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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

this totally unlocked childhood memories of secretly watching this dude host Friday late night double feature horror movies on a little b&w tv.

A man with hair shaping his face like owl horns, wearing owl glasses, a t-shirt picturing a cartoon owl, and a black leather jacket.

Frederick C. Peerenboom, better known as Fritz the Nite Owl (born December 27, 1934, in Nekoosa, Wisconsin), is an American radio and television personality in Columbus, Ohio.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

honestly the whole graf is great don’t have time to know what I’m talking about bc social media is now

I haven't seen the film. This means I cannot confidently assess its editing, corroboration, or the full testimony it presents. I would love to live in a world in which I could wait, watch the movie, and have a sober debate about its claims.
Unfortunately, the discourse online is not so patient. That's why it's necessary to examine the argument its makers have published, the reporting on which it builds, and the standards by which its allegations should be judged. The film falls short on every dimension.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

love that auto-caption didn’t know what to do with him saying “mercisly” and came up with this 😆

This September 11th marks the 25 year anniversary, our…

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

my favorite time of year has officially begun

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Last year we analyzed one program managed by our Attorney General that has significantly fueled Illinois’ expansion of ALPRs. In a three year span, Illinois police spent $5.6 million on over 900 ALPRs and their associated service subscriptions.

What Cops Bought
ORC GRANTS, 2023-2025

100+ Illinois police departments spent state grants on ALPR cameras or related software and accessories

GPS tracking devices $211,522
Misc. tech $154,053
Cell phone & vehicle forensics $399,352
Overtime $2.7M
Fusus $3.2M
Vehicles $421,889
ALPRs $5.6M
Video surveillance (PODs, etc) $1.2M

Source: contracts and state invoices reviewed by Unraveled

100+ police departments in Illinois spent $5+ million dollars on automated license plate readers. Each Flock ALPR costs approximately $3000 with installation.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Watching s1e12 and wondered if it was the finale (lots of gratuitous explosions and stunts) so I searched:

DuckDuckGo search “how many episodes in airwolf season 1”

The so-called search assist replies “Season 1 of Airwolf has 11 episodes.”

Note which episode # I was on.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Stumbled upon Airwolf and 12-year-old me hit play. Man this is so dumb, funny, cringe, and 80s awesome. Everything I hoped for. Even the intro explainer kills me:

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

actually even after 10,000 searches his department only noticed because someone, likely one of the people he was stalking, submitted a records request and *then* they noticed

How the investigation started

According to the affidavit, the LPD received a public information request on Aug. 14 regarding Klein's use of the Flock system. The LPD audited Klein's searches and found they were inconsistent with criminal investigations before reporting the findings to the Texas Rangers.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The 17th District's Oath Keeper cop has finally retired, per this month's FOP newsletter.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

lol, when “high taxes” is how you open your poll…

Which one or two of the following would you say is the biggest issue facing Chicago right now? (Select up to two)

High Taxes
City Governance
Education
Crime
Immigration
Housing
The Economy

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Dana Hillard got a mention in our “stripped cops” story in Jan 2025. He turned in his badge July 31, 2024. Yep, years are correct. Since then, the son of a fmr superintendent has a six figure salary as a desk jockey while they investigate $18,000 in PPP fraud. unraveledpress.com/stripped-chi...

PO Dana Hillard #10880, 44 years old
Current status: Alternate Response Section
Last assignment: 2nd District
Tenure: 18 years
Dana Hillard is the subject of a Bureau of Internal Affairs investigation categorized as "Criminal
Misconduct-Theft."

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

think we all know the process he’ll use

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

lawyers in 2026 learning that words sent to a website are discoverable

Beyond this being a highly interesting case on its own merits, it shows that ChatGPT transcripts can be obtained by opposing lawyers in discovery or during depositions. Moye said
"every lawyer needs to make sure their own experts aren't generating work product in a way that's insincere, and then knowing you can subpoena the prompts [.] I've got lawyers all over the place saying, 1) 'Holy shit, man. How did you get the prompts?, and 2) 'How many cases do I have where this is happening to us?'"'

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

idk how long they’ve been in use but they have firearm detection systems at the two entrances. it beats navigating metal detectors but it’s a funny choice to deploy a thing that triggers off metal cylindrical shapes at a venue where every other person is carrying bags w small foldable chairs

One of several CEIA OpenGate devices in use wearing customized Millennium Park koozies.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

it’s cool that we have this for perfect summer nights

Jay Pritzker Pavilion lit in pink-purple lights with the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus performing

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If this helps: Mendoza endorsed MAGA former Chicago Police lieutenant John Garrido when he ran for judge as a Dem in 2020 after losing two non-partisan races and one as a Republican (he lost this one too.) He’s already endorsed her for mayor this cycle.

An announcement that Susana Mendoza endorsed John Garrido as a Dem in the county’s 10th subcircuit in 2020.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This law firm was just awarded a $150 million/year contract to lead representation of unaccompanied minors through immigration proceedings. Seems really bad!

Joshua Daniel Wright (born January 20, 19/7) Is an American economist, attorney, and former government official. Wright was a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2013 to
2015. At the time of his nomination, Wright was the fourth economist to be an FTC commissioner. 2]
Wright was a professor of law at George Mason
University's Antonin Scalia Law School between 2004 and 2023, and was the exer tive director of its Global Antitrust Institute (GAI), (31[4] In 2023, Wright resigned from George Mason following eight allegations of sexual misconduct from former students, and a determination by George Mason University that he violated university policies relating to consensual relationships and professional ethics that constituted grounds for termination.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is agent #7880, who we've become quite familiar with in immigration court & other videos like this around the Chicago area. He was also the agent giving orders at Broadview on Sept 26 last year, when his agents shot my reporting partner in the face w/a pepperball.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Putting this page in a time capsule

Wired homepage with two explosive diarrhea stories with a kaleidoscope smiling poop 💩 emoji style graphic and a wildfire smoke story.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Reminded me—spotted one of your shirts at Broadview Saturday.

Person in Spiderman mask wearing a Migrants melt the ICE shirt in style of the Morton’s Salt girl with umbrella, with Kermit the Frog on their arm

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Also got Mamdani. Getting a tee shirt “89% chud free”

Your Results
89% Woke
11% Chud
47%
Techbro
53% Neo-Luddite
48% Hopepilled 52% Doomer
81% Davos
19% Dubai
YOUR CLOSEST MATCH:
Zohran
Mamdani

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

this is getting ridiculous www.wired.com/story/securi...

As difficult as digital anonymity has become in the modern world, obtaining a phone number without revealing almost any identifying information-whether by buying a temporary burner phone or registering an account with a privacy-preserving phone carrier-has remained entirely legal in the US. Now the Federal Communications Commission wants to change that.

Late last month, the FCC released a proposal for a new rule that would implement know-your-customer requirements for cellular networks, requiring that cellular providers "at a minimum, obtain and retain the name, physical address, government issued identification number, and an alternate telephone number of any new and renewing customer before granting access to its services." The proposal is described as a measure akin to money-laundering laws designed to make it more difficult for scammers to exploit the phone networks. But privacy advocates argue it also threatens a last conduit of anonymity for those seeking to evade phone surveillance-whether that's journalists, whistleblowers, activists, or simply people seeking to avoid mass data collection in yet another facet of their communications.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

but I think you only have to do six in total, and it’s setup so you can’t just do all books or all programs since there are five slots for each.

Log as you read and attend programs
Log the books you're reading and programs you're attending this summer. Once you've filled in six pages, bring your log into your library branch to earn a baseball cap and be entered to win a raffle prize*

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Villegas *could* simply write this ordinance to not apply to people who smoke in public, but instead he points to police and prosecutorial discretion to sort it out, who will use that discretion in biased ways.

"I don't think there will be a judge that says, I'm going to throw the book at you because you're smoking weed in a park," Villegas said.

Asked about the possibility of people who use marijuana in public being hit with the heightened penalties, Villegas said enforcement would be "at the discretion of a police officer." It is more likely that police would ask rule-breakers to move along or stop it, but officers would gain a much-needed tool if smokers — or sellers -— refuse to, he said.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Fox News described this as a “mixed reaction” with “some cheering.”

As the national anthem was being sung, Trump was shown on the MSG big screen above the court, and a mixed reaction from the crowd ensued.

While there was some cheering, as Trump saluted the crowd from his suite, the boos from those in attendance rang louder before the video panned back to NYPD officers holding flags on the court.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Tomorrow will be exactly 3 months since a reporter angered Trump by suggesting he might bore of his new war. Trump claimed he “never gets bored” before meandering into talking about his ballroom. Now he says negotiations are “very boring.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"We projected four to five weeks but we have capability to go far longer than that. We'll do it ...
Somebody actually said, from the media, I think you'll get bored after about a week or two. No, we don't get bored. I never get bored, if I got bored, I wouldn't be standing here right now. I guarantee you that. To go through what I had to go through."

The ceremony bestowed the Medal of Honor to three service members, including staff sergeant Michael Ollis, who died in Afghanistan. But it was Trump's ballroom comments that caused a stir on social media.

Susan Glasser, a staff writer at the New Yorker, posted on X: "Bragging about his 'beautiful ballroom' while he's supposed to be explaining the somber decision to go to war. It's one of the most politically tone deaf things I've ever seen from a POTUS, including this one..."

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

here’s a recent example: remember the car crash into City News @ Six Corners a few weeks ago? this is what cpd told media. In reality, cops pursued this car for about a mile, and the car had not been reported stolen at all. Cops woke up the car owner after the crash and then it was reported stolen.

Police said officers were on patrol when they saw a black Kia blowing through red lights in the area. The car matched the description of a vehicle that had been reported stolen earlier.

Officers turned on their sirens and tried to pull the car over, but the driver sped away, police said.
The driver then lost control of the car and crashed into City News Cafe, officials said. Two of the people in the car were arrested at the scene and two others fled on foot, but were
quickly taken into custody.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

spiderman or his agent left messages

Spiderman loves you, chalked onto a tree stump

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

your moment of zen (bunch of baby geese come ashore and shake, shake it off at LaBagh Woods)

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Far from the worst thing we found while reporting on Lt. Daniel Miller, this complaint from a white man stood out as a particularly insidious way for Miller to push his apparent ideology: sorry man I have to give you this ticket because DEI. This stop also was not in his jurisdiction.

Another, from 2024, alleges Miller pulled them over for an expired tag and told the recipient that he had to give him a ticket to “keep up with diversity.” The complaint alleges Miller told the person the police department is being audited to “ensure they are giving the same amount to Blacks and whites.”

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hadn't checked in on SSTI's stock in a while... down almost 81% from when Brandon Johnson was elected mayor.

chart showing the three-year collapse of SSTI stock to $7.50 today.

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