Reposted by British Manfriendshawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 14hit’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 03415
Reposted by British ManfriendEverest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'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... 25851310
Reposted by British ManfriendPaperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 131401395
Reposted by British Manfriendoctober "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch @octoberk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026this 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...thesicktimes.orgI interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick TimesWhile 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... 415181
Reposted by British Manfriendunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026After 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: 18823
Reposted by British ManfriendRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tennessee 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.theintercept.comThe “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. 3337114
Reposted by British ManfriendRobert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I saw a pig in Ravenswood. His name is Snoopy. 2185287
British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Lake forever, problems for now, half-marathon edition 171
Reposted by British Manfriend404 Media @404media.co · 25/09/2026Meta 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... 53816315
British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Other people make life worth living and god fucking help you if you can't come around to that 110
Reposted by British ManfriendAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026chicago! 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! 073
Reposted by British ManfriendEm, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We’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...docs.google.comWindy Pop Weekender - Volunteer InfoHi, 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! 386
British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026America's Beautiful Garbage Beef Boy Waved Down By Small Child Mid-Run (child needed to let me know how much she liked my "shiny") 120
Reposted by British ManfriendTricia 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 1442127
Reposted by British ManfriendPatrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 23/09/2026more than anything this is proof that 1991 was The 80s 61848
Reposted by British Manfriendmichael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 09/08/2023bisexual 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 237289
Reposted by British ManfriendChicago AQ @chicagoaq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026At 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 031
Reposted by British ManfriendDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 21/09/2026This 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 1198121
British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The kids on my block are rowdy today and I love it 000
Reposted by British Manfriendevan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ambiguity Program Cartoon Show "LIVE" Every 1st Friday in Brooklyn New York City at "SEA & SOIL" at "FIVE O'CLOCK" 97317
Reposted by British ManfriendSarah Becan @sarahbecan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I 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 2314
Reposted by British ManfriendBearhat @fussybabybit.ch · 21/09/2026Once again: the "concerned parents of a transed child" is an abuser rights movement 121673516
Reposted by British Manfriendjad 📸 @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 #Chicagodust.aerojad.comChicagohenge & Shooting A Sunset - dustComing 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 ... 04015
Reposted by British ManfriendPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This piece by Jen and Keeanga offers some helpful framing: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...inthesetimes.comThe Execution That Birthed a MovementTroy Davis' death on Sept. 21, 2011, transformed Occupy and kindled Black Lives Matter. 1144
Reposted by British ManfriendBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026ngl 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 401232437
Reposted by British Manfriendlottie "frog k" lovely ⚧️🏴☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sex-crazed women in your area spend every waking moment inventing horrifying new kinds of nudity. Stopping at nothing 171
Reposted by British ManfriendMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026While 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":evanstonnow.comFederal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston NowPolice chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved. 16592249
Reposted by British Manfriendmore mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026my 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, 241237249
Reposted by British ManfriendShepseskare in Love @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026keith haring, grace jones, fela kuti, and jean-michel basquiat photographed by andy warhol. at mr. chow, nyc (june 1986) 62901633
Reposted by British ManfriendChicakō @chicago-seasons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Sep 18–22: Equinox balance Day and night nearly equal; first cool snaps nudge trees toward change. 0123
Reposted by British Manfriendaustin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This 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). 91087329
Reposted by British ManfriendBrandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 16/09/2026They need a real housewifes of inner lake shore drive 1232
Reposted by British ManfriendStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Being 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. 1203
Reposted by British ManfriendStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026All 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. 14514
Reposted by British ManfriendWhat a week, huh? all Wednesdays @whataweekhuh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026 1281151
Reposted by British ManfriendStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026(Seriously: a must-read. 7 years. One hour.) 095
Reposted by British Manfriendvideogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026killer7, screenshot, gamecube (2005) www.mobygames.com/game/18931/k... 118844
Reposted by British ManfriendJack de Quidt @notquitereal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026six 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 1549