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Brian McCammack
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Environmental historian. Rogers Park, Chicago resident. Dog lover.
On the lookout for children bicycle kicking in Rogers Park
December 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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This is just one example, but this story is the perfect example of why mediocre white guys are against DEI and this is the “American Dream” they’re trying to preserve. This is the “western culture” they want to protect, and anti-discrimination laws and policies destroy that.
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.

We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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And to be clear, the mayor's 2026 proposal is not just a "no police cuts" budget -- it's a budget in which CPD (already the city's most expensive dept. by far) received a larger year-over-year net increase of non-grant funds than any other dept.

Larger than most other departments' entire budgets!
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Tis the seasona and all that, so I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
All Rad, No Bad | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Fog-piercing analysis from @anandwrites.bsky.social.

(Gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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"O’Neill Burke made no changes to the pilot program after a coalition of 136 organizations and people, including the ACLU of Illinois, the Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts, the BGA and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, sent her a letter in May urging her to halt the program."
BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
Program Allowing CPD Officers to Directly File Felony Gun Charges to Expand Citywide, Top Prosecutor Announces
The Felony Review Bypass Pilot Program was “an unqualified success,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said.
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I already know depression hates to see this man coming. I’m cancelling all of my therapy appointments and adding this song and dance to my morning routine.

*Depression no, no, no ALEGRÍA SI SI SI*
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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This is...sort of brilliant.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Just finished Hal Ebbott’s AMONG FRIENDS and haven’t been more engrossed by a novel in a while. A lot to love, a lot to make you furious, but wow that last page… what an indictment of the moral and cultural rot amongst elites
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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This is the ocean current that sets things off in the Day After Tomorrow.
"Unfortunately, the 'good' models, the more realistic ones, are the ones where the AMOC weakens most... even for an intermediate emissions scenario, the probability of shutting down the AMOC is way above 50%... we will probably pass the point of no return for an AMOC shutdown in the next 10-20yrs" 😱
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
If this is the lifeline, maybe it’s time for the patient to die
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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As the Senate tries to defend a million dollar payday to 8 of their own - and as the House GOP tries to explain why they refused to amend the CR to strip it out, let's review exactly what it is they want restitution for. Brief thread:
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
No luck with the northern lights at Leone Beach, but it was really nice to see a lot of like-minded Rogers Parkers out there!
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Hmm yeah this guy deserves a trillion dollars
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
At this rate @durbin.senate.gov ‘s obit lede is gonna read, “Couldn’t muster the courage to stand up to a pedophile destroying the republic”
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yeah congrats to everyone who helped elect a despicable human being to the highest office in the land not once but TWICE
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ginkgo leaves for miles (well, several feet at least) at Damen & Montrose
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
How about you find it in your heart to step down NOW and let Pritzker appoint someone who will actually do their fucking job
The decision of whether to run for re-election has not been easy. I truly love the job of being a United States Senator.

But in my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch.

So, I am announcing today that I will not be seeking re-election at the end of my term.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ah, I see, Republicans want single-payer now. Cool, let’s do it, guys
My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Fuck this so hard. What a bunch of shitbag troll domestic terrorists
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Click the link for the full essay; the screenshot just scratches the surface
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM