Bill Ferris
@billferris.bsky.social
I write things and make training courses. Chapel Hill-adjacent.
NFC North solidarity
Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
January 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
NFC North solidarity
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These guys are so used to having sugar daddies and engaging in astroturfing they can’t understand what an organic grassroots protest is. The civil rights movement, Native American rights, farm worker organizing, suffrage — even the revolution. That’s REAL AMERICAN ACTION you assholes!
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM
These guys are so used to having sugar daddies and engaging in astroturfing they can’t understand what an organic grassroots protest is. The civil rights movement, Native American rights, farm worker organizing, suffrage — even the revolution. That’s REAL AMERICAN ACTION you assholes!
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Second bluesky story this week where you can't tell if it's real or an allegory for our current moment
BREAKING: The monkey bit someone.
Someone at my office has started bringing a monkey with them to work every day, and it's shitting everywhere. The university is powerless to act because we don't have a "no monkeys" policy on the books.
January 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Second bluesky story this week where you can't tell if it's real or an allegory for our current moment
Even 10 years ago, big tech was creating stuff that at least tried to make your life easier, and now it's all explicitly designed to make your boss's life easier
ai companies: why doesn't anybody like us? also ai companies: futurism.com/future-socie...
CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You'll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Alex Karp said the majority of humanity will be working in manufacturing and vocational jobs.
futurism.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Even 10 years ago, big tech was creating stuff that at least tried to make your life easier, and now it's all explicitly designed to make your boss's life easier
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Replacing every US attorney with a chiropractor the president thinks is hot might seem like a foolproof plan but it has its drawbacks too
Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.”
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
#BREAKING: Federal jury finds Chicago man NOT GUILTY of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
January 22, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Replacing every US attorney with a chiropractor the president thinks is hot might seem like a foolproof plan but it has its drawbacks too
Indiana football and Nebraska basketball are undergoing what sports historians like to call "a Freaky Friday situation"
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Indiana football and Nebraska basketball are undergoing what sports historians like to call "a Freaky Friday situation"
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so a movie called 'SINNERS' gets 16 oscar nominations while a movie called 'FRIENDSHIP' gets none. trump's america
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
so a movie called 'SINNERS' gets 16 oscar nominations while a movie called 'FRIENDSHIP' gets none. trump's america
*gelatinous squishing noises*
January 22, 2026 at 7:16 PM
*gelatinous squishing noises*
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they're trying to get him to midterms like an old Civic dropping parts and smoking two miles from the nearest exit
January 22, 2026 at 4:01 PM
they're trying to get him to midterms like an old Civic dropping parts and smoking two miles from the nearest exit
The Return of the King with Big Naturals
Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals"
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 AM
The Return of the King with Big Naturals
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The things that are happening to you personally are familiar, & not particularly bad in any one moment, but because the problem didn't resolve (as it was fundamental), you now find yourself in a bad place with shockingly little recourse. None of the institutions meant to resolve this did their jobs.
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The things that are happening to you personally are familiar, & not particularly bad in any one moment, but because the problem didn't resolve (as it was fundamental), you now find yourself in a bad place with shockingly little recourse. None of the institutions meant to resolve this did their jobs.
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen
January 20, 2026 at 4:27 AM
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
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people reasonably concluded that trump was not an existential threat to the republic because biden did absolutely nothing to stop it
strongly believe the I think @theophite.bsky.social claim that the number one way that Biden could have impressed swingy Trump voters was by clapping Trump in irons
January 19, 2026 at 3:27 AM
people reasonably concluded that trump was not an existential threat to the republic because biden did absolutely nothing to stop it
People who take down their Christmas trees before me are Scrooges who completely lack the Christmas spirit. People who take down their trees after me are lazy sacks of shit.
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 AM
People who take down their Christmas trees before me are Scrooges who completely lack the Christmas spirit. People who take down their trees after me are lazy sacks of shit.
Honestly shocked they're airing it at all
Two hours before 60 Minutes is scheduled to air, CBS News finally sends out a press release announcing that the "Inside CECOT" segment will be featured.
Normally these listing come out a few days in advance.
Normally these listing come out a few days in advance.
January 19, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Honestly shocked they're airing it at all
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
My son is upstairs practicing YYZ on the drums, it rules
January 15, 2026 at 2:24 AM
My son is upstairs practicing YYZ on the drums, it rules
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Democrats, whimpering: i-I-I don’t think we can get rid of ICE
Republican, groping a child: Say goodbye to the Department of Education!
Republican, groping a child: Say goodbye to the Department of Education!
January 12, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Democrats, whimpering: i-I-I don’t think we can get rid of ICE
Republican, groping a child: Say goodbye to the Department of Education!
Republican, groping a child: Say goodbye to the Department of Education!
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the only reason "abolish ICE" is seen as radical is that no one will say it but the far left. if every normie Democrat started saying it tomorrow it would move the overton window so far you'd have to squint to find it. my kingdom for leaders who understand they can shape public opinion.
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
WARNER: It used to take 5 to 6 months to get trained. They've now lowered the training period to 47 days. Why 47 days? Because Donald Trump's the 47th president. Tell me that's a rational approach
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
the only reason "abolish ICE" is seen as radical is that no one will say it but the far left. if every normie Democrat started saying it tomorrow it would move the overton window so far you'd have to squint to find it. my kingdom for leaders who understand they can shape public opinion.
Conservatives talk about law enforcement in general and ICE in particular like they're wild animals, or barely sentient killer robots who will get spooked and kill you if you bother or surprise them. "Do whatever they tell you! Don't you know these guys are psychopaths??"
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Conservatives talk about law enforcement in general and ICE in particular like they're wild animals, or barely sentient killer robots who will get spooked and kill you if you bother or surprise them. "Do whatever they tell you! Don't you know these guys are psychopaths??"