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Edgewater Presbyterian Church @edgewaterpcusa.bsky.social · 4h

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 4h

I own a canvas reproduction of this painting

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Edgewater Presbyterian Church @edgewaterpcusa.bsky.social · 10h

#tennesseewilliams #chicagotheater @citylittheater.bsky.social

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 1d

See you next year, Otōchan Seiya and Daddy Kittredge!

❤️❤️❤️ 27 x 59 #cubs #seiyasuzuki #andrewkittredge

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

In the aftermath of a deadly militant attack in Kashmir in April, authorities have expelled more than 1,500 Muslims from India, often at gunpoint. n.pr/473MnY4

India is forcibly deporting Muslims, including its own citizens, after Kashmir violence

In the aftermath of a deadly militant attack in Kashmir in April, authorities have expelled more than 1,500 Muslims from India, often at gunpoint.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Mangione's lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indictment brought against him. n.pr/46NIo3c

Luigi Mangione's lawyers seek a dismissal of federal charges in CEO killing

Mangione's lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indictment brought against him.

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 2d

What if #NativeAmericans thrived and had their own city-state within the U.S. called #Cahokia right next to Illinois? And murder is afoot

#cahokiajazz #illinoisnovels #gerryreads #althistory

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 2d

It’s true: the cities are lawless and scary, if you live here sell your property as fast as possible, particularly if you have a 2 family row house from the 1920s with those nice bay windows.

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 2d

Head over to 3311 N. Halsted St. in @northalsted.bsky.social on Oct. 11 at 2:30 p.m. for the dedication of a memorial to LGBTQ pioneer #HenryGerber followed by a #TheLegacyProject reception at @sidetrackbar.bsky.social

#boystown #northalsted #lgbtchicago

Henry Gerber honored with Northalsted Legacy Walk monument in Oct. 11 ceremony

LGBTQ pioneer Henry Gerber, founder of first legally recognized gay rights organization in the United States, will be honored with a bronze memorial on the Legacy Walk this October. The dedication cel...

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 2d

#JaneAddams is the only openly LGBTQ person to have ever won the #NobelPeacePrize and she was a Chicagoan

#lgbtqchicago #lesbian

Only openly LGBTQ Nobel Peace Prize winner is a Chicagoan

Chicago's own Jane Addams remains the only openly LGBTQ person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize—a legacy of love, reform, and courage that still inspires the world.

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 2d

They just detained #WGNNews video producer Debbie Brockman, filming an apprehension in Lincoln Square. Masked, they forced her down onto the ground

#handsoffchicago #nokings #pressfreedom #freedomofthepress

Read or listen: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 2d

I’m tired of these ICE helicopters buzzing the lakefront buildings all morning in Edgewater

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 2d

#jbpritzker #handsoffchicago #nokings #pritzkerforpresident

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Trump and Miller are looking for their #ReichstagFire moment—an opportunity to declare a national emergency and fully enter into pure authoritarianism

#nokings #handsoffchicago #pritzkerforpresident #jbpritzker

Read or listen to this warning: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...

Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 3d

#jbpritzker #handsoffchicago #nokings #pritzkerforpresident

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Norway is bracing itself for possible political and economic retribution when they announce the #NobelPeacePrize on Friday

#nokings #pritzkerforpresident

Norway on Edge Over Trump Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict

Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US le...

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 3d

#jbpritzker #farmers #farmworkers #nokings

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 3d

Listen to me rant about the possibility that the nation’s #conversiontherapy bans might be struck down next June

Podcast: Supreme Court heard conversion therapy arguments and they sound skeptical

Justices questioned Colorado's reasons for banning conversion therapy. Illinois ban could be affected by ruling.

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Cymbalta Zaddy @geraldfarinas.bsky.social · 3d

Some of my greatest ideas were discovered sitting on the toilet. But I did not win the #NobelPrize for #Chemistry for it. Guess they weren’t ready for my work on #emotionallyunstable molecules

Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material

Waiting on a supercomputer to analyze the structure of a new crystal gave him time to come up with the idea for a kind of material that could, for example, capture carbon dioxide.

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