monica 🍉🌞
@monicacolon.bsky.social
beginning birder, silly sewist, neuroqueer puppeteer. i created SPANISH FOR SHY PEOPLE. she/ella.
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monica 🍉🌞
@monicacolon.bsky.social
· Jun 10
Learning a new language doesn't have to be scary. Introducing SPANISH FOR SHY PEOPLE: inclusive, accessible, and judgment-free Spanish learning!
Based in Chicago, S4SP has both in-person and virtual availability starting in July. Join the waitlist: spanishforshypeople.carrd.co 🌈✨
Based in Chicago, S4SP has both in-person and virtual availability starting in July. Join the waitlist: spanishforshypeople.carrd.co 🌈✨
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A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
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Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
southsideweekly.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
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This chipmunk came up to me and said “Chicago will outlive the federal government” what did he mean by this
October 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This chipmunk came up to me and said “Chicago will outlive the federal government” what did he mean by this
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yeah i'm on the apps (merlin, ebird)
October 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
yeah i'm on the apps (merlin, ebird)
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Wait they chased off an ICE raid in WHEATON?????????? WHAT???????????????????????????? For people who don't know Chicago imagine like Brigham Young or Liberty University chasing off an ICE raid this is fucking WILD
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
in wheaton, illinois, this morning—
it appears bystanders helped chase off this crew of ice agents, who had boxed in a person's car outside a convenience store.
multiple people showed up and recorded the interaction. after a brief back-and-forth with agents, the feds got in their cars and left.
it appears bystanders helped chase off this crew of ice agents, who had boxed in a person's car outside a convenience store.
multiple people showed up and recorded the interaction. after a brief back-and-forth with agents, the feds got in their cars and left.
September 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wait they chased off an ICE raid in WHEATON?????????? WHAT???????????????????????????? For people who don't know Chicago imagine like Brigham Young or Liberty University chasing off an ICE raid this is fucking WILD
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Northwest Side rapid response confirms federal agents present this morning in the Belmont Cragin and Logan Square neighborhoods of Chicago.
September 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Northwest Side rapid response confirms federal agents present this morning in the Belmont Cragin and Logan Square neighborhoods of Chicago.
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in wheaton, illinois, this morning—
it appears bystanders helped chase off this crew of ice agents, who had boxed in a person's car outside a convenience store.
multiple people showed up and recorded the interaction. after a brief back-and-forth with agents, the feds got in their cars and left.
it appears bystanders helped chase off this crew of ice agents, who had boxed in a person's car outside a convenience store.
multiple people showed up and recorded the interaction. after a brief back-and-forth with agents, the feds got in their cars and left.
September 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
in wheaton, illinois, this morning—
it appears bystanders helped chase off this crew of ice agents, who had boxed in a person's car outside a convenience store.
multiple people showed up and recorded the interaction. after a brief back-and-forth with agents, the feds got in their cars and left.
it appears bystanders helped chase off this crew of ice agents, who had boxed in a person's car outside a convenience store.
multiple people showed up and recorded the interaction. after a brief back-and-forth with agents, the feds got in their cars and left.
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New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social:
ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.
Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.
Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:
ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.
Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.
Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:
What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez
Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.
unraveledpress.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social:
ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.
Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.
Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:
ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.
Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.
Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:
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Here is a list of OTG accounts that I recommend following for useful live or near live on the ground reporting in Chicago
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
September 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Here is a list of OTG accounts that I recommend following for useful live or near live on the ground reporting in Chicago
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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September 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Moonrise over Lake Michigan
September 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Moonrise over Lake Michigan
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We got a real fucky week ahead of us, rest as much as you can, stay hydrated when you're not resting, do both if you can figure it out! operate locally, win globally <3 #birds
September 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
We got a real fucky week ahead of us, rest as much as you can, stay hydrated when you're not resting, do both if you can figure it out! operate locally, win globally <3 #birds
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No reports of ICE arrests yet so far today in Chicago, but rapid response is reporting feds are active and have been spotted on the Southwest Side again.
Community alert: instagram.com/p/DOWAj-bjQGB/
Community alert: instagram.com/p/DOWAj-bjQGB/
September 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
No reports of ICE arrests yet so far today in Chicago, but rapid response is reporting feds are active and have been spotted on the Southwest Side again.
Community alert: instagram.com/p/DOWAj-bjQGB/
Community alert: instagram.com/p/DOWAj-bjQGB/
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Somebody has now made this into a graphic that's circulating widely. It's still false.
There are many trustworthy orgs monitoring the situation on the ground, like ICIRR and OCAD and CAARPR and NLG Chicago and TRP. Listen to them, not random unsourced, undated stuff reshared onto your timeline.
There are many trustworthy orgs monitoring the situation on the ground, like ICIRR and OCAD and CAARPR and NLG Chicago and TRP. Listen to them, not random unsourced, undated stuff reshared onto your timeline.
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Somebody has now made this into a graphic that's circulating widely. It's still false.
There are many trustworthy orgs monitoring the situation on the ground, like ICIRR and OCAD and CAARPR and NLG Chicago and TRP. Listen to them, not random unsourced, undated stuff reshared onto your timeline.
There are many trustworthy orgs monitoring the situation on the ground, like ICIRR and OCAD and CAARPR and NLG Chicago and TRP. Listen to them, not random unsourced, undated stuff reshared onto your timeline.
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We've heard a lot of gossip about residents + tenants complaining to management—not about protesters, but about the ICE activity that brought them.
If it's true the feds have been cut off, that means Chicagoans have shut off a pipeline that was easily providing a dozen or more detainees a day.
If it's true the feds have been cut off, that means Chicagoans have shut off a pipeline that was easily providing a dozen or more detainees a day.
June 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We've heard a lot of gossip about residents + tenants complaining to management—not about protesters, but about the ICE activity that brought them.
If it's true the feds have been cut off, that means Chicagoans have shut off a pipeline that was easily providing a dozen or more detainees a day.
If it's true the feds have been cut off, that means Chicagoans have shut off a pipeline that was easily providing a dozen or more detainees a day.
the moment i knew zohran mamdani was the real deal was that video he did in spanish. his pronounciation + fluency was so good, people said it was ai, so he dropped the behind-the-scenes of him struggling to say "permanentamente"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mazE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mazE...
Un ciudad para todos neoyorquinos: Zohran Mamdani para Alcalde de NYC
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
the moment i knew zohran mamdani was the real deal was that video he did in spanish. his pronounciation + fluency was so good, people said it was ai, so he dropped the behind-the-scenes of him struggling to say "permanentamente"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mazE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mazE...
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We can have a little hope as a treat
June 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
We can have a little hope as a treat
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The piping plover chicks at Montrose Beach!
June 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The piping plover chicks at Montrose Beach!
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imagine what Mr Casaubon could have done on a diet of Diet Coke, ketamine and journalistic admiration
“rewrite the entire corpus of human knowledge”
June 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
imagine what Mr Casaubon could have done on a diet of Diet Coke, ketamine and journalistic admiration
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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I really liked this essay!
"Apparently, my nerves can’t be trusted. So their distress signals are blocked by paralyzed muscle: They’re sent out over and over but never received."
Explore chronic pain and the unreality in Ella Harrigan's memoir MAL À La TÊTE from our JUNE ISSUE: buff.ly/hjo7CDE
Explore chronic pain and the unreality in Ella Harrigan's memoir MAL À La TÊTE from our JUNE ISSUE: buff.ly/hjo7CDE
June 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I really liked this essay!
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trans people will always exist (laudatory)
trans people will always exist (threatening)
trans people will always exist (factual)
trans people will always exist (threatening)
trans people will always exist (factual)
June 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
trans people will always exist (laudatory)
trans people will always exist (threatening)
trans people will always exist (factual)
trans people will always exist (threatening)
trans people will always exist (factual)
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The noise demo has grown, in terms people, variety of instruments, and barricades.
So far no ICE sightings. Yesterday they arrived before 9am.
So far no ICE sightings. Yesterday they arrived before 9am.
June 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The noise demo has grown, in terms people, variety of instruments, and barricades.
So far no ICE sightings. Yesterday they arrived before 9am.
So far no ICE sightings. Yesterday they arrived before 9am.