Ty for sharing!

the next $20K in donations to the midwest immigration bond fund will be matched, so give today to help them unlock $40K towards getting people free and back to their communities and families.

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today, a federal judge ordered the release of 615 people wrongfully abducted by ICE / CBP from june to october (yay!). as if they haven't already been through enough trauma and violence, they each still have to pay a $1500 bond (aka ransom & extortion) (boo!).

donate here twd the $900K+ in bond:

I’m so sorry this is happening to you.

I have a lifetime to think about what a world without Alice in embodied form looks like. To have loved and been loved by her was one of the greatest privileges of my life. I will carry her spirit with me always.

Losing Alice feels like the ground shifting beneath us—I'm devastated—but to have known & shared even part of this life with her was an honor. She was one of the most fearless, generous & visionary disability activists. It’s impossible to measure how much she shifted the world—I feel it everywhere.

Thank you for the reminder/psa. I’m so sorry about your loss.

Screenshot of Alice’s Instagram post. It has a statement from Alice’s family, reading: “"Alice Wong passed away on Friday, November 14th at UCS Hospital due to an infection. She was 51 years old. Alice lived in San Francisco and grew up in Indiana. Alice was the daughter to Henry and Bobby. The elder sister to Emily and Grace. The cat mom to Bert and Ernie, and a dear friend to many. She will be remembered as being a fierce luminary in disability justice, a brilliant writer, editor and community organizer. Her work can be found at Disability Visibility Project. As we mourn the incomprehensible loss of Alice, we share the words she gifted us with from her memoir, Year of the Tiger. "The real gift any person can give is a web of connective tissue. If we love fiercely, our ancestors live among and speak to us through these incandescent filaments glowing from the warmth of memories." We would like to invite her friends, community, and her many fans to contribute to Alice's GoFundMe to continue the legacy of her work." The caption for the image clarifies that it was posted by Sandy Ho.

For those not on Instagram, here is the statement from Alice Wong’s family:

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ... 423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Alice Wong was a luminary, and her light will shine on for many years to come. this is a beautiful tribute from @thesicktimes.org co-founder @mileswgriffis.bsky.social

Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.

"Alice supported and took many people with Long COVID under her wing — I was honored to call her a colleague and friend."

@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.

Rest in peace, Alice Wong 🕊️

thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

Jesse! I yumjo these very much! Also! Solid alt-text. I would add tho, that it’s a leaf pattern/design.

HOW TO PLUG IN Our collective presence disrupts ICE and CBP operations and keeps our people informed. But as they shift their tactics and expand their ranks, we need to do the same. We need more eyes, more people, and more presence in the streets every single day. If you live in Central LA, it's time to join the fight. Visit us at one of our Community Defense Centers to get plugged in today: ICE OUT OF LA! KTOWN CENTRO LOCATION: 8TH & IROLO HOURS: M/W/F/SUN FROM BAM - 11AM MACARTHUR PARK CENTRO LOCATION: MACARTHUR PARK HOME DEPOT, 1675 WILSHIRE HOURS: MON-SAT FROM 6:30AM - 12PM SUN FROM 8AM - 12PM

HOW TO PLUG IN

Our collective presence disrupts ICE and CBP operations and keeps our people informed. We need more eyes, more people, & more presence in the streets every single day.

Please like, read, share this post on IG: instagram.com/p/DQvsvCwkdN_/ AND GET ACTIVE! WE NEED YOU!

So cute!

I really appreciate your regular posting about the essential need to mask with a respirator in public spaces. Thank you so much! ♥️

This sucks, I’m really sorry

If you need assistance due to ICE detention, or to report any suspected ICE sightings, call 855-435-7693. Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights. Visit ICIRR.org/fsn for hotline and Know Your Rights info.

When you observe possible ICE in Illinois please call 855 435 7693

Thanks for sharing!

A graph showing the range of ear shapes in ring-tailed lemurs, with photos of lemur heads distributed over X/Y axes. The horizontal axis range has "round" ears on the left and "elf" ears on the right. The vertical axis range has "cat" ears at the top and "airplane" ears at the bottom. Graphic created by Abby Flyer

If you've been wondering how to tell ring-tailed lemurs apart, Duke Lemur Center has a very wonderful graph mapping individual variations based on ear angle and pointiness

Pointiness range is Round to Elf
Angle range is Cat (straight up) to Airplane (side-to-side)

lemur.duke.edu/catta-ears/ 🧪

It’s Up to Us to Protect One Another As Trump sends troops to Chicago, we will continue to investigate and report. Readers have a role to play, too.

Let us be clear: The President of the United States is levying war against American cities and American citizens—and we cannot rely on the other branches of government to save us.

It’s up to us.

Anyone who’s been following updates from Broadview can see the force & violence is excessive, from both the feds & from state / local cops. This report is the first one synthesizing accounts of force & violence that legal workers & street medics have experienced or witnessed.

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

this is heartening AND people are sharing tips and coordinating with each other in some of the comments <3 <3 <3

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Having the ICIRR hotline already in your phone is also a must. If you're in Illinois and see ICE, call (855) 435-7693.

And join the ICIRR Eyes on ICE text network, which sends out alerts on verified reports of sightings: icirr.quorum.us/campaign/ile...

It's also hard to convey just how much ICE is *everywhere*. The city, the suburbs, in and out in the blink of an eye. A crew doing smash and grab jobs across a massive expanse of distance. Part of the reason whistle distro is so important is because you will never know where/when you will need it.

📢 2 weeks to save transit means we need you to get in the fight with us!

📞 Call your reps TODAY and let them know you want them to get the job done NOW! Sending an email only takes 60 seconds, and it only takes 5 minutes to make 2 calls at savetransit.org

I will tell you that the folks working the ICIRR Hotline are the real deal and saved these kids.

PUT THIS NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE AND CALL IF YOU SEE ICE IN ILLINOIS: (855) 435-7693

To the Editor: I am one of these so-called profoundly autistic people this article describes. I cannot utter meaningful speech, and as a result, I was branded for years as someone with an intellectual disability and an I.Q. of 40. All this time, however, I understood everything that was going on around me. I just could not show it to others because of my deranged relationship with my own body. I am concerned about the creation of a separate category, called profound autism, for those of us with the most severe disabilities. There are real differences between the sort of autism that I have and so-called Asperger's syndrome. But it does not help us at all to impose a hierarchy of lower and higher functioning. We need to figure out how to tap into the skills and insights of those of us who cannot talk, who make up anywhere from 25 percent to 40 percent of the autistic community, depending on the estimate. For me, the way out of this dilemma was learning to communicate by typing. I suddenly went from being seen as intellectually impaired to taking college classes. I was never low-functioning, and neither are my autistic brothers and sisters without the ability to speak. I was just misjudged and ignored, and I fear that my fate will be the fate of many others termed low functioning in this new schema. Jason Jacoby Lee New York

With alt text, and it is beautiful ☺️

Remember that all of this is in defense of a detention center where people are being held in horrible conditions after being kidnapped off the street for no reason.