Andis Robeznieks
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Chicagoan living in Uptown. North Side White Sox fan. Son & grandson of immigrants.
The massacre at Wounded Knee took place on this day in 1890. A Lakota musician, the late Buddy Red Bow, wrote this song about it:
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#OneHitWondered
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Happy birthday, Alex Chilton,
#OTD
in 1950… A Memphis kid with a voice too big for the room who found himself singing a little thing called “The Letter” and, just like that, pop stardom. He went on to prove with Big Star that greatness doesn’t always chart… it just lasts.
#NotAOneHitWonder
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TrekMovie.com
1 day ago
On her birthday, remembering the extraordinary Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on Star Trek, The Animated Series (where she voiced multiple characters), and in 6 movies. She worked with NASA on recruitment. but started her career as a singer with Duke Ellington & Lionel Hampton.
#StarTrek
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For many years, the Waco Brothers have played Chicago shows between Christmas & NYE. Friday's show at The Hideout was a lot of fun. All the cool people were there. (I'm surprised I got in.)
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Remembering Stan Lee, born OTD in 1922. In the December 1963 issue of
#FantasticFour
(#21), Stan & Jack Kirby introduced a new villain to the Marvel Universe: the Hate Monger.
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There's no place like home for the holidays ...
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Chicago Sun-Times
6 days ago
Two cybersecurity professionals, including a former employee of a Chicago firm that helps resolve ransomware attacks, pleaded guilty last week to hacking a medical device company and extorting a ransom of nearly $1.3 million to unlock its servers.
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Rogue employee of Chicago cybersecurity firm pleads guilty to $1.3 million ransomware hack
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/23/chicago-digitalmint-hack-cybersecurity-ransomware-kevin-tyler-martin-sygnia-miami?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20251223694af6b585ddd37ef7890686
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Jon Seidel
7 days ago
Mary and Joe, Chicago style By Mike Royko:
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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Mary and Joe, Chicago style
This is the story of Mary, Joe and their newborn in Chicago on Christmas, as written by the late Mike Royko in 1966.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/23/mike-royko-classic-mary-joseph-baby-christmas-chicago-style-2025
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Chicago Sun-Times
9 days ago
The “Black Swan Elegies" exhibition at the West Town Chamber of Commerce is a tribute to Tony Fitzpatrick, who died in October. Participating artists say he will be remembered as a champion of the local art scene.
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Chicagoans pay homage to artist Tony Fitzpatrick: 'Tony was fiercely proud of Chicago'
https://chicago.suntimes.com/art/2025/12/20/tony-fitzpatrick-black-swan-elegies-art-west-town?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20251221694800939daaf366306e176d
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Memphis-based pro wrestling heel Sputnik Monroe was born
#OTD
in 1928 in Dodge City, Kansas. He became an unlikely civil rights activist & is credited w/ desegregating sporting events in the South. Can't say he's an unsung hero as Nashville cat Otis Gibbs wrote this
youtu.be/OCtF4pZjfNE?...
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Otis Gibbs -Sputnik Monroe (Official Video)
YouTube video by Otis Gibbs
https://youtu.be/OCtF4pZjfNE?si=8HNn8yxkjCbkz3b0
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The American Academy of Pediatrics
12 days ago
AAP learned this week that seven grants to AAP under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are being terminated. The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Chicago Sun-Times
16 days ago
Workers and a volunteer for the street-medicine nonprofit spent hours driving around several West Side locations Saturday, handing out hot cocoa, gloves, coats, sandwiches, scarves and badly needed medical care. Their human contact was met with welcome.
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In the brutal cold, Night Ministry brings warmth to West Siders at outdoor encampments: 'They're like family'
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/13/night-ministry-chicago-street-medicine-homeless-weather-health?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20251214693ed60dd31bcb79bda2ea94
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Robert Loerzel
20 days ago
The Rosehill herd in this morning's snowfall
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Chicago News
20 days ago
Walking in Chicago's parks confirm's city's greatness
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Walking in Chicago's parks confirm's city's greatness
Most people slow down when they retire. Chicago Public Schools veteran Patrick McCaughey ended up walking the perimeter of all the city's parks to test a poet's of high praise of strolling in such public spaces.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/12/10/chicago-parks-peace-city-diversity-philip-larkin-patrick-mccaughey
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Steven Hyden
21 days ago
RIP Raul Malo of The Mavericks. Incredible singer. I had recently listening to 1994's WHAT A CRYING SHAME, one of my favorite 90s country records. Just listen to this guy's voice. Big time talent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KON...
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What A Crying Shame
YouTube video by The Mavericks - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KON6wTonUM
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Rolling Stone
21 days ago
Raul Malo, the operatic vocalist and co-founder of the Grammy-winning, Latin-tinged country band the Mavericks, has died at age 60. Access the free article here:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Block Club Chicago
21 days ago
The Ultimate Guide To Chicago Pizza 🍕 🍕 Here are 31 pizzerias — categorized by style of pizza they’re known for and listed geographically north to south — where you can have a moment of joy and togetherness over a slice:
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Block Club Chicago
21 days ago
This 100-year-old Chicago sausage maker helped put deep-dish pizza on the map.
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AMA
25 days ago
Today’s action to weaken the birth-dose recommendation for the Hepatitis B vaccine disregards data supporting the effectiveness of the Hepatitis B vaccine, and creates confusion for parents about how best to protect their newborns. Full statement:
spr.ly/633227f3XE
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🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬
25 days ago
Seriously, dude. Tweeting is NOT the answer when you’re a U.S. senator. Maybe try using some of the tools you actually have to fix the disaster you created by voting for RFK Jr.
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NPR
about 1 month ago
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
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New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
https://n.pr/49F5HOn
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Happy Birthday to Leeds native/adopted Chicagoan Sally Timms of the
@Mekons.bsky.social
youtu.be/b3JTsn7xllI?...
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Robert Loerzel
about 1 month ago
Thanksgiving: I'm thankful for the marvelous Tom Waits song "Chicago" — and the fantastic new cover version by Mavis Staples — and for the chance to write about it.
www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture...
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Maybe Things Will Be Better in Chicago
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives us reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
https://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/maybe-things-will-be-better-in-chicago/
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TrekMovie.com
about 1 month ago
OTD, the first day of filming on
#StarTrek
, ever: Cameras start rolling on "The Cage" as they shoot the scene where Dr. Boyce makes martinis for himself and Captain Pike in Pike's quarters. "Sometimes a man'll tell his bartender things he'll never tell his doctor."
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For your Great Moments in Office Memos file: Parkland Hospital Administrator C.J. Price sent this inspirational note to his staff
#OTD
in 1963.
#JFK
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Robert Loerzel
about 1 month ago
By me:
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Chicago Sun-Times
about 1 month ago
Sister JoAnn Persch served with the Sisters of Mercy for 73 years. On Nov. 1, Sister JoAnn was among the delegation denied entry to the Broadview ICE facility when they attempted to bring Communion to those detained inside.
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Sister JoAnn Persch, longtime immigrant activist, dies at 91
https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2025/11/22/sister-joann-persch-obituary-immigrant-activist-dies-at-91?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20251123692318edf83ced3cfcae87ea
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Robert Loerzel
about 1 month ago
The oldest brewery school in the United States said it would be relocating to Montreal, citing operational costs, industry trends and challenges with students obtaining U.S. visas.
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Siebel Institute announces last call in Chicago — one that 'hurts,' says Chicago brewer
The oldest brewery school in the United States said it would be relocating to Montreal, citing operational costs, industry trends and challenges with students obtaining U.S. visas.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/11/21/siebel-institute-technology-beer-chicago-montreal
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Bill Savage
about 1 month ago
Dunno; I heard* somewhere that the collective noun for "jagoffs" is "a Wrigleyville of jagoffs." *wrote
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PBS News
about 1 month ago
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111. "I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021. Geoff Bennett has more.
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Rolling Stone
about 1 month ago
In 2019, reggae legend Jimmy Cliff spoke to Rolling Stone about the lasting impact of 'The Harder They Come' and gave us his top 5️⃣ all-time favorite reggae albums. Interview:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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TrekMovie.com
about 1 month ago
On that theme, fan asks about TJ Hooker and working with James Darren. Bill says he hasn't seen him in years, asks, is he still alive? Fan says Darren passed. Bill: I'll see him soon.
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Neil Steinberg
about 1 month ago
Miss it? TWELVE years ago on EGD:
www.everygoddamnday.com/2013/11/linc...
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Lincoln weeping
The blog of Neil Steinberg
https://www.everygoddamnday.com/2013/11/lincoln-weeping.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOOgnJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFmT3F3N3JOdWF0V0VYVkxkc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHreOPAreBruHer4MYPFh8wLAeQYlOYQdjKCBlRdoSUDNuH8uMbCYToIJbyMW_aem_ndvL8Un4H8o81Pprk9VhgQ
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#OhCaptainMyCaptain
#Blackhawks
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
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‘Like a kid again’: Jonathan Toews’ long road from NHL stardom to India and back
After years of illness, burnout and pressure, Jonathan Toews turned to radical Ayurvedic treatment in India. Now he’s back on NHL ice with renewed clarity
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/21/jonathan-toews-india-ayurveda-winnipeg-jets-nhl-comeback?CMP=share_btn_url
about 1 month ago
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CHGO Bulls
about 1 month ago
Norm Van Lier montage for Ring Of Honor
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TrekMovie.com
about 1 month ago
Happy birthday to Alexander Siddig, who played Dr. Julian Bashir on all 7 seasons of
#StarTrekDS9
(and one episode of
#StarTrekTNG
). He also directed two DS9 episodes, "Business as Usual" and "Profit and Lace." Do you have a favorite Bashir episode?
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Dan Mihalopoulos
about 1 month ago
Mind the 20-year Green Line gap. Get on at one stop where the life expectancy is 87. Head 5 stations west and the people in that Chicago neighborhood live on average to just 67
chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
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As they live Chicago’s ‘Death Gap,’ a three-generation West Side family fights to end it
West Garfield Park residents are expected to live on average until 67 years old, compared to 87 in the Loop. This is the widest death gap in Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/11/20/death-gap-racial-life-expectancy-gap-west-garfield-park-heart-disease-cancer-homicide-opioid-overdose-chicago-west-side-loop
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Chris Brody
about 1 month ago
Any excuse to listen:
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Block Club Chicago
about 1 month ago
A health and wellness facility under construction in Austin aims to provide high-quality medical care for neighborhood children as the first pediatric specialty and behavioral health facility on the West Side.
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António Costa
about 1 month ago
Congratulations to the people of Latvia on your Independence Day. Standing strong on the shores of the Baltic, Latvia’s commitment to freedom, European unity, and support for Ukraine remains an inspiration to us all. Saules mūžu Latvijai 🇱🇻.
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Aussievision
about 1 month ago
Today November 18 is Latvian Independence Day. To celebrate we take a look at the top 5 highest placing Latvian Eurovision entries. Check out our article to see who reigns supreme in Riga!
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Latvian Lights: Looking back at Latvia's five highest Eurovision placings
Today November 18 marks Independence Day in Latvia, which serves as the Baltic country's national day.Like its name suggests on this day in 1918 Latvia proclaimed its independence in the aftermath of ...
https://www.aussievision.net/post/latvian-lights-looking-back-at-latvia-s-five-highest-eurovision-placings
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WMTV 15 News
about 2 months ago
A massive construction project is underway at the New Glarus Brewing Company as part of a $55 million expansion at the brewery’s Hilltop facility. STORY:
https://www.wmtv15news.com/2025/11/13/new-look-new-glarus-55-million-construction-project-brewing-company/
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CBS News
about 2 months ago
Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction.
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3 Bob Ross paintings fetch over $600,000 at auction benefiting public television; 27 still on block
Three paintings from public television legend Bob Ross sold for more than $600,000 at auction. They were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to benefit public TV stations hurt by cuts in federal funding.
https://cbsn.ws/4oysrE9
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Chicago News
about 2 months ago
Review: Tom Morello and Friends provide the soundtrack for the resistance in powerful set at Vic Theatre
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Review: Tom Morello and Friends provide the soundtrack for the resistance in powerful set at Vic Theatre
The performance featured a number of local guest stars, including Ike Reilly, a working-class troubadour and Morello’s childhood friend from Libertyville; Tim McIlrath of Rise Against; and Jakeim Hart and Billy Rude from “Revolution(s),” Morello’s new musical at the Goodman.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/11/14/review-tom-morello-and-friends-chicago-performance-vic-theatre
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Emma
about 2 months ago
Wouldn't be a Tom Morello show without This Land Is Your Land ✊💛
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Remembering ex-Wilco multi-instrumentalist & middle-school math teacher Jay Bennett, born on this day in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, in 1963.
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Jay Bennett - Beer
YouTube video by Chris NO topher Carlton
https://youtu.be/KmPIoH4kkn8?si=A8yXIqHeyTPrf40G
about 1 month ago
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dan sinker
about 2 months ago
I spend a lot of time thinking about how to write about Chicago, especially right now, and the late, great Tony Fitzpatrick gave me a perfect metaphor: Chicago is a boxer.
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Sarah Kokernot
about 2 months ago
“I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.” - Carl Sandburg, “Chicago”
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Dave Byrnes
about 2 months ago
It appears Magistrate Judge Laura McNally has arrived for the morning's inspection, along with a team of attorneys. "Hold them accountable!" A protestor yells repeatedly. "They had a week to clean things up, remember that!" Another says through a megaphone.
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Block Club Chicago
about 2 months ago
Trump claimed Chicago’s "Miracle Mile" is failing — but data shows the Mag Mile is recovering.
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