Important Chicagoland Cultural update:
WLS radio just played “You Spin Me Round” followed by “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”.
Progress is agonizingly slow.
But they got 2 songs right.
WLS radio just played “You Spin Me Round” followed by “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”.
Progress is agonizingly slow.
But they got 2 songs right.
December 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Important Chicagoland Cultural update:
WLS radio just played “You Spin Me Round” followed by “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”.
Progress is agonizingly slow.
But they got 2 songs right.
WLS radio just played “You Spin Me Round” followed by “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”.
Progress is agonizingly slow.
But they got 2 songs right.
Adding 1.5% to liquor tax because they’re more into corporations.
Might as well add a gas tax while you’re at it.
Might as well add a gas tax while you’re at it.
In a rebuke of Mayor Brandon Johnson, the City Council’s finance committee advanced an alternative budget plan that avoids a corporate head tax. blockclubchi.co/4aQ9R6A
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Adding 1.5% to liquor tax because they’re more into corporations.
Might as well add a gas tax while you’re at it.
Might as well add a gas tax while you’re at it.
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welcome to derry is allowing me to earn (maybe) my 16th set of nerd credentials
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
welcome to derry is allowing me to earn (maybe) my 16th set of nerd credentials
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On a badly needed lighter note… down at the City Hall #ChiBudget2026 alter-alder alternative budget press conference they used a defunct 41 year old City X-Ray machine as a podium.
Literally probably bought during heated City Hall battles of original Council Wars. #twill
Literally probably bought during heated City Hall battles of original Council Wars. #twill
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
On a badly needed lighter note… down at the City Hall #ChiBudget2026 alter-alder alternative budget press conference they used a defunct 41 year old City X-Ray machine as a podium.
Literally probably bought during heated City Hall battles of original Council Wars. #twill
Literally probably bought during heated City Hall battles of original Council Wars. #twill
“It’s illegal to shit post about me.”
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
From the US Embassy in London today.
December 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“It’s illegal to shit post about me.”
That’s our congresswoman!
Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
That’s our congresswoman!
The beer I’m drinking appears to be the perfect combo of old/oxidized and on a dirty line.
This is the job that keeps on giving.
This is the job that keeps on giving.
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The beer I’m drinking appears to be the perfect combo of old/oxidized and on a dirty line.
This is the job that keeps on giving.
This is the job that keeps on giving.
lolololol
Senate candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi is running a TV ad about his plans to “stop” President Donald Trump, but he has also accepted more than $90,000 in contributions from key Trump and MAGA donors, including Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar.
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Krishnamoorthi rails against Trump, but takes money from MAGA donors
U.S. Senate candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi's campaign downplayed the contributions, calling them just .2% of the millions of dollars he’s amassed.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
lolololol
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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We’re open. Really.
And if you’ve ever wanted to get in a snowball fight behind a dive bar with a giant inflatable turkey…TODAY IS YOUR DAY!
And if you’ve ever wanted to get in a snowball fight behind a dive bar with a giant inflatable turkey…TODAY IS YOUR DAY!
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We’re open. Really.
And if you’ve ever wanted to get in a snowball fight behind a dive bar with a giant inflatable turkey…TODAY IS YOUR DAY!
And if you’ve ever wanted to get in a snowball fight behind a dive bar with a giant inflatable turkey…TODAY IS YOUR DAY!
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
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CBS is the network that paid Trump $16m. CBS is the network owned by the Ellisons. CBS is the network that failed to push back in its 60 Minutes interview of Trump.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
Margaret Brennan to Tom Suozzi: "Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is this a tactic to distract from the failure to extract healthcare changes?"
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
CBS is the network that paid Trump $16m. CBS is the network owned by the Ellisons. CBS is the network that failed to push back in its 60 Minutes interview of Trump.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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This chipmunk came up to me and said “Chicago will outlive the federal government” what did he mean by this
October 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This chipmunk came up to me and said “Chicago will outlive the federal government” what did he mean by this
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It’s pretty simple.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s pretty simple.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
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historic preservation
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
historic preservation
Just in case you hadn’t heard….
SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Just in case you hadn’t heard….
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Sustainable band lineups include four cool people (Ramones), four dorks (Weezer), or two cool people and two dorks (Cheap Trick). Unsustainable band lineups include one cool person and three dorks (Pixies)
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Sustainable band lineups include four cool people (Ramones), four dorks (Weezer), or two cool people and two dorks (Cheap Trick). Unsustainable band lineups include one cool person and three dorks (Pixies)
Anyone know why a tidal link turns to Spotify?
I’m sure I’ll love the answer.
I’m sure I’ll love the answer.
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Anyone know why a tidal link turns to Spotify?
I’m sure I’ll love the answer.
I’m sure I’ll love the answer.
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FRANK BOOTH: straight from my heart, fucker! You know what a love letter is? It's a bullet from a fucking gun, fucker!
CHATGPT: Wow! 🤯 that was a really passionate statement! You clearly have thought deeply about what love means!
CHATGPT: Wow! 🤯 that was a really passionate statement! You clearly have thought deeply about what love means!
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
FRANK BOOTH: straight from my heart, fucker! You know what a love letter is? It's a bullet from a fucking gun, fucker!
CHATGPT: Wow! 🤯 that was a really passionate statement! You clearly have thought deeply about what love means!
CHATGPT: Wow! 🤯 that was a really passionate statement! You clearly have thought deeply about what love means!