Em, midly
@lefttheprairie.bsky.social
Emily
Chicago, IL
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Em, midly
@lefttheprairie.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Looking for Chicagoans on Bluesky? Pin this list to your feeds to read posts from locals. Want to be added or see someone from #chicago missing? Tag me (or honestly just like this post) and I’ll get right on it. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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you give me and the fellas 24 ice cold high life bottles and we’ll come up with 8-12 new must see Winter Olympics sports, I know that
February 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
you give me and the fellas 24 ice cold high life bottles and we’ll come up with 8-12 new must see Winter Olympics sports, I know that
I thought a party was this weekend but it’s next weekend and now I’m mildly concerned I triple booked next Saturday but I can’t remember what the third thing is
February 7, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I thought a party was this weekend but it’s next weekend and now I’m mildly concerned I triple booked next Saturday but I can’t remember what the third thing is
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Would love to see more of the angle followed by journalists to show how much we’re spending to detain or deport each person. But also how their efficiency of abduction is getting smaller and smaller. They have to use 20 agents just to change a flat
I'm really asking: What is the math on all of this? If Metro Surge started Dec 1, and they claim to have deported 4,000 people, at a cost of $18 million a week, and it's been ten weeks, they show no sign of leaving, and we leave out the murders—$2billion to destroy us?
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
Operation Metro Surge leading to budget concerns for City of Minneapolis
There are concerns in the City of Minneapolis that Operation Metro Surge could lead to higher property taxes.
kstp.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Would love to see more of the angle followed by journalists to show how much we’re spending to detain or deport each person. But also how their efficiency of abduction is getting smaller and smaller. They have to use 20 agents just to change a flat
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Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...
February 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...
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Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
I think we’ve finally answered why Austin Powers’ penis enlargement pump was Swedish-made
Times article has an incredible illustration
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I think we’ve finally answered why Austin Powers’ penis enlargement pump was Swedish-made
When we went to Minneapolis, @bibliogrrl.bsky.social showed me her puffer skirt, and it was the first one I’d seen. Now they’re everywhere in Olympic fashion. STYLE ICON.
February 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
When we went to Minneapolis, @bibliogrrl.bsky.social showed me her puffer skirt, and it was the first one I’d seen. Now they’re everywhere in Olympic fashion. STYLE ICON.
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
Wild how every time I see a screenshot of an email now I assume it’s from the Epstein files
February 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Wild how every time I see a screenshot of an email now I assume it’s from the Epstein files
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If you call it your morning constitutional, it sounds way better than shitting with your eyes closed and the shower running
February 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
If you call it your morning constitutional, it sounds way better than shitting with your eyes closed and the shower running
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the status quo is supported by people with resources believing that the only responsible way to help the “less fortunate” is to give to the appropriate organization that redistributes it to the worthy.
our system was built to fail the people in the moment we are in—to protect systems of oppression.
our system was built to fail the people in the moment we are in—to protect systems of oppression.
February 7, 2026 at 1:56 PM
the status quo is supported by people with resources believing that the only responsible way to help the “less fortunate” is to give to the appropriate organization that redistributes it to the worthy.
our system was built to fail the people in the moment we are in—to protect systems of oppression.
our system was built to fail the people in the moment we are in—to protect systems of oppression.
175,000 since Sunday.
We have sent out almost 475,000 whistles for free, and our spreadsheet crew just told me that 80% of them are going out within 4 days of the request being made.
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
February 7, 2026 at 5:56 AM
175,000 since Sunday.
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We have sent out almost 475,000 whistles for free, and our spreadsheet crew just told me that 80% of them are going out within 4 days of the request being made.
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
February 7, 2026 at 3:16 AM
We have sent out almost 475,000 whistles for free, and our spreadsheet crew just told me that 80% of them are going out within 4 days of the request being made.
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
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In one of our signal chats, a neighbor calls these “fuckaroundabouts”
Minneapolis residents are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods. Called filter blockades, they’re pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets, and they’ve already earned the ire of Trump border czar Tom Homan (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Neighbors: Blockades are pop-up parties that also slow down ICE agents
Organizers are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods: pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets. Tom Homan, the Trump administration border cza...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
In one of our signal chats, a neighbor calls these “fuckaroundabouts”
God I love Chicago so much. At the combination Ratboys show and Al Scorch poetry reading and Albany Park Mutual Aid fundraiser
February 7, 2026 at 3:05 AM
God I love Chicago so much. At the combination Ratboys show and Al Scorch poetry reading and Albany Park Mutual Aid fundraiser
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if everyone could take on the “what if we just did the thing instead of waiting for it to happen” energy that much of minneapolis has right now, the world could be pretty good
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
if everyone could take on the “what if we just did the thing instead of waiting for it to happen” energy that much of minneapolis has right now, the world could be pretty good
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Hearing reports that JD Vance got stuck inside a fridge at the dump.
February 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Hearing reports that JD Vance got stuck inside a fridge at the dump.
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i can't get enough of this and i make no apologies
Had no choice but to pay $40 for a taxi burrito because I couldn't figure out how to decant olives
February 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
i can't get enough of this and i make no apologies
chat, what’s your favorite stage of grief?
I’m a big depression guy just in general, but denial really hits
I’m a big depression guy just in general, but denial really hits
I’ve seen enough. Annie has now been downgraded to the second most demented tank top I’ve seen here
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
chat, what’s your favorite stage of grief?
I’m a big depression guy just in general, but denial really hits
I’m a big depression guy just in general, but denial really hits
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AltNPS stole this from Regina Medina's article in MPR. It's basically word for word.
The second paragraph is LITERALLY word for word, with a single change.
This is one of those times where we have to ask: does AltNPS think we're stupid?
The second paragraph is LITERALLY word for word, with a single change.
This is one of those times where we have to ask: does AltNPS think we're stupid?
February 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM
AltNPS stole this from Regina Medina's article in MPR. It's basically word for word.
The second paragraph is LITERALLY word for word, with a single change.
This is one of those times where we have to ask: does AltNPS think we're stupid?
The second paragraph is LITERALLY word for word, with a single change.
This is one of those times where we have to ask: does AltNPS think we're stupid?
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I’d much rather you make sincere and embodied “bad art” than make insincere and hollowed out “good art”
February 6, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I’d much rather you make sincere and embodied “bad art” than make insincere and hollowed out “good art”
I hope Kelly and Stratton get on the phone with each other and decide which of them has time to actually campaign against this dude
PPP poll | 2/2-2/3 LV
Illinois Senate Democratic primary 2026
🟦Raja Krishamoorthi 34%
🟦Juliana Stratton 23%
🟦Robin Kelly 8%
Illinois Senate Democratic primary 2026
🟦Raja Krishamoorthi 34%
🟦Juliana Stratton 23%
🟦Robin Kelly 8%
February 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I hope Kelly and Stratton get on the phone with each other and decide which of them has time to actually campaign against this dude
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A three-flat divided on Ridge in Rogers Park
February 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A three-flat divided on Ridge in Rogers Park