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EG
@emgtfy.bsky.social
freelance editor + semi-pro translator // eng + 한국어 + 中文
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Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
can't believe I'm gonna miss the seoul pride parade bc I've gotta leave town to take the topik 😩
June 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
the way my taxes have gotten progressively more complicated year over year and the trend is probably going to continue if i have to navigate freelance(?) taxes in korea(????)

bureaucracy is the never-ending adventure i guess!!!!
May 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
icb i found out about today's horrors from my korean teacher who said "did you see what your president did"
May 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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I managed one shot of the cotton candy cumulonimbus before darker, low-level clouds slid into the top of the frame. It was a gorgeous, surreal moment to see rain still falling over the east side of downtown, while fluffy pink clouds and blue sky belied the strength of the storm still in progress
May 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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a) this is racist and authoritarian
b) we cannot oppose a federal police state while building a local one
c) Chicago hates children and it makes me furious
A new curfew proposal would let Chicago police declare a curfew anytime, anywhere in the city. buff.ly/R3VhfPb
April 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Now is the time to see the Jackson Park cherry blossoms. Go.
April 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane
April 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
lordt grant me the gumption to get through these midterms
April 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
???
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Apr 11
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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We've all seen fantasy and science fiction books set in New York or Los Angeles. But @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, author of Vanishing Daughters, brings us to the Windy City. Here's 5 SFF books set in Chicago!

reactormag.com/five-sff-boo...
Five SFF Books Set in Chicago - Reactor
Five books that highlight how magical and mysterious Chicago can be...
reactormag.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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12% accuracy rate in a $200,000 pilot is good enough for a $1.2 million contract. What
April 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
LATEST: At least 45 student visas across the state have been revoked by the Trump administration, California universities report, as numbers grow. A lawsuit has been filed in a Los Angeles federal court against DHS and Kristi Noem www.latimes.com/california/s...
Caught off-guard, California colleges scramble to determine scope of student visa cancellations
More universities are discovering that international student visas were cancelled last week, causing growing concern and confusion at UCLA and other California campuses.
www.latimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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me trying to relate to straight men at the sports bar
Trump: When you ran out the healthy arms, you ran out of really healthy— they had great arms but they ran out. It’s called sports. It’s called baseball in particular and pitchers I guess you could say, really particular
April 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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a lot of people think you need a lot of money to buy clothes. now you're right. ok. my bad.
April 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
봄이 온다
April 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Chaplin going hard in THE IMMIGRANT (1917), cutting from a shot of the Statue of Liberty to the dehumanizing treatment of the immigrants aboard a ship (with a tiny dallop of slapstick thrown in).
April 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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It seems my last post has attracted a bit of negativity, but 🤷🏼‍♀️ Here is some more ace pride artwork I’ve made over the last few years! :D

Happy International Asexuality Day to all my fellow aces. I believe representation is very important, which is why I absolutely love creating these pieces 💜
April 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Update: 49 of 49. We just ran the table in what was once one of the most Republican counties in the US.
Chair of DuPage Dems here… I believe we are leading in 44 of 45 partisan races countywide, and that includes total sweeps in several townships that haven’t had a Dem in decades if ever
April 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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4월4일 오전 11시22분, 윤석열이 파면됐습니다.
April 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
sometimes i catch myself thinking a little too hard about what i am going to do after graduating this summer and have to lie down
April 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
내 졸업 발표 주제는 한국과 이스포츠가 아닐 리가 없지... 이거 운명이지, 아니 내 인생의 저주야.......
March 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
why is there a "hostage" subheading on the hufs wiki notable alumni section
March 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM