Serena Larkin

@serenalarkin

Comms + messaging for @sightline.org. Here for all our climate, cities, + democracy issues, plus weird fiction, farming, cats, + two-wheeled tootling 🚲 Chicago 🌇 Opinions my own

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Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Oct 2

waaaaant www.planning.nsw.gov.au/government-a...

front view of a two-story four-home building in cream with black trim, with green landscaping and trees around it

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Oct 1

they're coming for us at our bus stops, our homeless shelters, our school dropoffs and pickups if you're a neighbor who feels safe documenting these abductions, guidance courtesy of NW Side Rapid Response:

A two-page flyer for Northwest Side Rapid Response, a volunteer network supporting immigrants in Chicago.

Left page: Titled “Remember S.A.L.U.T.E.” with icons and explanations to guide community members when reporting possible ICE or federal enforcement activity:

S – Size/Strength: How many agents/vehicles.

A – Activity/Action: What are they doing, e.g. making arrests, questioning workers.

L – Location/Direction: Exact intersection or nearby landmark.

U – Uniform/Clothing: What agents are wearing, identifying logos.

T – Time/Date: Exact time and date of sighting.

E – Equipment/Weapons: Any handcuffs, firearms, etc.
Text emphasizes documenting clearly and safely, staying calm, and sharing concise info.
Includes a hotline number: Family Support Hotline 855-435-7693 for deportation legal support, immigrant healthcare resources, and referrals.

Right page: Headed “What We Do.” Explains that volunteers respond quickly to possible ICE activity, verify enforcement, document violations, and share accurate info to reduce fear. States they collaborate with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). Encourages reporting to the Family Support Network hotline, with the message: “Stay informed. Stay connected. Stay safe. The people united will never be defeated.”
Footer invites people to follow @NorthwestSideRRT on Instagram and Facebook for verified reports and updates.

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Oct 1

i still can't get over the HUD website rn

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· May 10

Soaked up that dreamy Nightfall Farm life for a minute ✨

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· May 10

Nuzzled my gals before egg collection

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· May 10

Caught live music in Bloomington: WOW Etran de l’Air

Musical band plays before a crowded room

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· May 10

(Mostly) avoided bites from farm cat Croft

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· May 10

Biked out to morning chores w the pups

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· May 10

We welcomed new chicks to the farm

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Feb 20

Screenshot of post: It’s okay to titrate the bad news, I told her, to only let in what you can handle at any given moment. Do what you need to do in order to keep yourself grounded and stay in the game. You don’t have to stare unblinking at the apocalypse, you can squint at it. Selective denial is okay so long as you’re also practicing selective attention, I told her. Choose one terrible problem to focus on, to act on — whether that be Palestine, or climate, or corporate corruption, or whathaveyou — and gather all the gruesome information you need on that one problem so you can act well on it. And, if necessary, let that one terrible problem break your heart, so you can also feel all you need to feel in order to take on that problem with your full self.
And then — because your heart can only handle so much — you’ve got to trust that countless other good souls out there — who, just like you, are practicing their own mix of selective denial and attention — are taking on all the other terrible things that your heart can’t afford to pay attention to. It’s an ecosystem of resistance.

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Feb 17

This is the kind of Irish heritage celebration I can get behind. Great music, weird gift shop displays, anti-colonizer vibes all night long. Thx Chicago Irish for Palestine 🇵🇸 💕 🇮🇪

Stack of tweed caps with a sign about sizing

Creepy mannequin heads modeling knit hats

Full theatre for a Palestinian and Irish concert event

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Feb 17

The sledding scene on Horner today was sups adorbs

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Feb 9

Saaad that R Eric Thomas isn’t on Bsky yet but glaaad to share w everyone his latest newsletter which is hilarious and brilliant as always. Subscribe, tardigrades! letter.rericthomas.com/tardigrade-h...

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Jan 12

Missed you, PNW

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Jan 11

The @sightline.org crew, in attendance!

Six colleagues with YIMBY lanyards stand together on a sidewalk

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Dec 2

Pretty excited this morning about @sightline.org's (years overdue) new website 🥳 🤓 💻 Three cheers for my colleague Webster and our design firm Swatch Junkie Creative for turning all my nitpicky babbling into a beautiful new digital home for our solutions research!

Screen shot of Sightline Institute's website's home page

Serena Larkin@serenalarkin· Dec 2

Out Our Front Door book club, here we come! 👀