Andrew
@beatorganizer.bsky.social
Former organizer. He/him. Has a theory of change.
"The situation is in charge." "A dark cloud showing up to the ballpark every day..."
Not from Kauai. I just had a standoff with a gang of feral roosters one time.
"The situation is in charge." "A dark cloud showing up to the ballpark every day..."
Not from Kauai. I just had a standoff with a gang of feral roosters one time.
Small's Smoke Shack. Great bbq fusion hole in the wall neighborhood joint in Albany Park. They had a good relationship with Liquid's Lizard Lounge around the corner where you could bring your dinner and grab a drink.
I gave this a lot of thought. But I have to go with the Chi Chi’s at Orland Square. It wasn’t great but it was the ideal teenage hangout and many trips to the movies started or ended there.
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Small's Smoke Shack. Great bbq fusion hole in the wall neighborhood joint in Albany Park. They had a good relationship with Liquid's Lizard Lounge around the corner where you could bring your dinner and grab a drink.
A tribute to poor license plate kerning.
January 19, 2026 at 5:03 AM
A tribute to poor license plate kerning.
Once a player's on the White Sox' radar they never lose interest.
White Sox Interested In Michael Conforto
Conforto's coming off some rough years but perhaps landing with a rebuilding club would be good for him.
www.mlbtraderumors.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Once a player's on the White Sox' radar they never lose interest.
I don't think the communal self-defense vs protest distinction in news coverage matters enough to fight over. The concern should be over who's described as nonviolent and being met with unwarranted force.
I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I don't think the communal self-defense vs protest distinction in news coverage matters enough to fight over. The concern should be over who's described as nonviolent and being met with unwarranted force.
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Waiting for laundry to dry, thought I'd recount a tale in a style of American Splendor while waiting. @pkmonaghan.bsky.social you might like this.
![After some time, I got used to not seeing it there, until one day what should I see while walking down the alley? Could it be possible? Balance and order restored to the cosmos? [CLOWN FUCK PART II]
And thus it remained until the building was demolished.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qckh43lqifxshu6q5b3rtfmz/bafkreihmgxi5tqtqkrh2q5uk45zmm3xnys4fpcp45ui3u2bbzedjhhudra@jpeg)
January 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Waiting for laundry to dry, thought I'd recount a tale in a style of American Splendor while waiting. @pkmonaghan.bsky.social you might like this.
The cold chain has improved.
January 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The cold chain has improved.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Someone is posting about DC indie music on the Internet, @mikesager.net.
mates of state/bishop allen show in DC tomorrow. does anyone follow me who sees shows in DC? I know very few DC indie music concert goers and I want to know more.
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Someone is posting about DC indie music on the Internet, @mikesager.net.
Would Justice Kavanaugh like to revisit the stops named after him again?
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This FB post is public.
This FB post is public.
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Would Justice Kavanaugh like to revisit the stops named after him again?
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — US judge rules federal officers in Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters.
January 17, 2026 at 1:35 AM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — US judge rules federal officers in Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters.
Demanding that Congress disarms ICE; restrict its authority to use force, conduct dragnets, and profile; and codify its legal liability are good short-term asks during the budget negotiations.
January 17, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Demanding that Congress disarms ICE; restrict its authority to use force, conduct dragnets, and profile; and codify its legal liability are good short-term asks during the budget negotiations.
Amplify the good takes not the bad ones regardless of whether it's 31 follower reply guys or follow-chain superpoasters.
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Amplify the good takes not the bad ones regardless of whether it's 31 follower reply guys or follow-chain superpoasters.
Reward good, cringey behavior with attention and/or contributions.
Not only is this the correct way for elected Democrats to address the current moment, but it will inspire me to donate to a campaign more than a thousand texts and emails ever will.
I need to apologize for something I did. The @bostonherald.com is right, there is no place for profanities in politics.
January 16, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Reward good, cringey behavior with attention and/or contributions.
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I need to apologize for something I did. The @bostonherald.com is right, there is no place for profanities in politics.
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I need to apologize for something I did. The @bostonherald.com is right, there is no place for profanities in politics.
Wild seeing it laid out. And yet it doesn't even include that the ballroom's estimated cost has been pushed up to $400m, the inaugural donations, the military parade, self-dealing use of Mar-a-Lago, or oil slush fund in an offshore bank.
"The Corruption Chronicles: One year of Donald Trump profiteering from public office and selling access and influence"
Helpful just seeing it all laid out on one page.
Kei Chin, @mjbeckel.bsky.social for @issueonereform.bsky.social
Helpful just seeing it all laid out on one page.
Kei Chin, @mjbeckel.bsky.social for @issueonereform.bsky.social
The Corruption Chronicles - Issue One
One year into his second term in the White House, President Donald Trump has reshaped the presidency to drastically blur the lines between government and business, abetting unprecedented levels of…
issueone.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Wild seeing it laid out. And yet it doesn't even include that the ballroom's estimated cost has been pushed up to $400m, the inaugural donations, the military parade, self-dealing use of Mar-a-Lago, or oil slush fund in an offshore bank.
Social Security isn't doomed. It needs some simple adjustments because of changes in things like increased income inequality.
You may have heard that "social security is going to go bankrupt." Many younger people assume social security will not be there for them when they retire. In my latest paper I correct the record. SS is not going bankrupt but we'll need to revisit it soon 🧵
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
“Will Social Security Run Out?” Is the Wrong Question: How Lawmakers Can Protect Beneficiaries and Strengthen OASI
Is Social Security really in crisis? This report examines the OASI Trust Fund, lessons from 1983, and policy options to secure benefits for the future.
rooseveltinstitute.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Social Security isn't doomed. It needs some simple adjustments because of changes in things like increased income inequality.
It's also high stakes playground politics.
"No, you're the insurrectionist."
"No, you're the insurrectionist."
These claims are so dangerous. They are the same in effect to the claims in the 1930s that there were secret networks of Jews and Communists working to undermine the German state and that extraordinary steps had to be taken to protect against them.
Miller: "In MN, the insurrectionists are confronting our officers on the street. They're being arrested. This is a natl security priority. Arrests of insurrectionists are made every day, and each provide us an opportunity to learn about the network from a law enforcement & natl security standpoint"
January 15, 2026 at 10:44 PM
It's also high stakes playground politics.
"No, you're the insurrectionist."
"No, you're the insurrectionist."
Shitter's full.
A resident films as people gather to confront ICE agents after two people were detained on January 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Stephen Maturen / Getty)
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Shitter's full.
Strategic nonviolence imposes a cost on the USG's violent acts against citizens and residents until we can regain power. In the meantime, that cost might cause some agents of the state not to participate when they otherwise would even if it won't prevent all of them.
We can and will endure.
We can and will endure.
January 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Strategic nonviolence imposes a cost on the USG's violent acts against citizens and residents until we can regain power. In the meantime, that cost might cause some agents of the state not to participate when they otherwise would even if it won't prevent all of them.
We can and will endure.
We can and will endure.
You can tell these guys aren't up to speed on American history otherwise they'd have known how much Americans viscerally dislike the combination of tariffs, affordability, and violence by customs agents.
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
You can tell these guys aren't up to speed on American history otherwise they'd have known how much Americans viscerally dislike the combination of tariffs, affordability, and violence by customs agents.
Sometimes the path to victory is losing slowly.
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Sometimes the path to victory is losing slowly.
DOGE was about destroying government capacity it didn't like, punishing workers it didn't like, while extracting and combining data on American citizens.
DOGE was hustling that data OUT of federal agencies as rapidly as possible, using techniques associated with hackers and cybercriminals.
People don't understand: our data IS the treasure. That's why federal agency heads tried to intervene physically to protect it.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
People don't understand: our data IS the treasure. That's why federal agency heads tried to intervene physically to protect it.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
DOGE was about destroying government capacity it didn't like, punishing workers it didn't like, while extracting and combining data on American citizens.
Signed up to do career day. I'm going to read Click, Clack, Moo.
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Signed up to do career day. I'm going to read Click, Clack, Moo.
Ben Johnson has the Bears doing two-a-days this week just getting off the team bus before kickoff.
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Ben Johnson has the Bears doing two-a-days this week just getting off the team bus before kickoff.
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behind so much of chicago was a bunch of the most regular moms you have ever met who had run completely out of fucks.
I’ve never seen mostly apolitical nice aunties get so radicalized so fast in my life.
Not that these are Trump voters. They aren’t. But they went from soft disapprovers to people who would crawl over broken glass to get rid of all these people.
Not that these are Trump voters. They aren’t. But they went from soft disapprovers to people who would crawl over broken glass to get rid of all these people.
January 13, 2026 at 9:40 PM
behind so much of chicago was a bunch of the most regular moms you have ever met who had run completely out of fucks.