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@joeengleman.bsky.social
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Chicago writer & urban planner. Clips in the Chicago Reader, South Side Weekly, Barn Raiser, Dwell, Floodlight, Mother Jones, + more.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 16h
Meta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.
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Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
We asked Mayor Johnson's office about these incidents. A spokesperson said they are "actively monitoring and responding to reported violations of municipal and state law by federal immigration agents, while working to document and compile evidence of violations of Mayor Johnson’s executive order.”
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
Chicago's city council empowered COPA last March to investigate alleged collaboration between CPD and ICE. Since then, people have filed at least 7 reports with COPA over ICE using local police facilities, including the 25th District station that connects to a Cook County courthouse.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
The pattern dates back to the onset of the ICE surge. Last October, before new signage was installed reminding both feds and cops of the ban on using city property for immigration enforcement, federal vehicles were seen exiting another police parking lot in the 24th District:
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ICE agents in CPD's 24th district lot on October 9, 2025
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
After elected officials joined community members in protest over the 17th District incidents, ICE still returned. A witness sent us a photo they captured of masked agents yet again using police property for their operations on Sept 10 in Logan Square:
a black chevy tahoe with its door open behind a fence. a man in a baseball cap and a hoodie walks beside it to another black SUV
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
Witnesses then again recorded ICE agents in 17th District parking lots on Sept 2 and 3. According to a report to Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) we obtained, the family of one detained man was able to track his phone to the 17th District lot on Sept 3:
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Northwest Side residents blast use of Chicago police lot for ICE operations
At an Albany Park Police District council meeting Saturday, residents called on the Chicago Police Department to “end the collaboration” with federal immigration agents.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
Videos provided by witnesses show ICE agents transferring immigrant detainees between cars in Chicago police parking lots at least twice this summer: on July 5 in the 11th District, and on Aug 28 in the 25th District. The Aug 28 transfer was also captured by CPD's own surveillance camera:
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ICE agents transfer detainee between vehicles in CPD's 25th District parking lot on August 28, 2026
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
We spoke with that observer, who said ICE agents held her for hours. By the time they released her, her car had been towed. She also said she saw Chicago cops glad-handing with ICE. Hard to confirm, as the surveillance video file we obtained via FOIA request is missing nearly two hours of footage.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
In one violent incident on August 1, immigration agents in CPD's 25th District station lot boxed in an ICE observer, ripped her from her car and moved her to one of their SUVs to detain her. We asked for security footage from that morning. It shows ICE agents in full view of local police:
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ICE agents box in and detain observer in CPD's 25th District parking lot on August 1, 2026
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:
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In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations
Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...
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Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 02/10/2026
On what should’ve been his 80th birthday, the beloved songwriter offers enduring lessons about the value of empathy and curiosity. chicagoreader.com/music/music-...
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America still needs John Prine - Chicago Reader
On what should’ve been his 80th birthday, beloved songwriter John Prine offers enduring lessons about the value of empathy and curiosity.
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Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast @chicagpodfilm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A really stacked jury for the Chicago International Film Fest featuring some of our past (and future) guests! www.chicagofilmfestival.com/festival/jur...
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Have any freelancers out there seen any state level guidance about maintaining Medicaid coverage once the new federal work requirements go into effect?
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NITA Chicago @nitachicago.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Beginning today, the NITA Access Pilot Program officially expands to the CTA and Pace, allowing eligible riders experiencing low incomes to apply for reduced transit fares across Metra, CTA, and Pace. 🚇🎉 Riders can apply at GetAccess.org now.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Art In These Times opens friday! political art, bookbinding workshop, poetry reading, theory club, PARTY this joint has everything interccect.com/2026/09/10/a...
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Art in These Times: an InterCcECT exhibition
ART IN THESE TIMES affirms art’s special obligation to refuse authoritarian assaults on free thinking and creative making. Spotlighting works that circumvent familiar gestures of political ar…
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new: federal authorities tapped into a network of flock license plate readers and surveillance cameras owned by chicagoland police during their failed attempts to prosecute marimar martinez and anthony ruiz for following immigration agents last october.
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Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader
During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast @chicagpodfilm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
we are very grateful that one of the best in the biz will be joining us in our Chicago International Film Fest coverage this year!
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
It's just after 1pm on another picture perfect fall day in Chicago. So far today, masked federal agents have taken people from Brighton Park and suburban Aurora. ~1 year after the "Blitz" began, the alerts haven't subsided. ICE is still breaking windows and destroying worlds.
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Come for The Battle of Lincoln Park, stay for the bureaucratic wisdom from @danielkayhertz.bsky.social: “If you & your friends had to implement and enforce new legislation w/ just a Microsoft 365 subscription, how would you do it?” My latest for @chicagoreader.com chicagoreader.com/books/book-r...
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Fighting for housing after The Battle of Lincoln Park - Chicago Reader
Late last month, Belt Publishing released a new edition of The Battle of Lincoln Park with archival maps and photographs.
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nature's Metropolis hive assemble!
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Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast @chicagpodfilm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
in case you missed it!
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICE activity has been picking up again in Chicago A LOT. If you were previously involved with ICE watch efforts, now is a good time to reengage. I’m going to start wearing a whistle again.
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Last month, @beltpublishing.bsky.social reissued @danielkayhertz.bsky.social's book, The Battle of Lincoln Park so I spoke with Daniel about how writing housing history informed his work for Chicago's Housing Department & his current housing research & advocacy work w/ @impactforequity.bsky.social
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"This is Buzz..is a totemic text essential to culturally defining Generation X, an epoch inspired by the revolutionary aesthetics of the preceding era but dominated by creators w/few material ties to the circumstances that precipitate revolution." inreviewonline.com/2026/09/11/t...
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This is Buzz — Mark Pellington [Review] | In Review Online
A new film review of This is Buzz, directed by Mark Pellington & released by Antenna Releasing, for film review site In Review Online.
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
*heavy sigh* chicagoreader.com/news/white-s...
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Chicago sports team owners pitch public subsidies for new stadiums
For decades, team owners have used their power and resources to reshape Chicago suit their desires. Will we ever learn?
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If there's days when I don't post about ICE activity in Chicagoland, please don't assume that means they aren't happening that day. ICE's occupation of Chicagoland is ongoing.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ICE has been active in multiple NW side Chicago neighborhoods this morning; reports, w/ corroborating video, of detainments in Portage Park, Albany Park and Jefferson Park. Reports of activity in Pilsen from around ~9:20 a.m., but posted around ~10 a.m. so unclear if agents are still in the area.
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hey fellow Chicago/IL freelancers on ACA Adults Medicaid, Has anyone seen any advice on navigating forthcoming work requirements besides give up, go to grad school, or die?
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Chicago Sun-Times Guild @cstguild.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Chicago Sun-Times Guild is fighting for generative AI protections at the bargaining table. Follow along as we continue to push for a fair contract.
White text on black background reading:

“The Chicago Sun-Times Guild is fighting for protections against generative Al at the bargaining table.

Here's what we're asking for ->”

as well as the Sun-Times Guild Local 34071 logoWhite text on black background with the Guild logo faintly behind it reading:

“We're asking for real protection:
• No layoffs due to Al
• No cutting hours or pay because of Al
• No eliminating future jobs to make room for Al
• Al can't write or create our editorial content”
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Looking for a recommendation for a good starting point with Gramsci. Is Mayor Pete's dad's translation the go to?
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Chicago Reader Union @chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
we deserve a contract that protects us in sickness and in health 🐀 will you take 30 seconds to email our bosses and urge them not to cut our benefits?
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Tell Noisy Creek the Chicago Reader Union deserves a fair contract
We, the Chicago Reader Union, have been bargaining a new contract with Noisy Creek management since February 2026. Despite our sacrifices and dedication, management has consistently put forward propo...
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Daniella @daniellamazzio.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Why the hell am I hearing Air and Water show practice on a Monday
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
chicago has a big marsh
Swamp milkweed in the foreground along with a field of sedge and various prairie plants overlooking twin smokestacks and a wall of trees on the horizon.
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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The @chicagoreader.com has some counterprogramming to all the Lollapalooza roundups circulating today: Hallogallo scene photographer Braeden Long visited several shows during Nitro-a-Go-Go, an indie fest so resolutely DIY that it didn't use any conventional venues. chicagoreader.com/music/music-...
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Nitro-a-Go-Go severs the music festival from the music business - Chicago Reader
Photographer Braeden Long captured four of the six Nitro-a-Go-Go shows, not one of which was held in a conventional venue.
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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 01/08/2026
A functioning link to preorder @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and my new edited book. Revolutionary science fiction stories!
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
For the night crowd
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
*Looks at the list of 16 mayoral candidates*
The meme of the sad faced man standing in the corner at a party next to the words "They don't know" with the person's face replaced by a photo of a piping plover bird and in all caps "I'M CIRCULATING PETITIONS FOR IMANI."
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Prepare to marvel: @vickyacab.bsky.social & @daniellamazzio.bsky.social are gonna be talking about Disney, market power, and copyright at Socialism. socialism2026.sched.com/event/2RijZ/...
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Socialism 2026: The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed...
View more about this event at Socialism 2026
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Happy Iowa wildflower Wednesday! This week Melissa Wubben offers tips for gardeners wanting to use native plants. In order to create a successful Monarch habitat, it is helpful to consider the whole life cycle of these butterflies. #Iowa #wildflowers www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/07/29/b...
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Beyond milkweed: Creating habitat for Monarchs
Melissa Wubben: In order to create a successful Monarch habitat, it is helpful to consider the whole life cycle of these butterflies.
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Please make some time to read Grey Lucas's latest dispatch for @chicagoreader.com on the southeast side quantum facility and, yes, data center. chicagoreader.com/news/quantum...
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Inside the Pritzkers’ ‘Quantum Prairie’ - Chicago Reader
How J.B. and Penny Pritzker helped transform Chicago into a global hub for quantum computing—and the massive data center that comes with it.
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Chicago Reader Union @chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Chicago Reader Union has been bargaining w/ Noisy Creek since February. In that time, management has consistently offered proposals that would cut longstanding benefits in exchange for meager pay raises. We need YOU to tell Noisy Creek we deserve better! 🧵 🔗: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
July 16, 2026
union rat's log

TELL NOISY CREEK WE DESERVE BETTER.

Noisy Creek management wants us to ...

-Work longer hours
-Take fewer sick days
-And work in-office

all while offering us lower wages than other newspapers they own.

Join us in demanding a fair contract!
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
tidal.com/album/401324...
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Various Artists - Nashville - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Listen to Nashville - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on TIDAL
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It took about a month for whoever put up a bunch of "America 1776-2026" signs near my parents' place to realize that the signs looked like tombstones and cut off the "2026."
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Chicagoans deserve to see the reportedly feasible financial plan, devised by city finance staff, for buying back the meters that Brandon Johnson punted on. blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/24/w...
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Why Is Mayor Johnson Keeping Secrets About The Parking Meter Deal?
Seventeen years after Daley's disastrous parking meter deal, a new meter sale is in the works. But Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city signed a confidentiality agreement, though he won’t share that ei...
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joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Mood
Squidward watches the happy-go-lucky Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick frolick with joy from behind a partially shuttered window. The dark shadows inside have overtaken him. Squidward is labeled "Chicago Left" in red and all capital letters. Patrick and Spongebob are labeled "New York Left" in red and all capital letters. The art deco inspired font is called Starsiak and it was designed by Steve Shanabruch to immortalize the Starsiak Clothing sign in Chicago's Polish Triangle.
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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🐣🐣🐣🐣 The day we have waited for, worked for has come! All 4 chicks have hatched. Our work carries on as we continue to support Sea Rocket and Imani and their chicks. Thank you, as always, for your support. 📸: Chicago Piping Plovers (June 15, 2026, eggshell flown from nest)
Eggshell flown from nest by a parent plover to keep predators awayText providing facts about piping plover chicksText providing guidance on supporting piping plover chicks as an ally
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Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 04/06/2026
USA Hockey quietly banned transgender people from many recreational programs. LGBTQ+ players say they're not going anywhere. bit.ly/4xrn9zx
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Chicago LGBTQ+ hockey players push back on discriminatory rules
USA Hockey quietly banned transgender people from many recreational programs. LGBTQ+ players say they're not going anywhere.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 15/05/2026
i’ve been thinking of what could even be said about such a tragedy. someone said it best that trans people are “born so late and die so young”. we uproot our lives and transition and live more life than anyone else ever does and society punishes us for it. we deserve better
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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 14/05/2026
Gift link www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/comm...
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Opinion: The Bears bill is bad by design. Here’s how.
State Senate leaders are debating whether to use taxpayer dollars to subsidize a new Chicago Bears stadium in Arlington Heights, but this bill has much broader impacts.
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
new: without any debate, the cook county board of commissioners votes to approve a $1 million expansion of sheriff tom dart's flock license plate reader network. this comes even after revelations dart ran the program for years without a contract. voting no: commissioners anaya, vásquez, stamps
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