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20 years ago today, the Chicago White Sox won the World Series.
October 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
20 years ago today, the Chicago White Sox won the World Series.
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This brilliant little article gets at what I’ve seen but haven’t yet read: Chicago locals, regardless of status, are apprehensive about venturing out to restaurants and food stalls targeted by ICE. The result is a whole sector in economic and social crisis.
www.chicagomag.com/news/we-wont...
www.chicagomag.com/news/we-wont...
“We Won’t Survive if You Don’t Support Us”
ICE presence in Chicago has hurt the local economies in immigrant communities — which could in turn put a financial strain on the city at large.
www.chicagomag.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This brilliant little article gets at what I’ve seen but haven’t yet read: Chicago locals, regardless of status, are apprehensive about venturing out to restaurants and food stalls targeted by ICE. The result is a whole sector in economic and social crisis.
www.chicagomag.com/news/we-wont...
www.chicagomag.com/news/we-wont...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"Ain't no justice, it's just us"
— d'Angelo, Voodoo, "Devil's Pie"
— d'Angelo, Voodoo, "Devil's Pie"
October 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Ain't no justice, it's just us"
— d'Angelo, Voodoo, "Devil's Pie"
— d'Angelo, Voodoo, "Devil's Pie"
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ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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This is a really fun idea and exactly the sort of thing we need to bring a community together. Great thinking by the Uptown United & Friends of Uptown crews.
Chicago, how do we get things like these going all over the city?
Chicago, how do we get things like these going all over the city?
July 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is a really fun idea and exactly the sort of thing we need to bring a community together. Great thinking by the Uptown United & Friends of Uptown crews.
Chicago, how do we get things like these going all over the city?
Chicago, how do we get things like these going all over the city?
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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While distracting you from what’s really going on.
🔥 The greatest firesale in the history of firesales … in the history of history … in the history of the world.
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
🔥 The greatest firesale in the history of firesales … in the history of history … in the history of the world.
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
While distracting you from what’s really going on.
🔥 The greatest firesale in the history of firesales … in the history of history … in the history of the world.
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
🔥 The greatest firesale in the history of firesales … in the history of history … in the history of the world.
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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Not counting resolutions disapproving individual federal regulations, the 119th Congress has passed a grand total of *three* laws in its first five months.
THREE!!
Granted, we might be better off with this Congress sitting on its hands, but that's still a remarkably low (and telling) total.
THREE!!
Granted, we might be better off with this Congress sitting on its hands, but that's still a remarkably low (and telling) total.
June 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Not counting resolutions disapproving individual federal regulations, the 119th Congress has passed a grand total of *three* laws in its first five months.
THREE!!
Granted, we might be better off with this Congress sitting on its hands, but that's still a remarkably low (and telling) total.
THREE!!
Granted, we might be better off with this Congress sitting on its hands, but that's still a remarkably low (and telling) total.
The oracle is a liar
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
amandaguinzburg.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The oracle is a liar
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I’ll never get over how softly media carried the insane bailouts WE paid to farmers to cover the catastrophe of his first term tariffs. It didn’t get emphasized in debates or in response to his campaign tariff threat.HE TRIED THIS ALREADY. We paid. Remember? From 2020. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Trump Tariff Aid To Farmers Cost More Than U.S. Nuclear Forces
The $28 billion for farmers raises questions about using taxpayer money to shield policymakers from the consequences of tariff increases.
www.forbes.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I’ll never get over how softly media carried the insane bailouts WE paid to farmers to cover the catastrophe of his first term tariffs. It didn’t get emphasized in debates or in response to his campaign tariff threat.HE TRIED THIS ALREADY. We paid. Remember? From 2020. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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The 7 largest Dow Jones drops in American history:
1. Trump, 3/16/20
-2,997.10
2. Trump, 3/12/20
-2,352.60
3. Trump, 3/9/20
-2,013.76
4. Trump, 6/11/20
-1,861.82
5. Trump, 4/3/25
-1,679.39
6. Trump, 3/11/20
-1,464.94
7. Trump, 03/18/20
-1,338.46
Tired of winning yet?
1. Trump, 3/16/20
-2,997.10
2. Trump, 3/12/20
-2,352.60
3. Trump, 3/9/20
-2,013.76
4. Trump, 6/11/20
-1,861.82
5. Trump, 4/3/25
-1,679.39
6. Trump, 3/11/20
-1,464.94
7. Trump, 03/18/20
-1,338.46
Tired of winning yet?
April 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The 7 largest Dow Jones drops in American history:
1. Trump, 3/16/20
-2,997.10
2. Trump, 3/12/20
-2,352.60
3. Trump, 3/9/20
-2,013.76
4. Trump, 6/11/20
-1,861.82
5. Trump, 4/3/25
-1,679.39
6. Trump, 3/11/20
-1,464.94
7. Trump, 03/18/20
-1,338.46
Tired of winning yet?
1. Trump, 3/16/20
-2,997.10
2. Trump, 3/12/20
-2,352.60
3. Trump, 3/9/20
-2,013.76
4. Trump, 6/11/20
-1,861.82
5. Trump, 4/3/25
-1,679.39
6. Trump, 3/11/20
-1,464.94
7. Trump, 03/18/20
-1,338.46
Tired of winning yet?
The 4% rule means retirees are advised not to take more than 4% of their assets to pay for a year of expenses in retirement. Today's market response to the Rose Garden tariffs just stole ONE ENTIRE YEAR of expenses from every senior citizen in the United States.
April 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The 4% rule means retirees are advised not to take more than 4% of their assets to pay for a year of expenses in retirement. Today's market response to the Rose Garden tariffs just stole ONE ENTIRE YEAR of expenses from every senior citizen in the United States.
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The Unknown Artist Exhibit explores the risks and rewards of sex in new East Side exhibition. buff.ly/McY6sjW
March 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Unknown Artist Exhibit explores the risks and rewards of sex in new East Side exhibition. buff.ly/McY6sjW
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The institutions of the American economy depend on the institutions of American democracy; rule of law, consistent regulation, stability, and all the rest.
That’s what’s being destroyed and that’s what risks the *entire economy.
Saying that out loud shouldn’t (and can’t) be a risk
That’s what’s being destroyed and that’s what risks the *entire economy.
Saying that out loud shouldn’t (and can’t) be a risk
The whole thing is important, but listen until the end: the US depends a lot on the flow of capital into the country because it is perceived as the safest port in a storm. Once that is no longer true, a lot of things Americans take for granted go away.
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The institutions of the American economy depend on the institutions of American democracy; rule of law, consistent regulation, stability, and all the rest.
That’s what’s being destroyed and that’s what risks the *entire economy.
Saying that out loud shouldn’t (and can’t) be a risk
That’s what’s being destroyed and that’s what risks the *entire economy.
Saying that out loud shouldn’t (and can’t) be a risk
Imagine all the ocean water we could desalinate if we prioritized energy usage for that instead of AI and crypto
January 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Imagine all the ocean water we could desalinate if we prioritized energy usage for that instead of AI and crypto
Another media tragedy
January 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Another media tragedy
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i wrote about the life of our brilliant Angela Bofill — and why she is so beloved www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Angela Bofill Sang What She Could Until the End
She was a musical virtuoso who never quite got her due.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2024 at 2:17 PM
i wrote about the life of our brilliant Angela Bofill — and why she is so beloved www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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If Hunter Biden can be pardoned, then it’s time to FREE LEONARD PELTIER. Leonard is a boarding school survivor. He has been unjustly incarcerated for 50 years.. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. We demand Executive clemency now!
December 3, 2024 at 8:55 PM
If Hunter Biden can be pardoned, then it’s time to FREE LEONARD PELTIER. Leonard is a boarding school survivor. He has been unjustly incarcerated for 50 years.. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. We demand Executive clemency now!
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The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes.
November 27, 2024 at 11:26 PM
The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes.
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Welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! Here are 4 (illustrated) steps you can take to make your experience here more pleasant than what you left behind on X and/or Threads. A 🧵
November 7, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! Here are 4 (illustrated) steps you can take to make your experience here more pleasant than what you left behind on X and/or Threads. A 🧵
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Great years in Brazilian #music: 1968
#Tropicalismo, an artistic movement founded by a group of musicians from Bahia, turned bossa nova “inside out,” as poet Augusto de Campos put it. Let's dig deep into a year that revolutionized music.
25 #Brazilian albums from 1968:
#Tropicalismo, an artistic movement founded by a group of musicians from Bahia, turned bossa nova “inside out,” as poet Augusto de Campos put it. Let's dig deep into a year that revolutionized music.
25 #Brazilian albums from 1968:
November 9, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Great years in Brazilian #music: 1968
#Tropicalismo, an artistic movement founded by a group of musicians from Bahia, turned bossa nova “inside out,” as poet Augusto de Campos put it. Let's dig deep into a year that revolutionized music.
25 #Brazilian albums from 1968:
#Tropicalismo, an artistic movement founded by a group of musicians from Bahia, turned bossa nova “inside out,” as poet Augusto de Campos put it. Let's dig deep into a year that revolutionized music.
25 #Brazilian albums from 1968: