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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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
Kamala’s content aggregator project is an answer to the dumbshit “we need a left Joe Rogan” nonsense, isn’t it
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Kamala’s content aggregator project is an answer to the dumbshit “we need a left Joe Rogan” nonsense, isn’t it
There’s a MILF mafia? And the leader is a lesbian?
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
There’s a MILF mafia? And the leader is a lesbian?
As someone for whom these classes were mandatory, I have to say no one paid any attention because we had all learned how to be poor from being poor and we were hoping it was a skill set we’d have the luxury of forgetting
We need a home ec fervor to rival the last 20 years of yelling about STEM. I will happily spend my later years teaching high school kids how to meal plan, budget, prep, and cook if needed to serve my country.
February 5, 2026 at 1:13 PM
As someone for whom these classes were mandatory, I have to say no one paid any attention because we had all learned how to be poor from being poor and we were hoping it was a skill set we’d have the luxury of forgetting
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spoiler alert: this article is NOT referring to blast beats
Grindcore — you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
February 5, 2026 at 12:53 PM
spoiler alert: this article is NOT referring to blast beats
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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!!!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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.”
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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
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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.
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Full on concentration camps. "We don't know half of what's going on in the camps, but we know enough" is echoing from 85 years ago.
Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
My Daughter Lived the Liam Ramos Nightmare. It Turned Out Worse for Us.
The constant threats took a toll on my health. My daughter’s health deteriorated even faster.
slate.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Full on concentration camps. "We don't know half of what's going on in the camps, but we know enough" is echoing from 85 years ago.
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this is an excellent thread, courtney rules
I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
I mean, are they really cheaper or easier to produce than just sourcing the right thing from a mass distributor? it's sweet but doesn't seem Pareto efficient, and I feel like that's important to the revolution
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 AM
this is an excellent thread, courtney rules
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I am seeing it on a local level with neighbors who are reaching out and saying, "what can we do." People organizing rent and groceries and child pick up.
I am seeing it on a level I have never seen before: people seeing what we are up against and choosing to care for those around them.
I am seeing it on a level I have never seen before: people seeing what we are up against and choosing to care for those around them.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I am seeing it on a local level with neighbors who are reaching out and saying, "what can we do." People organizing rent and groceries and child pick up.
I am seeing it on a level I have never seen before: people seeing what we are up against and choosing to care for those around them.
I am seeing it on a level I have never seen before: people seeing what we are up against and choosing to care for those around them.