GetBackLoretta
@getbackloretta.bsky.social
📍Chicago born and raised. 22 years of military service (aka ANTIFA).
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"The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting."
-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
#unabooksboardthoughts
#louisamayalcott
-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
#unabooksboardthoughts
#louisamayalcott
December 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting."
-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
#unabooksboardthoughts
#louisamayalcott
-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
#unabooksboardthoughts
#louisamayalcott
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We were thrilled to wake up this morning and see that our recent video's been doing great on YouTube! We're so thankful to all of you who shared it and supported it.
(The comments however... are more mixed)
(The comments however... are more mixed)
December 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We were thrilled to wake up this morning and see that our recent video's been doing great on YouTube! We're so thankful to all of you who shared it and supported it.
(The comments however... are more mixed)
(The comments however... are more mixed)
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It’s honestly just so insulting that there are any on-street car parking spaces at one of the highest-ridership transit corridors in the city. The 77 is slow as molasses right here. All for the convenience of like 15 drivers.
December 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It’s honestly just so insulting that there are any on-street car parking spaces at one of the highest-ridership transit corridors in the city. The 77 is slow as molasses right here. All for the convenience of like 15 drivers.
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The Department of Finance Meter Maids should have authority to issue fines to property owners for uncleared sidewalks.
If the house next to my L station doesn’t get rid of the sheet of ice in front of it I’m going to chuck a hunk of ice through their front window
December 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The Department of Finance Meter Maids should have authority to issue fines to property owners for uncleared sidewalks.
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Jesse Welles - “Join ICE” as seen on Colbert
Good old fashioned American protest music
Good old fashioned American protest music
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Jesse Welles - “Join ICE” as seen on Colbert
Good old fashioned American protest music
Good old fashioned American protest music
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TFW your local chamber of commerce doesn't practice what they preach on snow clearance at their own commercial properties.
December 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
TFW your local chamber of commerce doesn't practice what they preach on snow clearance at their own commercial properties.
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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DHS used a wide variety of weapons against people in Elgin yesterday, not only tear gas. Some wild photos in this writeup from @domguan.bsky.social:
ICE Tear Gasses Residential Area During Multi-Hour Elgin Apprehension
About 30 to 40 federal agents, about half marked as ICE agents, deployed at least six tear gas canisters, pepper balls, and foam rounds at over 200 protesters in a residential neighborhood on Maple…
bluecollarjazz.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
DHS used a wide variety of weapons against people in Elgin yesterday, not only tear gas. Some wild photos in this writeup from @domguan.bsky.social:
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"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."
-Oscar Wilde
#unabooksboardthoughts
#oscarwilde
-Oscar Wilde
#unabooksboardthoughts
#oscarwilde
December 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."
-Oscar Wilde
#unabooksboardthoughts
#oscarwilde
-Oscar Wilde
#unabooksboardthoughts
#oscarwilde
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December Book Clubs! We've moved some of our dates around for the holidays, so double check our schedule below!
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
December Book Clubs! We've moved some of our dates around for the holidays, so double check our schedule below!
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45 minute timelapse of Vredenburg in Utrecht, which can only be used by people on public transport, walking or cycling. Buses do not get delayed in queues or behind people cycling and people cycling are kept safe. You get safer cycling, faster transit, quieter streets, and a city that actually works
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
45 minute timelapse of Vredenburg in Utrecht, which can only be used by people on public transport, walking or cycling. Buses do not get delayed in queues or behind people cycling and people cycling are kept safe. You get safer cycling, faster transit, quieter streets, and a city that actually works
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🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
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"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, 'Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.'"
-Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
-Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, 'Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.'"
-Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
-Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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On Nov. 28, 1895, 6 vehicles set off from Jackson Park in the U.S.'s first automobile race. The course was 54.36 miles.
The winning time: 10 hours and 23 minutes.
Only two cars finished.
130 years later, I'm celebrating the anniversary by biking the route.
It's time to race some cars!
The winning time: 10 hours and 23 minutes.
Only two cars finished.
130 years later, I'm celebrating the anniversary by biking the route.
It's time to race some cars!
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On Nov. 28, 1895, 6 vehicles set off from Jackson Park in the U.S.'s first automobile race. The course was 54.36 miles.
The winning time: 10 hours and 23 minutes.
Only two cars finished.
130 years later, I'm celebrating the anniversary by biking the route.
It's time to race some cars!
The winning time: 10 hours and 23 minutes.
Only two cars finished.
130 years later, I'm celebrating the anniversary by biking the route.
It's time to race some cars!
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Will just leave this clip here of Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings talking about what’s wrong with America from a 1991 interview and it’s still all very true today
April 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Will just leave this clip here of Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings talking about what’s wrong with America from a 1991 interview and it’s still all very true today
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Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
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I'll be putting on a bike ride for Black Friday, along a route that closely follows the course of the first-ever automobile race on its 130th anniversary.
11/28/25 at 10am, starting at the Thomas Garrigue Masaryk Monument at 59th/Dorchester.
More details: ridewithgps.com/routes/53085...
11/28/25 at 10am, starting at the Thomas Garrigue Masaryk Monument at 59th/Dorchester.
More details: ridewithgps.com/routes/53085...
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I'll be putting on a bike ride for Black Friday, along a route that closely follows the course of the first-ever automobile race on its 130th anniversary.
11/28/25 at 10am, starting at the Thomas Garrigue Masaryk Monument at 59th/Dorchester.
More details: ridewithgps.com/routes/53085...
11/28/25 at 10am, starting at the Thomas Garrigue Masaryk Monument at 59th/Dorchester.
More details: ridewithgps.com/routes/53085...
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...since MTG is resigning, now would be a great time to assess the pensions of all former government representatives...what y'all think???
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
...since MTG is resigning, now would be a great time to assess the pensions of all former government representatives...what y'all think???
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Some words from me in Streetsblog this morning. chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/k...
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Some words from me in Streetsblog this morning. chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/k...
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this week in make it make sense, the @chicagoreader.com’s weekly news roundup:
1/ ✊ the remaining residents of the south shore apartment building raided by feds in september are unionizing to demand immediate repairs and move-out assistance.
(via @djbyrnes1.bsky.social)
1/ ✊ the remaining residents of the south shore apartment building raided by feds in september are unionizing to demand immediate repairs and move-out assistance.
(via @djbyrnes1.bsky.social)
Make It Make Sense: Tenants of buildling raided by feds unionizing
Plus: Layoffs at SAIC’s Video Data Bank, community members fight demolition of a southwest-side power plant, and more.
chicagoreader.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
this week in make it make sense, the @chicagoreader.com’s weekly news roundup:
1/ ✊ the remaining residents of the south shore apartment building raided by feds in september are unionizing to demand immediate repairs and move-out assistance.
(via @djbyrnes1.bsky.social)
1/ ✊ the remaining residents of the south shore apartment building raided by feds in september are unionizing to demand immediate repairs and move-out assistance.
(via @djbyrnes1.bsky.social)
