Reposted by Astrid Hammerutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 30/09/2026is now a good time to plug the Veiled Prophet by @devintoshea.bsky.social? Not strictly about greek life but oh buddy you’re not going to believe what other fraternal secret societies post-civil war were about 1342
Reposted by Astrid HammerPrincess Laura @laura2915.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Even if you haven't abused someone, if you are going to the mat to defending confirmed rapists, then what is the actual difference at this point? 1263
Reposted by Astrid HammerDex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 25/06/2026Either Witt is ordering this to happen as Sheriff and is part of the problem, or she does not have control over her deputies. Either way, this is very, very bad for her. 2246
Astrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 23/06/2026My guess - exactly what’s happening in Chicago. Most of what ICE is doing flies under the radar because they stopped doing the shock and awe crap. People can’t respond to something that don’t know is happening. 000
Reposted by Astrid HammerAstrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 11/06/2026Chicago's priorities are fucked. Half the Southside is without power so folks are parked in weird places. So the city is out in force making sure they get that sweet ticket money. Who cares that the streets are impassable bc of downed trees. 011
Astrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 11/06/2026Chicago's priorities are fucked. Half the Southside is without power so folks are parked in weird places. So the city is out in force making sure they get that sweet ticket money. Who cares that the streets are impassable bc of downed trees. 011
Reposted by Astrid HammerNose Stuck in a Book Blog @nsiabblog.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Life changing #booksky 1076476870
Astrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 02/05/2026Yeah, fuck that. I feel old. We might have survived dial-up, but a lot of things, including tanning beds, killed us. Anxiety wears me down, it doesn’t fuel me. ‘Get ‘gangsta’? You sound like a racist white lady. 000
Astrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 29/04/2026The thing about AI, is that if it’s done properly, it requires a background in writing and an understanding of systems. So, at some point, I think it’s likely that we see an uptick in the need to hire people who know how to use words. 000
Reposted by Astrid HammerFascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I also don't think we can ask for common people to run & then immediately ignore them for the crime of being thoughtful but poor. And literally the only way to fix that is to make it commonplace to donate to smaller campaigns so they can become larger. 141
Astrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 28/04/2026Languages are so much fun. This is a hilarious thread even when you have absolutely no idea what’s actually being said. 1282
Astrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 27/04/2026Radical Bookstore/Makerspace on the south side. 000
Reposted by Astrid Hammermolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 26/04/2026so when she says “i was assaulted for reporting on the unite the right rally,” she’s allowing you to assume she got injured while bravely reporting on nazis when in reality she got shoved by a local kid who was terrified, traumatized, & trying to protect the dignity of an injured counter protester 638531
Reposted by Astrid Hammermolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 26/04/2026people asked her to stop filming the victims because they were having their bloody clothes cut off by the medics trying to save their lives. she felt it was her right as a journalist to film that. the crowd disagreed. 330510
Reposted by Astrid Hammermolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 26/04/2026this is the same woman who went crying to the police when someone knocked her phone out of her hand because she wouldn’t stop filming the bleeding victims of the charlottesville car attack. on the scene of a mass casualty incident, feet away from a woman’s dead body, it was all about her. 362764278
Astrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 26/04/2026Yeah, Daily Beast Editor is having a panic attack in the form of words on a page. He’s desperately grasping for a sense of certainty - the way people do after traumatic events. The problem is that he has a huge platform and he’s wrong. 031
Reposted by Astrid HammerIndivisible Chicago-South Side @indivchisouth.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Here is Rev. Black's church in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicagochicagofirstchurch.orgFirst Presbyterian Church of Chicago 022
Reposted by Astrid HammerMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 24/04/2026this week's post is about the coming privacy apocalypse. age verification, 3d printing snitchware, telematic insurance, and of course palantir posting a fascist manifesto margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/the-coming... 525950
Reposted by Astrid HammerAnarchy Goose @anarchygoose.northsky.social · 24/04/2026Maybe not quite in the spirit because it is from a game not a novel, but I keep coming back to this lately and I think yeah I got that right. 45711
Reposted by Astrid HammerDissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Extreme heat kills over 500 New Yorkers each summer, when crowded, shadeless neighborhoods become furnaces and pressure-cookers. No borough is more vulnerable to heat-related deaths than the Bronx.dissentmagazine.orgThe Bronx Still Burns - Dissent MagazineThe borough's arson wave in the 1970s was caused by financial forces and political priorities that continue to hold power in New York City. 0105
Reposted by Astrid HammerNatasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full: 4520451181
Reposted by Astrid HammerGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/04/2026If you’re like, “Wait, everyone is shackled on ICE flights?! Wait, there are 50 ICE flights a day?! Wait, they’re sending people to countries they’ve never been to?!” I am begging you to please read my ICE Air FAQ. 🙏 gillianbrockell.com/what-is-ice-...gillianbrockell.comWhat is ICE Air?Learn more about ICE’s massive, secretive and cruel air operation, which companies are profiting off of it, and what you can do to stop it. 2698417
Reposted by Astrid HammerMayor Brandon Johnson @mayorofchicago.bsky.social · 23/04/2026We can conservatively fit 400,000 more people in Chicago. By building more affordable homes throughout the city and expanding access to more sustainable forms of transportation, we can make this a reality. 0438
Reposted by Astrid HammerChicago 🏳️⚧️🌱 @chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social · 24/04/2026It's time to repopulate Chicago with a million southern refugees 1367
Reposted by Astrid Hammerandy hines @andyhines.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Amid the present higher ed crises, I keep needing to remind myself that the contingencies of history (which are themselves subject to social suasion) push us to build an altogether new organization for knowledge making and sharing amidst the form of the old. asteriskmag.com/issues/10/th...asteriskmag.comThe Origin of the Research UniversityUniversities have existed for more than a thousand years — and for almost all of that time, they weren’t centers of research. What changed in 19th century Germany? 042
Reposted by Astrid HammerKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Moving to the right isn’t going to get us past this moment. Bold progressive populism will. 863415527
Reposted by Astrid HammerYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Omg I need this morning situation IG: windhorse_ranch 1220422
Reposted by Astrid HammerJohn Breen @breen.tech · 23/04/2026“Elihu David Stone, Yehuda HaKohen, Abigail Bornstein, Aharon Dikel, and Alexander Malbin Duncan —were identified through a review of Megamot Shalom’s business filings with the Israeli government from 2016 to 2024, where they were listed as the nonprofit’s highest-paid employees.” 1166
Reposted by Astrid HammerCozca @cozca.bsky.social · 23/04/2026PDXICE News: 2026 Most people are getting their charges at ICE dropped that happened in 2020 and 2021 as well. I was one of the only ones who faced federal trial for protesting at ICE in 2020. 2026 I am facing federal trial June 23, 2026 for: * speaking from the sidewalk 194
Reposted by Astrid Hammer🌸ayana🌸 @ayanajsk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Transphobia has no place in the DFL Party. Actions taken by the DFL Code of Conduct Committee undermines 2SLGBTQIA+ participation in the party and seeks to punish those who speak out. This is unacceptable. Read the MPLS DFL Chair and Vice Chair statement: docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comMPLS Chair & VC Statement on CoC 4.23.26At a 2025 DFL Feminist Caucus meeting, attendees repeatedly misgendered participants and at times purposely used improper identification of personal pronouns that undermined the ability of trans, nonb... 612850
Reposted by Astrid HammerDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Well I guess I would like to know what cowardly motherfucker left this note under our “you need a warrant” sign. 1371290142
Reposted by Astrid HammerJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23/04/2026This is an incredible tweet. 67178811148
Astrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 23/04/2026I don’t know why I wasn’t expecting dragons. But I wasn’t. 020
Reposted by Astrid HammerMary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The shadow docket is a "mechanism to conceal petty political vendettas and reckless, speculative reasoning from a public that has become rightly suspicious that this is how the court behaves behind closed doors," write @dahlialithwick.bsky.social & @mjsdc.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comA New Supreme Court Leak Shows John Roberts at His WorstThe newly leaked memos from the justices show how the court came to claim this new “emergency” power for itself. 33815
Reposted by Astrid HammerDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The remaining 4 defendants in the "Broadview Six" federal conspiracy case, stemming from a September protest outside the Broadview, IL ICE facility, have filed their own motions to bar certain evidence and opinions at trial. The defendants spread their motions over 3 separate filings last night. 14420
Reposted by Astrid Hammerunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22/04/2026ICE in Chicago this morning at Elston and Kennicott—a masked agent tells a witness (on the sidewalk) not to get in front of his car. Feds are continuing kidnappings across the city & burbs after increased activity this month. No flashy CBP caravans, just a steady stream of covert ICE arrests. 411475916
Astrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 22/04/2026Not again. I need to check to see if Illinois is attempting to pull this shit. 000
Astrid Hammer @astridhammer.cryptoanarchy.network · 22/04/2026Absolutely wild when people just say out loud ‘yeah, I’m good with leaving trans people to die.’ 020
Reposted by Astrid HammerMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I sure wouldn't fuck with a "democratic centralist" organization but I think it makes sense if the group itself is structured to prevent takeover, that people who want to help can help. Of course, they might be entryists, but like, so it goes? 041
Reposted by Astrid HammerRev. Dr. Michael Woolf @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Hmmm, I wonder if that’s the reason it took her three months to drop my charges? Nah, couldn’t be. Just because people have a D next to their names does not mean they are committed to the same things as you. They will sell you out unless we make them pay a political price for doing so. 110126
Reposted by Astrid Hammeralec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21/04/2026You can get the book direct from the publisher at 30% off here with the code TNP30, and 40% off if you order ten or more copies with the code BULK40. It's perfect for book clubs, classes, newsrooms, or all-night parties. thenewpress.org/books/copaga...thenewpress.orgCopaganda - The New PressFrom a prizewinning civil rights lawyer comes a powerful warning about how the media manipulates public perception, fueling fear and inequality, while distracting us from what truly matters “Alec Kar... 1174
