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Chicago enthusiast. Mediocre (but passionate) banjo player. Silly music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Drag5FNFGZVOJS3RxQ5vY?si=7rQDSbVoQ2u7LE2t3nxpCg
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Feeling pretty good about this pairing @thebanderson.bsky.social @themountaingoats.bsky.social

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Going south on State at Washington and looking west and seeing just as dense a crowd on Dearborn and as far as Clark, it occurred to me it was probably the biggest demonstration I’ve attended. The only thing that comes close was marching in DC against the invasion of Iraq when I was in high school.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Daley plaza, Chicago. #nokings

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Gonna go out on a limb here and say that maybe one Brendan Reilly isn’t the person with the most authority on this topic. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/o...

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Did you know that "Family Affair" was the first number-one hit to feature a drum machine? And barely even ranks in a list of Sly's innovations. pitchfork.com/news/sly-sto...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

a trio of nostalgic tickets from the Middle East in Cambridge I just discovered in an old wallet

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In case anyone forgot who the real victims in all of this are: the members of Radiohead.

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

submitted 38 days ago • 826 comments

has anyone done this one yet?

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There's an App getting off the ground in Chicago called "Chicago Food Rescue." It aggregates opportunities to pick up and deliver food donations across the city. Worth a download, especially if you have a car!

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Still the greatest film comedy one two punch to launch a career of all time

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

The thing about having little kids is that you have to learn to choose your battles and then promptly choose to lose all those battles.

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

I've been building a chrome extension that tracks and visualizes wikipedia rabbit holes. It's pretty rudimentary and buggy, but I'm having fun! #wikipedia

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

I randomly ended up biking next to Rahm on 606 opening day probably soon after this picture was taken. Later that very same day, my bike was stolen outside my gym in wicker park. Makes you think.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

chicago folks, if you happen to feel like swinging by the indoor LS farmers' market tomorrow, I'll be playing some tunes with two people who are way better at music than I am. Grab a bagel and say hi!

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

I hesitate to get all LinkedIn on this site, but putting this out there all the same: I'm trying to connect with and interview people who manage marketing and/or content for small to mid-sized businesses. Does that happen to be anyone in my tiny BlueSky following (or anyone they know)? 1/2

submitted 117 days ago • 1 comment

PFP does amazing, far reaching work with extremely limited resources. Support them any way you can!

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