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Amy Eaton @missamye.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@missspoken.bsky.social presents the FAT BEAR(WEEK) show! Cole’s bar, 2338 N Milwaukee, Chicago. Mon, 9/28 @ 7 pm. Free! Featuring Hannah Enstrom, Erica Katz, Carly Travis and Tori Szekeres! Hostessed by @jasmined.bsky.social and me! #livelit #longliveladylivelit #chicagowriters

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Amy Eaton @missamye.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Monday, August 24, @missspoken.bsky.social brings the CORN SWEAT SHOW to Cole’s Bar, 2338 N Milwaukee in the best city in the world. Join @jasmined.bsky.social and me with readers Stephanie Douglas, Molly Cavanaugh, Elizabeth Gomez and Alina Serban! #chicagowriters #LongLiveLadyLiveLit!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/08/2026

Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.

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Miss Spoken @missspoken.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Our next show is on Monday, June 27 at Cole's Bar in Logan Square. Theme is SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. Hosted by @missamye.bsky.social and @jasmined.bsky.social ! Featuring... Vi Conraad! Dawn Heilung! Jasmine Henri Jordan! Yvette Marie! RSVP (optional) on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/39130...

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Meta’s AI data-center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, has been caught infecting the town’s water supply with deadly bacteria. Officials say wastewater from Meta’s AI data-center flooded the town’s pipes with the bacterium Cupriavidus gilardii, and they found the company violated industrial waste regulations.

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Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rar...

The city has revoked the Meta contractor's discharge privileges.

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Sluggo Smith @sluggosmith.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Late Stage Capitalism has no regard for morality or lives...

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Cinnamon @cinnachick.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Very lovely shoe tonight at @missspoken.bsky.social. Funny, charming, heartfelt, lovely. I’m so happy that this show exists. It brings me so much joy.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

www.instagram.com/p/DXHqVETke1...

An Instagram post by the Wiener’s Circle shows the restaurant’s sign with the message: “SOUTH SIDE POPE ROPED THE DOPE”

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 14/04/2026

2,400 artists in NYC got $1,000 per month in basic income for 18 months beginning in 2022. Same as in Ireland, the results were overwhelmingly positive. Artists spent more time on their art and became more satisfied with the quality and impact of their work. DO UBI source.washu.edu/2026/04/guar...

However, we also found that the program improved participants’ artistic output, including the time they could dedicate to their art and their satisfaction with the quality and the impact of their work.”

‘What art could we produce as a society if our artists could invest more time and money in their craft?’

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The GI program was found to reduce financial stress and debt; increase artists’ ability to invest time in their art; increase motivation and productivity; and improve mental health, while showing no reduction in other sources of income.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Chief Weirdo and Palantir Dork that works hard for Anti-Christ loves his privacy 😏

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Bravo to Pope Leo, for denouncing Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s ‘whole civilization.’ We need those with moral authority to speak out against our president’s abuses of power.

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Amy Eaton @missamye.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Woot!! A question for the ages!

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Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Happy gender-ambiguous cavalry hero day to all who celebrate.

Colored sketch of Revolutionary War hero and (probably) intersex bae Casimir Pulaski, looking very dapper with rosy cheeks and a wee little moustache.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

So NJ lawmakers wrote a bill to rein in ICE. And this is what they called it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...

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Amy Eaton @missamye.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Anybody else see something in the sky around 6:30 pm on 2/14/26? Northwest side of Chicago, maybe Belmont Hermosa/ portage Park?ish? First thought was shooting star, then nah, that’s way bigger. #meteorite?#chicago#lookup

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are his net worth is $253.2 billion. so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire and then do it again tomorrow and again the day after that and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The whole interview is worth it

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The Trump regime is smearing this man - Alex Pretti - as a “domestic terrorist.” We can’t let them get away with it. Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

"… those claims, repeated incessantly by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other top Trump administration officials, dissolved in court, where no evidence was ever brought forth that he was in a gang, let alone a ranking member."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026

Jack Smith: "The people who assaulted police officers and were convicted after trial in my view and I think in the view of the judges who sentenced them to prison are dangerous to their community. Some of these people have already committed crimes against their communities again."

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026

COHEN: Did Merrick Garland ever pressure you to bring an indictment? JACK SMITH: No

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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Think this article from Slate @slate.com pairs well with the above from @kylegriffin1.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/slat...

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K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

as I often say: imagine how much the 20th-best drummer in your city makes, and then compare that to what the 200th-best marketing manager makes

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...

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64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz

President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.

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🍂 🎃 SF Native 🎃 🍂 @finleycordain.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Betty Reid Soskin has left us at the age of 104. Her contributions to the East Bay are many. Among them, helping to design the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond where she worked as a park ranger, sharing her unique experience. I wish her good rest. 🕊️

Betty Reid Soskin, wearing her Park Ranger’s uniform and sitting on the steps of the Rosie The Riveter Museum in Richmond, California

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17/12/2025

After raiding shopping plazas in Cicero and Bedford Park this morning, a caravan of Border Patrol agents swung north toward Edgewater. Several Chicago police vehicles can be seen here intervening to protect their exit from DSLSD onto city streets and escort the caravan.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/12/2025

This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice. 📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/11/2025

ICE vs the clergy

Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

A masked ICE agent sprays David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois.

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Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church in chicago being hit in the head with a pepper ball Sept 19 at the Broadview ICE facility

An unidentified federal agent fires a chemical weapon into Rev. Jorge Bautista's face during a protest outside of Coast Guard Island in Oakland on Thursday Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: David Bacon

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...

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Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’

The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025

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HeaSun Choung @4sight-nc.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

In the OpEd written by the arrested minister:

If you think they treat me badly, when the whole world is watching, it pales in comparison to what happens inside that facility. Whether it’s the denial of medication and spiritual care, the unsanitary and overcrowded conditions, or inadequate food, as has been reported in court, there can be no doubt — it is torture, pure and simple. It’s why I refuse to be silent, and I will continue showing up to the Broadview facility until it is closed.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Minn. AG Keith Ellison pointed out Project 2025 spelled out this current reality. "We've known that they wanted to attack the SNAP program and many other programs in those 900 pages."

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Sara Benincasa @sarajbenincasa.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

My friend Chad the Bird & I appeared on Chicago’s beloved @wgntv.com today because we are serious journalists. Come see our show 10/30 at 8 PM at The Lincoln Lodge or simply enjoy our Halloween educational antics here.

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Class! with Chad the Bird & Sara Benincasa

YouTube video by WGN News

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Veronica @veronicaeye.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

As we urge the press to cover what is happening, we need to protect the press when they do their job. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately. #MOMSky

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

FYI, the crime isn't happening on Michigan Avenue.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

There’s a terrible situation at an ICE facility in Chicago. ICE GOONS are forcefully arresting people, pushing through protesters, and even lobbing tear gas at reporters.

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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org · 03/09/2025

CHIRP's live lit and music series The First Time returns to Martyrs' on 9/10. Meet one of our featured readers: Boston-raised, Chicago-braised drummer/singer/songwriter Gerald Dowd who has been described as “the hardest working drummer in Chicago.” Get your tickets: firsttime.chirpradio.org

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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org · 04/09/2025

Don't miss CHIRP's live lit and music series The First Time returning to Martyrs' on 9/10. Meet one of our featured readers: Stand up comedian Audrey Jonas who has been drawing audiences all over the Midwest since 2014. Get your tickets at firsttime.chirpradio.org

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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org · 05/09/2025

CHIRP's live lit series The First Time returns to Martyrs' on 9/10. Meet one of our featured readers: Amy Eaton, a writer, performer, director and arts educator. Her work has been published in The Coachella Review, Mulberry Literary and Hippocampus Magazine. tickets: firsttime.chirpradio.org

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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org · 06/09/2025

Experience CHIRP's live lit series The First Time at Martyrs' on 9/10. Meet our featured reader: Eunji Kim, a comedian, actor and writer. She was a Senior Writer for Cards Against Humanity and can be seen performing stand-up all over the country. Show tickets at: firsttime.chirpradio.org

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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org · 08/09/2025

Experience CHIRP's live lit and music series The First Time returning to Martyrs' on 9/10. Meet our featured reader: Kat Sachs - the co-managing editor of Cine-File Chicago and a columnist on moviegoing for the Chicago Reader. Get your tickets at: firsttime.chirpradio.org

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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org · 09/09/2025

TOMORROW! CHIRP's live lit and music series The First Time returns to Martyrs. This edition features five unique readers' "First Watch" stories and a song accompanying each one performed by The First Time Three. Get your tickets at firsttime.chirpradio.org

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