Three indie media outlets in Chicago have teamed up to boost the reach of their reporting on the ICE presence there. They're all on bluesky. The Triibe @thetriibe.com , Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com , and Unravelled @unraveledpress.com L.A. TACO interviews them here: lataco.com/chicago-ice-...

I think…people’s obsession with “a cause”…is precisely because autism’s genetic randomness is hard to stratify by social class……………..

It not only won't work, it weirdly concedes that MAGA and Trump are good, and want to do good, but they're not putting in the work

😭😭😭😭😭

Folks was ready to fight Chicago niggas over "decent" Like be fr

True. Or on top of aging, you get ill and then your body barely works at all. A younger version of me used to ballroom dance, go the gym and run in the park. I don’t know her. I heard about her tho…through photographs and memories.🥲

Do...do you think this...do you think this will work?

DMV folks, go see Munk! go for me, I wish I could 😭

Need 50 tix sold this week

What's that one website them folks made? It'll have you out here looking crazy. I lived in the DMV for a bit (15-18, 22-32) and I still don't speak DC fluently. I'm from Detroit, but I've been gone too long so I'm not longer fluent there either :( Just lost in these streets.

Whew!! This! The last 5 years has caused every problem I have, mobility issues are crazy when you been a dancer all your life

ALSO, it’s never too late. I started working out with a trainer at 60 and four years later I can do things I couldn’t even to contemplate when I was younger. I was fat and now I’m fat, flexible and able to climb 5 flights of stairs in a row without hyperventilating.

Also, there are regional variations that even we don't know "just because we black." I speak NYC fluently. Philly and DC, fairly well. I don't speak LA or the Bay (they are not the same) and i only speak a little Atlanta. And don't let them trick you. The language spoken by Gen z tiktok is no AAVE

Almost. Be gotta do one more thing to make the analogy perfect 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

You gotta put in the work while getting used to a body that doesn't look/feel/respond like you're used to. 😭😭😭

Smh cooked

Because they will ALSO be the people saying "now is not the time for i told you so" after begging you to tell them so, only to ignore what you told them. "Well that is not my experience." Ok baby. Stop asking me for my experiences if you just disregard any that you haven't ALSO experienced

If we had a system in place on police where THEY had to pay and/or get money from their pensions taken out for everytime they go through misconduct/IAB I promise it would lessen.

Everyone asks how we will pay for EVERY possible solution to the violence in chicago. No one asks about the real costs of policing. Not just salaries/overtime, equipment...but this:

People don't hate oppression, they hate being oppressed.

I grew up around Black people and still don't understand what we say half the time. And don't try to look it up, cuz the resources just ain't there. You tell someone they done dipped their toes in it and you go look it up, you probably gonna learn about Talladega Toe Dip or some shit. lol

Even if you are otherwise presenting well/non-problematically lots of AAVE as a second language is a yellow flag at best. *to me*

Oh if @bperry149.bsky.social is involved, it's definitely unholy

A lot of this is based on how much they respect your personhood. There ate PLENTY of people who are rude assholes who get defended as "truth tellers" by the same people who call Black women "mean" for telling the truth about them. I'd @ the BW but that ain't safe

Is she known for spilling things in bedrooms or something?

Just a name I heard.

Like whom?

Autism doesn’t stop at 18. There are plenty of autistic adults that often get left behind during media coverage because the focus is often on moms of autistic children. It’s another way to erase autistic people’s personhood.

There is a group online that does that "disrespect then ask for labor" all the time. Reply condescendingly then act aggrieved when they realize they were wrong. That's why i block. I am not participating in your reindeer games under the guise of "educating." I am not an educator, im a puncher.

Me every leg day:

it is very weird demanding labor and education from someone after you’ve disrespected them 🥴 that doesn’t make any damn sense

Dope man dope man

Making these a series...9/22/2025

If you think giving you a phenomenal nickname is abuse, YOU are the real bully. And since you brought up bell hooks, let's quote: "there can be no love without justice." AND "the heart of justice is truth telling." ☺️☺️☺️

Your mom loved you and she spanked you. I ain't lay a hand on you. This feels like you picking and choosing what to call love. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

This feels like "i can't give you an example so i will lean on my crocodile tears" and you don't have the complexion for the Karen protection, beloved.

Oh? Show me which inaccurate name i called you (so i can laugh.)

That is not an example, that is a baseless accusation. They always call people who fight the power "terrorists!" 🤣

Thank you, family. That's what they said when they gave me a big room "uptown."

While this is true, my comment wasn't about yesterday's kerfuffle, which was an extension of how people have communicated in these spaces for years. Twitter "cliques" made their way to bluesky because "twitter" didn't create bullies. People are dealing with a lot and taking it out on each other.

Were they all accurate? And before you answer, He can see you.

Maury DO be saying some sus shit

Am i occasionally blunt? Yes. Am i ever evil? No. I even bully gently. Yes, i will best you tf up. But if you apologize, i won't leave marks.

More from the Suffolk University poll: www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff... Do you support or oppose "defund the police"? Support - 21% Oppose - 74% Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services? Support - 54% Oppose - 41%

Interest phrasing. Can you give an example of why i shouldn't be here?

Y'all me, Esther, and Mary Magdelene are having a KII. It's giving city girls but make it pearly gates. Smooches and blessings 😘

Person: "I don't like that shirt." Friend of the Shirt Designer: "Your husband is gay and your momma a broke dead ho! Shouldn't have been talking shit!"

Man y'all be so nasty to each other and it's ALWAYS somebody else's fault. "So i can't wish her momma dies but it's ok for her to wish my child dies?!?!" No baby. Both of you are awful.