Saw this same crew (though heavier on the snow buntings) up at Loyola Beach this morning

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

In addition to unloading on demonstrators in Broadview, ICE is now randomly gassing people going about their day on the streets of Chicago

Free Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda – A Mother, Grandmother & Community Leader Detained by ICE We demand the immediate release of Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda (A 208-276-014), a long-time Chicago resident, loving mother and grandmother, and a dedicated community leader, who was unjustly detaine...

OCAD has authored a petition for the release of Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda, a grandmother and community organizer in Chicago who has been in the U.S. for years. She was participating in ISAP while working through her asylum claim, and was detained without warning by immigration enforcement today.

Tattooed arm of ERO (ICE) agent. Forearm band closely resembles a thin blue line

If you're in the Chicago area and you recognize these tattoos, please shoot us a message. Thanks! 🩷

the punk ethos

Hi and welcome to the latest surge in new followers! You're probably here because of protest coverage. Or maybe a skeet that made you mad.

What to know: we are two indie journalists who report primarily on awful guys ™️. We are also fighting to make reader-supported investigative reporting tenable.

@silkys13.bsky.social @truthout.org:

I do indeed! I was actually just out there on my lunch break, at that time he was just east, gazing out at the lake

Still there this morning!

An adorable black and tan dog snoozed on top of a library copy of Karen Russell’s THE ANTIDOTE

I wanted to read tonight but my book seems to have turned into a pillow

eat shit nerd

Two black-clad women sit before microphones. One (Torrey Peters) reads from a book entitled STAG DANCE. The other (Lilly Wachowski) chuckles appreciatively.

“In fiction, unspeakable things are defanged.”

Fragment from a delightful evening with Torrey Peters and Lilly Wachowski. 💉❤️‍🔥

A green banner with text that reads END GENOCIDE IN GAZA. In the foreground a hand holds a patio of goodies including dolmas, homemade hummus & baba ganoush, and flatbreads.

Once house parties were for punk shows. Now they’re for Palestine Legal fundraisers 🇵🇸

"It Is Neither Death, Nor Suicide" Gaza’s Declaration of Life—and Living

Gaza is "not only a site of resistance to Zionism, but a force that challenges colonialism, imperialism and apartheid both globally and locally."

Read our cover story from @jehadabusalim.bsky.social.

A collection of white and translucent sea glass arrayed on newsprint.

Doing what I gotta do 2025 edition

A screenshot of a footnote that contains gibberish words: “O eccentious perdor! O queneau pollintious! O ottor flumpen! Unwrendish. Forbippous. Moldineau.”

Yesterday’s excess of coffee + news meant I didn’t sleep much last night. On the plus side I’m at the top of my lorem ipsum game

Seriously though this is very uncomfortable, I can’t believe I routinely loaded my system with this much caffeine for so long

Earlier this afternoon I had twelve ounces of coffee for the first time in weeks. My whole body is vibrating 🫨

If you are taking book recs I highly recommend @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social & M.E. O’Brien’s Everything For Everyone 🖤🌱

Post office graphic

The post office is under attack! Visit the website of the national postal workers union to find a rally near you- nalc.org. graphic by Justseeds artist Josh MacPhee!

A group of red-clad USPS workers and allies rally against the privatization of the postal service in Federal Plaza, ChicagoS

It’s a beautiful day to support the USPS (evergreen)

If you’re in Chicago, a great way to learn more directly about the experience of incarceration - and help people who’ve just experienced it! - is to volunteer for a @chicommunityjs.bsky.social jail support shift! bsky.app/profile/that...

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My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...

Snow covers the lakeside natural area at Loyola Beach, Chicago.

This again, huh?

▶️ THIS WEEKEND ◀️

The postal service is under attack, and we need to defend it. Join letter carriers at protests across the country to fight back against DOGE and Elon’s attempts to privatize and destroy the USPS.

Yesterday, Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent resident abducted by ICE last week, shared a powerful public statement that he dictated over the phone to his legal team.

Five local writers stand before aquamarine streamers

Detail from a terracotta funeral urn depicting a worldly baby lounging alongside a large ram

Two people stand before the entrance to Rosehill cemetery. One steeples their hands around the other’s cheeks in an attempt to warm them.

Lake Michigan at dusk. A single wave rolls in.

This weekend ruled

A brown and tan dog underneath my work desk. He is giving the photographer the stink eye

Love my colleague

Four library books fanned out on an old-fashioned radiator. The titles are: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner Trust Exercise by Susan Choi What You Make of Me by Sophie Madeline Dess One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

Welp, still no Torrey Peters or Karen Russell, but a solid haul nevertheless.