Amy C
@thisnicelady.bsky.social
Chicago person. Former employee. Migraine connoisseur.
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That print layout sure is something
December 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
That print layout sure is something
Editor pals! This sounds like a kick-ass job!
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Editor pals! This sounds like a kick-ass job!
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amazing photo on spanish wikipedia's chinchilla article
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
amazing photo on spanish wikipedia's chinchilla article
Festive Union Station
December 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Festive Union Station
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This is @edwardsung.bsky.social wife. My beloved husband passed from this world unexpectedly one week ago. I’m posting because I know he made connections with some folks here and I don’t want him disappeared.
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is @edwardsung.bsky.social wife. My beloved husband passed from this world unexpectedly one week ago. I’m posting because I know he made connections with some folks here and I don’t want him disappeared.
Well, this is not-great news
The Reader is going monthly - Chicago Reader
We'll return to print in early February 2026 thicc 'n' shiny, and we'll continue packing the website with our usual free and freaky content.
chicagoreader.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Well, this is not-great news
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Anyone who sees Bovino in Rogers Park, let us know. We’re doing ICE watch.
Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.
Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Anyone who sees Bovino in Rogers Park, let us know. We’re doing ICE watch.
Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.
Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.
¡Ay caramba, dude! 🧵
On this day in 1989, The Simpsons officially premiered as its own series so here’s a short thread of language facts relating to the show, starting with this…
In the Spanish version of The Simpsons, Bart’s “eat my shorts” catchphrase is changed to multiplícate por cero (“multiply yourself by zero”).
In the Spanish version of The Simpsons, Bart’s “eat my shorts” catchphrase is changed to multiplícate por cero (“multiply yourself by zero”).
December 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
¡Ay caramba, dude! 🧵
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Bovino's caravan just arrived in Cicero again.
Chicagoland braces for another wave of Border Patrol attacks today.
8 days until Christmas.
8 days until Christmas.
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bovino's caravan just arrived in Cicero again.
Excellent work by @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Where does your alderperson stand on ICE? City Bureau checked all 50: blockclubchi.co/4oZRDDe
December 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Excellent work by @blockclubchi.bsky.social
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I've been trying to figure out all day who all of these photos of Susie Wiles have been reminding me of, and then I suddenly twigged
December 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I've been trying to figure out all day who all of these photos of Susie Wiles have been reminding me of, and then I suddenly twigged
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You've heard of Elf on the Shelf but how about
December 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
You've heard of Elf on the Shelf but how about
Buster Keaton is trying to sleep through Our Long National Nightmare, the new @tomtomorrow.bsky.social compendium
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Buster Keaton is trying to sleep through Our Long National Nightmare, the new @tomtomorrow.bsky.social compendium
Heads up, neighbors
A large CBP presence is back in Chicago this morning, with sightings and arrests reported across the southwest side and Cicero. Bovino is also here.
December 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Heads up, neighbors
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Wil Wheaton on Rob Reiner. Maybe grab a Kleenex first.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were …
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Wil Wheaton on Rob Reiner. Maybe grab a Kleenex first.
One hundred percent
It feels that winter and snow in Chicago helps widen existing inequities because those without cars are less able to move around safely on transit and on foot. Mobility justice is hampered with the city management and policies around snow clearance.
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One hundred percent
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I have to eat all the chocolate so that I don't eat all the chocolate
December 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I have to eat all the chocolate so that I don't eat all the chocolate
What a lovely tradition
Cookie Swap Tradition Has Brought Women Together For 4 Decades On The Far South Side
Since about 1978 — no one remembers the exact year — as many as 20 women have gathered in Pat Duck’s Hegewisch home to exchange home-baked treats, stories and memories. The cookies are the "icing on t...
blockclubchicago.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What a lovely tradition
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a little perspective | patreon.com/lubchansky
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
a little perspective | patreon.com/lubchansky
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"She's a Bad Mama Jama" was on regular rotation at the roller rink in my hometown. RIP to Mr. Carlton*
*no relation
*no relation
Carl Carlton, the singer-songwriter best known for hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama," has died, his son announced
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"She's a Bad Mama Jama" was on regular rotation at the roller rink in my hometown. RIP to Mr. Carlton*
*no relation
*no relation
She fell asleep like this
December 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
She fell asleep like this