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Dani (she/they)
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artsandlabor.bsky.social
We don’t want guardrails on ICE, we want ICE abolished.
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · Jan 29
A Democratic aide says of the new deal: “Sets a 2 week clock on DHS funding by itself. If republicans don’t do shit for two weeks, DHS shuts down and there’s little incentive for us to reopen without the guardrails on ICE”
January 29, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
🍉✨💚 One last push for our raffle raising money for 14 families displaced in the Gaza Strip. 🍉✨💚

We want to send at least $100 to each family and we are only $400 short of our goal. Entries are just $5. Follow the instructions at tinyurl.com/chi4gazaraffle to enter
Photo of a red basket filled with watermelon themed gifts including a crocheted beanie, hand made notebooks, prints, stickers, and pins. Above the photo black and red text on a bright green background reads “enter our raffle for an opportunity to win this amazing basket of goofs from local Chicago artists! Only $5! Help us by spreading the word. Tinyurl.com/chi4gazaraffle”
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
Uday’s family had to leave their apartment because they weren’t able to pay the rent. After already losing so much, they are back on the streets and desperately need money for a tent. Anything you can give makes a difference. Tinyurl.com/udayfund
Photo of Uday, a 19 year old Palestinian boy and Kemal, a 5 year old Palestinian boy on a dark green background. Text reads “Winter has arrived in Gaza. The cold, rainy seasons means 19 year old Uday must source the clothes his family of seven needs to keep warm. Uday’s little brother, Kemal, recently started school. In addition to clothes, Uday hopes to get him school supplies. As always, they also needs funds for food, water, medicine, and shelter. Your donation helps a family who has already endured so much survive another winter.” There is a QR code and link to the family’s fundraiser: https://www.tinyurl.com/udayfund
January 14, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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monikab.bsky.social
The government is saying that violence rules. That snatching foreign leaders and territories, and shooting US citizens in their cars at point blank range, is justified. That resistance is not only futile, it is dangerous. They can say these things. But they cannot force us to believe them.
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
There’s still time to enter the raffle for a watermelon gift basket supporting several families displaced in the Gaza Strip. Entries are $5 each. Follow the instructions at www.tinyurl.com/chi4gazaraffle to enter ❤️🍉🇵🇸
January 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
artsandlabor.bsky.social
Anyone know of any coat drives going on in the Chicago area?
December 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
I’m part of group in Chicago supporting several families in Gaza and we’re raffling off a watermelon gift basket!

Inside you’ll find a bunch of goodies including a certificate for a custom pet portrait!
🎟️ tinyurl.com/chi4gazaraffle to enter

The drawing and winner will be determined in January!
December 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
artsandlabor.bsky.social
Do I know anyone in Chicago who can foster an adorable baby meat head for a few weeks?
December 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
artsandlabor.bsky.social
Even thrift stores are wildly expensive now 😩
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
artsandlabor.bsky.social
I’ve joined a group of folks in Chicago who are also helping support Palestinian families. If you donate to this link the money helps not only Uday, but several other families sheltering in the Gaza Strip: tinyurl.com/chi4gaza
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
Last day to enter! Contribute any amount to Uday’s family & share your receipt in the comments (or DM for my email if you’d like more privacy) for a chance to win a custom pet portrait. Holidays are coming up & this would be a really sweet gift!
www.tinyurl.com/udayfund
Illustrated white dog with black mask and ears with a light blue/green bandana on a pink background Illustrated white curly haired dog with a green bandana on a light blue/green background with some daisies Grumpy looking gray cat with yellow eyes on a lavender background, blue and pink flowers in the foreground. The name London is hand lettered at the top.
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
Uday’s family urgently needs $700 for rent. Donate any amount this week for a chance to win a custom pet portrait. Share a screen shot of your donation receipt in the comments or if you prefer more privacy DM for my email address. Https://www.tinyurl.com/udayfund
An illustrated grumpy looking darn gray cat with yellow eyes on a purple background with flowers in the foreground. A happy looking small dog with white curly fur on a mint background with daisies
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
artsandlabor.bsky.social
Uday’s family needs to collect $700 for rent due tomorrow. Any amount you can give helps! chuffed.org/project/uday...
chuffed.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
A federal judge says he will order the release of over 600 people who have been detained by ice on bond. If it’s within your means consider donating to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund. We will need to raise a lot of money to get everyone home. www.mibfc.org
Screen shot of a Chicago tribune headline that reads “Federal judge says he’ll order released of hundreds of ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees on bond”. Below the headline is a picture of three ice agents in full tactical gear.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
artsandlabor.bsky.social
Now also feels like a good time to mention that during WWII women spies would put codes in their knitting (which is essentially a binary system, knit, purl) and cross stitch morse code onto things.
whatsdanimaking.bsky.social Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · Nov 7
This summer I helped my mom clean out my grandma’s art studio. I ended up leaving with a few of her crochet hooks with the goal of learning how to make a granny square and 5 months later, I finally did. Gotta say, learning to do handwork in this era of mass vomited AI slop feels very, very healing.
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
artsandlabor.bsky.social
We can’t stop fighting, but this morning I’m basking in the knowledge that two out of the three largest cities in the US have socialist mayors. As Kelly says here “we can win.”
mskellymhayes.bsky.social Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Nov 5
There are still a lot of hard times ahead, but remember this moment and what it means: We can win.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
artsandlabor.bsky.social
Pritzker’s statements are a performance for liberals who aren’t on the ground trying to disrupt ICE. His latest stunt asking DHS to pause immigration raids bc it’s Halloween is laughable. Anyone who has interacted with ICE knows that traumatizing people, kids included, is their whole fucking deal.
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
artsandlabor.bsky.social
Eman’s youngest child is injured and she needs money for rent so they aren’t thrown into the streets. Any amount you can give helps. If you can’t donate at this time but are able to help spread the word, that’s also very helpful! gofund.me/40d19bc3f
Donate to Help Eman's Family Afford Food in Gaza, organized by Alison Fletcher
I am Alison Morgan, a US Citizen using this campaign is to raise money for Eman… Alison Fletcher needs your support for Help Eman's Family Afford Food in Gaza
gofund.me
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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kjephd.bsky.social
Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...
Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike
It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.
www.huffpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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pedsortho.bsky.social
Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison.

Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
But too many of the slaves died in captivity. And so Columbus, desperate to pay back dividends to those who had in-vested, had to make good his promise to fill the ships with gold. In the province of Cicao on Haiti, where he and his men imagined huge gold fields to exist, they ordered all persons fourteen years or older to collect a certain quantity of gold every three months. When they brought it, they were given copper tokens to hang around their necks. Indians found without a copper token had their hands cut off and bled to death. The Indians had been given an impossible task. The only gold around was bits of dust garnered from the streams. So they fled, were hunted down with dogs, and were killed. After each six or eight months' work in the mines, which was the time required of each crew to dig enough gold for melting, up to a third of the men died. While the men were sent many miles away to the mines, the wives remained to work the soil, forced into the excruciating job of digging and making thousands of hills for cassava plants. Thus husbands and wives were together only once every eight or ten months and when they met they were so exhausted and depressed on both sides... they ceased to pro-create. As for the newly born, they died early because their mothers, overworked and fam-ished, had no milk to nurse them, and for this reason, while I was in Cuba, 7000 children died in three months. Some mothers even drowned their babies from sheer desper-ation.... In this way, husbands died in the mines, wives died at work, and children died from lack of milk ... and in a short time this land which was so great, so powerful and fer-tile... was depopulated... My eyes have seen these acts so foreign to human nature, and now I tremble as I write....
October 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
TODAY 10/12 2pm-5pm @ the Logan Square Comfort Station. We’re having a fundraiser for 7 families in Gaza. There will be live music, and vendors selling all kinds of cool stuff including crochet, ceramics, jewelry, prints, pins, and stickers. It’s gonna be a gorgeous day, come say hi!
October 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
Cats Not Cops will be available as an 8x10 print or a 3” sticker at the Cultural Art Fest for Gaza, this Sunday 10/12 2pm-5pm @ the Logan Square comfort station. We are raising money for 7 families displaced in the Gaza Strip who need money for food, clothes, medicine, and tents before winter 🩷🖤💚
October 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
This Sunday, Chicago! Come out to help us raise money for 7 families inside the Gaza Strip. I will be there selling pins, stickers, prints, hand painted and sewn notebooks, bracelets and more.

My reach here is very small so please help me get the word out, especially if you’re in Chicago ❤️
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM