I’m suffering the consequences of headbanging a little too hard to a coworker’s karaoke song. Anyone else have an #ONA25 takeaway?

“It was Beyoncé, like the predecessors she pays tribute to, finding the beauty in ugly times and reminding us that we do still live in the home of the brave.” 👏👏👏 chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/0...

A good reminder …

I’ve been turning to poetry lately …

Egg prices are nuts, [email protected] is crowdsourcing egg prices around Chicago for a story and I’m egg-cited we’re getting yolks involved in helping us crack this case. OK, OK, I can hear my team shaking their heads at me. Bye! (I’m fried anyways).

I have officially been at the Chicago Sun-Times for one year! This has been a life-changing career move for me, and I am so thankful. I'd like to share a thread of some of my favorite stories. Note: All of these articles are free, you just have to share your email address.

Real question: Has anyone ever watched a vertical video on the @nytimes.com app? www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/news...

Boop.

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Another great example of what the Sun-Times does best -> we’re here for the people.

This is by far the best thing I've ever written. Hope you'll give it a read (to make up for the harassment and microwaved food): chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...

As promised: a cat on a hike.