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This was awesome!
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Super thankful to have been a part of this yearâs WPRB 25-hour holiday radio show with the incomparable
@jon.wprb.com
. You can check out my contribution here if you missed it.
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I Lost My Job for Xmas (and it sucks), by Red Star Sky
2 track album
https://redstarsky.bandcamp.com/album/i-lost-my-job-for-xmas-and-it-sucks
about 15 hours ago
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This song is so beautiful!
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Jon Solomon
3 days ago
ALMOST THERE. The 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show begins Christmas Eve at 5:00 pm ET only on 103.3 fm WPRB!
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Whoâs This âWe?â
4 days ago
Throughout Exmess Eve - Exmess Day, Jonâll spin songs & stories written for this yearâs 25-hour Marathon. Youâll also get Misfitted and Kraftwerked, Lindstromd and Snaildarthad; Maggie will wrangle reindeer; listeners will provide beta on Turnpike Santa detritus. Duck out of the madness & join in.
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Which means we are two-ish days from the debut of the first Red Star Sky holiday smash.
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4 days ago
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Jon Solomon
4 days ago
We're TWO DAYS OUT from the 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB!
#wprbxmas
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Lee Knox Ostertag
8 days ago
what I want trans kids, queer kids, and gender nonconforming kids to know: you are loved you are so much more powerful than the ghouls using your healthcare as a political pawn, and you WILL outlive them (they know this, and it is why they're attacking you)
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FFS. Stop killing humans.
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âThereâs an unflagging, uncomfortably-up-close feature to Sowashâs writing that reminds me more than anything else of the late Karl Hendricks.â â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
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11 days ago
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Kelly Caldwell
11 days ago
Now that's a sentence!
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
really captures what it was like to endure this lousy effing weekend, and also why it matters.
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joshua wayne hensley
28 days ago
âIf people make your world a better place, it will necessarily feel like a worse place when they are gone. Yet what remains is still so much better than it ever would have been without them.â
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David Sirota
about 1 month ago
this photo slaps even harder when you remember the FDR line Mamdani quoted in his primary victory speech
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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance
A story of compassion, courage, and a community unwilling to let a life be forgotten.
https://open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/transgender-day-of-remembrance-history?r=r3h7g&utm_medium=ios
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NoĂŤl Embiid
about 1 month ago
I think the level of sexual abuse that is going to be coming out of ICE would put the Boston archdiocese and Penn State to shame
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ACLU
about 2 months ago
Trans people don't need the government's permission to be ourselves.
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××Ą×Ş× ×ץďŹ×ער×ת | esti
6 months ago
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 âŁď¸ he was polling single digits.
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Tilly Bridges
2 months ago
right wing bigots have admitted - the âtrans women in bathroomsâ issue - the âtrans women in sportsâ issue and - the âtrans kids getting surgeryâ issue were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY are you paying attention?
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Kara Swisher
2 months ago
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You have to read nearly to the end for it, but
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
dropped the sickest of burns on good old John Bolton. Itâs worth the read.
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Admirable Holsey Quits Trump's Illegal War
U.S. Southern Command leader reportedly had a few issues with murdering people in boats
https://open.substack.com/pub/thefuckingnews/p/admirable-holsey-quits-trumps-illegal?r=r3h7g&utm_medium=ios
2 months ago
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dan sinker
2 months ago
One continuous scene of two separate run-ins with ICE from an alley in Rogers Park this morning, from three entirely different POVs. 1.
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Rosy Overdrive
3 months ago
If you enjoyed my writing about the Chicago Silkworm shows, you may want to read another one from Jacob Simons (Moon Orchids). Itâs quite good!!
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START-TRACK AT SHOW: Silkworm wsg. Gotobeds, Dianogah - September 24â25, 2025
"I have been a feverish fan of Silkworm since I was 22 years old. In my late teens and early twenties, when I first began playing the electric guitar and bass guitar in local punk bands..."
https://starttrack.substack.com/p/start-track-at-show-silkworm-wsg?r=3wklwa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock
3 months ago
I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year. Republicans in Washington did this. This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is whatâs at stake in this shutdown fight.
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Thereâs Something Happeninâ Here
3 months ago
This is the information that mainstream media needs to be reporting on.
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
does an excellent job of breaking it done nice and easy. So easy even MAGA could understand what the issue here is. Important parallels are drawn.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
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Trump Got Venezuela Intel from Controversial "Fixer"
Venezuelan expat with rich, dissident clients and an ex-CIA partner told Trump that Maduro's waging a covert war
https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanlarsen/p/trump-got-venezuela-intel-from-controversial?r=ikqzg&utm_medium=ios
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Michael Paarlberg
3 months ago
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
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Rosy Overdrive
3 months ago
I saw my favorite band, Silkworm, live three times last week. I had to write about it:
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Whenever You Might Think Itâs Over: Silkworm in Chicago 9/23/25 to 9/25/25
I saw the band Silkworm live in Chicago, Illinois. Three times, in fact. The first three shows of the groupâs mini-tour from The Windy City to Tolono, Illinois (thatâs Champaign-Urbana, effectivelyâŚ
https://rosyoverdrive.com/2025/09/29/whenever-you-might-think-its-over-silkworm-in-chicago-9-23-25-to-9-25-25/
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Jonathan Larsen
3 months ago
NEW FROM ME: Last year, two men fed Team Trump the claim Tren de Aragua was a covert Maduro army. The Miami Herald IDed one of them in March. I just IDed the second one.
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Trump Got Venezuela Intel from Controversial "Fixer"
Venezuelan expat with rich, dissident clients and an ex-CIA partner told Trump that Maduro's waging a covert war
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/trump-got-venezuela-intel-from-controversial
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Mark Jacob
3 months ago
Hell of a photo by my former Chicago Tribune colleague Stacey Wescott from a protest today at an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs. Read the sign at the bottom.
@staceywescott.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Warren
4 months ago
This shooting is nothing short of horrific. I'm praying for Charlie Kirk and thinking of the students at the event in Utah. Political violence has no place in our country â it's never ok.
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Yes, Charlie Kirk's Death Is a Loss
It's not preciousness or institutionalist norms that call on us to reject political violence
https://open.substack.com/pub/thefuckingnews/p/yes-charlie-kirks-death-is-a-loss?r=r3h7g&utm_medium=ios
4 months ago
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Jonathan Larsen
4 months ago
I'm definitely of the "Don't panic" school... ...but Trump just said religious leaders should have more of a voice and more power than you do. And corporate media didn't even mention it, let alone blast out the warning.
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Trump Called for American Theocracy and No One Said Shit
Trump wished for right-wing religious leaders to get more of a voice than other people and alleged fictional "anti-Christian bias"
https://thefuckingnews.substack.com/p/trump-called-for-american-theocracy
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Happy Labor Day, oh dignified workers, we. Hereâs a good little read about a slightly alt aspiration from the dignity of grind and toil. h/t
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
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What Labor Means Today
How America's been brainwashed to abandon the dreams labor once had for us
https://open.substack.com/pub/thefuckingnews/p/what-labor-means-today?r=r3h7g&utm_medium=ios
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ACLU of Pennsylvania
4 months ago
Leeâs story underscores the need for trans youth to have access to lifesaving healthcare in PA. We highlighted the importance of this access last month:
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By Refusing to Provide Necessary Care to Trans Youth Under 19 Years of Age, Penn State Health and UPMC Are Failing Their Patients - ACLU of Pennsylvania
The ACLU advocates for the legality of and access to gender-affirming care because we have a 105-year track record of fighting for equality and equity for all, especially those who have been marginali...
https://www.aclupa.org/news/by-refusing-to-provide-necessary-care-to-trans-youth-under-19-years-of-age-penn-state-health-and-upmc-are-failing-their-patients/
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the Mountain Goats
4 months ago
they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.
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Another fantastic (sub)headline, with a bonus Bartleby the Scrivener reference on the side! Find tiny bits of joy where you can these days, folks .
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The People Just Freed The Subway⢠Vigilante
A grand jury reportedly refused to return felony charges against America's favorite submarine captain
https://open.substack.com/pub/thefuckingnews/p/the-people-just-freed-the-subway?r=r3h7g&utm_medium=ios
4 months ago
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Jon Solomon
4 months ago
Now available: Lay it Down In Full View: Collected Writings On Silkworm And Their Music. The 14 essays in this landmark 416 page tome adopt a range of approaches from memoir and historiography to music criticism. Details here...
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Senator Bernie Sanders
4 months ago
Cost of public college tuition: Sweden: $0 Norway: $0 Finland: $0 Denmark: $0 United States: $9,596 When Republicans say it's OK to give billions in tax breaks to the top 1%, don't tell me we can't afford to make public college available for free.
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David Sirota
4 months ago
đ¨NEWS: As Trump now lets private equity into your 401k, new data show private equity firms have been letting wealthy investors into higher performing funds & funneling lower-income savers into underperforming funds - all while underreporting volatility.
www.levernews.com/billionaires...
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Billionairesâ Great 401(k) Fib
Private equity funds are misrepresenting their risk and possibly saddling their least wealthy clients with their worst-performing investments, new research finds.
https://www.levernews.com/billionaires-great-401-k-fib/
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4 months ago
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A great read on this whole abundance thing.
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Abundance, Yes, But
Extraction became more profitable than construction â and what that means for Abundance
https://open.substack.com/pub/americasundoing/p/abundance-yes-but?r=r3h7g
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Jonathan Larsen
4 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: The new State Department human-rights report drops all mention of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act... ...which includes the death penalty.
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Rubio Drops LGBTQ+ Death Penalty from Report on Human-Rights Abuses
The annual State Department report on human rights dropped all mentions of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/rubio-drops-lgbtq-death-penalty-from
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David Sirota
5 months ago
đ¨EXCLUSIVE: Before yesterdayâs deadly explosion in Pennsylvania, Trump officials shielded the facility from public scrutiny despite its history of accidents, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. Trumpâs move followed industry lobbying.
www.levernews.com/before-a-ste...
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Before A Steel Plant Exploded, Trumpâs EPA Hid Risks From The Public
The Pittsburgh plant that exploded on Monday had a history of chemical accidents â and the Trump administration made that secret.
http://www.levernews.com/before-a-steel-plant-exploded-trumps-epa-hid-risks-from-the-public/
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ACLU
5 months ago
Tell Congress to shut down this humanitarian disaster NOW.
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Shut Down "Alligator Alcatraz"
"Alligator Alcatraz" is an environmental and humanitarian disaster. The cruelty must end. Join me in telling Congress to demand access and block all federal funds until this compound is shut down.
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/shut-down-alligator-alcatraz?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=soc&utm_medium=soc&initms=adv-na-bsky-na-nat-na-immigration-alligatoralcatraz-immigration&utm_source=bsky&utm_campaign=immigration&utm_content=adv-na-bsky-na-nat-na-immigration-alligatoralcatraz-immigration&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=soc&ms=adv-na-bsky-na-nat-na-immigration-alligatoralcatraz-immigration
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David Ho
5 months ago
Motherfucking wind farmsâŚ
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Elizabeth Warren
5 months ago
Students with disabilities deserve better than Donald Trump and Linda McMahon.
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Tory Wegerski
5 months ago
Hey Pittsburgh/SWPA people: I am looking for former teachers to interview for a story this week. Can anyone help me find one or more former teachers?
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The Daily Show
5 months ago
Trumpâs Epstein Furor Grows as MAGA Karens MTG and Boebert Demand Answers
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Trumpâs Epstein Furor Grows as MAGA Karens MTG and Boebert Demand Answers | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
https://youtu.be/uRfhbJbgvbI
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âHave they never listened to a Pete Seger song?â Another gem by
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
And Eff you, Rahm.
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Trump's Order Erases Transgender People from The Future; Will Dems Help?
The president's executive order â and some Democrats â seek to minimize references to the existence of transgender people
https://open.substack.com/pub/thefuckingnews/p/trumps-order-erases-transgender-people?r=r3h7g
5 months ago
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Senator Bernie Sanders
5 months ago
Today, 4 hedge fund managers on Wall St. earn more in a year than every kindergarten teacher in America combined. Teachers: join us for a town hall tomorrow w/ leaders from the AFT & NEA to discuss the enormously important issue of raising teacher pay & saving public education.
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Jonathan Larsen
5 months ago
Another paper has confirmed it⌠âŚand hereâs why corporate media havenât picked up on it yetâŚ
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Trump's Epstein Letter Was in the FBI Review ... But Not Released
A second newspaper reports that investigators kept copies of the letters from Epstein's birthday book
https://thefuckingnews.substack.com/p/trumps-epstein-letter-was-in-the
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