Unplugging for a bit to manage a family emergency. Be well, stay safe, look out for one another. See you on the flip side. β€οΈ
06.10.2025 14:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@medusaraptor.bsky.social
Lover of the weird and off-putting. Off button is broken. Art, animals, books.
Unplugging for a bit to manage a family emergency. Be well, stay safe, look out for one another. See you on the flip side. β€οΈ
06.10.2025 14:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The other day, a guy in his 80s had a stroke while delivering DoorDash in my neighborhood and crashed into multiple parked cars.
But sure, we don't need to factor in age for whether someone can work or not. ππ»
Learning that the CEO of this website reads books from the middle to skip the "boring" parts really clarified the whole project for me tbh.
05.10.2025 22:39 β π 3709 π 468 π¬ 17 π 2This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
They still havenβt found all the missing children from the floods. Why are they more worried about Illinois than about the children in Texas?
06.10.2025 04:27 β π 12224 π 3999 π¬ 743 π 255It's a bop.
youtu.be/P9F4YnZS_qQ?...
I feel seen.
05.10.2025 17:52 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Please. I can only do so much on my own.
05.10.2025 17:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0*Buys more books because ππ»
05.10.2025 17:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thugs.
04.10.2025 13:13 β π 10571 π 5482 π¬ 959 π 496βWarrior ethosβ = zip tying babies
Got it.
Y'all mfs need literacy.
05.10.2025 14:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Pinkies out, d1ckheads.
05.10.2025 13:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as βState Terrorismβ: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
βThereβs a baby!β
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointmentβ which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
One of my friends suggested a mashup and someone please?
05.10.2025 02:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Federal agents hurled tear gas at people on a busy Logan Square street, outside a grocery store and near an elementary school.
Reckless, undertrained ICE hires are a danger to everyone. This is terrorism against US citizens.
I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
04.10.2025 20:49 β π 17717 π 7472 π¬ 475 π 309My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan MuΓ±oz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
03.10.2025 21:44 β π 25935 π 6309 π¬ 118 π 560ICE agents arrest Alderperson Jessie L. Fuentes (26th Ward of Chicago city council) after she questions them on whether they have a signed judicial warrant to arrest a person at Humboldt Park Hospital.
βHe has Constitutional rights.β
βNo.β
ICEβs exact mindset: no one is allowed any rights now.
BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/
03.10.2025 20:25 β π 32239 π 9293 π¬ 770 π 474Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
As if irony isnβt already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...
03.10.2025 02:00 β π 8887 π 3236 π¬ 233 π 134Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.
03.10.2025 14:27 β π 12366 π 4935 π¬ 1251 π 394This week has been the stress (hence the mess). I finally got myself one of these little pots to make myself my fruit teas. Nice little fall upgrade.
03.10.2025 13:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you, internets.
03.10.2025 13:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Seven years ago today, the Saudi Crown Prince directed the murder of VA resident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
As we honor Jamal's memory, we are reminded that we must protect reporters around the world as they uncover the truth, inform the public, and promote accountability.