Robert Loerzel
@robertloerzel.bsky.social
Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
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oh dang we have another chicago snowy owl sighting
Have never seen an owl before tonight. La Villita Park. (I am pretty sure it's an owl.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
oh dang we have another chicago snowy owl sighting
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The four I saw from my apartment window fighting and failing to go West and get off the lakefront. In the end they just gave up and flew south.
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The four I saw from my apartment window fighting and failing to go West and get off the lakefront. In the end they just gave up and flew south.
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Shout out to @pmorse.bsky.social for alerting us to these incredible Thanksgiving postcards from the Newberry:
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Shout out to @pmorse.bsky.social for alerting us to these incredible Thanksgiving postcards from the Newberry:
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This is the correct takeaway.
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is the correct takeaway.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It's that time of year again — the time to play "Thanksgiving Prayer" by William S. Burroughs. youtu.be/sLSveRGmpIE...
William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer
YouTube video by williamburroughsVEVO
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November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It's that time of year again — the time to play "Thanksgiving Prayer" by William S. Burroughs. youtu.be/sLSveRGmpIE...
Tonight at Simon's Tavern in Andersonville: "Glogg Unleashed" www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Tonight at Simon's Tavern in Andersonville: "Glogg Unleashed" www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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One of Chicago’s great bookstores.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
One of Chicago’s great bookstores.
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My God. The US now aligns itself against the civilized world along side the least free and most barbaric countries in the world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
We are now one of the few countries that will no longer honor World AIDS Day
We join with Russia, Iran, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Libya, North Korea
You know all the countries that hate humans rights
I find it shameful
Callous Cruelty
We are now one of the few countries that will no longer honor World AIDS Day
We join with Russia, Iran, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Libya, North Korea
You know all the countries that hate humans rights
I find it shameful
Callous Cruelty
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My God. The US now aligns itself against the civilized world along side the least free and most barbaric countries in the world.
Squirrel in pursuit of crabapples. Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, November 22, 2025.
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Squirrel in pursuit of crabapples. Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, November 22, 2025.
Just heard sandhill cranes in Uptown. There have been other reports of them flying south over Chicago today.
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Just heard sandhill cranes in Uptown. There have been other reports of them flying south over Chicago today.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
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Charges dropped against U.S. Air Force veteran arrested during protest outside Broadview ICE facility - CBS Chicago share.google/36UtmqGwOqBz...
Charges dropped against U.S. Air Force veteran arrested during protest outside Broadview ICE facility
The United States Attorney decided to drop all of the charges against Dana Briggs with prejudice, meaning this is a final ruling and the same charges can never be brought again.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Charges dropped against U.S. Air Force veteran arrested during protest outside Broadview ICE facility - CBS Chicago share.google/36UtmqGwOqBz...
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Maybe quick ask your history department how capitulation to tyrants works out.
BREAKING from New York Times: Northwestern is nearing a $75 million deal with the Trump administration to free up federal funding and close out ongoing antisemitism investigations
The find would be the second largest after Columbia's $200m payment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
The find would be the second largest after Columbia's $200m payment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Maybe quick ask your history department how capitulation to tyrants works out.
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“Special Redaction Project” deserves to go down among the language of legendary dictators and fascists
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Special Redaction Project” deserves to go down among the language of legendary dictators and fascists
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CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
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It's somehow even STUPIDER than Hegseth not knowing about mirror imaging.
Hegseth doesn't know how to tell left from right!
Hegseth doesn't know how to tell left from right!
Except the image he replies to isn’t mirror-reversed - it’s on a hanger, and clearly on the left breast as it’s supposed to be and at least the first row are in correct order from what I can tell via googling award precedence (will defer to an actual expert). He can’t even use mirroring as an excuse
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's somehow even STUPIDER than Hegseth not knowing about mirror imaging.
Hegseth doesn't know how to tell left from right!
Hegseth doesn't know how to tell left from right!
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The mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s 11-year-old nephew has been arrested for alleged civil immigration violations and is in a detention center fighting deportation to her native Brazil.
ICE detains woman with family ties to White House press secretary
Bruna Ferreira, a Brazilian immigrant who was once engaged to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s brother, was detained by ICE while driving to pick up their son from school.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s 11-year-old nephew has been arrested for alleged civil immigration violations and is in a detention center fighting deportation to her native Brazil.
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Really excellent piece by @robertloerzel.bsky.social about a song I now find myself obsessed by.
@chicagomag.com
It's usually not wise to cover Tom Waits, but it's Mavis.
So there it is.
@chicagomag.com
It's usually not wise to cover Tom Waits, but it's Mavis.
So there it is.
When Tom Waits released ”Chicago” on his record ‘Bad as Me’, he said the album’s songs included “music for immigrants.”
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 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Really excellent piece by @robertloerzel.bsky.social about a song I now find myself obsessed by.
@chicagomag.com
It's usually not wise to cover Tom Waits, but it's Mavis.
So there it is.
@chicagomag.com
It's usually not wise to cover Tom Waits, but it's Mavis.
So there it is.
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"We talked about Cairo, and wondered whether we would know it when we got to it. . . Jim said if the two big rivers joined together there, that would show." - Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"We talked about Cairo, and wondered whether we would know it when we got to it. . . Jim said if the two big rivers joined together there, that would show." - Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Magnolia Manor, the last remnant of Cairo, Illinois's glory days.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Magnolia Manor, the last remnant of Cairo, Illinois's glory days.
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I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa azmirror.com/briefs/ice-a...
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa | Arizona Mirror
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents collided with a car driven by a person they were attempting to apprehend in a Mesa neighborhood.
azmirror.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
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The best review I’ve read about the Smashing Pumpkins opera, s/o @jamieludwig.bsky.social
A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness redeems the Smashing Pumpkins’ biggest excesses - Chicago Reader
Billy Corgan’s collaboration with Lyric Opera of Chicago reinvents the band’s 1995 double album for an ensemble of more than 100.
chicagoreader.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The best review I’ve read about the Smashing Pumpkins opera, s/o @jamieludwig.bsky.social