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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 28m

Just watched an interview of a well-known U of C economist praising a right-wing leader of a South American country, deregulation, etc. It's deja vu all over again... (He also thinks the real problem with Trump is that he may pave the way for AOC and Dem Socialists...) I am not making this up.

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Julian Bene @julianbene.bsky.social · 10h

Finally, honest local officials win against data center oligarchs. In Louisiana, of all places! We got Fulton to bump up our first 3 hyperscalers from $200M to $5B. Worth $85M/yr in property tax revenue, if the county makes it stick. It's a big deal. Wish Greens & Progs fought for this. #GApol

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Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · 11h

My column on page two of the Chicago Sun-Times today. Some readers suggested I send it to @peterbakernyt.bsky.social. I assured them that, given my understanding of the NYT ethos, he would not notice or care. www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/10/ever...

everygoddamnday.com

Everything morally wrong is now hunky-dory

Corruption is so rampant in the Trump administration that the temptation is to treat it as normal. It’s not.

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my_random_name @my-random-name.bsky.social · 20h

Booker is the guy on the right trying to hide behind the others.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20h

Cory Booker — who is being floated as a 2028 contender, and who just the other day did not deny the possibility of wanting to become leader of the Senate Democrats — promotes the book of Brett McGurk, a chief architect of the US-backed Israeli genocide of Palestine:

Cory Booker tweet:
@brett_mcgurk
is one of our nation’s great experts on the Middle East and has spent decades working at the highest levels of diplomacy through some of the region’s most consequential moments.

I’m really looking forward to reading Brink and learning from his firsthand account of the extraordinary efforts to free the hostages, and confront the extraordinary challenges of the region.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 20h

“…an industry-backed proposal at the state’s tax commission wanted to halve the $90 million in annual property tax revenue the site was projected to generate…The plan would sharply devalue the equipment inside the finished data center, well below Kendrick’s estimates” @julianbene.bsky.social

news.bloombergtax.com

Data Center Boom Fuels Billion-Dollar Dilemma for Tax Assessors

Tax assessors may seem unlikely players in the data center culture wars roiling the country. But as large-scale data centers proliferate, the local assessors tasked with determining how much they are ...

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 21h

Her two best movies: On the Waterfront North by Northwest RIP

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 23h

The most important skill needed for being a dean in 2026 is being able to take good selfies with other uni administrators and post at least 5 of them per day to Linked In.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 23h

Shocker. I have similar stories.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 23h

The most important skill needed for being a dean in 2026 is being able to take good selfies with other uni administrators and post at least 5 of them per day to Linked In.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Me: Interesting, a $1M award for "academics who pursue bold ideas that challenge prevailing orthodoxies—whether political, intellectual, or methodological—and hold the potential to reshape knowledge, policy, or society." Me, looking closer at who's behind it. 🤔🙄😠 www.thecarobtrust.org/the-prize

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

...being on the selection committee for this, IMO, sort of qualifies you to be a trustee of Hillsdale College or something.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just hoping to being dead before Don Jr is inaugurated.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There will be headlines for a week chastising him for this language. 🙃 After all, when (just) a candidate for POTUS used the word “deplorable” we know what happened…

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ughhh. Instead of recognizing the strength and popularity of progressive mayors like Mamdani & Wilson, too many Black mayors like Bibb, Dickens, and Young are leaning into their corporatist-machine regimes. It’s exhausting.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

She teaches in New York City? What, remotely?

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Well…maybe better if they don’t?

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Me, moving to Chicago in 2024: well at least the the electoral choices will improve compared to Atlanta. Me, in 2026: 😬😳

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Mayor Brandon Johnson @mayorofchicago.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Chicago just experienced the fewest amount of September homicides since 2010. We are going to continue investing in programs that prevent crime and save lives until we drive that number down to zero.

1. Screenshot of WTTW headline: Crime and Law. Chicago on Pace for Fewer Homicides Than Last Year’s Historic Low: Police. Photo of the building exterior of police and fire department headquarters. Photo credit: Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)

2. WTTW article text: Through the first three quarters of 2026, Chicago is on pace for fewer homicides than it recorded in 2025, a year that closed with the city’s fewest recorded killings in 60 years.

According to new data from the Chicago Police Department, there have been 321 homicides throughout the city through the end of September, a 3% decline over the same time last year and a 29% decline over that period in 2024.

3. WTTW article text: That comes after Chicago saw 31 homicides during the month of September — 14 fewer than the same month last year. That’s also the fewest homicides in any September dating back to 2010, according to CPD records.

The total number of shootings (136) and shooting victims (165) last month were also down compared to September 2025, police said.

4. wttw article text: Through the end of September, Chicago has recorded a 4% decline in total shootings and a 2% drop in the number of shooting victims compared to 2025, a year that marked a historic low for violence in the city.

According to the CPD, carjackings are down 26% this year, while robberies (down 21%) and burglaries (down 10%) have also seen declines.

Violent crime on the CTA’s train and bus lines is down 32% this year, while property crime has decreased by 26%, according to CPD data.

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think this is sorta wrong. genocide is notoriously difficult to prosecute in intl tribunals. whether the prosecutors believe it’s genocide and whether they believe they can get convictions are different things.

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My new JOD piece arguing against the “cure polarization” approach to saving democracy.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/10/2026

The Trump administration's scare tactics ahead of the midterms have hit a usual refrain: "migrant caravan." In reality, it's about 600 people (mostly families) who are 1,000 miles from the border. Just when gas prices keep climbing, Trump world is looking for a distraction. This is their attempt.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 01/10/2026

AN EVENING READ — Organizer Rocio Garcia said it’s incomprehensible to see these 29 alderpeople continue to ignore the overwhelming amount of Chicagoans who want to tax the rich. Here's the list of demands going into this FY27 budget season. thetriibe.com/2026/09/what...

thetriibe.com

What Chicago’s grassroots organizers want the FY27 budget to do for working people • The TRiiBE

The People’s Unity Platform says its FY2027 demands are rooted in years of listening sessions, door-knocking and organizing around what Black and brown working-class communities need from City Hall.

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 01/10/2026

“lesswrong” feels like “effective altruism” to me in that the name already has me feeling like you’re trying to put one over on me

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

None of the cheerleaders of the Permitting Reform bill are talking about the fact that it establishes a 150-day statute of limitations for lawsuits under *any* federal law challenging authorizations for coal, oil, and gas extraction. Forever. 150 days is no time at all.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The guy behind her is clearly thinking “man, I hope no one sees me in a video of this shit show.”

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am still waiting for the annual US News ranking of “Most Deplorable Colleges” Cornell should be an easy top 10 candidate. But there are many contenders.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW: It's hard these days for members of Congress to transcend the news cycle with viral moments in committee hearings. Sen. Schmitt today raised the bar with an allegation against Jack Smith that imploded in real time. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

politico.com

Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.

The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Once again, courts acting as the linchpin to the multiple-property-owning plutocracy.

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Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Slow-motion disaster is… well, slow. But the effects are cascading. And just like that—in a tempest that moves inch by inch down the block—the communities we’ve counted on for generations flit away just beyond the grasp of our memory. @eveewing.bsky.social southsideweekly.com/a-slow-and-s...

southsideweekly.com

A Slow and Steady Disaster

Schools, Jobs, and Safety: Why Black Folks Are Leaving Chicago

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh goody...Someone just sent me an open-access "book" they "wrote" on Atlanta. It's under 60 pages and almost certainly entirely generated by AI.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is phenomenal, especially since Tim Robinson is from Detroit (and even had a show called the Detroiters).

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jay Bhattacharya discussing his buddy Peter Theil.

Jay Bhattacharya: Peter and I were friends, I mean, I think I met him when I was 19. He was, you know, he founded The Stanford Review. He was my dorm. He was poor then, so at one point, I think Ilent him pizza money. I think he still owes me. Peter, if you're listening, you don't have to pay me back, I forgive the debt.
Jon Hartley: Gotta think about how much interest there could be there, you know, or what the return is on that.
Jay Bhattacharya: No, we were friends, we are friends now still. But he, but yeah, I mean, he, I think has been the, probably the most prominent person, articulating this idea about stagnation. scientific stagnation, and decrying it, calling for changes in how we think about science so that we can get more real advances. And I think he's right. I think... but I don't think the problem is any lack of opportunities in science. I think the ideas are there. We just need to set the incentives for people to find them.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pedestrian-ing in Chicago.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/09/2026

If only there were a more concise word for “an overtly political campaign advertisement paid for by the government.” If only there were a roomful of writers and editors one could consult…

Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com
What an odd moment in United States history.
A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.
Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My daughters- who I think have watched it 10X- would rank it right after A Princess Bride I think.

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