John Biemer
@johnbiemer.bsky.social
Chicago-area pathologist, former reporter (@chicagotribune & @AP), dad of 3. Tweeting a motley mix of science, medicine, music, hoops (go Hoyas!) and dad jokes.
It’s really amazing how worked up some people get about 15 minutes of pop music entertainment served up to us during halftime of a (fairly boring) football game we were all watching.
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
It’s really amazing how worked up some people get about 15 minutes of pop music entertainment served up to us during halftime of a (fairly boring) football game we were all watching.
Honestly, that was one of the most creative and captivating halftime performances I’ve ever seen. All the sets, different generations, different scenarios represented. Bravo, Bad Bunny. And I don’t know how on earth you’d hate on that.
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Honestly, that was one of the most creative and captivating halftime performances I’ve ever seen. All the sets, different generations, different scenarios represented. Bravo, Bad Bunny. And I don’t know how on earth you’d hate on that.
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One of these days, people will look back on these sports betting ads like we do on the ads for patent medicines featuring cocaine.
February 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
One of these days, people will look back on these sports betting ads like we do on the ads for patent medicines featuring cocaine.
Our dog is outraged that we just keep eating more things.
February 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Our dog is outraged that we just keep eating more things.
Jon Bon Jovi, famously from New Jersey, announced the New England Patriots. Huh?
February 8, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Jon Bon Jovi, famously from New Jersey, announced the New England Patriots. Huh?
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Jeff Bezos seemed like a white knight when he bought the Washington Post in 2013. Turns out, he saw the Post as a minor property that he could push toward irrelevance and toadyism in order to keep Trump from vandalizing his more profitable businesses.
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Jeff Bezos seemed like a white knight when he bought the Washington Post in 2013. Turns out, he saw the Post as a minor property that he could push toward irrelevance and toadyism in order to keep Trump from vandalizing his more profitable businesses.
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
Going through the college application process for the second time now with our second kid and the word that best describes the experience this time around is “deferred.”
February 4, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Going through the college application process for the second time now with our second kid and the word that best describes the experience this time around is “deferred.”
There was no way on God’s green earth that Phil was going to predict an early spring this year.
Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter weather. Follow AP for live updates.
Groundhog Day live updates: Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter
Tens of thousands of people are gathering for Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog that lives in a tree stump, to predict if the already long and cold winter across much of the United States will go on for another six weeks or if an early spring is around the corner.
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 1:18 PM
There was no way on God’s green earth that Phil was going to predict an early spring this year.
You might be able to buy a Super Bowl ring from someone who was on a winning team. But that doesn’t mean that you won the Super Bowl.
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 PM
You might be able to buy a Super Bowl ring from someone who was on a winning team. But that doesn’t mean that you won the Super Bowl.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Bill Murray joined veteran blues musicians for an 11-song set at Thalia Hall that kicked off only after the Chicago Bears won its playoff game against the Packers.
Bill Murray, the Bears and the blues created one epic Chicago celebration
chicago.suntimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Bill Murray joined veteran blues musicians for an 11-song set at Thalia Hall that kicked off only after the Chicago Bears won its playoff game against the Packers.
I start Wordle with a different opening word every time. Because I like living life on the edge.
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I start Wordle with a different opening word every time. Because I like living life on the edge.
It's a wonderfully Chicago thing that one of the city's most beloved public figures was a nun.
October 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's a wonderfully Chicago thing that one of the city's most beloved public figures was a nun.
The Dropkick Murphys absolutely brought the 🔥 at Riot Fest in Chicago last night. Phenomenal set, so much energy. See them live if you can! ☘️@dropkickmurphys.com @riotfest.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The Dropkick Murphys absolutely brought the 🔥 at Riot Fest in Chicago last night. Phenomenal set, so much energy. See them live if you can! ☘️@dropkickmurphys.com @riotfest.bsky.social
Going to DC this weekend for my, gulp, 30-year college reunion and it’s crazy to think that many of us now have kids who are exactly the age my classmates and I were when we first met.
Life moves pretty fast.
Life moves pretty fast.
May 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Going to DC this weekend for my, gulp, 30-year college reunion and it’s crazy to think that many of us now have kids who are exactly the age my classmates and I were when we first met.
Life moves pretty fast.
Life moves pretty fast.
We can ask what if Biden had done that but of course he never would’ve done that. He’s Catholic and has respect for the Catholic Church and the Papacy. He also, for that matter, has respect for the office of President of the United States.
May 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We can ask what if Biden had done that but of course he never would’ve done that. He’s Catholic and has respect for the Catholic Church and the Papacy. He also, for that matter, has respect for the office of President of the United States.
The world just lost its strongest voice for the marginalized and the poor at a time when it needs it badly.
A Jesuit who took the name of St. Francis as Pope, combining the traditions of the academic, intellectual Jesuits and the Franciscans, who serve the poor.
RIP, Pope Francis
A Jesuit who took the name of St. Francis as Pope, combining the traditions of the academic, intellectual Jesuits and the Franciscans, who serve the poor.
RIP, Pope Francis
the pope is giving a speech in front of a microphone
ALT: the pope is giving a speech in front of a microphone
media.tenor.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The world just lost its strongest voice for the marginalized and the poor at a time when it needs it badly.
A Jesuit who took the name of St. Francis as Pope, combining the traditions of the academic, intellectual Jesuits and the Franciscans, who serve the poor.
RIP, Pope Francis
A Jesuit who took the name of St. Francis as Pope, combining the traditions of the academic, intellectual Jesuits and the Franciscans, who serve the poor.
RIP, Pope Francis
Jack White and his band performing last night at @saltshedchicago.bsky.social. A tour de force. It was incredible to watch. A seven nation army couldn’t hold him back!
April 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Jack White and his band performing last night at @saltshedchicago.bsky.social. A tour de force. It was incredible to watch. A seven nation army couldn’t hold him back!
Hooray, it’s the first day of spring!
March 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Hooray, it’s the first day of spring!
St. Patrick’s Day is perfectly timed for Guinness weather. Chilly, often rainy. The crossroads of winter and spring. ☘️
March 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
St. Patrick’s Day is perfectly timed for Guinness weather. Chilly, often rainy. The crossroads of winter and spring. ☘️
John Feinstein's "A Season on the Brink" is on my short list of best books ever written about basketball, along with "My Losing Season" by Pat Conroy and "The Breaks of the Game," by David Halberstam.
RIP, John Feinstein
RIP, John Feinstein
March 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
John Feinstein's "A Season on the Brink" is on my short list of best books ever written about basketball, along with "My Losing Season" by Pat Conroy and "The Breaks of the Game," by David Halberstam.
RIP, John Feinstein
RIP, John Feinstein
So, apparently, dropping your kid off at the airport to send him back to college doesn’t get any easier over time.
March 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
So, apparently, dropping your kid off at the airport to send him back to college doesn’t get any easier over time.
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If Democratic lawmakers were smart ‒ something that seems debatable lately ‒ they’d pay attention to the way the dean of Georgetown University's law school just took a Trump-loving U.S. attorney to the legal woodshed.
My column on a smart dean defending DEI:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column on a smart dean defending DEI:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Georgetown law school dean clobbers Trump-loving US attorney's DEI griping | Opinion
If Democratic lawmakers were smart, they’d pay attention to the way the dean of Georgetown's law school just handled a Trump-loving U.S. attorney.
www.usatoday.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If Democratic lawmakers were smart ‒ something that seems debatable lately ‒ they’d pay attention to the way the dean of Georgetown University's law school just took a Trump-loving U.S. attorney to the legal woodshed.
My column on a smart dean defending DEI:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column on a smart dean defending DEI:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
The days of my kids excitedly rushing to greet me at the door when I get home from work are long gone but our dog did the zoomies when I got home today and frankly I appreciate that.
March 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The days of my kids excitedly rushing to greet me at the door when I get home from work are long gone but our dog did the zoomies when I got home today and frankly I appreciate that.