Patrick Monaghan
@pkmonaghan.bsky.social
Somehow still here. Chicago, films, MS, music, far too many effects pedals, Antifa Local 242.
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Patrick Monaghan
@pkmonaghan.bsky.social
· Apr 26
Market Box
Market Box is a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago
marketboxchi.org
Please donate whatever you can when you can. Even a tiny amount can make a difference to someone in dire need.
MARKET BOX
is a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago
marketboxchi.org
MARKET BOX
is a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago
marketboxchi.org
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“All rise. The United States Court of Appeals for the Skinnerville Circuit is now in session. The Honorable Chief Justice Grumpy Face Blacky Whitey and Associate Justice Regular Face Blacky Whitey presiding.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“All rise. The United States Court of Appeals for the Skinnerville Circuit is now in session. The Honorable Chief Justice Grumpy Face Blacky Whitey and Associate Justice Regular Face Blacky Whitey presiding.”
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Starting with the retail space in his tower that has never been filled?
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Starting with the retail space in his tower that has never been filled?
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Tribune editorial board type post
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Tribune editorial board type post
Dark folk opera, scheduled for Lyric but shelved by COVID-19, gets fresh premiere, courtesy of Northwestern students
chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2025...
chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2025...
A dark folk opera shelved by COVID-19 gets a fresh premiere, courtesy of Northwestern students
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s chamber opera “Proving Up” is set on the Nebraska frontier, but it takes aim at the hollow core of the American dream.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Dark folk opera, scheduled for Lyric but shelved by COVID-19, gets fresh premiere, courtesy of Northwestern students
chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2025...
chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2025...
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Oh cool. Lots of people said Lindsey would be protected in FL.
But not in VA.
But not in VA.
NEW: Campaign for Accountability files bar complaint against Lindsey Halligan, alleging that she violated multiple rules of professional conduct related to the prosecution of James Comey and Letitia James.
Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
CfA - FL + VA Bar Complaint - Lindsey Halligan
www.documentcloud.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Oh cool. Lots of people said Lindsey would be protected in FL.
But not in VA.
But not in VA.
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Is it bad when you see a picture of a Ukrainian Army unit before the text describing it as such and assume you're looking at ICE agents coming for your neighbors
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Is it bad when you see a picture of a Ukrainian Army unit before the text describing it as such and assume you're looking at ICE agents coming for your neighbors
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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so interesting that chicago mag ran this just a few weeks after the reader’s night issue
Photo Essay: 2 a.m. in Chicago
We asked six photographers to capture a slice of the city at an hour when most Chicagoans are asleep. Here’s what they came back with one Thursday in September.
www.chicagomag.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
so interesting that chicago mag ran this just a few weeks after the reader’s night issue
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Lots of discussion about ICE moving on from Chicago (to Charlotte or Baltimore?), but hang on to those whistles. Some of today’s confirmed vehicles.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Lots of discussion about ICE moving on from Chicago (to Charlotte or Baltimore?), but hang on to those whistles. Some of today’s confirmed vehicles.
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I saw a northern shrike — a little predator of birds, small mammals, and insects — this morning at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary. First time I've seen this species.
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I saw a northern shrike — a little predator of birds, small mammals, and insects — this morning at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary. First time I've seen this species.
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Today is the anniversary of the 11-11-84 show by the Replacements that became "The Shit Hits the Fans," a cassette-only official bootleg release by the indie label Twin/Tone a couple months later. Here is the full recording and below is a Rashomon-style thread retelling the tale from multiple POV's.
The Replacements - The Shit Hits The Fans (1985)
YouTube video by talezman88
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November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today is the anniversary of the 11-11-84 show by the Replacements that became "The Shit Hits the Fans," a cassette-only official bootleg release by the indie label Twin/Tone a couple months later. Here is the full recording and below is a Rashomon-style thread retelling the tale from multiple POV's.
From Interstellar to Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey Reflects On Iconic Roles | BAFTA
letterboxd.com/bafta/story/...
letterboxd.com/bafta/story/...
From Interstellar to Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey Reflects On Iconic Roles | BAFTA
A story on Letterboxd.
letterboxd.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
From Interstellar to Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey Reflects On Iconic Roles | BAFTA
letterboxd.com/bafta/story/...
letterboxd.com/bafta/story/...
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Never forget!
On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged, after being found guilty of murder of a cop in Chicago's Haymarket Square, though the prosecutor admitted that they were actually tried for being anarchists.
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Never forget!
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
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#NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a #FilmNoir
Nat King Cole in a tiki lounge...
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟹)
Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a #FilmNoir
Nat King Cole in a tiki lounge...
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟹)
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a #FilmNoir
Nat King Cole in a tiki lounge...
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟹)
Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a #FilmNoir
Nat King Cole in a tiki lounge...
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟹)
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This is another ¶ that could blow up later.
The stated purpose of this prosecution is to assume due process doesn't exist.
The stated purpose of this prosecution is to assume due process doesn't exist.
![The government’s only other argument against dismissal with prejudice depends on
upending one of the most basic and fundamental premises of our criminal justice system: the
presumption of innocence. The government asserts (ECF No. 138 at 42) that dismissal with
prejudice would “thwart[] the public’s interest in the enforcement of its criminal law” because it
would allow Mr. Comey “to escape accountability for lying to and obstructing Congress.” But
the assumption that Mr. Comey must be guilty—before any public airing or testing of its
evidence—disregards bedrock principles underlying our system of justice. The government’s
unfounded assumptions of guilt cannot excuse its egregious constitutional violations.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreidami7adtw4qw72bhbq3zlejpolb7fxxue3idfbmli6xcxtpst4py@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is another ¶ that could blow up later.
The stated purpose of this prosecution is to assume due process doesn't exist.
The stated purpose of this prosecution is to assume due process doesn't exist.
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A write up about the rotting Burnham building @dennisrodkin.bsky.social from 4 years ago www.preservationchicago.org/wbez-chicago...
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? The Crumbling Comfort Station In Jackson Park (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021) - PRESERVATION CHICAGO
"When WBEZ listener Kevin Borgia bikes along the Lakefront Trail, he regularly passes a 'seemingly abandoned building in Jackson Park.' "'It is kind of a neoclassical structure with a tile roof. It’s ...
www.preservationchicago.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A write up about the rotting Burnham building @dennisrodkin.bsky.social from 4 years ago www.preservationchicago.org/wbez-chicago...
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Todd f'n Agosto. They should have nipped that whole thing in the bud with that dude.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Todd f'n Agosto. They should have nipped that whole thing in the bud with that dude.
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Holy cow. I never expected to see this. They don't mention that repairing the 1936 bathroom is required of the OPC as mitigation for the damage to the integrity of the park. 1/n www.hpherald.com/evening_dige...
Jackson Park’s historic Burnham Building to undergo multimillion-dollar restoration
A deteriorating century-old comfort station in Jackson Park will undergo a multimillion-dollar restoration as early as next spring, the Chicago Park District announced Monday at a Jackson Park Advisor...
www.hpherald.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Holy cow. I never expected to see this. They don't mention that repairing the 1936 bathroom is required of the OPC as mitigation for the damage to the integrity of the park. 1/n www.hpherald.com/evening_dige...
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Graceland Cemetery this morning
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Graceland Cemetery this morning
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Patti Smith and Thurston Moore in conversation, Oct 1995 bombmagazine.org/articles/199...
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Patti Smith and Thurston Moore in conversation, Oct 1995 bombmagazine.org/articles/199...
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If I get a dog again it will be Bluesky's fault.
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If I get a dog again it will be Bluesky's fault.