“We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago,” writes Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston. “For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations.”

The Gordie Howe Bridge is all lit up now

Granite glory for a trio in an entrance to the headquarters of the Canadian National Railway and Central Station, Montreal. I have photographed about 700 phones (I know, I know.) But these are the first I've seen with that extra bezel on the front. (HasselbladSWC, Zeiss38mmf4.5 Biogon, KodakTRIX)

"Sketches from the funeral parlour 2", graphite on paper, 6x8", 2024. #art

Drawings by me of beer bottles from movies Slacker (1990) World on a Wire: Part I (1983) Double Indemnity (1944) Big Trouble in Little China (1986) marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from...

I am not quoting this to show you Jacqueline's racism (although, look at it) but because you should take a look at the hidden replies. Blusky mods aren't even being fucking subtle about what their new automod is meant to do/be

so this is interesting besides being racist. bluesky has hidden ALL of the replies calling it racist. look for yourself.

That last sentence goes REAL hard

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The Madrid 2.0 service centre, Quebec Autoroute 20 near Drummondville. The photo L shows the original Madrid which it replaced in 2012. It featured monster trucks and life size-ish dinosaur statues now replaced by McDonald's, St. Hubert and Couche Tard. (HasselbladSWC, Zeiss38mmf4.5 Biogon, KodakTX)

The cartoon vomit color NBA floor is Shreking people

In 1893 Chicago police arrested a man for murder, starved him for four days, then gave him a bottle of whiskey. Once he was drunk they gave him an “alibi” form to sign. He was drunk and illiterate & didn’t know he was signing a confession. He was hanged. This is pretty much how Broadview operates.

New: Pablo Moreno González and Felipe Agustin Zamacona, two men formerly held at the Broadview, IL ICE facility, and now the named plaintiffs in a federal class action alleging inhumane treatment at the facility, are being released from federal custody per a successful habeas petition.

It's okay, he's talking about worms

Drawings by me of beer bottles from movies Slacker (1990) World on a Wire: Part I (1983) Double Indemnity (1944) Big Trouble in Little China (1986) marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from...

The Brooks Brothers Riot really was the forerunner to Jan 6

More Objects from Films (Big Trouble in Little China [1986]) marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from...

More evidence for the argument that, as @jamellebouie.net wrote in his recent column, the "vibe shift" did not mark "a durable turn to the political right" for many of the voters who swung toward Trump in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...

I’ve done some Theseus and Minotaurs on little round cold pressed watercolour paper. Here is one where the Minotaur has a bluish classical face

Another round Theseus/Minotaur. This time with red and head bigness

Theseus/minotaur with mild wrestling

Just got a text from Michigan Health and Human Services regarding SNAP 👀

A group of moms from the west near west suburbs, oak park and neighborhoods nearby, just moved into the street and sat, protesting the terrorizing of our neighborhoods. They were immediately handed by ISP and local PD, zip tied, and hauled off.

That clip of Bannon circulating rn where he admits he's going to prison if Dems ever regain power should actually be DEEPLY ALARMING bc it outlines stakes & desperation that will likely *escalate* regime lawlessness & violence. Taking action now could help prevent that.

What we need to do is build on these spectacles of discontent—to immediately start pressuring GOP electeds from local to federal offices. Make this fascist shit seem as dangerous to them as it really is. This means visibly taking up space & making demands. It means making things not work.

Just went through TSA in front of a businessman in a suit on the phone with someone saying "no I'm serious, they set off tear gas in my residential neighborhood. ... No it sounds unbelievable but they just threw tear gas for no reason"

More watercolor and ink art for those of us having trouble letting go of Halloween as the stores fill with Christmas. #art

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Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.

do not defend this technology.

the freight train cut through north Portland

Genuinely recommend following the instructions in this thread and checking your moderation settings, even if you have before (settings default when they update or change things), especially with Bluesky moderation seeming to misapply the “rude” label as a way to hide discourse they don’t like

More Objects from Films (Big Trouble in Little China [1986]) marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from...

This week's @unbreaking.org update on immigration is *also* an update on data security because the administration is using immigration enforcement as a way to trial and operationalize a full-on surveillance state.

Hell yeah

Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

The FBI is trying to unmask the owner of infamous archiving site Archive.is, according to a subpoena the site posted. No other information given, the site quietly posted the document a few days ago. FBI telling domain registrar to hand over all sorts of ID'ing info www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...

Thank you to @publishedbyjake.bsky.social for publishing my poem Waspmobile yesterday! I’m honored for my weird little piece to have a home with you all. jakethemag.com/waspmobile/?...

First Baptist Church in Chatham, Ontario. In 1858, the American abolitionist John Brown came here to plan a guerrilla war against slavery in the U.S. and to recruit people to his cause. Their unsuccessful attempt to seize an armory led to Brown's hanging. (Leica M Monochrom, 35mm f1.4 SummiluxASPH)

NEW: Judge Gettleman just ordered ICE to improve "serious conditions" inside its Broadview facility in Chicago. Yesterday, people testified in court that they were crammed into overcrowded and filthy cells for days, with little access to lawyers, and pressured into deportation.

Several teachers fled with a student and hid in the back of a pick-up. They were 'terrified of being found. They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school, they didn’t know.'” -- Nathaniel Meadow, parent at the Rayito de Sol daycare center blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/d...

Detroiters make history by electing Mary Sheffield as the first female mayor, and choose Renata Miller and Denzel Anton McCampbell for open city council seats, BridgeDetroit and the Detroit Free Press report: planetdetroit.org/2025/11/detr...

I spent just over a week following Canada's prime minister around parts of Asia. I found exactly one pay phone -- and it's kind of a cheat at that. That photo has yet to be developed. But I did find this call box in the former city centre of Kuala Lumpur. (Leica M Monochrom, 50mm f1.2 Noctilux ASPH)

good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx

An oddball painting I’ve been doing in a state of total uncertainty

I was just right by here. There need to be prosecutions and it needs to involve real punishment.

This was horrific to watch. Agents entering a daycare, wrestling with and abducting a teacher in front of small screaming children. I just… what the fuck are we doing here.

I’m not surprised that the young progressive Abdullah Hammoud has been reelected as Dearborn mayor! He helps people and he’s popular and charming. Glad he gets another term.