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Derek Eder

@derekeder.com
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Civic tech builder in Chicago. Partner at DataMade, President Emeritus at Chi Hack Night & Oak Park Village Trustee. Entrepreneur, developer, civic technology leader, climate advocate and public servant. he/him

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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 29/09/2026
A great weekend for meeting with residents and collecting petition signatures to get on the ballot for April 6! I've collected 635 signatures, meeting the minimum required to get on the ballot. I'll keep going and turn in the maximum allowed. Thank you to all my petition gathering volunteers!
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 24/09/2026
The @injusticewatch.org Cook County Judicial Guide is out for the Nov elections! My company @datamade.us built the website! 2026retention.injusticewatch.org
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Cook County November 2026 Judicial Election Guide
Injustice Watch's guide to the November 2026 Cook County judicial elections.
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 23/09/2026
Amazing news from our neighbors in Berwyn: they have cancelled their contract with Flock! I voted to cancel Flock in Oak Park last year. Since then many other municipalities have followed suit.
📣BERWYN FLOCK CAMERA UPDATE!
Tonight, Mayor Lovero announced an Executive Order to shut down and cease operations for all Flock cameras in our community, effective immediately!
The Mayor declared there are no reports of misuse by the Berwyn Police Department, ceasing operations with Flock is a proactive decision on his end. 
The City of Berwyn will continue to find a way to support public safety while protecting Berwyn residents.
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 21/09/2026
Tomorrow night we will be celebrating the 700th Chi Hack Night with Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi! Fritz changed the Assessor's Office from being opaque, unfair, and antiquated to one rooted in transparency, fairness and equity. This will be one for the books! chihacknight.org/events/2026/...
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In-person and Online: Cook County Assessor (700th Chi Hack Night!) - Chi Hack Night
In 2019, at his first Chi Hack Night, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi committed to building a fairer, and transparent property assessment system. Seven years later, join Fritz for a look at how data ...
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 18/09/2026
ilsolarmap.com UPDATE: In the last 4 months, 783 MW of solar across 6,605 projects have been energized in the State of Illinois, bringing the total to 7,340 MW.
Illinois Solar Map showing the state of Illinois census tracts with solar deploymentsA chart showing cumulative MW of solar energized and planned over timeEnergized projects by category
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 18/09/2026
Another must-read from @ftrain.com, a profoundly informed (and undeceived) writer on all things A.I. (n.b. Paul is an Ellie award-winning writer, an entrepreneur and businessman, an insightful theorist of the internet of the olden time, etc. etc.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...
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Opinion | A.I. Slopware Is Everywhere Now. Nobody Is Using It. (Gift Article)
Just because A.I. is revolutionizing coding, doesn’t mean it will automatically revolutionize our apps.
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 28/08/2026
Thanks @icstars-chicago.bsky.social for having me at the iOpener conference! Here's me giving my talk "We Don't Have to Build the Panopticon: Curtailing Surveillance at the Local Level" about voting to cancel Flock in Oak Park.
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 28/08/2026
Caught the blood moon (lunar eclipse) through my telescope last night
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 18/08/2026
Tomorrow I'll be giving a talk titled: "We Don't Have to Build the Panopticon: Curtailing Surveillance at the Local Level" about voting to cancel Flock in Oak Park www.icstars.org/event/chicag...
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Chicago: iOpener Conference 2026 - i.c.stars
Join iOpener Chicago 2026 for cutting-edge insights, networking, and discussions on the latest trends and innovations in technology.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 08/08/2026
A federal judge ruled that Oak Park’s ordinance requiring new buildings and residences to be all electric rather than run by fossil fuels is not preempted by a federal law, rejecting a legal challenge from the natural gas industry.
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Federal court upholds Oak Park ordinance requiring new buildings be all electric
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Run On Climate @runonclimate.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Massive thanks to Chicagoland officials Daniel Biss, Kim Stone, Derek Eder, and Jonathan Nieuwsma for joining us, and to Windfree Solar Cafe for hosting. ⭐️
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
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Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 23/07/2026
The Oak Park Village Board voted 6-0 on my motion to draft a policy to end the practice of pretext police stops: pulling over drivers for non-safety related reasons like broken tail lights, missing registrations, or failing to properly use a turn signal www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/22/o...
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Oak Park officials move toward restricting police stops for minor equipment infractions
Officials in Oak Park are eying a policy that would restrict police traffic stops related to vehicle equipment violations.
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 21/07/2026
See everyone tomorrow!
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 20/07/2026
Oak Park will have a vote on 7/28 to eliminate single family zoning. As I've done with other big issues, I've researched the topic thoroughly and done my best to explain it and my position: I'm in favor, as long as we also update our inclusionary housing ordinance. derekeder.com/blog/afforda...
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What can we do about the affordability crisis in Oak Park?
As we discuss what the Village of Oak Park can do to address affordability, it is important to look at the big picture and understand what is ultimately driving this national crisis: rising inequality...
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 28/05/2026
Its not every day you get to hold an olympic medal. Congrats to Oak Park Olympic medalist Emery Lehman! www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/23/o...
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Oak Park presents first ever Key to the Village to Olympic skater Emery Lehman
Emery Lehman, an Oak Park native, received the key to the village of Oak Park on Tuesday.
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 27/05/2026
New data for ilsolarmap.com In the last 3 months, an additional 892 MW of solar have been energized in Illinois, bringing the total to 6,557 MW. Despite the expiration of the 30% Clean Energy Tax Credit in 2025, solar projects continue to be deployed across the state at a record pace.
solar installations by census tract in Illinoissolar deployment in megawatts through 2030solar deployments by category
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 26/05/2026
Tonight I'll be hosting @chihacknight.org ! We'll be hearing a presentation on data visualizations tracking the Artemis II moon mission. Tune in at 7pm CST! chihacknight.org/events/2026/...
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Online: Building an Artemis Tracker - Chi Hack Night
On April 2nd, 2026, the Artemis II mission sent the first humans to orbit the moon since the Apollo missions. In a sea of constantly changing, polarizing and attention grabbing headlines, the four ast...
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Chi Hack Night @chihacknight.org · 07/04/2026
Join us online tonight at 7pm to hear from @derekeder.com! He’ll discuss what he’s learned in his first 10 months as a local legislator for the Village of Oak Park and how his Chi Hack Night and civic tech experience has prepared him and translated into policymaking. chihacknight.org/events/2026/...
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Online: Life as a Local Legislator - Chi Hack Night
In June 2025, Derek Eder was appointed to be a Trustee for the Village of Oak Park, a suburb west of Chicago with 54,000 residents known for being ethnically diverse and socially liberal. Derek will t...
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 25/03/2026
a fresh dose of hope from Rebecca Solnit
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 17/03/2026
As of Sunday night, 162,769 ballots have been counted for the early vote and vote by mail in Chicago. Early vote is pacing +64% above 2022 and +53% ahead of 2018. Turnout already exceeds 17% in the 47th & 48th wards! michaelmclean.me/chicago-earl... Source: FOIA
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 12/03/2026
DataMade is hiring a junior developer! $81K | 35h/week | good benefits | remote, but must be based in Chicagoland Apply by Mar 27! datamade.us/blog/hiring/...
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Join the DataMade team! | DataMade
Do you want to build mission-driven technology? Do you want to engineer fresh ideas about civic tech? Do you want to extract meaningful insights from data? We’re looking for a full-time, Chicago-based...
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 11/03/2026
Hail from last night in Oak Park, IL
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
When Greg Bovino and his agents left Chicago, the reprieve came with a warning: They might return fourfold in March. It's March. And Trump has fired Kristi Noem, instead. On the lookout for a second surge, w/ @tinasfon.bsky.social and @sophiesherry.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Another large-scale deportation blitz hasn’t materialized in Chicago, despite warning of a spring surge
A lot has changed since a source told the Chicago Sun-Times 1,000 agents could return this month. But immigration enforcement remains a key pillar of Trump’s second term, and ICE continues to hire and...
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 09/03/2026
Why I'm supporting Kina Collins for IL 7th District derekeder.com/blog/endorsi...
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Why I'm supporting Kina Collins for IL 7th District
At a time when Congress seems unwilling or unable to act to reign in the tyrannical Trump Administration, we have an opportunity to send someone to Congress who will not only represent us and fight fo...
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Final EIA-860 is out, and 2025 really did it: 54 GW of new U.S. electric capacity, 96% clean. Solar again carries the offense, and we built more storage in 2025 than the cumulative total through 2023. More and more and more additions... but also record low retirements.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Stop what you’re doing and read this piece, which is as powerful as you’d expect from @adamserwer.bsky.social witnessing the events of last week on the ground in Minnesota. “The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.”
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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
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Claire @baseball-broad.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS: 1) put your phone in airplane mode 2) open TikTok and go to your profile 3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account 4) turn airplane mode off 5) delete your account Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 21/01/2026
I'm honored to be a host for a fundraiser to support @brianstraw.bsky.social's legal defense. Brian is one of six co-defendants facing federal charges for peaceful protest at Broadview, and his fight for the First Amendment has national implications. Any contribution helps and I hope you'll join me!
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Donate to Brian Straw's Legal Defense!
As you know, Brian Straw is currently facing down the federal government over charges that threaten our collective rights to free speech and assembly. He is battling these charges for the same rea...
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 09/01/2026
For those of you following along, I joined the Oak Park Village Board last year. Here's the big votes I took in 2025, what what I expect to see this year. derekeder.com/blog/my-big-...
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My big votes in 2025 as an Oak Park Village Trustee
On June 17, 2025, I joined the Oak Park Village Board as a Trustee. Because this was my first time as a legislator of a municipality, the first few weeks felt like a whirlwind, of orienting myself to ...
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Rep. Lauren Underwood @underwood.house.gov · 08/01/2026
Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
#BREAKING The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the State of Illinois on National Guard deployment. Under the law invoked by President Trump, he must be unable "with the regular military" to "execute the laws of the United States," it finds. Full ruling here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/80/88/05a75e...
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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No. 25A443 _________________
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. ILLINOIS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [December 23, 2025]
Federal immigration-enforcement efforts have encoun- tered significant resistance, as well as some violence, in Chicago. According to the Government, federal officers have been obstructed, threatened, and assaulted as they at- tempt to perform their duties. The Government also alleges that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, has been the site of frequent and sometimes violent protests, damaging federal property and threatening the safety of federal officers. These at- tacks, the Government says, have greatly impeded its ef- forts to enforce the immigration laws.
On October 4, 2025, the President called 300 members of the Illinois National Guard into active federal service to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois, particu- larly in and around Chicago. The following day, members of the Texas National Guard were also federalized and sent to Chicago. In calling forth the Guard, the President relied on 10 U. S. C. §12406(3), which empowers him to federalize members of the Guard if he is “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”
The United States District Court for the Northern Dis- trict of Illinois entered a temporary restraining order bar- ring the federalization and deployment of the Guard in Illi- nois. The Seventh Circuit denied in relevant part the Government’s motion for a stay, permitting the Guard toremain federalized within Illinois but maintaining the bar on deployment.
The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court’s order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties’ initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term “regular forces” in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Govern- ment argues that the term refers to civilian law enforce- ment officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service. Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili- tary.
We conclude that the term “regular forces” in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili- tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be “unable” with the regular military “to execute the laws of the United States.” Because the statute requires an assess- ment of the military’s ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from “execut[ing] the laws” “except in cases and under circumstances ex- pressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.” 18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the reg- ular military and must be “unable” with those forces to per- form that function.
At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois. The President has not in- voked a statute that provides an exception to the PosseComitatus Act. Instead, he relies on inherent constitu- tional authority that, according to the Government, allows him to use the military to protect federal personnel and property. But the Government also claims—consistent with the longstanding view of the Executive Branch—that performing such protective functions does not constitute “execut[ing] the laws” within the meaning of the Posse Comitatus Act. See Supp. Letter Reply Brief for Applicants 8; 1 Supp. Op. OLC 343, n. 1 (1971) (collecting sources). If that is correct, it is hard to see how performing those func- tions could constitute “execut[ing] the laws” under §12406(3). See Azar v. Allina Health Services, 587 U. S. 566, 574 (2019) (“This Court does not lightly assume that Congress silently attaches different meanings to the same term in the same or related statutes”). Thus, at least in this posture, the Government has not carried its burden to show that §12406(3) permits the President to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect fed- eral personnel and property in Illinois. We need not and do not address the reviewability of findings made by the Pres- ident under §12406(3) or any other statute.
The application for stay is denied.
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Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
So cool to see our investigation on @crainschicago.bsky.social's front page today: @injusticewatch.org www.chicagobusiness.com
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16/12/2025
A large CBP presence is back in Chicago this morning, with sightings and arrests reported across the southwest side and Cicero. Bovino is also here.
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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
New feature is up: The Cameras Tracking You Are A Security Nightmare youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY
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The Cameras Tracking You Are A Security Nightmare
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 17/11/2025
By 2029, Illinois will have over 10 gigawatts of solar installed. See where energized and planned solar projects will be on the IL Solar Map! ilsolarmap.com/update/future
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Energized + Planned Map - Illinois Solar Map
By request from our friends at the IL Clean Jobs Coalition, we have added a new view to the Illinois Solar Map. You can now see both Energized and Planned solar projects in the same map, giving you a ...
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
NEWS: Internal Homeland Security documents on 600+ detainees to be released prove that the vast majority of immigrants detained in Chicago area are "low" public safety risk, even by the government's loose standards. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
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Only 2.5% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
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Tom Schuba @schuba.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Trump's Chicago deportation blitz has hinged on aggressive and forceful policing tactics: Shootings, takedowns, chokeholds, car chases, chemical munitions, etc. To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy. tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
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Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings “Big tech has made their choice” www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11/11/2025
It's been rumored for a bit they would leave mid-November. It's not the weather, just the natural lifespan of a ~225 person operation. Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months" China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/11/2025
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
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Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Broadview ICE this morning. A circle of women went into the middle of the street to exercise their free speech rights and were all arrested & zip tied by cops. @resist_and_repeat on instagram many folks here today.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
By resisting surveillance and extraction and pursuing goals such as affordability, dignity, and justice, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can show how technology can truly serve people, writes Rebecca Williams. The first step, she says, is to protect immigrants. buff.ly/Mwk8vRu
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
five people were indicted along with @katmabu.bsky.social. they all need support.
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 05/11/2025
Last night, the Village of Oak Park passed ICE Free Zones 7-0, modeled after the City of Chicago, Evanston and our Township Full legislation: oak-park.legistar.com/LegislationD...
AMENDMENT ONE:
Section 13-7-1 (“Definitions”) of the Village Code is amended to add the following additional
definition:
STAGING AREA: An area used to assemble, mobilize, and deploy vehicles, equipment,
or materials, and related personnel, for the purpose of carrying out civil immigration
enforcement operations.
AMENDMENT TWO:
Section 13-7-5 (“Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions; Federal Responsibility”) of the Village
Code is amended to add the following new Subsection 13-7-5.E:
No Village-owned and controlled parking lot, vacant lot, garage, or other Village-owned
property may be used as a staging area, processing location, or operations base for the
purpose of civil immigration enforcement. The Village Manager is authorized to: (a)
make physical improvements to Village-owned properties to implement the restrictions
in this Subsection 13-7-5.E, (b) post signage on Village-owned property to implement
the restrictions, and (c) provide private property owners with signage, at no cost, to
delineate the non-public areas of private property on which owners may desire to
restrict activities related to civil immigration enforcement, which owners may post at
their own discretion and at their sole risk.1. The regulations in this Subsection 13-7-5.E do not apply to Village-
owned property which is subject to an existing lease, license agreement, or other usage
agreement to which the Village is a party and is not intended to, and may not be
interpreted to, interfere with any such lease or agreement.
2. The regulations in this Subsection 13-7-5.E do not prohibit the lawful
use of Village-owned property for purposes other than a staging area, processing
location, or operations base for civil immigration enforcement, nor do the regulations
restrict any person or entity from carrying out functions unrelated to those purposes on
such property.
3. Nothing in this Subsection 13-7-5.E may be construed as restricting or
interfering with the execution of lawful judicial warrants or the enforcement of criminal
law, nor as limiting the rights of any person or entity under state or federal law.
Section 3. Severability and Repeal of Inconsistent Ordinances. If any section, paragraph,
clause or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid, the invalidity thereof will not affect any of the other
provisions of this Ordinance. All ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflict. This Ordinance will take effect upon passage and may be published in pamphlet form by the Office
of the Village Clerk.
Section 4. approval and publication as required by law.
Effective Date. This Ordinance will be in full force and effect after its passage,
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 31/10/2025
heartening to see both transit funding and clean energy reform pass in Illinois last night! more local climate action leadership like this everywhere plz! capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawmake...
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Lawmakers approve $1.5B transit funding package without statewide tax increases
Article Summary A new transit funding bill passed Thursday night raises $1.5 billion for public transportation agencies, mostly in the
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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Last week, the Cook County Board re-upped a controversial contract with a crime-data broker that could expose immigrants' personal data to ICE. Advocates say the County could protect crime victims and immigrants alike by finding a new vendor. ✍️ @almacampos.bsky.social
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Cook County Board Reapproves Contract with ICE-Linked Data Firm as Raids Sweep Chicago
Four years after first being warned that a contract risked exposing immigrant data to ICE, Cook County approved another renewal—this time with advocates commissioners voicing frustration that stronger...
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/10/2025
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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