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Chris P

@chrispummer.bsky.social

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Husband, dad. | he/him | White Sox ⚾️, Blackhawks 🏒 fan | Secular humanist | General enthusiast | Model citizen, zero discipline.

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Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 46m

At least in the stir fry, I’d live without in salads. Raw carrots and onions good enough crunchy texture for me.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 47m

Toss in some canned water chestnuts.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 1h

Not a perfect solution, but I’d sub out the regular salt for celery salt. If you’ve got some languishing in your pantry, can also use Old Bay, which is mostly celery salt, too.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 23h

On Sullivan I expect better from someone who used to be a legman for Royko.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 1d

They’re not nearly that cool.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 1d

Teuvo rocks!

Mark Lazerus @marklazerus.bsky.social · 1d

GOAL: Teräväinen ties it 2-2.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe if her politics were more left and she were building out local party infrastructure a big loss doesn’t look as bad. Spending it to make sure everyone knows you’re Republican-lite — no thanks.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 1d

Last time she ran her campaign burned $50 million in cash on TV ads and lost by 20 points. Maybe with $100 million she can lose by 15.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 1d

Get in on this action. The team-by-team NHL previews alone are worth an annual subscription.

Sam Fels But Who's Buyin'? @felsgate.bsky.social · 1d

And remember, the newsletter/site is still on sale for a few more hours for just $3/month and $30 for the year! Come be a witness to my downfall!

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Sam Fels But Who's Buying

Hawks, hockey, soccer, baseball, Chicago, some argle bargle, a dash of foofaraw

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Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 2d

Not just that, but they drafted him and Madrigal both because they thought they could just plug those guys in without much development in the system. One of the many shortcuts they were taking.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 2d

Swoletariat rise up.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 2d

They’re already doing that for another guy.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe if he got hurt on the play, too.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 2d

Told him I’m sorry I’m such a square, and more sorry it runs in the family.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 2d

My son met a kid named Orion at a percussion camp and wanted to know why I didn’t name him that “or something else cool….”

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J-ON the Grudge @justjonk.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago’s 2025 Budget was $17.1B. If you gave Chicago 10% of the new money for ICE it would represent a 43.8% increase in the budget. That’s a lot of social workers, drug counselors, & homeless shelters. That’s money for camps & youth programs. All more valuable than guys with guns.

J-ON the Grudge @justjonk.bsky.social · 2d

If you took the $75B that Trump gave to ICE and split it between the top ten most crime ridden cities for community projects to prevent violence you’d have way more success than sending the National Guard.

We all know this isn’t really about solving crime, but it should still be said.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah man, but where else are you going to get recommendations to try Portillos and long defenses of Rahm Emanuel?

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 3d

Doing my part to raise awareness.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 3d

Brett Favre also belongs in jail.

ProFootballTalk @profootballtalk.bsky.social · 3d

Mark Sanchez has been released from an Indianapolis hospital after an early Saturday stabbing. He was taken straight to jail to be booked on multiple charges.
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Mark Sanchez is released from hospital, taken to jail

Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez was released from an Indianapolis hospital on Sunday.

www.nbcsports.com

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 3d

All of Hunter's homophobic bullshit got mostly memory-holed by the baseball press because he was a team leader and a good interview who was accommodating to the press. But I have a long memory!

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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 3d

Many Chicagoans will head up to Milwaukee tomorrow for game 2 of the NLDS. Undoubtedly, some will take one of the 13-15 daily direct flights from O'Hare.

If we were a proper country with a modern rail system, there'd be no need for air travel between two major cities that are only 90 miles apart.

A map showing the flight paths of the commercial passenger flights between Chicago O'Hare and Milwaukee Mitchell on October 3, 2025

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 3d

Trying to find a little peace on a Sunday morning.

Fall morning on a tree-lined dirt trail.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 4d

Nwodim and Gardner were workhorses. Their exits left a vacuum and that doesn’t look like it’s been filled yet.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 4d

Bad Bunny is very charismatic and carrying some very mediocre material.

Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 4d

Prince said he didn’t want his likeness made into a hologram to play his music after he was gone because he thought it was demonic. This made-up content slop is worse.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 4d

Unlike other innovations, the AI Slop rollout this week from OpenAI and Meta feels different bc increasingly companies seem to be pushing something customers are not just indifferent about but openly against