“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba

Yes, and, of course, this shouldn’t happen to anyone—US citizen or not.

But I have to say, I'm kinda fascinated by the emergence of what's indisputably a "gen AI style." It's almost identical to the second-most abstracted face in @scottmccloud.bsky.social's degrees-of-cartooning line-up in Understanding Comics. Blank. Vague. Bland. Just sauceless. Dot-eyed voids.

Ooo, some real good stuff in there: www.humblebundle.com/books/modern...

Naga is very tired from her day yesterday and is still recovering with her brother Goat.

If you're arrested in Illinois for the means by which you acquire food for your family because of the government shutdown or loss of SNAP benefits, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

Did not know that food banks don't pay sales tax, so their dollar can stretch more!! Cash donate to your local food bank!!

District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order limits how and when feds can use gas in the Chicago area. It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"

Federal immigration agents have deployed gas in Little Village, on 26th between Komensky and Pulaski, per videos shared online after 11 am this morning.

while this is going on, the feds are on an absolute tear through little village. greg bovino is on the ground. agents have abducted multiple people and deployed at least one tear gas canister.

Happening now in Broadview—outside Chicago: A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility. “Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.

outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois: the illinois handmaids and the democratic women of cook county are demonstrating against the kidnapping of community members by federal agents.

First they came for the toddlers... Republicans are Nazis. All of them.

SNAP benefits are under attack during this government shutdown and food banks are picking up the slack. But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:

SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court. Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview. “They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

This is beautiful, very much worth reading. Thank you @mskellymhayes.bsky.social

Pilsen PUÑO has issued a community wide alert urging vulnerable residents in Pilsen and Little Village to shelter in place due to heavy ICE activity.

To all of us feeling exhausted and overwhelmed - our neighbors are worth fighting for ✊

There is so much more to the Atreides than just a genetic predisposition to prescience and jihad.

ICE isn’t only continuing to spend millions on advertising despite the government shutdown — in some cases it has even ramped up its taxpayer-funded propaganda push.

My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."

Great read about Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz. Story of community, solidarity, and empathy bringing the children of day laborers together with suburban moms. Gift link. By Andrew Carter @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

It’s true that Square Enix loves going all in on the stupidest bubble shit imaginable and then never bringing it up when it crashes but it’s also worth pointing out how uniquely bad and late they are at investing in scams.

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

I’m letting my interest in UI/UX kinda simmer instead of jumping into it to learn all about it. I feel like I have a better grasp of what it really is but Just out of curiosity to those in it, what brought you to it?? An what was your journey going through it? 👀 that being if yall want to share

The feds raided an East Chicago home, arrested a mother and her 26-year-old schizophrenic daughter. She's been here since she's 2. In ICE custody, she had no meds and chose to leave the country. Now she's in Mexico, barely speaks Spanish, and her family can't find her.

I watched my nephew play some Fortnite here last night and he got a win, Ive never been more proud.

Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez

I think what really needs to happen re: The Game Awards is we all need to boycott it. it goes beyond Future Class; the game awards exist to push marketing at people. it's not a real award show and it's not produced by people who care about gamedevs at all. we're just props.

lmfao WHAT TGA and GDC can bite my broke ass, fuck this shit

i’m not deleting Future Class from my bio. they might have deleted the archives, but they can’t take that achievement away from me. Geoff was not involved in the process at all, and so he gets no say on whether i can still claim being inducted into the first class.

feel for all these devs who got taken for a ride by the game awards. I also feel they were failed by the press, we should have loudly and consistently impressed upon people the demonstrable lack of material benefit the show has offered. we can call chicanery when we see it!

Incredible

My latest is full of stuff that's not easy, but is really important -- and, you know, the Talmud-- stuff that dates to 300 CE, in what's now Iraq-- is in a number of ways more progressive than USA laws ca. 1993, or even ca. today. So. Uh.

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

From Daft Punk's new music video "Contact". RIP Leiji Matsumoto. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbbT...

I love visiting LA and NYC always, but Chicago is probably my favorite US city. That said, every large city I've been to in the US has really cool things about it. It's a good age for city pride.

Still raising funds for @doctorswithoutborders.org with $862.50/$1000 raised! Chip in here: tilt.fyi/FpzCCQXWRK If we hit $1100 raised, there will be a giveaway of a signed Karlach Funko!

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

BROADVIEW - state and local authorities just arrested about 20 women who hopped the concrete barricades outside the processing center, sat down in the middle of the street and joined hands. Took maybe five minutes all told.

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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.

Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information" They want people to assume this means game info or assets. But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to: 'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"