Debbie Carlson
@debbiecarlson.bsky.social
Journalist: Commodities, investing retirement + more for @barronsonline @WSJ, @theguardianus + others. Curiosity gets the best of me.
This headline strikes fear in the heart of Chicagoans of a certain age.
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Five inches of snow blankets Chicago area on Sunday with quickest start to winter since 1978, NWS says
The region was blanketed with 5 inches of snow in what a meteorologist at the National Weather Service called the “quickest start to winter” since 1978.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This headline strikes fear in the heart of Chicagoans of a certain age.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/06/u...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/06/u...
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There is zero narrative right now about wages or incomes. Kudos to all the rich assholes at choke points in the political process that succeeded in wielding polling to keep the conservation not about what you earn relative to the rich but on the price of eggs. Master stroke.
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
There is zero narrative right now about wages or incomes. Kudos to all the rich assholes at choke points in the political process that succeeded in wielding polling to keep the conservation not about what you earn relative to the rich but on the price of eggs. Master stroke.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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“What have I done!” 🤡
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“What have I done!” 🤡
If Animal House ever gets rebooted, this party animal deserves a role.
In addition to rum, moonshine and peanut butter whiskey, this raccoon at a Virginia liquor store also got into some vodka and eggnog. If you have not tried it, peanut butter whiskey “is excellent,” a PR manager for the store said. The raccoon apparently agreed. trib.al/XurZIQv
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If Animal House ever gets rebooted, this party animal deserves a role.
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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*whispers*
Hey, writers.
Come here.
No, closer.
Okay, here’s a thing I always try to remember:
You can write 24 utterly straightforward words and some people will read only 18 of them, and in the wrong order.
And nothing on earth you ever do will fix that.
Hey, writers.
Come here.
No, closer.
Okay, here’s a thing I always try to remember:
You can write 24 utterly straightforward words and some people will read only 18 of them, and in the wrong order.
And nothing on earth you ever do will fix that.
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
*whispers*
Hey, writers.
Come here.
No, closer.
Okay, here’s a thing I always try to remember:
You can write 24 utterly straightforward words and some people will read only 18 of them, and in the wrong order.
And nothing on earth you ever do will fix that.
Hey, writers.
Come here.
No, closer.
Okay, here’s a thing I always try to remember:
You can write 24 utterly straightforward words and some people will read only 18 of them, and in the wrong order.
And nothing on earth you ever do will fix that.
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Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Sarah Conway will be the next editor in chief of the Chicago Reader
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Sarah Conway will be the next editor in chief of the Chicago Reader
Nattily dressed shop cat.
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Nattily dressed shop cat.
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Ok people, let's get one thing straight. Whether you love dibs or hate dibs, we all agree on one thing: you don't get to claim dibs because you were parked and blocking snowfall. You have to actually SHOVEL THE SPOT.
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Ok people, let's get one thing straight. Whether you love dibs or hate dibs, we all agree on one thing: you don't get to claim dibs because you were parked and blocking snowfall. You have to actually SHOVEL THE SPOT.
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few things make me feel more chicago than trudging through the snow for a beer in a dive bar
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
few things make me feel more chicago than trudging through the snow for a beer in a dive bar
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Boom.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Boom.
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POV you are Scrooge
Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
POV you are Scrooge
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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Last night on LaSalle St.
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Last night on LaSalle St.
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
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everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
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A couple in Franklin Park was taken by federal agents today when they knocked down the door of this family’s home.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
Federal agents detain couple in Franklin Park family says; Border Patrol chief no longer in area
It's been about a week since Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and his team left the Chicago area, but immigration operations still continue as two people were detained by federal agents in the w...
abc7chicago.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A couple in Franklin Park was taken by federal agents today when they knocked down the door of this family’s home.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
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Tough week for the feds in court.
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Tough week for the feds in court.
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oh yeah the new york city subway is so fucking scary, you never know what kind of weirdo you'll have to share a train with
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
oh yeah the new york city subway is so fucking scary, you never know what kind of weirdo you'll have to share a train with
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NEW: For Rev. David Black, the pastor seen shot in the head w/pepper balls by DHS agents in a viral clip, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition.
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
For the Rev. David Black, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition
(RNS) — ‘I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,’ the Rev. David Black said.
religionnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEW: For Rev. David Black, the pastor seen shot in the head w/pepper balls by DHS agents in a viral clip, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition.
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
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Appeals court reinstates border cop power to take aggressive action after lower court restricted when agents “can use tear gas and other anti-riot weapons on Chicago area residents, journalists and clergy members protesting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “ Via Reuters
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Appeals court reinstates border cop power to take aggressive action after lower court restricted when agents “can use tear gas and other anti-riot weapons on Chicago area residents, journalists and clergy members protesting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “ Via Reuters
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
What angers me about the whole "Quiet, Piggy" comment is that none of her fellow journalists said a thing back to him. It showed no respect for a colleague.
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What angers me about the whole "Quiet, Piggy" comment is that none of her fellow journalists said a thing back to him. It showed no respect for a colleague.