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Robert Blaszkiewicz

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Marketing and communications at Franciscan Health, formerly of Chicago Tribune and Times of Northwest Indiana, indie music fan, Disney vacation planner, husband, dad, neurodivergent ally, opinions are my own.

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Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · Feb 8

Did some searching and added more Northwest Indiana folks. If I added you and you don't want to be on here, let me know and I'll remove. If you want to be added, let me know and I'll do that, too. #nwi #nwindiana #regionrat

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Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · 17h

Ernie Pyle wept.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 2d

Just heard that Indianapolis will be the first local media market to get its own Public Editor, who will monitor all the newsrooms in town. tinyurl.com/2s44zxe8

Poynter launches public editor project to serve news audiences in Indianapolis - Poynter

Partner newsrooms will publish the editor’s independent analysis of local news coverage across the market.

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Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · 2d

Lazy, lazy, lazy

Old man yelling at cloud story: When I was in J School, back in the pre-Internet dark ages, we had current event quizzes, and spelling counted. So, you studied the newspaper and memorized the spelling of people like then-Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze.

Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · 5d

What's his Wii Fit age? Last time I took a test, it said I was in my 20s! (I'm not in my 20s).

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 5d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 11d

CPD has 20+ injured on duty this afternoon, most/all from federal use of gas. Related: no arrests by CPD, no documented uses of force by CPD. (I wasn't everywhere / didn't see every skirmish. And possibly some late-entry TRR forms to come.) Saw two federal arrests, saw one on video didn't witness.

Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 11d

Chaos in Brighton Park. This is representative of the amount / direction of pepper and smoke sent into the neighborhood, in this case, for no reason I can discern other than because they were leaving. Feds had a clear path out in a different direction, and residents were vocal but not violent here.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13d

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

projects.propublica.org

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Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · 12d

Exactly. I see two ways this can go, and both are horrible for the GOP.
1. Give in to Democratic demands and hand a political victory to a party that's trying to sell its vision to the electorate.
2. End the filibuster, reopen the government and own every single awful, inevitable outcome.

Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · 14d

"Don't you hate pants?"

Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · 27d

At least everyone here looks miserable.

Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · 28d

"Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress has been temporarily interrupted."

I guess the Kimmel news hit the Disney Parks.

WDWStats @wdwstats.bsky.social · 28d

Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress has been temporarily interrupted. On average, an interruption takes 86 minutes. http://www.wdwst.at/detail/waltdisneyscarouselofprogress #MagicKingdom #WDW #WaltDisneyWorld #DisneyWorld

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28d

I’m old enough to remember when Bob Iger, whose company recently paid $16 million to settle a meritless Trump lawsuit, and who just indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel under pressure from the Trump administration, was a chair for the **Committee to Protect Journalists** dinner.

New York, November 22, 2006-The Committee to Protect Journalists marked its 25th anniversary
by honoring four journalists with its 2006 International Press Freedom Awards in a
ceremony Tuesday night which highlighted record-setting attacks on the press in Iraq.
More than 850 people attended the benefit dinner which raised $1.3 million. It was co-chaired by Robert A. Iger, president and chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company, and John S.
Carroll, the Knight Visiting Lecturer at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University. Christiane Amanpour, CNN's Chief International Correspondent and CPJ board member, hosted the dinner.

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Franciscan Health @myfranciscan.bsky.social · Sep 12

Do you know these signs of a TIA? Why you should get checked out before you have a stroke.

https://www.franciscanhealth.org/community/blog/4-things-to-know-about-tias

4 Things You Need To Know About TIAs

Transient Ischemic Attacks are “warning strokes,” signaling a possible full-blown stroke ahead. Get help immediately if you notice symptoms. Learn more about TIAs.

www.franciscanhealth.org

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Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you for sharing this. Well stated.

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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · Jun 14

Some helpful tips for following the awful news out of Minnesota today.

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Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · Sep 9

Bears are going to Bears. It never changes.

Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · Sep 3

I was intrigued until I watched the trailer. Awful. Will not be wasting my time on it.

Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Is that what went out the White House window?

a cartoon of a woman laying on a couch with a make a gif.com url in the corner

Alt: GIF from The Simpsons of Snake's hair jumping out a window.

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Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Can't wait to share this with my son, who is very interested in jawless fish and studies them all the time. Thank you!

Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · Sep 1

10-year-old me in my Walter Payton jersey stares silently.

Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · Aug 29

Starting with oysters, ending with Andor, a beautifully written piece.

Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · Aug 27

I’m not even convinced this would work. In the last redistricting, the GOP put more Dems in the 1st District in order to assure the South Bend district previously held by Democrat Joe Donnelly would be safe Republican.

Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social · Aug 25

As someone who grew up on Chicago White Sox baseball, let me say that Nancy Faust is a national treasure.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Aug 19

The authoritarian shit is bad on its own, but let's not lose sight of the fact that this Texas law enforcement officer couldn't keep up with a 61-year-old out for her morning walk.

Like the Nazis, these people are evil and pathetic at the same time. Don't miss any chance to mock them as losers.

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · Aug 19

This is absolutely wild. #txlege

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