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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 4h

If T-Mobile is paying Billy Bob Thornton to do their commercials, would it kill them to do one ad where he revives his role of Karl Childers from Sling Blade? Imagine it: "I like them french fried potaters...and T-Mobile's 5G Network, mm-hmm."

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Julia Poe @juliapoe.bsky.social · 12h

🌟Call for sports fans🌟 I am looking to interview queer fans of men's sports about how their identity affects/engages with their relationship to sport! This is for a book project on queerness in high-level sports. If this sounds like you, hit my line (DM's or replies) and I'll get in touch!

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What Idiot @whatidiot.bsky.social · 14h

What idiot called it a Spirit Halloween and not Bloodbath & Beyond

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 6h

I'm not clear on the debate rules, but, at some point, does Ossoof get to put a collar on Collins and lead him around on a leash?

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 10h

What really sucks about Montez Sweat’s 2-game suspension without pay is that it makes it harder for him to afford performance-enhancing drugs that actually work. #ChicagoBears

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 10h

Chakzilla, the new album from Chaka Khan, find Chaka working with Sia and Greg Kurstin for a record that often sounds circa 1985 or so, but without the worst aspects of the production sound. The title track is great, all the songs are solid, Chaka is Chaka, and I wish it were a bit funkier.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 13h

Being fired by the Trump administration for corruption is like being released by a baseball team for hitting too many home runs. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as U.S. Ambassador to Greece

The White House requested her resignation after The Wall Street Journal reported that she had solicited $100,000 from a Trump donor.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Nine isn't enough, but you got to start somewhere.

Nine book covers - The Known World by Edward P. Jones, Poor Things by Alasdair Gray, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, Middlemarch by George Elliott, Maus by Art Spiegelman, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Ball Four by Jim Bouton, The Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James, and Lone Star Swing by Duncan McLean.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang for Tax Purposes

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Just me typing Stop2End all day long

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Moreover, looking at the replay of the whole play, a good throw would have had Edman.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I get that it's the go-ahead run, but a wasted challenge by the Brewers. It wasn't close in real time and even less so in slow motion.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It should be noted these will be the most effective ads of the cycle, as no one in Portland, Oregon will vote for Troy Jackson after seeing them.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

When I heard Rep. Omar's home was being searched in an investigation relating to her immigration paperwork, I presumed it was her Minnesota home. But it was her D.C. residence. How in the world did the feds convince a judge she's have that paperwork in D.C. (let alone have it at all)?

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I got into Sparks when I was 16, in early 1982. They were my favorite band by the following year and have been ever since.

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Sparks Band: Ron & Russell Mael Live Performance

Alt: Sparks Band: Ron & Russell Mael Live Performance

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

That was the first song that Casey Kasem played on the first episode of American Top 40.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I'm baffled as to why the local Fox outlet is showing bonus coverage of the Commanders-Giants OT when the big late game of the week is going on.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

No clue how Theineman doesn't make a play on the ball. Indeed, I don't get how DBs don't see WRs looking back for the ball. When you're stride for stride with the receiver, you have to be able to prevent the catch.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

After the five-yard completion on first down, I don't get not running the ball on second down. Ben Johnson too clever with his play calling, giving the Packers another chance for points. #Bears

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A Kmet drop after two players slipping (Swift and Bagent) on the Bears' first drive. Then Bagent makes a terrible decision that gets picked. Ugh.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I'll note that the Sox had the fifth best run differential in the AL and that should have yielded an 87-75 record. To get so far with so little from the starting pitching is impressive, because it's so easy for Getz to know what to fix.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I think it's safe to say that Zheng Qiwen is finally full back after her injury. She beats Mirra Andreeva in straight sets to win the China Open, becoming the first Chinese player to win the WTA in her home country. Despite only getting 38% of her first serves in won 64% of her second serves.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

While 21 strikeouts in a game is pretty pathetic, if Jose Ramirez doesn't golf a pitch on his shoetops over the fence (since they've been keeping track of this stuff, it's the lowest pitch to ever be hit for a homer), the game might have gone into extra innings. #WhiteSox

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I didn't think the offense would be why we lost the series. Oh well. This season was so much more than I could have expected. There is so much more work to be done. The #WhiteSox finally have a bright future for the first time in a while. How will they screw it up?

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Was at the Chicago Theatre Thursday night for a tribute concert, emceed by John C. Reilly. Jon Langford, Cactus Blossoms, Kathleen Edwards, Steve Earle, Valerie June, Shemekia Copeland, Jeff Tweedy and many other singers. A magical night benefiting the Hello in There charity.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And a big thanks to @agentforsports.bsky.social for filling in for me last Saturday!!!

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm back on @chirpradio.org this Saturday morning, 9-Noon (CDT), I’ll have the latest from Chrissy Amphlett, V.V. Lightbody, Susanne Sundfør and Kit Downes, Meshell Ndegeocello, Wynonna, DAWN, Deerhoof, Danielle Ponder, and The Interrupters. Tune in at 107.1 FM or chirpradio.org.

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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM

Chicago's only listener-supported independent radio station. Streaming live 24/7.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 10/10/2026

Russia just bought large quantities of diesel from South Korea because it has run out of the fuel. Could Putin be defrauding a gullible Donald J Trump? Perish the thought!

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Valkyries-Dream is going to be a great final, but I still can't believe that neither the Aces nor the Liberty could even win a game in their respective semifinal series.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This Liberty-Dream game is fantastic. I'd love to see a longer series, but I'm thinking the Dream isn't going to allow that to happen.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I totally get where you're coming from. Fixing all that has been broken is a monumental task, and remaking the Court is right at the top of the list, because, as it is presently constituted, it will thwart all reforms. I worry whether the will to make radical changes exists.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Federal judges are subject to a code and a commission comprised of federal judges, and state codes for judges are enforced by commissions and other mechanisms. If you passed an ethics code into law, you could create an enforcement body.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It would be so crazy if the guy who was supposed to know how many time outs the Liberty had left was able to (just imagine this) call a time out himself.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The officiating in the WNBA is so subpar. The players and fans deserve better.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And let me add that one constant during Johnson's tenure is associating with people who are accused of bullying or harassing subordinates and never calling out their conduct.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And this should be the end of Brandon Johnson's mayoral candidacy. Apparently, as long as you play on his team, who gives a shit that you sexual harassed a teenager?

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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Game 3 on Wednesday will be the second time in franchise history the White Sox play a home game with a chance to clinch a postseason series Joining: 1906 WS G6, which they won

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ramirez felt it when Teel knocked it with his glove. I can't believe the announcers were too timid to state the obvious.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 06/10/2026

As he plans the next chapter of his career, the Naperville native is leaning into theater. Next up: He's heading from Broadway to a play in Champaign about an alien invasion.

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He’s writing. He’s acting and documentary filmmaking. But Bob Odenkirk yearns for the stage.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Only one run for the #WhiteSox, but Williams had to use a lot of pitches and might only have one inning left.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The big problem with using Anthony Kay as an opener is that he's Anthony Kay. #WhiteSox

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's not a Chicago phenomenon: Halloween is the most dangerous day for pedestrians in general, and especially children. www.redcross.org/local/utah/a...

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The reason street festivals get crowded is because people love street festivals more than they hate waiting in lines. Heck, a lot of people love waiting in lines, too.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The best song on the new Micky Dolenz EP (which is a nice little record) is an original song written for Micky by XTC's Andy Patridge. I wish Dolenz would do a whole record of songs written for him by Partridge.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Apple Fest used to be a milder, more family oriented festival. Once it became a more standard (i.e. geared towards beer sales) street fest, the larger crowds were inevitable.

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Monangai ran right into the pile on 3rd and goal. He had a clear opening to his right. Scores on 4th down. #Bears

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Mike Bennett @mrhonorama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I can’t remember the last time I listened to an entire ballgame on the radio. Excellent call by Len Kasper on the White Sox ALDS Game 1 win!

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