An FR24 map showing Journey Aviation’s N588TN landing in Algiers. This was an ICE flight.

An ADSBx map showing Talon Air’s N50JE going from Accra to Addis Ababa. This was an ICE flight.

An ADSBx map showing Journey’s N62FF landing in Nairobi. This was an ICE flight.

An FR24 map showing Omni’s N207AX landing in Kinshasa. This was and ICE flight.

A particularly evil week for ICE flights in Africa. Since Tuesday, ICE has deported people to Algeria, Ethiopia and Kenya, plus two possible third-country removal trips to Ghana, and one confirmed third-country removal trip of 15 Latin American nationals to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

First chunk of new transit money to be spent on security, service for CTA, Metra and Pace The new money will start kicking in June 1, when the RTA is replaced by NITA, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, which will have expanded powers over the transit agencies it oversees.

more cops more cops more cops

Earlier this evening: dozens of people gathered in Chicago's far north side Rogers (Phillip) Park in support of an 18-year-old Mather High School student and his mother, who, according to the student's older brother, were abducted from the Chicago immigration court at Ida B. Wells Drive in March.

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hey i think something might be wrong with bluesky

Update: it worked

New from me and @lcrw.news : The 120th anniversary of the Azusa Street Revival and 10 years since NAR was at the coliseum for Azusa Now. I spend a lot of time in this world- attending live events. Somehow I was still surprised by the level of hate ok display. Welcome to NAR world.

These murals are a political project rooted in eugenics, using a dead women's body to advance gutter racism under the guise of "memory."

Public art that isn’t - Chicago Reader Chicago takes its public art seriously—which is why a Big Tech-funded mural of slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska has drawn scrutiny.

"Remember Iryna is not a grassroots memorial; more so, it is a political campaign funded by men who have been explicit about their ideological goals."

Council turns up heat to find replacement for ShotSpotter Mayor Brandon Johnson canceled the ShotSpotter contract and launched an open competition nearly two years ago to replace the gunshot detection technology. Nothing has happened since then.

i truly can’t believe we’re still talking about shotspotter

screenshot of a ray lopez tweet from 9/17/2020. it shows a bowl of watery cardboard slop with the caption “Toast & oatmeal kinda day today 🤤”

should’ve gone with this one

Update on today's Chicagoland federal immigration agent activity from community group Hijos de Migrantes:

As of 2:24 pm, the group reports at least 4 people taken, plus 1 person reportedly detained by DEA.

Reported sightings w/o confirmed detentions in Elgin, Glendale Heights, Pullman.

but larry snelling told me this law doesn't exist

COMMENTARY OTHER VIEWS LGBTQ+ No, my Sun-Times colleague, Violet Miller, and lare not the same person Many people can't tell us apart because they don't know or understand trans women, a deficit that fuels policies and rhetoric that harm us all. By Ellery Jones | Apr 15, 2026, 6:00am CDT Chicago Sun-Times reporter Violet Miller (left) and Sun-Times and WBEZ Innovation Editor Ellery Jones | Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times

A very important personal message for you all today:

No, @vimiller.bsky.social and I are NOT the same person.

And the fact that y'all keep confusing us says something about Society™️

in case you need more clarification: chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2026...

Lawmakers grill Department of Corrections after audit shows dozens of failures Article Summary Illinois lawmakers say the Illinois Department of Corrections must fix a slew of errors that were revealed in

"Corrections officials also updated a legislative oversight committee on its progress implementing a rule allowing them to scan and digitize prison mail. It showed an increase of illegal drugs found in jails since the scanning program was implemented."

The sightings near state courthouses are especially concerning because people going to court are not only in a vulnerable position, they are supposed to be protected from civil/immigration arrest by IL law.

ICE prowling around courthouses gives me the impression they're trying to skirt that law.

ICE activity in Chicagoland has been on the rise with the temperature the last few weeks. These incidents don't have the spectacle that characterized Greg Bovino and Border Patrol's raids in the fall, but people are still being abducted by federal agents across the city and suburbs.

it looks like they really hit cicero and some of the western suburbs this morning—both frequent hunting grounds for ice since long before operation "midway blitz."

ice is still here and still kidnapping people and has been notably active this week amid the warmer weather, just without the splash of bovino's gang

And again this morning.

lol. lmao even.

Smell of feces, vomit fills crowded ICE facility, detainee's wife says Conditions at the ICE facility in central Phoenix mirror the conditions at a Mesa facility, where people were being treated worse than "animals," lawmakers said.

Many, many brave people are fighting to stop this, and also—our collective failure to stop it from getting this far will haunt us for the rest of our lives.

but fr i’m not a fan of separating opinion from “real” journalism, mostly bc i’m a human being with opinions and not a robot.

Editorial: Why must City Council kill mayoral opposition to a tipped minimum wage? Our restaurant owners can explain. Preserve Chicago’s restaurants and servers’ livelihoods, City Council.

how else would the poor oppressed business owners tell their side of the story?

totally wrong. what would we do without the trib editorial board, chicago’s guiding light?

more on that point and the politics of quantum coming soon

This is a good piece for the most part but the thing that's missing from it is how much of a moonshot quantum computing is. Like if we're REALLY lucky we MIGHT have a functioning quantum computer that can do multiple calculations in 20 years

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

What is quantum computing? - Chicago Reader The science behind quantum computing—and what the military wants to do with it

and if you’re thinking, “wtf is quantum computing?” we got you covered

read this to learn more about the quantum computing megadevelopment being built on the south side of chicago

it’s like my government records come with a fun little matching game