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Chasimir Pulaski

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Vernacular architecture enthusiast. Personal account—all opinions mine alone.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h
Carl Quintanilla: Real average hourly earnings down 0.7% on the month, that's the sixth straight month... Jim Cramer: Look, rich people are making a lot of money. God, I sound like Marx. I really don't want to sound like Marx. It's just, look at the data.
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Tony Zombie-ano 🎃 @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 21h
@jwmason.bsky.social is a must read on this phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft...
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After the Rent Freeze | JW Mason
The cost of affordable housing in New York City
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Truthout @truthout.org · 13/10/2026
Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.
truthout.org
Rep. Delia Ramirez Introduces Landmark Bill to Abolish DHS, ICE, and CBP
The Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 as part of the Bush administration’s war on terror.
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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ronnie James Dio, throwing the devil horns
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Abolish ICE.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Full Federal Fascism... as I said on here a couple of days ago, whatever lines people have been waiting for to be crossed, there are no lines.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This story makes it sound like the major problem is that the Trump Admin did this w/in 60 days of an election. Yes, that's a real abuse. But the major problem is they're basically threatening to denaturalize an opposition legislator, based on racist insinuations. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Federal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (Gift Article)
The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Remember: ICE lied so often about people posing threats to them, to justify their violence in Chicago, that a Chicago federal judge wrote it was "difficult, if not impossible, to believe almost anything" ICE said. Do you know what it takes to get a Fed district judge to WRITE THAT in a ruling?
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“‘Accidental landlords’ — .. home owners who tried to sell, couldn't, and are now listing on the rental market. .. At the beginning of August, 11% of all single family home to rent in Texas were from accidental landlords. Today, it’s 14%.” - Parcl Labs
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Chicago Cityscape @chicagocityscape.com · 10/10/2026
North Lawndale leads Chicago in missing middle housing growth. New permits skyrocket, signaling a dynamic shift. Read on for why this Chicago community area is a development hotspot. buff.ly/I9KKRUw
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North Lawndale is Chicago's fastest-accelerating market for missing middle housing - Chicago Cityscape - Blog
I looked at all of the Chicago community areas to see how much their small-scale new home construction has sped...
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Oakland Public Library @oaklibrary.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The iconic #BlackPantherParty was founded 60 years ago in Oakland, CA. The Oakland History Center and the African American Museum and Library at Oakland will be hosting exhibits and special programs to honor their history and impact. As always, free and open to the public. ➡️ bit.ly/4jeFlaW
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Events -- Oakland Public Library
Explore upcoming events at Oakland Public Library.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#tdih 1965 U.S. president halted enforcement of Civil Rights Act in Chicago. Fed funds restored to Chicago BoE after Daley confronted LBJ. They’d been withheld for racist school segregation. Democrats exempted the North. Read ⬇️ by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/en...
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Oct. 8, 1965: Enforcement of Civil Rights Act Curtailed in Chicago Schools
Federal funds were quickly restored to Chicago public schools after they were withheld for continued segregation in schools, effectively curtailing enforcement of the Civil Rights Act in Chicago.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE shot a man in New York City today while he was in a vehicle with a 5-year-old child. Abolish ICE.
nytimes.com
ICE Agent Shoots Man in New York City (Gift Article)
The person who was shot had been taken to a nearby hospital and was conscious and receiving medical attention, according to the New York Police Department, which said it was not involved in the shooti...
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New: The family of Silverio Villegas González, who an ICE agent fatally shot last year in Franklin Park, IL, has filed a Federal Tort Claims Act complaint against the federal government. ICE shot Villegas González, a father & Chicagoland resident, at the very beginning of "Operation Midway Blitz."
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Claimant: Jose Villegas Gonzalez, as personal representative
of the Estate of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez
8. Basis for the Claim
ICE officers shoot and kill Silverio Villegas Gonzalez during a traffic stop.
On the morning of September 12, 2025, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez drops off his 7 year-old son at school and his 3-year-old son at daycare and heads to work. Silverio had lived
and worked in the United States for about 18 years and was working as a line cook at a local diner.
Silverio was a devoted father. His children lived with him, and he was the primary parent in their
lives. He maintained close relationships with family and was a man of faith. He took his children
to church and to visit a shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe. He had no criminal record and only a
few minor traffic violations.
Soon after Silverio drops off his kids that day, two ICE officers in an unmarked Jeep follow
him on Grand Avenue in Franklin Park, then turn on their emergency lights. The time is
approximately 8:48 a.m.
Silverio pulls over in the rightmost lane. The ICE agents park their Jeep in front of Silverio’s car, blocking his path forward and partially blocking the second lane of traffic. Both
officers get out of their truck and approach Silverio’s small Subaru sedan. Both officers are armed
and wearing protective vests. Neither officer is wearing a body camera, even though ICE policy in
effect at the time requires officers to activate body-worn cameras during enforcement activity.
One officer approaches the passenger-side window while the other subsequently
approaches the driver’s window. The officer on the passenger side taps on the window, and
Silverio rolls the window down. Both officers lean on the car’s window frames to speak with
Silverio. The officer on the driver’s side taps on the window and Silverio rolls the driver-side
window part-way down. Image text:
Approximately ten seconds after the first officer approaches his vehicle, Silverio puts the
car in reverse and backs away from the officers. Both officers keep their hands on the window
frames as the car begins to move. Nothing prevents them from simply stepping away from
Silverio’s car.
The officer on the passenger side of the car steps back, draws his gun and points it at
Silverio’s car. The officer on the driver’s side grabs hold of the top of the driver-side window
rather than step away from the vehicle. Silverio reverses approximately fifty feet then begins to
drive forward into the open lane of traffic.

The officer on the passenger-side runs after Silverio as he drives forward with his gun
still pointing at the car. Then he lowers his gun while continuing to run.

Approximately six seconds after the car begins moving forward, surveillance video
captures the sound of gunshots. Three seconds later, Silverio’s car is heard crashing as it strikes
the underside of a parked delivery truck. The car has traveled approximately 170 feet from the
moment it started moving forward until it crashed.
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Accompanying the text are photos from security footage and witness video that captured the ICE shooting on 9/12/2025.
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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 07/10/2026
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
View of Chicago skyline from William E. Dever Crib in Lake Michigan east of North Avenue. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-07 16:00:01 CDT (about 7 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: glerl.noaa.gov/metdata/chi/ // Current Temp in Chicago: 73 F | 23 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: NE at 4 mph | 6 kph // Humidity: 64%
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Important @chicagoreader.com story on Silverio Villegas González: Portage Park restaurant owner remembers the quiet, hardworking cook who was killed by an ICE agent. chicagoreader.com/food/a-year-...
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A year without Silverio - Chicago Reader
A Portage Park restaurant owner remembers Silverio Villegas González, the quiet, hardworking cook who was killed by an ICE agent.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
D.C. plans to spend $72,000 on the historic preservation of Black neighborhoods. www.washingtonsun.com/metro/d-c-pla…
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D.C. Plans to Spend $72,000 on Historic Preservation of Black Neighborhoods
The D.C. Office of Planning can spend the grant on a new nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This K is alive and well! Labor compensation vs. corporate profits JPMAM
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 01/10/2026
According to United Nations data, about 82 percent of the structures in Gaza are damaged, with two -thirds of them destroyed. With international journalists still widely unable to enter Gaza freely, satellite imagery remains one of the only ways to assess the true scale of destruction.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 25/09/2026
The Rector Building in the Loop is being converted to a residential building, and as part of the project, the iconic weather bell on the corner of Clark and Monroe streets has been restored.
chicagotribune.com
Once dormant, the Loop’s weather bell is aglow once again
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 25/09/2026
The share of renters reporting problems paying rent is increasing, up from 15% in 2022 to 20% in 2025. These challenges are particularly concentrated among middle-income renters. www.urban.org/research/pub...
Share of renters reporting problems paying rent in the past year, by family income levels.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment
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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One of these guys tried to cover up a murder, closed the most schools in American history and half the city's mental health clinics. Maybe the guy who didn't do that is onto something
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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 20/09/2026
Current* conditions near Superior, WI:
View looking NE from Wisconsin Point overlooking entrance to Superior Passage from Lake Superior. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-19 18:48:12 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: youtube.com/@DuluthHarborCam1 // Current Temp in Superior: 59 F | 15 C // Precip: scattered clouds // Wind: NNE at 8 mph | 13 kph // Humidity: 84%
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 17/09/2026
"Ashford-Holmes, a Detroit native who went on to international success with Motown’s Martha and the Vandellas, died in Redford on Tuesday, Sept. 15, of natural causes."
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Motown's Rosalind Ashford, Detroit native and Vandellas star, has died
Rosalind Ashford hit the high notes on a host of Motown hits during her time with Martha and the Vandellas. The Detroit native died Tuesday at 83.
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Chasimir Pulaski @chasimirpulaski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I feel like “feels at home beside you on a blanket sprawled out at Rainbow or Edgewater beach” is the highest compliment you can give a book
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starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
wrote about how the humboldt park lagoons have shifted over 150 years, jens jensen’s prairie river, and chicago’s quirkiest beach www.postcard-past.com/humboldt-par...
1941 color linen postcard above: a big blue lagoon with a handful of rowboats as a dad and two small children look on, the brick and half timbered refectory in the background. 2026 photo below: the lagoon is smaller and marshier with lily pads and reeds and the refectory looks the same.
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Madison Moskowitz @moskwtz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is the same issue many nonprofits in Oregon, Minnesota, Washington, etc are facing. “Problems began compounding about a decade ago as housing subsidies fell behind the cost of operations. Costly breakdowns of plumbing, heating and electrical systems have accelerated as the properties have aged”
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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 08/09/2026
With a low supply of townhouses in the West Village, wealthy buyers are turning apartment buildings into single-family homes. The tenement at 80 Horatio, formerly an 8-unit walk-up, sold last year and is being converted to a mansion.
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The Rise of the Tenemansion
With a low supply of townhouses in the West Village, wealthy buyers are turning apartment buildings into single-family homes. The tenement at 80 Horatio, formerly an 8-unit walk-up, sold last year and is being converted to a mansion.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
The only person in public service who has consistently made 100% sense on issues of "AI," which is why they hate her so much.
Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products. We shouldn’t let discussions about new legal regimes distract from the fact that there’s no AI exemption from laws already on the books — a point 
@FTC
 emphasized repeatedly during my tenure.

1. There is an extensive set of laws that govern dangerous and defective products. For example, releasing unvetted AI models or agents can violate consumer protection laws. Shipping flawed AI tools without implementing adequate measures to detect and stop rogue or defective AI agents can be an “unfair or deceptive” act or practice under the FTC Act (and analogous state laws). And some state AGs are already exploring holding AI firms and their CEOs criminally liable when their models participate in criminal activity.

2. Existing laws also prohibit “unfair methods of competition.” This covers instances where AI firms appropriate the competitively sensitive information of their customers, including through tracking their use of various tools. It can also cover instances where firms pursue dangerous behavior, aware that doing so may compel rivals to do the same.As the Supreme Court has noted: “A method of competition which casts upon one's competitors the burden of the loss of business unless they will descend to a practice which they are under a powerful moral compulsion not to adopt, even though it is not criminal, was thought to involve the kind of unfairness at which the [unfair methods of competition] statute was aimed."

3. The highly concentrated and interconnected structure of these markets could be creating major risks and conflicts of interest. We had started investigating these partnerships and cross-investments across the stack (and released a preliminarily overview of some findings: https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-issues-staff-report-ai-partnerships-investments-study). 

Both federal and state enforcers should be scrutinizing these opaque relationships and inter-dependencies. We are already seeing how these relationships could undermine accountability. For example, OpenAI could face liability given the Hugging Face incident, but Hugging Face being bought up by Nvidia means that we’re unlikely to see it file a lawsuit over this — given Nvidia’s strong incentive to see OpenAI continue full speed ahead.4. As AI tools dramatically change the landscape of cybersecurity risks and hacks, all businesses should be doubling down on having core security protections in place. Firms that fail to invest in adequate data security measures or fix known vulnerabilities can also be breaking the law. A recent analysis showed that around 1/3 of Fortune 100 companies do not even have a way to notify them about security issues. During my 
@FTC
 tenure, we sued firms for poor data security practices and held CEOs liable when they were personally responsible.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/dozens-of-americas-largest-companies-have-no-simple-way-to-report-security-flaws/

https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/10/ftc-takes-action-against-drizly-its-ceo-james-cory-rellas-security-failures-exposed-data-25-million

5. As policymakers consider new legal regimes, we should be looking to lessons from prior efforts to govern major sectors, such as banking and other networks, platforms, and utilities. Tools like structural separations, nondiscrimination, and supervision could be key, and there’s a rich history of what works and what doesn’t. But we can and must pursue any new efforts alongside enforcing existing laws.
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Every Lot Chicago @everylotchicago.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
4409 West Madison Street
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1615103014: 4409 West Madison Street
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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Don't be shy, original Sears Tower
Color photo of a tall, red brick building sitting on a limestone base, taken on angle from across the street. Sections of non matching common brick are visible on the sides up to the 9th floor where this wall was once shared with a neighboring building.Color photo of the very top of a red brick building, taken at an angle to show two sides. On each side of the upper floor are three white round arch windows separated by columns. Eagles sit atop each arch, popping brilliantly against the blue of the spandrels. Above this on each side is white on blue frieze bearing the name of the company. Color photo of the building's cornerstone, taken at an angle. One side says: 

JOHN D AND ALEXANDRA C 
NICHOLS 
TOWER 
2015

The other very weathered side side reads (in part):
SEARS ROEBUCK
AND COMPANY
-1905-
GEORGE C NIMMONS -- WILLIAM K FELLOWS
ARCHITECTS
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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The other, other Sears Tower in Chicago: the head of Julius Rosenwald, Sears owner and president from 1895 to 1924, part of a series of prominent department store busts outside the Merchandise Mart. Rosenwald also worked with Booker T. Washington to open schools for Black children in the South.
Bust of Julius Rosenwald outside the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. Series of busts of early department store magnates such as Marshall Field and Montgomery Ward, outside Chicago’s Merchandise Mart
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
He got out of bed and had something to eat. Then Toad crossed out: Eat Breakfast.
Toad sits at his breakfast table, studying his to-do list.

From "A List"
In *Frog and Toad Together*
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
delusional and the MSM keeps platforming this person and using words like "pugnacious???" to describe someone who covered up the killing of a 17 year old by Chicago cops among so much other foul shit.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Once more, with feeling: Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>
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Rahm Emanuel: 'You Don't Like My Ideas? Show Me Yours'
Rahm Emanuel wants to take on Republicans and Democrats from the "pragmatic center." He talks Israel, the DSA, a possible run for president and more.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/09/2026
"Bottom 60% of households" is a wild phrase
CBS NEWS
The findings? For the bottom 60% of U.S. households, a
"minimal quality of life" is out of reach, according to the group, a research organization focused on improving lower earners' economic well-being.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 30/08/2026
Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI
Fred Hampton speaks
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
1) DHS asks a federal judge for a warrant to hoover up private data from journalists, activists, and trade unions. 2) Judge denies because it is an obvious violation of the 1st and 4th Amendments with no justification. 3) DHS issues its own "Administrative Warrant" and sucks up the data anyway.
theguardian.com
Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A great history of Marina City architect Bertrand Goldberg's Hilliard Homes from WBEZ's Dennis Rodkin and Sasha-Ann Simons, with striking images by K'Von Jackson. The rare Chicago Public Housing that not only survived the mass demolitions, but thrives and is revered. www.wbez.org/architecture...
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What’s That Building? The Hilliard Homes
“An eggshell is more efficient than a tree,” said Bertrand Goldberg, who also designed Marina City.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 28/08/2026
#OtD 28 Aug 1968 a police riot occurred at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, US. People protesting against the Vietnam war were violently attacked by police, which shocked many and galvanised further resistance workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e43-...
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Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org · 28/08/2026
This Sunday, August 30 would have been the 78th birthday of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
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Chasimir Pulaski @chasimirpulaski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’ve been working on/soliciting feedback on a memo about this if you have the capacity to/feel like taking a look
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Chasimir Pulaski @chasimirpulaski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Fast and (relatively) cheap
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Chasimir Pulaski @chasimirpulaski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’ve pretty much become a single-issue crank around shifting to an acquisition-for-preservation model for affordable housing
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