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TikTok (with Douyin) becomes first app to reach $6B in annual consumer spending

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Fly Eagles fly! www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

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I feel good today but it holds up

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NEW PIECE: The Debt Ceiling is back in the news and fortunately I have more relevant FOIA findings to unveil- this time its 2013 "treasury default" memos which contain more insights in how the Fed will handle the debt ceiling. www.crisesnotes.com/more-foia-me...

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Perplexity launches Sonar, an API for AI search

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The ADL is worryingly working in our schools to train teachers and create curriculums that deny genocide. Take action to expel the Anti-Defamation League and its collaborators from our schools: codepink.org/expeladl

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alexander graham bell: i invented the telephone! his brother, taco: i'm working on some pretty big stuff too

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A sting operation found that real estate professionals often declined to rent Chicago-area properties to investigators posing as low-income families, a watchdog group announced. www.wbez.org/real-estate-...

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The coldest temperatures in an arctic blast moving through the Chicago area are expected overnight into Tuesday.

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If you make a run on the capitol, kill some cops & try to kill the vice president, you get a presidential pardon but God forbid you steal something from a drug store, then it's straight to jail.

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Snow will fall on the beaches of the Gulf Coast and into the Gulf of Mexico as a rare and potentially historic winter storm races from Texas to the Carolinas from Tuesday through Wednesday. Here’s a forecast for key cities in its path.

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Roughly 40 million people from Texas to the Carolinas are under winter weather alerts, as a rare winter storm brings bone-chilling temperatures and potentially historic snowfall to cities unused to harsh, cold weather

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Bodies of 66 more Palestinians have been recovered from under the rubble by Gaza’s civil defense on Monday.

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NEW: The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services reports that it misses a 90-day deadline to approve child care licensing applications about a third of the time. In regions with severe staffing shortages, that rate can rise above 50%. With Capitol News Illinois propub.li/40mhevD

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Breaking: Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared for U.S. resettlement—including family members of active-duty U.S. military and unaccompanied minors—have had flights canceled after President Trump signed an executive order suspending refugee programs, Reuters reports.

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The Art Institute of Chicago’s Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica is massive, featuring 350 works of art, with paintings, sculpture, video and audio, as well as historical objects and ephemera spanning a century. www.wbez.org/arts/2025/01...

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We’ll be in little village and pilsen gettin ahead of the tuesday ice raids

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The Democrats handling of the TikTok situation has been absolutely appallingly incompetent. They have managed to produce the absolute worst of all worlds. You almost have to admire it.

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Chicago Public Schools is failing Special Ed students with overworked case managers, overcrowded classrooms, and underfunded support. We're fighting for the resources and staffing every child deserves. CPS must fully fund Special Education now! #CTUStrong

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NEW: How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out. ⁦‪by @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social ‬⁩

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Woke up to the news that Rahm is being given a WaPo column and I think I'm just gonna go back to bed

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A SpaceX rocket was destroyed during a test flight following a rare booster catch back at the pad. (video via deankolson87/X) www.huffpost.com/entry/us-sci...

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To help my Intro to Islam students get a feel for how Arabic works (and to introduce some key vocab right off the bat), I show them pgs. 424-7 of Hans-Wehr. When they see all that Arabic does w/ the tri-consonantal root of sīn, lām, & mīm, they get a feel for how this amazing language works. 1/

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if you biked this week, tmw is a good day to wash your bike bestie <3

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The national minimum wage hasn’t gone up since ‘09. Some states are higher but, incredibly, some don’t have a minimum wage at all so the national is their default. It’s bonkers! At @epi.org we’ve done a ton of research on this and (of course) have neat interactive data: www.epi.org/minimum-wage...

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Chicago gives $2 bil to a police department that doesn't fire officers for: -Domestic abuse -Sexual misconduct -Not complying w/ vehicle pursuit policies and killing someone -Not complying w/ use of force policies -Lying -Drinking on the job -Drinking and driving 1/3

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REPORT: On Thursday, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani hosted Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi in Erbil, northern Iraq—a significant step toward Kurdish unity.

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In wake of the LA fires, many are wondering what this will mean for the 2028 Olympics. In this OpEd, @julesboykoff.bsky.social & @edgeofsports.bsky.social write that using the Olympics to "rebuild" the city will not work. Learn more in @thenation.com ⤵️ www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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I always have the best chats with @parismarx.com — this time we breakdown what it means to embody both the Mechanic and the Luddite, and why this materialist analysis of technological capitalism is necessary.

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In the evolving landscape of post-conflict recovery, technology can be a double-edged sword, write Poorvi Yerrapureddy and Amrita Nanda. While PeaceTech may be well-intentioned, it often falls short in addressing the intricate realities faced by affected communities, they write.

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I’m like yo take my text files organize all my notes using ascii art lmao claude did it

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There are so many fine ass women on the little red book app. I need to retract my male genitalia

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I wonder if Marwan is part of the prisoner exchange

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A United Airlines jet safely returned to O’Hare International Airport on Sunday morning after its landing gear struck a coyote during takeoff. trib.al/gNevdiz

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Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’

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Today, the Chicago City Council votes on amending the Welcoming City Ordinance. The proposal, backed by Alds. Ray Lopez and Silvana Tabares, is meant to be a show of cooperation with Trump’s admin, which has threatened to make Chicago “ground zero for deportations.” thetriibe.com/2025/01/a-di...

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just in: a federal judge finds patriot front liable for $2.75mil in damages for a july 2022 assault on a black man in boston storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The red zone is “GO”, the yellow zone is “pack your bags”. I’m the blue dot on the right. Seems chill, I’m gonna take a triple dose of generic Z-quil and pass out

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Fanta was created so coke could sell soda in nazi Germany around a trade embargo. IBM sold the machines that were used to track and tabulate holocaust victims. Henry Ford inspired Hitler. Big business has always collaborated with fascism. Today's businesses are bastards who are no different.

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Now this, this is looting. Ain’t nobody gonna be arrested for it either.

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The Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) reportedly shelled US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions along the eastern frontline amid indications of a possible SNA offensive against the SDF. Latest on the Middle East: isw.pub/IranUpdate01...

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Obit for José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, activist and former chair of the Young Lords.

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the chicago rat hole is now a small cheval

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