MJ Lindberg
@mjlindberg.bsky.social
Was Chicago, now Vermont. Progressive. Theater. Books. Art. Science. Writes sometimes. She/her/hers.
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The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.
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Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
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You know Trump is losing it when he can’t even get through a Laura Ingraham interview without looking cognitively hopeless.
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You know Trump is losing it when he can’t even get through a Laura Ingraham interview without looking cognitively hopeless.
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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The fix is in.
Ghislaine Maxwell, transferred to a club med prison after Trump's lawyer met with her (and she likely spilled what she knows about Trump), is now being waited on "hand and foot" by guards and is getting her commutation application ready with help from the warden.
Ghislaine Maxwell, transferred to a club med prison after Trump's lawyer met with her (and she likely spilled what she knows about Trump), is now being waited on "hand and foot" by guards and is getting her commutation application ready with help from the warden.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The fix is in.
Ghislaine Maxwell, transferred to a club med prison after Trump's lawyer met with her (and she likely spilled what she knows about Trump), is now being waited on "hand and foot" by guards and is getting her commutation application ready with help from the warden.
Ghislaine Maxwell, transferred to a club med prison after Trump's lawyer met with her (and she likely spilled what she knows about Trump), is now being waited on "hand and foot" by guards and is getting her commutation application ready with help from the warden.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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So @librariesftp.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. Yay!
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort
Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So @librariesftp.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. Yay!
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Schumer screwed us for talking points next November.
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Schumer screwed us for talking points next November.
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Bovino left LA to come to Chicago and it's not like LA saw immigration operations stop - just less showboating from his crew. So even if these circulating rumors over the last week turn out real, I'm pessimistic about how much change to expect on the ground.
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Bovino left LA to come to Chicago and it's not like LA saw immigration operations stop - just less showboating from his crew. So even if these circulating rumors over the last week turn out real, I'm pessimistic about how much change to expect on the ground.
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/3 Meanwhile, she actually gives a shit about carceral culture and has used fame and influence to try to encourage clemency in actual cases impacting actual lives. I have the bog-standard old man view of Kardashian Kulture, but her heart seems to be in the right place on this.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
/3 Meanwhile, she actually gives a shit about carceral culture and has used fame and influence to try to encourage clemency in actual cases impacting actual lives. I have the bog-standard old man view of Kardashian Kulture, but her heart seems to be in the right place on this.
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“These people remind me of the soldiers I patrolled with in Afghanistan, only the average ICE agent has less training than the average soldier. It seems like every neighborhood in the U.S. is now subject to an armed and potentially violent confrontation with federal troops.“
“ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One.”Former Army Ranger Rory Fanning via @truthout.org #VeteransDay #AbolishICE
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ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One.
Veteran-led protests against Trump’s National Guard deployments encourage soldiers to resist Trump’s illegal orders.
truthout.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“These people remind me of the soldiers I patrolled with in Afghanistan, only the average ICE agent has less training than the average soldier. It seems like every neighborhood in the U.S. is now subject to an armed and potentially violent confrontation with federal troops.“
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Remember all those 4chan pervs doing "x-rays" of photos where they'd stick it in Photoshop or something and mess with the histogram until you could pick out more details from under women's clothing? We need those guys to do that to these masked assholes.
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Remember all those 4chan pervs doing "x-rays" of photos where they'd stick it in Photoshop or something and mess with the histogram until you could pick out more details from under women's clothing? We need those guys to do that to these masked assholes.
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Bernie Sanders calls the promised vote on ACA - the main concession won by Senate Democrats who voted to end the shutdown - "an empty gesture"
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Bernie Sanders calls the promised vote on ACA - the main concession won by Senate Democrats who voted to end the shutdown - "an empty gesture"
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Getting the impression she did everything to prepare for the bar exam except prepare for the bar exam
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
ew.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Getting the impression she did everything to prepare for the bar exam except prepare for the bar exam
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This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here.
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If anything weren't there a rash of news stories like a year or so ago that they weren't drinking or partying enough?
You can make the case that Zoomers are drinking more or less as much as previous generations when adjusting for spending power, expressed v. revealed preference, size of populations, etc. There is no case that they're the "most alcohol-addicted [...] generation in history," though. What? No.
I was reading the excellent @winterjessica.bsky.social review of Scott Galloway's new book, and it is where I became aware that Gavin Newsom just let this claim from Charlie Kirk stand.
It's just wildly false; Gen Z drinks less and uses fewer drugs
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It's just wildly false; Gen Z drinks less and uses fewer drugs
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If anything weren't there a rash of news stories like a year or so ago that they weren't drinking or partying enough?
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The Dem Senate is by far the weakest link in an already weak party and wholesale replacement is in order
Listening to these 8 Dem Senators explain their vote convinces me that they are either idiots or liars. Either is plausible.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Dem Senate is by far the weakest link in an already weak party and wholesale replacement is in order
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Words are only somewhat plug 'n play
not all words are compatible with each other, no matter what your fancy enviro-destroying thesaurus thinks
not all words are compatible with each other, no matter what your fancy enviro-destroying thesaurus thinks
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Words are only somewhat plug 'n play
not all words are compatible with each other, no matter what your fancy enviro-destroying thesaurus thinks
not all words are compatible with each other, no matter what your fancy enviro-destroying thesaurus thinks
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It's been rumored for a bit they would leave mid-November. It's not the weather, just the natural lifespan of a ~225 person operation.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
Bovino left LA to come to Chicago and it's not like LA saw immigration operations stop - just less showboating from his crew. So even if these circulating rumors over the last week turn out real, I'm pessimistic about how much change to expect on the ground.
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's been rumored for a bit they would leave mid-November. It's not the weather, just the natural lifespan of a ~225 person operation.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
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george floyd was murdered without a trail.
Hidden in this Senate so-called “deal” is a massive taxpayer-funded payday for GOP Senators that were investigated for participating in the Jan 6 fake elector scheme.
Republicans are writing laws to cover their own rear ends while lining their pockets.
Republicans are writing laws to cover their own rear ends while lining their pockets.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
george floyd was murdered without a trail.
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Worth noting: a district judge ruled that the ban on trans service members was illegal and unconstitutional, as it was without rational basis and based on pure animus. She then refused to stay the order pending appeal.
SCOTUS lifted the stay, and the purge began.
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
SCOTUS lifted the stay, and the purge began.
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Worth noting: a district judge ruled that the ban on trans service members was illegal and unconstitutional, as it was without rational basis and based on pure animus. She then refused to stay the order pending appeal.
SCOTUS lifted the stay, and the purge began.
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
SCOTUS lifted the stay, and the purge began.
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
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Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
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this is pure joy
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
this is pure joy