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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 04/09/2026
that's the big tv
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 03/09/2026
For his annual Illini Football preview, @jhettinger.bsky.social takes a look at what this season means in the context of lifelong Illini fandom, and yes, of course, the Big TV. www.champaignshowers.com/theres-a-new...
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There's a New TV in Town
Johnathan stops by the blog for his annual Illini Football preview and takes a look at what this year could mean for Illinois' growing football profile.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 02/09/2026
I hope someone runs to unseat these pro flock Champaign City council members. they're so ineffective. wouldn't be hard to outflank them from both the left and the right. game over.
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Julie Cidell @jlcidell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Love this story and every one that I've seen like it highlighting how immigrants are woven into the fabric of our communities and our country.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 24/06/2026
Spent 90 minutes with C-U's Congolese community to understand what a half-century World Cup drought means to them; ended up learning a lot more. My latest, out now on both the blog and on @smilepolitely.com: www.champaignshowers.com/world-cup-on...
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 24/06/2026
Spent 90 minutes with C-U's Congolese community to understand what a half-century World Cup drought means to them; ended up learning a lot more. My latest, out now on both the blog and on @smilepolitely.com: www.champaignshowers.com/world-cup-on...
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 24/06/2026
new story coming 🔜 like as 🔜 as today. I'm really happy with how it turned out and think you may like it.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 05/06/2026
kathy's mailbag today rips. i, too, find it deeply ironic that the champaign 4th of july celebration bans protests, an activity explicitly protected by the first amendment. www.news-gazette.com/business/kat...
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Kathy's #Mailbag, June 5, 2026
The local kickoff for America’s 250th birthday party … a question about the rules for C-U’s Fourth of July parade … who’s responsible for maintaining properties on the UI’s South
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 04/06/2026
coupla new dispatches up on the blog so far this week
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 03/06/2026
this may be a radical position and if so please forgive me but i believe carle, too, should pay their fair share of taxes.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 03/06/2026
great reporting in c-u citizen access. champaign developers paying their fair share of taxes challenge (impossible) cu-citizenaccess.org/2026/06/loop...
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Loophole saves Champaign County landlords $1.8 million a year in property taxes - CU-CitizenAccess.org
Each year, Champaign County property owners each get a tax exemption of up to $6,000 for living in their one home. But about 1,400 landlords are granted multiple exemptions a year on their assessments...
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 01/06/2026
sorry I missed your call I was too busy deciding who to vote for in the gazoo's people's choice 2026 (arts + entertainment section, video gaming category)
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 01/06/2026
should have seen that coming reading the comments on illini atheltics pride month post on the everything app. that one's on me. should have known.
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hartman.bsky.social @hartman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Welcome back. Subscribed.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 27/05/2026
started something new on the blog. not sure how it's going to go. might delete later. idk. but for now: www.champaignshowers.com/dispatches/
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Dispatches
A local micro-blog for our micro-times
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 05/04/2026
what a good year this was.
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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
🫡 go illini 🫡
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 04/04/2026
get there early for all of them brother. I got to esquire at 3 pm for 5 pm tip last week and snagged one of the last spots.
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Chris Davies @cdd727.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Illini by a million
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 04/04/2026
she thinks she missed the train to Mars, she's out back counting STARS youtu.be/gMEB4HNNZ2I?...
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HUM - Stars
YouTube video by HUMVEVO
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 03/04/2026
This team is our culture. It's been a fun year. www.champaignshowers.com/this-is-our-...
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This Is Our Culture
On the eve of the Final Four, Boswell looks at how this year's basketball team fits into Champaign-Urbana's cultural landscape.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 03/04/2026
This team is our culture. It's been a fun year. www.champaignshowers.com/this-is-our-...
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This Is Our Culture
On the eve of the Final Four, Boswell looks at how this year's basketball team fits into Champaign-Urbana's cultural landscape.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 20/03/2026
final four ???
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 20/03/2026
we're never fucking losing again ok
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 19/03/2026
Penn being called the "University of Pennsylvania" is public school cultural appropriation.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 19/03/2026
trump went to Penn
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 18/03/2026
at some point we need to get to the bottom of why they have a big arena and a ncaa regional in greenville south carolina but we can get into that at a later date i just wanted to note it for the record.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 18/03/2026
there are just over 19 hours left to enter your bracket in this year's contest! it's free! believe in yourself!
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 18/03/2026
wish blaha had done better. nikki b moved here to run for congress and that still doesn't sit right with me just imo.
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Marty McKee @martymckeeofficial.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Done!
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 17/03/2026
two days left to enter!!! it's free!!! and supports exclusively local causes!!!
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 01/03/2026
a group of locals in town are organizing against Flock Safety. you can learn why, sign the petition, and sign up for more updates at stopflock.org
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 16/03/2026
the 6th-ever Showers Bracket Contest is now live!!! as always, entry is completely free. winner gets a $500 donation to a local (c-u) non-profit of their choice + a $250 gift card to a locally-owned business of their choice. be great. go illini. thebigtourney.com/madness/fsit...
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Champaign Showers Bracket Contest
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 01/03/2026
a group of locals in town are organizing against Flock Safety. you can learn why, sign the petition, and sign up for more updates at stopflock.org
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Champaign Is Also A Band Podcast @ciabpodcast.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
NEW EPISODE! EP161 with Jacob Fleichli of Tractor Kings is available now! Find it on your favorite podcast platform. champaignisalsoaband.podbean.com/e/ep161-jaco... cc: @champaignshowers.com
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EP161 - Jacob Fleichli of Tractor Kings - Already Together | Champaign Is Also A Band
Sven chats with Jacob Fleichli (He/Him) of Tractor Kings about his song "Already Together" off of the album Code, the CU Music Scene, and his favorite non-musical thing(s).Cover Photo by: Carrie Chand...
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 03/12/2025
this was a good outcome but it is mind blowing that an elected official or two (pretty clear who it was from watching the meeting) thought they could just slide this by. without @luke-taylor.bsky.social's reporting, no one would have known. support local journalism.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 03/12/2025
it was voted down unanimously.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 03/12/2025
city council getting their ass handed to them for 3+ hours tonight. public comment still going.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 03/12/2025
i know for a fact a city of champaign live stream hates to see me comin
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 02/12/2025
champaign city council is going to vote on making homelessness illegal tonight btw. www.news-gazette.com/news/champai...
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Champaign council to vote on ordinance banning public camping
Tonight, Champaign’s City Council plans to take a vote on whether to prohibit “public camping,” essentially putting the ban on staying on any public right-of-way.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 19/10/2025
final four ???
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 11/10/2025
Let's just forget everything said And everything we did Best friends and better halves Goodbyes And the autumn night when we realized We were falling out of love There were some things that were said that weren't meant There were some things that were said that weren't meant Ther
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 11/10/2025
that 11 am kickoff morning air hit my nose like smelling salts.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 08/10/2025
if you want to get radicalized just go to a city council meeting and listen to them debate a mission statement for an hour and I promise you won't believe in any form of government by the end of it.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 07/10/2025
odds that city council does anything about Flock flaunting their rules, time and time again: +100000 www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.
New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and ...
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 04/10/2025
rose bowl ???
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 03/10/2025
In his latest for the blog, @jaredfritz.bsky.social looks at the real-life examples of Fire Doll Studio and Plant Mode to highlight how small bets and walkable blocks can make a huge difference in Champaign. Read the full post here: www.champaignshowers.com/the-vacant-w...
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The Vacant Windows Theory
Champaign grows candle by candle, window by window. Jared stops by the blog to show how small bets and walkable blocks shape real prosperity.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 20/09/2025
bloomington liberation day
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Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker @nomads.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
We support this.
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Champaign Showers @champaignshowers.com · 19/09/2025
the sad truth of the matter is that the rest of indiana would probably kick out monroe county, where bloomington is, if they could. don't just take my word for it, look at their own actions:
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