Manhole cover next to a hole. (Watch your step!!!) #ManholeCoverMonday @kevinirvine.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social

Coyotes on the lakefront, flying squirrels in the trees. 7 people in the woods after sunset. Entities called wavy-lined emeralds, pale beauties, tufted apple buds. The Mothman? Wolves in Pilsen?? For @chicagoreader.com, my story on the city's nocturnal wildlife. chicagoreader.com/city-life/fe...

ICE Crashes Oak Park Girl Scouts

Here's a story about the family whose 1-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed yesterday by federal agents. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...

The Criminal podcast's latest episode: "Rogers Park: The story of one day in one neighborhood in Chicago — and the people living there who try to stop ICE agents from arresting their neighbors" thisiscriminal.com/episode-339-...

A Chicago man says a routine grocery trip turned into a nightmare when federal agents pepper-sprayed his car with his wife, teenage sister and 1-year-old daughter inside. He joined community advocates and leaders to speak out about the incident.

Chicagoans are taking a stand against Operation Midway Blitz by packing and distributing ICE watch kits containing a 'know your rights' card and a whistle to alert undocumented immigrants to the presence of ICE and Border Patrol.

How come you only hear about last ditch efforts? Shout out to everyone givin' effort on the first few ditches and whatnot.

I recommend checking out this documentary: Ordinary Men, on Netflix. It’s bleak, but a fascinating look at the psychology of the men in Germany’s murder battalions. I was surprised it’s been out since 2022. It’s pretty clear how so much of this directly maps to 2025 America.

WINTER WEATHER WARNING ISSUED | Chicagoland faces a cold, wet start to the work week as lake-effect snow and frigid winds are set to make Monday feel more like mid-winter than early November.

🚨Low Ticket Alert🚨 @chicagofilmsociety.org rides again with BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID this Tuesday at 7pm🤠 Presented in 35MM Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

“Some of you were tear-gassed right in front of and alongside useless CPD officers and still think they deserve the largest share of the city’s public safety budget. Some of you are still waiting for the police to come to your rescue and save you from the bad guys. Don’t hold your breath.”

Thunder snow!!!

Wow. Who'd have guessed stuff like this would happen when sports betting became legal and rampant?

AMN Reviews: Leila Bordreuil and Lee Ranaldo in Chicago, November 8, 2025 Last night, Chicago's Lampo brought cellist Bordreuil and guitarist Ranaldo to town for a live improvised set. The house was overflowing with many attendees sitting on the floor. Together, they produced a wall of drones,…

Hushdrops Live at Hideout 2014-09-11 https://archive.org/details/ajc01830_hushdrops-2014-09-11

Josh Johnson short on Midwest Nice youtube.com/shorts/Y5yMg...

Frank Zappa “Montana” (Live at Roxy, 1973) youtu.be/BUgC0myuSSc?...

One of the reasons why Finland is the happiest country in the world is that the public broadcaster Yle sends a live feed of the first 8 weeks of a pack of puppies every fall. It’s already the fifth edition of ”Finland’s most therapeutic live feed”. This is what I call value for my tax money

State criminal prosecutions of immigration enforcement officials may end removed to federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power, write Aaron Zelinsky, John Connolly and David Reiser. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...

Thinking about when Willie Wilson said police “should be able to chase them [anyone who runs from police] down, and hunt them down like a rabbit,” and Paul Vallas wanted to “take the handcuffs off police.” Everyone’s getting to see what that looks like in practice now & they don’t seem to like it.

Poster Children Live at Schubas Tavern on 2016-11-23 (Late show) https://archive.org/details/ajc01948_posterchildren2016-11-23.late.ajcproject

Bar patron to Paul Kelly: “Listen, I’m leaving now, but I just wanted to say before I go that you’re the worst band I’ve ever seen.” www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Golden hour

Asked why people were not coming to the Kennedy Center as much anymore, Ms. Daravi, the head of communications, replied with two words. “Liberal intolerance.”

On our city streets with $50,000 signing bonus and immunity for crimes

The Smiths - Sheila Take a Bow (1987) youtu.be/GvuVaHvubUY?...

Concrete bus shelter design by architect Clem Cummings, Canberra, Australia (1974)

Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’ www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

Fuck ICE, in a nutshell. Comedian Josh Johnson described 'When you strip away humanity'

In that case, I made it with them, too.

Brokeback Live at Empty Bottle 2016-01-25 https://archive.org/details/ajc01878_brokeback-2016-01-25

Poster Children Live at Schubas Tavern on 2016-11-23 (Early show) https://archive.org/details/ajc01947_posterchildren2016-11-23.early.ajcproject

An old Coca Cola sign has been revealed on a commercial building on Central Avenue NE in Minneapolis, just south of 18-1/2 Avenue NE.

Are federal officials immune from state prosecution? @bgodar.bsky.social writes that, contrary to recent assertions, federal officers do not have blanket immunity from criminal prosecutions brought by states.

Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

From beyond the grave, a spectacular evisceration

Braid Live at Empty Bottle 2014-07-20 (Late show) https://archive.org/details/ajc02076_braid_2014-07-20_late

Brokeback Live at Hideout 2015-11-20 https://archive.org/details/ajc01860_brokeback-2015-11-20

Friends of the Gamelan Live at Hyde Park Union Church 20-06-07 https://archive.org/details/ajc01819_friends-of-the-gamelan-2014-06-07

The media image of the American farmer rarely reflects the existence of Black farmers, who take center stage in the documentary “Seeds,” which is on the schedule of this year’s Black Harvest Film Festival, coming to the Siskel Film Center.

With Black Harvest Film Festival just around the corner, for @ebertvoices.bsky.social, I wrote up a quick preview highlighting 5 films that you should go see!

jada-amina on curating the 31st Black Harvest Film Festival. https://bit.ly/4oPeEsO

Chicago’s Black Harvest Film Festival is a platform for the "expanse of Black brilliance." blockclubchi.co/3LmbCh8

Cheech and Chong and Alamo Drafthouse Want You to Quiet Down youtube.com/watch?v=1eEx...

The Cubs generated $584MM in revenue in 2024, & their 2025 payroll finished at $213MM—a 36.4% disparity. The “Cubs have the greatest disparity between revenue and payroll. They are #1, so crown Tom Ricketts the champion for pocketing the most amount of money.” cubbiescrib.com/mlb-insider-...

“This is how the staff at Chappell Elementary School in Lincoln Square found out one of their families had been torn apart. A 4th-grade girl was in the lunchroom when she began to cry. School workers called for a counselor, and the student told them her father had been arrested by ICE agents.”

A federal judge Friday issued a *permanent injunction* barring President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops from any state to Oregon, finding the President exceeded his authority. "The President did not have a lawful basis.” www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

"Donald Trump would suffer far more harm if he had to feed poor people as Congress ordered him to do than if small children did without."