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gossip, FOIA, art and zinemaker in chicago taking notes for myself ✶✶✶✶ www.thefoiabakery.org

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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 22h
here is an update from a teacher who saw this thread and helped me out by just directly searching the employee database "On Loan Union"
a screenshot of Hilario Dominguez's email from the CPS email system, with the status of "On Loan Union" - Non Employee Department
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 23h
forgive typos, missing words, whatever i didn't have time to do a full audio read after and my coworker told me to stop
an orange cat curled up on my tax paperwork, correct response to get me to stop doing whatever i'm doing
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 23h
we can see here that @peternickeas.bsky.social already filed for the CPS OIG report that was closed and of course, CPS denied it i really appreciate it when reporters do their diligence, it matters that it's done
a FOIA request requesting OIG reports related Hilario Dominguez's report, we can see that it was denied
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
i turned a stack of risograph prints into a notepad with a cover 🪿
a hot pink notepad cover and a circular hole cut out for a risograph goose head poking out
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
i made a colorful fish! muskellunge, risograph
a curved fish in light lime, fluorescent pink, cornflower blue with the words: here fishy fishy fishy
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
and yet other times, cases will go to CPS OIG this came in a letter to my apartment, CPS OIG did not try to DM me on Instagram, that's asinine I actually have no idea how this case was handled because I never got follow-up after going in for an interview
an opening letter from the office of inspector general at CPS, requesting an interview with me
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
but sometimes investigations are taken care of by outside counsel and not done by CPS Legal investigations because they know the liability to the agency would be too high to even do that in this case, CPS Legal will handle directly and issue a letter that looks like this
a letter from CPS to me about how they will use outside counsel to investigate serious complaints
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
here fishy fishy
a line drawing of a muskellunge fins, gills, eye and mouth

#fish #art
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"these people" include some who are considered leftists or at least in-group with progressives, there's work to do everywhere
Michael McClean would like to charge chicagoans $1 to use public bathrooms.
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
one delightful thing about risographs are the hilarious misprints, very whimsy
a risograph print of hot pink, yellow and blue of a cat that is not lined up with the words "caterwauling will continue until morale improves"

and a goose print with the eyes all googly and not lined up to the goose bodies
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CTU has released its own statement in support of Hilario Dominguez, its endorsed candidate for chicago school board "the Chicago Tribune published an incomplete article" the reason it's incomplete is because it doesn't include all the other women's stories who have also been harassed by Hilario
An email sent by Chicago Teacher's Union defending Hilario Dominguez

Last week, the Chicago Tribune published an incomplete article that announced that the CPS Office of the Inspector General has reopened a case it had concluded and reported as unsubstantiated. It is re-investigating a nearly decade-old allegation about the candidate we endorsed for school board president, Hilario Dominguez.
However, before Hilario is a candidate for office, he is a special education teacher, a CPS graduate, and he is a member of our union.
This email is to inform you about what the union is doing in response to the news.
We take allegations seriously and we take due process seriously.
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
be the goose, risograph these are on their way to becoming notepads 🪿
a picture of a stack of prints on a risograph machine, 3 white geese with yellow beaks and black eye dots with a blue background
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
mango got his own risograph print tonight 😼
a picture of a gradient print of a line drawn cat in fluorescent pink and sunflower yellow with the words in blue written, caterwauling will continue until morale improves
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
another article references a different 22 schools targeted for closure 1980, Chicago Tribune
Twenty two neighborhood schools in Chicago have been targeted for possible closing this fall...
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
chicago talks about 2013 as though it was a watershed moment at CPS but the truth is, the Board of Education has been closing majority Black schools for decades from 1976, Chicago Defender h/t @aoife.bsky.social
The board also approved closing of 13 more schools, 10 of which are in the black community. Earlier the closing of 13 others had been approved.
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
we now have a volunteer program so i am making pocket notebooks to give our volunteers featured on these notebook covers are risographed CTA school tripper bus routes from 1977
a picture of two folded and standing upright notebook covers, one in orange and one in green with the words, who is this convenient for

a cat tail peeking out in front of them
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
todos necesitamos aire puro 🏵️
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
we made art in the park with people today and it was a blast i didn't get to hear about anyone's obsession with squirrels but we did hear about transit, CPS, bathroom access, MAT Asphalt, softball game details and showed a lot of kids how to screenprint catch us next time, it's fun!
a string tied up with marigold screenprints clipped and drying on colorful paper
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it is CPS Board day and we did file transportation State Complaints today because CPS still doesn't think correctly about student assignment and movement but I didn't come here to talk about that i came here to say that we're going to be making art in McKinley Park this weekend and you are invited!
a picture of marigolds in pink, orange, red and yellow on green stems
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
why are you trying to use your computer
a brown tabby cat on a desk positioned over the keyboard and a computer screen in the background, both are unusable because he is blocking access to both
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
back from the garden 🏵️
a picture of tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini, eggplant, blackberries and watermelon
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
i anticipated the block from the very reactionary, very white transit social media social club i know why transit planners and experts don't survey Others
if your solution is "just tax the rich", great, I'm all in, and I can tell you the best way to take Amtrak to the statehouse to do some lobbying. In the meantime though, we have ways to make our system better tomorrow, and some of us need to focus on that while the movement changes the world. 

starlinechicago.bsky.social
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
waiting for a zwon tag to show up here
a picture of a building with vertical tags on it, downtown Chicago
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
she's still there, walking from union station
a very up close picture of the Sears Tower from across the street on the block
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
infrastructure improvement recommendations that came out of this study
increased lighting at transit stops and stations
adding discrete panic buttons in bus and trains
improving wifi and data network connectivity in train cars
yearly check for state of transit stations and stops, including monitoring the overall cleanliness of stations and stops
increased non-police staff presence at stations and walking throughout the train as it's running, staff would monitor behaviors such as smoking in vehicles and harassment
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"The first was the primary gender based violence experienced by women and gender minorities who live within a patriarchal society that actively discriminates against women and gender minorities, and the second we identify as repercussive gender-based violence due to systemic failures of the city."
Two Forms of Gender Based Violence Experienced

Intrinsic gender-based violence within a patriarchal society

an image of a handshake between two hands

repercussive gender-based violence due to systemic failures
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
there was a bucket toss at the zine fest this weekend and i nailed it six for six babyyyyyyyy
a bucket toss set up with 6 buckets on the ground
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
no one wants to ride an empty train, at least on the bus you have a driver is there anyone on that train compartment? like we check before getting on it's a lot of work for women and gender minorities to be in public space, we are running background process all the time!
a chart of the adaptive safety measures straight cis-women and queer cis-women employ on cta transit in chicago
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
working on a new project ✶✶✶✶
a picture with repeating chicago star design
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"We thought it was important to give explicit definitions of what harassment looks like for our respondents to ensure we were getting accurate data but also for educational purposes so individuals can identify what they are experiencing."
For the purposes of our research, we chose to define harassment as;
Hostile comments, sounds, or gestures; Sexual comments, sounds, looks, or gestures (asking you to have
sex, calling you “babe,” whistling, kissing noises, leering, etc.); Following or stalking; Unwanted groping,
kissing, or other inappropriate touching; Pushing, spitting, coughing on you, or other physical assault;
Personal property damaged or stolen; Showing pornographic or offensive pictures or words; Exposing
private body parts; Sexual assault or rape. We thought it was important to give explicit definitions of what
harrasment looks like for our respondents to ensure we were getting accurate data but also for educational
purposes so individuals can identify what they are experiencing. One interview participant stated,
“I’ve had people whip out their genitals in front of me. And it’s like, well, that’s unpleasant.
[Also] stalking, stalking behaviour. You know, I was talking to a Gen Z colleague about this,
and she’s like [Participant Name], that’s assault.”
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"No one on the bus did anything to intervene. When Saldana told the bus driver, he told her to move to a different seat." getting off the bus is not a solution because we can just be followed, the infrastructure does not stop abusive men fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/20...
Sexual Harassment on the CTA Appears More Common than Reports Suggest

a drawing of the Chicago el with a platform on the right and the chicago skyline in the back
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"Without the ability to safely utilize public transit, gender minorities find their mobility constrained by cissexism in ways that cisgender women do not experience.” and, if your transit agency is not actively trying to include racialized trans women, i will not take you seriously
Research conducted in Portland, Oregon, further illustrates these points, revealing that transgender
and gender nonconforming transit users often face harassment from fellow passengers and transit staff,
significantly influencing their transit behaviors and severely limiting their mobility (Lubitow et al., 2020).
These negative interactions lead to emotional and psychological stress, leading individuals to adopt
coping mechanisms such as traveling only at specific times, altering their appearance, or avoiding certain
transit routes altogether. Such coping mechanisms restrict their overall accessibility and reinforce social
exclusion and marginalization. Additionally, Lubitow’s research in Portland highlights the significance of
the “transmobilities” concept, advocating not only for safer transit experiences for gender minorities but
also emphasizing the intersectional relationship between gender and mobility.
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
this seems like a useful study to read alongside the chicago-specific one can't spell reluctance without cta
San Jose State University

Learning about Street Harassment on Transit: A Survey Instrument for Transit Agencies

Asha Weinstein Agrawal, PhD
Jon Canapary
Carol Anne Carroll
Tam J Guy
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, PhD
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
i am slowly reading this between projects today, notes intermittent i am glad this is distilled somewhere, even if as an incomplete look
Gendered Experiences on Chicago's Public Transit

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Masters Capstone Project
Spring 2025

a stylized image of chicago's el system depicted below the words
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"attention. attention. this is the chicago fire department. the fire has been resolved. thank you for your cooperation." our entire floor of neighbors did not stay in our apartments, we had a mini gathering in the hallway so we could hear the announcements and gossip all clear!
an orange cat snuggling on a lap with a great lakes wall hanging in the background
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
the cat was very worried when he heard the word "crate" and then very interested when we went to the window to watch
a picture of a cat looking out the window, observing the emergency vehicles, with various apartment things around him
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
i came home from the southside zine fest to a sink full of flowers to celebrate our 17th anniversary i love to make my own bouquets 🏵️
a picture of purple, yellow, white and red flowers in a bucket of water in the sink
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
it would be funny if scabby were stored here
department is Streets and Sanitation

Bureau's of forestry, rodents, carts and graffiti
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
a very chicago tile mosaic!
a hot dog tile mosaic floor
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
this folder is coming with me for tomorrow's zine workshop 🪿
a handmade green folder with gold henna designs on the front, a goose drawing peeking out from the folder
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common And geese will still a common lack Till they go and steal it back
honk honk

i am here to fix it

a goose carrying a wrench
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
quick sewing up some more FOIA zines to meet higher demand for tonight's workshop 🪡
a zine with hot blue asterisk stitching down the spine
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The FOIA Bakery is doing a FOIA + art workshop tonight at the wild mile, 6pm you'll get one of these throwing stars, get to screenprint and take stickers 🪿 but most of all you get to have fun with @anthonymoser.com, @aoife.bsky.social and me while we tell secrets
a rack of screenprints demanding all access bathrooms across the city of chicago all genders, all parks, all hours 

public toilets
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
if you look closely, you can spot the best executive director
a picture of a boat on the Chicago River coming in under the 18th Street bridge, a woman carrying printing supplies that need to be cleaned
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
who needs tornado warnings when you have embossed bone folders
a picture of bone folders and envelopes with gold marigolds embossed on them
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
waking up to mess around with wax stamps on the everyone poops zine envelopes 💩
a picture of a candle inside a set up to heat wax and a stamp nearby on a brown envelope
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
this zine is made of #FOIA released documents, a small email directory of city officials, and my favorite design all packed into a folding, moving star
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
women sent emails about the allegations and as far as i can tell, the men with power who were notified did little about it i know Hilario sent a text message to people in power to try and smear the women who were making complaints there were others who were informed, what did they do and when?
I have the following 3 questions for you Hilario Dominguez:

1. What accountability process did you have, when and with who?
2. When and where was your public statement acknowledging the harm that you caused 
published?
3. Were restitutions made to those you harmed?
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
chicago parks is having a hard time releasing information about its consumable supplies for bathrooms, including toilet paper a curious thing: the park district is asserting a "trade secret" exemption for cost of materials pricing for sloan diaphram repair kits for toilets are not trade secrets!
an purchase order from the chicago park district to johnson pipe & supply company related to plumbing supplies for north avenue beach fixtures

diaphram repair kids
zurn actuators
sloan hydraulic actuators flush valve repair kits
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making art @marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
you're invited! too many tomatoes, not enough art join us at ping tom park on august 12, 10:30ish to screen print together we have the art supplies and garden tomatoes to give away, stop on by!
a designed image with tomatoes on a vine with the words

you're invited

too many tomatoes
not enough art

join us at
Ping Tom park
August 12
10:30ish

near the boathouse

for screen printing
and garden tomato 
giveaway
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