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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 13h

The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few minutes ago and the end of the protest is nowhere in sight.
@blockclubchi.bsky.social

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

David Byrne at #NoKings on his bike.

(via @wutangforchildren.bsky.social)

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 16h

let there be songs to fill the air.

jacket with "this machine kills fascists" patch

sign reading "one way or another, this darkness got to give"

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✶ MarcusD ✶ @marcusd.bsky.social · 15h

JB Pritzker at Grant Park.
"So say it with me. We love America. We love Chicago. And Donald Trump stay the the hell out of our city"

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 15h

There’s no place like home

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 15h

"Your wizard lies" sign on the Dorothy and Toto statue at Oz Park

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 15h

Love your neighbors bsky.app/profile/park...

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 15h

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

My friend Andrew Lih @fuzheado.bsky.social is a freakin hero. A gunman came into his Wikipedia event, and he grabbed and disarmed him. Thanks to him and another brave volunteer, no one was hurt—not even the gunman.

Now let’s ask why we accept a society where this can happen at any large gathering.

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

www.nytimes.com

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 22h

I remember when you had to be a Yankee to get this treatment

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 2d

lol at both chicago teams

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2d

Dodgers spend 73% of their revenue; Brewers spend 41%

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 2d

two men are doing push ups with the words " we 're not worthy " behind them

Alt: two men are doing push ups with the words " we 're not worthy " behind them

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 2d

There she goes again

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 2d

Somewhere there’s an Onion article where a Chicago cop gets arrested for not having a mustache. Which is funny. But this is not normal.

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 2d

It’s been about 2 months since I accidentally updated the Twitter app and failed to interrupt it in time to save the bird, yet X never appeared.

Here’s what I’ve learned over 8 weeks of ignoring that other microblogging (lol) app:

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 2d

Look, I thought I knew things, but I had no idea that Bill Murray is on tour in a classic rock cover band. billandbloodbrothers.com

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 3d

The Blue Jays came to play. I’m really enjoying this series despite being a National League elitist.

Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 3d

While we wait *forever* for a Bloomingdale Trail aka 606 extension, I wonder why this broken bridge section of the long-defunct rail line is still dangling over the Chicago River.

Rusty, graffiti-tagged bridge with wooden shack on it, river on the right, Sears tower and skyline in the background, overcast sky.

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like they’re making progress on the Cortland Bridge renovation. Yes, bicycles, scooters, pedestrians can still cross. Cars, no. So what are they doing in there?

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 4d

Checking in on Dorothy and Toto on the regular evening walk around Oz Park and everything feels normal for one brief moment.

Bronze statue of a girl carrying a basket and a plastic Halloween pumpkin, dog lapping at her with trees and fallen leaves in the background.

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 4d

This rad shirt benefits the wearer AND the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. ✊ www.dangrzeca.com/product/this...

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you, Evanston, my work home, leading by example ✊

Chicago 🏳️‍⚧️🌱 @chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social · 5d

Evanston votes on banning ICE officers from using city property as staging areas and strengthening it's welcoming cities ordinance.

Unanimously passes.

Biss says staff will begin implementing it immediately.

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 4d

Good call. This MSG Scarlet is turning my morning around. This might’ve been that brief period where we thought Jerry was off the junk, eating greens, and actively treadmilling?

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · 4d

I had to draw him

doodle of a man looking perplexed, drawn with brush pen on an envelope

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 4d

Every email from banana republic or buck mason or fill-in-the-blank store. If beige is a cult then I’m #neverkhaki

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Andy Sternberg @andysternberg.bsky.social · 4d

I’m intrigued. Sweden tried this with Covid iirc and it didn’t turn out so well.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 4d

Sweden is running a national experiment in AI, offering free access to AI tools at a population level in the hope of boosting its economy and tech literacy. In his first piece for Tech Policy Press, Chris Stokel-Walker reports from Stockholm on how the country's bid to 'democratize' AI is unfolding.

What Happens When You Give Millions of People Free Access to AI? | TechPolicy.Press

Initiatives in Sweden and UAE to provide population-level access to AI tools could be just the beginning of a new AI revolution, reports Chris Stokel-Walker.

www.techpolicy.press