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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 8h

yeah if I’ve read Huck Finn all the way through it was in high school and I don’t super remember it

chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 10h

lol I read it a month or two ago. I had an unfair advantage bc THE TREES kinda prepped me for anything. But yes JAMES is super super stressful

chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 10h

yes I pronounce the same way

chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 10h

solidarity

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 11h

LOOK AT THAT MOON

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 11h

dogs a-howlin out there

chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 11h

Fragassi did you say macarons and cheesecake

chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 11h

don’t take my Chicago library or Ventra cards away, I do think the guy’s talented. It’s just never the music I wanna put on

chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 11h

I hope everyone likes the new album and I’m sorry for anyone who doesn’t. Personally, I’ve always respected the hell outta that songwriter, but can’t *quite* get into it myself

…what? I’m talking about Jeff Tweedy, who are YOU are talking about?

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 11h

reminds me one of these I saw about mozzarella sticks, like no way would you just house six string cheeses while downing beers. If they’re fried tho?

chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 12h

Chicago Over Everything

Beach Sloth @beachsloth.bsky.social · 15h

Wow, Chicago really hates the shit out of ICE

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17h

Advocate for the tactics you believe are powerful and effective—we probably agree about those. But stop preemptively scapegoating the same people that Trump scapegoats for his fascist violence. Only this administration is to blame for its violence. It was already planned.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17h

Are you starting to get it? He was always going to hit us. You will not change the math by insisting that people assume some magical form of perfect victimhood that somehow reels in a monster. That's not real. And I am so sick of hearing it.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17h

He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17h

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 13h

looooove Colors! Very wild album

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 14h

we stopped building dirigibles!

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 18h

The one time I met Paul Vallas was at a conference and after a very brief conversation he showed me a plan for a "reform school" project he was pitching.

The man was carrying plans for a jail for children on his person and just...showing it to people.

That guy came really close to being mayor.

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 19h

Actually, it really matters whether your electeds are progressive. We are often frustrated on the left at what electeds can deliver, but we have to remember moments like this. Paul Vallas would NOT have created ICE free zones.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 18h

reminder for the reading tomorrow!

Chicago come get scared!

a flyer reading Lazy & Entitled Presents Scary Stories To Tell In Rogers Park October 8th 7 PM celebrating new books from Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. Lauren Bolger additional readings by Chris Corlew and Brendan Johnson Rivers & Roads Cafe espresso bar and snacks available 1259 W Devon Ave

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

Some folks have reported experiencing extended nausea and dizziness since being tear gassed in Brighton Park on Saturday. General reminder to seek medical care even if you think you can tough it out—document it all and start a paper trail. You never know if you may need it.

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The Line Break @thelinebreak.bsky.social · 21h

NEW PODCAST

@bobsykora.bsky.social reads Belle Ling, @thecorlew.bsky.social reads @heatherchristle.bsky.social , and we talk about getting back into the flow of writing poems

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Podcast Episode · The Line Break · 10/07/2025 · 39m

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

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social: "You’re either on the side that is singing and showing up and holding other people, or you’re on the side of the helicopters and the gas canisters and the guns." truthout.org/audio/holdin...

“It’s a scary moment, but it’s also a moment that bears no equivocation. At this point you are either on the side of protecting our neighbors and protecting our community, or you’re on the side of this administration. There is no neutral ground in this moment. There’s no center left. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit.” - Eman Abdelhadi

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 21h

this is a military invasion

this is turning the troops on American citizens

it’s being done in the name of racism

but sure, “bucking tradition”