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@htmmel.bsky.social

it/she β€’ DSA Partisan β€’ Chicago β€’ IT girlie πŸ‘ŠπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ”₯

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Plowed protected bike lane next to an icy sidewalk

Plowed protected bike lane next to an icy sidewalk

Cyclist in a cargo bike using the protected bike lane.

Cyclist in a cargo bike using the protected bike lane.

Christmas miracle: the Clark bike lane has been plowed

07.12.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

As someone who is part of 2 orgs that endorsed Brandon and 1 org that didn't, my birds eye view is that the broader movement coalition wasn't prepared to win/govern and was afraid to really expand the tent beyond the more entrenched movement blob that already exists. 1/

06.12.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£πŸ“£ ATTENTION TRANSIT RIDERS! I have been endorsed in my race for Congress in Illinois 9th District by two major transit unions representing thousands of our CTA train conductors and maintenance crews (ATU 308) and 10,000 CTA and Pace bus operators (ATU 241)!

06.12.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

!!!!

06.12.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DSA IL-09 Democratic Congressional Primary Candidate Forum YouTube video by Chicago Corner Network

youtube.com/live/q3ASM4u...

06.12.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it is time

05.12.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keep your eyes open for theta

05.12.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

turbo libs are negatively polarizing themselves into defending F-150s in the quote tweets lol

05.12.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1148    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 4

transgender women have been banned from joining in on the reindeer games

04.12.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 529    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: 12 strikers were just arrested by the NYPD while peacefully protesting outside the Empire State Building.

Allies are beginning to speak to the crowd about what just happened.

04.12.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

Like it or not this is the actual shape of the anti imperialist/pro peace movement in the US. Nationally there just isnt that much more and progressives and liberals who are freaking out that DSA is working with "fringe groups" should ask whats happened to liberal doves

04.12.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Chicago DSA members were out 6AM in 6 degrees this morning to support Starbucks workers at the Armitage/Hoyne store who walked out this morning and are now ON STRIKE! Workers will be picketing until noon today and tentatively 6AM-1PM tomorrow and Saturday if you’re able to stop by and join them.

04.12.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
pantone's color of the year, "cloud dancer", a dull shade of white here illustrated by a person wearing ridiculous white pants

pantone's color of the year, "cloud dancer", a dull shade of white here illustrated by a person wearing ridiculous white pants

pantone just named landlord white the color of the year 2026, WE NEED TO BUILD HOUSES

04.12.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1415    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 183

They should do MyChart Wrapped

03.12.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4488    πŸ” 1106    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 109

You’re telling me these antibiotics are for broads on the spectrum?

03.12.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 543    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
Fake mspainted the onion comic with evangelion girls (including puppygirl shinji)
I'm sorry traumatized trans girl, but from now on you have to go to therapy* instead of fucked up mechsploitation fic

*latest fad

rei says "congratulations"

Fake mspainted the onion comic with evangelion girls (including puppygirl shinji) I'm sorry traumatized trans girl, but from now on you have to go to therapy* instead of fucked up mechsploitation fic *latest fad rei says "congratulations"

03.12.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1526    πŸ” 519    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10

she's just like meeeeeee

03.12.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me: well folks it looks like I have stage 3 pancreatic cancer

Tgirl in my replies: you gotta boof the chemo or else it does nothing

03.12.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 959    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 1

An enigma, truly

03.12.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Baristas on ULP strike holding picket signs in Columbia, MO

Baristas on ULP strike holding picket signs in Columbia, MO

Show some love to our striking baristas in Columbia, Missouri!

We're TWENTY-ONE DAYS into our national ULP strike, and only getting stronger. In fact, the best is yet to come 😎 #nocontractnocoffee

03.12.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 174    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

LFG LFG LFG

03.12.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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02.12.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

meow

02.12.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In many ways this is the widest ban on trans healthcare yet. In some states Catholic Church-run healthcare systems are over 40% of all healthcare.

This ban also applies to the many doctors, urgent cares and specialists in the church's sprawling networks. And they're buying up/taking over more.

02.12.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 195    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

Chicago is a right-to-date city lmao

02.12.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@mikeduncan.bsky.social The Later Byrd Years

01.12.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Taking "rapid" out of "rapid transit." Over 20% of @chicagocta.bsky.social usable rail length is classified as being in a slow zone. Capital funding is next big transit challenge to tackle. Accelerating I-290 (Eisenhower/Congress) roadway/transit project addresses ~1/4 of the slow zone trackage.

01.12.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Northwestern Folds to Pressure, Betraying Trans Students β€” Assigned Leading Off: Northwestern University reached an agreement with the Department of Education on Friday to restore federal funding which would remove virtually all protections for transgender students an...

Northwestern University offered bland reassurance to trans students and faculty after signing a deal with the Trump administration that sacrificed them for restored funding.

More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

01.12.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 312    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 13

Wards should be geographic local subdivisions for city services with no legislative function and aldermen should represent population-based districts with no executive function

30.11.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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