Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them. Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in

FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, lied about firing tear gas at protesters in Little Village and tackling a man outside the Broadview ICE facility, a federal judge said Thursday. @wttw.bsky.social

Seth Magle was right. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/16/s... @sbmagle.bsky.social

If you liked the (excellent) bird migration piece in The Guardian today, I suspect you'll ❤️ spending some time with Audubon's Bird Migration Explorer, which is a full-on interactive data masterpiece:

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

This crucially important and obviously visionary work makes me feel vindicated for having said the same thing last year, albeit with much less evidence, while being mercilessly mocked by the city and its residents. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads. I ditched it awhile ago for other political reasons, but this might tip your hand. Thanks for the heads up @chuckwendig.bsky.social.

The East Side is a center of EJ leadership and resistance. It feels even heavier to see this community tear gassed as they continue to resist other environmental pollutants.

I have this bit where I’ve been a Chicago Bears fan for the past 30 years

New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.

For the science nerd x baseball intersection watching the cubs rn, I just told my wife: “Call him PCA bc he’s covering ALL the dimensions”

I can’t get over how beyond despicable it is to detain street vendors, people that keep our streets vibrant and safer because of their presence. Street vendors are some of the most vulnerable and visible yet we are being told their detainment is to keep us safe. Ridiculous.

Good morning. U.S. District Judge April Perry just took the bench for oral arguments in Illinois v. Trump, over the deployment of the National Guard.

In some ways this is the government now

time for another night in Chicago, where my anxious, hypervigilant ass will be checking for ICE outside every time a sound wakes me up. 🫩

Bucking tradition is putting ketchup on a hot dog in Chicago not sending in another state’s national guard troops to wander around a city and state that has explicitly said, “we do not want you to do that.”

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

They're teargassing people on the streets and shooting them, Chuck.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Journalists in Portland: Try to get photos of gas canisters/munitions, either spent on ground or still carried by DHS. ONLY IF SAFE. Use long lens. Risks unknown, don’t approach. This green smoke isn’t super common. Raised concerns in 2020. Documenting DHS munitions may help accountability later.

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety Video from: www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

My god. “Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

What is the city government going to do to address the recent South Shore raid? Seems people were left with their apartments destroyed, items stolen, and potentially unhoused. Dozens others were taken into federal custody. Complete destabilization of our communities’ sense of peace and safety.

Such an amazing life and legacy. RIP.

South Shore on Chicago’s South Side became a popular neighborhood for migrants arriving in Chicago over the last three years. This is due to the availability of affordable housing stock. Now we see it as another site of targeted ICE enforcement.

Can’t express in words how big this rally in Chicago is. The president’s fascist goon squad is not welcome here.

Chicago, you showed up tonight what an amazing turnout! ✊

Big protest at a northern entrance to Great Lakes Naval base in North Chicago

The Mexican Independence Day Parade in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood went on as planned today despite concern of disruption by federal immigration agents. While parade festivities were underway, volunteers patrolled the area for on lookout for federal agents.

I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable

40% of Republicans think the COVID vaccine killed more people than the COVID virus. One in four believe that QAnon is real. No matter how far they radicalize, we are told over and over again that the people being rude to them are the problem.

Reminder to birder friends: binos double as ICE watchers and birding group chats double for spreading the word on their whereabouts. Let’s use what we got.

#BREAKING: Judge Breyer has held that the Trump admin. *violated* the Posse Comitatus Act in its military deployments in and around Los Angeles, and has enjoined further use of those troops for law enforcement tasks. The order is stayed through 12 PDT on 9/12: georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...

While looking for the aurora tonight, keep binoculars/ spotting scope on the setting Moon. It’s just a large enough canvas now and will be setting at the right time to coincide with migrating birds tonight, so you might get lucky to see some fly across! #birds #moon #migration

Inject this into my veins. (related: you'd be surprised to see what kind of ideas trans people can bring to the table, if given the chance. I hope to see tons more of it in my lifetime.)

FRESH PUB! The Land Ethic is one of my favorite pieces of environmental writing ever. But I’ve always felt my interpretation differed from how I’ve seen it portrayed, esp within the context of environmental justice. That interpretation feels particularly relevant now (1/3)

The CDC quietly did lots of work that keeps everyone safe. RFK ruining it is something that can negatively impact the health of millions of people. It’s both tragic and scary. www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

Cold front that’s moved east is generating some nice migration behind it in the eastern U.S. Lots of birds in the air overall, outside of where the storms are. #birds #fall #migration

These are always a blast, this one especially so!

I empathize with warblers’ inability to just chill

imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter

For the record: this is how you respond to a federal occupation. Both Newsom and Bass should take note. Now let’s just hope he backs it up with action.

Them birds moooovin

Fall warblers (derogatory)

Listen, with the ability to look at this with a fresh perspective, I will concede: Chicago drivers are absolutely unhinged.

Very excited to show the results of this work for the first time! Shout out to my amazing collaborators @joely-desimone.bsky.social @cenemes.bsky.social Brian Tsuru, Meredith Anderson, Colette Berg, Cat David and @emlbcohen.bsky.social

On one hand, sending South Carolina troops out of state while its residents brace for hurricane flooding seems odd. On the other, taking resources we could use to address environmental issues and diverting them to a war on crime that doesn’t exist is really a snapshot of it all.

“This war is being waged as if childhood itself has no place in Gaza.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/w...