Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
Photographer, Chicago guy, punk rock nostalgia keeper. Sometimes I still write things too.
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the scene currently.
i’d estimate the number of people arrested somewhere between 5-10 but it was honestly hard to tell amid the pandemonium.
protesters are signing, “whose side are you on? whose side are you on?”
i’d estimate the number of people arrested somewhere between 5-10 but it was honestly hard to tell amid the pandemonium.
protesters are signing, “whose side are you on? whose side are you on?”
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
the scene currently.
i’d estimate the number of people arrested somewhere between 5-10 but it was honestly hard to tell amid the pandemonium.
protesters are signing, “whose side are you on? whose side are you on?”
i’d estimate the number of people arrested somewhere between 5-10 but it was honestly hard to tell amid the pandemonium.
protesters are signing, “whose side are you on? whose side are you on?”
Earlier this week the governor said that the police were "protecting" protesters in Broadview
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Earlier this week the governor said that the police were "protecting" protesters in Broadview
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Cook County deputies, Illinois State Police, and Broadview police just arrested at least 8 to 10 people, including several faith leaders.
State police in riot gear now arriving.
State police in riot gear now arriving.
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Cook County deputies, Illinois State Police, and Broadview police just arrested at least 8 to 10 people, including several faith leaders.
State police in riot gear now arriving.
State police in riot gear now arriving.
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at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
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if your moderation team bans someone for a harmless unactionable exclamation of disgust, but permits a govt account to say stuff like this,
you need a new moderation team.
you need a new moderation team.
![Dept. of War [sic]'s bluesky account says "To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: If you keep trafficking deadly drugs–we will kill you."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a4n6zqm2ufqrdbyszo5gvgyq/bafkreifpxnl7xocstyj3ztg3enbd5osgyaxznmbkkkysjjuykxbplp5gl4@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
if your moderation team bans someone for a harmless unactionable exclamation of disgust, but permits a govt account to say stuff like this,
you need a new moderation team.
you need a new moderation team.
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Police seem worried about this gap. Setting up the flimsiest barricades they could find.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Police seem worried about this gap. Setting up the flimsiest barricades they could find.
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Once more, with feeling: If Robert Moses was monomaniacal about building rail lines instead of roads, this could have been avoided.
The roads I go JFK are positively tragic. Just a hot mess snarled with construction and traffic and potholes. I hate it.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Once more, with feeling: If Robert Moses was monomaniacal about building rail lines instead of roads, this could have been avoided.
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The crowd was spilling over into the street, forcing police to re-open the “free speech” zone on the other side of the street. Recently, police closed that area to all but credentialed press.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The crowd was spilling over into the street, forcing police to re-open the “free speech” zone on the other side of the street. Recently, police closed that area to all but credentialed press.
It's almost like for all these years, rich and powerful people have been lying to us about what happens when they have to pay their fair share of taxes.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It's almost like for all these years, rich and powerful people have been lying to us about what happens when they have to pay their fair share of taxes.
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Well well well
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Well well well
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Here in Broadview, outside Chicago, a large group of faith leaders & protesters have gathered this morning outside of ICE’s detention center.
This looks like one of the largest protests on Beach St. in weeks, where the city of Broadview is still enforcing a small “free speech” zone. It’s packed.
This looks like one of the largest protests on Beach St. in weeks, where the city of Broadview is still enforcing a small “free speech” zone. It’s packed.
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Here in Broadview, outside Chicago, a large group of faith leaders & protesters have gathered this morning outside of ICE’s detention center.
This looks like one of the largest protests on Beach St. in weeks, where the city of Broadview is still enforcing a small “free speech” zone. It’s packed.
This looks like one of the largest protests on Beach St. in weeks, where the city of Broadview is still enforcing a small “free speech” zone. It’s packed.
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Trump's Chicago deportation blitz has hinged on aggressive and forceful policing tactics: Shootings, takedowns, chokeholds, car chases, chemical munitions, etc.
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
tinyurl.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Trump's Chicago deportation blitz has hinged on aggressive and forceful policing tactics: Shootings, takedowns, chokeholds, car chases, chemical munitions, etc.
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
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The best practical advice I can offer to comrades in Charlotte is to invest in some PPE — respirators, goggles, face shields. Bovino’s goons are recklessly extravagant with chemical weapons and impact projectiles.
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, and his officers are heading to Charlotte, according to a source familiar with the planning. That was news to city officials. https://cnn.it/49crpZT
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The best practical advice I can offer to comrades in Charlotte is to invest in some PPE — respirators, goggles, face shields. Bovino’s goons are recklessly extravagant with chemical weapons and impact projectiles.
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Multiple shows. MULTIPLE. SHOWS.
Reminder that this is a man who worked on 128 episodes of a very popular TV series, and he's got to sell off all of his shit just to afford cancer treatment.
SO, HOW IS THE AVERAGE PERSON SUPPOSED TO?
SO, HOW IS THE AVERAGE PERSON SUPPOSED TO?
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Multiple shows. MULTIPLE. SHOWS.
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faith leaders are starting today’s program outside the broadview ice detention center with song.
the crowd sings, “a world without cages is at the tips of our fingers and the palms of our hands.”
the crowd sings, “a world without cages is at the tips of our fingers and the palms of our hands.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
faith leaders are starting today’s program outside the broadview ice detention center with song.
the crowd sings, “a world without cages is at the tips of our fingers and the palms of our hands.”
the crowd sings, “a world without cages is at the tips of our fingers and the palms of our hands.”
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I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
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The thing about cruelty and inhumanity is that the limits of who is affected keep expanding and expanding until we shove it back the other way
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The thing about cruelty and inhumanity is that the limits of who is affected keep expanding and expanding until we shove it back the other way
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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“Early morning Thursday, November 13, Felix and his family’s life as they know it was turned upside down. Felix, a dedicated father and husband, was taken by ICE while he was with his young daughter on their way to school. For the past 15 years, Felix has lived in Chicago with his wife and child..”
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November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“Early morning Thursday, November 13, Felix and his family’s life as they know it was turned upside down. Felix, a dedicated father and husband, was taken by ICE while he was with his young daughter on their way to school. For the past 15 years, Felix has lived in Chicago with his wife and child..”
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It’s my hope that Chicago can continue to grow our safety practices here at home while also helping our friends in other cities do the same
If anyone has connections in Charlotte, NC or any other city where ICE/CBP are ramping up operations or announcing intent, I’d be happy to tap them into our Chicago whistle network.
Please message me on Signal if you’re willing to host assembly events or receive supplies! emidly.08
Please message me on Signal if you’re willing to host assembly events or receive supplies! emidly.08
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It’s my hope that Chicago can continue to grow our safety practices here at home while also helping our friends in other cities do the same
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Not sure when they will admit this but Bovino and his thugs are the real border wall. They have closed the border by demonstrating such cruelty (and advertising it so completely) that nobody wants to immigrate to the US anymore.
Bovino seems like he’s getting closer to admitting their entire premise is a lie, it has nothing to do with the law, and his mission is really about ethnic cleaning and terror.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Not sure when they will admit this but Bovino and his thugs are the real border wall. They have closed the border by demonstrating such cruelty (and advertising it so completely) that nobody wants to immigrate to the US anymore.
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Hey folks,
I just had to renew my health insurance and I’ve got to pay my car registration this month—all while I’ve finally got the big move to a permanent new home underway. I could use about $300 so I don’t get overdrawn in a few days. See the post below if you can help. Many thanks.
I just had to renew my health insurance and I’ve got to pay my car registration this month—all while I’ve finally got the big move to a permanent new home underway. I could use about $300 so I don’t get overdrawn in a few days. See the post below if you can help. Many thanks.
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hey folks,
I just had to renew my health insurance and I’ve got to pay my car registration this month—all while I’ve finally got the big move to a permanent new home underway. I could use about $300 so I don’t get overdrawn in a few days. See the post below if you can help. Many thanks.
I just had to renew my health insurance and I’ve got to pay my car registration this month—all while I’ve finally got the big move to a permanent new home underway. I could use about $300 so I don’t get overdrawn in a few days. See the post below if you can help. Many thanks.
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Bovino seems like he’s getting closer to admitting their entire premise is a lie, it has nothing to do with the law, and his mission is really about ethnic cleaning and terror.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Bovino seems like he’s getting closer to admitting their entire premise is a lie, it has nothing to do with the law, and his mission is really about ethnic cleaning and terror.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
