Dr. Lucian Walkowicz
@notnotrocketscience.com
Astronomer, movement artist, & educator based in Chicago 🛸 Founder, Not Not Rocket Science ✨Co-founder, the JustSpace Alliance 🚀they/them causing mayhem
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Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
this is why i have been so insistent that activists here in chicago rethink "close broadview"-- broadview, the only stop before detainees get moved out of state-- as an organizing goal. it's not that i don't want it closed, it's that we must think strategically about the downstream effects
So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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February 12, 2026 at 3:53 AM
this is why i have been so insistent that activists here in chicago rethink "close broadview"-- broadview, the only stop before detainees get moved out of state-- as an organizing goal. it's not that i don't want it closed, it's that we must think strategically about the downstream effects
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Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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For folks asking: yes, the person shot has died. Just announced. The video circulating shows what can only be described as an execution.
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
For folks asking: yes, the person shot has died. Just announced. The video circulating shows what can only be described as an execution.
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At 26th and Nicolett in Minneapolis this morning—
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
At 26th and Nicolett in Minneapolis this morning—
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
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Outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis tonight—
Around 100 protesters are gathered across from the facility. Some vehicles with masked agents inside have been periodically arriving.
DHS agents just gave another warning to stay out of the road and driveway, called out press as well.
Around 100 protesters are gathered across from the facility. Some vehicles with masked agents inside have been periodically arriving.
DHS agents just gave another warning to stay out of the road and driveway, called out press as well.
January 14, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis tonight—
Around 100 protesters are gathered across from the facility. Some vehicles with masked agents inside have been periodically arriving.
DHS agents just gave another warning to stay out of the road and driveway, called out press as well.
Around 100 protesters are gathered across from the facility. Some vehicles with masked agents inside have been periodically arriving.
DHS agents just gave another warning to stay out of the road and driveway, called out press as well.
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Zac Kinney shared this photo from the second of two ICE deportation flights at MSP today - one of the 47 deportees was still in their Amazon uniform.
(I counted 127 deportees on the first flight)
(I counted 127 deportees on the first flight)
January 11, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Zac Kinney shared this photo from the second of two ICE deportation flights at MSP today - one of the 47 deportees was still in their Amazon uniform.
(I counted 127 deportees on the first flight)
(I counted 127 deportees on the first flight)
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ICE has everything to do with law enforcement.
It's literally the same private prison contractors, running the same private prison facilities, implementing programs designed by the same government officials using the same tactics.
Cops fire tear gas + rubber bullets directly at people's faces too.
It's literally the same private prison contractors, running the same private prison facilities, implementing programs designed by the same government officials using the same tactics.
Cops fire tear gas + rubber bullets directly at people's faces too.
This is an image of a federal agent shooting chemical munitions at a crowd at point blank range in Minneapolis on the day Renee Good was executed
Whatever your feelings on law enforcement, understand they don't apply here whatsoever because ICE categorically *has nothing to do with law enforcement*
Whatever your feelings on law enforcement, understand they don't apply here whatsoever because ICE categorically *has nothing to do with law enforcement*
January 11, 2026 at 2:03 AM
ICE has everything to do with law enforcement.
It's literally the same private prison contractors, running the same private prison facilities, implementing programs designed by the same government officials using the same tactics.
Cops fire tear gas + rubber bullets directly at people's faces too.
It's literally the same private prison contractors, running the same private prison facilities, implementing programs designed by the same government officials using the same tactics.
Cops fire tear gas + rubber bullets directly at people's faces too.
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Claim:
These aren't cops! Cops don't fire less lethal rounds in people's faces! That's dangerous! Someone could lose an eye!
Reality:
Cops blinded 8 BLM protestors in one single day, by shooting multiple people in the face with tear gas cannisters, bean bag rounds, and rubber bullets.
These aren't cops! Cops don't fire less lethal rounds in people's faces! That's dangerous! Someone could lose an eye!
Reality:
Cops blinded 8 BLM protestors in one single day, by shooting multiple people in the face with tear gas cannisters, bean bag rounds, and rubber bullets.
January 11, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Claim:
These aren't cops! Cops don't fire less lethal rounds in people's faces! That's dangerous! Someone could lose an eye!
Reality:
Cops blinded 8 BLM protestors in one single day, by shooting multiple people in the face with tear gas cannisters, bean bag rounds, and rubber bullets.
These aren't cops! Cops don't fire less lethal rounds in people's faces! That's dangerous! Someone could lose an eye!
Reality:
Cops blinded 8 BLM protestors in one single day, by shooting multiple people in the face with tear gas cannisters, bean bag rounds, and rubber bullets.
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Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum, who shot Marimar Martinez five times (she survived) as she drove her car in Chicago on Oct. 4, is also a firearm instructor.
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, per Testimony
Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
www.wired.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum, who shot Marimar Martinez five times (she survived) as she drove her car in Chicago on Oct. 4, is also a firearm instructor.
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Hey Minneapolis ❄️—we're indie reporters here from Chicago. If there's anything you'd like us to know about community actions, vigils, or fed activity, please drop us a line on Signal at unraveled.66 📱
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Hey Minneapolis ❄️—we're indie reporters here from Chicago. If there's anything you'd like us to know about community actions, vigils, or fed activity, please drop us a line on Signal at unraveled.66 📱
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In Minneapolis this afternoon—
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
January 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
In Minneapolis this afternoon—
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Feds encountering loudmouthed Chicago women
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Feds encountering loudmouthed Chicago women
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calls to abolish ice didn't start when trump got elected in 2024 or even in 2016.
ice has operated the detention center in broadview, illinois, for ~20 years.
the chicago field office, which covers six states, surveilled 20,000 people on electronic monitors as of sept 2024.
ice has operated the detention center in broadview, illinois, for ~20 years.
the chicago field office, which covers six states, surveilled 20,000 people on electronic monitors as of sept 2024.
More immigrants are under surveillance by ICE's Chicago field office than ever, data analysis finds
The number of people being electronically monitored by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in six states, including Illinois, has grown from 2,921 in 2019 to 19,160 last month. No other ICE field...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
calls to abolish ice didn't start when trump got elected in 2024 or even in 2016.
ice has operated the detention center in broadview, illinois, for ~20 years.
the chicago field office, which covers six states, surveilled 20,000 people on electronic monitors as of sept 2024.
ice has operated the detention center in broadview, illinois, for ~20 years.
the chicago field office, which covers six states, surveilled 20,000 people on electronic monitors as of sept 2024.
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An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
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It appears Magistrate Judge Laura McNally has arrived for the morning's inspection, along with a team of attorneys.
"Hold them accountable!" A protestor yells repeatedly.
"They had a week to clean things up, remember that!" Another says through a megaphone.
"Hold them accountable!" A protestor yells repeatedly.
"They had a week to clean things up, remember that!" Another says through a megaphone.
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It appears Magistrate Judge Laura McNally has arrived for the morning's inspection, along with a team of attorneys.
"Hold them accountable!" A protestor yells repeatedly.
"They had a week to clean things up, remember that!" Another says through a megaphone.
"Hold them accountable!" A protestor yells repeatedly.
"They had a week to clean things up, remember that!" Another says through a megaphone.
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#PPOD: When a meteoroid shook the edge of Apollinaris Mons on Mars, it triggered streaks that carved a hundred new scratches on the surface. The European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured these dust avalanches on the slopes the night before Christmas in 2023. Credit: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#PPOD: When a meteoroid shook the edge of Apollinaris Mons on Mars, it triggered streaks that carved a hundred new scratches on the surface. The European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured these dust avalanches on the slopes the night before Christmas in 2023. Credit: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS 🧪
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You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
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Same guy has a WSJ column which he has occasionally used to criticize me, personally
I always find out via the hate mail that starts rolling in
I always find out via the hate mail that starts rolling in
Jeffrey Epstein was developing a series, moderated by @lkrauss1.bsky.social, to bring scientists and celebrities together. The first season would include an episode where "Woody Allen talks about the human condition with Linguist Noam Chomsky."
drive.google.com/file/d/14Sla...
drive.google.com/file/d/14Sla...
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023123.txt
drive.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Same guy has a WSJ column which he has occasionally used to criticize me, personally
I always find out via the hate mail that starts rolling in
I always find out via the hate mail that starts rolling in
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Good morning from Judge Jeffrey Cumming's courtroom, where he's considering a motion to release 100s of "Midway Blitz" arrestees on EM who were subjected to "warrantless" arrest.
ICE and CBP recently produced a list of 3,300 people arrested since June
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/c...
ICE and CBP recently produced a list of 3,300 people arrested since June
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/c...
Federal judge appears poised to order release of at least some ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees
A Chicago federal judge appeared poised Friday to order at least a portion of the thousands of people detained in “Operation Midway Blitz” released on electronic monitoring while litiga…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Good morning from Judge Jeffrey Cumming's courtroom, where he's considering a motion to release 100s of "Midway Blitz" arrestees on EM who were subjected to "warrantless" arrest.
ICE and CBP recently produced a list of 3,300 people arrested since June
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/c...
ICE and CBP recently produced a list of 3,300 people arrested since June
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/c...
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///BREAKING/// Judge Jeffrey Cummings orders that by noon of Nov. 17, he will order the release of all of the 615 "Operation Midway Blitz" detainees identified as class participants (at least those still here in the country) once they pay a $1,500 bond.
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
///BREAKING/// Judge Jeffrey Cummings orders that by noon of Nov. 17, he will order the release of all of the 615 "Operation Midway Blitz" detainees identified as class participants (at least those still here in the country) once they pay a $1,500 bond.
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For years I've reported on the tech and tools that bounty hunters have access to. I think people would be shocked it is often essentially what cops can have too, w/ less accountability
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
For years I've reported on the tech and tools that bounty hunters have access to. I think people would be shocked it is often essentially what cops can have too, w/ less accountability
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
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Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities