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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 3m

Also, Pentooling sells them. Besides the big sets, individual sacs are available down the page as items L10 to L23.

And I can vouch that their pen sac gage, item D8, is incredibly helpful.

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 3m

I've bought from Pensacs. I do believe they are essentially the source for all new sacs, at least in America. That is, everyone else is reselling the ones that they create.

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 13m

I haven't been paying close attention to them from across the pond, but the Tory leadership apparently still has the same level of self-awareness that heads of lettuce have

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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lake effect kid @mattenloe.bsky.social · 2h

Chicago is the greatest city in the world

Alex Bean @abeanchi.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely gorgeous morning in Chicago.

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 1h

I subscribe to @veryimportant.lawyer‘s ‘Everybody is Twelve Years Old’ thesis but this guy is by far the most twelve. The twelvest.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 1d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 1h

Good morning! Message to everyone who knows in their hearts they could be doing more: today is a great day to get out in your community and find a way to stand between our criminal government and their targets

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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 1h

Just like with the local cops, it’s enough for these goons that he’s a Black man existing nearby

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 1h

Not that anything actually matters any more, but the ICE facility where most of the protests have been happening is not in Chicago, MBJ has nothing to do with that

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1h

President Donald Trump called for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be jailed Wednesday.

President Donald Trump calls for Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker to be jailed

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!” President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1h

I have been saying this for years! The fifth column is not our (generally professional and well-managed) national armed forces; it is local police, nominally under the control of elected officials, but who in fact hold their civilian leadership and the populations they serve in contempt.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1h

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 27m

I'll be attending this time.

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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 1h

We have printing and whistles handled, but could use some folks from orgs seeking volunteers to either show up or send me info to share. I can print info at the office tomorrow.

Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

We’re doing it again! This Friday at Nighthawk (4744 N Kimball)

www.instagram.com/p/DPffxcRjRA...

Whistle Zine Folding Party
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Nighthawk
Friday 10/10 5:30 pm

We're back for another round of folding and whistle/zine distribution. This time we have 900 whistles to warn neighbors of ICE.

What we need: volunteers to print zines.
Connections with community organizers to distribute whistles. Hands to help fold.

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Monster Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 1h

It's Great Chicago Fire day. Learn more about the conflagration in this terrific @robertloerzel.bsky.social article published during the Fire's 150th anniversary a few years back.

www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

The Great Chicago Fire, As Told By Those Who Lived Through It

As the city marks the 150th anniversary of the defining event, ROBERT LOERZEL mines the archival record to offer a compelling portrait of what it was like to live through those disastrous days.

www.chicagomag.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2h

Amazon Prime Day hasn't been interesting or novel since 2005 or so, but that's not going to stop anybody from pretending otherwise so they can get their blogspam affiliate kickbacks

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 31m

Looking forward to Musk's eventual fate
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Pullman was so hated by his employees that when he died in 1897, his heirs feared that the body would be stolen and held for ransom. The coffin was covered in tar paper and asphalt, and enclosed in the center of a room-sized block of concrete, reinforced with railroad ties. Ambrose Bierce said "It is clear the family in their bereavement was making sure the sonofabitch wasn't going to get up and come back."

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2h

They’re just gonna do a little lite slavery.

In addition, the new rule allows farm employers to charge H-2A workers for their housing, which was not allowed before. "It's a way for employers to continue to house workers and also charge them, and bring down effective wages," said Marcos Lopez of the Labor and Community Center at the University of California, Davis.

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Former Brundlefly @thatguywasfly.bsky.social · 1h

Remember: These are not Imperial stormtroopers. These are everyday clones of Jango Fett who signed up to serve their galaxy with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-republican, draft-dodging emperor

Imperial Stormtroopers on a rainy American street

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James @tlbjames.bsky.social · 13h

Timeline cleanse: MOTUS Monarch Migration edition

(Click down through the QPs to learn how scientists actually glue tiny transmitters to monarchs 🤯 so we can learn more about their migrations.)

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 14h

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 2h

Search is down, it seems. At least on Android

A search for "ice" showing "No results found"

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 2h

That's who posted the video to YouTube, but he doesn't seem to be the creator.
www.watchthetitles.com/titlesequenc...

City Slickers Title Sequence | Watch the Titles

After the Pink Panther films, it took years before the next title sequence featuring animated characters would appear. Until City… >>

www.watchthetitles.com

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 10h

Timeline cleanse - heaven knows, out there, you may need it right now. Thanks, Scott.

weinberg @weinberg.social · 10h

this made my night
youtube.com/shorts/01bCY...

Jack Russell puppies attacking the cat

YouTube video by Salt Flat Jacks

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 2h

Grand juries across the country have routinely refused to buy what the Trump Admin is selling

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2h

Federal prosecutors are dropping charges against the Chicago couple who lawfully carried guns outside Broadview's ICE facility last month.

A defense attorney tells @chicago.suntimes.com a grand jury refused to indict: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...