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Love my local libraries. Stoked to start flipping through this over the weekend.

🎯 #Morse #CW #Iambic

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A new report finds that nearly three out of four independent live entertainment venues in Chicago are currently not profitable, as they reel from rising artist fees, higher taxes and soaring labor and production costs.

Me every morning in this fucking country

I have a Amateur Extra class license. It's my 4th ticket (10 yr renewals). My grandfather was an amateur radio guy who tracked the Apollo missions through space. I was always jealous that I'd never have that opportunity. Now, I have that opportunity with Artemis II and I'm excited!

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A former Chicago police officer is facing 18 felony counts after he allegedly lent out his police radio in exchange for payments, according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office.

ICIRR has confirmed the presence of federal agents in Hermosa and a few Chicago suburbs earlier today.

Learned this afternoon that a QA manager at one of my plants who was abducted by ICE several months ago is finally back, and while I'm so happy for the news, it also means they picked her up without legal grounds. And that makes me rage.

I don't care that this dude got demoted. Abolishing ICE is the pillow soft, two ply, muffin man hands position, and everyone complicit in terrorizing and harming our countrymen, our brothers and sisters, must be held to Constitutional account.

#Metroid Fusion and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes are among the games being played at a speedrun event called ICE Breaker, which will run from Jan. 30-Feb. 1. It will support residents of Minnesota as they contend with ICE's presence. shinesparkers.net/charity-spee...

Just now getting around to seeing this but 👀

Winter Field Day was great. Got to play around with an FT-891, learned a few things about keyers and contesting, and kicked it with the crew despite the bitter cold. Also came away with some fun project ideas for myself - starting with spinning up my own Wavelog instance on a raspberry pi for fun.

the people of Minneapolis are all my comrades

Finally, a flag worth fighting for.

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Excited for Winter Field Day/weekend with the club (excited that we will be operating indoors with heat)

Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure

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✨ Premiering at 17h00 UTC 📰 This Weeks Witchspace News 🌇 #EliteDangerous profits continue to grow as FDEV reports excellent results to the stockmarket 🚀 Evolved Starship Classic Picks up Design Award 🎁 And don’t forget to bag your pre-engineered cargo rack! HERE! /w @cmdrrheeney.bsky.social o7

Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E." The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop." consequence.net/2026/01/drop...

Always wanted to get into FPV drone flying and planned to (eventually) dabble and maybe race. Learned today that in many cases, a Technician-class amateur radio operator's license is required. At least that part's taken care of, gotta read up on the rest.

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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

First CW contact is in the books! Checked the RBN to confirm that I was getting out, then went scanning. Wasn't expecting a ragchew for my first contact but the challenge was a ton of fun, and the operator on the other end was super encouraging and patient.

Apparently there's a pirate radio station on 87.7 MHz in the FM band in Minneapolis, can anyone in the area hear this? "Doing protest songs of various genres. Best when aimed towards downtown Minneapolis." www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

Too little, way too late. American lives lost for a slice of a $30b investment? Fuck Spotify. "In the wake of the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the streaming service confirms to Variety that the advertising campaign ended late last year."

At least 3 solidarity vigils are scheduled tonight in the Chicago area. The one The TRiiBE notes here, at 26th & Troy in Chicago's La Villita neighborhood, at 7:30 pm. Another at Winnemac Park in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, at 6 pm. A third at Fountain Square in Evanston, IL, at 7:30 pm.

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we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work

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It’s the second time in as many years a Chicago-area law enforcement agency has violated the state’s drone surveillance law, which requires police report to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) the time, date, location, and reason for every drone flight. https://bit.ly/49drcnv

This screenshot will look terrible but I don't care. Practicing simulated QSOs in Morse Walker this afternoon and I caught a callsign, through QRM, correctly the first time through. It's small, but I'm proud. Started this year knowing nothing - just curious. Ended it licensed and feeling proficient.

⭐ #FFXIV art share for artists, writers, designers and alike! let's create spaces to see each other's work and find new creators to follow. you don't necessarily have to be in just xiv space! any type of human creation, physical or digital, encouraged. please show off your work in replies/quotes!

Net controller for the first time tonight on my radio club's 2m net and somehow everything went well and nothing was destroyed 🙌

IBPOOPN, TYPESHT, BRICKED: Here are 2025’s rejected Illinois license plates. blockclubchi.co/3LgZf6l

I received a thank you from some library workers for this piece after a Chicago city budget was passed this week without the previously proposed library cuts I described here. Many thanks to everyone who made noise about this issue. There were wins and losses in this budget, but this win matters.

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Never gonna get over Tom Morello doing a battle track for Final Fantasy XIV

Ben Passmore is an awesome award-winning writer and cartoonist. I'm extremely stoked to see that this sold out - hoping to get a copy for myself when more are available!

TIL that SST made random wire antenna tuners for ham radio before they were a punk rock record label. "Still punk as fuck" I say to myself as I spam FT8 calls on 20 meters.

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