Samantha
@tatteredbooks.bsky.social
Weeks where decades happen | Chicago
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It is still a genocide, and the slow choking noose is getting tighter every day
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It is still a genocide, and the slow choking noose is getting tighter every day
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PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
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So... @support.bsky.team still hasn't given any tangible help on how we can get access to our @thetriibe.com account again.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So... @support.bsky.team still hasn't given any tangible help on how we can get access to our @thetriibe.com account again.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
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@bsky.app @support.bsky.team This is Chicago's only Black owned media outlet and a crucial part of ICE/CBP reporting during an actual emergency. Unacceptable/please free @thetriibe.com
So... @support.bsky.team still hasn't given any tangible help on how we can get access to our @thetriibe.com account again.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@bsky.app @support.bsky.team This is Chicago's only Black owned media outlet and a crucial part of ICE/CBP reporting during an actual emergency. Unacceptable/please free @thetriibe.com
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i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
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People are going to die because of the pending insurance premium hikes. I know the terrain of discourse is inconsistent and goes through a tumble cycle every 24 hours, but I really think we need to hone in on this reality and drive it home for people.
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
People are going to die because of the pending insurance premium hikes. I know the terrain of discourse is inconsistent and goes through a tumble cycle every 24 hours, but I really think we need to hone in on this reality and drive it home for people.
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The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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I think it’s ok to admit that the Nazis borrowed from US white supremacy and current US white supremacy is borrowing from their innovations and previous US white supremacy
Both can be true at once
Both can be true at once
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I think it’s ok to admit that the Nazis borrowed from US white supremacy and current US white supremacy is borrowing from their innovations and previous US white supremacy
Both can be true at once
Both can be true at once
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I hope Jane Fonda lives forever.
November 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I hope Jane Fonda lives forever.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Sadistic, marauding fascist monsters having a tourist moment. “The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, ‘Everyone say, “Little Village!”’”
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Sadistic, marauding fascist monsters having a tourist moment. “The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, ‘Everyone say, “Little Village!”’”
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Border Patrol agents posed at "The Bean" for an apparent photo op after a weekend of clashes in Little Village. blockclubchi.co/4oUHKae
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Border Patrol agents posed at "The Bean" for an apparent photo op after a weekend of clashes in Little Village. blockclubchi.co/4oUHKae
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Today, community members across Cook County monitored and protested the Trump administration’s assault on migrant communities. In total, 15 people were arrested by multiple law enforcement agencies.
Read our full statement here: nlgchicago.org/2025/11/08/i...
Read our full statement here: nlgchicago.org/2025/11/08/i...
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Today, community members across Cook County monitored and protested the Trump administration’s assault on migrant communities. In total, 15 people were arrested by multiple law enforcement agencies.
Read our full statement here: nlgchicago.org/2025/11/08/i...
Read our full statement here: nlgchicago.org/2025/11/08/i...
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“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs
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I've been following the aftermath of a car crash where a federal agent was captured on video placing a Black man in a chokehold.
We obtained the 911 call made by a US Border Patrol agent who was on the scene through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
We obtained the 911 call made by a US Border Patrol agent who was on the scene through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
Listen to a Border Patrol agent’s flustered 911 call following a West Side car crash • The TRiiBE
Dispatch asked the race of the victim; the agent responded, “Uh, she’s, uh, African.”
thetriibe.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I've been following the aftermath of a car crash where a federal agent was captured on video placing a Black man in a chokehold.
We obtained the 911 call made by a US Border Patrol agent who was on the scene through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
We obtained the 911 call made by a US Border Patrol agent who was on the scene through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
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I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
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Years of US police impunity conditioned USians to accept this as acceptable.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Years of US police impunity conditioned USians to accept this as acceptable.