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why can we never just have housing. why does every single fucking development in this god damned giant city have to get snipped at and corner cut to appease nobody but random thumb-twiddling municipal paycheck-cashers and unemployed retirees.
The Shops at Six Corners will include 251 residential units, 90 fewer units than Chicago City Council approved. The reduction was approved internally through an administrative adjustment... instead of requiring a public hearing and a zoning ordinance revision. nadignewspapers.com/construction...
Construction of Irving Park-Kilpatrick project expected to start in 2027 - Nadig Newspapers - Northwest Side Local Newspapers
by BRIAN NADIG Construction of the planned Shops at Six Corners, which will include 30,000 square feet of commercial space and 251
nadignewspapers.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:08 PM
why can we never just have housing. why does every single fucking development in this god damned giant city have to get snipped at and corner cut to appease nobody but random thumb-twiddling municipal paycheck-cashers and unemployed retirees.
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When will the people who argued in April 2025 that Democrats should stay silent on immigration own up to being frankly just disastrously wrong about the politics of mass deportations? Their punditry basically bordered on enablement
Florida GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar to Trump: "Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far ... The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today"
September 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
When will the people who argued in April 2025 that Democrats should stay silent on immigration own up to being frankly just disastrously wrong about the politics of mass deportations? Their punditry basically bordered on enablement
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I asked AT&T Stadium about the Rolling Stone report about how they objected to Macklemore coming to Arlington next month. They didn't comment, but as I've noted they're still hosting Kanye West in November: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
AT&T Stadium, which will host Ye this fall, objected to Macklemore
The Seattle rapper was dropped from Ed Sheeran's stadium tour bill.
www.chron.com
September 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I asked AT&T Stadium about the Rolling Stone report about how they objected to Macklemore coming to Arlington next month. They didn't comment, but as I've noted they're still hosting Kanye West in November: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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In 2016 people revolted against North Carolina bathroom bill. 10 years later and the country is up in arms over 15 athletes and there are Democrats who are insisting that this is a real concern. It is not. I won't pretend that it is. I won't say nice things about people who are pretending that it is
September 11, 2026 at 4:21 AM
In 2016 people revolted against North Carolina bathroom bill. 10 years later and the country is up in arms over 15 athletes and there are Democrats who are insisting that this is a real concern. It is not. I won't pretend that it is. I won't say nice things about people who are pretending that it is
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Best editorial I’ve seen all year from the Chicago Tribune yesterday.
It’s undeniable that local communities have historically been excluded from consequential decisions, but the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction.
We now live in an era defined by weaponized resistance to change.
It’s undeniable that local communities have historically been excluded from consequential decisions, but the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction.
We now live in an era defined by weaponized resistance to change.
September 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Best editorial I’ve seen all year from the Chicago Tribune yesterday.
It’s undeniable that local communities have historically been excluded from consequential decisions, but the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction.
We now live in an era defined by weaponized resistance to change.
It’s undeniable that local communities have historically been excluded from consequential decisions, but the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction.
We now live in an era defined by weaponized resistance to change.
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Facebook as currently constructed is incompatible with multiracial, multicultural, electoral democracy
It’s very surreal seeing social media algorithms suddenly start pushing German-language AfD content while in Germany
4 of the first 5 reels on my Facebook are just AfD posts, plus one random Star Trek reel (I’ve never engaged with AfD content other than checking their FB page for event info)
4 of the first 5 reels on my Facebook are just AfD posts, plus one random Star Trek reel (I’ve never engaged with AfD content other than checking their FB page for event info)
September 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Facebook as currently constructed is incompatible with multiracial, multicultural, electoral democracy
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It’s very surreal seeing social media algorithms suddenly start pushing German-language AfD content while in Germany
4 of the first 5 reels on my Facebook are just AfD posts, plus one random Star Trek reel (I’ve never engaged with AfD content other than checking their FB page for event info)
4 of the first 5 reels on my Facebook are just AfD posts, plus one random Star Trek reel (I’ve never engaged with AfD content other than checking their FB page for event info)
September 8, 2026 at 10:23 AM
It’s very surreal seeing social media algorithms suddenly start pushing German-language AfD content while in Germany
4 of the first 5 reels on my Facebook are just AfD posts, plus one random Star Trek reel (I’ve never engaged with AfD content other than checking their FB page for event info)
4 of the first 5 reels on my Facebook are just AfD posts, plus one random Star Trek reel (I’ve never engaged with AfD content other than checking their FB page for event info)
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Sorry to be a hater but the fact you need to wake up super early on a Sunday (and pay a fee) to enjoy a car-free DLSD is a sick joke. If you get there at 9, you have 90 minutes before rolling closures begin. G-d forbid drivers are inconvenienced.
ATA has been content with scraps for 25 years.
ATA has been content with scraps for 25 years.
September 5, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Sorry to be a hater but the fact you need to wake up super early on a Sunday (and pay a fee) to enjoy a car-free DLSD is a sick joke. If you get there at 9, you have 90 minutes before rolling closures begin. G-d forbid drivers are inconvenienced.
ATA has been content with scraps for 25 years.
ATA has been content with scraps for 25 years.
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Customs and Border Protection claimed that construction on a border security project in Texas was limited to “survey and design” work. The New York Times tracked the activity and found evidence of patrol roads and vehicle barriers already being built. Watch our visual investigation. nyti.ms/46JAhUc
September 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Customs and Border Protection claimed that construction on a border security project in Texas was limited to “survey and design” work. The New York Times tracked the activity and found evidence of patrol roads and vehicle barriers already being built. Watch our visual investigation. nyti.ms/46JAhUc
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Thx @shuabragg.bsky.social for making this cat tour recap
September 1, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Thx @shuabragg.bsky.social for making this cat tour recap
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Wrigley Field bike/stroller valet on a weekday day game
August 28, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Wrigley Field bike/stroller valet on a weekday day game
This dude’s gonna lose by like 20 points lol
Rep. Max Miller's former classmates say he long struggled with explosive outbursts and was known to have made his peers uncomfortable. https://cnn.it/4wV9oYU
August 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
This dude’s gonna lose by like 20 points lol
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Tornado warned storm front viewed from Navy Pier in Chicago, today
August 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Tornado warned storm front viewed from Navy Pier in Chicago, today
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If El-Sayed crushes Stevens tonight, as seems likely, it would be nice if we could finally do away with this notion that AIPAC can single-handedly buy elections. If anything, this race shows how much their influence has diminished inside the party over the past few years. Good riddance, too.
August 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
If El-Sayed crushes Stevens tonight, as seems likely, it would be nice if we could finally do away with this notion that AIPAC can single-handedly buy elections. If anything, this race shows how much their influence has diminished inside the party over the past few years. Good riddance, too.
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jeanine pirro spent years as a trump shill. she wrote books defending him. she spent hours on tv dancing around for him. but she has the wrong genitals and said he was wrong. so now its her turn in the barrel.
August 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
jeanine pirro spent years as a trump shill. she wrote books defending him. she spent hours on tv dancing around for him. but she has the wrong genitals and said he was wrong. so now its her turn in the barrel.
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Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.
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“‘Should I keep paying my mortgage?’ Haitian families confront impossible choices around #TPS.
As Haitian TPS nears an end, families are asking who will care for their children, whether to sell their homes and whether they can survive what comes next.”
haitiantimes.com/2026/07/27/h...
As Haitian TPS nears an end, families are asking who will care for their children, whether to sell their homes and whether they can survive what comes next.”
haitiantimes.com/2026/07/27/h...
'Should I keep paying my mortgage?' Haitian families confront impossible choices around TPS
Many Haitian TPS holders are beginning to grapple with the potential domino effects of TPS ending, including financial, family and mental health impact due to job loss and potential detention or depor...
haitiantimes.com
July 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM
“‘Should I keep paying my mortgage?’ Haitian families confront impossible choices around #TPS.
As Haitian TPS nears an end, families are asking who will care for their children, whether to sell their homes and whether they can survive what comes next.”
haitiantimes.com/2026/07/27/h...
As Haitian TPS nears an end, families are asking who will care for their children, whether to sell their homes and whether they can survive what comes next.”
haitiantimes.com/2026/07/27/h...
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It is worth hearing that discontent and taking it seriously, but it is a mistake to try to derive information about the actual economy -- like, flow-of-money stuff, as measured by conventional metrics -- from that discontent.
July 21, 2026 at 9:27 PM
It is worth hearing that discontent and taking it seriously, but it is a mistake to try to derive information about the actual economy -- like, flow-of-money stuff, as measured by conventional metrics -- from that discontent.
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At the Malört 5K, runners competed for last place as much as they tried to win. blockclubchi.co/4fpL9dQ
July 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
At the Malört 5K, runners competed for last place as much as they tried to win. blockclubchi.co/4fpL9dQ
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July 17, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Coming soon to Wicker Park: The city's first all-pedestrian crossing phase outside of the Loop!
July 14, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Coming soon to Wicker Park: The city's first all-pedestrian crossing phase outside of the Loop!
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absolutely insane story, and yeah, just looking at this chart... with the exception of maybe two people, this entire class was cheating like motherfuckers
July 8, 2026 at 11:38 AM
absolutely insane story, and yeah, just looking at this chart... with the exception of maybe two people, this entire class was cheating like motherfuckers
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there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.
July 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.
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I despise this “vat grown human politician is bad” & “the people want chuds” thing going on currently. I definitely want my nation’s politicians to be highly-competent, intelligent, experienced, and with an acceptable/clean background. Politics is hard & candidates should be up to the task.
July 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I despise this “vat grown human politician is bad” & “the people want chuds” thing going on currently. I definitely want my nation’s politicians to be highly-competent, intelligent, experienced, and with an acceptable/clean background. Politics is hard & candidates should be up to the task.