Ryan Griffis
@ryangriffis.com
He/Him. Art, education, political ecology on Potawatomi, Miami, Peoria/Wea/Piankashaw/Kaskaskia, Kickapoo land. Likes to imagine he will live where he can surf again, one day. https://ryangriffis.com/
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Does anyone remember the Chicago-based art journal Proximity? I just remembered that we still have copies of issue #6 in our webstore. Lots of great writers in this. Same old price of $12.00.
Proximity Number Six: (An)Other Art Worlds
Proximity is going strong with this issue looking at the diversity of artist practice and the worlds they construct.
halfletterpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Does anyone remember the Chicago-based art journal Proximity? I just remembered that we still have copies of issue #6 in our webstore. Lots of great writers in this. Same old price of $12.00.
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RESISTANCE: A new zine from Aaron Hughes and Arti Walker-Pedakotla about radical veteran organizing and opposition to the wars from inside! justseeds.org/product/stat...
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
RESISTANCE: A new zine from Aaron Hughes and Arti Walker-Pedakotla about radical veteran organizing and opposition to the wars from inside! justseeds.org/product/stat...
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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:...
November 15, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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:...
The unsung legacy of Margaret Burroughs: ‘We called her mama’ www.wbez.org/curious-city...
The unsung legacy of Margaret Burroughs: ‘We called her mama’
Margaret Burroughs is well known as the founder of the DuSable Black History Museum. Her legacy lives on through men she taught in prison.
www.wbez.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The unsung legacy of Margaret Burroughs: ‘We called her mama’ www.wbez.org/curious-city...
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A bit of relevant show lore: an editor heard Brooke’s 2017 conversation with @mark-bray.bsky.social on the car radio and pulled over to write down Bray’s info. The editor asked Bray to write a book version of the interview which ultimately became “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook”
📻 Tune into this week’s show: Joseph Cox on the banning of apps that document ICE abuses; historian Mark Bray on fleeing the country to escape a right-wing doxxing campaign; John J. Lennon on the dangerous failures of true crime: https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
October 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A bit of relevant show lore: an editor heard Brooke’s 2017 conversation with @mark-bray.bsky.social on the car radio and pulled over to write down Bray’s info. The editor asked Bray to write a book version of the interview which ultimately became “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook”
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
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The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a source
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a person familiar with the matter.
bloom.bg
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a source
@onthemedia.bsky.social latest episode has an interview with Pema Levy (Mother Jones) on Ernst Fraenkel’s theory of the dual state under Nazi Germany and its relevance to the current US admin and Supreme. Really worth a listen. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Authoritarianism, but Make It Look Normal. Plus, the Family Taking Over American Media. | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The Supreme Court has returned to the bench and is poised to hear major cases on tariffs and federal firings. On this week’s On the Media, how a century-old legal theory may help us u...
www.wnycstudios.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@onthemedia.bsky.social latest episode has an interview with Pema Levy (Mother Jones) on Ernst Fraenkel’s theory of the dual state under Nazi Germany and its relevance to the current US admin and Supreme. Really worth a listen. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.
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This appears to be the tear gas deployed that was mentioned in this community alert earlier. ICE all over Albany Park this morning.
October 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This appears to be the tear gas deployed that was mentioned in this community alert earlier. ICE all over Albany Park this morning.
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Border Patrol is terrorizing Gage Park this morning (video from Facebook, 55th & California reportedly 9:40am). SWRR reports agents are highly active and were also seen at the Pulaski orange line again: instagram.com/p/DPtwEY7DhTy
October 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Border Patrol is terrorizing Gage Park this morning (video from Facebook, 55th & California reportedly 9:40am). SWRR reports agents are highly active and were also seen at the Pulaski orange line again: instagram.com/p/DPtwEY7DhTy
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ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
October 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
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All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.
October 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.
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What is happening across Chicago is an act of terror and incitement. This is what modern conflict begins as and escalates out of control and the terror and violence amp up
Here is an Illinois state representative Jimenez speaking about what is unfolding today.
Here is an Illinois state representative Jimenez speaking about what is unfolding today.
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What is happening across Chicago is an act of terror and incitement. This is what modern conflict begins as and escalates out of control and the terror and violence amp up
Here is an Illinois state representative Jimenez speaking about what is unfolding today.
Here is an Illinois state representative Jimenez speaking about what is unfolding today.
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This is just pure uncut fascist terror for terrors sake and it’s accelerating.
The republicans are at war against democracy and sovereign democratically held states and cities. Full stop.
The republicans are at war against democracy and sovereign democratically held states and cities. Full stop.
Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
October 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is just pure uncut fascist terror for terrors sake and it’s accelerating.
The republicans are at war against democracy and sovereign democratically held states and cities. Full stop.
The republicans are at war against democracy and sovereign democratically held states and cities. Full stop.
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The list of Chicago Alderpeople who are good folks is pretty small but Fuentes is one of them. Shame on Humboldt Park Health for letting these goons in.
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The list of Chicago Alderpeople who are good folks is pretty small but Fuentes is one of them. Shame on Humboldt Park Health for letting these goons in.
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Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
Tenure-line jobs in sustainable design at UIUC! #academicjobs #sustainabledesign #highereducationjobs #design #sustainability
Assistant / Associate Professor, Sustainable Design - College of Fine & Applied Arts
Duties & ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate will be expected to teach
and develop new critical insights in one or more areas central to the ...
illinois.csod.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tenure-line jobs in sustainable design at UIUC! #academicjobs #sustainabledesign #highereducationjobs #design #sustainability
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Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.
September 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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NEW
🧵The White House has now issued its first formal legal justification for the lethal attack on a vessel in the Caribbean.
This War Powers report to Congress is long on bluster and short on substance.
This letter does not adequately justify the premeditated killing of apparent civilians. 1/n
🧵The White House has now issued its first formal legal justification for the lethal attack on a vessel in the Caribbean.
This War Powers report to Congress is long on bluster and short on substance.
This letter does not adequately justify the premeditated killing of apparent civilians. 1/n
September 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
NEW
🧵The White House has now issued its first formal legal justification for the lethal attack on a vessel in the Caribbean.
This War Powers report to Congress is long on bluster and short on substance.
This letter does not adequately justify the premeditated killing of apparent civilians. 1/n
🧵The White House has now issued its first formal legal justification for the lethal attack on a vessel in the Caribbean.
This War Powers report to Congress is long on bluster and short on substance.
This letter does not adequately justify the premeditated killing of apparent civilians. 1/n
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62 years ago today, the late great John Lewis spoke at the legendary March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom— at just 23 years old. Read and process his speech, which articulates both the urgent need for the Voting Rights Act & Civil Rights Act, and the stakes of denying those fundamental rights. 1/3
August 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
62 years ago today, the late great John Lewis spoke at the legendary March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom— at just 23 years old. Read and process his speech, which articulates both the urgent need for the Voting Rights Act & Civil Rights Act, and the stakes of denying those fundamental rights. 1/3