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josh terry

@joshterry.bsky.social

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chicago-based writer. newsletter producer at wttw news (@wttw.bsky.social). i also run the music and culture blog no expectations. ex: vice, chicago tribune, etc. tips, email: [email protected] https://www.noexpectations.fyi

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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 6d

fox should just let adam amin call baseball games with stacey king, would you rather hear aj pierzynski say "scoring a run-- that's what they're trying to do to win this game" or a guy who might not know all of the rules of baseball screaming "AAAH THE DUMPER! THE BIG DUMPER! SIT ON 'EM FELLA!"

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be hanging out at "News Night" in Chicago next week, talking a little bit about the stories I'm working on these days and chopping it up with some folks.

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 2d

sainthood now leo

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 2d

rip sister jean 106 is too young

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 2d

fake fan alert: they’re called ber

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 2d

looking at a venue’s calendar and struck by this bill featuring artists i’ve never heard of. tors with ber sold out. this is my cellar door. my zendaya is meechee. wow

tors w ber. sold out

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 2d

you should. get there early for beaming

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 2d

very sick much heavier than the records

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 2d

one of my regular throwaway jokes is whenever i’m seeing a band i’ll add an ing to their name like…”we’re gooseing tonight.” went a show headlined by a band called goon tonight and abstained from that bit

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 2d

foot fell asleep so i’m walking like sean penn in one battle after another

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

Perry: The federal government is "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."

That's it. Thanks again for following.

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 3d

maybe 20 years ago but not so much in my early-to-mid thirties

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 3d

POV: you're asked to name all the teenage mutant ninja turtles, but you only know one

bluesky trending topics: Epstein Case, Donatello, Microsoft, Pritzker, Pikmin, and James Comey

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 3d

opened my email to find that the indie rock band joyer and the u.k. recording artist joyeria both released new singles today. no, i still don't believe in simulation theory

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 4d

they put on a hell of a show. stoked to dive in

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 4d

also, i assumed the record i owned was “sophtware slump” but it was an earlier one. first set where they played that record i was like, “wait i should know these songs” but it’s the one from 1997 i know

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 4d

always humbling to realize that even after 13 years of writing about music full time, there are still big bands you know nothing about. seeing grandaddy and had owned one record but assumed they were, like, scottish or something because they were on the 28 days later soundtrack

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 4d

greg freeman, the grateful dead, geese, goose, etc…lotta g bands in my life

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 5d

Tune in ... now to see @brandisfriedman.bsky.social interview @mayorofchicago.bsky.social 🌟LIVE🌟 on @wttw.bsky.social

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 5d

everyone is leaving bluesky, getting a public library card, and making healthier decisions about how to spend their time online

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 5d

contemplating the passage of time as i download a promo copy of an album that's due out in february 2026

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olive consumer's ambulatory skeleton @machete.gay · 5d

I think a lot of thing people struggle with is the difference between reporting and capital-C Content is that you do, in fact, have to maintain some objectivity—something that's hard to do under the best of circumstances for entirely fair, reasonable causes.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 5d

I agree that ICE sucks. I have always thought it should not exist. I do not taunt ICE or participate in the protests!!!!!! That isn't real journalism!!!!!