Wry January
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Stormy, husky, brawling … Bareheaded, shoveling, wrecking…
Chicago evangelizer. Views my own and that of your cool cousin.
Chicago evangelizer. Views my own and that of your cool cousin.
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My group chats are full of Minnesotans reacting to today’s murder by figuring out ways they can help.
We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.
Let’s make a list of things that could help.
We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.
Let’s make a list of things that could help.
January 24, 2026 at 4:16 PM
My group chats are full of Minnesotans reacting to today’s murder by figuring out ways they can help.
We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.
Let’s make a list of things that could help.
We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.
Let’s make a list of things that could help.
Picture I took in 2019 just on a regular street in Warsaw: Tchorek plaque (one of many) reading "The place sanctified by the blood of Poles who died for the freedom of their homeland. Here, on September 2, 1944, the Hitlerites executed 50 people.” Europe explicitly marks where fascism killed people.
January 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Picture I took in 2019 just on a regular street in Warsaw: Tchorek plaque (one of many) reading "The place sanctified by the blood of Poles who died for the freedom of their homeland. Here, on September 2, 1944, the Hitlerites executed 50 people.” Europe explicitly marks where fascism killed people.
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You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
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Man shot by federal agents has died, police chief says
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Man shot by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Man shot by federal agents has died, police chief says
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
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There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead.
January 24, 2026 at 3:44 PM
There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead.
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Caleb Williams fan?
January 24, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Caleb Williams fan?
This is one of the more strange indictments of American health insurance being tied to employers really.
Philip Rivers will interview Friday for the Buffalo Bills’ head-coaching job, a source tells @diannarussini.bsky.social.
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 AM
This is one of the more strange indictments of American health insurance being tied to employers really.
Man, Jesse Plemons has amazing range.
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Man, Jesse Plemons has amazing range.
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Soren helped & encouraged many Chicago journalists (including me & @wttw.bsky.social) to join BlueSky — let’s help Pullman Arts recover from this and return the favor
Our community-run art gallery flooded. Building management will get the space back into habitable condition, but we lost a bunch of stuff and we're closed for who knows how long.
We're a tiny volunteer org that spends like $20K a year, so a $3,000 emergency is a big problem. Please help us out:
We're a tiny volunteer org that spends like $20K a year, so a $3,000 emergency is a big problem. Please help us out:
Donate to Help PullmanArts Recover From A Flood, organized by Soren Spicknall
On Thursday, January 22nd, our volunteer-run community art gallery flooded with … Soren Spicknall needs your support for Help PullmanArts Recover From A Flood
gofund.me
January 24, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Soren helped & encouraged many Chicago journalists (including me & @wttw.bsky.social) to join BlueSky — let’s help Pullman Arts recover from this and return the favor
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Just want to throw out a Happy Whiskey Friday to all my fellow Dokoupil Heads. We made it, folks.
January 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Just want to throw out a Happy Whiskey Friday to all my fellow Dokoupil Heads. We made it, folks.
When Violent Femmes tell you to add it up, you add it up
When Montell Jordan tells you this is how we do it, this is how you do it
When Foster the People tells you to run, you better run, better run, faster than my bullet
January 24, 2026 at 2:49 AM
When Violent Femmes tell you to add it up, you add it up
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If you never heard or read anything Terry Boers said or wrote about Chicago sports or the human condition in general, that’s your loss. Unique isn’t a good enough word. He’d be the first to tell you he was imperfect, but the city has had very few who could claim to be a heavier hitter.
RIP Terry Boers. A brilliant guy who made sports radio in Chicago the unserious, hilarious, yet sharply critical place it had to be.
January 24, 2026 at 1:57 AM
If you never heard or read anything Terry Boers said or wrote about Chicago sports or the human condition in general, that’s your loss. Unique isn’t a good enough word. He’d be the first to tell you he was imperfect, but the city has had very few who could claim to be a heavier hitter.
RIP Terry Boers. A brilliant guy who made sports radio in Chicago the unserious, hilarious, yet sharply critical place it had to be.
January 24, 2026 at 1:26 AM
RIP Terry Boers. A brilliant guy who made sports radio in Chicago the unserious, hilarious, yet sharply critical place it had to be.
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According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:32 PM
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
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January 23, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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We’ve covered lots of losing local teams on the back page of this paper.
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
We’ve covered lots of losing local teams on the back page of this paper.
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
Bills should lose a draft pick if they didn’t receive permission from St. Michael Catholic High School to speak to Rivers.
January 23, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Bills should lose a draft pick if they didn’t receive permission from St. Michael Catholic High School to speak to Rivers.
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Mike Tomlin went through this cycle after Antonio Brown got out of Pittsburgh.
Everyone was like oh, OH, ohhhhhhhhh….
Everyone was like oh, OH, ohhhhhhhhh….
i’ve shifted my opinion from
“sean mcdermott firing was weird”
to
“sean mcdermott was done dirty”
to
“sean mcdermott might be the greatest coach ever for holding all these insane people together and winning through the complete nonsense we didnt see”
“sean mcdermott firing was weird”
to
“sean mcdermott was done dirty”
to
“sean mcdermott might be the greatest coach ever for holding all these insane people together and winning through the complete nonsense we didnt see”
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Mike Tomlin went through this cycle after Antonio Brown got out of Pittsburgh.
Everyone was like oh, OH, ohhhhhhhhh….
Everyone was like oh, OH, ohhhhhhhhh….
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This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
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From the article in the quoted post below, this might be the stupidest excuse for AI's blatant theft of intellectual property that I've ever read (and from an art student, no less)
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM
From the article in the quoted post below, this might be the stupidest excuse for AI's blatant theft of intellectual property that I've ever read (and from an art student, no less)
(extremely phlegmy Chicago accent) it’s not that cold out.
January 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM
(extremely phlegmy Chicago accent) it’s not that cold out.
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Carrot Top stars in Chairman of the Board of Peace
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Carrot Top stars in Chairman of the Board of Peace