worth of data is you can really see the rise of charter schools and selective enrollment high schools
the neighborhood high schools really became churn factories
for example
the neighborhood high schools really became churn factories
for example
my favorite data files in Chicago is called the tarantula file 🕷️
it's a file that chicago public schools made to understand how many kids live inside a school attendance boundary, how many attend that school + how many come from outside a boundary
form follows function, buildings follow kids
it's a file that chicago public schools made to understand how many kids live inside a school attendance boundary, how many attend that school + how many come from outside a boundary
form follows function, buildings follow kids
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
i am looking at chicago public schools student enrollment data, something that strikes me with a dataset that is 24 years worth of data is you can really see the rise of charter schools and selective enrollment high schools
the neighborhood high schools really became churn factories
for example
the neighborhood high schools really became churn factories
for example
Folks and shops doing a good job shoveling this AM on my walk to dropoff compost, but DSS sidewalks at Lawrence/Kenton look untouched. :(
#PlowTheSidewalks
#PlowTheSidewalks
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Folks and shops doing a good job shoveling this AM on my walk to dropoff compost, but DSS sidewalks at Lawrence/Kenton look untouched. :(
#PlowTheSidewalks
#PlowTheSidewalks
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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///BREAKING/// Judge Jeffrey Cummings orders that by noon of Nov. 17, he will order the release of all of the 615 "Operation Midway Blitz" detainees identified as class participants (at least those still here in the country) once they pay a $1,500 bond.
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
///BREAKING/// Judge Jeffrey Cummings orders that by noon of Nov. 17, he will order the release of all of the 615 "Operation Midway Blitz" detainees identified as class participants (at least those still here in the country) once they pay a $1,500 bond.
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@bsky.app last week my DMs were cut off. Moderation said I could not be trusted.
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
@bsky.app last week my DMs were cut off. Moderation said I could not be trusted.
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
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Wanna see what happened after Border Patrol shot a woman in Chicago?
So do @chicago.suntimes.com and @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. So we asked CPD for videos.
But the cops said no — because a chief is accused of waving off the police response and is facing investigation.
tinyurl.com/8ktur6kh
So do @chicago.suntimes.com and @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. So we asked CPD for videos.
But the cops said no — because a chief is accused of waving off the police response and is facing investigation.
tinyurl.com/8ktur6kh
Chicago police withhold Border Patrol shooting videos, citing probe of chief accused of calling off cops
Patrol Chief Jon Hein faced a flood of criticism — from ex-cops, internet trolls and members of his own department — after his officers were ordered not to respond to the Oct. 4 shooting in Brighton P...
tinyurl.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wanna see what happened after Border Patrol shot a woman in Chicago?
So do @chicago.suntimes.com and @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. So we asked CPD for videos.
But the cops said no — because a chief is accused of waving off the police response and is facing investigation.
tinyurl.com/8ktur6kh
So do @chicago.suntimes.com and @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. So we asked CPD for videos.
But the cops said no — because a chief is accused of waving off the police response and is facing investigation.
tinyurl.com/8ktur6kh
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Over the last few months, I've been taking a closer look at one of three special prosecutors tapped by the state's attorney's office to oppose Kevin Jackson's certificate of innocence. Jackson was wrongfully convicted and spent 23 years incarcerated.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
Kevin Jackson was falsely convicted, and now his innocence certificate is being opposed by a prosecutor whose past includes prosecutorial misconduct • The TRiiBE
A deeper look at Fabio Valentini, whose private practice has been tapped by Cook County for a number of post-conviction hearings.
thetriibe.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Over the last few months, I've been taking a closer look at one of three special prosecutors tapped by the state's attorney's office to oppose Kevin Jackson's certificate of innocence. Jackson was wrongfully convicted and spent 23 years incarcerated.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
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This is a real and worrying trend (unlike some of the other things my mom tries to get to me to worry about)
Michael was indicted alongside a trustee from Oak Park and two candidates currently running for office.
Michael was indicted alongside a trustee from Oak Park and two candidates currently running for office.
The feds keep detaining and prosecuting elected officials who get in Trump's way
A timeline of authoritarianism.
www.motherjones.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is a real and worrying trend (unlike some of the other things my mom tries to get to me to worry about)
Michael was indicted alongside a trustee from Oak Park and two candidates currently running for office.
Michael was indicted alongside a trustee from Oak Park and two candidates currently running for office.
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nothing but respect for the courageous individuals indicted here:
NEW: Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social is one of six protestors charged in a newly unsealed indictment for "conspiracy to impede or injure" an ICE officer at Broadview. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
nothing but respect for the courageous individuals indicted here:
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I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
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Cook County Sheriff’s van departs with arrested protesters. At least nine people arrested, including a medic and one of the musicians.
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Cook County Sheriff’s van departs with arrested protesters. At least nine people arrested, including a medic and one of the musicians.
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IL-FPS learned this week that Hazel Health, a for-profit telehealth startup with a CPS contract to provide counseling services to HS students, merged with another tech startup, Little Otter, founded by a member of the “Palantir mafia”, alums of Peter Thiel’s notorious surveillance tech behemoth…😱+🧵
“Palantir is the corporate backbone of ICE that the agency is relying on for surveillance and deportations” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir
For years, little was known about the multibillion-dollar company that handles data for the US immigration enforcement agency. Now, a cache of emails, training documents and reports sheds light on how...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
IL-FPS learned this week that Hazel Health, a for-profit telehealth startup with a CPS contract to provide counseling services to HS students, merged with another tech startup, Little Otter, founded by a member of the “Palantir mafia”, alums of Peter Thiel’s notorious surveillance tech behemoth…😱+🧵
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This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri.
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
October 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri.
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
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I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so gl
October 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so gl
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This coming Friday, join us with our friends from Friendship Community Place for a NW Side Queer Potluck! Starting at 6:30pm at 5150 N. Northwest Hwy.
Bring your family and friends, or just yourself—and a dish to share. RSVP to let us know you can make it @ bit.ly/nw-side-queer-potluck
Bring your family and friends, or just yourself—and a dish to share. RSVP to let us know you can make it @ bit.ly/nw-side-queer-potluck
October 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This coming Friday, join us with our friends from Friendship Community Place for a NW Side Queer Potluck! Starting at 6:30pm at 5150 N. Northwest Hwy.
Bring your family and friends, or just yourself—and a dish to share. RSVP to let us know you can make it @ bit.ly/nw-side-queer-potluck
Bring your family and friends, or just yourself—and a dish to share. RSVP to let us know you can make it @ bit.ly/nw-side-queer-potluck
I keep cool ok enough until I read things like "ISP masking up." Terrifying things happening quickly.
Greg Bovino in the middle of this arrest. I have counted six so far. Agents and protesters are standing off at the intersection with ISP and other agencies scattered around. ISP masking up.
October 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I keep cool ok enough until I read things like "ISP masking up." Terrifying things happening quickly.