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john wilmes
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People who did not grow up here will never understand the tears that just erupted seeing TOM SKILLING's name on this
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
what if the vast, complex conspiracy of powerful men to ensure they evade consequences for violence and exploitation is just the US criminal legal system
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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blakesquest.bsky.social
With the Starbucks strike happening today, I’m suddenly remembering when Howard Schultz was thinking about running for president. That was a pretty wild thing. Anyway, I’m not crossing the picket line
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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townsusa.bsky.social
Fountain City, Wisconsin
Pop: 861

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November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
wilmes.bsky.social
I wrote about the first season of THE PAPER
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/smal...
Review: The Paper (Season one) - Chicago Reader
The Paper is a useful and nostalgic sitcom, but it will need multiple seasons to reach its potential.
chicagoreader.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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gettheorion.bsky.social
These people were kidnapped. Many of them are US citizens with NO criminal record. I dont understand why they them have to pay shit. They were KIDNAPPED BY OUR GOVERNMENT.

If you'd like to help here's their donation page: immigrantjustice.salsalabs.org/donatefy2026...

@immigrantjustice.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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kimilatad.bsky.social
Requiring kidnapping victims to pay $1500 to be released from their kidnappers is offensive af, but there is a bond fund available. Add these folks to your donation list.
www.mibfc.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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seankeane.bsky.social
"That we have been made to think about Harrison this much, at all, is perhaps the greatest indicator of his failure. There is a strong correlation between the broader fandom of basketball knowing who an executive is and that executive’s job being in trouble."

Some premium Wilmes stuff right here.
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
wilmes.bsky.social
I wrote about Nico Harrison
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https://basketball.realgm.com/analysis/282727/Nico-Harrison-Shouldnt-Have-Made-Himself-The-Story
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November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
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
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kylebeachy.bsky.social
I'm teaching a 4-week group read of Satantango starting Jan 15 and I imagine it's going to be a gosh dang hoot, man. Come through, join! And please share with the Nobel-curious among your crew!

lighthousewriters.org/workshop/4-w...
4-Week: Craft Lessons from Satantango by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
In this 4-week class, we’ll conduct a close, craft-focused reading of Satantango, the debut novel by the visionary Hungarian author and 2025 Nobel Prize laureate, László Krasznahorkai. Together, we wi...
lighthousewriters.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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thefarmerjones.bsky.social
Great stuff from @kdonhoops.com
Waiting on life without LeBron
LeBron James will be revaluated in a week by his Lakers, determining when his sciatic nerve problems will allow him to play NBA basketball in 2025-26, his 23rd pro season. Not counting his semi-pro se...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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christiancentury.bsky.social
“The depredations of ICE, which has emerged as the president’s private masked army, have been so extreme that ‘abolish ICE’ is rapidly becoming the common-sense, middle-of-the-road, boring Democratic Party position.”

– @philipchristman.bsky.social

www.christiancentury.org/voices/aboli...
Tolerating ICE means tolerating tyranny
There is deep rot in our systems of punishment and control.
www.christiancentury.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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majorityreport.bsky.social
The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number to connect with either the US Senate or the House of Representatives.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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blakesquest.bsky.social
This article is a must-read. A precise, well-argued dissection of the NYT’s bad-faith style. If anyone asks me why I don’t like the NYT, I’m just gonna send them this
November 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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johnpfaff.bsky.social
There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.

If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.

It’s trials w real punishments.
lyndab08.bsky.social Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 6d
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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imleor.bsky.social
For the morning crowd looking for about 4,000 words on contemporary youth subculture
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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historicalmarker.bsky.social
NBA legend Bill Walton and Larry Bird (and Bird’s wife Dinah) at the Eugene Debs historical marker in front of his Terre Haute, Indiana, home.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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ripperoni.com
Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
marcofoster.bsky.social Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · Mar 12
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
wilmes.bsky.social
who else saw this and has since been listening to The National all day
okwonga.bsky.social Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 9d
Still one of the bleakest quotes I have ever read, from one of George W Bush’s senior advisers.
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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emanabdelhadi.bsky.social
Every time one of these mass murderers dies without having faced any consequence for the massacres they ordered, the lives they destroyed, the societies they razed to the ground… I realize how far we are from a world with justice. Rest in hell Dick Cheney. Your legacy is death.
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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slkollmann.bsky.social
I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)

to the Aurora Police

following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests

So here it is!
Hello Chief and APD Leadership, I just wanted to jot a quick thank you note for those who participated in this meeting with the Latino community about ICE in our neighborhoods. Sadly, this problem is not going away anytime soon. Historically, the police have been on the wrong side of history during the civil rights movement and the labor movement - defending capital. The pivotal points in American history are when police realized that their solidarity should be with labor; not capital. Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history Workers World In this current struggle, I believe that we are 2-3 years away from a moment where we see the shift in solidarity. I would like to see Aurora lead, and show something different. It will create discomfort during the transformation. I noticed during the march towards Blue Kangaroo, when the police escort disappeared, that activists I didn't know used their vehicles to block the intersections and protect the marchers. All living things have the capacity to evolve and grow. Government is about to go through a huge evolutionary period and shed that which is not necessary, and re-focus on what is important. As government continues to disintegrate from the top down, we have an opportunity to re-invent the ways we find food, water, shelter and protection. We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different, leave our mark in the history books, and make a difference. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to discussing it further. Respectfully, John Laesch Mayor, City of Aurora laesch@aurora.il.us
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
wilmes.bsky.social
I wrote my latest column about The Gambling Story

basketball.realgm.com/analysis/282...
The NBA Has Chosen Its Rocky Casino Path
The difficulties of the NBA casino makeover are myriad, but they're difficult in the way that complex terrain sometimes lies ahead in the path of a steamroller. As long as you don't get yourself flatt...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM