2/10/71: Carole King's landmark, game-changing album Tapestry More: @jennpelly.bsky.social sky.social / @pitchfork.com: pitchfork.com/reviews/albu... @tenelson65.bsky.social / @albumism.com: albumism.com/features/car... @graemethomson.bsky.social: www.uncut.co.uk/features/the...

Share this with your high school students or friends ready to take the next big step in their writing journey! Applications for our Residential Young Writers Workshops are open until March 1. Learn more and apply at the link: kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

@millerscave.bsky.social, author of THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW, will be in conversation with @marthabayne.bsky.social at Dandelion Bookshop on Sat, Feb 15, 2026 at 4pm CST! dandelionbookshop.com/events#:~:te...

"On An Inland Sea" (@beltpublishing.bsky.social) comes out in a month, so we're hosting a release party @roscoebooks.bsky.social on March 10! Join us for a discussion & reading from contributors including @rsdeeren.bsky.social, Lina Tran, & Kristin Idaszak! RSVP here: forms.gle/34RkG1WWprCa...

We. Are. The. Shithole. Nation.

Are you coming to our special Black History Month event featuring seiupres.bsky.social April Verrett? It's not too late to sign up! Verrett will be honoring the legacy of A. Phillip Randolph and the resistance we see today! @seiu.org #Unions #Labor #resist #BlackHistoryMonth #DC bit.ly/bhmseiu

The Death of Book World - What the closing of the Washington Post’s books section means for readers. By Becca Rothfeld www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

“The SAVE Act will require voters to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections…” “Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”

HBD Carole King!!!! @szacharek.bsky.social - "It’s Carole King... who comes off as the one who really did help change the world": www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/b... More via @angiemartoccio.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... V fond of this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoRY...

On the latest episode of That 70s Move Podcast, we hit the streets to chase down another classic - The French Connection D: Billy Friedkin/DP: Owen Roizman/M: Don Ellis w/Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey *Stunning* NYC Location work

Today @cato.org published our report providing the first look at the fiscal effects of the wave of legal & illegal immigration over the last 3 decades. It shows immigrants created surpluses every year, by a combined $14.5 trillion, even as deficits grew www.cato.org/white-paper/...

2/8/76: Scorsese landmark Taxi Driver (W Paul Schrader) w/De Niro, Shepherd, Boyle, Foster From us, via that '70s Movie Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... More: @brezwrites.bsky.social: www.esquire.com/entertainmen... @mousterpiece.bsky.social: crookedmarquee.com/taxi-driver-...

“from March to September, OCR resolved more than 7,000 discrimination complaints, but about 90% were resolved by the department dismissing the complaint, meaning staff received information from complainants but did not proceed to investigate.”

🗳️ The primary election is right around the corner. Here are some important dates to be aware of if you’re a voter in Cook County.

Good morning indeed!! From us: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

With nearly half of the vote reporting in the Louisiana #HD60 (Trump+13) special election: Chasity Martinez (D)- 61% Brad Daigle (R)- 39% Martinez is currently outperforming Harris's 2024 margins by around 30 points throughout the district.

Hey, I've got a poem in The Common Online!

Suozzi voted for ICE funding last week and issued a preening self-congratulatory press release afterwards bragging about bucking the Dem Party on the vote. FAFO.

very psyched for this: the documentary about Billy Preston is on its way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFWU...

Fondly remembering the months of weirdness/unhinged comments we got from Pritzker fiends on this app and others for simply (and accurately!) covering state police attacks on protesters outside Broadview. Godspeed to everyone in Minnesota facing the same from the Walz fan club

The people who voted for Trump and GOP did not do it despite his racism, but because of it. That was the platform: fully restoring white supremacy. That is what they wanted. Don't let ass-wipe polls and ass-wipe columnists fool you. So fuck them all in perpetuity.

Want to thank everyone who came out to City Lit Books in Chicago's Logan Square for @marthabayne.bsky.social grilling me about "The Hours Are Long But the Pay Is Low" on @illinoispress.bsky.social . I left some signed copies behind if you missed it. Support Indie Bookstores! #booksky📚 #musicbooks

If you missed it, I will grill Rob again and serve him with a nice Chianti on Feb 15 at Dandelion Books in Oak Park!

so funny to see republicans complaining about this as if they have not been pulling this shit for 15 years.

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this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth

Get ready to party in less than one month at Chicago's Birthday Party, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wed., Mar. 4, at the city's geographic center at 37th and Honore streets, featuring bands, cake, refreshments and singing Happy Birthday to Chicago in multiple languages. Join and celebrate Chicago with us!

BOTD New Hollywood DP Haskell Wexler!!! [Virginia Woolf 🙏 ; Cuckoo's Nest; Bound/Glory; Coming Home ++] Also D/W/DP Medium Cool - Our take: brightlightsfilm.com/the-whole-wo... More: @chlopinions.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/haskel... Stuart Klawans: www.thenation.com/article/arch...

The Ridge Historical Society is sending its 2 biggest nerds to this event tomorrow to infodump on the unsuspecting public. I will also be running a presentation that uses my own family archives to talk about how now more than ever it is incredibly important to preserve & tell our stories ourselves.

NEW: Republicans in Congress have unveiled a new bill that would impose the most extreme voting restrictions ever proposed at the federal level. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Great story from @jeremygorner.bsky.social: An Illinois comptroller candidate spent $8,300 in campaign funds to invest in a cryptocurrency she founded called CHKN for her chickens. It lost nearly all its value but she says it shouldn’t be of concern for voters www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/05/h...

Charles Dickens & the Mermaid House Inn—exploring the famous British author’s stopover in Lebanon, IL, finding places where the whispers of the spirits occasionally break through. #LiteraryLandscapes by Ryan Byrnes. #Dickens #LebanonIL #Illinois newterritorymag.com/literary-lan...

Stuart Dybek & 12th Street Beach—Chicago, IL, and the way memories bind us to place. #LiteraryLandscapes by E.N. Couturier. #Dybek #ChicagoParkDistrict #12thStreet #Chicago #Illinois newterritorymag.com/literary-lan...

A shout out and thank you to all of the contributors to our upcoming Great Lakes collection, out 3/10! @cerena.bsky.social @minnesotabrown.bsky.social @gabrielbump.bsky.social @lilacwaabigwan.bsky.social @callenh.bsky.social @lkress.bsky.social @aeheelee.bsky.social

***Book Talk: A Discussion with Dominic A. Pacyga, Author of Clout City*** Thursday, February 19, 2026 12:00 - 1:00 PM CST Free and open to the public More info here: chicagocollections.org/news-events/...

***WTTW new series: Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History*** Following the broadcasts, on February 25, WTTW is hosting a Community Screening and Conversation with speakers, including Daniel Greene who has presented for the Chicago Jewish Historical Society: www.wttw.com/events/2026-...

2/5/74: Very #70s: Patty Hearst Kidnapped Note the fine Paul Schrader film, w/Natasha Richardson, Ving Rhames -Kael: "a lean, impressive piece of work" More: @redroomrantings.bsky.social: vaguevisages.com/2016/09/22/o... @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...

Extreme Makeover: Bus Station Edition. As the City greases the wheels for buying the terminal, DePaul's Chaddick Institute proposes an affordable facelift. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/02/05/e...

So nice to see @millerscave.bsky.social in conversation with @marthabayne.bsky.social of @illinoispress.bsky.social tonight at the great City Lit Books in Logan Square. A lot of memories evoked of the vital and full 1990's Chicago independent American music culture.

Where to take your curious kids train-spotting in Chicago

There is a case to be made that any board of a university that signed an agreement that required paying a fee has breached their fiduciary duty and I think somebody should explore it

The comms rep just had no ability to comprehend that AI takes in the information that already exists in the world and repackages it. Our reporting had yet to be published and therefore wasn't out in the world hadn't been ingested by any chatbot. And they just... believed the chatbot.

While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot. I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.

This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So: In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.

One of Milwaukee’s Oldest Houses Could Be Moved (Members only) by @jeramey.urbanmilwaukee.com

There’s video of him talking about the city! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqwx...