While documenting unfolding events two journalists sheltering behind a van were directly targeted by ICE agents firing pepper balls. One round struck a woman in the nose, leaving her bleeding. 9:00 a.m. September 25th outside the Broadview ice facility

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district. The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps." www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

Disbanding ICE and prosecuting everyone who led and worked for it is, in fact, the moderate position.

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Hi, just a note— The local ICE/ERO agent directing his team to fire at reporters' faces in Chicago this morning has been threatening press since we showed up at immigration court in June. His agents shot us both at close range last week, too. None of this started today!

I need to be more of a weird, horny, feral therian freak ΘΔ

So I’m embarrassed to admit it, but this was NOT their new US printshop. I confirmed that when I ordered proofs of the other two designs. Despite being a new provider I didn’t recognize, they’re still overseas, so ordering from them is subject to the ongoing tariff bullshit. Still, they look great.

I feel like some folks would be happier in furry if people realized that this community is a loose federation of many, many smaller collectives and if you are at odds with everybody around you the solution is not to make broad proclamations about "the fandom" but to actually find your people

Finally, autism has arrived

belly nips are pure

Queer animals mean the world to me. Keep it up!!

cant BELIEVE i did not upload this masterpiece here...

Autism is a normal part of the spectrum of consciousness okay. autism has always been around. Pardon my language but holy fuck people who don’t understand this or peddle misinformation about it are so fucking annoying

simply too freaky

Have learned (from @mergatroid.bsky.social ) that Metra had Bar Cars until the 2000's: youtu.be/T083uu4A25s Metra has also just announced a pilot program of a cafe car over the next two months, though that won't be serving alcohol (as far as I'm aware)

This is like Chicago baptism

“if you’re ever feeling crazy, make a negroni with malort. just sub malort for campari… i call it the lori lightfoot.”

got to witness CityNerd's first shot of Malört

got to watch @nerd4cities.bsky.social try malort for the first time and he actually liked it????

New data out from @rtachicago.bsky.social about who is riding transit. One highlight: 🚗56% of transit riders in the region have no car 60% of CTA riders, 20% of Metra riders, 76% of Pace riders Cutting transit would leave people stranded or forced to buy a $$ car www.rtachicago.org/blog/2025/09...

remember how politicians and journos just lied and lied and lied about trans healthcare and created the space for doubt by talking constantly about the need for clarity as if the science weren’t settled already

lmfao www.inquirer.com/opinion/lett...

post transition fox friend that you sometimes still get glimpses of on trail cams

why is it monday

Chicago is out of control, quick send the national guard

After fencing appeared overnight to keep protesters away from the Broadview ICE facility, federal agents are using the parking lot at 2000 S 25th to get in and out, with the apparent cooperation of Broadview police.

Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov, as the chief executive of the state of Illinois, it's on you and your Office to execute the laws of Illinois, which include 5 ILCS 805/15(h)(1), which explicitly prohibits local PDs from providing equipment & on-site support to federal immigration operations.

discord gotta be the most inefficient app ever made

TIL toilet paper USA is legally headquartered in a nondescript storefront in the old part of Lemont

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

i think everyone needs to get a lot less religious

wolf that runs up to you holding a bundle of sticks in its maw, I sets them down and carefully starts shaping out letters- it gets as far as "HI FAGG" before running out of sticks, staring at you and running away full speed

Anti-trans activist Beth Bourne strips off nearly all her clothes in the middle of a Davis Board of Education meeting to protest trans people in bathrooms.

Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum. This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.

dysphoria over not having a tail to swish back and forth when you're happy

Whole Foods in downtown Evanston just got evacuated and several people are being treated because some people went around the store spraying what seemed to be pepper spray or mace in people’s faces and into the air throughout the store. I arrived after it happened but apparently arrests were made.

To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

https://e926.net/posts/4804683 Source 1: https://twitter.com/999Gravity/status/1793825823704911977 Source 2: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOTzFAIbYAAEzpb.jpg:orig (Reference ID: 4207)

auditory processing disorder 🔇 #furryart #comic #dogwithajob

We heard you like irresponsible journalism so we did some journalism from our national platform as irresponsibly as humanly possible about a community going through a major crisis, pls subscribe

i think @toothpastevixen.bsky.social looks much cuter like this… maybe she should stay this way

DEHUMANIZE ME CALL ME A DUMB LITTLE CAT CALL ME A GOOD GIRL OR A GOOD KITTY I RELY ON MY OWNER(S) TO FEED ME I RELY ON MY OWNER(S) TO TAKE CARE OF ME I NEED OTHERS TO PET ME AND PLAY WITH ME I AM A DOMESTICATED ANIMAL I AM NOT SAPIENT I AM NOT HUMAN

lot of people immediately able to grasp why this is bad still making excuses for posting on twitter

Exactly how the fuck can you close this critical infrastructure with no public input or notice, but not be bothered to enforce the law here so people can use it?

Another way of thinking about it: we invested money in this new pathway as part of the I-35W reconstruction/Lake St transit station. It's completely squandered now. Was the ongoing maintenance cost not high enough? What's the problem? Why is this resource we paid for lost to us?

Frey fencing already erected just hours after a mass shooting here at the Lake/Greenway connector path for the I-35W/Lake St transit station. We have lost yet another critical active transport link to the inattention and inaction of the @jacob-frey.bsky.social adminstration.

"A permanent fence will be put up by the Minnesota Department of Transportation later this week, according to Ally Peters, spokesperson for Mayor Jacob Frey." www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... This mayor continues to ignore actual soutions, we have a better choice here y'all #DontRankFrey

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