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johnlarson.bsky.social
Chicagoan, Cubs fan, husband, dad, fisherman, bicyclist, lover of bourbon, beer, BBQ, and all kinds of music. Big engineering nerd in DNA. The DH is not real.
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submitted 8 days ago • 597 comments

BREAKING: Cubs Signing Free Agent Justin Turner www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2025/02...

submitted 10 days ago • 15 comments

The Fern Room at Garfield Park Conservatory is one of the coolest places in the city, hands down. My man Jens went off the chain with this one.

submitted 19 days ago • 5 comments

The full and official Cubs Spring Training roster.

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

My shelf ice is enticing but dangerous. Best to stay off it, humans 🌊🌊

submitted 31 days ago • 8 comments

If you see this, quote with a photo of a bridge from your gallery.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

By John Ganz

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

In 25 minutes, this cartoon tries to draw a link from the abacus to assembly language, leading young learners on a whistlestop tour of modern electronic computing.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Brutal … but true

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

A judge declined to hold a felon linked to the shooting death of a pregnant Portage Park mom. Robert Pasco was arrested after the fatal shooting of Edith Castrejon + charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. He was released Saturday. https://buff.ly/42pcvvU

submitted 38 days ago • 5 comments

Tik … and

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Eat here

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

I know a lot of yall aren’t ready to hear this but mayonnaise on the outside remains the best way to make grilled cheese

submitted 57 days ago • 69 comments

What really makes it stand out is it's awesome!

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Christmastime has officially started for this guy! Hard to beat a Tom & Jerry when it’s 20 outside

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Charles Chaplin standing next to a man operating a machine in the pressroom of the Chicago Daily News in 1922. Chaplin was in Chicago to judge a Daily News film scenario writing competition. Daily News photo in the Chicago History Museum's collection: images.chicagohistory.org/search/?sear...

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

@chicagobars.bsky.social do you know if Miller’s Pub has primed the Tom & Jerry pump this year?

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

@beerinator.com leftover chicken, red onion, tomato, avocado & four cheese Mexican blend on a super toasted Italian bread handle. “There could be anything in there!”

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

JUST IN: The Bears dealt with their six-game losing streak in a way they’ve never done so before — by firing their head coach in the middle of the season. trib.al/uP72Xtc

submitted 91 days ago • 14 comments

Let’s do this @offcolorbrewing.bsky.social

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Tons of great history in here 👇🏼

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

The porn bots I’m used to. But Thomas? Apparently Leon is trying the “you’ll never guess it’s Thomas” approach 🤷🏼‍♂️

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

I liked it when we all knew who was to blame #bears

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Another example of the stock terra cotta you could once find in a catalog. Here we’ve got the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company’s finest gothic panels on this former furniture store. It’s always a nerdy good time to walk around & point this stuff out to family & friends who absolutely do not care 1/2

submitted 98 days ago • 7 comments

Bar Owners and Alders Object Chicago’s Alcohol Tax Hike Proposal. My latest for Eater Chicago chicago.eater.com/2024/11/20/2...

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve become aware that I keep rewatching The Breakfast Club as if I’m engaged in some kind of historical analysis of what went wrong 😕

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

Chicago! Come celebrate our 10th birthday with us on Saturday! #indiebookstore #chicago

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Why are they making Mike Tyson stay up so late at night to punch some kid? Geez Louise, he has grandkids.

submitted 105 days ago • 2 comments

Who has the best skating rink in the nation? Chicago does, of course. Let USA Today know that, by voting for the Skating Ribbon at Maggie Daley Park today (and often over the next few weeks). Here's the link - 10best.usatoday.com/awards/trave...

submitted 105 days ago • 89 comments