A Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) on its way to somewhere this morning.
The carapace of the turtle was about 40 cm long.
im a little worked up today because i'm going to talk to my supervisor about letting me use my text editor at work instead of an LLM
Five years ago, demonstrators in Chicago outwitted and outfought police officers, winning an opportunity to topple a hated statue of Christopher Columbus. This footage shows the moment when they got the better of police, pinning them down under a hail of cans of LaCroix sparkling water.
Afterwards, the mayor was forced to have the statue removed from the park. It was one of scores of statues of colonizers, Confederates, slaveholders, and other racists removed as a consequence of the spirited demonstrations of summer 2020.
It's worth reading the account we published from that day:
https://crimethinc.com/GrantPark
On May Day 2025, Chicago officials announced that the statue will never return to Grant Park. But it wasn't the government that removed the statues—it was us, the people.
A list of statues removed around the country thanks to demonstrations in 2020:
https://crimethinc.com/StatuesDown
If you're curious why people would want to tear down statues of Christopher Columbus, start here:
ACAB violence against property and cops
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