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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 6h

Finally got something out of my head that's been there a while: A capsule history of the mid-density Chicago apartment building daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/the-life-dea...

The life, death, and rebirth of moderate-density apartment buildings in Chicago

The pantheon of Chicago architecture tends to cluster at either end of the density spectrum. In one corner you have the trophy commercial skyscrapers; in the other you have icons of domesticity, the b...

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks! I recall 2-2-1-1–1 in other sports (NBA? NHL?) being thought fairer (higher seed couldn’t be as easily swept) but travel coast-to-coast was too taxing on players and added too many off-days.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 8h

Ok. . . Kind of recall that. Thanks!

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 8h

If I may ask: what was the 7-game format before 2-3-2? 3-3-1? I don’t recall that in MLB, but in other sports (to cut down on travel?).

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 8h

The Mariners are the 4th team in postseason history to allow a leadoff home run and allow no other runs the rest of the game, joining:

2018 WS G5 Red Sox
2012 ALDS G1 Tigers
1954 WS G2 Giants

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 8h

One continuous scene of two separate run-ins with ICE from an alley in Rogers Park this morning, from three entirely different POVs.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 8h

imagine if there was a way to connect all these videos. IMAGINE.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 9h

I saw a video shot from the opposite end of this alley on Instagram, which ends where this video essentially starts. It's mind-boggling to me that so many of these instances are shot with multiple cams from multiple POVs but they're spread across so many different platforms the dots rarely connect.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 13h

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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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 8h

Listening to Mariners at Blue Jays game on Toronto radio feed. Love the parochialism of our northern neighbors: any player's connection to Canada gets cited every time the player pitches or bats or fields. @infieldflygrl.online Had no idea Naylor or Brash were Canucks. Now, where's my poutine?

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 9h

Goddammit.

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13h

When someone buys your pitch and you realize you have to actually write it

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 12h

A federal judge ordered federal agents last week to issue two warnings before using tear gas.

Witnesses said they heard no warnings and none can be heard on videos, @chicago.suntimes.com reports

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 12h

Federal agents deployed tear gas after Albany Park residents protested to their attempts to detain a resident of the Northwest Side neighborhood, @vimiller.bsky.social reports for the @chicago.suntimes.com

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 11h

That stupid epic handshake meme I like just a bit too much:

Left hand: “Why lookst thou so?" "With my crossbow
I shot the albatross.”

Right hand: “tonight’s ballgame”

They meet: “mariner v bird”

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 10h

As I write while on leave, I long for the random cool panel and hopping hotel bar conversations of a good conference.

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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago is a truly great city. The perfect mix of homey and cosmopolitan. We’ve got good home cooking from around the globe, people who don’t just want to be in a city but want to be in their neighborhood in their city, and a vibe that’s both no-nonsense and neighborly. I’d die to defend it.

/\__/\__/\__/ @cardiograms.bsky.social · 14h

This is why they hate it.

Chicago is officially one of the top 10 happiest cities in the world

The Windy City is all smiles in 2025

www.timeout.com

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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 12h

Love you, Rogers Park. One day this shit will end and so many wonderful people will still live here.

Orange pumpkin with the words “Abolish ICE” in black marker, placed on a rock inside a small garden on a neighborhood street corner. Brown leaves have fallen from the trees overhead.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 12h

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

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 16h

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.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Pleasant day out in my neighborhood in Chicago. There was a farmer’s market and people are out strolling, chatting, and sitting out on porches. Just like every weekend.

Except now most of us are wearing whistles to alert neighbors if unidentified guys in tactical gear show up to kidnap people.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 14h

We're trying to do fascism, not fatcism

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 16h

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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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 16h

Can’t believe all these people are running a marathon through "war torn" Chicago today

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 13h

I grew up on Muppets, Weird Al, Daniel Pinkwater books, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, and Pee-Wee Herman.

Buying an inflatable chicken suit to help fight tyranny in my neighborhood seems about right to me.

It may be a small thing, but humor can be a weapon.

Man donning an inflatable “riding a chicken” suit in his Chicago apartment, with a cat climbing his back. He is wearing a whistle around his neck, as are most of his neighbors today.

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Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · 13h

Umm, because the Trib is owned by a soulless hedge fund that doesn’t give a shit about journalism?

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 16h

It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 13h

Red-tailed hawk in Loyola Park. Quintessential Rogers Park moment: first spotted the bird as one of my neighbors fended it off w/a stick. It was going for the guy’s pet snake, which he was taking for a walk(slither?)in the park. To help his(the snake’s)digestion, I was told. Hawk then got a rabbit.

Red tailed hawk with green trees and blue skies behind it.

Red tailed hawk with blue skies and green trees.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 16h

I have seen shocking footage of thousands of people in Chicago fleeing what I assume are horrible crime-doers, or as the lib media is falsely describing it “The Chicago Marathon.” It is a war zone here, folks, and people were running so fast from the crime-people that others were cheering for them!

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