OK, y'all. We're back...

Major thanks to @rude1.blacksky.team and the brilliant Blacksky platform he's built. We bypassed the "age assurance" hurdle by logging into Blacksky.

Give Rudy all the things, y'all.
All the things!

Will today be the day we get access back into @thetriibe.com? 🤞🏾

Evanston mayor confronts Bovino, community raises funds for detained Chicago street vendor • The TRiiBE Community members are coming together today to support street vendor Don Federico, a man who was detained Tuesday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

And community members are coming together today to support street vendor Don Federico, a man who was detained Tuesday in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood.

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Evanston mayor confronts Bovino, community raises funds for detained Chicago street vendor • The TRiiBE Community members are coming together today to support street vendor Don Federico, a man who was detained Tuesday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

NEW — In a Facebook video, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss unpacks his confrontation with Border Patrol Cmdr Greg Bovino today in the Chicago suburb.

Bovino, he said, “threatened us, said he’s going to continue the enforcement.”

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Chicago youth justice advocates to host annual ‘Loud and Lit Up’ rally to demand that incarcerated youth be released • The TRiiBE On Friday, youth justice advocates will gather for a rally and noise demonstration outside of the Illinois Youth Center and the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center. Their goal is to shine a light on...

NEW — This Friday, youth justice advocates will gather for a rally and noise demonstration outside of the Illinois Youth Center and the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center.

Their goal is to shine a light on the harmful practices within the facilities.

thetriibe.com/2025/12/chic...

Unfortunately, the birthdate you have saved to your profile makes you too young to access Bluesky.

Day 6 of not having access to our @thetriibe.com account 🙃

@support.bsky.team @esb.lol was able to help us log in, but we were stopped — again — in our tracks by the "age assurance" message.

We assure you. We're all adults over here.

Progressive alders and Johnson allies fear alternative budget’s impact on vulnerable Chicago communities • The TRiiBE The City Council’s Finance Committee advanced a counter budget that removes the corporate head tax and tacks on fines and fees.

The revised alternative budget proposal raises the grocery bag tax and includes augmented reality ads.

“I think it’s a horrible use of privatization, of modification of public space, continuation of the family of liberal policies that brought us into this system."

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Progressive alders and Johnson allies fear alternative budget’s impact on vulnerable Chicago communities • The TRiiBE The City Council’s Finance Committee advanced a counter budget that removes the corporate head tax and tacks on fines and fees.

NEW — Multiple progressive alderpeople and Mayor Brandon Johnson allies raised red flags about the potential impact of the counter budget on vulnerable Chicago communities.

The Chicago City Council’s Finance Committee voted 22-13 to advance it.

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We've been in communication with them today. Still awaiting a response from them to bypass the "age assurance" message.

Unfortunately, the birthdate you have saved to your profile makes you too young to access Bluesky. If you believe your birthdate is incorrect, please contact our support team.

Thanks, Eric. We were able to get the 2FA code in our email. Now, upon entering it, we received the age assurance message again. Please advise.

Thanks, Eric.

Hey, who knows how to fix this age verification issue? @thetriibe.com (Black-owned indy news in Chicago) are locked out of their account and need to publish this week's stories. @thetriibe.bsky.social

They are verified by Bluesky and everything!

Wild.

Oh, interesting! We don't know much about Graysky but can look into this.

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is back in Chicago; reported sightings on Southwest Side and abduction at Walmart in Cicero • The TRiiBE Gov. JB Pritzker: “We don't know how long they'll stay.”

NEW — Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is back in Chicago today.

Rapid response teams sounded the alarm on federal agent sightings and abductions on the Southeast Side and in the western suburbs.

Gov. JB Pritzker: "We don’t know how long they’ll stay."

thetriibe.com/2025/12/bord...

Hi Eric. Thanks for your response. We've sent screenshots and emails to your @support.bsky.team from connect@thetriibe.com.

We randomly received the age assurance alert, but there were no instructions on how to verify age in order to access the account.

@support.bsky.team , what’s going on here?

OK, I know enough people in tech circles that SOMEBODY can go yell at @support.bsky.team directly or put us touch to get them back online right now. The @thetriibe.com is doing vital reporting on immigration AS WE SPEAK. Somebody give them some backup.

@support.bsky.team. Please help out @thetriibe.com

Upon logging in last week, randomly got an "age" verification message but with no further steps on the process. We logged out and tried to log back in. And haven't been able to log back in since. Even tried "forgot password," but never receive the email to go through that process either.

Seriously, @support.bsky.team, what’s going on here? The Triibe is an integral news source for Chicago - can you please address this?

Oh come on, @support.bsky.team

Thanks, friends!

@bsky.app @support.bsky.team This is Chicago's only Black owned media outlet and a crucial part of ICE/CBP reporting during an actual emergency. Unacceptable/please free @thetriibe.com

So... @support.bsky.team still hasn't given any tangible help on how we can get access to our @thetriibe.com account again.

It's going on a week now.

Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.