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@kentlambert.bsky.social
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[he/they] Chicago based maker of music - roommatemusic.com + machinima - dm for info + mutual aid delivery driver - marketboxchi.org TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS FREE PALESTINE ABOLISH BORDERS END WARS

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
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Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
🎞️35mm Film Frames from BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN🎞️ Chicago Film Society presents Sergei Eisenstein's groundbreaking cinema classic this Sunday March 8th at 7pm! With Live Musical Accompaniment by Whine Cave (Kent Lambert & Sam Wagster). Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
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Alma Campos @almacampos.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The national response to Minneapolis has me revisiting the killing of Silverio González Villegas by ICE in Franklin Park, IL. I reported on it last fall. Worth remembering. southsideweekly.com/a-tragic-hom...
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A Tragic Homecoming
After nearly two decades in Chicago, Silverio Villegas González returned to Michoacán in a coffin. His death at the hands of federal agents left two families divided by borders, shattered with grief, ...
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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
For folks curious re the news re gender affirming care for trans youth I wrote a quick summary in the BDNH newsletter It’s NOT a national ban. it creates no new civil or criminal penalties, it is a proposal to wield the power of the purse to discriminatorily deny care mailchi.mp/interrupting...
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Proposed Regulations on Gender Affirming Care, Reflecting on 2025, Resistance Lab Jan 12th & more!
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the lakeshore undead @thecorlew.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
nightly reminder that Bovino has left Chicago, but ICE has not, and many people still need your help blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/17/b...
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A Midwest Bond Fund Is Helping Detained Chicago Immigrants Return To Their Families
The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a...
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 17/10/2025
I am never ever fucking EVER getting over these fuckers just driving around snatching our neighbors off the street.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.
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Must-Reads and the War on Chicago
"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Stop lying. Your state cops attacked protesters alongside ICE yesterday. I was there. I and others were violently attacked by ICE agents. Your state cops acted in concert with them during the attack.
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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
After many requests, here are the files to print three different anonymous Chicago contractor-style flyers about ICE, as well my new zine of Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago. Print and resist, friends! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
A half-sheet size flyer with green printing, ridiculing ICE agents. The design is modeled after the flyers commonly used by contractors in Chicago, who are frequently immigrants. These flyers often appear on the garages of homes.A half-sheet size flyer with blue printing, ridiculing ICE agents. The design is modeled after the flyers commonly used by contractors in Chicago, who are frequently immigrants. These flyers often appear on the garages of homes.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
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Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods
This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.
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Kent @kentlambert.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
That’s me and my gear! I’m incredibly stoked to perform/premiere (w/ Sam Wagster) a new original live score for this amazing film, in Chicago’s finest movie house
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James @thelaterjames.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Mahmoud is such a wonderful person and has suffered some heartbreaking losses since we started talking last year. Please support his fundraiser if you can.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Surprised that this remarkable investigation into how Netanyahu prolonged the war in Gaza — killing tens of 1000s of civilians — for his own benefit has not gotten more attention. So: gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
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How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power
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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The @jvp.bsky.social hunger strikers and other Jewish activists are at Senator Tammy Duckworth’s Chicago office demanding a meeting they were promised to talk about the genocide in Gaza. Staff refuses to speak to them. They aren’t leaving. #letgazalive #freepalestine
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
No one made Cuomo subpoena an alleged sexual harassment victim's gynecological records or lie about COVID deaths in nursing homes. He did that all by himself.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Teen Vogue continues to be a goddamn treasure and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
All of the talk about "peaceful protest" makes me think of all the times I have been part of a protest where the police cracked someone over the head and then charged that person with assault. They will call you violent. You can't control that or other people.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
On this day 80 years ago, Adolf Hitler did the one good thing he did in his entire life and killed himself. Happy Hitler Death Day to all who celebrate.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 17/04/2025
"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
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Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut
The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
“Being an American Jew is a mindfuck. And now we’re in more peril than ever because the destruction of this country’s university life and the lives of university students is being done in our name.”
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It was never about antisemitism
From abducting college students to an attack on a Jewish governor, Trump’s real motivations remain clear.
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
*this is not sarcasm but a sincere plea* One way to emphasize it is to link to the actual story a) So people can read it beyond the headline and become better informed b) Pageviews are important as a measurable indication <to newsroom bosses> of reader interest in this kind of reporting!
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ICE came for their neighbor, so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
Neighbors delivered food, water and gasoline to the man, who was with a child in a van, as ICE agents stayed at the home for hours.
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Selina Trepp @selinatrepp.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Melting font spelling FUCK
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025
On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican. Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries. We are not going anywhere. Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025
Just renewed my drivers license for RealID. I advise every transgender person, just as I did with passports, to not wait to renew your ID. Get that done now - many states let you do it online, schedule appointments, etc. Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Really cannot urge you enough to call your members of Congress right now. I just talked to my very red state, Trump-supporting senator's office. Much to my surprise, they were very receptive to my feedback and seemed extremely concerned. This feels like a rare opportunity to be heard.
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Call script:
YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling from [ZIP CODE].

YOU: I am calling on [HOUSE MEMBER/SENATOR] to speak out against President Trump’s actions on Monday in freezing all federal aid. This is blatantly illegal; the Executive Branch can’t unilaterally decide to ignore laws that were passed by Congress, especially when it comes to financial aid. 

YOU: MOC must take action, and clarify how they will stop the freeze and ensure that the millions who are directly impacted by financial aid will not be harmed. 

YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENT]
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spooky sky ✨🌙✨ @sky-writes.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Chicago folks, be ready
ILLINOIS COALITION
- FOR IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
WHEN INTERACTING WITH IMMIGRATION OFFICERS (ICE)
• If you believe you are witnessing ICE activity, please call ICIRR's 24-Hour Family Support Hotline at 1-855-HELP-MY-FAMILY (1-855-435-7693) to report it.
• If you find yourself interacting with an ICE officer in any location including your workplace, or out in the community, remember that you:
• Have the right to remain silent when questioned or arrested by immigration officers
• Should remain calm and keep your hands where the officer can see them
• DO NOT:
• discuss your immigration or citizenship status with the police, immigration agents, or other officials
• sign anything you do not understand. You should state that you wish to speak with an attorney
• If an officer knocks on your door at home: Do NOT open the door. Teach your children not to open the door.
• ICE officers must have a warrant signed by a judge to enter your home. ICE
"warrants" are not signed by judges; they are ICE forms signed by ICE officers and they do not grant authority to enter your home without your consent
• If you are outdoors and think you see immigration officers nearby:
• Move to a safe indoor space
• If you are a U.S. citizen and feel safe to do so, record the activity with your phone or write down any relevant information about what you witness— ALWAYS being careful to not interfere or otherwise obstruct the operation
• DO NOT
• Post unverified information on social media
• Interfere with the investigation or otherwise put yourself in harm's way
NEED SUPPORT? CALL ICIRR'S FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK HOTLINE: 1-855-435-7693
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Kent @kentlambert.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
LYNCH: [Laughs] [Does not answer]
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
If you’d like to do me a solid today, I’m a bit stressed about how underfunded my political ed work with Doing Justice Collaborative is at present. You know all those workshops I organize and facilitate? Donations make those events possible, and people aren’t donating to stuff like they used to.
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Doing Justice Collaborative
The Doing Justice Collaborative is a Chicago-based political education organization. Doing Justice creates curriculums, organizes workshops, and provides mentorship to people involved in grassroots mo...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I had a lot of people asking me so I wrote an explainer: Here's how you can help the incarcerated firefighter battling the blazes in Southern California this week: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires
The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California’s prisons.
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I want you to know that I still care what happens to our information ecosystems. Maybe it wasn’t the fact-checkers that biased Facebook, but instead it was all the political operatives waiting for a moment like this. Meta wants friction-free oligarchy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Meta never cared about factchecking. What it wants is friction-free oligarchy
The company’s plan to end its factchecking program is about appeasing Trump. That signals the making of a mafia state
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...
But in its panicked retreat from the system it spent years building, Meta may now be putting billions of users at risk. Just because Meta deleted that line about hateful speech causing offline violence doesn't mean it isn't true. And now the company has all but declared open season on immigrants, transgender people and whatever other targets that Trump and his allies find useful in their fascist project.

"I can't tell you how much harm comes from non-illegal but harmful content," a longtime former trust and safety employee at the company told me. The classifiers that the company is now switching off meaningfully reduced the spread of hate movements on Meta's platforms, they said. "This is not the climate change debate, or pro-life vs. pro-choice. This is degrading, horrible content that leads to violence and that has the intent to harm other people."
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