Chris (or Kess)
@theghilliedhu.bsky.social
Intersex and genderqueer (they/them), public policy analyst. Banner by klobeans
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Outside of making the mask there wasn't much else for this...the pieces I'm wearing are styled from my wardrobe. Had fun with this one!
Join the cult of the harvest ✨️
Join the cult of the harvest ✨️
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Outside of making the mask there wasn't much else for this...the pieces I'm wearing are styled from my wardrobe. Had fun with this one!
Join the cult of the harvest ✨️
Join the cult of the harvest ✨️
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Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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I realize that it's part of the governor's strategy to keep the National Guard at bay, but facilitating a violent, occupying force to keep another arm of the occupation at bay is not the only strategy, and it's one worthy of critique. Also, all state charges against protesters should be dropped NOW.
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I realize that it's part of the governor's strategy to keep the National Guard at bay, but facilitating a violent, occupying force to keep another arm of the occupation at bay is not the only strategy, and it's one worthy of critique. Also, all state charges against protesters should be dropped NOW.
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Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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Read This When Things Fall Apart made Bookshop's Bestsellers of the Week list!
Bookshop.org Best Sellers of the Week
Last Week's Bestselling Books: A Taste of the US We're leaning in on politics and history nowadays with a compilation of letters to activists and a new exploration of the US Justice Department.
bookshop.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Read This When Things Fall Apart made Bookshop's Bestsellers of the Week list!
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A Waukegan councilman was briefly detained by U.S. immigration agents on Friday, and he says the agents drew their guns on him while he was sitting in his car with his hands raised.
“My life flashed before my eyes,” said Ald. Juan Martinez.
“My life flashed before my eyes,” said Ald. Juan Martinez.
Waukegan alderman says federal agents pulled guns on him: ‘There were four barrels pointed at me’
As soon as he felt he felt he was safe, Martinez said his first call was to Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A Waukegan councilman was briefly detained by U.S. immigration agents on Friday, and he says the agents drew their guns on him while he was sitting in his car with his hands raised.
“My life flashed before my eyes,” said Ald. Juan Martinez.
“My life flashed before my eyes,” said Ald. Juan Martinez.
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Great read about Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz. Story of community, solidarity, and empathy bringing the children of day laborers together with suburban moms. Gift link. By Andrew Carter @chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
In Chicago, the resistance to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mission has taken many forms. A movement has grown through acts large and small.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Great read about Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz. Story of community, solidarity, and empathy bringing the children of day laborers together with suburban moms. Gift link. By Andrew Carter @chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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Members of the community yell towards Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and federal officers while they conduct an immigration enforcement action Friday in Waukegan.
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Members of the community yell towards Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and federal officers while they conduct an immigration enforcement action Friday in Waukegan.
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NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
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Just observed ICE agents transferring detainees between vehicles at Warren Park — city property. This is prohibited.
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just observed ICE agents transferring detainees between vehicles at Warren Park — city property. This is prohibited.
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Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
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Hello Friends! I need your help.
I've submitted a proposal to the Illinois Supreme Court, docketed as Proposal 25-05, to guarantee that undocumented immigrants, disabled people, and legal aid and pro bono attorneys can appear in court remotely. My proposed language is the underlined text below!
I've submitted a proposal to the Illinois Supreme Court, docketed as Proposal 25-05, to guarantee that undocumented immigrants, disabled people, and legal aid and pro bono attorneys can appear in court remotely. My proposed language is the underlined text below!
October 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hello Friends! I need your help.
I've submitted a proposal to the Illinois Supreme Court, docketed as Proposal 25-05, to guarantee that undocumented immigrants, disabled people, and legal aid and pro bono attorneys can appear in court remotely. My proposed language is the underlined text below!
I've submitted a proposal to the Illinois Supreme Court, docketed as Proposal 25-05, to guarantee that undocumented immigrants, disabled people, and legal aid and pro bono attorneys can appear in court remotely. My proposed language is the underlined text below!
I got my copy a few days ago and did a first reading with my friends and family that night! I can't wait to do a more in-depth second read, where I can take my time and let what I need to focus on reach out to me. There's absolutely something for everyone in here, thank you a thousand times!
Just a reminder that if you preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis through my favorite bookstore, @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social, you will get an extra letter from me tucked into your book. I wrote that letter this week, and I think some of you might find it useful.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I got my copy a few days ago and did a first reading with my friends and family that night! I can't wait to do a more in-depth second read, where I can take my time and let what I need to focus on reach out to me. There's absolutely something for everyone in here, thank you a thousand times!
LRT: This applies to all of us, whether we can scale up or need to scale down to fit our financial circumstances. Even just one person fed and chatted with is a massive win. Get creative, treat people with dignity, and let yourself grow more and more community-minded 💕Thanks for reminding us Romeo!
November 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
LRT: This applies to all of us, whether we can scale up or need to scale down to fit our financial circumstances. Even just one person fed and chatted with is a massive win. Get creative, treat people with dignity, and let yourself grow more and more community-minded 💕Thanks for reminding us Romeo!
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🚨🚨Wow‼️In these times of uncertainty we need more Romeo’s in the world. He paid for people to eat for an hour and over 200 people were fed. This is the humanity and community we need right now. Bravo, Romeo‼️🔥💥🔥
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🚨🚨Wow‼️In these times of uncertainty we need more Romeo’s in the world. He paid for people to eat for an hour and over 200 people were fed. This is the humanity and community we need right now. Bravo, Romeo‼️🔥💥🔥
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Skull Boy loves to share jokes with friends!
(Bluesky Edition 💀)
(Bluesky Edition 💀)
October 18, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Skull Boy loves to share jokes with friends!
(Bluesky Edition 💀)
(Bluesky Edition 💀)
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gonna keep banging this drum: Chicago area folks, if you sign up for Know Your Rights training with @icirr.bsky.social
it’s only 90 minutes & through the org, you can be connected with people who are trying to protect our communities. Other ideas: find local food pantries or Mutual Aid groups 💚
it’s only 90 minutes & through the org, you can be connected with people who are trying to protect our communities. Other ideas: find local food pantries or Mutual Aid groups 💚
The level of community organizing that's happening right now is WILD. Get involved.
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
gonna keep banging this drum: Chicago area folks, if you sign up for Know Your Rights training with @icirr.bsky.social
it’s only 90 minutes & through the org, you can be connected with people who are trying to protect our communities. Other ideas: find local food pantries or Mutual Aid groups 💚
it’s only 90 minutes & through the org, you can be connected with people who are trying to protect our communities. Other ideas: find local food pantries or Mutual Aid groups 💚
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“Major never abandoned the struggle against fascism, which is to say, the fight to free us all… the way to honor Major is to keep hammering holes in the walls that confine us, and to expand the trans and queer spaces she built.”
- Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley
truthout.org/articles/to-...
- Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley
truthout.org/articles/to-...
To Honor Miss Major, We Fight for the Trans and Queer Spaces She Built
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy embraced the messiness of revolt with magnetic optimism.
truthout.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“Major never abandoned the struggle against fascism, which is to say, the fight to free us all… the way to honor Major is to keep hammering holes in the walls that confine us, and to expand the trans and queer spaces she built.”
- Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley
truthout.org/articles/to-...
- Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley
truthout.org/articles/to-...