Mr. Dan Kelly
@mrdankelly.bsky.social
Chicago Writer from Oak Forest Living in Highland Park
"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto."—Terence
"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto."—Terence
Michigan Avenue is "the Magnificent Mile." The Miracle Mile is in LA.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Michigan Avenue is "the Magnificent Mile." The Miracle Mile is in LA.
I stand by my belief they're just pissed no one really tried to attack them, so they could get even deadlier weapons. I can't wait for that Saltine to fall on his ass.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I stand by my belief they're just pissed no one really tried to attack them, so they could get even deadlier weapons. I can't wait for that Saltine to fall on his ass.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
"I feel so betrayed again by the people I never trusted to begin with."
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"I feel so betrayed again by the people I never trusted to begin with."
Guys... I'm beginning to think we need to be the change we want to see in the world.
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Guys... I'm beginning to think we need to be the change we want to see in the world.
I can't remember if I shared this before, but...John Steinbeck wrote a werewolf murder mystery: lithub.com/john-steinbe...
John Steinbeck wrote a werewolf murder mystery, but you can’t read it.
Before Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck became an essential part of the Western literary canon, he was an unpublished writer with three rejected novels to his name. (Relatable!) Apparently, one of the…
lithub.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I can't remember if I shared this before, but...John Steinbeck wrote a werewolf murder mystery: lithub.com/john-steinbe...
So, when Congress is back in session and Adelita Grijalva has to be sworn in and casts the deciding vote to release the Epstein files and so forth, y'all are going to suddenly forget how Durbin and the rest "caved" to get things moving again, aren't you?
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
So, when Congress is back in session and Adelita Grijalva has to be sworn in and casts the deciding vote to release the Epstein files and so forth, y'all are going to suddenly forget how Durbin and the rest "caved" to get things moving again, aren't you?
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The date passed but friends, you know I had to acquire this shit
November 14, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The date passed but friends, you know I had to acquire this shit
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
Reminder that Trump is where he is, despite two impeachments and assorted convictions, because Mitch and the Supremes saved his ass. THEY’RE there because assorted bigoted idiots elected them and the people who appointed them…
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Reminder that Trump is where he is, despite two impeachments and assorted convictions, because Mitch and the Supremes saved his ass. THEY’RE there because assorted bigoted idiots elected them and the people who appointed them…
Me, with the Edmund Fitzgerald’s anchor. RIP
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Me, with the Edmund Fitzgerald’s anchor. RIP
Fifty years ago, the good ship Edmund Fitzgerald went down with all hands. It’s one of my bigger obsessions. Here’s an article I wrote long ago during my zine years. Excuse the callow writing of my youth.
www.mrdankelly.com/blog/?p=2792
www.mrdankelly.com/blog/?p=2792
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Fifty years ago, the good ship Edmund Fitzgerald went down with all hands. It’s one of my bigger obsessions. Here’s an article I wrote long ago during my zine years. Excuse the callow writing of my youth.
www.mrdankelly.com/blog/?p=2792
www.mrdankelly.com/blog/?p=2792
Possibility: Chicago winter will fuck up ICE’s shit. Stalingrad, you traitorous scum.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Possibility: Chicago winter will fuck up ICE’s shit. Stalingrad, you traitorous scum.
Watching The Blue Gardenia on Criterion Channel and HOLY SHIT, IT’S NAT KING COLE.
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Watching The Blue Gardenia on Criterion Channel and HOLY SHIT, IT’S NAT KING COLE.
“The Dems need to hold fast, and I’m willing to let every poor person starve, if that’s what it takes,” I say as I eat my 15th Buffalo wing.
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“The Dems need to hold fast, and I’m willing to let every poor person starve, if that’s what it takes,” I say as I eat my 15th Buffalo wing.
Remember every collaborator and mealy-mouthed zero who think they’re dealmaking their way out of this.
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Remember every collaborator and mealy-mouthed zero who think they’re dealmaking their way out of this.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
I think the wins last week are making certain Dems confident they have it the bag, and they think starving folks will jinx that. We shall see.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I think the wins last week are making certain Dems confident they have it the bag, and they think starving folks will jinx that. We shall see.
If you automatically assume the Democrats will cave, I assume you’ve already contacted your reps and told them not to. Right?
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
If you automatically assume the Democrats will cave, I assume you’ve already contacted your reps and told them not to. Right?
Any Dem that goes for this should be primaried and hounded in the streets for the rest of their lives.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Any Dem that goes for this should be primaried and hounded in the streets for the rest of their lives.
Mamdani is going to implement Shazam law. Everyone will turn into their squinty super-powered alter ego.
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shazam law. Everyone will turn into their squinty super-powered alter ego.
Oh, is that all?
The @chicagotribune.com has updated its story to clarify that the baby was exposed to pepper spray, not tear gas
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Oh, is that all?
