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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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A favorite movie you’ve seen more than seven times.
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Serebii Reminder: The Pokémon Scarlet & Violet distributions for Shiny Wo-Chien, Shiny Chien-Pao, Shiny Ting-Lu and Shiny Chi-Yu are set to end on Tuesday, September 30th at 23:59 UTC

Be sure to download them while you can

Details @ www.serebii.net/scarletviole...
September 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Giratina Altered Forme - Purified has been added to the Play! Pokémon #PokemonGO Championship Series Banned Pokémon List.

This Pokémon will be prohibited from competitive play until further notice, including the Frankfurt and Monterrey Regional Championships this weekend.
September 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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algernone25.bsky.social
So there was a lot of updates for #GoBattleLeague next season!

Here's everything in one thread:

Mechanics changes:
45 sec switch timer

Move Changes:
Aura sphere 80 dmg, costs less energy
Body Slam up to 55 dmg
Weather ball up to 60 dmg (from 55)
Charm down to 13 dmg, makes more energy
[1/8]
August 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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play.pokemon.com
Which Pokémon will have the biggest impact at #PokemonWorlds this year? Read up as our #PokemonGO commentators weigh in to the conversation as anticipations rise going into Day 1 of competition tomorrow 👀

Read more ➡️ pkmn.news/3Jesupb
August 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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TOP AI IN EDUCATION FAILS ... so far:
April 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
th3six4ninja.bsky.social
Another season, another Legend pose!

I played open great league, and ran one team all season:
Furret (sucker punch swift trailblaze)
Dachsbund (charm psychic fangs body slam)
Shadow Steelix (thunder fang psychic fangs crunch)

Just two adorable little friends and my favorite giant steel snake.
Pokémon GO screenshot GO Battle League current season stats Rank: Legend A million stardust earned 34 days remaining
July 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Hello Professors! The Staff Application for The Las Vegas Pokémon Regional Championship is now open!

Event Dates: Nov 14-16, 2025

Deadline to apply: July 30, 2025

Please share with any Professors you know who might be interested!

#PlayPokemon

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July 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I always liked Rich Burlew's view of Superman (which, btw, he's a great storyteller and The Order of the Stick is well worth your time):
in response to: "On the Superman topic, he isn't nearly as overpowered as people think. He can do ridiculous feats of strength, but the DC universe is basically a universe where heroes are gods and demi-gods. Superman by Marvel standards is OP. By DC standards? Shoot, he'd lose a fight, (and does, occasionally,) to a third of justice league. There are plenty of challenges for him." Rich Burlew writes: "But see, this isn't really the point. If the only thing a writer can do with Superman is introduce a threat even more powerful, they've already failed. The crux of Superman is that he is a being of immense power whose limitations are entirely internal. He is bound not by the laws of physics, but by the laws of man. By his own moral compass. As far back as Plato and his story of the Ring of Gyges, philosophers have debated whether or not a man who was free from the physical constraints of society could be virtuous. If a man was invisible, it was argued, clearly he would run around doing whatever thing he could get away with because society could not stop him, and therefore justice was a social construct only. Socrates rejects that point, saying that justice exists whether or not society is able to enforce it, and the man who abuses the Ring would be miserable with his power, while the man who resists its temptations would be happy in his abstinence. That's Superman. That's it. That's what matters about the character. That's why his archenemy isn't the guy who's stronger than him, it's the guy who has no compunctions about violating society's rules in plain sight. And that's why the true limitation on Superman is that he can't do the same thing. Once you reduce Superman to issues of his exact power level, you've lost sight of what the point of the character really is."
July 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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onionbug.bsky.social
Last night's return Bug Bop stream was fantastic.
I was joined by the lovely @commandzoe.bsky.social to help me build a #PendragonMTG deck inspired by friend of the show @th3six4ninja.bsky.social .
The result was a very Ska themed creation!
Rude boy and Hit girl OnionBug CommandZoe Rude boy and Hit girl
July 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
th3six4ninja.bsky.social
First time in the top 100 since my son was born (almost 3 years ago).

Feels… nice.
th3six4ninja rank 69 on the GBL leaderboard
July 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
th3six4ninja.bsky.social
Me and my first Commander
I ended up changing the deck to GW so she moved to the 99
But I’ve always loved playing lands
A 30 something white guy with short brown hair, a beard, and glasses, holding a kitten. He’s wearing a blue shirt that says in white block lettering: GOING TO THE GYM the O in “TO” is a pokeball. Magic the Gathering card: Azusa, Lost but Seeking
June 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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gaminggen.bsky.social
Hey Trainers! We are proud to announce we are the official Organizers for the 2025/26 North American Regional Pokémon Championships!!

Check out the dates already announced this week and stay on the look out for more to come. See y’all next season!

championships.pokemon.com/en-us/events
June 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
th3six4ninja.bsky.social
Old card, goblin bard?
Magic the gathering card: Goblin Lyre
June 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
th3six4ninja.bsky.social
Does this mean I have been gazing long into the abyss?

Asking for a friend.
Two eyes peering out of the darkness of a brown paper bag on the living room floor.
June 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
th3six4ninja.bsky.social
Tell your pet’s name with a gif
June 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
th3six4ninja.bsky.social
This is the strongest list I’ve built for #PendragonMTG

Cards go to the graveyard so they can be witness-ed back to build value or combo loops.

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(The sideboard is everything I ever added then cut from the deck… don’t mind it)
June 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
th3six4ninja.bsky.social
Pleased to have a couple days on the leaderboard for the first time in over a year.

After grinding so many seasons, and then trying to push through burnout for a few more…

Taking last season off definitely helped me enjoy the game more this season.

Kinda looking forward to the new bug meta too.
GO Battle League leaderboard: th3six4ninja rank 295 3320 rating 9db.jp pokego Leaderboard history th3six4ninja High leaderboard ranks season 4-10 200+ rank seasons 11,16,22 Pokémon GO battle season info This season 1006/1875 Legend 3320 rating Last season 19/20 Rank 5
June 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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@itsaxn.bsky.social
GGs today! Watched back the match after and appreciated the kinds words and trip down fond-memory lane.

Good luck with the end of season push and with Worlds this summer!
June 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Remember this!
#pokemonstadium
May 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Post a pic of you and your favorite Magic card side by side!
Me, holding a kitten, wearing my “going to the gym” Magic the Gathering card: Knight of the Reliquary Because I love searching for land AND putting lands in my graveyard.
May 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
th3six4ninja.bsky.social
After going 19-1 last season and realizing the only way I get stardust is GBL….

I dove back in this season and still made it to Legend.

Shoutout to CarlMCG on the discord for the team recommendation.
Pokémon GO: rank up to Legend @ 3015 rating Pokémon GO season stats: Last season 19 wins 1 loss rank 5 27,190 stardust earned This season 968 wins 852 losses rank LEGEND 2,416,493 stardust earned Pokémon GO Great League Guzzlord Toxapex Gastrodon
May 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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johtotimes.bsky.social
Have you voted in our Favourite Pokémon Poll yet?

Vote for your six favourite Pokémon from each region

The top ten from each will go through to the grand final

Runs between now and July 31st, 2025

Grand final will take place this August!

Please share this poll with everyone you know!
Johto Times Favourite Pokémon Poll 2025
Who will be declared the fan favourite Pokémon in our polls? Cast your vote, and see who wins!
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May 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM