Rebecca T-F
@rthomas85.bsky.social
Elder Millennial, widowed & remarried, T1 diabetic, Mom to a kindergartener and three cats. Homeowner, public transit lover, still COVID cautious, sci-fi enthusiast, liberal, atheist NW side Chicagoan. She/her
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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can we keep Nora Leerhsen? please? from my view she’s been hitting it out of the park
A message from CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen:
"No service cuts. No layoffs. In fact, CTA will grow."
"No service cuts. No layoffs. In fact, CTA will grow."
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
can we keep Nora Leerhsen? please? from my view she’s been hitting it out of the park
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I fucking hate these monsters, and I need our politicians to start describing in detail how we are going to round them up and hold them accountable.
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I fucking hate these monsters, and I need our politicians to start describing in detail how we are going to round them up and hold them accountable.
So this morning my kindergartener and I were walking to school with a 1st grader and her mom who live on our block, just a couple doors down. I told my son to ask how her Halloween went, figuring it's an easy topic for a 5 and 6 year old to chit-chat about on the 5-10 minute walk.
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
So this morning my kindergartener and I were walking to school with a 1st grader and her mom who live on our block, just a couple doors down. I told my son to ask how her Halloween went, figuring it's an easy topic for a 5 and 6 year old to chit-chat about on the 5-10 minute walk.
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couldn't really believe it when a friend told me his partner doesn't ride transit bc it gives her anxiety, and that's why I don't drive
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
couldn't really believe it when a friend told me his partner doesn't ride transit bc it gives her anxiety, and that's why I don't drive
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
Just bought tickets for the kindergartener and I to see a sing-along matinee of K-Pop Demon Hunters this weekend, which got me thinking about the last time I saw a sing-along in the theater. I'm almost positive it was a midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, probably 18 years ago?
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Just bought tickets for the kindergartener and I to see a sing-along matinee of K-Pop Demon Hunters this weekend, which got me thinking about the last time I saw a sing-along in the theater. I'm almost positive it was a midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, probably 18 years ago?
I am both impressed and somewhat disturbed by my 5 year old's recent self portrait. 😬 I think I may have a future Adult Swim animator here - I'm kinda getting some Venture Bros-esque vibes here, which is definitely a compliment since it's in my top 3 favorite shows of all time.
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I am both impressed and somewhat disturbed by my 5 year old's recent self portrait. 😬 I think I may have a future Adult Swim animator here - I'm kinda getting some Venture Bros-esque vibes here, which is definitely a compliment since it's in my top 3 favorite shows of all time.
Well, it seems I've once been bitten badly by a computer game bug 🫨
I fired up RimWorld for the first time on the first of the month, and already have over 20 hours on it. I've even switched out my standard podcasts for listening to a streamer play during work, which hasn't happened since BG3...
I fired up RimWorld for the first time on the first of the month, and already have over 20 hours on it. I've even switched out my standard podcasts for listening to a streamer play during work, which hasn't happened since BG3...
October 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Well, it seems I've once been bitten badly by a computer game bug 🫨
I fired up RimWorld for the first time on the first of the month, and already have over 20 hours on it. I've even switched out my standard podcasts for listening to a streamer play during work, which hasn't happened since BG3...
I fired up RimWorld for the first time on the first of the month, and already have over 20 hours on it. I've even switched out my standard podcasts for listening to a streamer play during work, which hasn't happened since BG3...
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Hey @nomads.bsky.social, right now we need to put the pressure on @govpritzker.illinois.gov to stop being an ICE collaborator and stop letting his state police play concentration camp guard in Broadview.
October 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hey @nomads.bsky.social, right now we need to put the pressure on @govpritzker.illinois.gov to stop being an ICE collaborator and stop letting his state police play concentration camp guard in Broadview.
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This WILL NOT mitigate any problems, and the state should not be pulling this shit. @govpritzker.illinois.gov, you've talked a big game about opposing Trump, and now the state is pulling this? "Free speech zones" exist to make protesters irrelevant. Everyone knows this.
October 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This WILL NOT mitigate any problems, and the state should not be pulling this shit. @govpritzker.illinois.gov, you've talked a big game about opposing Trump, and now the state is pulling this? "Free speech zones" exist to make protesters irrelevant. Everyone knows this.
I know everything is a giant shit show all the time now, but my kindergartener Nate just brought home a painting he did in art class with his name signed like this on the back - and I think it's pretty creative and cool.
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I know everything is a giant shit show all the time now, but my kindergartener Nate just brought home a painting he did in art class with his name signed like this on the back - and I think it's pretty creative and cool.
Janelle Monae @ the Taste of Chicago, July 2014.
September 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Janelle Monae @ the Taste of Chicago, July 2014.
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Immigration is a very good thing, and we should be facilitating it on a massive scale.
After a beloved tamale vendor was arrested by ICE, neighbors have vowed to keep her stand going. blockclubchi.co/3IwdnaC
September 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Immigration is a very good thing, and we should be facilitating it on a massive scale.
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My family escaped Ukraine from the pogroms and were lucky enough to escape to the US.
They took my family in — we had nothing and offered nothing, but a desire to get ahead and be free while being safe.
This is a country of immigrants, and we should be honoring that history.
They took my family in — we had nothing and offered nothing, but a desire to get ahead and be free while being safe.
This is a country of immigrants, and we should be honoring that history.
September 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My family escaped Ukraine from the pogroms and were lucky enough to escape to the US.
They took my family in — we had nothing and offered nothing, but a desire to get ahead and be free while being safe.
This is a country of immigrants, and we should be honoring that history.
They took my family in — we had nothing and offered nothing, but a desire to get ahead and be free while being safe.
This is a country of immigrants, and we should be honoring that history.
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"They're politicians, what are they supposed to do? Literally fight in the streets?"
Unashamed to say this made me cry.
Unashamed to say this made me cry.
Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.
September 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"They're politicians, what are they supposed to do? Literally fight in the streets?"
Unashamed to say this made me cry.
Unashamed to say this made me cry.
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This is so infuriating. I want my neighbors to feel safe celebrating.
Just endless terror for our immigrant communities.
El Grito Chicago Called Off As ICE Agents Sent To City: 'We Need To Keep Our Community Safe'
The popular Mexican Independence Day festival in Grant Park this weekend was called off in consultation with state and city officials amid threats of widespread ICE raids.
blockclubchicago.org
September 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is so infuriating. I want my neighbors to feel safe celebrating.
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As we approach the fight over the end of the ACA subsidies, I find myself increasingly uninterested in the health care hot takes of people who don't die without access to care.
September 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
As we approach the fight over the end of the ACA subsidies, I find myself increasingly uninterested in the health care hot takes of people who don't die without access to care.
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The state of Illinois should raze Rosemont to the ground and build one of those empty Chinese high rise cities in its place so that the next time Houston gets obliterated by a natural disaster we’ll have the capacity to absorb 3-4 additional electoral votes
September 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The state of Illinois should raze Rosemont to the ground and build one of those empty Chinese high rise cities in its place so that the next time Houston gets obliterated by a natural disaster we’ll have the capacity to absorb 3-4 additional electoral votes
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This is what needs to be said and done. “You wanna come after my people? Fuck you. We’re coming after you.”
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
August 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is what needs to be said and done. “You wanna come after my people? Fuck you. We’re coming after you.”
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Do not come, Donald Trump.
You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.
You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.
August 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Do not come, Donald Trump.
You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.
You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.
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Good morning from Chicago!
August 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Good morning from Chicago!
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As someone who does most of their traveling on foot - holy cow, am I glad to have a stockpile of KN95 masks to wear outside. 😷
August 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
As someone who does most of their traveling on foot - holy cow, am I glad to have a stockpile of KN95 masks to wear outside. 😷
Alrighty, it looks like this is about to temporarily become a butterfly appreciation account again. 😁
When I went out to water my (extremely overgrown) parsley this morning I found two new tiny baby caterpillars - more Black Swallowtails at their "2nd instar" stage apparently?
When I went out to water my (extremely overgrown) parsley this morning I found two new tiny baby caterpillars - more Black Swallowtails at their "2nd instar" stage apparently?
July 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Alrighty, it looks like this is about to temporarily become a butterfly appreciation account again. 😁
When I went out to water my (extremely overgrown) parsley this morning I found two new tiny baby caterpillars - more Black Swallowtails at their "2nd instar" stage apparently?
When I went out to water my (extremely overgrown) parsley this morning I found two new tiny baby caterpillars - more Black Swallowtails at their "2nd instar" stage apparently?