Unpopular opinion: Chicago needs to back off the Pope. For example, he doesn’t need to be read in on “the vision for a new White Sox stadium,” as the email headline I just saw stated. Let him Pope.

This is important context from Julie K. Brown. With alt text.

Tonight I’ll be at a high school production of “The Addams Family” musical*, in which my niece steals the show (so I’m told, no bias whatsoever obvs). I’m warned that I’m “going to die” when I see her/the show. Wish me luck. *No idea what it is. (And Northwestern is also staging it!?) 🤷‍♀️

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived. (Published October)

i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is

This isn’t very hard, folks.

This week, mercy. Seems like a good day to remember you have no idea the burdens others are carrying.

Entering Week 6 of rebuilding the half of my home destroyed in a July plumbing accident. Every morning, the loveliest gentlemen arrive to do the work, step by agonizingly slow step. (And nearly every day, I chase around about another insurance matter.) Hi, I’m the beleaguered but tenacious Home CEO.

Yesterday I didn’t yet know what p(doom) is. I miss yesterday.

“residents of Chicago are increasingly pushing back with fury” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u... The great Julie Bosman knows this city so well.

Sitting in the Wrigley Field bleachers when the Cubs hit a home run is absolutely exhilarating. Highly recommend.

I’m joyfully rearranging my weekday schedule to accommodate PLAYOFF BASEBALL!

Today in my favorite things combined: an MLB player constructing a crossword. !!! www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

It's somehow simultaneously 2025, 2002, and 1951.

What is this black box, why did it suddenly appear, and how do I make it go away?

A Labor Day rally is planned to protest President Donald Trump and his threats to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. blockclubchi.co/4n0bZvp

Starting to rebuild half your home after a massive plumbing accident is like … being awake during surgery, without anesthesia, while instructing the surgical team what goes where and how, speaking only in their language that you aren’t fluent in, and being left with wounds long to heal. I’m fine.

Young corporate persons! If this was you below caught on a laptop in the bleachers call 773-525-0557 NOW! Operators are standing by! For a low three figure fee we can mentor you in just 3 easy sessions on the best places and best practices for “Working Remote” at Wrigley! We can help! #NiseiCares

Shoutout to the guy in the bleachers at Wrigley this afternoon, working not just on his laptop, but with a computer mouse too. Remote work, respect.

There is so much attention being lavished on the Cubs pitcher’s blister — women who get blisters from shoes should be given equal time.

Alaskans are ready 🇺🇦

What do you call the rage you experience when you are the sole person dealing with a vendor/contractor, but said person then emails your husband, and only him? Related, home disasters suck on so many levels. On the other side of this, I’m going to be a different person.

Paul Sullivan writes: Ryne Sandberg was more than just a ballplayer. He was a man who changed a team, which transformed a neighborhood, which helped turn a bandbox ballpark called Wrigley Field into a mecca for baseball fans for decades to come.

Brava @anamariecox.bsky.social

Thousands of demonstrators are set to protest the Trump administration’s actions and honor civil rights leader John Lewis in Chicago and across the country Thursday.

The Wall Street Journal is said to be working on a story highlighting Donald Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, prompting protest from the White House. Details in Status: www.status.news/p/wall-stree...

Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files.....

it's remarkably bleak that Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women, including an allegation that was adjudicated and in which he was found liable for sexual assault, and yet the American public needs still MORE evidence of his depraved character and unfitness.

Kristi Noem posting on Instagram during disaster recovery

My dog loves to luxuriate in hotels. I have trained her well.

Here's an idea: what if the United States had a legislative branch and/or an independent judiciary?

"We're not a bunch of little bitches," says member of a notorious bunch of little bitches.

If he isn’t your very favorite uncle you’re not a real Cubs fan.

“These bitch asses want to kill Medicaid” would win the midterm elections

Disabled people are being arrested in DC today as they're protesting Medicaid cuts. Source of this photo, ADAPT www.facebook.com/theRealNatio...

“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.

One of the aides seated behind Grassley keeps mouthing every word his boss says and it’s…Fascinating? Distracting? Hilarious?

I had a REALLY lovely time talking to @milesklee.bsky.social at Rolling Stone about why The Onion is thriving. It's because we're one of the only legacy outlets unafraid to accurately reflect the mood of this country. That mood? Everyone fucking hates this. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/c... [gift link]

"For the first time, social media has displaced television as the top way Americans get news." www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/for-...

First game I’ve ever been to where the entire stadium erupted into cheers when the sun went behind some clouds.

To his credit, Conan O’Brien and his writers pulled no punches in treating this guy like the joke he was (and is.) Particularly impressive because he was still a big NBC star in 2008. No hair tussling here youtu.be/uH6WZLOXqps?...

The Dodgers were supposed to announce an initiative to support immigrant communities today. They are delaying that announcement due to the feds showing up to Dodger Stadium today, according to team president Stan Kasten.

federal agents at Dodger Stadium.

“I just can’t really put into words what it feels like to see your colleagues and friends targeted — to see that doing really important, essential and lifechanging work would make you a target of an extremist." 19thnews.org/2025/06/minn...

Every. Word. Of. This. www.philanthropy.com/commons/phil...

News from me and @garnethenderson.com on discussions Planned Parenthood Federation of America is having as the Senate tries to "defund" the organization for its non-abortion services

this is why trump left the G7 early "rope inside the pole"

Who can talk with me about the Forever adaptation? www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

Nathan Fielder is officially more qualified to run the FAA than this guy