ellery
not a dozen opossums in a trench coat. innovation editor at @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org. she/they 🏳️⚧️
- You: "Cloudflare is down and the internet is falling apart 😢 how will I get my news? 😭" The Humble Daily Newspaper:
- Reposted by elleryA judge ordered agents involved in the Chicago deportation blitz to have "visible identification … prominently displayed." But they've been missing in dozens of @chicago.suntimes.com photographs. From @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social, Anthony Vazquez and Ashlee Rezin: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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- help us buy Anthony some more sudecon wipes: chicago.suntimes.com/become-a-mem...
- sorry to shill for my employer amid (*waves hands*) however we can do more to document this stuff with money. we're not perfect but between us, @blockclubchi.bsky.social , @thetriibe.com , @unraveledpress.com , @chicagotribune.com + all the independents out there in the streets we do OK
- Reposted by elleryfive of the 11 people arrested during last night’s protest outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois, are still in federal custody, per a statement from the national lawyers guild of chicago. nlg details indiscriminate violence directed at legal observers, protesters, and press.
- Reposted by elleryBroadview Police have opened an investigation into an attack from federal agents on a CBS crew at Broadview, per BPD Chief Mills.
- although it's good news he wasn't charged, this situation is absurd. he was singled out in the crowd on suspicion of... what? filming a brief altercation between an agen and a protester? 1) this is a shocking attack on the press. 2) this is an attack on anyone with a phone's rights.
- Seven people were just released, greeted with cheers and hugs. @peoplesfabric.com is free.
- folks on scene told me he appeared to be singled out for filming a protester shouting KYS at an agent and the agent saying something along the same lines back. unless i'm missing something, it's not a crime to film two people arguing in a public street.
- Reposted by ellerySteve (@peoplesfabric.com), @unraveledpress.com, @thetriibe.com (and others with them) have been doing some of the most phenomenal coverage of ICE ops/protests in Chicago. They’ve had a journalist shot in the face w/ pepper balls and another detained for it. Journalism is not a crime. Free Steve.
- One of our photogs was just hit with a rubber bullet at the Broadview ICE facility. Things have escalated since ICE started shooting pepper balls and tear gas. latest on @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
- Reposted by elleryWe have news! We are rolling out a refreshed weekday morning schedule starting Sept. 15, featuring two new live talk shows designed to engage listeners with the issues shaping our region, spark meaningful conversation, and bring Chicagoans closer together. trib.al/eDQj7VM
- i don't think there's a photo that better sums up my life in chicago than this one from bernice's last night
- we took a (slightly) more normal photo together too
- since I've been at the @chicago.suntimes.com, we've written about two trans women who died who I've known personally. maybe that's not a remarkable statistic to you, but it weighs on me pretty heavily.
- i'm tired of having to explain this to people, that it's not just about pronouns or whatever. there's a whole system of care and support that's absent for trans women in Chicago and across the country.
- whatever. idk what my point is here. I'm just mad because I can see how people keep failing trans women again and again and again and again.
- Reposted by elleryAt Action Camp, campers get to see kids and adults who are like them, showing them there is a future. “Being a queer child now is just getting scarier and scarier," one camper said. “It’s nice to not have to argue that you’re a person for a bit.”
- the best part of the red line is the beautiful views of the chicago river 😍
- now i'm lost in the merchandise mart send help
- hiiiii if you like my foodposting i've started a food-only insta that i will update... sometimes. it's @ estate.sale.ikea
- don't worry we're not just eating cake. just mostly cake.
- i would never light fireworks — only my kinda busted kitchen torch.
- my partner watching me torch meringue: "Oh i do NOT like this"
- how "furnace" is spelled on the breaker box in my apartment is absolutely sending me
- @chicago.suntimes.com you will always be famous (at least in the "sanctuary cities" congressional hearing)
- Reposted by elleryI’m sorry, but, they’re censoring news coverage of LA and that’s a BFD and I am having trouble with this itself happening without any backlash
- photo from @tylerplariviere.bsky.social of protesters being arrested as the ICE protest continues in downtown Chicago. Follow our live blog for more updates from the march: chicago.suntimes.com/live/chicago...
- my colleagues still in the Loop say police are putting on riot helmets and have wooden batons now.
- The head of the protest is now marching south on Clark back towards the Loop, chanting "F--- ICE!" as they march through River North. the head of the column is crossing the Clark bridge now.
- here's the crowd at wacker and clark
- thousands of protesters are congregating in Daley Plaza (along with CPD)
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View full threadquite a few protesters leaving with me and waiting for the red line but things are still going downtown
- this is the largest protest Chicago has seen in years — thousands, maybe more — have marched up Dearborn from the Loop. I can't give a good estimate because I can't see the end of the column.
- i'm going to dip in a bit because i wasn't supposed to be covering this protest i kinda just got sucked in lol. but it's been crazy intense.
- NOW: thousands of protesters have shut down DLSD in downtown Chicago, protesting ICE raids and Trump's deportation policies.
- a lot of people on columbus now but the protest isn't moving in a single column
- this crowd is massive. now heading west on jackson.
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View full threadsorry no turning on lake.
- just watched burgundy sedan plow through the middle of this protest, like straight through. Didn't catch video.
- The group has moved down Wabash from where the car went through the crowd
- big group heading down Jackson toward DLSD
- Accidentally walked into the protest at State and Monroe as two people were taken into custody. Now a group is in the street at Wabash and Monroe.
- wow bridgeport sounds so cool... i wish it were real...
- this is humiliating. what chatbot did they use to come up with this idea.
- baking an asparagus quiche with a from-scratch crust for my partner's mother to get her to like me... will it work...
- she took one bite of the chicken i made last night and had a coughing fit so it's not looking good
- (we've been together 8 years i'm just still trying to curry favor with their mom)
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