Alyssa
@alyssad.bsky.social
Writer, smart-ass, BFA in dramaturgy/dramatic criticism lover of Chicago. Podcaster at Oh Malort!
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In this episode of @ohmalortpod.bsky.social I tell @carriagereturn.bsky.social about Mies van der Rohe AKA the father of modern architecture.
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Here is an update of what happened in the Northern District of Illinois yesterday. It was jaw dropping.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Here is an update of what happened in the Northern District of Illinois yesterday. It was jaw dropping.
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In this episode of @ohmalortpod.bsky.social we talk about daytime talk show host Jenny Jones.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
In this episode of @ohmalortpod.bsky.social we talk about daytime talk show host Jenny Jones.
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In this episode of @ohmalortpod.bsky.social I update my friend @pwesty.bsky.social about the current state of affairs regarding Soldier Field.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In this episode of @ohmalortpod.bsky.social I update my friend @pwesty.bsky.social about the current state of affairs regarding Soldier Field.
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In light of all the conversation about the "Miracle Mile" take a listen about a time when they had a really bad solution to a failing State Street.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In light of all the conversation about the "Miracle Mile" take a listen about a time when they had a really bad solution to a failing State Street.
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In very Chicago online discourse I have fun of Bovino for fact checking SubX and then this happened.
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In very Chicago online discourse I have fun of Bovino for fact checking SubX and then this happened.
Feeling the effects of DST. Listen to this episode about Chicago's approach through time.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Feeling the effects of DST. Listen to this episode about Chicago's approach through time.
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In this episode of @ohmalortpod.bsky.social we talk about the "State Street Mall" which was a disaster. My cohost was befuddled by Chicago's approach to development.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In this episode of @ohmalortpod.bsky.social we talk about the "State Street Mall" which was a disaster. My cohost was befuddled by Chicago's approach to development.
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Ellis: "Kids love Halloween. It's a day where all the rules go out the window. You can eat as much candy as you want."
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ellis: "Kids love Halloween. It's a day where all the rules go out the window. You can eat as much candy as you want."
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Ellis is describing the Halloween parade that federal agents disrupted in Old Irving Park.
"Their sense of safety was shattered," Ellis said. "It is going to take a long time to come back, if ever."
"Their sense of safety was shattered," Ellis said. "It is going to take a long time to come back, if ever."
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ellis is describing the Halloween parade that federal agents disrupted in Old Irving Park.
"Their sense of safety was shattered," Ellis said. "It is going to take a long time to come back, if ever."
"Their sense of safety was shattered," Ellis said. "It is going to take a long time to come back, if ever."
In this episode of @ohmalortpod.bsky.social I tell @carriagereturn.bsky.social about Mies van der Rohe AKA the father of modern architecture.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In this episode of @ohmalortpod.bsky.social I tell @carriagereturn.bsky.social about Mies van der Rohe AKA the father of modern architecture.
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After I commented that the RNC will not put any money in Chicago elections I got this response.
I imagine Monica also thought her president adored he.
I imagine Monica also thought her president adored he.
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
After I commented that the RNC will not put any money in Chicago elections I got this response.
I imagine Monica also thought her president adored he.
I imagine Monica also thought her president adored he.
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the palpable hatred for ICE in every corner of the city is visible with very rudimentary graffiti and tags on every other block in chicago - it’s quite a thing of beauty to be this unified.
October 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
the palpable hatred for ICE in every corner of the city is visible with very rudimentary graffiti and tags on every other block in chicago - it’s quite a thing of beauty to be this unified.
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From blue line hipsters to Villita day laborers to Wrigleyville business-types to Bubgalow-belt white ethnics, ICE is really bringing this city together with big clouds of choking gas.
Chicago neighborhoods tear gassed by federal agents during recent immigration raids: Logan Square, Brighton Park, Little Village, East Side, Lakeview, Irving Park and Avondale.
October 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
From blue line hipsters to Villita day laborers to Wrigleyville business-types to Bubgalow-belt white ethnics, ICE is really bringing this city together with big clouds of choking gas.
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I'm bringing back this old design to help support the @icirr.bsky.social during this bullshit timeline. Preorder "I Hate IL Nazis" and $8 per shirt will go towards the ICIRR. #Chicago
October 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'm bringing back this old design to help support the @icirr.bsky.social during this bullshit timeline. Preorder "I Hate IL Nazis" and $8 per shirt will go towards the ICIRR. #Chicago
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It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.
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Historically, the Chicago impulse to say “you’re not FROM here, you don’t BELONG here, and if you know what’s good for you you’ll get OUT of here” has, um, not usually been a tool used on behalf of anti-racist solidarity, but we’re more flexible people than we’re given credit for
October 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Historically, the Chicago impulse to say “you’re not FROM here, you don’t BELONG here, and if you know what’s good for you you’ll get OUT of here” has, um, not usually been a tool used on behalf of anti-racist solidarity, but we’re more flexible people than we’re given credit for
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People are fucking pissed. You can intellectually know what’s happening, see the videos, and still be traumatized and shocked when it comes to your block, no matter what community you live in.
October 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
People are fucking pissed. You can intellectually know what’s happening, see the videos, and still be traumatized and shocked when it comes to your block, no matter what community you live in.
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“People were coming out of their homes to record, to yell, to tell ICE to leave our neighborhood — it was a whole bunch of people with their freaking goldendoodles. What am I going to do, go back to my Zoom call when people across the street are being denied their constitutional rights?”
Immigration Crackdown Spreads Through Chicago, Including Wealthy Neighborhoods
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October 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“People were coming out of their homes to record, to yell, to tell ICE to leave our neighborhood — it was a whole bunch of people with their freaking goldendoodles. What am I going to do, go back to my Zoom call when people across the street are being denied their constitutional rights?”
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This is in the city of Chicago proper, not the suburbs:
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is in the city of Chicago proper, not the suburbs:
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Chicagoans telling Trump’s agents to get the hell out of their city.
October 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Chicagoans telling Trump’s agents to get the hell out of their city.
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Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.
Maybe Operation Greylord 2.0 means bribing the courts?
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Maybe Operation Greylord 2.0 means bribing the courts?
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Federal agents tear gassed the Irving Park neighborhood at Kildare and Waveland, sources including the local alder tell the @chicagotribune.com This is at least the sixth neighborhood tear-gassed by agents as Judge Ellis schedules Border Patrol Chief Bovino to come testify next week
October 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Federal agents tear gassed the Irving Park neighborhood at Kildare and Waveland, sources including the local alder tell the @chicagotribune.com This is at least the sixth neighborhood tear-gassed by agents as Judge Ellis schedules Border Patrol Chief Bovino to come testify next week