Adrienne Samuels Gibbs
@adriennewrites.bsky.social
Chief Storyteller + journalist + editor + professor + writer. Based in the Chi.
Bylines in: Fortune, WBEZ, Forbes, Art Institute
Priors: Director @Medium, ME @EBONY, Netflix, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, Ipsos, UChgo
Bylines in: Fortune, WBEZ, Forbes, Art Institute
Priors: Director @Medium, ME @EBONY, Netflix, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, Ipsos, UChgo
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What are journalists dealing with on the front lines covering DHS and ICE?
@attorneynora.bsky.social @writeralejandra.bsky.social @plasticjesusart.bsky.social @mvtopic.bsky.social and I had a lot of ground to cover in this 1-hour panel hosted by
@exposedbycmd.bsky.social and @acslaw.bsky.social!
@attorneynora.bsky.social @writeralejandra.bsky.social @plasticjesusart.bsky.social @mvtopic.bsky.social and I had a lot of ground to cover in this 1-hour panel hosted by
@exposedbycmd.bsky.social and @acslaw.bsky.social!
Rights Under Attack: DHS Violence Against Journalists, Observers, and Protestors
YouTube video by American Constitution Society
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
What are journalists dealing with on the front lines covering DHS and ICE?
@attorneynora.bsky.social @writeralejandra.bsky.social @plasticjesusart.bsky.social @mvtopic.bsky.social and I had a lot of ground to cover in this 1-hour panel hosted by
@exposedbycmd.bsky.social and @acslaw.bsky.social!
@attorneynora.bsky.social @writeralejandra.bsky.social @plasticjesusart.bsky.social @mvtopic.bsky.social and I had a lot of ground to cover in this 1-hour panel hosted by
@exposedbycmd.bsky.social and @acslaw.bsky.social!
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NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.
A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...
A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...
Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility • The TRiiBE
Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.
thetriibe.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.
A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...
A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...
I forget to come on here sometimes. Too much social and too little time to manage it all.
But hey! And hi!
But hey! And hi!
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I forget to come on here sometimes. Too much social and too little time to manage it all.
But hey! And hi!
But hey! And hi!
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When the French-accented Vietnamese and Thai restaurant Thithi’s
opened in Evergreen Park 10 years ago, it brought upscale dining and a classy martini bar to an area sorely in need of both. Here's why @adriennewrites.bsky.social thinks you should check it out:
opened in Evergreen Park 10 years ago, it brought upscale dining and a classy martini bar to an area sorely in need of both. Here's why @adriennewrites.bsky.social thinks you should check it out:
The Suburbs: Best Spot for Slurping Pho and Sipping a Martini
Where I live, on the Far South Side of Chicago, dining out used to mean pizza, fried chicken, or fast food, while drinking destinations were of the beer-only tavern variety. But when this…
buff.ly
July 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
When the French-accented Vietnamese and Thai restaurant Thithi’s
opened in Evergreen Park 10 years ago, it brought upscale dining and a classy martini bar to an area sorely in need of both. Here's why @adriennewrites.bsky.social thinks you should check it out:
opened in Evergreen Park 10 years ago, it brought upscale dining and a classy martini bar to an area sorely in need of both. Here's why @adriennewrites.bsky.social thinks you should check it out:
Wow!!!
“Are we, as a Nation, bound to treaty promises made so many years ago? Today we answer in the affirmative, because that is what Mvskoke law demands," the Justices wrote in Citizenship Board of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Rhonda K Grayson
#Freedmen
#Pinks
theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
#Freedmen
#Pinks
theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court ends apartheid, restores Freedmen citizenship
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court ruled in favor of citizenship for Creek Freedmen Descendants in historic case.
theblackwallsttimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Wow!!!
Someone's curly haired puppy ran to my son while we were at Nike downtown, and I spent the rest of our shopping trip trying to find the owner.
That dog didn't want to leave us.
That dog didn't want to leave us.
July 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Someone's curly haired puppy ran to my son while we were at Nike downtown, and I spent the rest of our shopping trip trying to find the owner.
That dog didn't want to leave us.
That dog didn't want to leave us.
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The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday gave the first approval for a multimillion-dollar expansion of XS Tennis Village-in Washington Park.
Plan Commission gives first approval to expansion of XS Tennis Village in Washington Park
The expansion would add apartments and a hotel that would support the tennis facility's mission of elevating Black tennis athletes and help it host national-level competitions.
trib.al
July 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday gave the first approval for a multimillion-dollar expansion of XS Tennis Village-in Washington Park.
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More than 200 gather in downtown Rockford for 'Good Trouble Lives On' protest
More than 200 gather in downtown Rockford for 'Good Trouble Lives On' protest
"Good Trouble Lives On" protest.
www.rrstar.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
More than 200 gather in downtown Rockford for 'Good Trouble Lives On' protest
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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts.
Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern discuss merger to create transcontinental railroad, AP source says
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts.
bit.ly
July 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts.
My former coworker is EIC of TexasMonthly. His Senior Editor was asleep in the family river house when floods came and ripped the house on stilts off its foundation.
This story is one of the saddest, most beautiful pieces of writing I have ever read.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
This story is one of the saddest, most beautiful pieces of writing I have ever read.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
www.texasmonthly.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My former coworker is EIC of TexasMonthly. His Senior Editor was asleep in the family river house when floods came and ripped the house on stilts off its foundation.
This story is one of the saddest, most beautiful pieces of writing I have ever read.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
This story is one of the saddest, most beautiful pieces of writing I have ever read.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
Sinners at home isn't as beautiful as it was on the big screen. There was something abt the lighting at the theater that was lost in my home viewing.
Anyone else notice this? Those gorgeous, golden flecked skintones seemed... flat at home.
I guess I just gotta go see more movies AT the movies!
Anyone else notice this? Those gorgeous, golden flecked skintones seemed... flat at home.
I guess I just gotta go see more movies AT the movies!
July 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Sinners at home isn't as beautiful as it was on the big screen. There was something abt the lighting at the theater that was lost in my home viewing.
Anyone else notice this? Those gorgeous, golden flecked skintones seemed... flat at home.
I guess I just gotta go see more movies AT the movies!
Anyone else notice this? Those gorgeous, golden flecked skintones seemed... flat at home.
I guess I just gotta go see more movies AT the movies!
This is important stuff.
I've always wondered how they do it: doctors, nurses and anyone who cares 24/7 for a loved one who is ill. This nurse reveals the reality of constant caregiving. And she's found balance, by actively filling her own cup first - something all caregivers can learn from.
How to Heal from Caregiver Burnout
Caring for others takes a toll. Many of us don’t realize we’re drowning. Learning to care for myself as a priority helped me heal — here’s…
medium.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is important stuff.
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REVIEW: “The Bear” is back for Season 4
A digital clock has been placed in the kitchen to count down the minutes over the next two months and if the restaurant’s finances don’t improve by the time it reaches zero, The Bear will close for good. Will the restaurant live to cook another day?
A digital clock has been placed in the kitchen to count down the minutes over the next two months and if the restaurant’s finances don’t improve by the time it reaches zero, The Bear will close for good. Will the restaurant live to cook another day?
‘The Bear’ review: With the threat of closure imminent in Season 4, can the restaurant live to cook another day?
The ongoing misadventures of Carmy & Co. as they work to sustain a viable fine dining establishment in Chicago.
www.chicagotribune.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
REVIEW: “The Bear” is back for Season 4
A digital clock has been placed in the kitchen to count down the minutes over the next two months and if the restaurant’s finances don’t improve by the time it reaches zero, The Bear will close for good. Will the restaurant live to cook another day?
A digital clock has been placed in the kitchen to count down the minutes over the next two months and if the restaurant’s finances don’t improve by the time it reaches zero, The Bear will close for good. Will the restaurant live to cook another day?
Got hit with my first $88 tariff on a $60 item delivered by UPS.
Ups asked me for a check. Ha. I don't have any right now.
I have tried really hard not to order things that are tariffed and hubby thought this was from Denmark. Guess not. The box said China.
Ups asked me for a check. Ha. I don't have any right now.
I have tried really hard not to order things that are tariffed and hubby thought this was from Denmark. Guess not. The box said China.
June 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Got hit with my first $88 tariff on a $60 item delivered by UPS.
Ups asked me for a check. Ha. I don't have any right now.
I have tried really hard not to order things that are tariffed and hubby thought this was from Denmark. Guess not. The box said China.
Ups asked me for a check. Ha. I don't have any right now.
I have tried really hard not to order things that are tariffed and hubby thought this was from Denmark. Guess not. The box said China.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has announced a $4.8 million settlement with Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, resolving environmental violations related to the building’s cooling system, which uses water drawn from the Chicago River. news.wttw.com/2025/05/22/t...
Trump Tower To Pay $4.8M for Environmental Violations, Funds Will Help Restore Chicago River Habitat
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has announced a $4.8 million settlement with Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, resolving environmental violations related to the building’s cooling sy...
news.wttw.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has announced a $4.8 million settlement with Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, resolving environmental violations related to the building’s cooling system, which uses water drawn from the Chicago River. news.wttw.com/2025/05/22/t...
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arguing against birthright citizenship in front of the supreme court while at the same time pitching a netflix show where immigrants compete for citizenship is such a perfect microcosm of america right now that it feels fake
May 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
arguing against birthright citizenship in front of the supreme court while at the same time pitching a netflix show where immigrants compete for citizenship is such a perfect microcosm of america right now that it feels fake
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Oh, Microsoft Teams is haunted? That's nice. What do you know about the Jabberwocky Entity
May 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oh, Microsoft Teams is haunted? That's nice. What do you know about the Jabberwocky Entity
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
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Advance Financial’s Flex Loan charges 279.5% interest, trapping thousands of borrowers in debts that end up in court, where the company has won over $200 million in judgments since 2015.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, w/ @tennesseelookout.com
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, w/ @tennesseelookout.com
This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.
The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...
www.propublica.org
May 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Advance Financial’s Flex Loan charges 279.5% interest, trapping thousands of borrowers in debts that end up in court, where the company has won over $200 million in judgments since 2015.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, w/ @tennesseelookout.com
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, w/ @tennesseelookout.com
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Chicago celebrates the new Pope. Pope Leo XIV is from Chicago. There's no truth to the rumor that the cardinals in the conclave subscribed to the Chicago practice of "vote early and vote often".
May 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Chicago celebrates the new Pope. Pope Leo XIV is from Chicago. There's no truth to the rumor that the cardinals in the conclave subscribed to the Chicago practice of "vote early and vote often".
Hahahahahahaha. T shirt. Ordered!
May 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hahahahahahaha. T shirt. Ordered!
Chicago always stay front and center. He was born here.
Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history.
Cardinal Prevost elected next pope, first American pontiff
Cardinals chose the new pope on their second day of the papal conclave.
www.pbs.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Chicago always stay front and center. He was born here.
The Chicago Beyhive is buzzing. I'm excited for next week!
May 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The Chicago Beyhive is buzzing. I'm excited for next week!