Patrick Monaghan
@pkmonaghan.bsky.social
Somehow still here. Chicago, films, MS, music, far too many effects pedals, Antifa Local 242.
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Patrick Monaghan
@pkmonaghan.bsky.social
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Market Box
Market Box is a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago
marketboxchi.org
Please donate whatever you can when you can. Even a tiny amount can make a difference to someone in dire need.
MARKET BOX
is a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago
marketboxchi.org
MARKET BOX
is a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago
marketboxchi.org
Letterboxd just went down as I was saving a lengthy review, but I’m not gonna cry, because I’m a big boy now. Yes, I sure am.
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Letterboxd just went down as I was saving a lengthy review, but I’m not gonna cry, because I’m a big boy now. Yes, I sure am.
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Absolute fckn classic
Soul Asylum’s “While You Were Out” LP was released on this date in 1986. It’s nice that whoever runs the band’s social media is on top of this stuff, and they posted the photo below among several others.
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Absolute fckn classic
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their only plan is to get rid of health plans
There was an enormous hullabaloo in Washington over the weekend when reports surfaced that More »
Trump’s Healthcare Plan Is Just a Mirage
A plan to fix Obamacare subsidies seemed imminent but is now on hold. Did Johnson kill it, or was it always a just a feint?
nymag.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
their only plan is to get rid of health plans
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This story includes links to my WBEZ Curious City story about Dunning.
20 years ago, neighbors fought to keep 21 acres of green space from being turned into a Home Depot. Today, the Dunning Read Natural Area is an oasis of natural plants and important wetlands. blockclubchi.co/48A3liI
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This story includes links to my WBEZ Curious City story about Dunning.
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Midwest folks: You should read this story about pesticide drift.
For @biographic.bsky.social, I reported from across rural Illinois on an environmental crisis unfolding in the Midwest: herbicides drifting off millions of acres of crop fields are slowly killing oaks and other native tree species. #longreads
The Scourge of Native Oaks is Blowing in the Wind
Scientists and conservationists in the U.S. Midwest are working to stop herbicides from industrial agriculture from drifting onto the region’s remaining hardwood trees
www.biographic.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Midwest folks: You should read this story about pesticide drift.
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Benny staged a photo of what he said were 11 "rioters" who were arrested. Bovino tackled one of them for...nothing.
Only they weren't arrested. They were held all day, asked some Qs, then dropped off at a gas (petrol) station nearby.
These people don't show up on list of people arrested that day.
Only they weren't arrested. They were held all day, asked some Qs, then dropped off at a gas (petrol) station nearby.
These people don't show up on list of people arrested that day.
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Benny staged a photo of what he said were 11 "rioters" who were arrested. Bovino tackled one of them for...nothing.
Only they weren't arrested. They were held all day, asked some Qs, then dropped off at a gas (petrol) station nearby.
These people don't show up on list of people arrested that day.
Only they weren't arrested. They were held all day, asked some Qs, then dropped off at a gas (petrol) station nearby.
These people don't show up on list of people arrested that day.
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Benny Johnson shows up 8 times in Sara Ellis' opinion, partly by capturing Noem and Bovino saying illegal shit.
xcancel.com/bennyjohnson...
xcancel.com/bennyjohnson...
![On October 3, 2025, Secretary Noem spoke to agents at the Broadview facility before
they began their shift. She said:
When we leave here, we’re going to go hard. We’re going to
hammer these guys who are advocating for violence against the
American people. What they are doing is advocating to harm not
just you and your colleagues but your families and they’re doxing
your identities and victimizing people every day by the way that
they’re talking, speaking, who they’re affiliated with, who they’re
funded with, and what they’re talking about as far as consequences
for what we’re doing by protecting this country. So we’re going to
go out there and we’re going to make sure that there’s
consequences for the way that they’re behaving, and then we’re
going to prosecute them. We’re going to bring them to justice.
We’re not taking this anymore. . . . We’re going to give you guys
all the authority that you need to arrest these individuals who are
advocating for violence against you.
Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson), X (Oct. 3, 2025 1:05 p.m.), https://x.com/bennyjohnson/
status/1974174065985470970. Bovino followed up by telling the agents:
You’re going to be put in full effect . . . That crowd there is, is an
unsafe crowd on either side. . . . And when they resist, what
happens? They get arrested. So it’s now going to be a free arrest
zone. And, I’ll give them one warning that that’ll be for safety of,
of us and the Secretary to leave. So they’re getting it here as soon
as we leave.
Id. Secretary Noem finished by stating, “[m]ake sure that these individuals are not allowed to
conduct this kind of activity anymore.” Id.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreig2d3dv5uenevfeysdwtzufmkdzaesuprpyomamh3fmnnaq3xq3se@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Benny Johnson shows up 8 times in Sara Ellis' opinion, partly by capturing Noem and Bovino saying illegal shit.
xcancel.com/bennyjohnson...
xcancel.com/bennyjohnson...
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Practicing this response for Thanksgiving if a relative says something I don't agree with...
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Practicing this response for Thanksgiving if a relative says something I don't agree with...
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Oh. Here's the "beard" being ripped off someone's face.
I believe this is what ICE is calling "a beard being ripped from an officer’s face" by a Chicago protestor x.com/ICEgov/statu...
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Oh. Here's the "beard" being ripped off someone's face.
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And here's how that shows up in Sara Ellis' 233-page opinion finding that CBP and ICE used force against peaceful protesters.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
And here's how that shows up in Sara Ellis' 233-page opinion finding that CBP and ICE used force against peaceful protesters.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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For those saying there will be no consequences for Bovino.
Maybe.
But DOJ has had to dismiss a slew of cases bc of this, and Bovino seems to now spend his time trolling on Xitter (he likes to call me "empty tire" when I note he's an adjudged liar).
Maybe.
But DOJ has had to dismiss a slew of cases bc of this, and Bovino seems to now spend his time trolling on Xitter (he likes to call me "empty tire" when I note he's an adjudged liar).
Here's how Greg Bovino denies tackling Scott Blackburn, while watching a video showing him tacking Scott Blackburn.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![A 5-question exchange in which Greg Bovino is asked if he sees an older gentleman, "expressing his disagreement with [Bovino's] presence in Chicago [who] doesn't like the fact that you are instructing him to move down, right?"
Bovino responds, no, "That individual is failing to follow instructions to vacate the area."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreibxlni2hq5i7mycqssosneb3ahdrtvw3ullnbi6y66dtomevhyhh4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
For those saying there will be no consequences for Bovino.
Maybe.
But DOJ has had to dismiss a slew of cases bc of this, and Bovino seems to now spend his time trolling on Xitter (he likes to call me "empty tire" when I note he's an adjudged liar).
Maybe.
But DOJ has had to dismiss a slew of cases bc of this, and Bovino seems to now spend his time trolling on Xitter (he likes to call me "empty tire" when I note he's an adjudged liar).
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Next Monday at 7pm, @thefilmsociety hosts Masaki Kobayashi's supernatural anthology KWAIDAN.
Based on a 1904 collection of Japanese folktales & at the time the most expensive Japanese film ever made, KWAIDAN will be presented in 35MM.
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
Based on a 1904 collection of Japanese folktales & at the time the most expensive Japanese film ever made, KWAIDAN will be presented in 35MM.
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
a close up of a person 's face with asian writing on it
ALT: a close up of a person 's face with asian writing on it
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Next Monday at 7pm, @thefilmsociety hosts Masaki Kobayashi's supernatural anthology KWAIDAN.
Based on a 1904 collection of Japanese folktales & at the time the most expensive Japanese film ever made, KWAIDAN will be presented in 35MM.
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
Based on a 1904 collection of Japanese folktales & at the time the most expensive Japanese film ever made, KWAIDAN will be presented in 35MM.
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
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A 20-something just told me the track titles on the back of my "Tim" shirt look like a list of ill-named bars in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A 20-something just told me the track titles on the back of my "Tim" shirt look like a list of ill-named bars in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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the fact that mlms are legal here and that the chairman of the board of the heritage foundation is the daughter of one of the amway founders should be informative to more people, i think
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
the fact that mlms are legal here and that the chairman of the board of the heritage foundation is the daughter of one of the amway founders should be informative to more people, i think
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"We are all fools to have left Chicago. It was a town to play in; a town where you could stay yourself, and where the hoots of the critics couldn't frighten your style or drain your soul." — Ben Hecht, writing about his friendship and writing collaborations with Charles MacArthur
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"We are all fools to have left Chicago. It was a town to play in; a town where you could stay yourself, and where the hoots of the critics couldn't frighten your style or drain your soul." — Ben Hecht, writing about his friendship and writing collaborations with Charles MacArthur
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Sima Cunningham Live at Reggies' Rock Club 2016-12-30 https://archive.org/details/ajc01954_sima_cunningham_2016-12-30
Sima Cunningham Live at Reggies' Rock Club 2016-12-30 : Sima Cunningham : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Sima CunninghamDecember 30th, 2016Reggies' Rock ClubChicago, ILUSARecording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive.Mastering: .wav > Audacity...
archive.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Sima Cunningham Live at Reggies' Rock Club 2016-12-30 https://archive.org/details/ajc01954_sima_cunningham_2016-12-30
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Meatwave Live at Reckless Records 2017-02-24 https://archive.org/details/ajc01964_meatwave-2017-02-24
Meatwave Live at Reckless Records 2017-02-24 : Meatwave : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
MeatwaveReckless RecordsChicago, ILFebruary 24th, 2017Recording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive.Mastering: .WAV > iZotope RX7 [fades,...
archive.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Meatwave Live at Reckless Records 2017-02-24 https://archive.org/details/ajc01964_meatwave-2017-02-24
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Cheer-Accident Live at Reggies' Rock Club https://archive.org/details/ajc01960_cheer-accident-2017-02-02
Cheer-Accident Live at Reggies' Rock Club : Cheer-Accident : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Cheer-AccidentReggies' Rock ClubChicago, ILFebruary 2nd, 2017Recording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive.Mastering: .WAV > iZotope RX7...
archive.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Cheer-Accident Live at Reggies' Rock Club https://archive.org/details/ajc01960_cheer-accident-2017-02-02
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This is the last of the "assaults" from September 27 that NDIL dismissed, a day where Greg Bovino was deliberately promising a "shitshow."
Basically they knocked over a 70-year old guy and then accused him of assault.
Basically they knocked over a 70-year old guy and then accused him of assault.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes, in dismissing Midway Blitz-related charges against Dana Briggs last week, said he was lifting restrictions on relevant video.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is the last of the "assaults" from September 27 that NDIL dismissed, a day where Greg Bovino was deliberately promising a "shitshow."
Basically they knocked over a 70-year old guy and then accused him of assault.
Basically they knocked over a 70-year old guy and then accused him of assault.
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By me:
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives @robertloerzel.bsky.social reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
Maybe Things Will Be Better in Chicago
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives us reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
By me:
Whaaaaaaat
Scarlett Johansson will star in Mike Flanagan’s THE EXORCIST.
“Scarlett is a brilliant actress whose captivating performances always feel grounded and real, from genre films to blockbusters,” said Flanagan.
The film will tell an all-new story.
“Scarlett is a brilliant actress whose captivating performances always feel grounded and real, from genre films to blockbusters,” said Flanagan.
The film will tell an all-new story.
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Whaaaaaaat
Robbie Fulks on the “miracle” of bluegrass and the ecstasies of improv solos
Don’t plan guitar solos, says this acoustic mastermind – let them fly naturally
www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit...
Don’t plan guitar solos, says this acoustic mastermind – let them fly naturally
www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit...
“Tony Rice is the closest guy to a shredder that I was fixed on – but he could only influence me so far because I didn’t really understand his vocabulary”: Robbie Fulks on the “miracle” of bluegrass a...
Don’t plan guitar solos, says this acoustic mastermind – let them fly naturally
www.guitarworld.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Robbie Fulks on the “miracle” of bluegrass and the ecstasies of improv solos
Don’t plan guitar solos, says this acoustic mastermind – let them fly naturally
www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit...
Don’t plan guitar solos, says this acoustic mastermind – let them fly naturally
www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit...
If I’ve learned one thing from watching a ton of movies the last five years, it’s that people used to drink a fck ton of milk.
“League of Gentlemen” (Dearden, 1960)
“League of Gentlemen” (Dearden, 1960)
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If I’ve learned one thing from watching a ton of movies the last five years, it’s that people used to drink a fck ton of milk.
“League of Gentlemen” (Dearden, 1960)
“League of Gentlemen” (Dearden, 1960)