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Salem Collo-Julin
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Chicago human. Past EIC at the Chicago Reader | she/her or they/them | 📨 scollojulin@gmail| https://linktr.ee/hollohulo
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · Sep 2
Personal news: I'm stepping down from my role at the @chicagoreader.com. Details in my editor's note.

Thank you for reading and please continue to read, share, and support the work of the Reader's talented writers, editors, & staff. It's truly been a privilege. chicagoreader.com/columns-opin...
Chicago doesn’t need a federal invasion; we need investment - Chicago Reader
The Chicago Reader's editor in chief, Salem Collo-Julin, steps down from their role and offers one last editor's note.
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Natalie Wallington @narwhallington.bsky.social · 7h
Fun fact! Since last Thursday afternoon, I made 177 phone calls to make this article a reality.

Introducing THE most up-to-date food pantry guide for the Memphis metro area, complete with an interactive map:
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Use our interactive map to find food pantries open near you
As grocery costs rise and federal funding for food banks runs dry, food insecurity is plaguing many Memphis families. Now, the problem could get even
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · 7h
Also congrats to @cplhouse.bsky.social @rubybailey.bsky.social, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social team & the @southsideweekly.bsky.social team for the Making It in Chicago nom! Proud the Reader was able to republish several of these stories makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity
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Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org · 7h
Chicago Home Movie Day details:
Chicago Home Movie Day 2025 - Chicago Film Archives
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
the tone deafness is beyond parody
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · 7h
Congrats to all the Chicago Journalists Association Sarah Brown Boyden Award finalists, but especially Max Blaisdell, @samstecklow.bsky.social, & @reemasabrina.bsky.social for your work with @chicagoreader.com in this past year. Kudos! chicagojournalists.net/2025/10/31/c...
CJA Reveals Finalists for 2025 Sarah Brown Boyden Awards - Chicago Journalists Association
CJA announces finalists for its 2025 Sarah Brown Boyden Awards, honoring the best journalism in Illinois and northern Indiana.
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · 4d
Today’s the 30th anniversary for south side Chicago (McKinley Park) store the Video Strip, one of the last DVD/game/VHS stores open in Chicago. They do repairs and sell equipment too. I have nothing to do with them but love to support anyone keeping physical media alive! facebook.com/thevideostrip
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 6d
Video of federal agents tear-gassing Irving Park this morning, obtained by Armando Sanchez. This is at least the sixth neighborhood federal agents have tear gassed while conducting immigration raids
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6d
From the owner of the house tonight:
This is my partner and I's house. We were in Toronto but rushed home when we saw this happen. Thank you to everyone that showed up, took video, and shared it. There was no warrant. We're trying to figure out the next steps for the individual that was violently detained here and have been in contact with the company he works for. You all that came out to confront these people are the actual patriots. Please don't ever forget that and keep coming out to support these individuals being terrorized in our city.
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · 6d
The Jack O'Lantern emoji is my current favorite "think of it what you will" response for texts. 🎃
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · 8d
Love this. Our underground news zine at York High was also called “Rag” www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
These UT Students Are Fed Up With Social Media. So They Revived a Newspaper From the Sixties.
“Instead of stalking our ex-boyfriends online, we started a newspaper.”
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · 8d
make sure all your loved ones have a living trust or will &/or put you as an alt. on their credit, bank, & utility accts before they die. & label your keys or have a guidemap for which goes where. I'm still carrying around a ziploc bag full of keys because they all look the same /
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · 8d
It took 8 months but I finally resolved one of my father's old accounts. it's the internet service to his store, which I have closed up for the moment. He died in January. Getting an estate settled can be a months or years-long process. 1/2
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · 8d
Banana-selling robots pitch customers in test run at three suburban Jewel stores www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/b...
Banana-selling robots pitch customers in test run at three suburban Jewel stores
From bananas to burgers, store aisles to sidewalks, an army of robots has descended upon Chicagoland with the singular mission to bring us food.
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Rebecca Aguilar @rebeccaaguilar.bsky.social · 10d
Jim Rodenbush lost his job last week after he refused an order to keep news stories out of a homecoming edition. So, higher-ups at Indiana University Bloomington fired the student newspaper adviser at the Indiana Daily Student. Let's help Jim during this time.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ji...
Donate to Support Jim Rodenbush: Unjustly Fired by Indiana University, organized by Caroline Anders
On October 14, Indiana University unjustly fired Director of … Caroline Anders needs your support for Support Jim Rodenbush: Unjustly Fired by Indiana University
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · 19d
Happy birthday on the other side, Dad. No idea what 8 track you got for your birthday in this photo, but Muddy Waters had a comeback album that year so I’ll guess it’s that or Rolling Stones’ Some Girls. Either way, I hope you’re attending ChicagoFest in the afterlife. Miss you
A hand holds a Polaroid photo taken October 12 1978 of michael Julin in Chicago opening a birthday present
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 23d
NEW — Rod Johnson will never forget federal agents zip-tying his hands behind his back.

The night of the South Shore raid in Chicago, Johnson said he was detained for two hours.

“I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said.

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South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE
Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.
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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 22d
An important article with in-depth reporting. Read it!
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NEW — Rod Johnson will never forget federal agents zip-tying his hands behind his back.

The night of the South Shore raid in Chicago, Johnson said he was detained for two hours.

“I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/sout...
South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE
Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.
thetriibe.com
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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 22d
New print from Nicolas Lampert in the shop! "Workers deserve respect, dignity and safety, not ICE terror. An injury to one is an injury to all." justseeds.org/product/bloc...
The heart on the image symbolizes the courage and love needed when people with privilege (those with citizenship) stand up to protect undocumented community memb ers
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WGN NEWS @wgntv.com · 21d
BREAKING: Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, a beloved and iconic member of the Loyola University Chicago community who was well-known as the chaplain to the Loyola University men's basketball team, died Thursday at the age of 106, according to the university.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2m43w5cf 
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Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 22d
Meanie Productions concert booker Darien Williams recognizes something spiritual about music—and he wants that to transform the world. https://bit.ly/47gxT8u
Darien Williams, concert booker with Meanie Productions - Chicago Reader
Darien Williams follows the rhythms of a musical life. Before his first birthday, he was already keeping time to songs he heard, and his parents eventually enrolled him in drum lessons. In junior high...
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Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social · 26d
Enjoying The Daily Show again these days "Hegseth Lectures "Fat Generals" and Trump Threatens War Against U.S. Cities" youtu.be/hlS5um3WJqg?...
Hegseth Lectures "Fat Generals" and Trump Threatens War Against U.S. Cities | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 26d
Well yes. He has actual neo-Nazi tattoos, for one thing. It’s wild how quickly that has become normal. www.democracynow.org/2024/11/14/h...
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26d
PEGGY NOONAN: “.. You know why people say something’s wrong with this guy? Because it appears something is wrong with this guy.”

@wsj.com
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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 26d
Have you witnessed ICE activity in Chicagoland, or seen CPD or other local law enforcement assisting federal agents or engaging in misconduct?

LET US KNOW.

Upload video directly at tinyurl.com/chicagojourn... or email us at [email protected]
HAVE YOU SEEN ICE? ¿HAS VISTO A ICE? We are a group of journalists across newsrooms in Chicago who are collecting video related to use of force, stop & frisk, and traffic stops conducted by federal agents. Share video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists Contact us: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com We won’t share video publicly without your permission. Share video / Enviar video Somos un grupo de periodistas de distintos medios en Chicago recopilando videos relacionados con el uso de la fuerza, detenciones, controles de tráfico y retenes por agentes federales en Chicago. Enviar video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists Contacto: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com No compartiremos video públicamente sin permiso.
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Dan Grzeca @dangrzeca.bsky.social · 26d
Come see me at AppleFest today in Lincoln Square! And Fuck ICE
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26d
Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.
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