Adam Selzer
@adamchicago.bsky.social
historian, author, and tour guide. I talk about Bob Dylan, Chicago stuff, old time true crime, and cemetery stories. There's a canon Star Wars character named after me. He/him mysteriouschicago.com , patreon.com/adamchicago
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Courage and clarity — wow
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Courage and clarity — wow
Recently learned that the building that is now Lost Eras antiques, 1511 W Howard in Chicago, was Club Detour in the 40s. Art Tatum played there. So did Eddie South, “dark angel of the violin.” This album is about what his sets would have been like. Holy shit. open.spotify.com/album/4w41I2...
Eddie South: The Dark Angel of the Fiddle: The Complete Standard Transcriptions
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February 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Recently learned that the building that is now Lost Eras antiques, 1511 W Howard in Chicago, was Club Detour in the 40s. Art Tatum played there. So did Eddie South, “dark angel of the violin.” This album is about what his sets would have been like. Holy shit. open.spotify.com/album/4w41I2...
I knew a lot of libertarians in the late 90s/early 00s in Georgia. They were basically just hard right without the religion angle. It didn’t surprise me at all that the party nominated Bob Barr, a Georgia right wing maniac who claimed to have converted to anti-gov all at once, for president.
February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I knew a lot of libertarians in the late 90s/early 00s in Georgia. They were basically just hard right without the religion angle. It didn’t surprise me at all that the party nominated Bob Barr, a Georgia right wing maniac who claimed to have converted to anti-gov all at once, for president.
It’s early yet but @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social ‘s “Down and Out in Party City” is the best new song I’ve heard this year. open.spotify.com/track/67SBZy...
Down And Out In Party City
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February 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
It’s early yet but @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social ‘s “Down and Out in Party City” is the best new song I’ve heard this year. open.spotify.com/track/67SBZy...
Is he having a heart attack?
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Is he having a heart attack?
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They got the big game on at the bar
February 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
They got the big game on at the bar
I wish the summer and Winter Olympics were still the same year every four years; they seem like a much bigger deal (and a distraction from the election). Now every other year is an Olympic year and it doesn’t feel as momentous. Or maybe I’m just older?
February 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I wish the summer and Winter Olympics were still the same year every four years; they seem like a much bigger deal (and a distraction from the election). Now every other year is an Olympic year and it doesn’t feel as momentous. Or maybe I’m just older?
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Happy Bandcamp day! Here's a protest song, "When They Go Low (You Go Zero Fucks)"
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When They Go Low (You Go Zero Fucks), by The Limited Time
track by The Limited Time
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February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Happy Bandcamp day! Here's a protest song, "When They Go Low (You Go Zero Fucks)"
thelimitedtime.bandcamp.com/track/when-t...
thelimitedtime.bandcamp.com/track/when-t...
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If you’re not following the case of Steven Feldman, AI Lawyer, your missing out
Hey, so, I don’t do civil litigation, is it generally considered good when the judge does this?
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![Case 1:24-CV-09429-KPF Document 227 Filed 02/05/26 Page 2 of 33
Feldman [wals not excused from this professional obligation [of verifying that the cases he submitted to the Court were valid] by dint of using emerging
technology." (Dkt. #169 at 4).
Mr. Feldman persisted. A few days prior to the Court's hearing on the
Order to Show Cause, Mr. Feldman submitted a proposed reply brief in further support of Affable's motion to dismiss. Once again, his brief contained false citations. And at the August 22, 2025 hearing, Mr. Feldman was unable to respond directly to, much less answer, the Court's questioning about his
submissions.
Mr. Feldman has not, and apparently cannot, learn from his mistakes.
And while the Court does not oppose the use of Al to assist in legal research
and writing, it must take a stand where, as here, counsel repeatedly files
submissions with false citations because counsel refuses to verify those
submissions. This Court can do no more. For the reasons that follow, the
Court sanctions Mr. Feldman pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11
and the Court's inherent powers by striking Affable's submissions and entering
default judgment against it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreigeefuabd636ruucelhxav3v3p43dezhotggrwlgjgsev2z2ggev4@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
If you’re not following the case of Steven Feldman, AI Lawyer, your missing out
Happy Bandcamp day! Here's a protest song, "When They Go Low (You Go Zero Fucks)"
thelimitedtime.bandcamp.com/track/when-t...
thelimitedtime.bandcamp.com/track/when-t...
When They Go Low (You Go Zero Fucks), by The Limited Time
track by The Limited Time
thelimitedtime.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Happy Bandcamp day! Here's a protest song, "When They Go Low (You Go Zero Fucks)"
thelimitedtime.bandcamp.com/track/when-t...
thelimitedtime.bandcamp.com/track/when-t...
Oooh crediting the D hand on “Sir Thomas Moore” to Shakespeare just Willy-nilly with no sidebars or footnotes? Now this is punk rock! (And an epic enough performance to see why this would be credited to him).
(I love Shakespeare apocrypha!)
(I love Shakespeare apocrypha!)
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 6, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Oooh crediting the D hand on “Sir Thomas Moore” to Shakespeare just Willy-nilly with no sidebars or footnotes? Now this is punk rock! (And an epic enough performance to see why this would be credited to him).
(I love Shakespeare apocrypha!)
(I love Shakespeare apocrypha!)
Tonight’s virtual talk: “Shooting Showgirls!” Stories of women who tried to turn front page notoriety into a stage career (with varying degrees of success). www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...
Virtual Tour - Shooting Showgirls: From the Front Page to the Stage!
Stories of the women of yesteryear who made the front page as accused murderers - and took their act to the stage.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Tonight’s virtual talk: “Shooting Showgirls!” Stories of women who tried to turn front page notoriety into a stage career (with varying degrees of success). www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...
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"None of us figured out how to avoid being here."
IT WAS CALLED "FILL IN A LITTLE OVAL NEXT TO THE BLACK LADY'S NAME IN NOVEMBER 2024."
IT WAS CALLED "FILL IN A LITTLE OVAL NEXT TO THE BLACK LADY'S NAME IN NOVEMBER 2024."
The difference between anarchism and liberalism on this front is that anarchism has never been successful at anything. Anarchists have barely mastered "running an off-putting bookstore"
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
"None of us figured out how to avoid being here."
IT WAS CALLED "FILL IN A LITTLE OVAL NEXT TO THE BLACK LADY'S NAME IN NOVEMBER 2024."
IT WAS CALLED "FILL IN A LITTLE OVAL NEXT TO THE BLACK LADY'S NAME IN NOVEMBER 2024."
In 1985 Ed Saltiel, lawyer and state senator, reminisced a bit living in Rogers Park in the same building as Al Capone (6832 N Sheridan). His memory of the Roamer Inn raid is shaky, but it's interesting. Data about Capone's time there is very sparse, after all. www.idaillinois.org/digital/coll...
Edward P. Saltiel Memoir - Part 2
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February 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
In 1985 Ed Saltiel, lawyer and state senator, reminisced a bit living in Rogers Park in the same building as Al Capone (6832 N Sheridan). His memory of the Roamer Inn raid is shaky, but it's interesting. Data about Capone's time there is very sparse, after all. www.idaillinois.org/digital/coll...
If he really believed this he’d want to give Texas back to Mexico.
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 4, 2026 at 1:18 PM
If he really believed this he’d want to give Texas back to Mexico.
I’m reasonably sure this guy has never read the Bible.
Very typical of smarmy southern baptists in my experience.
Very typical of smarmy southern baptists in my experience.
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
I’m reasonably sure this guy has never read the Bible.
Very typical of smarmy southern baptists in my experience.
Very typical of smarmy southern baptists in my experience.
My new Chicago-themed bathroom!
February 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
My new Chicago-themed bathroom!
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It's pretty amazing to me the amount of shit that apparently you can Just Do as an NYC mayor. It makes basically every other American politician look like an incompetent loser.
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
Incredible contrast between this and Keir Starmer running a delivery driver over
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
It's pretty amazing to me the amount of shit that apparently you can Just Do as an NYC mayor. It makes basically every other American politician look like an incompetent loser.
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
A Dylan group I’m in is talking about the Atlanta 96 show during the Olympics, which the box office told me (via the pay phone at the tennis parking lot where I worked) was 21+. Caused me to dig out all pins people gave me. The fanny pack contained some meal tickets and a British candy bar wrapper
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
A Dylan group I’m in is talking about the Atlanta 96 show during the Olympics, which the box office told me (via the pay phone at the tennis parking lot where I worked) was 21+. Caused me to dig out all pins people gave me. The fanny pack contained some meal tickets and a British candy bar wrapper
College republicans are consistently the shittiest people.
They were when I was in college, too, but now they’re unrestrained in their shittiness.
They were when I was in college, too, but now they’re unrestrained in their shittiness.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
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‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
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February 2, 2026 at 6:05 AM
College republicans are consistently the shittiest people.
They were when I was in college, too, but now they’re unrestrained in their shittiness.
They were when I was in college, too, but now they’re unrestrained in their shittiness.
Working on my lecture has convinced me to go ahead with a book I’ve thought of for years: “Where Was Al Capone Really?” A book of places in Chicago where Capone is said to have been, sorting fact from fiction as well as possible. Might piss off a few restaurants, though.
February 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Working on my lecture has convinced me to go ahead with a book I’ve thought of for years: “Where Was Al Capone Really?” A book of places in Chicago where Capone is said to have been, sorting fact from fiction as well as possible. Might piss off a few restaurants, though.
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"You made the libs angry--ALL OF THEM" is one of the great cosmic horror stories of modern history, replayed again & again & again.
You can make some of the libs angry all of the time, and all of the libs angry some of the time. But if you make all the libs angry all at once, make peace w/ ur God.
You can make some of the libs angry all of the time, and all of the libs angry some of the time. But if you make all the libs angry all at once, make peace w/ ur God.
Antebellum northerners never *liked* southern slavery, but they didn’t get angry enough to destroy it until it sent armies and spies into their cities to serve as kidnappers
February 1, 2026 at 4:41 AM
"You made the libs angry--ALL OF THEM" is one of the great cosmic horror stories of modern history, replayed again & again & again.
You can make some of the libs angry all of the time, and all of the libs angry some of the time. But if you make all the libs angry all at once, make peace w/ ur God.
You can make some of the libs angry all of the time, and all of the libs angry some of the time. But if you make all the libs angry all at once, make peace w/ ur God.
1927: "Prosperity is General and Permanent." - Herbert Hoover.
Okay, Herb.
Okay, Herb.
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
1927: "Prosperity is General and Permanent." - Herbert Hoover.
Okay, Herb.
Okay, Herb.
If someone bit Trump in the dick we should reward her however she sees fit.
Whoa. This is from an FBI email with the subect "Re: Epstein - Cellmate Interview"
Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent.
Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent.
January 31, 2026 at 7:36 PM
If someone bit Trump in the dick we should reward her however she sees fit.