Em, midly
@lefttheprairie.bsky.social
Emily
Chicago, IL
she/her
emidly.08 on Signal
Chicago, IL
she/her
emidly.08 on Signal
Pinned
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:...
Reposted by Em, midly
We told @protopasta.bsky.social how much bluesky would love a filament company who was just like "oh are you making whistles, that's awesome, here have some free filament" and so they come over to hang out!!!
Jumping in to keep up with all the whistlemakers!
Protopasta is ready to donate filament to keep the momentum going! Reach out to our support team at support@protoplant.com to find how you can be involved, too!
Protopasta is ready to donate filament to keep the momentum going! Reach out to our support team at support@protoplant.com to find how you can be involved, too!
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 AM
We told @protopasta.bsky.social how much bluesky would love a filament company who was just like "oh are you making whistles, that's awesome, here have some free filament" and so they come over to hang out!!!
Reposted by Em, midly
i am trying not to joke about the Epstein stuff because it's so horrible but there's also this ridiculous element where it's like... discovering Dracula is real, he's taken over human society at the highest levels, he's involved in tons of evil and also he's a huge dipshit
February 5, 2026 at 3:43 AM
i am trying not to joke about the Epstein stuff because it's so horrible but there's also this ridiculous element where it's like... discovering Dracula is real, he's taken over human society at the highest levels, he's involved in tons of evil and also he's a huge dipshit
Reposted by Em, midly
Shot this in ‘22 and I got to get back to it
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Shot this in ‘22 and I got to get back to it
I really hope the dramatizations of the US resistance can show that we’re just a bunch of regular guys who are mad as hell. Show our obnoxious infighting next to our heroics. Let the message be that the left are annoying but we’re right.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I really hope the dramatizations of the US resistance can show that we’re just a bunch of regular guys who are mad as hell. Show our obnoxious infighting next to our heroics. Let the message be that the left are annoying but we’re right.
Reposted by Em, midly
Normal people are out there doing extraordinary things. My mom's health aide emailed me: ICE took 2 of her neighbors; when she told them they weren't welcome, she was met w/a rifle. Now she's driving a neighbor to work hidden in the back of her car & escorting the neighbor's kids to the bus stop.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Normal people are out there doing extraordinary things. My mom's health aide emailed me: ICE took 2 of her neighbors; when she told them they weren't welcome, she was met w/a rifle. Now she's driving a neighbor to work hidden in the back of her car & escorting the neighbor's kids to the bus stop.
I went outside to be a nosy neighbor on October 1 and got so mad that a guy was taken without my notice that I’ve helped distribute hundreds of thousands of whistles across the country
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I went outside to be a nosy neighbor on October 1 and got so mad that a guy was taken without my notice that I’ve helped distribute hundreds of thousands of whistles across the country
Yup, Dan and I are connected on this
February 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Yup, Dan and I are connected on this
Reposted by Em, midly
The same school where Liam and Elizabeth were just returned.
These are the kids that the principal had to escort IN to Whipple to be with their mother. Ha had to hold their hands walking into that monstrous building.
Leave Columbia Heights the fuck alone. Jfc
These are the kids that the principal had to escort IN to Whipple to be with their mother. Ha had to hold their hands walking into that monstrous building.
Leave Columbia Heights the fuck alone. Jfc
The two boys — a second-grader and a fifth-grader — were sent to an immigration detention center last week with their mother.
Two elementary school students return to Minnesota from Texas detention center
The two boys — a second-grader and a fifth-grader — were sent to an immigration detention center last week with their mother.
www.kare11.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:56 PM
The same school where Liam and Elizabeth were just returned.
These are the kids that the principal had to escort IN to Whipple to be with their mother. Ha had to hold their hands walking into that monstrous building.
Leave Columbia Heights the fuck alone. Jfc
These are the kids that the principal had to escort IN to Whipple to be with their mother. Ha had to hold their hands walking into that monstrous building.
Leave Columbia Heights the fuck alone. Jfc
Reposted by Em, midly
4 out of 12 families already covered!
I said we were done asking for rent money. But today I heard the horrifying fact that there are zero family shelter beds in the entire state of Minnesota. So we are going to try something new.
We are going to do peer to peer funding. You take on urgent‼️ funding for one family. You send to them.
We are going to do peer to peer funding. You take on urgent‼️ funding for one family. You send to them.
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
4 out of 12 families already covered!
Reposted by Em, midly
journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
Reposted by Em, midly
u ever just be really shitty at life all the time
February 4, 2026 at 7:29 AM
u ever just be really shitty at life all the time
I’m so sorry, Kim. Whoever gets you next will be lucky to have you.
February 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I’m so sorry, Kim. Whoever gets you next will be lucky to have you.
Reposted by Em, midly
My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues.
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
February 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues.
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
Aw, one of the videos was about the success of a mentoring program similar to one I proposed in a white paper in grad school! That’s so cool to hear.
February 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Aw, one of the videos was about the success of a mentoring program similar to one I proposed in a white paper in grad school! That’s so cool to hear.
Oh I smiled too much and was told I needed to stop being so kind to candidates for entry level jobs we were having trouble filling
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Oh I smiled too much and was told I needed to stop being so kind to candidates for entry level jobs we were having trouble filling
I was the woman who was too nice so I wasn’t a serious leader. Coaching and finessing wasn’t “leading.”
None of my accomplishments were impressive because the fact that I accomplished them meant they must’ve been easy. That one might be because I’m fat or because I’m young-sounding, or maybe both.
None of my accomplishments were impressive because the fact that I accomplished them meant they must’ve been easy. That one might be because I’m fat or because I’m young-sounding, or maybe both.
February 4, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I was the woman who was too nice so I wasn’t a serious leader. Coaching and finessing wasn’t “leading.”
None of my accomplishments were impressive because the fact that I accomplished them meant they must’ve been easy. That one might be because I’m fat or because I’m young-sounding, or maybe both.
None of my accomplishments were impressive because the fact that I accomplished them meant they must’ve been easy. That one might be because I’m fat or because I’m young-sounding, or maybe both.
j/k I’m also learning about how much of my previous workplace trauma was just gender discrimination
February 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
j/k I’m also learning about how much of my previous workplace trauma was just gender discrimination
I’m doing the optional corporate allyship training at work and so far I’m mostly learning about leaning in
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I’m doing the optional corporate allyship training at work and so far I’m mostly learning about leaning in
Reposted by Em, midly
ICE already up to their terror in the exurbs this morning while Homan says they're drawing down.
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
ICE already up to their terror in the exurbs this morning while Homan says they're drawing down.
Ooh this means it’s working
Homan to Minneapolis residents who are setting up ICE roadblocks: "What are you doing? Do you really think you're gonna stop ICE and CBP from doing their job? It's a joke. Stop.
February 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Ooh this means it’s working
Reposted by Em, midly
It’s day 64 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
February 4, 2026 at 4:28 AM
It’s day 64 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
Reposted by Em, midly
how about all of them
Trump's border czar Tom Homan announces he's removing 700 immigration officers from Minnesota, effective immediately.
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
how about all of them
Reposted by Em, midly
Reposted by Em, midly
we need every grain of sand in the gears. every single one.
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 AM
we need every grain of sand in the gears. every single one.
Hey, I know you mean well, but Jamey is very down with the whistle cause and we already discussed why people are conceded about the statement. We’re all super keyed up, but the only people not trying their best here are the ones steering WAISN to put out a boneheaded statement.
February 4, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Hey, I know you mean well, but Jamey is very down with the whistle cause and we already discussed why people are conceded about the statement. We’re all super keyed up, but the only people not trying their best here are the ones steering WAISN to put out a boneheaded statement.