No photo can quite capture the architecture weirdness of the Rogers Park police station in Chicago, with its colorful courtyard, playful font, and 80s civic Center vibes.

Lessons learned at karaoke: -Doing “Young and Beautiful” in a Marianne Faithfull voice is hard but it works. -“Do You Hear the People Sing” works like mad in Chicago right now.

The word that keeps running through my head about this administration (among others) is "adolescent." These are people with a little boy's idea of what sounds manly.

BREAKING: Governor Pritzker calls for the removal of Donald Trump as President by invoking the 25th amendment. EVERY governor should stand behind the Illinois governor. Governor Pritzker also cited health concerns for the president. He is clearly not well. youtu.be/Dt4mrxNWQWs?...

Jarring to watch Hegspeth lecture generals about physical fitness when so many of the ICE dorks in Chicago resemble “Old Butt-Head.”

Secretary of War Henry Knox, whom Washington supposedly told “shift your fat ass, lest you swamp the boat” while crossing the Delaware, would probably not have cared for Hegspeth’s speech. Thinking of major, effective generals who were in terrible physical shape themselves is too easy.

My grandfather served under Patton. The only time i heard him talk about it, he called Patton “that piece of shit.”

Hegspeth sounds like he’s about to bring out Johnny Earwax and the Up With Personal Hygiene Singers. I think this meeting may be going exactly like this:

800 generals and admirals thinking “You wanna go, asshole? You and me and my fat ass right now.”

This shit could definitely have been an email.

New episode of Tomb Snoopers up now! rss.com/podcasts/tom...

Actually this particular sign is one you probably should obey in advance.

I’ve headed downtown but not seeing ICE. Was planning to blast some DMB, even though I sure don’t want that in my algorithm.

If this works, he can and will do this for: - Abortion + birth control, - Any kind of women's healthcare, - Mental health and substance treatment, - Any kind of specialized services for Black and Latino people, - Attempts to stop private equity gutting of healthcare, And beyond.

JD Vance made jokes about this woman's husband being dead.

Actual footage of the ICE agents in the Chicago loop returning to their suburban hotels.

Visible here: 77 Wacker (1990, Ricardo Bofill) and the Reid Murdoch Building (1913, site of the Eastland disaster, 1915), and a whole bunch of fucking dorks who are out of their parents’ basements for the first time ever.

Hey guys… the thing about Al Capone having a speakeasy in the dome of the Jeweler’s Building is bullshit. Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti was in the LaSalle Wacker Building, but they already shot him. You’re way too late. Ferris Bueller’s dad worked in 333 Wacker but he’s probably retired by now.

“And if you look up on your left, 55 Wacker was designed by Otto Stark, which is one of nature’s perfect names for a brutalist architect.. …And if you look BELOW on your left, you’ll see four guys who have never given anyone an orgasm, and cope with their misery by doing GI Joe cosplay.”

I’ve turned down a couple boat tour shifts lately (just scheduling), but going alongside these losers with a microphone in my hand could get interesting.

ICE boats trawling the Chicago River. This is the DUMBEST thing I've seen in my entire life. No exaggeration. What's next? Humvees loaded with armed, masked agents patrolling Disney's Main Street U.S.A.? #Chicago

Chicago.

Trump is sending troops into Portland, the only place in the U.S. where more than a few dozen folks actually ID themselves as "Antifa," and steel themselves for violent confrontation. Two sides playing into each others' narratives, and it will be very bad.

Breaking: SCOTUS rules that the president of the United States in no instances must have to stand naked

There are no Miles Davis or Bill Evans albums in the crates at Beverly Records, but their Pat Boone selection is probably unrivalled.

Chicagohenge

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

The YA lit community’s plan exactly. (At least as of a few years ago back when I quit).

Escalator safety: “I hope his pants get caught and a bloodbath ensues.” youtu.be/UOMZ-Buj2n0?...

An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground. You know how she can file a complaint with DHS? SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office. www.propublica.org/article/home...

Take his money, take his house, take his children away. Take everything he ever had. Take his fucking burial plot if he has one.

My growing “80s Mid-Life Crisis” playlist is mostly 60s-70s rockers doing 80s songs with drum machines and synths. A lot of it is great; some of the ones that got slammed when they came out probably sound better now! open.spotify.com/playlist/09l...

Well, one thing I’ll say: at least it’s clear that some parent - I don’t care which one - taught the president to FEAR and RESPECT that escalator.

I had no idea Jethro Tull did a spy-themed new wave album in the 80s. It’s actually pretty damned good, too.

It was a good week to hear Bob Dylan open his shows singing “I’ll watch as you’re lowered down to your death bed / and I’ll stand over your grave til I’m sure that you’re dead.”

Bob Dylan's tour closer in Alpine Valley - a transcendent show in a gorgeous venue that was a welcome break from the corporate vibes at most venues this tour. My review: open.substack.com/pub/adamchic...

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Facepalm Angel is done with this shit.

Who Was That Mysterious Man? Bob Dylan and a mysterious keyboard player in Noblesville, IN, playing for a crowd full of people whose t-shirts indicated that they wanted me to be dead. My review: open.substack.com/pub/adamchic...

A mysterious keyboard player strolled out and played on a few songs during Bob Dylan’s set tonight. Faintly audible organ. Not introduced, slipped offstage when not playing.

Once again this karaoke place doesn’t have “Dead” by My Chemical Romance. No reason, La di da.

This is the legacy moment for Disney CEO Robert Iger, a man who once toyed with a Presidential run as a Democrat. You stand up for unpopular free speech or you stand against all free speech. There's no middle.

Are there pictures of Kash Patel where he doesn't look like a time traveler having his photo taken for the very first time and trying to understand what a camera is but act cool about it because he doesn't wanna give away he's from the distant past and came here in a Jules Verne type thing

Yup.

Congratulations to Bill Pagel for 30 years (!) of his boblinks.com Bob Dylan setlist site. I cannot recall a single concert date when he was not on duty! Incredible.

Xfinity's AI chatbot is all artificial, no intelligence. Completely unhelpful and insulting to me as a customer. I'm switching to another mobile carrier, though I'm sure they all use robots that are just as stupid.

Set aside Sen. Mike Lee's storm of lies and incitement here. Lee literally made jokes on Twitter about the fmr Speaker of the Minnesota state house being murdered in her home by a right wing extremist. Hard to imagine any more twisted and malicious person in public life.

No shit the shooter was the same kind of guy it always is? I hope no one embarrassed themselves yesterday making dumb statements about What The Left Needs To Do

This won't be enough--a lie can run around the world before the truth has got its boots on--but it's an important start. You (the outlets in question) have endangered people carelessly, for clicks. Do what you can to undo it.

I got the sense that the person who shot at Trump shot at him instead of Biden because it was a shorter commute. This guy seems about the same; I’d guess he shot at Kirk because there weren’t any other prominent enough targets to pick from in Utah.