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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A GoFundMe drive has been launched to help Waco Brother Dean Schlabowske who was diagnosed last month with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The clip below was recorded last Dec. 26 during the Waco Brothers' annual between-the-holidays show at Hideout Chicago Help if you can www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

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KFF @kff.org · 08/10/2026

Health care employment has grown faster than other sectors of the economy, with jobs in healthcare settings, such as physician offices and hospitals, increasing over the past year even as the rest of the job market plateaued: on.kff.org/4drAuPO

KFF graph titled "Is This a Healthcare Economy?" showing the cumulative percent change in jobs added since September 2025. The healthcare line rises steadily to nearly 2% by May 2026, while the non-healthcare line remains around 0.5%.

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people." -- Bill Veeck

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If I was in charge of #WhiteSox marketing, fans would be getting refrigerator magnets tonight with the 2027 schedule on them

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people." -- Bill Veeck

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sean Burke received a standing ovation from the crowd at the Ramova Theater #WhiteSox watch party. #SoxWin!

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TrekMovie.com @trekmovie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On his birthday, remembering John Hoyt, who played Dr. Phil Boyce in Star Trek's first pilot, "The Cage"—making him our very first Star Trek doctor. His character turned up on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds this year.

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026

Learn more about the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Press release: bit.ly/4rgMBol Popular information: bit.ly/4xBghhH Advanced information: bit.ly/4j2v4OM

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 29/09/2026

Gichigamiin Museum opens in Evanston to showcase Native peoples of Great Lakes region

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Gichigamiin Museum opens in Evanston to showcase Native peoples of Great Lakes region

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Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 02/10/2026

On what should’ve been his 80th birthday, the beloved songwriter offers enduring lessons about the value of empathy and curiosity. chicagoreader.com/music/music-...

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America still needs John Prine - Chicago Reader

On what should’ve been his 80th birthday, beloved songwriter John Prine offers enduring lessons about the value of empathy and curiosity.

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Remembering the great comedian & former Chicagoan Groucho Marx, born on this day in 1890. Here he is roasting Johnny Carson: youtu.be/h72IjTcU2v8?...

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The Johnny Carson Friars Club Roast - Groucho Marx

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And so it continues... Our economic debates seem utterly disconnected from the reality. That reality: This is an economy mostly creating healthcare jobs, and it does so month after month, and everything else is just noise.

Line chart titled "Effectively all of the net job creation has been in healthcare and social assistance, and jobs are shrinking in the rest of the economy" showing change in non-farm payrolls since January 2025 through September 2026. Healthcare and social assistance added 998,000 jobs with consistent growth throughout the period, while the rest of the economy lost 222,000 jobs, meaning all net job creation came from healthcare. The rest of the economy showed particular weakness from May through August 2025 when losses reached 218,000 jobs. This striking divergence reveals an unusual concentration where one sector's growth of roughly 48,000 jobs per month has offset persistent contraction across all other industries combined.

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rickkogan.bsky.social @rickkogan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A John Prine 80th birthday week here, fitting because this is where he was born and where he first picked up guitar and first wrote the songs that worked their way into local hearts and heads for keeps. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/30/j...

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Column: Back home in Chicago, singer John Prine gets the celebration we’ve been waiting for

As understandably restrained and quiet was the 2020 funeral of John Prine, the upcoming celebrations surrounding what would have been this singer-songwriter’s 80th birthday will be lavish and music-fi...

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In honor of the #Blackhawks opening their season tonight in Las Vegas, here's a video of the Flat Five & the Total Pro Horns performing "Here Come the Hawks" at The Hideout. (Recorded 10/16/2017 by hmc1410) youtu.be/VxiQdLJCcGw?...

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The Flat Five (w/Total Pro Horns) - Here Come The Hawks

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TrekMovie.com @trekmovie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

39 years ago today, Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered with the 2-parter "Encounter at Farpoint." which included an appearance by DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy passing the torch to the new cast and crew. Were you watching that day? What did you think?

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Signs of the time outside Sox Park in Bridgeport.

White Sox neighbors protest plan to move Amtrak maintenance yard to Bridgeport.

Bilingual lawn sign outside Rate Field urges neighbors to oppose plan to move Amtrak maintenance yard to Bridgeport.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/09/2026

💡Did you know that on September 28, 1928, a Scottish physician named Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin?

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day to those who observe. Lt. Col. Petrov died in 2017. Encyclopedia Britannica notes "He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race." www.britannica.com/biography/St...

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Stanislav Petrov | Nuclear War, Significance, Cold War, & Biography | Britannica

Stanislav Petrov (1939–2017) was an officer in the Soviet air force who saved the world from nuclear annihilation in 1983.

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sixty-one years ago today, Barry McGuire's incendiary anthem "Eve of Destruction" hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. youtu.be/RdARD9Qi8w0?...

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Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (Hullabaloo - Sep 20, 1965)

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 23/09/2026

Don Cooper was a coach in the White Sox organization for over 30 seasons, and the major league pitching coach for over 18 seasons; including a 2005 championship year marked by dominant pitching.

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Former White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper, who led a World Series-winning rotation, dies at age 70

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

47 years ago today Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979. She made one of the most famous images in music history. #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

SPJ strongly objects to President Donald Trump’s decision to bar @cnn.com, @ms.now and @politico.com from the White House because of their coverage. Press access should never be used to punish journalists for reporting that those in power dislike. ➡️ Read the full statement: bit.ly/4hfhDsj

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 17/09/2026

‘Driven,’ a short film by Max and Gaby Fitzpatrick, features and honors their dad, Tony

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‘Driven,’ a short film by Max and Gaby Fitzpatrick, features and honors their dad, Tony

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Carter Lowe @whitesoxx.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Electric Japanese call of Munetaka Murakami's home run yesterday (I have added English subs) #WhiteSox

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Bob Herman @bobjherman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

MedPAC has consistently reported overpayments in Medicare Advantage. Health insurance companies want to kneecap how MedPAC reports these overpayments. Now, insurers have allies in Congress: Republicans, John Wilkerson reports. www.statnews.com/2026/09/16/m...

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GOP aims to change Medicare adviser’s math so it's more favorable to health insurers

The GOP bill directs MedPAC to study the topic of overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans in a manner that’s more favorable to insurers.

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Three inspiring musicians discuss the role music has played in their lives & how #ParkinsonsDisease has changed the way they approach it. They reflect on challenges they face, creative adjustments that help them keep playing, & lessons they learned. www.apdaparkinson.org/parkinsons-p...

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Musicians with Parkinson’s | Parkinson's Perspectives Interviews

Perspectives from People with Parkinson’s At the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA), we know that some of the most powerful insights about Parkinson’s disease (PD) come from the people affe...

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@played41 @played41.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sox couldnt lose on Bob's birthday

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TrekMovie.com @trekmovie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today we wish a very happy birthday to Walter Koenig, Pavel Chekov on Star Trek TOS and in 7 movies, and the voice of UFP President Anton Chekov in Picard. He also wrote an episode of The Animated Series, "The Infinite Vulcan."

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 07/09/2026

Lake Forest College sees new academic year start with largest incoming class in its history

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Lake Forest College sees new academic year start with largest incoming class in its history

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rickkogan.bsky.social @rickkogan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sad. Roger Simon was one of a rare kind, a great columnist, better man, terrific friend and Chicago through and through. Read what his many friends and admirers have to say and think good thought about his wife Marcia. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/r...

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Roger Simon, a leading political writer including for the Tribune, dies at 78

Along with being a long-time columnist for the Sun-Times, he was White House correspondent for the Tribune and pioneered political writing at Politico.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Roger was a good man, funny in person and funny in print, empathetic and with unimpeachable integrity, and gracious to young-cub journalists who didn't know what the hell they—we—were doing. Taught me uncountable lessons about how to do journalism and how to be a journalist.

A tweet from journalist Dan Balz: I am so sad to report that Roger Simon died early this morning. He had been ill for some months but went peacefully at the end. He was a brilliant journalist, a gifted columnist, the author of many books about presidential campaigns and other things. He was also wickedly funny. He was courageous in the face of adversity that befell him more than a dozen years ago. So much to be admired. He was Chicago born and worked there and in Baltimore before closing out his remarkable career in Washington, lastly at Politico. He and I met as college journalists and he and his wife Marcia became the dearest of friends with my wife Nancy and me for 60 years. I mourn his loss and know so many others will too. RIP, Friend.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Happy 75th Birthday to Michael Keaton, who -- in "The Paper" -- noted that "a clipboard & a confident wave will get you into any building in the world!" youtu.be/glLnQP8YGmY?...

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The Paper (1994) - TV Spot

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rickkogan.bsky.social @rickkogan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"The Front Page" is back on stage, at Northlight, a play that changed American theater. Set in Chicago in the 1920 it remains potent. Say director BJ Jones, "I think it helps explain our era, our politics, our media. And it is so, so funny.” www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/01/f...

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Column: ‘The Front Page’ opens soon at the new Northlight Theatre. Why bring this old play back?

This gruff and profane comedy was written by two Chicago newspaper guys named Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, set in a world of newspapers that mostly no longer exists.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My latest email newsletter: Algren at the Uptown? www.robertloerzel.com/?mailpoet_ro...

An advertisement for "The Man With the Golden Arm" at the Uptown and Norshore movie theaters.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Released 49 years ago today Lust for Life, the second studio album by Iggy Pop, with the eponymous titel track Iggy Pop - Lust for Life #punkrock #iggypop #lustforlife #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There once was a Lou named Malnati...

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Remembering Marvel Comics Universe Co-Creator Jack "King" Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg OTD in 1917.

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I was not expecting Matt Gold & Storms of Love to open their second set at Simon's Tavern in Andersonville w/ an instrumental version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You."

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 26/08/2026

The insurer’s new system started in July just as Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law meant to curb the growing trend of health insurance companies automatically reducing fees paid to doctors. But the new law doesn’t go into effect until 2028.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield lowers payment for therapists, pediatricians under new ‘downcoding’ policy

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

RIP Tim Curry. In 1979, he released "I Do the Rock," one of the great name-dropping songs of all time. youtu.be/kXPCsaO_55o?...

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Tim Curry Official Music Video - I Do The Rock

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Chicago loves Dolly Parton. 🧵

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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton covered Woody Guthrie's "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" on her hit album "9 to 5 and Odd Jobs," which was released in November 1980. youtu.be/oDfqXkYWzZM?...

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Dolly Parton - 04 - Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)

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