nat she/they
@natpalm99.bsky.social
this is still rough drafts, jokes, and shit i like
Black lives matter Black trans lives matter, anti-copaganda enthusiast; trynna organize to liberation
Black lives matter Black trans lives matter, anti-copaganda enthusiast; trynna organize to liberation
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Thanksgiving Conversation Devolves Into Just Stating Things Dog Is Currently Doing https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-conversation-devolves-into-just-stating-th-1840069525/
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thanksgiving Conversation Devolves Into Just Stating Things Dog Is Currently Doing https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-conversation-devolves-into-just-stating-th-1840069525/
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Folks, I’m still looking for an immigration attorney who works on deportation defense (and appeals) for the family I wrote about here. IL and IN based preferably.
Since I started working on this article the number of people kidnapped by ICE has *tripled* truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Kidnapped My Neighbor in Broad Daylight. The Aftermath Left Me Reeling.
Watching disappearances in our community leaves psychological trauma, but we can counter it with our solidarity.
truthout.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Folks, I’m still looking for an immigration attorney who works on deportation defense (and appeals) for the family I wrote about here. IL and IN based preferably.
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new: i read the 2026 cook county budget so you don't have to.
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
Cook County law enforcement agencies get more money in 2026
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved large investments in policing and prosecutions, over objections from advocates.
chicagoreader.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
new: i read the 2026 cook county budget so you don't have to.
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
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South Shore residents of the apartment building raided by ICE expressed feeling abandoned by city and state leaders.
One resident said tenants still haven’t heard from Ald Gregory Mitchell (7th Ward). The South Shore building is in his ward.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
One resident said tenants still haven’t heard from Ald Gregory Mitchell (7th Ward). The South Shore building is in his ward.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
South Shore residents of the apartment building raided by ICE expressed feeling abandoned by city and state leaders.
One resident said tenants still haven’t heard from Ald Gregory Mitchell (7th Ward). The South Shore building is in his ward.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
One resident said tenants still haven’t heard from Ald Gregory Mitchell (7th Ward). The South Shore building is in his ward.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
i cooked enough dinner for 2 dinners tonight yall everyone say good job nat!
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
i cooked enough dinner for 2 dinners tonight yall everyone say good job nat!
woulda been such a power move for zohran to have done trump like vance did the last pope
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
woulda been such a power move for zohran to have done trump like vance did the last pope
any cause a politician “lead”, or “prediction” they made was not done by them they only did the policy work if that. there was guaranteed organizers and community members who had been building on that demand or analysis long before it was politically savvy for x politician to be public about it
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
any cause a politician “lead”, or “prediction” they made was not done by them they only did the policy work if that. there was guaranteed organizers and community members who had been building on that demand or analysis long before it was politically savvy for x politician to be public about it
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This AP news story is incredible from front to back but I wanted to flag something super serious and wildly illegal that may have flown under the radar. It’s called parallel construction and it’s when intel is washed from spy agencies and used by local cops. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This AP news story is incredible from front to back but I wanted to flag something super serious and wildly illegal that may have flown under the radar. It’s called parallel construction and it’s when intel is washed from spy agencies and used by local cops. apnews.com/article/immi...
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So what’s going on is that the federal government is running a massive domestic spying operation and getting local cops to do their dirty work once a car is stopped. They call this siloing of data “walling” it off from their true source.
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So what’s going on is that the federal government is running a massive domestic spying operation and getting local cops to do their dirty work once a car is stopped. They call this siloing of data “walling” it off from their true source.
there’s nothing some kids can do that will make me say they deserve a beating. especially retroactively.
anything they do is a reflection of us. if you’re upset about a horrific thing they did look at yourself and figure out how to change their environment and help them. prison/hitting won’t help
anything they do is a reflection of us. if you’re upset about a horrific thing they did look at yourself and figure out how to change their environment and help them. prison/hitting won’t help
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
there’s nothing some kids can do that will make me say they deserve a beating. especially retroactively.
anything they do is a reflection of us. if you’re upset about a horrific thing they did look at yourself and figure out how to change their environment and help them. prison/hitting won’t help
anything they do is a reflection of us. if you’re upset about a horrific thing they did look at yourself and figure out how to change their environment and help them. prison/hitting won’t help
i really am a muva i provide for all of my people no matter what
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
i really am a muva i provide for all of my people no matter what
still trying to wrap my head around zohrans meeting
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
still trying to wrap my head around zohrans meeting
a tragic story about a star who fell into the seductive arms of substances
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
a tragic story about a star who fell into the seductive arms of substances
or addictions & if they’ve been to prison/committed crimes
Because it apparently bears repetition:
You do not make fun of people for things like their weight, height, voice, baldness, ancestry, etc.
Even if they are horrible people. That is not a get out of jail free card.
Pick something else. Preferably in the actions or thoughts zone.
You do not make fun of people for things like their weight, height, voice, baldness, ancestry, etc.
Even if they are horrible people. That is not a get out of jail free card.
Pick something else. Preferably in the actions or thoughts zone.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
or addictions & if they’ve been to prison/committed crimes
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People will cling to the familiar even if it is killing them. If one doesn't understand this basic fact, then you will be so confounded on multiple levels.
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People will cling to the familiar even if it is killing them. If one doesn't understand this basic fact, then you will be so confounded on multiple levels.
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the most gender I feel is walking around my apartment in just panties and a big t shirt
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
the most gender I feel is walking around my apartment in just panties and a big t shirt
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The president and mayor of NYC belong to the same political class, it’s not any deeper than that. lbsfr.
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The president and mayor of NYC belong to the same political class, it’s not any deeper than that. lbsfr.
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been thinking about this a lot lately:
"I think everyone has an understanding of what is going on. I think people also understand whether or not they benefit in some way from what’s going on."
"I think everyone has an understanding of what is going on. I think people also understand whether or not they benefit in some way from what’s going on."
![All of these systems connect. [Former president Joe] Biden did millions of deportations—that was when we needed to resist. The reason that [President Donald Trump is] able to do this is because we already had the systems in place for him to do this. It’s important to resist, but it’s important to analyze why he’s able to do these things, because that’ll lead you to the systems that we actually need to figure out how to get rid of.
Oak Park, for example, just canceled their contract with Flock, which is a license plate reader system. A lot of the reasons [for canceling the contract] came from exposing police sharing license plate data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and allowing for police officers in other states [to use license plate readers] for the purpose of tracking [people who’ve had] abortions.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yiehokin5zwf3t4wxj5cc6yy/bafkreicpsiifp6sdaxcunxveglzkanyh56x5gixthkyowik3aimdspeim4@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
been thinking about this a lot lately:
"I think everyone has an understanding of what is going on. I think people also understand whether or not they benefit in some way from what’s going on."
"I think everyone has an understanding of what is going on. I think people also understand whether or not they benefit in some way from what’s going on."
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for the @chicagoreader.com's annual people issue, i talked to @natpalm99.bsky.social about policing, surveillance, abolition, weed, and finding hope when you need it most
Nat Palmer, The Community Builder - The People Issue 2025 - Chicago Reader
It’s clear Palmer does a lot. But she’s the first to tell you that community organizing is less something you do and more who you are.
chicagoreader.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
for the @chicagoreader.com's annual people issue, i talked to @natpalm99.bsky.social about policing, surveillance, abolition, weed, and finding hope when you need it most
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i love my house (apartment)
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
i love my house (apartment)
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"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling."
Outrageous.
All three of them.
Outrageous.
All three of them.
BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
Program Allowing CPD Officers to Directly File Felony Gun Charges to Expand Citywide, Top Prosecutor Announces
The Felony Review Bypass Pilot Program was “an unqualified success,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said.
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling."
Outrageous.
All three of them.
Outrageous.
All three of them.
idk i just don’t think a mayor meeting with trump and normalizing that is good no matter what he wants to do in his city
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
idk i just don’t think a mayor meeting with trump and normalizing that is good no matter what he wants to do in his city
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the cook county public defender's office not mincing words in its response to a plan to allow all chicago cops to directly file felony weapons possession charges.
"This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police."
"This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police."
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
the cook county public defender's office not mincing words in its response to a plan to allow all chicago cops to directly file felony weapons possession charges.
"This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police."
"This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police."