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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 14h
it’s super cool and fun that the university of chicago police department—one of the nation’s largest private police forces—has a network of alprs in a pocket of the south side that it runs without any outside oversight or transparency
an automated license plate reader on a blue light pole in chicago’s hyde park neighborhood another alpr mounted to a different blue light camera in hyde park. a third alpr mounted to a third blue light camera in hyde park
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Slideshare Gems @goodslides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm very please to announce a public release of my drag-and-drop bookmarking, game-making, and wandering tool Scrubjay! Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...
"SCRUBJAY" sits over a bunch of images of frogs, birds, doors. it's a very 90s look
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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Photo of a book cover which features an illustration of a man and woman meditating aside a chakra map and inside a translucent pyramid which is flying over the desert. Copy and title read

It’s happening again 

WHITE PEOPLE
UP TO
NO GOOD

by John D. Nuagape
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october "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch @octoberk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this investigation on long COVID inside of prisons is out today at the Sick Times! I worked on this piece for months and am so grateful to the folks who shared their experiences with me. I'll write up a real thread a little later, but you can read it now: thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
After elected officials joined community members in protest over the 17th District incidents, ICE still returned. A witness sent us a photo they captured of masked agents yet again using police property for their operations on Sept 10 in Logan Square:
a black chevy tahoe with its door open behind a fence. a man in a baseball cap and a hoodie walks beside it to another black SUV
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tennessee plans to execute a woman tomorrow. She was 18 when she committed the crime. She's now 50. Like most on death row, she's also a victim. And like most on death row, she's a far different person now than she was then. No one humanizes the condemned better than @lilianasegura.bsky.social.
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The “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.
After 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18.
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British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolute unit Snoopy
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I saw a pig in Ravenswood. His name is Snoopy.
A large black pig in the front yard of a house
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British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lake forever, problems for now, half-marathon edition
Photo of Lake Michigan beside south DLSD on mile 12 of the half headed back toward Jackson Park
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404 Media @404media.co · 25/09/2026
Meta announced that its new AI agent, Muse could call businesses for you to do things like make reservations. But in reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media @jasonkoebler.bsky.social learned. www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...
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Gumby Screens @gumbyscreens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Frame #5241 from 60sE28 goo for pokey
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 24/09/2026
This guy is FUCKED
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British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Other people make life worth living and god fucking help you if you can't come around to that
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
chicago! if you're in or near the 32nd ward and want to synch with a genuine people's movement for better city government, come to a party TOMORROW! meet neighbors, make progressive community, food and fun, q & a with Patrick Gilsenan! 6pm near Damen+Armitage; ping me for address!
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Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We’re still looking for a couple more volunteers to help with merch and photos on Saturday. Volunteers get free entry to both days of the fest. Fill out the form if you can help! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Windy Pop Weekender - Volunteer Info
Hi, and thank you for your interest in volunteering at Windy Pop Weekender! Please fill out this form and we'll be in touch! If you have any questions, please email hello@windypopweekender.com!
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British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
America's Beautiful Garbage Beef Boy Waved Down By Small Child Mid-Run (child needed to let me know how much she liked my "shiny")
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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“shape of you” by ed sheeran is from the perspective of a dog … he’s in love with the shape of you because it’s all he can see with his dog eyes
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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Photo of a book cover featuring a man with an intense face working a juicer with a carrot in his hand as he’s surrounded by fruits and vegetables. Copy and title read 

COMPLETELY LEGAL

TORTURING
FRUITS
VEGETABLES

GET THE
VEGETABLE SECRETS

THEIR BLOOD WILL MAKE YOU FEEL ALIVE™

"Torture is OK." - The U.S. Constitution

RALPH MOLTENSOLE
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 23/09/2026
more than anything this is proof that 1991 was The 80s
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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 09/08/2023
bisexual men are always turning back at the threshold to give the decrepit room behind them and its piled boxes of rotting newsprint one last pass with the flashlight, leaving themselves momentarily unguarded against the burgeoning congregation of shadows in the unlit hallway
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Chicago AQ @chicagoaq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At 9 AM the AQI was 23 , the dominant pollutant was PM2.5 and the air quality is unbelievable PM2.5 = 23 or 4.75 µg/m³ PM10 = 15 or 15.7 µg/m³ NO₂ = 9 or 10 ppb SO₂ = 1 or 0.81 ppb O₃ = 21 or 22.87 ppb CO = 2 or 0.2 ppb
Chicago Air Quality Conditions
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 21/09/2026
This is happening to my clients. Makes it impossible for me to know if they're still in Minnesota or even in America. ICE can shuttle them around without my knowledge and, unless they get word to me, I have no way to access them as counsel
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British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The kids on my block are rowdy today and I love it
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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ambiguity Program Cartoon Show "LIVE" Every 1st Friday in Brooklyn New York City at "SEA & SOIL" at "FIVE O'CLOCK"
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Sarah Becan @sarahbecan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I went to a cake decorating class yesterday and made a cake that looks like Toki, our Young Prince. It was a blast, but Toki is unimpressed
A cake that looks like a derpy orange cat 
A cake that looks like a derpy orange catThe cake cat next to the real (uninterested) cat
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Bearhat @fussybabybit.ch · 21/09/2026
Once again: the "concerned parents of a transed child" is an abuser rights movement
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jad 📸 @aerojad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
📝 This Wednesday is the autumn equinox (already) which means it's time for the twice-annual show that is Chicagohenge. I wrote a bit about it, suggestions on where to shoot, and in general trying to answer the question "how do I know if I'm gonna have good weather for a sunset" #photography #Chicago
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Chicagohenge & Shooting A Sunset - dust
Coming up soon, at time of writing, is the second edition of the bi-yearly phenomenon known as “Chicagohenge.” To make a long story short, Chicago’s layout sits on a due north/south/east/west sort of ...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This piece by Jen and Keeanga offers some helpful framing: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
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The Execution That Birthed a Movement
Troy Davis' death on Sept. 21, 2011, transformed Occupy and kindled Black Lives Matter.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
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lottie "frog k" lovely ⚧️🏴‍☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sex-crazed women in your area spend every waking moment inventing horrifying new kinds of nudity. Stopping at nothing
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
While ICE agents were shooting Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin on Sunday, their colleagues were violently detaining a US citizen in Evanston, IL who "resembled" a person they were seeking. The victim reported "injuries to his head, neck and teeth":
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Gumby Screens @gumbyscreens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Frame #4968 from 60sE27 a hair-raising adventure
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more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
my buddy who lived in italy as a kid mentioned what the ninja turtles are called in italian and i asked how they made it work with the song and,
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Shepseskare in Love @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
keith haring, grace jones, fela kuti, and jean-michel basquiat photographed by andy warhol. at mr. chow, nyc (june 1986)
a white man, a jamaican woman, an african man, and a black man walk into a restaurant....
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British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A surprise round of Why Does My Foot Hurt
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Chicakō @chicago-seasons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sep 18–22: Equinox balance Day and night nearly equal; first cool snaps nudge trees toward change.
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Homestar Screens @grapenutsrobot.graphics · 18/09/2026
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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This whole thread makes me feel like my scalp is on fire. I feel like some of us have been shouting the bolded part here for years and they just tweeted it out (in court).
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British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm My Own Dad
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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They need a real housewifes of inner lake shore drive
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Being mad at the Pretrial Fairness Act/SAFE-T Act over provisions of IL law that have been in place for DECADES (see again: the IL Constitution) should be ~embarrassing~ to people with a clear responsibility to educate themselves, something we can and should help them to achieve.
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
All offenses are eligible for pretrial release not just because that is good policy but because that is what the Illinois Constitution demands WhenEVER you hear someone discuss the issue otherwise, you are listening to someone 1) lie to you, 2) who has not been paying attention, or 3) both.
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Homestar Screens @grapenutsrobot.graphics · 16/09/2026
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What a week, huh? all Wednesdays @whataweekhuh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?”
Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.”
Snowy aka Milou is very excited about the drink he has found.

Viñeta de Tintin
El capitán Haddock, sentado a una mesa y con aspecto de estar agotado, dice: "¡Menuda semana, ¿eh?".
Tintín, a su derecha, le dice: "Capitán, es miércoles".
A la izquierda, Milú mira muy contento la bebida que está en la mesa.
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Gumby Screens @gumbyscreens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Frame #3619 from 60sE28 goo for pokey
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Slideshare Gems @goodslides.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
(Seriously: a must-read. 7 years. One hour.)
Judges already account for the severity of the allegations when determining pretrial release, and requiring incarceration based on the charge alone would be both unconstitutional and a disaster in a county where 1 out of 3 people charged with a felony is ultimately found not guilty or has their case dismissed.Like the vast majority of people facing a murder charge, Vanessa was detained. She spent over seven years in jail awaiting trial at the snail's pace of the Cook County courts.

When finally released on electronic monitoring, Vanessa was present for every court hearing, hoping to clear her name. Earlier this summer, it took a jury one hour to find her not guilty. But a person who is acquitted never gets that time back and never gets restitution for the years of freedom they were denied.
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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
killer7, screenshot, gamecube (2005) www.mobygames.com/game/18931/k...
long/gangly armed, legged creature, ash black, red tentacles dangling. sniper target on creature. green pastures.
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Jack de Quidt @notquitereal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
six ages is a foundational FatT text and i'm so excited to check out the latest game by those developers, about performing heists in hell
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