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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1h

I was waiting for this to hit YouTube. This is how you “do the fucking news.”

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 2h

He found a way to turn peace into a grift.

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 22h

NEVER FORGET: A few short weeks ago, a heartless Donald Trump told Bibi Netanyahu to "FINISH THE JOB" which would have meant certain death for all the hostages.

Now that Trump stands to make BILLIONS he's become the Peace President?!!! NO!!!! It does not work that way! The hypocrisy is NOT OK!!!

Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 11h

Dusty's oldest son has always been a bit, um, problematic.

tsukiyama waka flocka flame @hecksmaniac.bsky.social · 12h

🤼

Angelic.artang on Threads writes:

It's time for MAGA to own this.
No more blaming Biden.
No more blaming Obama.
No more blaming Kamala or Clinton.
You did this.
You voted for this.
OWN IT.

AEW wrestler Dustin Rhodes replies:

Yep we did and its great

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 12h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“We need a breaker.”

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 12h

My thoughts go out tonight to @marioinhydepark.bsky.social and the Promontory crew.

Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 13h

Hyde Park venue The Promontory will close at the end of the year www.instagram.com/p/DPw9gXkDvs...

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 18h

One of the Bridgeport neighborhood groups was just one of the admins sharing conservative brain rot memes before he renamed the group "Southside GOP." I should have left sooner.

lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 23h

soooo my Chicagoans, has anyone else's neighborhood facebook group gone from desperately apolitical (regarding federal politics) to at least 40% about ICE/DHS activity and organizing against it? like it's hard to overstate this shift

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 19h

The last time I saw Rush, I bought my tickets at the Ticketmaster kiosk at Demon Dogs. (I’m vintage.)

A screengrab showing Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush, along with a notice that someone has tickets to an upcoming concert.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 19h

We’re fast reaching a point where ICE is going to kill a protester, no matter how many cameras are on them.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

But ICE is working real hard to harsh our mellow.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

If this is what Bari Weiss means by "doing the fucking news," CBS News may overtake Fox News as America's Leading Propaganda Outlet.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

There was a klezmer band.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

There was a sukkah built from milk/record crates.

A sukkah designed built from milk/record crates.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

This sukkah was sponsored by @workingbikes.bsky.social. designed to resemble a rear gear cartridge, it provided seating and served as bike parking.

A sukkah designed to resemble a bicycle gear cog that provides seating and bike parking.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

From there, it was a straight shot south to Douglass Park to visit the third pop-up park: a grouping of sukkahs as part of the Sukkah Design Festival.

A photograph of the Sukkah Design Festival in Douglass Park on Chicago's West Side.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

In a nice touch, the seating at this park was designed to resemble the city's municipal device.

Seating at a pop-up park in West Humboldt Park on Chicago's West Side was designed to resemble the city's municipal symbol, depicting the two branches of the Chicago River meeting and flowing to Lake Michigan.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

From there, we biked to West Humboldt Park to scope out a pop-up park at Chicago and Central Park Avenues. In a moment of serendipity, we got to speak to the sponsor. #bikechi

A pop-up park at Chicago and Central Park Avenues in West Humboldt Park on Chicago's West Side.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

Signed up for @bikegridnow.org's bike tour of pop-up parks a few days ago. The starting point today was a lovely makeshift plaza in Austin, highlighted by an outstanding sculpture of Hebru Brantley’s Fantastic Flying Lil Mama.

Be curious about where you live. It is always rewarding. #bikechi

A pop-up park at Chicago and Lockwood Avenues in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side, anchored by a sculpture of the Fantastic Flying Lil Mama by artist Hebru Brantley.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

Obesity as a form of conscientious objection? I'll allow it.

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1d

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine giving primates access to weapons. That's ICE.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

”I may be in Heaven now as we fly on Air Force One” is one of those rare moments of honest self-reflection From an inveterate liar.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

This is what happens when you have no friends to tell you to stop obsessing over that one date where she tried to let you down gently.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 2d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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SATIRE of SEVS Crew @satire-of-sevs.bsky.social · 3d

Let's be clear about something.

Trump saying he won't pay federal employees, does not mean they would be denied payment for work they WILL do. It means he is refusing to pay them for work they already DID.

Which is something he has a long and storied history of doing.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 2d

“Everybody has their own Chicago.” Tony Fitzpatrick’s Chicago spanned the sacred and profane, working stiffs and the hoi polloi. He never lost sight of himself. And he was a storyteller on par with Algren and Royko.

Rest in Power.

From L-R: The late legendary photographer Art Shay, artist/actor/writer Tony Fitzpatrick, artist/writer Dmitry Samarov and some schlub. Tony Fitzpatrick died today.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 2d

Note on Trump Tower: I’ve always said that the building’s design fits the Chicago skyline and style of architecture like a glove. (Thank lead architect Adrian Smith for that.)

But the Trump name is a brand. It didn’t symbolize quality then; it’s toxic now.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 2d

I used to ride Archer from Halsted to Harlem and back when I was younger. My encroaching mortality made me realize the error of my ways.

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