Chicago Taskforce @chitaskforce
Co-Directors: @prisonculture @ClaudiaStellar / We work to end #VaWoC / Authors of How to Better Coverage of #SexualViolence + many other resources. chitaskforce.org Chicago Abolitionists Joined May 2010-
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If you'll be covering the issue of race-based affirmative action in advance of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decisions, you'll want to check out our new tip sheet. 6 tips for covering race-based affirmative action in college admissions: journalistsresource.org/education/affi…
Photos from today's packing day! Thanks so much to all the volunteers who came out to pack books for incarcerated young folks in Illinois and to talk with us about why we don't believe anyone should be incarcerated. Want to support our work? Donate here: gofund.me/d0d65a36
Metro is throwing a star-studded drag show fundraiser to fight anti-drag, transphobic laws in Tennessee and beyond. buff.ly/418DYOn
Get some of the deepest solutions journalism training possible, then go share it with others. Apply by April 23 to become a solutions journalism trainer. Get all the details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Check out our latest zine - The Prison Rebellion Years - an adaptation of Rethinking the American Prison Movement by @dnbrgr and @thetous. It was an all-star collaboration, written by @Safear215 with gorgeous cover art of comrade George by Paul Lacombe. studyandstruggle.com/s/Rethinking-t…
I gave my zakat this year to @BelieverBailOut who bail out Muslims from pretrial and ICE detention. They're also zakat verified on launchgood. You can donate to their important work here: launchgood.com/campaign/belie…
📢 Chicago folks 📢 Free Thursday afternoon? Come join us as we package dates to send to our incarcerated kin for the remainder of Ramadan! This is a great opportunity to get involved in the last 10 days of #Ramadan! DM for address!
Yikes, @FryeArtMuseum, what is this nonsense?!! The gender-neutral restrooms are temporarily discontinued while looking into "best practices"?!? Spoiler alert: the best practice is that all restrooms should be gender-neutral! That's it, that's all you need to know.
ICYMI: I did a deep dive on the LAPD's abortion squad, which operated in the 1950s and 60s, before #RoeVWade Officers questioned women. They went on stakeouts and kept dossiers on hundreds of abortionists. They posed as boyfriends or brothers to trap people into confessing.
ICYMI: I did a deep dive on the LAPD's abortion squad, which operated in the 1950s and 60s, before #RoeVWade Officers questioned women. They went on stakeouts and kept dossiers on hundreds of abortionists. They posed as boyfriends or brothers to trap people into confessing.
Free Society People’s Library?! Where can I sign-up to support this excellent initiative? Below 👇
obama doubled Assata's bounty: blackagendareport.com/free_assata_fi…
obama doubled Assata's bounty: blackagendareport.com/free_assata_fi… https://t.co/BvkpkrofiB
This law will be enforced through law enforcement accessing: -Cell phone location data -Unencrypted DMs and text messages -Search histories -Automated License Plate Readers -CCTV footage -Private surveillance footage (Ring cameras) endabortionsurveillance.com
This law will be enforced through law enforcement accessing: -Cell phone location data -Unencrypted DMs and text messages -Search histories -Automated License Plate Readers -CCTV footage -Private surveillance footage (Ring cameras) endabortionsurveillance.com
EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION: A federal judge in Texas ruled against medication abortion last night. We’re hitting the streets on April 15th and calling on the FDA to keep mifepristone on the shelves. Pledge to march at the link in the followup!

Puff the Magic Hater @MsKellyMHayes
62K Followers 4K Following Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: https://t.co/reEPh5xqgd | More: https://t.co/mS8uBZRaHR
Interrupting Criminal... @interruptcrim
23K Followers 425 Following IC offers research, learning, connection & practice for organizers working to end criminalization, policing & punishment. Led by @dreanyc123 & Mariame Kaba.Andrea Ritchie also @... @dreanyc123
22K Followers 1K Following Black. Lesbian. Immigrant. Author @InvisibleNMBook. Co-author #NoMorePolice https://t.co/OGcDfnEpJv. Cofounder @interruptcrim & @inournames. https://t.co/QDUWvNqsCc
VictoriaLaw @LVikkiml
14K Followers 288 Following Freelance journo & author. Latest book: CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration (Haymarket 2024)
Project NIA @projectnia
31K Followers 693 Following Project NIA's mission is to dramatically reduce the reliance on arrest, detention, and incarceration for addressing youth crime and violence.
GoodKidsMadCity @GKMC18
30K Followers 4K Following Black and Brown youth united in fighting to end violence in our cities. We call for more resources for our communities and to abolish police! #GoodKidsMadCity
Survived & Punished N... @survivepunishNY
17K Followers 506 Following New York formation of @survivepunish. Volunteers working to end the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence. #FreeThemNY #FreeThemAll
MUAVI @MomsUnitedChi
4K Followers 370 Following Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration is committed 2 abolition + organizing resources 4 incarcerated moms. https://t.co/Q84TwcJZ8j
Solidarity with Pales... @jaybeware
37K Followers 4K Following Co-host/Producer @MAKCapitalism & The Imperial '80s https://t.co/jupw537XRF
Charles Preston @_CharlesPreston
34K Followers 2K Following Community Engagement for @InjusticeWatch. Co-Host of @hoodoisie. Member of TEMBO. #SaveCSU. I collect things.
Chicago Community Jai... @ChiCommunityJS
3K Followers 196 Following A daily mutual aid project serving people being released from Cook County Jail, their loved ones, and the surrounding community.
Eve L. Ewing used to ... @eveewing
183K Followers 4K Following i'm not here! // i mostly use IG: eve.ewing // and there's a substack situation happening too, at https://t.co/4uXsT8UGVB - take care y'all, it's been real
n th n - #FreeThemAll @n_th_n_
8K Followers 5K Following works against: deportations, capitalism, cages. & for: abolition, community. @SurvivePunishNY/"to hear the sound of glass breaking, glass must be broken"/they
Rossana Rodriguez �... @RossanaFor33
17K Followers 3K Following THIS IS MY POLITICAL ACCOUNT: It doesn’t represent the views of the city & city resources not used to maintain it. #TreatmentNotTrauma
🖤ShutItDown2024�... @cemicool
3K Followers 2K Following she/they, savarna migrant on stolen land | spadeworker, poet, illustrator organizing around jails/gender/disability | palestine kashmir hawai'i zindabad | 😷up
Reina Sultan 🇱🇧 @SultanReina
14K Followers 4K Following editorial director @the_newsette // rep’d by @minahamedi
Chicago Teachers Unio... @CTULocal1
68K Followers 6K Following AFT-IFT Local 1. 30,000 educators dedicated to the schools Chicago students deserve. Living rent-free in education reform minds since 2010. RT ≠ endorsement.
Dylan Rodríguez @dylanrodriguez
10K Followers 2K Following I'M LEAVING TWITTER/X SOON, GO HERE: Instagram: https://t.co/TPzPCkK0XG Blue Sky: https://t.co/X0DCbkCTak
Support Ho(s)e @supporthosechi
9K Followers 2K Following Building radical community for sex workers in Chicago/Austin/NYC! #SexWorkersUnite #FreeLeLe
Nirsla @Nirsla1Vo
243 Followers 4K Following
Ebrma Corr @CorrEbrma58006
72 Followers 7K Following
Erin @mtnmermaid1312
95 Followers 2K Following
こごうみなこ @kogouminak6594
54 Followers 3K Following
IL Senator Thicc Durb... @good_noodle____
311 Followers 818 Following shaking ass to empower my fellow Americans
Lisa Hix (she/her) @lisahix
1K Followers 4K Following Freelance journalist in the SF Bay Area who is an experienced editor, writer and reporter specializing in arts, culture and history.
chicagomedic Ⓥ @chicagomedic
2K Followers 813 Following Flight Paramedic. FP-C, NRP. Video Games, Tech, Aviation, Politics. #FOAMed #FOAMems #EMSWolfPack 🐘 @[email protected] @chicagomedic.bsky.social
March on the DNC 2024 @MarchOnDNC2024
2K Followers 445 Following We are a coalition of organizations planning to bring our demands to the Democratic National Convention 2024 in Chicago! Join us ❤️🔥
Educador de Rua @EMERSON04333739
46 Followers 377 Following Mestrando em Antropologia Social pela Unicamp. Antipunitivista, Desencarcerador e Abolicionista penal.
Max @Left_Soq
16 Followers 218 Following
rutgers_juvjustice @RU_juvjustice
331 Followers 1K Following PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/CONTINUING EDUCATION program addresses justice-involved youth's needs. https://t.co/qIRylZWEFm FOLLOW US @rutgersjuvjustice.bsky.social
@LisaDiane✝️ @mslisadiane
472 Followers 2K Following I was born and raised in Tulsa Oklahoma my great Grandparents Died in the Tulsa Race Riot I'm very active in my community . and If you DM me I will Block you
Author Website Design... @writer_websites
430 Followers 1K Following Based in the Washington, DC area. I build beautiful, custom websites for authors, writers, and people of words. https://t.co/6t7Du8u3ir
Jocelyn @fkdingjfu
3 Followers 159 Following Not to be confused with Josselin. Glass half ratchet type of person.
Melody @iammelodyco
1K Followers 2K Following Chief Domestic Violence Disruptor and Founder of @CourageousSHIFT | Supporting victims thru #EvaLeeParkerFund. Views mine.
The Unconscious in Tr... @UITbooksNYC
930 Followers 4K Following The award-winning publishing house founded in collaboration with the French psychoanalyst Jean Laplanche (1924-2012) and the support of Institut de France.
Muslim Counterpublics... @MuslimCpLab
789 Followers 2K Following The mission of Muslim Counterpublics Lab is to disrupt & subvert dehumanizing narratives that are designed & deployed to justify state violence against Muslims.
mothmother69 @mothmother69
5 Followers 101 Following
Katie Taylor @katietaylor099
21 Followers 190 Following
IPP Action Fund @IPPaction
40 Followers 163 Following Fighting against regressive policies, racist practices and a system that treats people as disposable. Legislative arm of @ILPrisonProject.
SBWU Greektown Chicag... @GreektownUnited
462 Followers 1K Following the official @SBWorkersUnited workers in Greektown, Chicago, part of @SBWUChicago & @CMRJB 💀🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Black digital & exper... @umd_AADHum
2K Followers 1K Following African-American + digital + experimental + humanities = #BlackDH at the University of Maryland :: Co-spiriting w/ @umd_MITH & funded by the @MellonFdn ✨🌱💜
Priti Nemani, she/her @pritinemani
4K Followers 5K Following free people, erase borders, free 🇵🇸. ex-lawyer using my powers for good. mental health + anti-racism activist. account personal to me - not any org or entity.
Strategic Advertising... @StrategicAds1
139 Followers 541 Following https://t.co/q2toBTd4Fa is digital advertising and marketing agency with cutting-edge marketing tools to expand your business in Chicago, IL, USA.
Rachel Ogi @rachogi
18 Followers 455 Following she/her/ella | plants, education things, aunting, & politics (mostly WI & IL)
Journal of French and... @jffp_journal
2K Followers 2K Following Twitter for Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy | Open access, biannual, francophone and the wider Atlantic world | publish in English and French
Mr.MichaelBrown @michaelbrown_mr
205 Followers 1K Following 16 Year Small Business Consultant. Raised in Oklahoma and not afraid to stand up for what I believe in. I was always told by my Grandmother, to "Just Be Happy!
NoAward4That @TheInEquitable
1K Followers 5K Following Do you really care about mental health and the "crisis" America accepts? I will impact change in 2.3 seconds & save lives.
sasha @SashaSpark
198 Followers 863 Following living & thriving in the most important inland port in North America (pre-1970s) she a ten but she she's afraid of exile trashy, leftist soviet jew time thief
mindofastonerkid @diiamondsinher1
36 Followers 2K Following Estos fragmentos los he apuntalado contra mis ruinas cottagecore con un poco de oscura academia | "La tierra tiene música para los que escuchan".
childpsychmdact @mommd22
486 Followers 3K Following Child psychiatrist, Assistant Prof,Jewish mom, she/her #Answerthecall #BLM Harris/downballot Dems
Elisabeth Fay @schadenfreulein
285 Followers 1K Following NYU contract faculty, organizer @cfuuaw, she/her, writing to ask if you have time for a quick conversation sometime this week
Christie @clbc71
451 Followers 3K Following
d.j.econ @djeconNYC
1K Followers 6K Following hope over fear, beats for your ears, samples never cleared
The Communist Venus�... @CommunistVenus
9 Followers 2K Following
tired af @KolHue
190 Followers 5K Following Apparently past me liked being elitist. My old bio was one of the most snobbish things I've read. pfp made using https://t.co/SS0ZuDRXsR
Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya
27K Followers 4K Following Generational justice. https://t.co/22wS0iG9Sf Latest book: The Stolen Year. https://t.co/Q5lBCstvp5 She/her. @anya1anya.bsky.social
Carl Nyberg @CarlNyberg312
4K Followers 4K Following Looking for new ideas not "new & improved" wrong ideas.
Puff the Magic Hater @MsKellyMHayes
62K Followers 4K Following Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: https://t.co/reEPh5xqgd | More: https://t.co/mS8uBZRaHR
Interrupting Criminal... @interruptcrim
23K Followers 425 Following IC offers research, learning, connection & practice for organizers working to end criminalization, policing & punishment. Led by @dreanyc123 & Mariame Kaba.Andrea Ritchie also @... @dreanyc123
22K Followers 1K Following Black. Lesbian. Immigrant. Author @InvisibleNMBook. Co-author #NoMorePolice https://t.co/OGcDfnEpJv. Cofounder @interruptcrim & @inournames. https://t.co/QDUWvNqsCc
Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI
238K Followers 1K Following Reader-supported nonprofit newsroom delivering essential coverage of Chicago’s neighborhoods.
VictoriaLaw @LVikkiml
14K Followers 288 Following Freelance journo & author. Latest book: CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration (Haymarket 2024)
Project NIA @projectnia
31K Followers 693 Following Project NIA's mission is to dramatically reduce the reliance on arrest, detention, and incarceration for addressing youth crime and violence.
GoodKidsMadCity @GKMC18
30K Followers 4K Following Black and Brown youth united in fighting to end violence in our cities. We call for more resources for our communities and to abolish police! #GoodKidsMadCity
Survived & Punished N... @survivepunishNY
17K Followers 506 Following New York formation of @survivepunish. Volunteers working to end the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence. #FreeThemNY #FreeThemAll
MUAVI @MomsUnitedChi
4K Followers 370 Following Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration is committed 2 abolition + organizing resources 4 incarcerated moms. https://t.co/Q84TwcJZ8j
Charlene been gone fo... @CharleneCac
43K Followers 1K Following PhD Candidate in Black Studies | Writer | Filmmaker | Organizer | Book Me: @ccmntspeakers | email [email protected]
Solidarity with Pales... @jaybeware
37K Followers 4K Following Co-host/Producer @MAKCapitalism & The Imperial '80s https://t.co/jupw537XRF
Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts
49K Followers 689 Following Professor|Author. Pre-order THE MIXED MARRIAGE PROJECT https://t.co/Oj9dV6BFnI
Charles Preston @_CharlesPreston
34K Followers 2K Following Community Engagement for @InjusticeWatch. Co-Host of @hoodoisie. Member of TEMBO. #SaveCSU. I collect things.
Eve L. Ewing used to ... @eveewing
183K Followers 4K Following i'm not here! // i mostly use IG: eve.ewing // and there's a substack situation happening too, at https://t.co/4uXsT8UGVB - take care y'all, it's been real
Rossana Rodriguez �... @RossanaFor33
17K Followers 3K Following THIS IS MY POLITICAL ACCOUNT: It doesn’t represent the views of the city & city resources not used to maintain it. #TreatmentNotTrauma
🖤ShutItDown2024�... @cemicool
3K Followers 2K Following she/they, savarna migrant on stolen land | spadeworker, poet, illustrator organizing around jails/gender/disability | palestine kashmir hawai'i zindabad | 😷up
Chicago Teachers Unio... @CTULocal1
68K Followers 6K Following AFT-IFT Local 1. 30,000 educators dedicated to the schools Chicago students deserve. Living rent-free in education reform minds since 2010. RT ≠ endorsement.
Support Ho(s)e @supporthosechi
9K Followers 2K Following Building radical community for sex workers in Chicago/Austin/NYC! #SexWorkersUnite #FreeLeLe
Recovering Carceral F... @LeighGoodmark
4K Followers 2K Following Professor @UMdLaw, author of Imperfect Victims and Decriminalizing Domestic Violence (UC Press). She/her. @leighgoodmark.bsky.social
Therapy for Black Gir... @therapy4bgirls
44K Followers 395 Following 🔍Search the therapist directory 🎧Check out the podcast #TBGinSession 💁🏾♀️Connect with the community 📧 Contact: [email protected]
Defend Wendy Howard @DefendWendy
250 Followers 368 Following Defend Domestic Violence Survivors! Justice For Wendy! https://t.co/mVpFXlxQ9F
Hannah Dreyfus @Hannah_Dreyfus
4K Followers 285 Following Investigative Journalist for @azcentral part of @USATODAY. I report on difficult things. DMs open - pitch me.
Burn It All Down @BurnItDownPod
10K Followers 3K Following Feminist sports podcast you need || Hosts: @_shireenahmed_ @linzsports @Politicultura @mirarose88 @jessicawluther || https://t.co/putqs7KL7l
melanin mvskoke @MelaninMvskoke
17K Followers 1K Following Afro Indigenous- Black and Mvskoke. Shawnee, Yuchi, Quapaw, Cherokee Descent. Black Liberation & Indigenous Sovereignty. She/Her. 🌌🛼🖖🏾
Movement Advancement ... @lgbtmap
25K Followers 1K Following MAP is an independent, nonprofit think tank that provides rigorous research, insight and communications to help speed equality & opportunity for all.
Innocence Project @innocence
175K Followers 267 Following We work to help free innocent people from prison and transform the criminal legal system.
Kelly Garcia @_KellyGarcia__
7K Followers 2K Following investigative reporter | @InjusticeWatch [email protected] |
Native Bound Unbound @NatBoundUnbound
2K Followers 49 Following Native Bound Unbound is creating the archive of the Indigenous enslaved across the Americas, name by name and story by story. Supported by @MellonFdn
Shahana Hanif @ShahanaFromBK
23K Followers 5K Following Re-elected to serve four more years. Brooklyn-born, movement-built, and ready to keep delivering.
Punishment & Society ... @Punishment_CRN
2K Followers 2K Following The Official Twitter account of the Punishment & Society CRN of @law_soc. Contact @nataliepifer and @ashleytrubin for more info!
Pam Hrick @PamHrick
2K Followers 2K Following Law. Politics. Feminism. 2SLGBTQ+ Rights. Some takes on theatre and baseball. ED&GC, @LEAFNational.
Emilie Coyle @emiliercoyle
2K Followers 4K Following Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies ▪ Lawyer ▪ Committed Community Member ▪ Parent ▪ Avid Reader and Dancer (she/her/elle)
KFF @KFF
109K Followers 27 Following The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news.
Rebecca Boone @boiseboone
3K Followers 2K Following Associated Press correspondent and @APNewsGuild member. Send story tips via DM or https://t.co/LnnLZqkawk. She/her.
Darci Flynn @ChicagoDarci
344 Followers 452 Following (she/her) Former Director of GBV Strategy & Policy Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
Bluestockings Coopera... @bluestockings
20K Followers 2K Following Queer, trans + sex worker cooperatively-owned activist bookstore + café, in NYC. 📚🌈 ♿️Tues-Sun 12pm-7pm at 116 Suffolk St + 24/7 online✨We ship everywhere! 💙
Cicero Independiente @CiceroNoticias
1K Followers 245 Following Bilingual, independent, community-powered news for the residents of Cicero and Berwyn, IL. Instagram: @ciceroindependiente
Carlos Ballesteros @ballesteros_312
9K Followers 5K Following Senior investigative reporter at @injusticewatch, formerly @Suntimes via @report4america. Son of immigrants, against genocide, se habla español
Meyer Foundation @MeyerFoundation
4K Followers 1K Following We envision a just, connected, and inclusive Greater Washington community in which systemic racism and its consequences no longer exist.
Daniel José Camacho @DanielJCamacho
10K Followers 3K Following Editor & Writer. Working on a book about Bartolomé de las Casas with @avidreaderpress.
abusablepast @abusablepast
2K Followers 349 Following The Abusable Past is the digital companion to the Radical History Review, presenting unique and original content related to the praxis of radical history.
ReproJobs @ReproJobs
12K Followers 511 Following ARCHIVE ACCOUNT • ReproJobs organized workers in the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements from 2014-2024
Muslims for Just Futu... @MuslimsForJF
2K Followers 1K Following Building power in Muslim communities through collective care, organizing, advocacy, and movement-building.
Ashpirations @Ashpirations1
90 Followers 53 Following Popup/online. Handmade, vintage, & upcycled décor, accessories, art & more. Portion of profit donated to BIPOC-led orgs in Chicago area. Founded by @jscismash
AAPI Women Lead @AAPIWomenLead
6K Followers 405 Following Asian and Pacific Islander Women Lead - in solidarity with other communities of color. Let's Go. Join us for our annual conference! ➡️ https://t.co/NvJaFn9TCu
Jessica Stites @jessicastites
1K Followers 1K Following Editorial Director @inthesetimesmag. Opinions all my very own. https://t.co/NJQK5v1Qea
Natalie Y Moore @natalieymoore
23K Followers 10K Following south side lois lane. audio maker. author. playwright. professor. columnist.
Black & Pink National... @BlacknPinkUnion
335 Followers 234 Following We stand together in union solidarity so that we may create the abolitionist world of our dreams. [email protected]
Exoneration Project @ExonerationProj
6K Followers 627 Following We fight to free the wrongfully convicted, exonerate the innocent, and bring justice to the justice system.
Free Chrystul Kizer @FreeChrystul
642 Followers 2 Following Chrystul Kizer is a human trafficking survivor who was charged in Kenosha, WI for defending herself. Her case is still ongoing. Drop the charges! #FreeChrystul
max sárosi @maxsarosi
28 Followers 1K Following “We cannot talk about regeneration without talking about decomposition.” - Giuliana Furci.
Craig Gilmore @CraigOGilmore
5K Followers 3K Following "Most mornings I would be more or less insane"
In Our Names Network @inournames
778 Followers 328 Following We are a national network of organizations, campaigns and individuals working to end police violence against Black women, girls, trans and GNC people.
Liz Mazur @LizMazur1
81 Followers 166 Following Chicago-based civil rights lawyer (she/hers). https://t.co/UeJELgr7a3
Tamar Sarai @bytamarsarai
1K Followers 1K Following soft-spoken drama queen ✨ staff writer: @prismreports ✨ @wellesley woman, @columbiajourn grad, phd student @templeuhistory
Cori Bush @CoriBush
766K Followers 2K Following 1st Black Congresswoman from MO. Wife, mom, nurse, activist, organizer. Author of The Forerunner. For booking- [email protected]
K Agbebiyi is on bsky... @sheabutterfemme
13K Followers 880 Following K/Toyin. Organizing/writing against private equity + PIC. Proud lesbian, union member, avid reader. On insta, not here. Mgmt: @OdomMediaMGMT
Equal Justice Initiat... @eji_org
189K Followers 1 Following We work to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial injustice. Led by Bryan Stevenson. Creators of the @legacysites #justmercy
Cops Off Campus Coali... @copsoffearth
2K Followers 248 Following cops off campus coalition across turtle island/north america.
Center for Applied Tr... @TransStudies
8K Followers 109 Following We're dedicated to scholarship on the social, cultural, & political conditions of transgender life. We also publish the Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies.
California Environmen... @cejapower
9K Followers 3K Following Coalition fighting for environmental justice in California. #Xodus complete; find us on BlueSky: https://t.co/jUK7EX0G7G