‼️ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.

Low-intensity warfare is uncanny. We continue to go to work, bring kids to school, shop for groceries, etc. But our everyday routines are punctuated by random episodes of spectacular violence; war as a way of life.

When does "arresting without a warrant" become an abduction? When does "deportation" become human trafficking? www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...

Kershaw tried so hard to choke away a bases loaded walk and Lukes was like no sir you are a base ball legend I will not let you do this to yourself again

Reading this from occupied Chicagoland and wondering if what I’m feeling is what folks in LA were feeling when they read similar headlines about Chicago.

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

Remember that all of this is in defense of a detention center where people are being held in horrible conditions after being kidnapped off the street for no reason.

Today so far feds in Chicagoland have: Attacked & arrested protesters at the Broadview detention center w/the help of the ISP other agencies Tear gassed a street in Logan Square that has a grocery store & elementary school on it, among other things Violently handcuffed an Alderperson It's 3pm

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

“Keep Our Name Out Your Mouth” -Reverend Otis Moss III, Trinity United Church of Christ www.tiktok.com/@stillpettyj...

Grateful for the opportunity to write about the history of GI resistance - a history that is critical to remember in this moment of increased state violence and repression. Shout out to Aaron Hughes for co-writing this piece with me.

New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social: ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday. Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events. Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:

Unraveled has some of the best on-the-ground coverage in Chicagoland. Read this thread covering what is happening outside of the suburban detention site today, give them a follow, and fund their work. unraveledpress.com/support-unra...

Seen on opposite sides of an intersection on my walk this evening.

"your hands are too small your arms are too short to box with Chicago gods Our solidarity is spoken In over 100 different tongues Black Free Man Founded Welcoming Sanctuary Humanity keep your tiny hands away from my city and keep Chicago’s name Out your mouth" ~ Leslé Honoré

Another Illinois agency has cancelled its Flock contract. My this trend continue. Let's get these cameras down!

Defiant Illinois leaders are blasting Trump’s troop plan: "If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me." blockclubchi.co/41Kj1wj

If you care about protecting your fellow residents from oppression from the Trump admin, you should urge your local electeds to cancel your contract with Flock Safety, as we did in Oak Park, IL. Here's why: derekeder.com/blog/why-i-v...

It is a global, species-wide tragedy that humans didn’t take Covid as a push to clean indoor air the way we clean water. Air will only get worse as the climate heats up. It could take many more millions dying to change indoor air filtration. I don’t want to be among the dead or to contribute to them

So…. is the AG going to investigate the IL law enforcement agencies, that have broken state law (per the IL Secretary of State), using the surveillance tech, that the AG’s office paid for?

Just think it's interesting that the second screenshot here shows DEA agents discussing a "freight elevator" (most of the message is cut off, but you can make out those words specifically). This was the same week ICE arrests exploded at 55 Monroe. Feds were using the building's freight elevator.

How many departments across the state is this happening? These have got to be TRUST Act violations.

I’m having a hard time reading Dream Hotel—its dystopian future doesn’t feel far enough away.

Latvia deploys 14,000 CO2 monitors to schools, at a cost of 12 Euros per student. Launched by the Ministry of Education, this data is freely available to the public. seetheair.org/2025/07/31/l...

¡Los derechos de los inquilinos son derechos de los inmigrantes! Los arrendadores NO PUEDEN llamar a ICE sobre ti. Aquí hay 5 cosas que puedes hacer si tu arrendador te amenaza con llamar a ICE.

Tenants rights are immigrant rights! Landlords CANNOT call ICE on you. Here are 5 things you can do if your landlord threatens to call ICE.

On June 6, federal agents called suburban police for backup at the ICE facility in Broadview, IL. An agent inside the facility who identified herself as "Officer Riley" called 911 to request help with protesters. The 911 dispatcher commiserates with her, and adds, "hats off to ya!"

Recently went hiking and the new, bright green growth on the evergreen trees brought me such joy. It was hope and resilience.

Images aren’t neutral forms of communication. They also aren’t “objective” if they’re able to be misused and misunderstood. The context happens before you take a photo. You should ask yourself, what are the negative impacts it could have on a story? Whose side does this benefit?

Being a Giants fan in the Midwest is rough for night games. This one was worth it! Beat LA!

The purpose of the system is what it does. A system built to collect as much data as possible, that enables sharing that data as widely as possible, and puts it into the hands of deportation forces has predictable outcomes. Oh, and that data came from IL. www.appenmedia.com/news/sandy-s...

“Time and time again, ICE has shown us that it intends to build a mass surveillance system that nets all Americans. It is not about combatting crime, this is about the federal government having surveillance power and control over all Americans” - Julie Mao Follow link to read @404media.co

I often describe Flock as a social surveillance company, because it collects massive amounts of personal data and enables customers to share that data as widely as possible. The harm cannot be regulated out of the platform. Illinois should ban ALPRs instead of wasting more resources on regulations.

Yes, and this is all because of relentless on the ground organizing and research by community members working to FOIA records, comb through data, and identify the data flows between local police departments and federal law enforcement.

Don't get excited, Flock is training law enforcement agencies on what to write in the search reason field. Functionally just telling them to stop using terms like "abortion," "ICE", & "immigration" Surveillance can't provide safety because it isn't designed to. Surveillance is control, not safety

Illinois wants to be a place of sanctuary, but we cannot provide refuge while tracking everyone's movements. Like Mt Prospect, many IL agencies have likely violated state law. IL should institute a statewide ALPR ban now. Reporting from @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/202...

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines "These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"

Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing. ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him. seiuca.org/press-releas...

Are Governor Pritzker, AG Raoul, or Senate President Harmon serious about making Illinois a sanctuary state? The TRUST Act violations are piling up without any action from their offices. Are the act's protections meaningless? Now is time to protect our communities in a action, not just words.

What is happening to our immigrant community is heartbreaking. People trying to go through legal channels. People say get in line, do it the right way. Immigrants are being taken going to these routine check ins. In Chicago, this is happening right now.

Love to see it! Great work to all of the organizers and community members who came together to make this happen. We keep us safe.

It really seems like no one is in compliance with the TRUST ACT.

During the campaign i advocated for labour to use their constituency offices & meeting halls to do exactly this in addition to offering workshops for letter writing, benefits claims & a creche & got told it was a waste of campaign resources. It actually maximises resources by creating a community

Milwaukee PD accessed Illinois Flock cameras for classified investigation. Via @isiahholmes.bsky.social

i like how the possible exposure is like a couple hours here and there at 5 businesses, and then 20 hours across 2 days at the 7th busiest airport in the world

Sticker seen on my walk today. Stop pretending your racism is patriotism.

So I'll finish transcribing parts of this speech later but I wanted to talk about a couple things in it that makes it great.

One feature of "fearless speech" is critiquing those in power and/or yourself. We all have to meet this moment.