new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz." the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness. via @katieprout.bsky.social

The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact

It funded science too. Grand Rapids pertussis vaccine trials moved forward in the 1930s because of WPA funding for nurses and technicians.

"By doing things voters wanted, he set unrealistic expectations. Soon, voters will expect ALL politicians to represent their interests. Then where will we be?"

Agreed If it’s not timely and placed in context, it’s little more than violence porn

a big problem i predict is that many GOPs who have been licking Trump's boot up till now will suddenly say "I've always had a backbone" and people will just believe them. We need to turn the entire GOP to dust, at every level, from your local school board to Washington, or this'll just happen again

I hope these people suffer every indignity and harm they have meted out

New from me: I wrote about the dumb new sign at the White House along with all the other tacky gold ornamentation that's gone up over the last few months. It's vintage Trump: micromanaging the most banal of details to sell a fantasy of luxury — but one that's getting harder for Americans to believe

Tonight was the inaugural ride of our new home buyout program. We connect with vendors too scared to be out, and we purchase from them at home. Tonight we bought 250 tamales, divided into 3 teams to deliver all over the city to folks on the street, Love Fridges, and a youth shelter.

A juxtaposition: Gregory Bovino at a gas station, complaining that “Just to go use the bathroom and get something to eat” is a “safety concern.” Just after asking a dude buying a soda where he’s from. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/b...

Honestly this is a win-win for her because now she can date a Brazillian

I realistically think that the current problem with the right is the whole NPC thing. They truly, earnestly believe that only RW uber males (lmao) have agency, and everyone else is just a muppet or something. It makes the ugly realization that "Actually no, I can oppose you." even more jarring

TIL that tomorrow is the last day to vote for a new the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. There are fixed set of names to choose from, alas. www.boldpastbrightfuture.org/naming-commi...

Two thousand whistles packed up and heading out the door tomorrow. Thank you @moryan.bsky.social for hooking me up with the person who can use these in Chicago! 💕 (and thank you to discord for buying me enough filament to keep making them!)

others have said it and it's worth repeating, the Trump admin's occupation of Chicago isnt about immigration enforcement, it's about provoking confrontation and trying to create the conditions to declare martial law during an election yr. it's coming to your city next.

Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and the director of the Center for Municipal Finance.

Since 2019, the Chicago Police Department has operated under a consent decree. WTTW News has spent the last few months diving deep into why reform is so slow and how policing in Chicago continues to evolve, and you can find it all here. 🧵🔽

Once again, the Broadview ICE facility is not in Chicago. It is in, as you might expect, Broadview, Illinois, which is thirteen (13) miles west of downtown Chicago. Broadview is not policed by Chicago Police, but as you might expect, by Broadview Police (and Illinois State Police.)

The cost of the ongoing deployment of Texas and Illinois Guard troops to Chicago — where they remain blocked by court orders from doing much of anything — is expected to reach $12 million by the end of November.

In the last month at O’Hare International Airport, federal agents have repeatedly abducted rideshare drivers with legal work permits from their cars and disappeared them to immigration jails or fast-track deportation flights.

I'm starting a clean thread on what the FAA's imminent 10% reduction in flights at 40 US airports. Updates to come 🧵

i look forward to the knock-on effects of every “just in time” system collapsing from this if it drags on for more than a week

this is the one point many people still haven‘t come to terms with about Kamala losing to Trump: if she had won, would we see any of the community activation we have seen the past 10 months? would Mamdani have even won?

I didn't even *want* to lean on the barrier until I saw this cool guy doing it

Wow do I wish anyone but Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries were running the Democratic Party. The Republicans are taking away food and travel at Thanksgiving, the ads write themselves.

I would not fly next week if you could possibly avoid it

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

ok I dug around under the hood following the advice from this post and turned EVERYTHING off, will report back

At least 26 unhoused Chicagoans have been kidnapped by federal agents since September, including a man I'm calling Theo, a quiet day laborer who lived near Gompers Park. Two other people were also recently taken from this community. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-bor...

Fuuuuuuuuck ICE. We bought out 5 vendors this morning in Little Village and ICE is out there terrorizing the community. We also pass out whistles thanks to a supporter who 3D printed a ton for us. We keep us safe. ✊🏽

The evidence seems pretty clear we should be getting two COVID shots a year. wapo.st/3JwuBFj

Free Her. Free. Them. All.

What is happening at Goddard is absolutely devastating. We are losing history. We are losing an incredible amount of human talent, skill, and knowledge. Rebuilding it will be impossible same for same. Industry can not absorb the people or the equipment. This is undoing space science in the US.

Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected. Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

Hi do you have someone in your life who likes yarn and maybe that person needs a present for an upcoming holiday??? Because I have HOMES FOR YARN (and other craft stuff) available for adoption this holiday season ☺️🧶 #knitting #crochet measuredandslow.studio/shop?categor...

FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, lied about firing tear gas at protesters in Little Village and tackling a man outside the Broadview ICE facility, a federal judge said Thursday. @wttw.bsky.social

Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)

When you become disabled there’s a few things you notice right away: Ableism is everywhere. People will abandon you. Even those you were certain would stick by you. Just because something is illegal or against human rights code doesn’t mean it’s not happening ALL the time

It’s clear that they treat Hispanic majority neighborhoods here exactly as they do communities along our southern border

My favorite comment on the FT story

Why don’t you just poke me with sticks, McSweeney’s, dang

Science Bluesky, I need a question answered that is not yielding to Google! Can you carbon-14 date an alien? Because I know it requires nitrogen-14 in the upper atmosphere and if the alien homeworld doesn’t have the same nitrogen content…?

NEW: Here is the written preliminary injunction order in the Chicago protesters/press case: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Years of US police impunity conditioned USians to accept this as acceptable.

Who else is out there making zines? I want to see more, especially in ebook format. Drop your links here if you have any.

HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.