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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I think this bag is fake.

Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides.

This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.

Well, that’s depressing.😖

Anyway I hadn't heard anyone talking about this, so I guess I'm gonna talk about it. Spread the word if you're thinking about doing an nsfw KS project, Stripe apparently might pull your funding at literally any step of the process, with zero warning!

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

There is no such thing as "just" metadata. ssd.eff.org/en/module/w...

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

This is just solid gender-agnostic advice, by the way

If you're feeling isolated or alienated, get into an Art or Craft as best you are able and join a community dedicated to it

Look to your local library for resources! You will be surprised by what's available

Welcome to the age of viral police body cam footage Police body cameras were supposed to ensure justice. They’ve turned into YouTube content.

The body-worn camera “that was sold to us as a police accountability tool should not be turned into a shaming-random-civilians tool,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @Vox.com.
www.vox.com/the-highlig...

divergentcoachkelly on Threads * 2h ADHD is knowing exactly what you need to do then watching yourself not do it like you're a scientist observing a very dumb experiment

10/10 take. No notes.

ICE Detention and Surveillance Translate Into Hundreds of Millions for Companies “We've never seen anything like this before,” Geo Group founder George Zoley said.

The government is throwing tons of taxpayer money "at this idea that they can somehow collect and organize everything that they know about us and only use it for good,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @NOTUS.org. “We ought to be very, very skeptical of this.” www.notus.org/immigration...

Fall is here and many of you may be shopping for an overcoat.

Let me show what you can get as you move up the price ladder. 🧵

I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.

So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.

Illinois lawmakers pass legislation in response to ICE activity After weeks of heightened federal immigration enforcement in the greater Chicago area, the Illinois General Assembly approved House Bill 1312 on Oct. 31, strengthening immigration enforcement protecti...

Illinois passed the Illinois Bivens Act, which allows folks to sue ICE officers who violate their rights. “damages can increase based on various factors … including the use of facial coverings, crowd control measures like tear gas, vehicles with a non-Illinois license plate or no license plate…”

YouTube video by Adam Conover Why P*rn Bans Will Destroy the Internet with Siri Dahl and Noelle Perdue

I'm glad to see more normies and normie adjacent figures fucking finally talking about the subject, specially by bringing actual sex workers to talk about it.

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What I really want everyone, not just folks in New York, but EVERYONE to come away with from this, is that ANY of these motherfuckers can be challenged. Their stance in the status quo is THAT flimsy, and their grip is fucking FRAGILE. We CAN change this shit, dude

More reasons to be anti-AI

this is such a fantastic example of the transformative power of design when used collaboratively and intelligently. the visual design of this campaign is deep-rooted in history and culture and is thoughtful and beautiful

Photo of NBC’s exit poll data (from my work laptop, lol) showing Mamdani splitting the straight vote equally with Cuomo, but taking the LGBTQ+ vote by more than 5:1. Even though the LGBTQ+ slice is only 14% of the population, they were a LANDSLIDE in his favor.

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

everybody transgender

Federal Officers Abduct Teacher from Chicago Daycare “One might call it domestic terrorism, and it would be correct," Alderperson Andre Vasquez said.

This morning, ICE officers abducted a Chicago teacher from the daycare where she works. “One might call it domestic terrorism, and it would be correct," Alderperson Andre Vasquez said at a press conference held today with other local leaders.
www.thecarceralreport.com/p/federal-of...

FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of ADHD Medication—Check Your Cabinets Now Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has recalled several lots lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic form of Vyvanse, after testing found they failed to dissolve properly.

As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.

www.health.com/adhd-medicat...

A collage of screenshots from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, overlaid with the headline, "YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations," and the DEK, "The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions."

The Palestinian groups’ YouTube channels hosted hours of footage documenting and highlighting alleged Israeli government violations of international law in both Gaza and the West Bank. interc.pt/4oUJNer

The LiuCheng Zine cover, surrounded by paper text that say "omgggggg the zine looks fucking GORGEOUS -#1LiuCheng Enjoyer" "violently swiping thwu every page like a wild animal -itscherryterry" "I already read everything thrice" Jiang Cheng + Liu Qingge MDZS + SVSSS crossover +18 Art, fanfic, stickers, cosplay and more!!! A QR code leading to the zine

💜ZINE RELEASE💜

Two fiery men from very different worlds, yet their love transcends in our hearts 🥰

The LiuCheng zine is HERE with 270+ pages from 50+ creators for your enjoyment!

Read it now for FREE in the link below!!
🔗 heyzine.com/flip-book/56...

SOON: LiuCheng Zine, November 5th. There is a graphic of Liu Qingge, blushing, tied up with purple ribbon, sitting under a cartoonish box and stick trap.

LiuCheng Zine is almost finished and is dropping very soon!!

With the work of over 60 contributors, the zine has reached a whopping 260+ pages. And we're so eager to share it on Jiang Cheng's birthday!

STAY TUNED~💜💜 #JiangCheng #LiuQingge #LiuCheng #MXTX

Small local actions, accomplishable tasks, can have generational impacts that can lead to real change and change lives.

Don’t get overwhelmed by the scale of the crisis in a way that keeps you from doing any actions. Small wins can snowball into much larger ones, in ways you don’t always expect!

it gets tiring to keep explaining what it means to be poor to people.

it is not that poor people don’t know that cooking is cheaper:

cooking costs time. it costs pots and pans. it costs a working stove and your utilities on. it costs you’ve been on your feet all day and your babies are tired.

Dear people who may soon suffer food insecurity

Listen up, it super fucking sucks and will do lasting psych damage the rest of your life. This is not a joke or exaggeration. What you have on hand will forever after be a source of anxiety.

SO. To help you in the coming days here's some tips