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a very sad and nervous person
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Adam Kelly, better known as rapper Adamn Killa, has garnered a lot of attention for his often viral social media presence.

He stopped by "Chicago Tonight" to talk about his viral status, his followers and the messaging behind his videos. https://to.wttw.com/3XT7msp
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
18k emails in ONE DAY? howwwwww
(click through for the thread/request)
there are over 18,000 emails sent in one day via the chicago police department + department of homeland security fusion center, one day!
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Snowy owls are considered “irruptive” in the Midwest, meaning some years they show up in winter and some years they don’t. This unpredictability is one of the reasons a snowy owl sighting carries such a “once in a lifetime” sense of excitement.

https://to.wttw.com/3X81VWn
Snowy Owls Delighting Birders on Chicago’s Lakefront
The arctic visitors have drawn bird watchers from surrounding states.
to.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
guess I've gotta get my shit together and figure out how to campaign for @mikesimmonsil.bsky.social
NEW IL-09 poll with the Justice Coalition Action: Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh are tied for first in the Democratic primary with 18% of the vote.

Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
November 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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If you email us proof of cancellation of your New York Times subscription (send to help@currentaffairs.org), we’ll give you a FREE year-long digital subscription to Current Affairs.
NYT continues its long history of publishing op-eds pushing criminal wars of aggression
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
read this a couple days ago and was reminded of how much I loved the little stained glass windows in the stairwell at Quinn Chapel.
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
JB was doing well in his prep for running for the big office but the way he declined to reign ISP in on protestors and clergy is gonna lose him for a lot of folks I know
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
sounds like somebody just doesn't know how to party.
bsky.app/profile/baba...
malort is chicago ayahuasca. it is to be enjoyed for emphasis, with reverence. i've seen many a compatriot scoff at its slyness; by the end of the night they had spilled their guts in every way possible.

it's simply not meant to be done with this frequency. this will turn you into the toxic avenger
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics?

Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
And here I would say it's because the second seasons is... bad.
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Ah yes, the Supreme Court case that probably solidified my view of Death to America.
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The most optimistic read is that rapid response networks in place now will be better able to respond to the more targeted kidnappings and continue to jam up ICE whether BP is here or not. The most cynical one is that a lot of people will stop paying attention.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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“ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One.”Former Army Ranger Rory Fanning via @truthout.org #VeteransDay #AbolishICE

truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One.
Veteran-led protests against Trump’s National Guard deployments encourage soldiers to resist Trump’s illegal orders.
truthout.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Never has there been a case of more "good fucking riddance," but it's not unamusing that they're hightailing it right after the first snow storm hit. Chicago has a built-in defense against unserious jagoffs and it's called winter.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Same energy.
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
back when the 35th ward was a normal, compact shape.
i fell down a rabbit hole landing softly on a ward map from 1980, hand drawn by Charles Brubaker

he was a prolific designer at perkins & will, nationally known for school design, he designed whitney young magnet high school

he is known for having designed 1 fist national plaza

an artist's artist
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:

Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."

— Carl Sandburg, "Chicago"
Chicago > Everything
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
mine was caught early and I had it easy, I guess (I would still never recommend SLNB), but I would rather not have done any of it at all.
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
LMAO
Claims that a convoy of Latin Kings followed them
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Imagine if the million worst people in a city disappeared overnight. Like a reverse rapture
NEARLY A MILLION NEW YORKERS TO REPORTEDLY FLEE NYC AS MAMDANI BECOMES MAYOR — POSSIBLY IGNITING MASS EXODUS, PER NYP
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
press conference today at 1:30pm at 1925 N Clybourn!
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
it was playing "Hey Ya" when I tuned in ☠️
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
just kidding what did I say the other day about our BIPA? 🙃
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM