Leigh (She/Her)
@rhymeswithtwee.bsky.social
Rhymes with Twee owner. Partner to Z. Mom to Agnès Varda, The Dog. Vegan. Covid-cautious. Chicagoan. Twee pop fan. A delightful weirdo. Pickle Royalty. #rhymeswithtwee
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I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.
Ingraham: A Democrat congressional candidate was thrown to the ground by an ICE agent. Good work
September 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.
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These folks are a mainstay of the media documentation and serious news stories you're seeing about ICE abductions in Chicago and environs. They are doing vital and dangerous work, 7 days a week.
Please pitch in to give them a little something. 🙏🏼
Please pitch in to give them a little something. 🙏🏼
Give a little — or a lot — to help build and sustain our on-the-ground coverage about Chicago.
Your contribution will support The TRiiBE, an independent, Black-owned and Black-led newsroom that is based in Chicago ⬇️
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Your contribution will support The TRiiBE, an independent, Black-owned and Black-led newsroom that is based in Chicago ⬇️
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September 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
These folks are a mainstay of the media documentation and serious news stories you're seeing about ICE abductions in Chicago and environs. They are doing vital and dangerous work, 7 days a week.
Please pitch in to give them a little something. 🙏🏼
Please pitch in to give them a little something. 🙏🏼
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That’s my State Senator @gracielaforsenate.bsky.social looking entirely badass – grateful to know I’d have this kind of backup of I were snatched off the street
State Senator Graciela Guzman is out here in front of the facility demanding the release of two of her constituents (who are U.S. citizens), asking to speak with federal agents. No response from them so far. Shes putting on a respirator.
September 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
That’s my State Senator @gracielaforsenate.bsky.social looking entirely badass – grateful to know I’d have this kind of backup of I were snatched off the street
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It's the @chirpradio.org Fall Fundraising Drive! It's a weird media landscape out there, and we're out here trying to keep it weird in a good way. If you have the means, we'd love if you threw a little our way. Cheers.
Austin Harvey's Fundraising Page
chirpradio.app.neoncrm.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It's the @chirpradio.org Fall Fundraising Drive! It's a weird media landscape out there, and we're out here trying to keep it weird in a good way. If you have the means, we'd love if you threw a little our way. Cheers.
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CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
September 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
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ICE agents’ crackdown on protesters outside of Chicago escalated tonight with flash bangs and pepper bullets. I was on the ground this evening for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/i...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/i...
Agents Tear Gas, Detain Demonstrators Outside Broadview ICE Facility During Daylong Protest
Large crowds gathered to protest early Friday and later that evening outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.
blockclubchicago.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
ICE agents’ crackdown on protesters outside of Chicago escalated tonight with flash bangs and pepper bullets. I was on the ground this evening for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/i...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/i...
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Very hyped to announce this today! 💌 Please check it out!
Ticket sales are finally live for the popfest @rhymeswithtwee.bsky.social and I are planning! I feel so lucky to be working with so many amazing artists and I hope you can come party with us October 18-19!
colesbarchicago.com/event/windy-...
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Windy Pop Weekender – 2 Day Pass | Cole's Bar
Windy Pop Weekender brings together Chicago's twee and indie pop community for two days of music and other revelry October 18th and 19th. The fest showcases Midwest and Rust Belt artists playing in...
colesbarchicago.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Very hyped to announce this today! 💌 Please check it out!
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August 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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“It’s meant to disrespect women generally you see, not just athletes”
Sex toys are being hurled on the court at WNBA games. A cryptocurrency group says they're behind it – and planning for more.
The group says the acts are "pranks" intended to draw attention to their crypto meme coin and not meant to disrespect women athletes.
The group says the acts are "pranks" intended to draw attention to their crypto meme coin and not meant to disrespect women athletes.
Crypto group claims responsibility for hurling sex toys at WNBA games
A spokesman for the cryptocurrency meme coin creators told USA TODAY Sports they launched sex toys as a lighthearted joke.
bit.ly
August 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“It’s meant to disrespect women generally you see, not just athletes”
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music and drawing are two of the first things that humans did once we had the free time to do what we wanted to do
how does making a machine to replace that not activate some intense instinctual disgust reaction in u?
how does making a machine to replace that not activate some intense instinctual disgust reaction in u?
ai music is so disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!! it makes me sick even seeing it placed equally on streaming platforms alongside art that humans poured their entire lives into. how are we numb to this why are we NUMB to this
August 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
music and drawing are two of the first things that humans did once we had the free time to do what we wanted to do
how does making a machine to replace that not activate some intense instinctual disgust reaction in u?
how does making a machine to replace that not activate some intense instinctual disgust reaction in u?
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At his confirmation hearing, RFK Jr claimed he wouldn’t take away vaccines. So far he has:
Removed COVID vaccine recommendations
Fired the CDC’s vaccine committee
Replaced scientists with antivaxxers
Cancelled vaccine hesitancy research
Pulled $500m in mRNA vaccine research
Removed COVID vaccine recommendations
Fired the CDC’s vaccine committee
Replaced scientists with antivaxxers
Cancelled vaccine hesitancy research
Pulled $500m in mRNA vaccine research
August 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
At his confirmation hearing, RFK Jr claimed he wouldn’t take away vaccines. So far he has:
Removed COVID vaccine recommendations
Fired the CDC’s vaccine committee
Replaced scientists with antivaxxers
Cancelled vaccine hesitancy research
Pulled $500m in mRNA vaccine research
Removed COVID vaccine recommendations
Fired the CDC’s vaccine committee
Replaced scientists with antivaxxers
Cancelled vaccine hesitancy research
Pulled $500m in mRNA vaccine research
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kennedy is going to kill a lot of people
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
kennedy is going to kill a lot of people
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The reason it’s so powerful is that it turns /your body/ into the factory that makes the drug. It’s so exciting that the US not working on it will be seen as one of the biggest self-owns in history.
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The reason it’s so powerful is that it turns /your body/ into the factory that makes the drug. It’s so exciting that the US not working on it will be seen as one of the biggest self-owns in history.
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mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol.
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol.
Found this lovely list while searching to see if Kira Jane Buxton was on bsky (not yet, but maybe one day!).
Much thanks to everyone who replied! Here's the updated list:
OTHER MINDS: A curated list of fiction featuring animal narrators, protagonists, and perspectives
OTHER MINDS: A curated list of fiction featuring animal narrators, protagonists, and perspectives
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Found this lovely list while searching to see if Kira Jane Buxton was on bsky (not yet, but maybe one day!).
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CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
July 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
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⚠️Today Gemini starts scanning your phone ⚠️
We've updated this blog post with the recommendations of our tech-savvy community. Learn:
👉 How to disable Gemini
👉 How to deinstall Gemini
And why @grapheneos.org @lineageos.org etc are better.
Stop #Google now: 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
We've updated this blog post with the recommendations of our tech-savvy community. Learn:
👉 How to disable Gemini
👉 How to deinstall Gemini
And why @grapheneos.org @lineageos.org etc are better.
Stop #Google now: 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
July 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
⚠️Today Gemini starts scanning your phone ⚠️
We've updated this blog post with the recommendations of our tech-savvy community. Learn:
👉 How to disable Gemini
👉 How to deinstall Gemini
And why @grapheneos.org @lineageos.org etc are better.
Stop #Google now: 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
We've updated this blog post with the recommendations of our tech-savvy community. Learn:
👉 How to disable Gemini
👉 How to deinstall Gemini
And why @grapheneos.org @lineageos.org etc are better.
Stop #Google now: 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
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‘Welcome America’ headliner LL Cool J is CANCELLING his Friday performance in solidarity with the striking DC 33 workers’!
“There’s no way that I can perform, cross a picket line, and pick up money knowing that there’s people out there fighting for a living wage.” www.instagram.com/reel/DLqu8TU...
“There’s no way that I can perform, cross a picket line, and pick up money knowing that there’s people out there fighting for a living wage.” www.instagram.com/reel/DLqu8TU...
July 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
‘Welcome America’ headliner LL Cool J is CANCELLING his Friday performance in solidarity with the striking DC 33 workers’!
“There’s no way that I can perform, cross a picket line, and pick up money knowing that there’s people out there fighting for a living wage.” www.instagram.com/reel/DLqu8TU...
“There’s no way that I can perform, cross a picket line, and pick up money knowing that there’s people out there fighting for a living wage.” www.instagram.com/reel/DLqu8TU...
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Hello I'm Lennie's girlfriend and I've written a few songs and have a really nice voice...
June 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hello I'm Lennie's girlfriend and I've written a few songs and have a really nice voice...
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C'mon out and help us raise some money to support Chicago Zine Fest! With readings from:
✲ Daimon Hampton @damiondrewthis
✲ Hink (Adelle) @hinkstink
✲ Maggie Umber @maggieumber
✲ Bridget Bilbo @gingerrbridge
✲ Elias Gonzalez @whateverelias
✲ Leigh Hugenberg
Plus an art raffle!
✲ Daimon Hampton @damiondrewthis
✲ Hink (Adelle) @hinkstink
✲ Maggie Umber @maggieumber
✲ Bridget Bilbo @gingerrbridge
✲ Elias Gonzalez @whateverelias
✲ Leigh Hugenberg
Plus an art raffle!
June 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
C'mon out and help us raise some money to support Chicago Zine Fest! With readings from:
✲ Daimon Hampton @damiondrewthis
✲ Hink (Adelle) @hinkstink
✲ Maggie Umber @maggieumber
✲ Bridget Bilbo @gingerrbridge
✲ Elias Gonzalez @whateverelias
✲ Leigh Hugenberg
Plus an art raffle!
✲ Daimon Hampton @damiondrewthis
✲ Hink (Adelle) @hinkstink
✲ Maggie Umber @maggieumber
✲ Bridget Bilbo @gingerrbridge
✲ Elias Gonzalez @whateverelias
✲ Leigh Hugenberg
Plus an art raffle!
So sad to have missed night 2 but glad Robert captured these!
Here's what I saw during a moth sheet night yesterday at LaBagh Woods. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
June 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
So sad to have missed night 2 but glad Robert captured these!
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Primary every Democrat who is not meeting this moment. Get rid of them all.
June 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Primary every Democrat who is not meeting this moment. Get rid of them all.
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Did we mention there will be adoptable cats at this Saturday's screening of KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE?
More Info: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
More Info: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
a cartoon of a woman laying on a bed with a black cat walking over her
ALT: a cartoon of a woman laying on a bed with a black cat walking over her
media.tenor.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Did we mention there will be adoptable cats at this Saturday's screening of KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE?
More Info: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
More Info: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
The best news to see after getting off my flight. 💌
Zohran’s team had to campaign 100 times as hard to win because the front runner candidate was backed by billionaires. Imagine how much Zohran would have won by if we actually kept money out of politics.
June 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The best news to see after getting off my flight. 💌