Carrie
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Chicagoan | cliche urban progressive | cat lady | birder in denial
Cormorants forever problems for now
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Puff the Magic Hater
6 days ago
People should take notice of what's happening in Rogers Park in Chicago right now. The right-wing media machine has zeroed in on the 40th Ward's Black queer alderman in the aftermath of a shooting, vilifying her description of the victim being in the "wrong place at the wrong time" as victim-blaming
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Me: why am I getting headaches lately even though I donāt otherwise feel sick? March: oh hi, how would you like a pneumonia front to send the barometer on a roller coaster ride for the 4th time this month?
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Outsmarting the ATS with a vampire HR screening with a vampire Unpaid panel presentation with a vampire "We went with an internal candidate" with a vampire
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Heather Cherone
8 days ago
āThis name derives from our cityās legacy of standing up for justice, dignity, and the rights of all people, no matter where they come from. I want to take this moment to reiterate that Chicago does not want ICE on our streets, in our airports, nor in our city.ā
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Mayor Johnson Unveils āAbolish ICEā Snowplow, Winner of Annual Contest
āThis name derives from our cityās legacy of standing up for justice, dignity, and the rights of all people, no matter where they come from,ā Mayor Brandon Johnson said. āI want to take this moment to...
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/25/mayor-johnson-unveils-abolish-ice-snowplow-winner-annual-contest
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Birder K
9 days ago
As tax season approaches, Iām again spreading the word that FreeTaxUSA is possibly an option for some folks here. I filed my federal & state (PA) taxes free with them this year and for the last several years. While it wonāt be an option for everyoneās situation, itās worth checking out!
#taxes
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Ah yes, a low-flying helicopter directly overhead is always a good sign
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The gold bubble letters, the quotation marks, the fact that itās obviously a decal on faux kitchen-counter āmarbleāāitās so terrible and also making me absurdly delighted
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10 days ago
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Yvonne Lam
11 days ago
To everyone who doesn't want to see the face of the US president, we have a labeler now!
bsky.app/profile/face...
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Margs forever problems for now
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Please no one ever tell me if Chewy is problematic because Iām so happy with them. Iāve seldom ever had any issues, but when I have needed to contact them, I get connected with a human right away, whoās always super helpful and nice and fixes everything with discounts āfor my troublesā
12 days ago
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Raptorama
14 days ago
I'm at the energy crisis, I'm at the AI bubble, I'm at the combination energy crisis AI bubble
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Do you think Scott Baio woke with a start this morning, somehow sensing he had moved up a spot on the (extremely) short list of MAGA celebrities?
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Kenny Logins
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I grew up with being a big no-no to take the lord's name in vain, and I think this qualifies way more than something like yelling "goddammit!" when you stub your toe
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14 days ago
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Matthew Gertz
17 days ago
The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2022 for its coverage of Jan. 6. Their entry's capstone was a mammoth feature titled "The Attack," featuring reporting by 26 journalists. By my count, 8 of them are still at the paper.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Lotta color out there right now
18 days ago
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Whit EM
18 days ago
My Ides of March fun fact is that the place where Caesar was stabbed is now a cat sanctuary, and I think itās beautiful that creatures with tiny knives on their feet live there
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Happy caturday from this streamlined gentleman
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Itās 9:30 and the red line is already standing room only full of green-clad youngins on their way to the bars. May St Patrick protect you if youāre trying to navigate the city today
19 days ago
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You've been sidelined in the sports chat You're being gaslit in the municipal utilities chat You're being drowned out in the lifeguard chat
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20 days ago
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Robert Loerzel
20 days ago
Chicago wind gauge
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unraveled
21 days ago
We've seen another morning of increased ICE activity with DHS helicopter out and about in Chicagoland. Feds have taken people from Humboldt Park and Ravenswood. Vehicles also seen in Rogers Park. ICE watchers are asking north side neighbors to get outside and keep an eye on landscapers & laborers.
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Whatās your sign?
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24 days ago
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Lake Michigan! Live!
24 days ago
Current* conditions near Empire, MI:
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Yay open door weather
24 days ago
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First visit to Abt. I totally get why Chicagoans rave about this place. Despite it being packed, I only waited a few minutes for help; the associate-to-customer ratio was almost 1:1! Within 15 minutes I had my new dishwasher so I wandered around, admired their vast inventory, and got my free cookie
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mankrik's wife guy
26 days ago
since women's day is an hour shorter this year, women will be taking that hour from another day at some point during the year. we don't tell you when, but it will happen
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Todayās timeline cleanse is courtesy of this friendly neighborhood goat I met in Grenada a few weeks ago š¬š©
26 days ago
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Claude is conscious the same way Auggie the parrot actually wants bacon pancakes
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26 days ago
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Always fun, while reading about his latest major offense, to be reminded about the smaller offenses, like just how tacky and fugly he's made the Oval Office
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28 days ago
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Preeti Chhibber
about 1 month ago
I donāt know how to use chatgpt etc but I imagine itās going to a website and typing āoh no what groceries do I buy please tell me false god for I am so weak I cannot go onā as your brain atrophies and leaks out of your ears from disuse and the machine is like ābuy eggs milk bread and a horseā
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Kathleen Bachynski
about 1 month ago
āIn a pair of recent interviews with STAT, Plotkin expressed dismay at seeing the achievements of his career & his field slip away. He knows what lies ahead⦠āAll I can say is that Iām beginning to regret having lived so long ābecause weāre going downhill,ā Plotkin saidā
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A titan of vaccine development sees his fieldās achievements slip away
Stanley Plotkin, the 93-year-old "godfather of vaccines," is watching his fieldās achievements slip away.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/02/stanley-plotkin-profile-godfather-of-vaccines-worried/
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Laura Jedeed
about 1 month ago
The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive
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After 20 years in Chicago I finally made it to Starved Rock. A 65-degree day in February was too good to pass up
about 1 month ago
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Happy 11th anniversary of the greatest day on the internet imo, when both llama drama and The Dress happened on the same day
about 1 month ago
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This is so cute and funny! Not surprising that my hero Emma Thompson produced it.
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JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA / 2026 OscarĀ®-Nominated Short Film
YouTube video by JULIA AKS
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxpjzOLVRR0&fbclid=IwVERDUAQMFqRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEec3OMxECtUs-slIDCWF1D6Zjf5VHkxAL2XGR8eOXaLTHfui7v_lBbPD8xvDY_aem_HUgXogaZFybBcLO1WAlmKA
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Pratt pier bringing the drama
about 1 month ago
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Brandon Pope TV
about 1 month ago
SCOOP: IL-9 congressional candidate and current state senator Mike Simmons had police called on him in Buena Park while canvassing for votes. No arrest was made. Hereās the video of the interaction
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Okay but if you donāt have to sit through a ticker scroll on the local news TV station at 6 am, patiently waiting for your school in alphabetical order, does it even count?
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about 1 month ago
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Cape Cod Demon Hunter
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Alexandra Jordan MD
about 1 month ago
Epic has a new AI summary generating tool, and I noticed that it completely hallucinated a GI bleed for one of my patients last night.
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This is 65 and sunny in Feb: Chicagoans barefoot in the sand, with the lakeās ice shelf behind them
about 2 months ago
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As someone who's been begrudgingly "networking" in an attempt to find FT work for the past 2 years, this hits way too close to home
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about 2 months ago
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Andrew Karre
about 2 months ago
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paulāan hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Cape Cod Demon Hunter
2 months ago
Was starting to make a joke about how MST3K taught me that in times of hardship and deprivation no one can stop you from enjoying the homies' company and commenting on how stupid it all is, but that's actually just completely true
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