ORD was as close to deserted this morning as I’ve ever seen it on a Friday morning before a holiday

Love a good “loan-to-own” story (derogative)

Really bad loss for Marquette. Season’s over before Thanksgiving…

The office market remains a disaster for most cities outside of NY/SF class A www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

I think the James Franklin hire is good*. He’s a proven program builder and has been ‘crootin DMV for ages already. Actually think this hurts Penn State. *he needs to hire a Madden kid for the game theory stuff

Happy Sunday, you guys

Been saying it for years

Happy Friday, you guys

Shares are -18% YTD

Glad to see there are still plenty of idiots running around City Hall!

If you are Chicagoland area, we are maybe gonna get another chance to peep the Lights tomorrow night. G4 storm in the forecast

Happy SIFMA Market Holiday on a Tuesday Eve, you guys

Started from the bottom now we here

Objectively true that the secret best way to make great pancakes is by separating the eggs and whipping the whites before folding them into your batter

Happy Saturday, you guys

ArsenLOL

Grateful that I decided to avoid watching Spurs this morning

Happy Friday, you guys

Tremendous summary on where regional transit goes from here in Chicagoland citythatworks.substack.com/p/we-havent-...

Storytelling vs. reality on KKR credit fundraising. Headline: KKR raises $27B in Q3 across liquid and illiquid credit strategies! Reality: $15B from Global Atlantic, $6B from FABNs issuance, say $1-2B from Japan Post strategic partnership. Actual 3rd party new capital: $4-5B

"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning." — Carl Sandburg, "Chicago"

The dodgiest NRSRO on the street getting hemmed up here is the real news of the day

Judge Ellis forcing the feds to heel www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...

*AQUARIAN CAPITAL TO BUY BRIGHTHOUSE FOR $70/SHR IN CASH lmao good luck, Aquarian, Brighthouse is a total mess

Libbing out on a Tuesday by making a few ribeyes and duck fat roasted taters for my kids while my wife is at book club. Salad not pictured because mom’s not home and we didn’t have one

Shades of Sonny against Burnley on that Van de Ven goal. What a player!

Stupid foul by Brennan

Truly my kids favorite alhamdulillah www.seriouseats.com/serious-eats...

Thanks, I hate it

Hope everyone* has a fun college basketball season! *except UConn

Nation’s Older Brothers Recommend Not Being Such A Little Bitch https://theonion.com/nation-s-older-brothers-recommend-not-being-such-a-litt-1823191955/

Nohtani

What a dismal match for Spurs

One of the questions I ask in undergrad and MBA interviews is “what was your first job and how old were you when you started?” Always very revealing as we look for people with strong work ethic

Bad for Discourse and also bad for all the people who might get Chernobyl'd that the ending of "we should have more nuclear power" has gone from "by making it easier for Westinghouse and Bechtel to build them" to "by gutting the NRC at a Trumpy shitco's behest" www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The nazi aesthetic aside, this is a truly atrocious haircut

Crazy how insanely bid PYCM is on certain of the auction sites

Happy Sunday, you guys. Beef stew and 9 year old Bordeaux

LOL, they showed the graphic on the broadcast saying Everton were the only team in the league not to concede on a set piece this year and Spurs promptly put one in

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Happy Friday, you guys

On the trail doing some ‘crootin

Look at this shit 👽

Beautiful, crisp fall day in the city

Happy Sunday, you guys

Happy Saturday, you guys

Wowwwww

Look, I love swearing and do it all the time. But I do not swear in the settings where I am being a Serious Person™️ and look down on people who do

Starlink WiFi on United for free is a total game-changer. 13 years of traveling and never logged into BBG from the plane before today.