fwiw, anecdotally, my experience with pepper spray has been that it is *worse* than tear gas.
tear gas is a particulate that washes away quickly and easily.
pepper spray is an oil-based chemical weapon, so it persists much longer and requires prolonged treatment.
both can cause lifelong asthma.
tear gas is a particulate that washes away quickly and easily.
pepper spray is an oil-based chemical weapon, so it persists much longer and requires prolonged treatment.
both can cause lifelong asthma.
The @chicagotribune.com has updated its story to clarify that the baby was exposed to pepper spray, not tear gas
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM
fwiw, anecdotally, my experience with pepper spray has been that it is *worse* than tear gas.
tear gas is a particulate that washes away quickly and easily.
pepper spray is an oil-based chemical weapon, so it persists much longer and requires prolonged treatment.
both can cause lifelong asthma.
tear gas is a particulate that washes away quickly and easily.
pepper spray is an oil-based chemical weapon, so it persists much longer and requires prolonged treatment.
both can cause lifelong asthma.
Illinois passed the Illinois Bivens Act, which allows folks to sue ICE officers who violate their rights. “damages can increase based on various factors … including the use of facial coverings, crowd control measures like tear gas, vehicles with a non-Illinois license plate or no license plate…”
Illinois lawmakers pass legislation in response to ICE activity
After weeks of heightened federal immigration enforcement in the greater Chicago area, the Illinois General Assembly approved House Bill 1312 on Oct. 31, strengthening immigration enforcement protecti...
dailynorthwestern.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Illinois passed the Illinois Bivens Act, which allows folks to sue ICE officers who violate their rights. “damages can increase based on various factors … including the use of facial coverings, crowd control measures like tear gas, vehicles with a non-Illinois license plate or no license plate…”
You know, I just realized that I'd never posted this picture of by @artizek.bsky.social of Jaroq and my big ole Ronso/Hrothgar having a bit of fun as a couple of big bikers... one considerably bigger then the other of course! Outfit's based off the biker glamour from FFXIV.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
You know, I just realized that I'd never posted this picture of by @artizek.bsky.social of Jaroq and my big ole Ronso/Hrothgar having a bit of fun as a couple of big bikers... one considerably bigger then the other of course! Outfit's based off the biker glamour from FFXIV.
The Lake Erie Chemical Company, based in Ohio.
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Lake Erie Chemical Company, based in Ohio.
They tend to be family-based, hard-working communities. They see the prices of groceries. They see the price of gas. They see the health insurance premiums.
Lying to them doesn't work.
Lying to them doesn't work.
More broadly, heavily-Latino counties moved far to the right in NJ last year, and back to the left this year:
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
They tend to be family-based, hard-working communities. They see the prices of groceries. They see the price of gas. They see the health insurance premiums.
Lying to them doesn't work.
Lying to them doesn't work.
Dear journalists: if you call me about “mustard gas” based on a sandwich, I’m going to make it my mission in life to embarrass you for decades. STOP CALLING ME OVER THIS ABJECT BULLSHIT
Deep sigh. “Mustard gas” is entirely unrelated to mustard or mustard seeds. It’s a nickname. Hell, it’s not even a gas
November 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Dear journalists: if you call me about “mustard gas” based on a sandwich, I’m going to make it my mission in life to embarrass you for decades. STOP CALLING ME OVER THIS ABJECT BULLSHIT
I hate arguments based on false equivalencies. But they don't even have that. What a waste of time and money.
The sooner we are not relying on gas and coal, then sooner we stop getting bent over. IMHO
The sooner we are not relying on gas and coal, then sooner we stop getting bent over. IMHO
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I hate arguments based on false equivalencies. But they don't even have that. What a waste of time and money.
The sooner we are not relying on gas and coal, then sooner we stop getting bent over. IMHO
The sooner we are not relying on gas and coal, then sooner we stop getting bent over. IMHO
Overall this is a good move. As we get more clean energy in the form of wind and solar, we can close down entirely electricity generated from oil/gas and instead use biofuel as the backup source - provided it's based on fuel from sustainable forests.
3/3
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November 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Overall this is a good move. As we get more clean energy in the form of wind and solar, we can close down entirely electricity generated from oil/gas and instead use biofuel as the backup source - provided it's based on fuel from sustainable forests.
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Interesting people demand lower gas prices based on oil which is nonrenewable and drives climate change
Market factors effects housing prices mainly from population growth
Every politician seeks campaign money
3 marriages??
Politicians in general pander to voters most poorly informed from media
Market factors effects housing prices mainly from population growth
Every politician seeks campaign money
3 marriages??
Politicians in general pander to voters most poorly informed from media
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Interesting people demand lower gas prices based on oil which is nonrenewable and drives climate change
Market factors effects housing prices mainly from population growth
Every politician seeks campaign money
3 marriages??
Politicians in general pander to voters most poorly informed from media
Market factors effects housing prices mainly from population growth
Every politician seeks campaign money
3 marriages??
Politicians in general pander to voters most poorly informed from media
sell off of its overseas retail outlets and its Swiss based oil trading company have been blocked by dozens of companies and banks from trading crude and gas. Its refineries in Romania and Bulgaria may have to be bought out by both countries to save a key supplier.
Many of the assets are being
Many of the assets are being
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
sell off of its overseas retail outlets and its Swiss based oil trading company have been blocked by dozens of companies and banks from trading crude and gas. Its refineries in Romania and Bulgaria may have to be bought out by both countries to save a key supplier.
Many of the assets are being
Many of the assets are being
#kidlitartpostcard day is here again! I'm a children's illustrator based in North West England, currently seeking representation. I work largely digitally but also love coloured pencils and watercolours.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#kidlitartpostcard day is here again! I'm a children's illustrator based in North West England, currently seeking representation. I work largely digitally but also love coloured pencils and watercolours.
Chicago-based animator Sarah Schmidt built her Adult Swim 'Smalls' career far from Hollywood, proving the future of animation can thrive in the Midwest. Her latest 'Gassy's Gas ‘N Stuff' short came out this weekend, and we've got an exclusive BTS look:
www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/s...
www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/s...
Sarah Schmidt’s Midwest Path To Adult Swim's 'Smalls'
Chicago-based animator Sarah Schmidt proves mainstream animation doesn't have to come from Hollywood with her Adult Swim 'Gassy's Gas ‘N Stuff' shorts.
www.cartoonbrew.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Chicago-based animator Sarah Schmidt built her Adult Swim 'Smalls' career far from Hollywood, proving the future of animation can thrive in the Midwest. Her latest 'Gassy's Gas ‘N Stuff' short came out this weekend, and we've got an exclusive BTS look:
www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/s...
www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/s...
No, we write based on scene rather than word count. We lock into a particular mindset and emotion and see it through organically without worrying about length. I know we could just continue, but then you need more emotional gas in the tank and there's no guarantee we'll have it! #PretendPanel
Greetings, #pretendpanel! One week into writeathon month, I'm wondering how you feel about this notorious topic...
November 7th: X number of words per day - are you a fan of this approach or not?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 7th: X number of words per day - are you a fan of this approach or not?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
No, we write based on scene rather than word count. We lock into a particular mindset and emotion and see it through organically without worrying about length. I know we could just continue, but then you need more emotional gas in the tank and there's no guarantee we'll have it! #PretendPanel
This graph, based on @climateactiontracker.org's latest projections, has global CO₂ₑ emissions peak right now-ish and then decline by 2100.
Good, but look at the slope of the decline. It's basically a slow linear decline.
That's...not how the world works.
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Good, but look at the slope of the decline. It's basically a slow linear decline.
That's...not how the world works.
²/ₙ
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This graph, based on @climateactiontracker.org's latest projections, has global CO₂ₑ emissions peak right now-ish and then decline by 2100.
Good, but look at the slope of the decline. It's basically a slow linear decline.
That's...not how the world works.
²/ₙ
Good, but look at the slope of the decline. It's basically a slow linear decline.
That's...not how the world works.
²/ₙ
JUST IN: The Trump administration asks the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay Judge Sara Ellis' preliminary injunction restricting the use of force against protesters and journalists in Chicago.
Full motion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/bc/ac/04906a...
Full motion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/bc/ac/04906a...
![INTRODUCTION
The role of the Judiciary is to resolve concrete cases and controversies, not to act as general overseer of the Executive. But in response to the government’s efforts to enforce the Nation’s immigration laws after years of non-enforcement during an unprecedented wave of illegal immigration, courts have issued sweeping, programmatic injunctions that usurp executive authority and empower judges to superintend law-enforcement activities under threat of contempt. The predictable result is to broadly obstruct the enforcement of the Nation’s laws, chill the exercise of executive power, and subvert the constitutional structure.
This case is a perfect example. This Court previously issued a writ of mandamus to quash an order of this district court that “infringe[d] on the separation of powers” by “set[ting] the court up as a supervisor” of the agency’s law- enforcement activities. Order, In re Noem, No. 25-2936 (7th Cir. Oct. 31, 2025). The district court has now issued an extraordinary preliminary injunction that no less reflects an improper aggrandizement of the judicial role and a violation of the separation of powers. What began as a complaint by journalists and protestors alleging that DHS officers targeted them with crowd-control devices at a handful of protests in September and early October has transformed into an instrument for judicial micromanagement of federal law-enforcement operations in the Chicago area. Indeed, this injunction is so granular it consumes eight pages, governing everything from body-worn cameras, to agent identification, to the content of warnings before](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elipdmmf5istuvtyituspske/bafkreihgvjfeppwczpepe3ijy2bgqwoo4hsxcd4ly4wo6onzf667iqxqtm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
JUST IN: The Trump administration asks the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay Judge Sara Ellis' preliminary injunction restricting the use of force against protesters and journalists in Chicago.
Full motion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/bc/ac/04906a...
Full motion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/bc/ac/04906a...
The solution to a cut pipe is big tanks of gas? Or ships carrying tanks of gas? The vulnerability is a network based on centralized generators running on imported fuel. Our supply is already 40% renewables. It needs to be 100% and every resource directed away from that slows us down.
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The solution to a cut pipe is big tanks of gas? Or ships carrying tanks of gas? The vulnerability is a network based on centralized generators running on imported fuel. Our supply is already 40% renewables. It needs to be 100% and every resource directed away from that slows us down.
Personal niche interest - tax based on pollution and damage, rather than whatever it is we now have. Eg gas is much cheaper than electricity because electricity is loaded with decarbonisation costs. Similarly stupid proposal to do mileage tax on EVs, compounding that.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Personal niche interest - tax based on pollution and damage, rather than whatever it is we now have. Eg gas is much cheaper than electricity because electricity is loaded with decarbonisation costs. Similarly stupid proposal to do mileage tax on EVs, compounding that.
EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
A Scottish-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters
Scottish-based oil firm blasted for 'helping Israel extract Palestinian gas'
www.thenational.scot
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A Scottish-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters
NEW: An Aberdeen-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558734...
www.thenational.scot/news/2558734...
Scottish-based oil firm blasted for 'helping Israel extract Palestinian gas'
A SCOTTISH-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters.
www.thenational.scot
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
NEW: An Aberdeen-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558734...
www.thenational.scot/news/2558734...
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Last month I started my job as a reporter for S&P Global covering America’s natural gas!
My beat focuses on downstream gas utilities and regulatory updates in the industry.
I’m based in Washington, D.C. and I’d love to hear from you if you have any tips. Email me at [email protected] !
My beat focuses on downstream gas utilities and regulatory updates in the industry.
I’m based in Washington, D.C. and I’d love to hear from you if you have any tips. Email me at [email protected] !
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Last month I started my job as a reporter for S&P Global covering America’s natural gas!
My beat focuses on downstream gas utilities and regulatory updates in the industry.
I’m based in Washington, D.C. and I’d love to hear from you if you have any tips. Email me at [email protected] !
My beat focuses on downstream gas utilities and regulatory updates in the industry.
I’m based in Washington, D.C. and I’d love to hear from you if you have any tips. Email me at [email protected] !
Kinda, but like, family owned and a wayyyyy wider variety of stuff based on the family's ethnic/national background. Plus bodegas never are connected to gas stations. Convenience stores corporate bodegas at gas stations for cars. Bodegas are street markets that just moved inside for foot traffic.
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Kinda, but like, family owned and a wayyyyy wider variety of stuff based on the family's ethnic/national background. Plus bodegas never are connected to gas stations. Convenience stores corporate bodegas at gas stations for cars. Bodegas are street markets that just moved inside for foot traffic.
The number of infuriating quotes from decades-old climate reports that maintain prominent perches inside my brain is distressing.
Anyway, read more about 60 years of failure, and please subscribe:
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Anyway, read more about 60 years of failure, and please subscribe:
www.gravityisgone.com/this-whole-t...
![The blame, throughout appendix Y4, was put squarely on its proper target: "We can conclude with fair assurance that at the present time, fossil fuels are the only source of CO2 being added to the ocean-atmosphere-biosphere system." It even offered estimates of the excess carbon that might be added in the future based on recoverable reserves of coal, oil, and gas — and we have found a lot more of the stuff since then. I think, more often than is healthy, about a line from yet another decades-old climate change report, from EPA authors in 1983: [highlight] gradually and therefore less expensively if energy policies were adopted now rather than several decades later." [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreicxu3fw76fqo6u52qsrlpigeclzue2p6pv52l3rdxaiupkrrbkg2a@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The number of infuriating quotes from decades-old climate reports that maintain prominent perches inside my brain is distressing.
Anyway, read more about 60 years of failure, and please subscribe:
www.gravityisgone.com/this-whole-t...
Anyway, read more about 60 years of failure, and please subscribe:
www.gravityisgone.com/this-whole-t...
kinkier facts:
-their gender and parts vary based on what the mortal they're focusing on desires. you can call them mommy if you want (and they'll know if you want to)
-their gas smells like your favorite thing, and it causes steady fattening as you breathe it in. ofc their realm is filled with it
-their gender and parts vary based on what the mortal they're focusing on desires. you can call them mommy if you want (and they'll know if you want to)
-their gas smells like your favorite thing, and it causes steady fattening as you breathe it in. ofc their realm is filled with it
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
kinkier facts:
-their gender and parts vary based on what the mortal they're focusing on desires. you can call them mommy if you want (and they'll know if you want to)
-their gas smells like your favorite thing, and it causes steady fattening as you breathe it in. ofc their realm is filled with it
-their gender and parts vary based on what the mortal they're focusing on desires. you can call them mommy if you want (and they'll know if you want to)
-their gas smells like your favorite thing, and it causes steady fattening as you breathe it in. ofc their realm is filled with it