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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]

ICE / CBP have been slamming N & NW Chicago & N suburbs today, esp Logan Sq, Albany Pk, Budlong Woods, Evanston, & Skokie with add'l sightings in Lincoln Sq, North Pk, Rogers Pk, & Andersonville. I've seen reports that they're staging at Rosehill, Chicago's largest and first private cemetery. 🧵

It's been 33 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

Not a basketball court or a bowling alley.

Republicans sound ridiculous making that comparison.

This isn’t an “upgrade” to the White House, it’s a monument to himself. Trump has no intention of ever leaving — he’s building his own palace and tearing down the entire East Wing to make it happen.

Im dead 😂😂😂

“Military occupation doesn’t make our city safer. Resources and investment makes our city safer.” thank you Bri and all the other protestors who took the time to speak with me last night in Chicago.

I'm really excited to be in conversation with Caren Beilin about her latest fiercely wild-ride of a book SEA, POISON at the downtown Powell's on November 2nd. I hope you'll mark your calendars and join us!
@ndbooks.bsky.social @powells.bsky.social

just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

Hey Speaker Johnson, swear in Adelita Grijalva. Or are you too scared that Trump and your other GOP buddies are in the Epstein files?

“.. Beginning at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Hollywood Burbank Airport will have no air traffic controllers in their tower, ABC News has learned.”

#Shutdown
abc7.com/post/hollywo...

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell infested with bedbugs Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

(next to a map of the 2,100 peaceful protests planned for October 18) NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS. SATURDAY, OCT. 18

IT’S OFFICIAL: We now have more protests planned for October 18 than there were back in June.

It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map.

We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Right on pub day, here's a terrific little review of THE ENDLESS WEEK from the Center for Fiction newsletter! Virtuosa, indeed!

The front covers of The Endless Week and The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam held up side by side in front of a tree whose leaves are beginning to turn from green to brown.

This picture shows the spines for The Endless Week and The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam stacked on top of each other and held up in front of a small tree on a sunny day.

It's pub day! We couldn't be happier about helping to put these two beauties into the world. Please help us spread the word!

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin
THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, trans. by Alex Niemi

Patrick Cottrell's 'Afternoon Hours of a Hermit' Is a 'Hilarious and Heart-Wrenching' Whodunnit — See the Cover (Exclusive) 'Afternoon Hours of a Hermit' sees a man unexpectedly thrust back into the question surrounding his late brother's death. Seeking answers, the man returns to his childhood home, where he reckons with ...

To have a new novel coming out by @patrickcottrell.bsky.social is thrilling. I love the cover; I am also very jealous of the title! people.com/patrick-cott...

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

I love my trans friends and community. I will stand beside you now and always.

I do yes

that is insane

This tapped into a lot of what I’ve been feeling lately

literally a cartoon image of a “criminal”

yes

Or not . . .

Okay, I am seeing it is kind of a thing . . .

Wait, what? This is the first time I am seeing anyone say something like this. Is this a thing?

how much more can the heart break? how can this not have ended?

YouTube video by The Lookout LA Fire Hazards - Danger in Plain Sight - Episode 1

Angelenos, this miniseries on wildfire risk is really good--informative, helpful, interesting. It was created by Zeke Lunder, who hosts the wildfire podcast The Lookout, which I listened to everyday during the fires in January, so much better than the news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCeV...