Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 18hwhich reporter will ask the new press secretary about this $72 billion trump made on the tiktok i want to hear the explanation lol 472282400
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialBluesky @bsky.app · 14/10/2026Happy 100th birthday, Winnie-the-Pooh! Did you know that Winnie was based on a real Canadian-British bear—and that his full name was WINNIPEG? 542619319
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 22hAn incredible episode early in Marco Rubio's career, that previewed exactly how he would come to operate in the following 24 years. Read our new profile: zeteo.com/p/secretary-... 1336372
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialJohn Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 22hSix days after ICE shot him in the Bronx, Oscar Belgal remains in MDC Brooklyn, and still hasn’t gotten surgery to remove the bullet in his neck. “He has experienced a loss of sensation in half of his face, as well as hearing loss in his left ear.” Gift link: www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/14/l...nydailynews.comICE never identified themselves during NYC shooting of Oscar Belgal, who still has bullet in neck: lawyersThe Legal Aid Society, which now represents the 28-year-old father, filed a habeas corpus petition in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, seeking his “immediate release on reasonable conditions.” 331685871
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialAutonomy News @autonomynews.co · 21hREVEALED: The Trump administration gave almost $13 million in family planning grants to anti-abortion physicians. More than $8 million went to projects led by a Pennsylvania doctor who recently said girls should think about future pregnancies as young as 8 years old. scoop by @garnethenderson.comautonomynews.co‘Destructive’: Nearly $13 Million in Family Planning Grants Go to Anti-Abortion DoctorsMillions in federal funds earmarked to train health providers will go to doctors with links to crisis pregnancy centers and the Heritage Foundation for programs focused on infertility and “body litera... 39360250
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Donald Trump is notorious for suing people for defamation. And yet he has never sued anyone for defamation who accused him of being a pedophile. Trump is notorious for never letting go of a grudge. And yet he never mentions the men who supposedly tried to assassinate him. He'll never admit why. 833049869
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialdan sinker @dansinker.com · 14/10/2026All cop settlements should come out of their pension funds. blockclubchicago.org/2026/10/14/c...blockclubchicago.orgCity OKs Largest Settlement In History To Men Who Say They Were Framed By Disgraced CopAlderpeople approved a $260 million mass settlement for lawsuits filed by 17 men who allege they were framed for murder by former Chicago police detective Reynaldo Guevara. 920145
myurbanlife.bsky.social @myurbanlife.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The Dems need to be clear on how they will keep trump under control if the retake the house and senate. How will they keep him from continuing to just do what ever he wants? 000
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialPublic Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Meta rolled out Muse, which it's marketing as a cute and cuddly new AI personal assistant. It has a much darker reality. This AI agent is building a backlog of files on you that Meta can access. You're opening the door for your data to potentially get stolen. 66541
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 14/10/2026This chart in this morning's NYT is awfully misleading. Suggested edits in red to avoid any confusion. 131087280
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 14/10/2026BREAKING: Guinea-Bissau did not approve the controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial to move forward, the country's health minister says: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comGuinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newbornsHealth minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr 3551239
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 5129921371
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialReece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 12/10/2026SCOOP: Meta says that its AI agent, called Muse, is allowed to generate explicit sexual content for adults. These X-rated outputs starkly contrast with its Labubu-style mascot. wired.com/story/i-got-...wired.comI Got My Muse AI Agent to Sext Me—and Meta Says That’s Totally FineMy Muse agent told me its kink was exerting “control” and described pornographic encounters. Meta defends its cuddly AI agent generating smut as “legal adult behavior.” 158130
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026When Dems talk about the Ilhan Omar situation, they need to stop using language that implies that Omar might have done anything wrong. Trump is not "investigating" Omar. They are trying to denaturalize and deport a sitting Congressmember by scrutinizing decades old paperwork from when she was a kid 432560751
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Some of the escalations we're seeing, including the attack on Ilhan Omar's home (I will not pretend this act was "investigatory"), are desperate acts. But we must remember that desperate people can be very dangerous. A domestic abuse victim, for example, is in the most danger when trying to leave. 32753668
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced. 14824989511713
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.washingtonpost.comElon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegallyInvestors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa. 13374872571
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialMolly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026gm! at 10 I'll be live-tweeting the emergency TRO hearing in Judge Reyes's "courtroom" (this is on Zoom) in D.C. Preservation League v. Department of Interior, otherwise known as the golf course case 281629391
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books. 5447511459
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialMaggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. 337611341
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If you're a sailor who served aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on this recent deployment, and you want to get your story out there anonymously about your experience and how you and your shipmates were treated, send me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com 12590198
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialCertified Illinois Expert @mrillinois.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I have been inside 129 Illinois public libraries and don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this in Sterling: three-story stacks with glass floors to let in more light, original to the 1904 Carnegie building. 46941170
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialBethanne Wills @bethannewills.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This might help! share.google/EbuY4Pb8JlR3...share.googleHow to Disable Some Apple Intelligence Features on Your iPhone or Mac and Reclaim Valuable Space - CNETThe new AI features could be taking up a lot of storage on your device. 2355
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialryecatchblock.bsky.social @ryecatchblock.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Imagine how much more powerful it would be if Dem campaigns didn't treat their donor lists like a commodity. I should not be deterred from donating to a local, progressive candidate because I don't want to receive 5000 texts from candidates all across the country and party spectrum. 0102
myurbanlife.bsky.social @myurbanlife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If I had to bake with my husband, I have to either - nope, I’m out or do a Sweeney Todd thing. #GBBS 010
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com 924851346
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialAndrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The man shot by ICE in NYC yesterday has disappeared after he was admitted to the hospital, and his lawyer reportedly doesn’t know where he is. www.courthousenews.com/ice-shot-a-m...courthousenews.comICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find himThe agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car. 13784392
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“It’s about degrading the people. It’s about desensitizing the public. The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...thebulwark.comHegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff FilmNeo-fascism as spectacles of violence. 55749182
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialReadJack🇺🇸 @readjack.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Happy Chicago Day, Chicago! Chicago Day was an annual celebration every Oct. 9, marking the anniversary of the day AFTER the Chicago Fire started, symbolizing a day of rebuilding. It started in 1893 during the World’s Fair. We should definitely bring it back! 1348
myurbanlife.bsky.social @myurbanlife.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Has any Dem spoken out about this live-streamed murder? What, exactly, çan be done to stop it? 000
myurbanlife.bsky.social @myurbanlife.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There are lots of people talking but I don’t hear how it’s all going to be stopped. 000
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings. 412412839
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialGary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Hasan was paralyzed in the shooting, so as if this wasn't all bad enough already, sit with the image of him being executed while in a wheelchair for that extra frisson of barbarity. 511517396
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026While the 911 calls we obtained may be difficult to listen to, they offer a glimpse into a place reporters cannot access. And they show failures in responding to mental health and medical emergencies in a place where three people died over six weeks.propublica.orgListen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ... 14674423
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialJezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“The amount of racist comments/dms I’ve received in the last few hours is insane,” the Grand Slam champion tweeted after her controversial win in Beijing www.jezebel.com/coco-gauff-t... 0276
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Forty percent of American Nobel laureates this century in chemistry, medicine and physics have been immigrants, many arriving as students. 319190
myurbanlife.bsky.social @myurbanlife.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It seems like it would be hard to pick the worst person in the trump admin but here he is. Just absolutely the worst person 000
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ivan Turgenev's "Execution of Troppmann" is a short essay, published in 1870, that gives a first-hand account of the writer attending a public execution in Paris. Turgenev's details how the drunk, unruly crowd turned a somber moment into a carnival. A deeply moving essay; I encourage you to read it. 442036514
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026RFK Jr is funding a grotesquely unethical study on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau; ethicists, pediatricians, clinical trial experts, & infectious disease experts are calling this horrific trial The New Tuskegee. It is unethical to withhold a life saving intervention from half of newborns FFS. 21520274
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialWTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026WTTW News’ Voter Guide is your one-stop shop for everything you need to know before voting in the 2026 Illinois general election with information on statewide, Cook County and Chicago races. to.wttw.com/4yG8bprto.wttw.com2026 General Election Voter Guide | Chicago News | WTTWWTTW News’ 2026 Voter Guide to the General Election is your comprehensive library of resources for the election on Nov. 3. 077
myurbanlife.bsky.social @myurbanlife.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Dear Don Thanks for the $90. I will be donating the entire amount in your honor to @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social 1175
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.rollingstone.comCDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study 831476697
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It’s 2026 and people believe that ivermectin and fenbendazole treat cancer. They don't. Many drugs exhibit cancer cell toxicity in a petri dish. But the game changes when you move to animal models or humans. Mel Gibson is not a good source of factual information. 🧪 www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUndercover reporter offered fenbendazole and ivermectin as cancer treatmentA terminally ill patient was offered the drugs by a stair lift salesman claiming they could shrink tumours. 28365167
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialColossal @thisiscolossal.com · 08/10/2026The apocalypse goes tiny with Simon Laveuve’s 1/35-scale miniatures www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/10/simo... 0134
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026They are burying restrictions or demands on what can or can’t be funded at the Smithsonian in footnotes to apportionments. And some of those footnotes are VERY precise… 412066
Reposted by @myurbanlife.bsky.socialJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Dangerous provisions would hand Trump broad powers to block future presidents from acting on climate change and restoring the Clean Air Act" Seems bad. 14513
![Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiafwdmp63odeydunst4aizjbnunnu5s26f6bk22yqg6drbdmutqf4)
![It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreidewrh2r7x4l3whf3llsqoenslqugawxzj3p43gflsa5pd4zqmuhi)
