Reconstructed exPat
@panarmstrong.bsky.social
"Ravenswood" is a Dungeons & Dragons sounding name for a neighborhood.
Chicago based individual, but still New Orleans related. Georgia raised via UGA & SSI.
Chicago based individual, but still New Orleans related. Georgia raised via UGA & SSI.
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If you've got time to post, you've got time to send an email to your senators and House rep and tell them to fight loudly against this madness.
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First, there’s the rage: a dumbfounded rage in which you find yourself repeatedly asking, “How can this be happening?” to nobody in particular. It was there in 2005; it’s here now.
Then there is the betrayal. www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
Then there is the betrayal. www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
Michael Tisserand: In Minneapolis, there are echoes of Katrina
The federal flood of immigration agents reminds former Gambit Weekly editor Michael Tisserand of what he saw in New Orleans during Katrina. He explains and notes similarities between the two cities in...
www.nola.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:05 PM
First, there’s the rage: a dumbfounded rage in which you find yourself repeatedly asking, “How can this be happening?” to nobody in particular. It was there in 2005; it’s here now.
Then there is the betrayal. www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
Then there is the betrayal. www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
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The People vs. ICE
Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.
nymag.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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sending thoughts of strength to all furnaces/heat pumps and pipes in the city of Chicago
January 23, 2026 at 3:31 AM
sending thoughts of strength to all furnaces/heat pumps and pipes in the city of Chicago
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Today, CPL and Mayor Brandon Johnson (@mayorofchicago.bsky.social) officially announced the opening of the Library-Based Food Access program, a full-service food pantry in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository (@fooddepository.bsky.social). Learn more: chi.gov/legleropening
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Today, CPL and Mayor Brandon Johnson (@mayorofchicago.bsky.social) officially announced the opening of the Library-Based Food Access program, a full-service food pantry in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository (@fooddepository.bsky.social). Learn more: chi.gov/legleropening
An important reminder that plenty of conservatives know how to run for office as Democrats when the district boundaries call for it.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 PM
An important reminder that plenty of conservatives know how to run for office as Democrats when the district boundaries call for it.
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this thread about Minneapolis fuckin rocks, and I want to shoutout the Chicago patrollers who have been guarding schools throughout the frigid temperatures, too
“decentralized in a way they can’t handle,” as Margaret says
“decentralized in a way they can’t handle,” as Margaret says
Today I talked with a 76 year old who'd been standing in the cold for hours guarding her neighbors. I was getting kind of chilly, even in the new winter gear i bought for this trip (and I live in the goddam mountains myself).
She didn't even have a hat on.
She didn't even have a hat on.
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
this thread about Minneapolis fuckin rocks, and I want to shoutout the Chicago patrollers who have been guarding schools throughout the frigid temperatures, too
“decentralized in a way they can’t handle,” as Margaret says
“decentralized in a way they can’t handle,” as Margaret says
Big win for the Gullah Geechee community on Sapelo Island in Georgia.
Results: McIntosh County zoning vote - The Current
Voters repeal Sapelo rezoning by 5 to 1 margin in special election the county tried to thwart in court.
thecurrentga.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Big win for the Gullah Geechee community on Sapelo Island in Georgia.
At some point we're going to need the streaming services to start doing "get ready for the coming weather emergency" alerts because not enough people I know watch enough news to be aware of this storm.
Call your people. I've been on the phone with family & friends down South & so far only about half of them have any idea this is coming.
This would knock out power for tens of millions of people, for week*s*.
This is not a joke or exaggeration.
This is not a joke or exaggeration.
January 22, 2026 at 2:40 AM
At some point we're going to need the streaming services to start doing "get ready for the coming weather emergency" alerts because not enough people I know watch enough news to be aware of this storm.
If you've got people in the path of this ice storm remind them to fill a tub up with water & keep a bucket by the toilet. If their home loses water pressure, they can use the water & bucket to activate the flush.
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 AM
If you've got people in the path of this ice storm remind them to fill a tub up with water & keep a bucket by the toilet. If their home loses water pressure, they can use the water & bucket to activate the flush.
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You know what law was intended to prevent state legal regimes from racially profiling families and abducting children who might be caught without a parent? The Civil Rights Act of 1866. You know, the law to dismantle the Black Codes.
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:32 PM
You know what law was intended to prevent state legal regimes from racially profiling families and abducting children who might be caught without a parent? The Civil Rights Act of 1866. You know, the law to dismantle the Black Codes.
I've contacted my Senators & Representative & told them to Abolish ICE. They ain't going to say it until they hear their normie constituents saying it. A lot.
January 22, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I've contacted my Senators & Representative & told them to Abolish ICE. They ain't going to say it until they hear their normie constituents saying it. A lot.
Call your people. I've been on the phone with family & friends down South & so far only about half of them have any idea this is coming.
This would knock out power for tens of millions of people, for week*s*.
This is not a joke or exaggeration.
This is not a joke or exaggeration.
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Call your people. I've been on the phone with family & friends down South & so far only about half of them have any idea this is coming.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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In the great green room 🌝
January 20, 2026 at 5:48 AM
In the great green room 🌝
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Indiana was the worst team in college football for 150 years and then they let you start paying players and they immediately became No. 1 and the only conclusion one can draw is they were the only ones who didn’t realize you could pay players under the table for the first 150 years.
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Indiana was the worst team in college football for 150 years and then they let you start paying players and they immediately became No. 1 and the only conclusion one can draw is they were the only ones who didn’t realize you could pay players under the table for the first 150 years.
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This could be about the football game or the bus story or Minneapolis, who’s to say
January 20, 2026 at 3:35 AM
This could be about the football game or the bus story or Minneapolis, who’s to say
That's some legendary play right there.
January 20, 2026 at 3:38 AM
That's some legendary play right there.
"DOINK" is the football posting equivalent of telling your pet "Big Stretch:" if you hear it, you've got to post.
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 AM
"DOINK" is the football posting equivalent of telling your pet "Big Stretch:" if you hear it, you've got to post.
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It's important for everyone to see this
Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure
January 20, 2026 at 1:33 AM
It's important for everyone to see this
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fullback TD, Indiana has the mandate of heaven
January 20, 2026 at 1:59 AM
fullback TD, Indiana has the mandate of heaven