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Jeremy Hornik @jeremyhornik.bsky.social · 17h

I've had 36 hours of CULTURE: Thursday night, "Don Giovanni" at the Lyric Opera Friday afternoon, "You Can See Everything" Friday night, "The Front Page" at Northlight Theater 18th, 20th, and 21st centuries all acquitted themselves nicely

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

The above is just a general guideline. Unfortunately I can't write a whole guide in one thread. But it's absolutely possible to build a wardrobe on a budget that you will love wearing in a decade or more. However, this is a long process and it starts with asking: "How do I want to dress?"

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who stood with me over the years. It’s been a scary journey but I have always been grounded in my work and ability to provide exemplary service to my constituents. Trump and his administration have been after me since I arrived in Congress.

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Think about how little your representatives have said or done to defend their colleague Ilhan Omar. Now try to imagine how little they will do when it's our turn.

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Jeremy Hornik @jeremyhornik.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

They removed half a dang bridge in downtown Chicago! Wild! They stuck it on a barge and it’s now like a block away, waiting to get stuck back on.

The Lake Avenue bridge in Chicago, from a southern perspective. The right half of the bridge is raised. The left half is missing.

A view from the east of the bridge with its half missing, and a little ways away, barge holding the missing piece.

The missing piece of the bridge, clearly sitting on a barge at the side of the river.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I VOTED! (Every part of the process was hilarious.)

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

i've been really alarmed every time i talk to someone from [insert multiple authoritarian states] and they basically just describe living under permanent gamergate

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Jeremy Hornik @jeremyhornik.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

In just two chapters, Shirley Jackson so perfectly sets the Blackwoods up against the town: the store, the diner, the kids, Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Wright. And then she puts a crack in between Merricat and Constance, and you immediately understand what a threat that is to Merricat. 🏰

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 13/10/2026

Me, walking into @illinoisrbml.bsky.social to inspect the spread @caitcoker.bsky.social has out for my class’ visit Me: Wow a 1st American edition of *Moby Dick* in which someone pasted newspaper articles about whaling & reviews of the book Me: do we know who pasted these? CC: um, Herman Me: 🤯

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Lucy Bellwood @lubellwoo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The first time I attended Thought Bubble I managed to cover my hands in lube in the middle of the show floor while tabling, so things can only go up from here.

Thought Bubble, November. Lucy shakes hands with an attendee from behind her table, saying "Lovely to meet you! Thanks for coming by." She thinks "Yeeg, I've shaken a lot of hands today. Good thing I remembered my hand sanitizer!" She flicks open the tiny bottle.

Lucy splurts a bit of sanitizer onto her hands and rubs them around, then stops, her eyes wide and horrified. The caption below reads "Six months earlier..."

Lucy's filling a suitcase and thinking to herself "Right. TCAF, what to bring? Jacket, tablecloth, socks, signage, toothpaste, books..." she claps a hand to her head, remembering: "Lube!" She holds a bottle, saying "Well that's not making it through security. But this?" She holds up a tiny bottle previously used to hold hand sanitizer and then grins, hands on hips in triumph. "There is no way this could possibly go wrong!"

And so: Lucy stands at Thought Bubble, hands slimy, looking sheepishly over her shoulder at Danielle Corsetto and saying "Hey Danielle? Do you have any paper towels?"

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

For unexpected control problems! When there's a case of the runs! Local radio > TV for baseball in the playoffs IMO

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

wife: how much chocolate should i use me: use your best fudgment wife: i'm filing for quadruple divorce

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mimi smartypants @mimismartypants.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Amazing, perfect, genuine horror: va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_o84bp...

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If you think technology will solve your problems you don't understand technology—and you don't understand your problems. —Laurie Anderson

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11/10/2026

Love your neighbors. Fuck ICE.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/10/2026

Having watched these for more than a year now, I can tell you the young people almost always look back bsky.app/profile/gill...

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“There is little doubt that we would have been disgracefully beaten if all the shells and bullets fired by us had passed harmlessly over the enemy and if all of theirs had taken effect”

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Jeremy Hornik @jeremyhornik.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sorry, my fault Chicago, I just tuned in

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Kevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A Korean king ordered a bunch of linguists to come up with a written language to increase literacy due to the difficulty of chinese and they came up with one of the easiest to read languages in existence.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 09/10/2026

I love imagining the 3000-years-ago warrior with a specific vision who found the one metal smith in China who was all like “…yes. Yes! YES!!!”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And the video usually shows the opposite: that the agents rammed into the victim. But there are no consequences for the lies. So there’s no reason to stop telling them.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Christa Pike "had passed on her final meal. And it turns out she actually asked for the $20 that's allotted for that meal to be used to buy pizza for people living on the streets in downtown Nashville, which some of the advocates in town later did."

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What it's like to witness a botched execution

Q+A with Steven Hale of The Nashville Banner, who watched as Christa Pike survived two lethal injections.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Deeply American sentence (from Davy Crockett’s wikipedia page)

Despite Crockett’s opposition to the institution of slavery in the United States, he did enslave people.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

in honor of October you should read what I think is a very fucking freaky and scary story. please enjoy “They Came Back Wrong”

thebloominonion.com

They Came Back Wrong — The Bloomin' Onion

The hole gets what it wants.

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Papa Rides a Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hey #BikeChi! Does anyone know of any place/person that would loan/rent a pedicab or other adaptive bike? One of our Bridgeport Kidical Mass families would like to bring grandma on our Halloween bike ride but she has lost coordination b/c of an illness and would need to ride as a passenger.

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Jonas Goonface @jonasgoonface.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🎃Halloween Hobo Horror🎃

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Kerry Howley @kerryhowley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If your kids are in school they’re constantly being prompted to “relate” to some text… listen to Anne

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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We congratulate Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson is a contributing editor at Granta and a regular writer for the magazine. In celebration, we have lifted the paywall on all her contributions to our pages. granta.com/contributor/...

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aLec robBins @alecrobbins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

looked up mine and this is killing me lmao

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 07/10/2026

ICE is slamming far northern Illinois for a second day in a row. Rapid responders in Rockford say federal agents detained a group of roofing workers this morning—eight men all the way from Minnesota. Volunteers are currently trying to locate their families. From a local immigration attorney:

From Sara Dady Facebook page

Image of black pathfinder SUV

Sprayed plates like on this vehicle currently parked at the Radisson on Bell School Road in Rockford are illegal. FLOCK can't read ICE's sprayed plates but can read law-abiding drivers' plates.

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My God. The article is very specific (which I assume she approves, ir she’d not have shated); and it’s apparently very much a terrorising motive). My other thoughts are not coherent . www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...

phoenixnewtimes.com

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

finally trying Andor and if you told me some old imperial guy was saying to juke the crime stats within 20 minutes i would have been here sooner

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Shouldn't the Democrats have something like an Elon Donations Tracker posted on all of their websites and social media? Make this SALIENT? Might it make sense to point out repeatedly that he is a white supremacist and ask the public why he would be backing the GOP?

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Update: ICE was active in the Rockford area until at least ~12:45 p.m. today; observers recorded agents traveling in a caravan. Reports of least 3 detainments. Prominent rapid responders Mari Elena & Ismael Cordová-Clough estimated ~10 people taken. I haven't heard/seen other RR groups yet confirm.

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🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – ROCKFORD, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 10/06/2026
🕥 Aproximadamente 12:45 p.m.
📍 Saner Ave y Kishwaukee St
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. 1 detención.
🚗 Vehículos Observados:
2 Ford Explorer Negra
Nissan Pathfinder Negra
Nissan Pathfinder Negra FZ63978
Nissan Pathfinder Negra GC12065
Jeep Grand Cherokee Blanco GC12018
Ford Edge Negra ED72163
Nissan Armada Negra

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🚨Alerta Comunitaria 🚨
Rockford, IL
Calculamos que hoy 10/06/26 se han llevado a al menos 10 personas. Casi ninguna de ellas tenía antecedentes, ni orden de deportación, ni siquiera un trámite migratorio en curso; la mayoría eran mexicanos que se dirigían al trabajo.
Si alguien de la comunidad ve algo, por favor envíeme un mensaje. Estoy en contacto con una persona que está patrullando las calles, pero necesitamos la ayuda de la comunidad. Si pueden salir, estar pendientes de sus vecinos e informar de cualquier novedad, por favor háganlo.
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🚨 Community Alert 🚨
Rockford, IL
We estimate that at least 10 people have been taken away today. Almost none of them had a criminal record, a deportation order, or even pending immigration proceedings; the majority were Mexicans on their way to work.
If anyone in the community sees anything, please send me a message. I am in contact with someone who is patrolling the streets, but we need the community's help. If you are able to go out, please keep an eye on your neighbors and report any updates.

Source: Mari Elena; https://www.facebook.com/marielena4/posts/pfbid02Tn3vtGpqxwdSHTdaGVwKpuB35vTkzqtwv4rDKCEM8agr5HrEhXcDgfKiBEEYPLPil

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Jeremy Hornik @jeremyhornik.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Free PA training: "Chicago Filmmakers’ Production Assistant Training Program is a tuition-free series of classes and hands-on film production to equip trainees with the knowledge and entry-level experience to prepare for Production Assistant jobs on Illinois Television and Film productions."

chicagofilmmakers.org

Workforce Training for the Film Industry - Learn the Skills to Launch your Film Industry Career — Chicago Filmmakers

[Production Assistant Training] for Chicago. [Chicago Filmmakers] teaches "film set" protocol for "production staff". "Film productions" "Training Program" hub for the "film industry"; "TV shows" & mo...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Jeremy Hornik @jeremyhornik.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I learned: "Among Prine’s classmates at Proviso East High School was Fred Hampton, two years younger than Prine. The student body numbered more than 3,000 at the time, and if the two of them interacted, no evidence of that has survived." Some little piece of poetry in this coincidence

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thread

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you live in the following states, TODAY is the last day to register to vote before the midterm elections: Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Mississippi Ohio Tennessee Texas find your state's info at IWillVote.com

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I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

my favorite and most lincoln park memory is when a 7-8 year old was throwing a tantrum with her parents as I walked past them at lincoln and montrose and the girl screamed “but I don’t WANT to practice mindfulness!!!!!!”

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Jeremy Hornik @jeremyhornik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I had a tiny black and white TV I had smuggled to my room, and watched a fun movie of the week. The next week it was “The Poseidon Adventure” and when the ship was flipped and that guy fell through that window, I turned off the TV, took it out of my room, and hid under the covers.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I like how often Batman is still wearing the costume when he’s working at the computer in the cave, I’d be sitting there like Porky Pig without pants

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