Laurie
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We will skip through the meadows and run through the woods and swim in the river.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We will skip through the meadows and run through the woods and swim in the river.
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Current* conditions near Michigan City, IN:
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Current* conditions near Michigan City, IN:
monogrammed awning!!!
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
monogrammed awning!!!
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
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A BOAT WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN MUSKEGON!
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
A BOAT WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN MUSKEGON!
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Jamila Woods will join Kaveh Akbar for a live collab on art and empathy at the Metro. blockclubchi.co/48wDbgS
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Jamila Woods will join Kaveh Akbar for a live collab on art and empathy at the Metro. blockclubchi.co/48wDbgS
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"We are all fools to have left Chicago. It was a town to play in; a town where you could stay yourself, and where the hoots of the critics couldn't frighten your style or drain your soul." — Ben Hecht, writing about his friendship and writing collaborations with Charles MacArthur
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"We are all fools to have left Chicago. It was a town to play in; a town where you could stay yourself, and where the hoots of the critics couldn't frighten your style or drain your soul." — Ben Hecht, writing about his friendship and writing collaborations with Charles MacArthur
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Number of days where the temperature reached -5 F / -20 C since the end of World War II:
New York City: 0
Chicago: 184
New York City: 0
Chicago: 184
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Number of days where the temperature reached -5 F / -20 C since the end of World War II:
New York City: 0
Chicago: 184
New York City: 0
Chicago: 184
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I love the lights, I love when they all come on, this is from Saturday and I don't care
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I love the lights, I love when they all come on, this is from Saturday and I don't care
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Extremely jealous of this lineup - and I say that as somebody who interacts with and deeply respects a lot of the tech-adjacent folks who've been on Chicago's mayoral transition teams before. This is a super solid group of people, really great choices all around.
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Extremely jealous of this lineup - and I say that as somebody who interacts with and deeply respects a lot of the tech-adjacent folks who've been on Chicago's mayoral transition teams before. This is a super solid group of people, really great choices all around.
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Please buy this property in my neighborhood and continue to maintain it as a four-unit, rather than deconverting it into a SFH and putting more pressure on our local stock of affordable rentals
11400 S Champlain Ave, Chicago, IL 60628 - 4 beds/4 baths
(MRED as Distributed by MLS Grid) For Sale: 4 beds, 4 baths ∙ 11400 S Champlain Ave, Chicago, IL 60628 ∙ $289,900 ∙ MLS# 12522180 ∙ Beautifully renovated four-flat row house built in 1888 within the P...
www.redfin.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Please buy this property in my neighborhood and continue to maintain it as a four-unit, rather than deconverting it into a SFH and putting more pressure on our local stock of affordable rentals
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Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:
yeah it's official y'all. Manistee is the inheritor of the ominous crown
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
yeah it's official y'all. Manistee is the inheritor of the ominous crown
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Current* conditions near Manistee, MI:
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Current* conditions near Manistee, MI:
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
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One of the most ubiquitous signs nowadays are ICIRR signs listing the family support hotline number. They’ve become part of our urban landscape.
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
One of the most ubiquitous signs nowadays are ICIRR signs listing the family support hotline number. They’ve become part of our urban landscape.
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Turns out that paving project on the Lechowicz Woods portion of the North Branch Trail was also an unpaving project. They removed the entire back parking lot and replaced the awkward curve to it where trail users had to share the driveway with dedicated trail. Massive improvement
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Turns out that paving project on the Lechowicz Woods portion of the North Branch Trail was also an unpaving project. They removed the entire back parking lot and replaced the awkward curve to it where trail users had to share the driveway with dedicated trail. Massive improvement
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Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
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1237 North Mason Avenue
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
1237 North Mason Avenue
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Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
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Chicago needs a Chriskindlmarket in every neighborhood next year.
One of my cousins is thinking about bringing his kids to the one downtown in a few weeks. I had to break it to him that it’s so crowded that it’s borderline unsafe, and they should go to the Wrigley one or the Field Museum instead
One of my cousins is thinking about bringing his kids to the one downtown in a few weeks. I had to break it to him that it’s so crowded that it’s borderline unsafe, and they should go to the Wrigley one or the Field Museum instead
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Chicago needs a Chriskindlmarket in every neighborhood next year.
One of my cousins is thinking about bringing his kids to the one downtown in a few weeks. I had to break it to him that it’s so crowded that it’s borderline unsafe, and they should go to the Wrigley one or the Field Museum instead
One of my cousins is thinking about bringing his kids to the one downtown in a few weeks. I had to break it to him that it’s so crowded that it’s borderline unsafe, and they should go to the Wrigley one or the Field Museum instead
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Come over, it's lit
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Come over, it's lit
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A classic sign
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
A classic sign
we don't even need the location reveal feature on Bluesky
"All of Bluesky is based in Edgewater, Chicago" theory remains undefeated
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
we don't even need the location reveal feature on Bluesky