Joe Germuska
@joe.germuska.com
Chief Nerd @ Northwestern University Knight Lab • Project lead @ Census Reporter • Board Member @ City Bureau • Information Design • Digital Journalism • Civic Technology
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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"If you have a trusted network, think about what you can do to preserve and deepen those connections this winter."
This is the space that I am hoping Soup & Bread can provide this winter. Come join us 12/3 at the Hideout for soup & solidarity.
This is the space that I am hoping Soup & Bread can provide this winter. Come join us 12/3 at the Hideout for soup & solidarity.
The federal blitz moved to Charlotte, but the trauma and damage in Chicago are still with us—and DHS says 1,000 agents will hit our streets in March. I wrote about what this moment demands of us: care, clarity, and preparation.
What Now, Chicago? Regrouping After Midway Blitz
Let’s make this a winter of fortification, of learning, and bonding together like the winter snow that federal agents are so afraid of.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"If you have a trusted network, think about what you can do to preserve and deepen those connections this winter."
This is the space that I am hoping Soup & Bread can provide this winter. Come join us 12/3 at the Hideout for soup & solidarity.
This is the space that I am hoping Soup & Bread can provide this winter. Come join us 12/3 at the Hideout for soup & solidarity.
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US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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During the Revolutionary War, Charlotte became known as a "Hornets' nest of rebellion" for resisting British General Cornwallis' attempts to occupy the city, forcing him to retreat. The NBA's Charlotte Hornets get their nickname from our history. I hope we live up to it against ICE/CBP. #CLT #ncpol
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
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solidarity to charlotte from chicago
OJO Obrero (ojonc.org) is now available. This website features information about confirmed ICE operations in our state to help parents and workers get to school and work safely. OJO Obrero only features sightings that we can confirm involve federal agents, rather than crowdsourced reports
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
solidarity to charlotte from chicago
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
“Anyone who’s been involved with higher ed in America, particularly at the elite level that Bowdoin College inhabits, should already know that no one at the Times whose job is to “cover debates over freedom of speech and expression” on campus can be trusted”
www.todayintabs.com/p/no-one-tru...
www.todayintabs.com/p/no-one-tru...
No One Trusts The New York Times
Is this a problem?
www.todayintabs.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“Anyone who’s been involved with higher ed in America, particularly at the elite level that Bowdoin College inhabits, should already know that no one at the Times whose job is to “cover debates over freedom of speech and expression” on campus can be trusted”
www.todayintabs.com/p/no-one-tru...
www.todayintabs.com/p/no-one-tru...
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It’s being reported that Greg Bovino and 250 of his goons will be leaving Chicago. But it’s also being reported that he’ll be back, in larger numbers. But Chicago is a boxer, tired but unbowed. I wrote about how we’ll be ready. dansinker.com/posts/202…
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s being reported that Greg Bovino and 250 of his goons will be leaving Chicago. But it’s also being reported that he’ll be back, in larger numbers. But Chicago is a boxer, tired but unbowed. I wrote about how we’ll be ready. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
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"...they should call the FBI in and say that we wish for the country, don’t go any further into this case”, period!"
Richard Nixon, recorded on the "Smoking Gun" Watergate tape that he fought for months to keep secret, and led directly to his resignation 3 days after its release.
Richard Nixon, recorded on the "Smoking Gun" Watergate tape that he fought for months to keep secret, and led directly to his resignation 3 days after its release.
1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"...they should call the FBI in and say that we wish for the country, don’t go any further into this case”, period!"
Richard Nixon, recorded on the "Smoking Gun" Watergate tape that he fought for months to keep secret, and led directly to his resignation 3 days after its release.
Richard Nixon, recorded on the "Smoking Gun" Watergate tape that he fought for months to keep secret, and led directly to his resignation 3 days after its release.
Here’s a small ridiculous thing that made me smile this morning
3 Friends Visit Every CTA ‘L’ Stop In 9 Hours In Effort To Set Guinness World Record
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/13/3...
3 Friends Visit Every CTA ‘L’ Stop In 9 Hours In Effort To Set Guinness World Record
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3 Friends Visit Every CTA 'L' Stop In 9 Hours In Effort To Set Guinness World Record
The trio wore Chicago flags as capes and fought snowfall Monday to reach their ambitious goal from the Guinness Book of World Records.
blockclubchicago.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Here’s a small ridiculous thing that made me smile this morning
3 Friends Visit Every CTA ‘L’ Stop In 9 Hours In Effort To Set Guinness World Record
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/13/3...
3 Friends Visit Every CTA ‘L’ Stop In 9 Hours In Effort To Set Guinness World Record
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/13/3...
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So this was how I learned the Millenium Monument is a slightly smaller stone replica of an older concrete peristyle on the same site that was demolished in 1953 to build the underground parking garage
‘The Peristyle
North End Grant Park
By the Elevated Lines’
Poster by Ervine Metzl (1889-1963) 1921
👉ALT
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #IrvinMetzl #ErvineMetzl
North End Grant Park
By the Elevated Lines’
Poster by Ervine Metzl (1889-1963) 1921
👉ALT
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #IrvinMetzl #ErvineMetzl
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
So this was how I learned the Millenium Monument is a slightly smaller stone replica of an older concrete peristyle on the same site that was demolished in 1953 to build the underground parking garage
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
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Given the scale of the operation, the fact that no-one has been charged can be seen both as a grotesque mismanagement of resources and a desire to focus on creating images of military domination.
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Given the scale of the operation, the fact that no-one has been charged can be seen both as a grotesque mismanagement of resources and a desire to focus on creating images of military domination.
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“It’s about getting a large enough number so that the next crazed cop who thinks it would be good idea to raid a newspaper says, ‘Whoa, Nelly, I don’t think I want to do that.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
Kansas County Agrees to Pay $3 Million Over Police Raid of Newspaper
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“It’s about getting a large enough number so that the next crazed cop who thinks it would be good idea to raid a newspaper says, ‘Whoa, Nelly, I don’t think I want to do that.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
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Here’s a great example of Homeland Security and Tricia McLaughlin propaganda not being true. They’re going around claiming credit for Chicago experiencing the fewest summer murders since 1965. That was true and reported locally before Midway Blitz even began.
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Here’s a great example of Homeland Security and Tricia McLaughlin propaganda not being true. They’re going around claiming credit for Chicago experiencing the fewest summer murders since 1965. That was true and reported locally before Midway Blitz even began.
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Love this @willbunch.bsky.social focus on the courage & persistence of my fellow Chicagoans. What the Trump admin is doing here should frighten all Americans; what the residents are doing to fight back can be an inspiration.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Love this @willbunch.bsky.social focus on the courage & persistence of my fellow Chicagoans. What the Trump admin is doing here should frighten all Americans; what the residents are doing to fight back can be an inspiration.
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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This is really telling! It doesn't work like that anymore, bud. None of it works like that — even if it did on Jan. 19.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is really telling! It doesn't work like that anymore, bud. None of it works like that — even if it did on Jan. 19.
this is the kind of thing that has me enthusiastic about ATProto -- both the linked custom feed story and the leaflet/bluesky integration that makes sharing this long quote easy
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November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
this is the kind of thing that has me enthusiastic about ATProto -- both the linked custom feed story and the leaflet/bluesky integration that makes sharing this long quote easy
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This is exactly correct.
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is exactly correct.