New feature is up: The Cameras Tracking You Are A Security Nightmare youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY

By 2029, Illinois will have over 10 gigawatts of solar installed. See where energized and planned solar projects will be on the IL Solar Map! ilsolarmap.com/update/future

NEWS: Internal Homeland Security documents on 600+ detainees to be released prove that the vast majority of immigrants detained in Chicago area are "low" public safety risk, even by the government's loose standards. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...

Trump's Chicago deportation blitz has hinged on aggressive and forceful policing tactics: Shootings, takedowns, chokeholds, car chases, chemical munitions, etc. To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy. tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55

New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings “Big tech has made their choice” www.404media.co/google-has-c...

It's been rumored for a bit they would leave mid-November. It's not the weather, just the natural lifespan of a ~225 person operation. Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months" China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.

Broadview ICE this morning. A circle of women went into the middle of the street to exercise their free speech rights and were all arrested & zip tied by cops. @resist_and_repeat on instagram many folks here today.

By resisting surveillance and extraction and pursuing goals such as affordability, dignity, and justice, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can show how technology can truly serve people, writes Rebecca Williams. The first step, she says, is to protect immigrants. buff.ly/Mwk8vRu

five people were indicted along with @katmabu.bsky.social. they all need support.

Last night, the Village of Oak Park passed ICE Free Zones 7-0, modeled after the City of Chicago, Evanston and our Township Full legislation: oak-park.legistar.com/LegislationD...

heartening to see both transit funding and clean energy reform pass in Illinois last night! more local climate action leadership like this everywhere plz! capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawmake...

Last week, the Cook County Board re-upped a controversial contract with a crime-data broker that could expose immigrants' personal data to ICE. Advocates say the County could protect crime victims and immigrants alike by finding a new vendor. ✍️ @almacampos.bsky.social

ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

here's a list of shameful Chicagoland companies blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/23/c...

NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

#NoKings in Oak Park, IL

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

Vic Mensa, an American rapper born and raised in Chicago, breaks down ICE raids and the politics of division.

better trash your ring camera if you have one techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a...

New from 404 Media: ICE, the Secret Service, and NCIS all had access to Flock's nationwide network of AI-enabled cameras, letter reveals. Shows many more federal agencies had access to network that authorities typically use without a warrant to search whole country www.404media.co/ice-secret-s...

Thank you for working with us Isaac!

Wells also tells Perry about this dismissal of the complaint against Paul Ivery: bsky.app/profile/jons...

On Oct 3, I went to the Broadview ICE facility and saw unprovoked violence by Federal agents ICE is a violent, untrained, unidentified and unaccountable agency sent by a tyrannical administration to terrorize and silence us Tell them to leave and never come back derekeder.com/blog/ice-in-...

Since 7am this morning, a helicopter has been flying in circles around Oak Park, Broadview, Maywood and Forest Park: www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraf...

FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS www.wbez.org/arts/2025/10...

With so many examples of media cowardice on a national level, I'm gratified to report in this article that Chicago's local journalists are aggressively exposing the Trump regime's cruelty and lies.

It’s been quite amazing to watch people call on CPD (of all entities) to fight on behalf of the oppressed. There is a reason why we don’t see police leading revolutions. They are a function of the state and will give deference to the feds, as required by law. youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

The people who are sincerely in favor of freedom of expression will speak out now for the reporters.

I was at the Broadview ICE facility this morning and witnessed firsthand local and state officers assisting ICE in violation of the Illinois TRUST act

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

this is what we saw on the ground in Broadview today. thetriibe.com/2025/09/and-...

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

We partnered with the Community Investment Corporation to develop an easy way for them to visualize their affordable rental housing loans and grants. Check out how we work with our partners in this post by Xavier Medrano datamade.us/blog/buildin...

Not enough people know about Homer City. The single largest fossil fuel plant that's being built *explicitly* to power a data centre. This isn't a future projection, or some hollow marketing. This is physical stuff happening right now. bsky.app/profile/keta...

"The unsettling feeling that your device is spying on you is real — but the culprit isn't a secret microphone. It's the data broker industry," EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social tells @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/tech/servic...

So, as you might know, I have been in the process of tracking the activities of DOGE staff across the federal government. And now I've built an auto-updating website to browse the data It's not done (lots more content to write), but news is moving fast, so here it is dogetrack.info Enjoy!

You have until Dec 31, 2025 to get a 30% tax credit for installing rooftop solar on your home. To help find a solar installer, here's the top vendors in every Illinois county based on projects completed ilsolarmap.com/update/top-s...

#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/

The muted market reaction to The Crazy doesn't tell you much about what will happen. Markets almost *never* react in advance to large but only potential disruptions. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-arent-...

I was the executive director of U.S. Open Data, a non-profit that I created at the behest of the Obama White House. I worked as one of the nation's leading experts in open data. Putting open data on the blockchain is a profoundly stupid idea that fails nearly every test of good open data.

Full story here. From Mayor Daniel Biss: "This vendor has failed to follow state and local data protection laws. With constant attacks from the federal government and other far-right actors, we will not sit idly by while our people’s data is shared inappropriately."

Good job Evanston

"It is the very value of this network, & Flock’s willingness to share and sell access to it, including to the Trump Administration, ICE, CBP, and Texas police enforcing anti-abortion laws, that makes this tech so dangerous to not only our immigrant community, but to the entire nation."

The full 12 minutes of @govpritzker.illinois.gov speech today, which was superb. (Via Nicole Wallace / @msnbc.com segment.) www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...