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writer, editor | Chicago, IL
First stop: Istanbul
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I love “the job market.” It rules that we spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on each person’s education, training, and development only to leave it to the caprices of the market whether all of that is put to any use.
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reposting this on LinkedIn
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Convertibles. You don’t hear about those too much anymore.
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“Your Honor, I plead guilty. Guilty of not doing any crimes.”
More Bovino deposition video. Attorneys ask him, re: Midway Blitz, "is it still true that in your judgment, every use of force that you've seen has been exemplary"

No, Bovino says.

"Every use of force has been MORE than exemplary," he clarifies.
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I knew this Trump admin would be worse than the first one but holy shit man
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We need to make it so that these guys are afraid to say things like this.
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
God I hope they bury this man
Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino expected in Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse today in tear gas case.

There are already a lot of cameras in the lobby.

Preview from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino expected in federal court today in tear gas case
The top U.S. Border Patrol commander has been ordered to appear at 10 a.m.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Remember when it was possible to have hate speech removed from social media?
October 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It’s all just too stupid and cruel to bear. The president builds a ballroom while his agents gas my neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The next president needs to create a truth and reconciliation commission to name and punish the perpetrators of the current terror regime and to secure justice and compensation for the victims.
October 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hey so why does our train system have a catastrophic collapse every Sunday?
October 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Need the Cubs to win so I can continue my side gig (riding my bike around Wrigleyville until a drunk driver hits me and we settle out of court)
October 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Probably not a good sign that increasingly-younger people are falling back on schlocky nostalgia to wring an ounce of pleasure from their existence.
October 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
CTA thinks that I will forgive them for the chronic delays and poor service if I take a ride around the Loop on an old train. And they are correct.
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The primary objective of the Trump 2 administration is to force every American to read their posts.
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Oh so I’m an asshole for defending myself? (I was the driver)
Critical Mass made it approximately 0.2 miles into this month’s ride before I saw a bicyclist and driver fighting each other lol
September 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Bluesky is not so much a replacement for Twitter as it is a halfway house for posters.
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I love getting a lecture on safety from the driver who almost mowed me down in the crosswalk with his oversized pickup truck.
September 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
He went full @timheidecker.bsky.social on On Cinema for this one
genuinely crying at this one
September 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The Republicans are reminding everyone that they are the party of pious scolds.
September 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What did Jimmy Kimmel even say?
September 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
One year ago today, I completed my trip from Pittsburgh to DC on the GAP and C&O trails. Need to do something like this again soon!
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
No, you gave him a D because you’re afraid to admit how fully stupid you were.
"Asked to give the president a letter grade, six gave him Ds and one gave an F. Asked later about her grade, one participant who gave a D said she was just trying to be nice." Latinos are souring on Trump.

Exclusive from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...
September 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Great! Make sure every Republican candidate is seen smiling and shaking hands with Trump, who will undoubtedly be very popular in one year’s time.
Trump says Republicans will do a “midterm convention”
September 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM