📱 Using your #RightToRecord! In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like: “The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.” “I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”

A win! A federal judge has halted a Trump administration plan that relied on confidential tax records to target migrants for deportation. In a ruling issued today, the judge said the IRS improperly shared the tax information of several migrants earlier this year.

Wait, one of the only protected intersections in the city is going to be removed before it is even able to save a life?

Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov Please sign SB 2111 as is. We need to get it done without it being watered down.

This is honestly just embarrassing mismanagement by the alder’s part. Even if a legitimate majority of community stakeholder opposes this project (doubtful), the fact that it got all the way to poured concrete before she decided to retreat is *at best* a massive communication failure on her part.

To have taxpayer funds invested in your neighborhood like this, in a way that data shows reduce congestion, make the community safer, and spur economic growth, and not do the community educational work to build strong local support is gross incompetence. And to retreat is nothing but cowardice.

Alders should not have the authority to push CDOT to rip something like this out. Decisions like this should be based on pure safety data not political will.

Sharing thread about another stupid alder decision on #bikechi infrastructure that could make 18th/Michigan safer for bikes and peds. So frustrating. @betterstreetschicago.org @chi.streetsblog.org @atalliance.bsky.social

Is @divvybikes.bsky.social station relocation happening - from Dearborn/Monroe (by 🤬 eternal Chase construction) to Madison/Dearborn? Saw work and was curious. @davidpowe.bsky.social #bikechi

I wonder if drivers are starting to get the message about blocking bus stops thanks to the new tickets issued from CTA bus cameras. This morning I saw the bus stop at Dearborn/Adams occupied by buses with no car blockage. :) #Chicago

Stupid place to park a scooter.

Russ Vought, a Christian nationalist ghoul Trump nominated to run the OMB. Vought pretended to be a public servant. In his leadership of Project 2025, he has revealed himself as an ideologue fixated on destroying the United States for Christian theocracy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

They aren't Christians, they are Nationalist.

If Evangelicals want to know why people are leaving organized religion, it's because you excuse and elevate the objectively worst people as "God's chosen," while ridiculing the poor, marginalized, and downtrodden as sinners and lepers. And I'm talking to Evangelicals of all faiths.

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health. Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do. This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.

The thing is, they lie. Over and over and over again. I don't think there's been a single incident in Chicago where their initial account proved out. Reporters should simply *not* be reporting what they say as fact, ever.

Today on Transgender Day of Remembrance, I am leading a resolution to lift up this day and honor all the trans people who have lost their lives to anti-trans violence. Trans lives matter and I will never stop fighting for all trans to be able to live as their authentic selves.

Beverly view #Chicago

The Trump administration’s DOT has canceled bike and pedestrian projects nationwide, eliminating investments that make our communities safer and healthier. I led my colleagues in demanding these projects be reinstated so we can keep building safer streets for everyone.

#Chicago #birds #owls Please don't post specific locations for sightings of rare of endangered birds. Birds can get spooked by crowds and potentially get injured. Seeing snowy owl reports here. I want birds to be safe. @chicagobirder.bsky.social

ICE helicopters over Hyde Park, Woodlawn and South Shore

or any federal job. and if you are in a position to influence hiring, keep an eye on this part of the timeline

And make anyone who worked for ICE register in a public db and be legally ineligible from working in law enforcement ever again.

What we need when this era ends is a law prohibiting any person ever employed by ICE from being employed in law enforcement anywhere in the USA.

Trump II has gotten more bad cops out of local departments than decades of DOJ civil rights actions have ever accomplished.

Trump Administration is to propose a massive cut in federal transit funding as part of 2026 transport legislation. This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces. Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬

Reminder: Tomorrow is the first of 5 CTA/CDOT meetings on bringing bus-priority infrastructure to 5 bus corridors, Thursday 11/20 5:30-7 PM at Gage Park Fieldhouse, 2411 W. 55th. Don't let the avid car enthusiasts dominate the conversation! More info: www.transitchicago.com/cta-and-cdot...

ICE raided a church in Charlotte, showed no ID, chased congregants into the woods, and left children sobbing. The Trump administration is beyond inhumanity. This must end. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

Ride this wk: Natl. Museum of Puerto Rico. Next wk: stay tuned. If weather permits, there may be more. chicagocyclingclub.org/Home/RideSch... Let's get out and ride as long as the weather allows! #bikechi

The fact that Volvo is acknowledging this is huge and I applaud them for it. It’s frustrating that cab-over designs, which offer superior visibility, are largely unpopular and marginalized in the current North American marketplace.

"As part of the partnership, users will be able to authorize Intuit to pull the right data and return tailored results, like estimating a tax refund, finding the right credit card, or generating QuickBooks insights off real-time business activity." www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/i...

TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot. TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.

Huh, I wonder how that happened

If u care about better cities for people in Ontario Canada, please pay attention to what Premier Ford is doing. Not only would his new bill block cities from building bike-lanes if they touch car lanes, he’s talking about imposing his own street standards & standardized official plans in EVERY city.

I think all those people at ICE — and all those enabling what's going on — really should watch the film Nuremberg

Berghoff decorated over the weekend. Looking festive. #Chicago #holidays (click for full image)

Spotify has been running recruitment ads for ICE In response, "Spotify, don't stream fascism" has been projected onto their LA building

You mean the company that's currently being struck by its workers and the company that's currently being boycotted because of its terrible DEI policy rollbacks? Why not just call this the Chocolate Mint Racist Scab Frostie?

Congrats to @blockclubchi.bsky.social! blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/17/b...

Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food. @paneurope.bsky.social

Hey #bikechi friends - the on-street curb protected 95th/Charles connector for the #MajorTaylorTrail is finally done. Now you can make safer transition from on-street to off-street sections at 95th. Thank you #CDOT.

This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power. The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.