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i can’t even find my own tweet in my timeline on twitter dot com.
anyway i saw this and decided this’ll be my last tweet. these kids rule. fuck cops. acab.
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i made a new email address for Actually Valuable Things To Check so that i never felt overwhelmed but i get a single email and still feel overwhelmed lol
Nate retweeted
Paying money to secure release is just a common condition of bail.
The Pretrial Fairness Act doesn't eliminate the right to be bailable, it just ensures money isn't required for release. In doing so, it eliminates an actual constitutional violation: detention based on poverty.
meanwhile just 6 weeks ago lightfoot blocked quorum for a vote on her own campaign promise to aid chicago’s rapidly growing homeless: blockclubchicago.org/2022/11…
Nate retweeted
most mainstream coverage of the forest fight casts it as some kind of retrograde "tree-huggers vs the planning dept" when actually it's the frontline of this century's struggle—entire ecosystems vs corporatized, militarized, nationalized police vice.com/en/article/xgy9yk/a…
if you’re still on the fence about Brandon for February, this interview might change that.
Former organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union @Brandon4Chicago is running to become Chicago’s next mayor. We sat down with him to talk about his vision for building a Chicago for the working class. jacobin.com/2022/12/brandon-…
Nate retweeted
I just cast my participatory budgeting ballot and you can too! Assuming “you” is anyone living within the current or new boundaries of the 1st ward. Just go to the1stward.com/pb1
i’m reminded of why more sensible people than me choose always to grab an open source library for handling http rather than using URLRequest directly after spending two days tracking down a : where a = should have been in a header.
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🙋🏽♀️They want to take out the alders who fight to reopen the mental health clinics, to house the homeless, protect tenants & the environment, expand social services, among other crazy progressive things! This right here tells you who will fund our opponents.
chicago.suntimes.com/city-ha…
additional provisions in the measure include blocking rail workers from calling their bosses mean names behind their backs and requiring them to tell (at least) one new person each day how thankful they are for to have a job at all
it’s easy and comforting to think of Chicago as a safe space on the national level, but LGBTQ hate groups have been growing and taking power right outside the city.
NEW from me, a story about a radical parent activist in Illinois, Terry Newsome, who has ties to the Proud Boys and MassResistance, an anti-LGBTQ hate group. Terry also shares racist posts online. 1/6 splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022…
lol cool mayor
Mayor Lightfoot’s car caravan parked in a bike lane so she could buy doughnuts, bike advocates said.
The Mayor’s Office did not respond to repeated requests for comment about photos a bike advocacy group shared. buff.ly/3UKJAvC
Nate retweeted
🧵Yesterday, the mayor of Chicago—in coalition with the real estate lobby—*blocked* a measure to provide housing for the unhoused in Chicago, a sanctuary city. ⬇️ blockclubchicago.org/2022/11…
