Robert Loerzel
robertloerzel.bsky.social
Robert Loerzel
@robertloerzel.bsky.social
Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
Wow
Truly shocking: Artist Judy Chicago's tale in Artnet of working with Google on the redesign of the former Thompson Center atrium is a horror story - incompetent, slipshod management meets corporate bureaucracy on steroids...
news.artnet.com/art-world/ju...
February 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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“Stable coin” sounds like a euphemism for horseshit.
February 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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hey, i heard they made you the olympics mascot www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/s...
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said
Ford worker who heckled Trump keeps job, 'no discipline' for incident
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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A friend of mine grew up with John Carter Cash. He tells stories of goofing around with Johnny's guitars, only to have the man himself (he was reportedly very tall) pop his head into the room every half hour or so and ask "you boys want a pizza or something?"
I will go to my GRAVE cackling over this Marlon Brando anecdote

Please engrave it on my tombstone
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Things I have found on or near to the Chicago Lakefront Trail.
Carabiners and Keyrings.

(People, do not trust cheap carabiners! They will add to my human magpie loot collection!)
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Award-winning author George Saunders will return to Chicago on Monday to promote his new book “Vigil,” his fourth novel and the latest addition to a body of work boasting dozens of short stories, essays, reportage and one children’s book.
George Saunders comes home to talk about his new book ‘Vigil’: ‘I could never not be a South Side of Chicago guy’
The best-selling author’s new novel is “Vigils.” He now lives in California but counts his years in Chicago as the most formative in his life.
trib.al
February 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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It's an Orangey Sky. Monday's start in Chicago.
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Lansing, Michigan, is one of two cities where Malcolm X crosses MLK. (The other is Washington, D.C.) Malcolm spent his formative years in the area and still has family there.
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
If I owned a TV station, I would insert the “Log Lady intros” at random moments in the daily schedule.
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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People cheer while watching Bad Bunny perform during Super Bowl 60 at a Benito bowl watch party at La Bruquena in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Sunday evening in Chicago.
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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So not even he watched the TPUSA show…
Trump crashes out over Bad Bunny’s halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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bluesky when it sees linux in a super bowl ad
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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All hail the weirdo whistle goblins of the People's Whistle Army!! 😙🎶
Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed A HALF MILLION whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Has there ever been a year when the prices went down?
February 8, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Never gets old.
February 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The PBS science show “Nova” has a fun new episode, which will undoubtedly get lots of views: “Can Dogs Talk?” www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
Can Dogs Talk?
Do speech buttons really allow dogs to talk to us? Scientists investigate.
www.pbs.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Good morning to rowhouses
February 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM