Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialBebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 2hcan’t believe this story is pitting my unbridled disdain of billionaires into conflict with my sheer love of rats 4312
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 2hThis is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW 232310854
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 8h"To fight back, Americans need to learn the counterspy techniques of C.I.A. officers: using multiple sources to check information; testing those sources regularly for reliability; never getting complacent and trusting one source without thinking." 1119459
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19hNew whistleblower complaint: The Trump admin pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureau's policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new whistleblower complaint.nbcnews.comFBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protestersThe former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings. 3922361029
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialLauren FitzPatrick @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social · 23hLittle public service: How to vote in the November 2026 Illinois general election chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...chicago.suntimes.comHow to vote in the November 2026 Illinois general electionFrom voter registration guidance to early voting sites, here's everything you need to know cast your ballot in Illinois. 053
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialStatus Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 20h🚨 BREAKING: Martin Soto, a Delaney Hall detainee whose participation in DH hunger strike helped spark weeks of protests—is about to be released after 8 months in ICE detention. Gov. Mikie Sherrill helped facilitate his release. MORE INFO TO COME. 3337100
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 9hResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALan.prOver 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwideResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. 581597947
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialaaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 18hI didn't know his name before this but he's a real one: member of La France Insoumise (to the left of the Socialists), took down Macron's portrait in the mayor's office, said elected leaders belong in the streets with the people 530875
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents revealIt's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections. 10118831230
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialThe Heathen Historian 🔻 @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor. 402404918
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialgamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 23hThe state failed to kill her, critically injured her, and still cannot bring itself to unshackle her. At what point does the barbarism of the retributive punishment outweigh the barbarism of the initial crime? Sorry, rhetorical question. Abolish the death penalty. 518636
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 6866561833
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialTrapped O'Brien, Please Free Me From This Prison @radobrien.myatproto.social · 21hDoes Paramount even KNOW how to take care of the Animaniacs? 831575
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialViolet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 20hThe two are the latest in an ongoing epidemic of alleged police misuse of the mass surveillance system. Channahon Police Department is reviewing use of Flock cameras and Homer Glen suspended them within its borders after investigations were opened up into officers in each jurisdiction. 171
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21h*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY. 5921511568
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 21hNew paper: Long COVID exposes a huge blind spot in how governments define “security.” We respond quickly to sudden, visible crises, but seem to accept mass disability as normal, even while it puts growing pressure on healthcare, the workforce, the economy and society. Published: 28 September 2026link.springer.comThe securitization of global slow-onset risks/threats: long COVID, a case study - Globalization and HealthThis paper investigates why Long Covid, despite affecting millions globally and posing a serious threat to public health and economic stability, remains largely absent from contemporary security agend... 216879
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialBrandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 05/10/2026I hate everything 44310
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialOlivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I’d missed this: Annie Altman, Sam Altman’s sister who alleges in civil lawsuits that he sexually abused her repeatedly — starting when she was 3 years old — uploaded the first hour of her deposition to Instagram (and YouTube) this weekend. It has about 38k likes. www.instagram.com/reels/DeAx3h...instagram.comAnnie Altman (she/her/human) on Instagram: "First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB Wearing my Dad’s fleece ❤️ Grateful to share this and also upset to once again hav...39K likes, 916 comments - anniealtman108 on October 2, 2026: "First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB Wearing my Dad’s fleece ❤️ Grateful to share this and also upset... 11272146
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The approved 2026 Chicago Public Library (CPL) total budget request is $169,257,813, which includes an operating budget of $103,966,346. [Just thought I would leave this here] 418677
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialRFK Brain Worm Jr. @planetofdinosaurs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hear me out. All police misconduct cases paid out of police pension funds. Because as a citizen I'm really sick of public funds being used to pay these AND having to worry about a cop doing something shitty to me because they have no accountability. 621545345
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialAnna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hard to think of anything less abstract and more materially consequential than being pregnant 972067464
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialRen "Stop Israel’s Murder of Palestinians” Jender @renjender.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is just so shameful for the top brass at the Brigham, and fake progressive Michelle Wu is, as she often is these days, on the wrong side of the fight. We are only 6 years post-pandemic! www.wbur.org/news/2026/10...wbur.orgWith no deal in sight, Brigham nurses plan to strike starting Oct. 14The strike will be open-ended, meaning it’s unclear how long the 4,000 staff nurses would leave their jobs. This would be their second strike of the year. 263
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The people who can't even keep lettuce and eggs safe are 'actively monitoring' the plague outbreak in Russia. 641801508
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 05/10/2026You know a pet peeve of mine? I keep seeing think pieces and videos, even from progressives, about how at some point AI will achieve sentience and be worthy of moral consideration. We can't even give every human on this planet moral consideration. 12449112
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 04/10/2026New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...chron.comHow Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay barAt least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business. 401795759
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"gadgetreview.comTrump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than StonehengeArizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026. 8620121240
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Will Bunch: The facts are shocking enough, but the bigger reason that the Cornell gang-rape case has broken through is that everyday Americans are sick of the rich and powerful and their sons getting away with it. And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head. www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...inquirer.comFor a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will BunchA nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college. 8574163
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Really cool tool from @popular.info to crowdsource who is paying for what campaign ads. paidforby.infopaidforby.infoWho paid for this?Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads. 2826403
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/10/2026I'm not saying I have a gift of prophecy but 521548137
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 04/10/2026"Well, looks like another day foraging in the sand" "FUCK YES BECAUSE I FUCKING LOVE FORAGING IN THE SAND!" 🪶 635136
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialJennifer Mach (she/they) @jennifermach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A++ Chicago tree! 1445
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialKim McCauley @kimischilling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026imagine being a heretic AND getting zero bitches? like pick a struggle 133189351
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 03/10/2026Meta 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.wired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 381194690
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint. 308122082238
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialInterrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sun-Seeker MKE is a Black Trans-led abolitionist collective in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their 6-point praxis brings together anarcho-abolition, Black and Trans liberation and defense, youth liberation and advocacy, continuous education, interdependence, and transformative justice.millionexperiments.comSun-Seeker MKESun-Seeker MKE is a Black Trans-led abolitionist collective in Milwaukee, Minnesota. Their 6-point praxis brings centers anarcho-abolition, Black and Trans liberation and defense, youth liberation and... 05920
kababs.bsky.social @kababs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026@macrophyllum.bsky.social says my partner tells the kind of jokes you would hear from someone who huffs glue. Partner does not disagree. 020
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Why is reducing ideological bias a goal? To what end? Politics is almost always a fight over values, not facts. I don’t care if I am “biased” towards social justice, whatever that means. 421363175
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Insanity 😡 19293283226
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 04/10/2026The other reason you should read Radium Girls is the lawsuits that came out of the girls being made to eat radium on the job (and a later similar case) helped create OSHA. Remember: safety rules are written in blood.history.comHow the Radium Girls Forced Workplace Safety Reforms | HISTORYThey painted with radium-laced paint—and faced dire consequences. 319261
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What is failure in impeachment? You know what Russ Vought can’t do when he is sitting an impeachment trial: f**k with the budget. He will busy being under the white hot lines of impeachment. 6874145
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"The plaintiffs are suing to restore visitation rights and ask a court to force the county to disgorge the hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits it has made from video calls." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...nytimes.comFamilies of Inmates Fight Against Jails That Profit From Visits 318262
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialJUCIFER🗑 @jucifer.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026you just gotta read it and weep 183
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialJUCIFER🗑 @jucifer.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026actors went in pretending to have all symptoms of bird flu, never saying they thought that's what they had but noting their only recent exposure to 'someone ill' was trying to help a sick bird only 7 of 73 facilities tested for it 041
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Incarcerated women report rampant sexual abuse by guards and the guards retaliate by spraying them with chemical agents and sending them to the hospital as a warning. Rape culture and brazen misogyny from the highest institution to the lowest. 4653296
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A 24 year old farm worker was killed by heat in Mississippi. No worker should be killed on the job, but we still have no enforceable federal heat protection rules. 1/ 231190543
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026 45146412757
Reposted by @kababs.bsky.socialDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12529931783
