I am happy that I feel leveled up enough in knitting to make a sweater I’ve wanted for 5 years. (Center point popover)

Once again it really seems like the second civil war has started but Democrats haven't noticed yet.

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

I hate it here. From the college where I’m still technically faculty: I hate it here and I don’t know what to do.

I miss the Kinko’s of the 90’s.

Know your strengths, and use those strengths to help as you can. Years helping fold zines and stuff records and CDs for friend’s bands prepared me for this moment. Why would I be a liability on the streets? i am slow AF, and would also likely have a panic attack due to violence and cops.

Found my laminator to make red cards, found a PERFECT 3d printable whistle that is tiny and LOUD, found my punch to round the corners of the red cards. Still printing whistle zines, will also print more “how to report 🧊” zines. I’d be a huge liability on the streets but THIS I can do.

My small reel of orange JUST ran out. TIME TO USE GREEN.

I think we are well past the point where future historians look at us and say that civil war could not be averted.

Ohhh it’s the Harvest moon tonight.

I am really curious if anyone who is not Very Online has any idea of what is actually going on.

Chicago press organizations, along with @unraveledpress.com, @peoplesfabric.com, and @blockclubchi.bsky.social are suing DHS and ICE for detaining and assaulting journalists. Journalists in LA were successful in their suits against the dept.

Trump called Chicago a warzone then turned it into one.

ICE is doing a hell of a lot of harm in the Chicago area *right now.* I don’t mean to trivialize the national guard stuff, it absolutely is an irresponsible escalation, but the guard-centric convo around this really does understate what’s going on without any guardsmen.

I’ve printed about 200 whistles at this point?

A sweater vest counts as a sweater for Rhinebeck yeah?

Said big booty ghosts.

I kind of want to have a Know Your Rights zine folding and Twilight watch party. It’s spooky season, and we all also need a good laugh.

Lol I just came across some big booty ghosts I printed. 😂

Seriously if you want a few whistles to give out HMU. I have more orange filament and 200 more keychains coming tomorrow.

A Pint Of Whistles.

It's embarrassing how cheap it was to buy this country out from under the people

Broadview challenges ICE security fence in federal court www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/04/b...

None of us can do this alone. Find the people in your community doing the work and put your hands in. I can’t be on the street but I CAN do other things.

Red card know your rights cards can be printed from here, ordered from here (for free) or you can pay to have a union shop print them to you: www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta... FOURTY-NINE languages available. (I know someone last night was asking about additional languages)

The final piece of good news: it is so easy for you to help! Use the Pilsen Arts & Community House link for the whistle project and check out these other resources linktr.ee/pilsenartsco...

For those who don't know: 3 Community journalists in Chicago have teamed up to provide LOCAL, DAILY COVERAGE. Please follow and support, if you can. They're going above and beyond to serve truth. @unraveledpress.com ; @thetriibe.com ; @peoplesfabric.com

The State is not coming to save you. Cops are not coming to save you. Politicians are not coming to save you. Only we can save us. We’re all we got.

Stop waiting for cops to suddenly do the right thing. They will always defend their compatriots. ACAB means ACAB

JB Pritzker has been doing better than most Democrats but I’m not even remotely surprised that local and state police are helping ICE and you shouldn’t be either.

Qualified Immunity’s gotta go, one way or another.

They spent years waxing poetic over broken windows during protests and they’re suddenly shocked to find police reacting violently to peaceful protestors. Kill the cop in your head.

Feds teargassing fellow cops reminds me when the LA County Sheriffs shot and gassed LAPD at an anti-ICE protest in June. lapublicpress.org/2025/06/ice-...

Dion is a Chicago Police District Councilor. Even he says it feels like Illinois State Police is assisting ICE.

Trump seeks to call up 300 Illinois National Guard troops, Pritzker says chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Protesters captured one tear gas canister under a construction barrel. Finally the barrels have a useful purpose. But there was a lot of gas regardless.

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Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition. A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.

seeing bluesky get more upset about a bad PR move by the website’s owner than the occupation of major american cities and people getting shot in the streets is making me want to throw up

push past the frames of "they can't do this" because they can and they will continue to escalate

Add throwing tear gas from their car in the middle of the street by an elementary school to this list

I'm still printing orange whistles over here if you want one.

Today in Chicago: ICE raiding a Walmart, snatching up a man unloading coconuts, and handcuffing Ald. Jessie Fuentes in an emergency room at the hospital. “Thr worst of the worst,” they said.

every single person working for ice gets a single cigarette for the wall that is the moderate position

CALL PRITZKER TO DEMAND HE REMOVE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE FROM BROADVIEW: (Chicago) 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122 (Springfield) 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831 Hearing impaired (TTY): 888-261-3336 I called and talked about how the state cops joined ICE in brutalizing protesters today.

These racist fucking goons handcuffed Alderperson Fuentes of the 26th Ward of the Great City of Chicago

I called and they gave me a spot down the street to go sit for the next hour. Super easy.

Watch how quick he makes the grab and puts the cuffs on. These guys absolutely do not care who they arrest, who they hurt, or what laws they violate. This is fascism in practice.

In addition to gassing people on public streets today, ICE handcuffed and detained Ald. Jesse Fuentes (26th ward) today at an ER. As we’ve seen repeatedly, ICE agents exhibit little self-discipline or understanding of the law.

now they're snatching elected officials