John
@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.
And they’re going to invent a seventeenth dimension of reality where this is awesome, legal and we should all be thankful to Our Leader President Trump that it’s happening
November 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
And they’re going to invent a seventeenth dimension of reality where this is awesome, legal and we should all be thankful to Our Leader President Trump that it’s happening
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Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery
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Snowy day at the corner of Clark and Addison. Good morning from Chicago.
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Snowy day at the corner of Clark and Addison. Good morning from Chicago.
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Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
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FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Federal Agents Repeatedly Lied About What They Did During Aggressive Immigration Raids: Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
This has never seen tulips in the spring
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This has never seen tulips in the spring
This has never had to put a dog down
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This has never had to put a dog down
This has never seen the sun rise
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This has never seen the sun rise
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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OFFICIAL NISEI LOUNGE STATEMENT:
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
OFFICIAL NISEI LOUNGE STATEMENT:
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My latest looks at the numbers behind Shōta Imanaga's decision to accept the Cubs qualifying offer
www.bleedcubbieblue.com/chicago-cubs...
www.bleedcubbieblue.com/chicago-cubs...
The Shōta Imanaga qualifying offer signing by the numbers
Shō Time will return to Wrigley Field in 2026
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November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My latest looks at the numbers behind Shōta Imanaga's decision to accept the Cubs qualifying offer
www.bleedcubbieblue.com/chicago-cubs...
www.bleedcubbieblue.com/chicago-cubs...
Playing lawyer ball is cute but the time would have better spent railing against the Stasi and Miller’s pet militia that are terrorizing our neighborhoods now 🙄
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries visits Chicago, talks state redistricting
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries visits Chicago, talks state redistricting
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Illinois must view the effort as an urgent priority. WGN's Mike Lowe reports.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Playing lawyer ball is cute but the time would have better spent railing against the Stasi and Miller’s pet militia that are terrorizing our neighborhoods now 🙄
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Last night I learned that if you walk around the Horween Leather factory at Ashland/Armitage/Elston they’ve got the windows wide open and you can just watch the ancient machinery jiggle hides around in giant wet tanks
September 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Last night I learned that if you walk around the Horween Leather factory at Ashland/Armitage/Elston they’ve got the windows wide open and you can just watch the ancient machinery jiggle hides around in giant wet tanks
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Someone on reddit posted a photo of me.
April 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Someone on reddit posted a photo of me.
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Please RT if you think the @Cubs should replay the iconic Steve “Mongo” McMichael 7th inning stretch on the Jumbotron this Friday in his memory. h/t @jon_greenberg #RIPMongo
Gather ‘round kids, i’ll show you a relic from another era.
This is a ‘ticket stub’. It is the remains of a larger piece of thin cardboard which granted admission to an event. This is from August 7, 2001 at Wrigley Field, the night Steve McMichael was ejected after singing the stretch.
RIP Mongo
This is a ‘ticket stub’. It is the remains of a larger piece of thin cardboard which granted admission to an event. This is from August 7, 2001 at Wrigley Field, the night Steve McMichael was ejected after singing the stretch.
RIP Mongo
April 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Please RT if you think the @Cubs should replay the iconic Steve “Mongo” McMichael 7th inning stretch on the Jumbotron this Friday in his memory. h/t @jon_greenberg #RIPMongo
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Chicago’s neighborhood street festivals — a staple of summertime in the city — are struggling to survive, organizers say.
Chicago street festivals sound alarm on rising costs, including security
Chicago’s street festivals are a staple of summer culture. And at least one, the popular Wicker Park Fest, plans to scale back amid surging expenses and falling gate donations.
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April 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Chicago’s neighborhood street festivals — a staple of summertime in the city — are struggling to survive, organizers say.
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The large nefarious website whose owner only cares about colonizing Mars and not the least bit about books is having a book sale in the days before Independent Bookstore Day. We know we're preaching to the choir here, but our only reaction is: Sheesh, what a d!ck.
April 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The large nefarious website whose owner only cares about colonizing Mars and not the least bit about books is having a book sale in the days before Independent Bookstore Day. We know we're preaching to the choir here, but our only reaction is: Sheesh, what a d!ck.
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Lmao. White Sox getting cooked on Jeopardy.
April 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Lmao. White Sox getting cooked on Jeopardy.
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“Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away”
April 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away”
From the store that’s all the stores under one roof! Save more money at Nisei!
… then give it to the bartenders 😎
… then give it to the bartenders 😎
Reminder: Tiny @Menards bucket giveaway day is this Wednesday!
(This promotion is in no way approved or condoned by Menards and frankly we are preemptively cherishing their almost inevitable cease & desist letter so hurry on in Wednesday and get yours before it us too late).
(This promotion is in no way approved or condoned by Menards and frankly we are preemptively cherishing their almost inevitable cease & desist letter so hurry on in Wednesday and get yours before it us too late).
April 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
From the store that’s all the stores under one roof! Save more money at Nisei!
… then give it to the bartenders 😎
… then give it to the bartenders 😎
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A goose made a nest in the Wrigley Field bleachers, forcing a section of seats to close to fans. buff.ly/sOdYBxA
April 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A goose made a nest in the Wrigley Field bleachers, forcing a section of seats to close to fans. buff.ly/sOdYBxA
“… the sense of actual hope …” 🤣🤣🤣
Opening Day at Wrigley Field is my favorite day of the year. The energy of the neighborhood, the sense of actual hope, the crowds, the pageantry, the feeling you get when you come up the stairs and see the green, so much green, splayed out before you. Never gets old.
April 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“… the sense of actual hope …” 🤣🤣🤣
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Storms all day gave way to an absolute banger of a sunset at Wrigley tonight
April 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Storms all day gave way to an absolute banger of a sunset at Wrigley tonight
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A visual of where Crow-Armstrong was standing when he threw the runner out at 3B on the fly:
March 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A visual of where Crow-Armstrong was standing when he threw the runner out at 3B on the fly: