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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’ve heard the sounds of record scratching pop up in new rock and pop songs. For my latest Reader feature, I called up a bunch of rock musicians to find out what interests them in record scratching.
chicagoreader.com
Record scratching breaks containment again - Chicago Reader
Born from hip-hop in the 1970s, turntablism is having its biggest moment in pop and rock since the nu-metal boom a generation ago.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 12m
We’re suffering a severe dearth of new Chicago characters lately. We need a quirky animal to take up residence in an unexpected place, like a cockatiel nesting in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Tiffany Dome
blockclubchicago.org
Aurelio’s Debuts Pope Leo Pizza Box To Honor Its Most Famous Customer
The suburban pizza chain is honoring Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV with a limited-edition box made for a papal photo op.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 19h
It will be good?
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 23h
An anti-Zionist Hasidic Jew who is an Israeli citizen participated in a protest against Israel, was arrested and charged with hate crimes, which were eventually dropped, but the US subsequently removed his legal immigration status, detained him & now seeks to deport him back to Israel.
nytimes.com
A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported. (Gift Article)
Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
using ai to buy records is so counter to the very nature of experiencing music and collecting, both of which feed off curiosity. this is just zombie consumption.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 30/09/2026
Jesus Christ Cornell
What use was it to bring the writer and activist Chanel Miller to campus in the spring just for fraternity brothers to scroll, bored, on their phones as she movingly shared her experience as Emily Doe, the victim of Brock Turner? As I wrote at the time, I was floored and dismayed as I sat in the audience with one of my brilliant undergraduates; we heard Miller’s shattering account of being sexually assaulted by Turner behind a dumpster at Stanford University after a fraternity party. Her talk was riveting, and there was so much to learn from it. And yet many of the male students who hailed predominantly from fraternities — 15 percent of each chapter was required to be in attendance — were so tuned out that Miller commented ruefully: “You know, this has been my hardest gig, because they didn’t turn down the house lights. I’m not sure how you professors do it, because it’s so hard looking out at this sea of mildly disgruntled faces. I mean, I’m sure you’re all very moved, but …,” Miller smiled. The implication being, it didn’t seem like it, from her angle.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No
Hearing the origin story of the Format usually elicits some kind of “say it ain’t so” reaction. 

Back in the mid-’90s, Nate Ruess and Sam Means were just two Weezer-loving high schoolers who met under a blue album moon, and everything started coming undone—or rather, together—for the indie pop-rock band.
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new: federal authorities tapped into a network of flock license plate readers and surveillance cameras owned by chicagoland police during their failed attempts to prosecute marimar martinez and anthony ruiz for following immigration agents last october.
chicagoreader.com
Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader
During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This claims TVOTR hadnt been on TV prior to playing “wolf like me” on Letterman in 2006, but in 2004 I attended a Last Call with Carson Daly taping specifically to see TVOTR
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
None of them are wearing a tie in the shape of Illinois
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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 29/09/2026
book news from me!
Publishers Marketplace
Category: Non-fiction: Food/Beverage
FILIPINO ENOUGH By Leah Cohen, Soleil Ho
Imprint: Union Square & Co
Deal Report
September 25, 2026
Chef-owner of NYC's Pig & Khao, Top Chef alum, and mom Leah Cohen's FILIPINO ENOUGH, a cookbook that explores the author's cultural roots through a collection of recipes intended for family meals and gatherings; written with Soleil Ho, to Nicole Fisher at Union Square & Co, at auction, by Rica Allannic at David Black Literary Agency (world).
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Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 29/09/2026
Read the full investigation by @mulchy.bsky.social here: chicagoreader.com/news/ice-flo...
chicagoreader.com
Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader
During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Looks nice in print
Print version of my “record scratching breaks containment again” story
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
talk about interior decorating
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
john carpenter writing the soundtracks to assault on precinct 13 and halloween
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
looking forward to the next 100 best TV shows of the 21st Century list rollout, which I assume begins tomorrow. I gotta know which program is the 184th best (my guess: that’s my bush!)
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 27/09/2026
2006: don’t have the same password for everything, don’t share information like yr mother’s maiden name or the name of the street you grew up on 2026: yr last 17 passwords have been found on the dark web. everything is listening to you. an ai agent is asking for a photo of yr state id
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Marc Ruvolo @marcruvolo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Devastated at the news of @bureauofprint.bsky.social's sudden passing. He was the best of them, smart, funny as hell, talented, always true to his f'n word. Stubborn as stone, and in that way were were exactly alike. Check your friends, don't let years slide by without saying you love and miss them.
Traitors a Chicago punk band sitting on a couch. L-R Billy Smith, Marc Ruvolo, Francisco Ramirez, Matt Skiba.Francisco Ramirez play at a Traitors show wearing a hockey mask. The singer is covered in shaving cream and red food coloring thrown on him by the audience.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>
nytimes.com
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nathan Fielder in the You Can See Everything trailer
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And you can prep for it with my 2024 Ragamala oral history
chicagoreader.com
An oral history of Ragamala - Chicago Reader
How Chicago’s marathon of Indian classical music became a focus of artistry and community, in the words of the people who’ve made it happen
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
avenge Bob’s Burgers
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve had it and it’s great
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I do indeed know!
chicagoreader.com
What turns kids punk? - Chicago Reader
The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That’s right!
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I wrote about French Police, the emerging Chicago postpunk trio that’s quickly gotten big enough to headline the Ramova
chicagoreader.com
Chicago’s French Police play the kind of postpunk that starts movements - Chicago Reader
French Police might be the fastest-growing Chicago band with such an underreported story.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also the media industry in the US keeps imploding further, with great, award-winning, highly skilled, mid-career folks constantly being laid off, and even fewer journalists of color continuing to work or earn enough freelance income.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
That’s right!
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ending riot fest early, as a bit
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“she doesn’t even go here” Mean Girls clip goes here
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not mentioned in this obit for former WHPK DJ Ice Box, but he’s sampled on @mike-eagle.bsky.social’s “79th and Stony Island”
chicago.suntimes.com
Mark 'DJ Ice Box' Josephson, an early champion of Chicago rap, has died at 58
With a tagline of "This is Ice Box keeping your hip-hop fresh," he played rap music on a University of Chicago radio show at a time mainstream radio wouldn't touch the genre.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 18/09/2026
+972 condemns escalating threats against ‘NAZA’ directors A campaign of incitement by government ministers and far-right activists only proves how much Israel fears the truth — whoever is speaking it. www.972mag.com/naza-yuval-a...
972mag.com
+972 condemns escalating threats against ‘NAZA’ directors
A campaign of incitement by government ministers and far-right activists only proves how much Israel fears the truth — whoever is speaking it.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My grandfather, who is 102 and a medical doctor, has told me about the times before polio was cured. Most years, upon returning to school after summer’s break, there would be some children would didn’t make it back to school because of polio.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
guy buying King Krule’s 2017 album, The OOZ
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
[smashing pumpkins voice] despite
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026
NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
[j jonah jameson voice] get me more pictures of the 48th ward rat wall!
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Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Someone did this to BK. It's fucking infuriating to have to deal with.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
submissions due by October 7 🫠
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
[I was not familiar with your game meme goes here]
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
morning
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Generally I think it’s bad when the city presents a partnership with a private company for a program in a public park but apparently that’s just me
Park District press release: aChicago Park District and Lollapalooza Announce the Expansion of the Luxembourg Chairs in 2027 as the City Celebrates the Buckingham Fountain's 100th Anniversary!

Based on the success of the pilot program, the chairs will become a permanent, seasonal amenity beginning next year

CHICAGO, IL – Today, the Chicago Park District and its partner Lollapalooza, are excited to announce that following the overwhelmingly successful pilot at the Buckingham Fountain, the Luxembourg movable chair program will return as a permanent seasonal amenity in 2027. The expanded program will feature an additional 100 seats on the fountain table! The expansion will debut next May as part of the Buckingham Fountain’s 100th anniversary celebration.

“We are thrilled to join Lollapalooza to announce the expansion of the movable chair program at Buckingham Fountain in 2027,” said Chicago Park District General Superintendent & CEO Carlos Ramirez-Rosa.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For the evening crowd
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Talked to a couple members of Slow Pulp about Melodie for this feature on record scratching
chicagoreader.com
Record scratching breaks containment again - Chicago Reader
Born from hip-hop in the 1970s, turntablism is having its biggest moment in pop and rock since the nu-metal boom a generation ago.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Kudos to Danny Boyle for having Ed Sheeran play the villain in Yesterday (2019), time has vindicated you again
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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 15/09/2026
normal things that happen in a normal country that's got liberal democratic values that are the basis for an unshakable bond with its greatest benefactor
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I called up famous concert taper Aadam Jacobs to talk about his newest project: issuing his recordings on vinyl. On Friday, he’ll put an album by Eleventh Dream Day and one by Naked Raygun.
chicagoreader.com
Aadam Jacobs finally releases some of his ten thousand show tapes on vinyl  - Chicago Reader
Laughing Bee drops live records by Eleventh Dream Day and Naked Raygun, emo band Nymb reissue their whole catalog, and Tone Deaf celebrates seven years.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s funny that the trailer for Crystal Lake uses BOC’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” which is canonically linked to Carpenter’s Halloween
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sarah @oo0oo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm so close to reaching my fundraising goal for @chiabortionfund, if you'd like to donate, I'd love it! (and so would people seeking help!) www.givegab.com/p2p/caf26/sa...
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Sarah's campaign for Chicago Abortion Fund
Support Sarah's fundraising campaign to raise funds for Chicago Abortion Fund.
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