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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 16h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 10h

Today is the 154th anniversary of the end of the Great Chicago Fire, and the beginning of Chicago’s “Regeneration,” the title of this sculpture by Henry Hering on SE Du Sable Bridge bridgehouse at Michigan & Wacker. The I Will Maiden personified Chicago’s energy. We will need that energy again soon.

Bas relief sculpture showing the I Will Maiden, a Greek Goddess of sorts, in armor, a cape, and flowing skirt; in one hand she holds rolled up blueprints for, presumably, new buildings; other hand wields a carpenter’s square. She has a tiara on as well; she treads on an unhappy dragon (the Fire?) beneath her sandals. She is flanked on each side by muscular tradesmen rebuilding the city.

See first picture alt text. Closeup of the I Will Maiden.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 14h

Noam Chomsky once lamented how little Americans knew about politics yet they were experts at sports - well, now we talk about politics the way we talk about sports, and we're worse off.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 7d

The @blockclubchi.bsky.social newsroom continues to report on today’s federal immigration activity across Chicago. If you have footage of agent activity you filmed, please reach out via this website:

callforvideos.formstack.com/forms/chicag...

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oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 1d

Someone with way too much time on their hands at NASA is making travel posters for exoplanets. Whoever you are, keep up the good work! science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/i...

Exoplanet Travel Bureau - NASA Science

Even the closest exoplanets are too far away to visit...but what if they weren't? Imagine exoplanet tourism — choose your dream destination, and venture beyond our solar system.

science.nasa.gov

oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 1d

The new editor-in-chief of CBS News: "Weiss didn’t test well with audiences, who didn’t understand her centrist-right contrarian politics. In fact, her focus group scores were so low that she wasn’t invited back to guest host, according to insiders."

Inside Bari Weiss’ $150 Million Journey From Rejected ‘View’ Host to CBS News Editor-in-Chief: ‘She’s Just Gaming the System’

How Bari Weiss sold The Free Press for $150 Million, charmed the superrich and became CBS News editor-in-chief.

variety.com

oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced at 10am local time in Oslo (3am in Chicago)

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 2d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 2d

What happened to you Nick? you used to believe in good causes

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 2d

The last time the army came here they were looking for Elwood

oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 2d

Uniqlo will open a new store on Michigan Avenue, a few years after closing their Michigan Avenue store due to the pandemic. The new one is a few blocks south of the old one chainstoreage.com/uniqlo-plots...

Uniqlo plots 2026 expansion — here's where

Uniqlo is planning to expand its U.S. footprint in 2026 with several stores planned in some of America’s largest cities.

chainstoreage.com

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oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 2d

DCASE commissioner resigns www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago cultural events commissioner resigns after mass exodus in department

Clinée Hedspeth has resigned from her position as the commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, city officials said.

www.nbcchicago.com

oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 2d

The last time the army came here they were looking for Jake and Elwood. Now they show up and stay in Elwood. apnews.com/article/nati...

National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities

National Guard members from Texas are at an Army Reserve center in Illinois. It's the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration’s plan to deploy troops to the Chicago area despite a lawsuit an...

apnews.com

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oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 3d

For the first time more electricity around the world was generated by renewable sources than by coal

Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember

Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.

ember-energy.org

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 4d

Steven Miller is trying to redefine any resistance to ICE as an insurrection to overturn the results of the election. In keeping with the Everyone is 12 Now characterization of our current politics.

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oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 3d

@condenasttraveler.bsky.social names #Chicago as America's best big city for the ninth year in a row.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 3d

Pritzker and Newsom are threatening to quit the National Governors Association if it doesn't condemn the federal government's deployment of the military in cities.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 4d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 3d

Viva radio! current.org/2025/10/play...

Playbook for growth: Treat radio like a vibrant platform and your audience will flourish

How a cross-disciplinary focus on airtime and audience needs propelled KQED Radio’s ratings surge.

current.org

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 4d

Now is a great time to join our fight for a fair contract! Sign onto our petition for a FAIR CONTRACT NOW 👇
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild

We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...

actionnetwork.org

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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: In the weeks leading up to a massive ICE raid at a South Shore apartment building, neighbors saw drones surveilling the area, and teachers at a nearby school regularly saw agents in the neighborhood.

✍️ Jose Abonce for the Weekly and Maira Khwaja for @invisible.institute

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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JC R WHIT, Ph.D. @jc99whit.bsky.social · 5d

Guys, I am NERDING out right now.

WE TOOK THIS PHOTO by holding up my little old iPhone 16 to the eyepiece of our telescope tonight. We were also able to see Saturn’s rings, which looked like a line through the middle of a small bright dot.

IN AWE.

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oconn270.bsky.social @oconn270.bsky.social · 4d

It's the start of Banned Books week. And the Nobel Prize for Literature will be announced on Thursday bannedbooksweek.org

Banned Books Week | October 5-11, 2025

bannedbooksweek.org

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