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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Thx.

Wow.

My parents got married at St.Luke by 73rd/Coles.

Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 1d

My maternal grandparents, cousins, cousins’ children, aunts, uncles, and other family members lived and died in South Shore. I’m connected to the neighborhood, and the neighborhood is connected to me.

southsideweekly.com/south-side-a...

South Side as Connection: Evan Moore

In this narrative odyssey, Evan Moore lets us in on the difference between people who grew up on the South Side, and people who simply live there.

southsideweekly.com

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Hockey

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 3d

I can't imagine how bizarre it must be to have two Chicagos going on: one in which jackbooted thugs are oppressing ordinary people as part of a ruse, and the other one, with baseball, and brunch, and ordinary lives, unruffled.

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 3d

The.
Breeze.
Over East.
Is.
Undefeated.

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Phil Lindsey @phillindsey.bsky.social · 7d

God I hate the What chant

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 7d

Tryouts.

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 8d

I guess it depends who says it and how.

Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve been told that before. Especially with my name, haha.

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Your Tiny Journalist Friend. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 8d

Writing this brought me great pleasure. I grew up reading Mary Mitchell’s columns.

Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 8d

"In a two-paper town, Mitchell was the only Black woman with a daily column, reaching thousands of readers across the city. For decades, she used her platform to hold power to account while imploring all to be better neighbors."

blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/30/l...

Legendary Sun-Times Columnist Mary Mitchell Is First Black Woman Honored On Billy Goat Wall

The veteran journalist has joined the ranks of Mike Royko, Richard Roper and Roger Ebert by having her byline added to the wall of the famed Downtown tavern.

blockclubchicago.org

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 8d

"In a two-paper town, Mitchell was the only Black woman with a daily column, reaching thousands of readers across the city. For decades, she used her platform to hold power to account while imploring all to be better neighbors."

blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/30/l...

Legendary Sun-Times Columnist Mary Mitchell Is First Black Woman Honored On Billy Goat Wall

The veteran journalist has joined the ranks of Mike Royko, Richard Roper and Roger Ebert by having her byline added to the wall of the famed Downtown tavern.

blockclubchicago.org

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 9d

Hear that.

Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 9d

Any of you have a mentor-mentee relationship go left?

If so, how did you handle it?

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 9d

Back in 2020, I added my submissions to the Sun-Times' Chicago-pedia booklet.

I added the term "Get Little," meaning to leave somewhere suddenly.

Here's getting little in action:

LuftKraftPikk @luftkraftpikk.bsky.social · 10d

Appropriate music and caption added... 🤌

Fuck trump & fuck 🧊. 💯

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 9d

This reminds me of the film "The Siege," when a soldier told Denzel Washington's character he could have mistaken him for an Ethiopian.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’

Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 10d

When I first started at the Sun-Times, Mary Mitchell told me, “it’s good that you’re here.”

Mary was always available to talk about things, and encourage staffers — especially Black reporters.

Congrats Mary!

chicago.suntimes.com/media/2025/0...

Beloved former Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell joins the greats on the wall of the Billy Goat Tavern

Her former news colleagues honored Mitchell at the installation of her portrait at Chicago journalists' unofficial hall of fame on Friday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 13d

Remember, some folks looking for decorum/respect regarding recent events are the rhetorical cousins with those who celebrated Harold Washington’s death.

Gang, folks treat history like a supermarket hot bar taking what you want, and leaving behind what you don’t like.

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 13d

I’m old enough to remember when David Duke’s showed up near Hampton‘s campus with Confederate flags and what not.

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 16d

^sewing

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 17d

A few weeks ago, me and my kid were in the dry cleaners when she saw one of the employees working the sowing machine.

My kid mentions to them how my mom taught her how to sow by hand.

The worker asks my kid if she’d like her own sowing machine.

Today:

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 18d

Brock picked up that ref like a bag of ice.

Good lord.

Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 18d

Congrats to Howard for showing some fight for the first time since Uptown Funk was a thing.

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 18d

* Tony Yayo

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 18d

The federal government has made it a more difficult climate for orgs like ours to fundraise, so I really can’t express enough how grateful I am for your contributions.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 19d

Give a little — or a lot — to help build and sustain our on-the-ground coverage about Chicago.

Your contribution will support The TRiiBE, an independent, Black-owned and Black-led newsroom that is based in Chicago ⬇️

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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social · 19d

Harold Washington’s Caddy.

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