At some point, any supplier that makes ready-to-assemble furniture is going to have to make the call that most everyone already as an Allen key. Every home is expected to have a Phillips-head screwdriver, but somehow we're all swimming in Allen keys? We're being led astray.

Now wait a minute

By this logic, Tekken 2 made me a jeet kune do master

The final season of the Chicago-based hit TV show is set to air beginning June 25, according to a press release from FX. It will air on FX and be available to stream on Hulu and Disney+.

Illinois State Police launches investigation into deadly ICE shooting of Silverio Villegas González Scoop by @sophiesherry.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

The Chicago Abortion Fund is the largest abortion fund in the country. Last quarter, it took more calls from and spent more money on behalf of women seeking an abortion than any other quarter in its 40-plus-year history.

Patty Gamboa was shocked to see immigrants running for their lives during Operation Midway Blitz. She started delivering groceries to people who were to afraid to leave their homes. She went on to help a little over 800 families. She's still at it, too. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...

On college campuses across Illinois, students and faculty are grappling with the effects of the Iran war, from canceled research to uncertain post-grad plans.

Sam Altman (circa 2026)

About 81% of those arrested in Chicago’s “Operation Midway Blitz” had no criminal convictions, despite the feds repeatedly claiming the aggressive operation was intended to target “the worst of the worst.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman who was shot 5 times by a Border Patrol agent, will testify before the Homeland Security Committee — and Dems are also requesting White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and border czar Tom Homan appear. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

A very important personal message for you all today: No, @vimiller.bsky.social and I are NOT the same person. And the fact that y'all keep confusing us says something about Society™️ in case you need more clarification: chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2026...

The new U.S. Census Bureau data shows same-sex couple households in the U.S. went up 78% since 2005. In Chicago, it’s up 72% in that time.

Catholic leaders, along with Gov. JB Pritzker and his GOP rival Darren Bailey, are defending Chicago-born Pope Leo: “I think Trump unconsciously is waking up a sleeping giant... I think he’s going to be a very strong voice, and he’s not going away." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, who leads the Archdiocese of Chicago, pushed back hard on Trump and Hegseth invoking God to justify the war in Iran. “It seems to me to be a pretty weak argument if that’s the stretch you have to make in order to justify your actions.” chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...

Though President Trump's deportation blitz appears to have eased up, it has left a lasting impact on many here in Chicago. For some, it dredged up memories of people vanishing around them. The legal term is "Enforced disappearance." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Good morning, Chicago. A happy Local News Day to all who celebrate 🗞️ Here's today's @chicago.suntimes.com morning news roundup. Our lead today: Refugees face SNAP benefits cutoff Plus: Attempts to stop hospital closures, City Hall staff shakeups and more. chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edit...

BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE custody, per required notification to Congress, marking 15 deaths in detention this year and 45+ since Trump took office again.

Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter speech to deliver a resounding call for peace in times of renewed war, declaring, “Let those who have weapons lay them down!” https://wapo.st/4c72GGd

BREAKING: Pam Bondi, a loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as his attorney general, President Trump says.

Ads for Northwestern professor J. Michael Bailey's survey for trans youth seem innocuous at first: “Tell your story, challenge preconceptions, and have YOUR experience reflected in the science.” But parents/advocates for trans youth say Bailey and co. have an agenda and rough academic past. 🧵/15

A Northwestern University study claims it will delve into gender dysphoria among young people. Parents and advocates warn it could further fuel legislative efforts to push trans people to the margins. Read @vimiller.bsky.social's report: chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/0...

The @chicago.suntimes.com is covering No Kings rallies around the Chicago area today, including the gathering scheduled for Grant Park this afternoon. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/03...

My God this is awful www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

Jon is joined by misinformation researcher @noupside.bsky.social, who is currently being sued by Stephen Miller for her work, and Platformer editor @caseynewton.bsky.social. They break down the tension between government and social media platforms and how that impacts our elections.

I feel this thing in my heart that tells me that if you set the end of the Dune: Part Three trailer to Hate Me Now by Nas, it would work perfectly

It's election day in Chicago. Follow along here chicago.suntimes.com/live/electio...

Johnnie Flournoy, a 74-yr-old man incarcerated in IL, says he's nearly blind bc for years he has been denied a simple treatment for glaucoma. He's not at all alone. His story of medical neglect is a common one in IL prisons. @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

Johnnie Flournoy is 74 years old. He's been incarcerated since the early 1990s, and he's been going blind for much of that time. And Illinois prisons have just been letting it happen. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Took a break from architecture today to write a column about the Rev Jackson as a presence in pop culture, from Sesame Street to SNL. "The combination of politician and preacher just made him a magnetic force," Charles Whitaker, dean of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism said.

Today's print Chicago Sun-Times is wrapped with a 20-page special section on the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Here's where to look for the paper. www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

This is really, really dark. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"

Evidence shows feds lied about Marimar Martinez's shooting in Chicago, attorney says @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

Oh no...

JUST IN: Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent, expected to file lawsuit and release evidence Wednesday From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship. Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

This doesn't bode well, does it?

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family. “He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

I'll bite. Who's Jake Paul?

Bar Complaint Filed Over Search of Washington Post Reporter’s Home A press group says a prosecutor broke ethics rules by not flagging a law that limits searches for reporting materials. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

I hope you spend some time with this story today. It's incredibly important and a small window into what's happening behind the federal government's detention center doors. www.propublica.org/article/life...

I say this regularly. People use performative as a substitute for 'inauthentic' and we could all just say the words we mean to say. Erving Goffman helps us to understand that we perform all of the time in real life. Life itself is often a performance of self.

Group chats all over the diaspora peeped this immediately. We exist, we remember, and this erasure only highlights the historical shame and complicity.