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rowan ward 🏳️‍⚧️ @rogueclown.bsky.social · 1h

why am i getting youtube ads for "food-grade lubricants"

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3h

A tweet from Mayor Brandon Johnson says Trump has tried to unjustly arrest a Black man and he’s not going anywhere. A reply from Donald Trump says the Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers.

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rowan ward 🏳️‍⚧️ @rogueclown.bsky.social · 22h

do you play #LearnedLeague?

if so, make sure to give my 1DS about DuMont a try today! even if you don't rabbit hole on old, generally-low-budget TV, you'll realise you know more than you thought about the forgotten fourth network! 📺🥰

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rowan ward 🏳️‍⚧️ @rogueclown.bsky.social · 22h

i need to make a playlist of gloriously bad songs. songs so terrible they're incredible. like "Miserable" by Lit.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

Please scream this from the mountains. Do we really want them to be as efficient as the Nazis before responding?

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Police violence is part of our national fabric. You will not find us diminishing that. It's hard to believe any cops could be worse than a department who ran a torture black site. But DHS is entirely unleashed and unaccountable. They will kill more people by the end of this month if not stopped.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Federal agents have been intimidating us over our reporting since June. Attacks on the press didn't start this month.

In the last several weeks, we've witnessed a horrifying escalation of violence against protesters, neighbors, anyone who comes near these agents. They are out of control.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Well, yeah, we're suing ICE.

This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.

May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.

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MASON メーソン @greatblackotaku.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve also purchased the rights to @bowensofficial.bsky.social Happy Jacksonville Pride!

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rowan ward 🏳️‍⚧️ @rogueclown.bsky.social · 2d

my fingers can't type today. case in point...no, the website is not called Google Skeets.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 2d

Tonight of all nights I’m going to re-up my benediction for Chicago.

We are everything.

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No matter what happens in the coming weeks, we are Chicago. We rose from the ashes. We never quit.&10;&10;We are the lake in the morning, the sun rising over the water, its reflection drawing a line straight to our shores.&10;&10;We are the Haymarket Martyrs, the Pullman strikers, always demanding better than what we've got.&10;&10;We are the words of Sandburg and Algren and Brooks and Wright.&10;&10;We are the 90s Bulls, making the impossible possible.&10;&10;We are the dipped Italian Beef. Messy, sure, but incredible.&10;&10;We are the humidity in the summer, the frostbitten cheeks in the winter.&10;&10;We are smoke-kissed rib tips.&10;&10;We are elotes on the street. We are pierogis in a pot.&10;&10;We are Curtis singing Hush now child.

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Samantha Decker @sdeckerphoto.bsky.social · 3d

Alabama winner Nitrogen takes on elders today in the Grade I Spinster Stakes at Keeneland. The Mark Casse trainee is seeking her sixth graded stakes victory this year. #racingsky 🏇

Shot for The Saratoga Special

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 5d

For all photos where you can see main faces well, I asked if folks were OK with me taking pics. They all said yes #broadview #iceprotest #abolishice #broadviewprotest

A man with a sign at the Broadview ice protest that says I’d rather live next to an immigrant family than an ice goon

A protest sign at the ice Broadview facility that says we are peaceful. Ice is violent.

At the Broadview ice protest, a sign that says My grandparents are holocaust survivors. I know this is some Nazi shit.

A protester at the Broadview ice protest with a sign that says what lies will you tell your children

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 5d

Many of us did what Chicago does best, we gave them the finger & shouted & sang & told them they should be ashamed of what they’re doing & gosh, I don’t know who this mean lady is in this video but she sounds v furious as she shouts at tank bros. #broadview #iceprotest #abolishice #broadviewprotest

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 5d

War crimes.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 5d

Hegseth reveals fourth strike on ‘narco’ boat after Trump declares ‘armed conflict’

www.independent.co.uk

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 5d

i feel like the journalism industry needs to invent a category for this post and give a prize to it in perpetuity

Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 5d

probably the most fun i've had reading something online in weeks

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Name A 28-Year-Old | Defector

Here is the challenge before you: Name a famous person who is 28 years old. Go ahead. No cheating, no looking it up. Off the dome. Pure, uncut 28-year-old naming. I bet you can’t do it. Zendaya? 29. ...

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rowan ward 🏳️‍⚧️ @rogueclown.bsky.social · 5d

"riots in Broadview" is an interesting way of describing neighbours who are rightfully angry that ICE is abducting people. fuck off, CBP spokesperson. fuck off, CBP. we don't want you or your ICE stormtroopers here.

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 5d

This is outrageous, Pritzker needs to start walking his goddamn talk or sit down

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

A protester with a mobility aid (cane) was sitting in the road. Illinois state troopers dragged them to the grass and arrested them.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov owns every arrest and act of violence against protesters this morning. He is aiding and abetting Operation Midway Blitz by allowing state cops to do this. He tells us to film ICE. His cops have shoved me around for filming this morning.

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 5d

Three consecutive days of Bluesky's CEO trolling a systemically marginalized community rather than address very real concerns about our safety on this app as a serial TOS abuser continues to gloat.

This is beyond irresponsible.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 5d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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rowan ward 🏳️‍⚧️ @rogueclown.bsky.social · 5d

a horse named The Big Ben won yesterday and now i'm getting warm, fuzzy memories of a night when a bunch of us got together and did a reading of this steampunk parody of Hackers. www.xorph.com/clockers/clo...

Clockers

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rowan ward 🏳️‍⚧️ @rogueclown.bsky.social · 5d

yeah i know Think Twice was the only single off of It's All In Your Head but Bring the Night On could have taken over the world and i bet it still could 🤩🤩🤩 youtu.be/mEKBnGmuk0w?...

Bring The Night On

YouTube video by Eve 6 - Topic

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rowan ward 🏳️‍⚧️ @rogueclown.bsky.social · 5d

big ups to my #LearnedLeague reality show minileague opponent yesterday for giving me three points on a Flavor of Love question. i'm a walking Flavor of Love encyclopaedia so i will take it.

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Lauren Goodnight @laurengoodnight.bsky.social · 5d

We, journalists both past and present, remember and mourn Jamal Khashoggi today and every day. His life was too short, his message about the Saudi govt and MBS was almost lost. But we remember.

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