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Robert Loerzel

@robertloerzel.bsky.social
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Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. www.robertloerzel.com

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Original Berf of Chicagoland @kdc.bsky.social · 2h
Congratulations to Backpack! #fatbearweek www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Bear #89 (Backpack) wins Fat Bear Week 2026
Backpack defeated Bear #910 to take the title.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8h
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 4h
The Chicago White Sox have won a postseason game in 2026.
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Michelle @michelle345.bsky.social · 4h
Say what you want about China, but every city I was in had a (free, clean and safe) public restroom facility nearby pretty much wherever I went, it was beyond impressive
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 4h
This would seem like bigger news, but it was buried inside today's NYT. Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 4h
And even if he did meet with the Georgia prosecutor … so what?
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Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 7h
So excited to set up a little rodent planned parenthood in my alley
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Yes, you read that right
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 5h
"White House Accord on Super Intelligence" … WHICH ISN'T A THING.
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 6h
Further, he ordered Sports Illustrated to now be called Athletics Illustrated, to avoid confusion
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 8h
Do we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity.
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Jared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 6h
A physicist at the University of Chicago and an environmental scientist at the University of Illinois are among the fellows chosen this year to receive the prestigious MacArthur “genius grant,” the MacArthur Foundation announced.
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UChicago Physicist, U of I Environmental Scientist Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grants’
Vincenzo Vitelli, a physicist at the University of Chicago, and Kaiyu Guan, an environmental scientist at the University of Illinois, were among a group of 20 fellows chosen for this year’s MacArthur ...
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 8h
A Chinese mantis I saw in Big Marsh Park
A Chinese mantis stands on a paved surface.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h
The Trump regime's new AI assistant confirmed Donald is a convicted felon, Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump is in the Epstein files before it stopped answering political questions.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h
Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.
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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h
Yeah, Schmitt is lucky there’s a Speech or Debate Clause. This is inexcusable. Klobuchar focused on the “dirtbag” claim in Schmitt’s conclusion, but Schmitt also said to Smith, “I think you’ve already perjured yourself.”
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 9h
When your big gotcha moment goes so epically wrong that it’s the other party sharing clips of it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h
Judge April Perry adds Sheri Mecklenburg's motion to intervene in the Broadview 6 case to the hearing on Thursday. 🍿
MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: The motion presentment hearing for Intervenor-Movant Sheri H. Mecklenburg's Motion to Intervene 261 set for 10/1/2026 at 10:30 a.m. is advanced to 10/1/2026 at 1:00 p.m. in Courtroom 1725, to be heard collectively with all other pending motions already scheduled for that time. Mailed notice. (jcc,) (Entered: 09/29/2026)
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 16h
When the author’s two-wheeler was stolen, she sought justice. But catching up with the culprits wasn’t what she anticipated.
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My Hunt for Bicycle Theft Vengeance
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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 20h
Sometimes you have to drive out to the suburbs in the middle of the night to see some 70mm IMAX magic. They finally dropped the 2:45am screenings but I could only find tickets for 7:45am or 10:45pm, and the theater was packed.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 22h
Walking in Uptown at 1 a.m., I caught two quick glimpses of the flying squirrels.
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Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Will they light up the NW Indiana refineries like this?
Downtown Chicago lit up for MNF
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald J. Trump, attorney at law, that's who.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 29/09/2026
The earth looked like it was lit from within Like a poorly assembled electrical ball As we moved out of the farmlands into the grid The plan of a city was all that you saw
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Your mom trying to remember the name of that podcast
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chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Looking back to when Chicago’s Streeterville was full of parking lots like this one at Huron & St. Claire, September 1972.
Looking at a parking lot - Huron and St. Claire in Chicago’s Steeterville, September 1972 (photo: Mart Studios)
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Terry Nunn 📷 @terrynunnphoto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the coolest wildlife encounters I have ever had. Sitting on some rocks in a bay on Lake Superior taking shots of some ducks when all of a sudden these otters came up on the rocks and were very curious about me. #Wildlife #Otters #NatureLovers
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Brothers and Sisters. Postcard from my collection, mailed 1905.
Black-and-white photo of two tabby kittens and two tabby and white kittens. They are sitting on a little studio scene with books and a wooden box that looks like a jewelry box or humidor. Text at the bottom says brothers and sisters.
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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Chicago can be really solarpunk sometimes
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Chicago, WasteShed is the BEST, and there's another location on Kimball.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Commonwealth Edison manhole cover with dry grass in its grooves #ManholeCoverMonday @kevinirvine.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social
A manhole cover on a lawn has dry grass in its grooves.
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Searsapple @sparrersway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ManholeCoverMonday #Groix @joostmarkerink.eurosky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @jillinois606.bsky.social @tycjanc.bsky.social @sblandfo.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @nep-dk.bsky.social @spark1emark.bsky.social @walte2.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @richardmortimer.bsky.social
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oldandslow.bsky.social @oldandslow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ManholeCoverMonday Seattle, Pike Place Market
Seattle Manhole with a map of the part of the city you are standing in. This case, right outside the Pike Place Market
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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An historically dark day (two different sorts of darkness) for each of Chicago’s MLB teams. @buckweaver.bsky.social
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Humboldt Park church is returning to its roots as a movie theater and community hub. buff.ly/6kuQALD
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Hyde Park Trish @pmorse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ManholeCoverMonday South Park Commission
Manhole cover that says SPCEL
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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This new book looks great. Added to cart. @bookieschicago.bsky.social bookiesbookstores.com/item/QwII_zW...
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Peculiar Wilderness by Keith Lewis (Author) | Bookie's
"Peculiar Wilderness: A Chicago Alphabet" is not a souvenir book from the tourist shop. If you're seeing this in a tourist shop, then the proprietor knows that Chicago runs deeper than postcard panora...
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Searsapple @sparrersway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ManholeCoverMonday #Rechberghausen @tycjanc.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @robinross.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @walte2.bsky.social @jillinois606.bsky.social @kirchenstill.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy @willpunctuate.bsky.social
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WWPunctuate @willpunctuate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One from the archives for this #manholecovermonday Heading northbound this morning to EJIW country. @kevinirvine.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social
Manhole cover set in sandy soil.
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British Manfriend @whatthefidd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolute unit Snoopy
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Thom Cote ☎️ Get my game "COLD CALLING" today! @thomcote.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sincerely I thought this was a European city at first glance. Chicago could be so nice and all it would take is clearing the one inch tall barrier of banning cars from certain streets
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Alex @3eeutiful.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Literally so many streets in Chi-town that could be transformed into fun, vibrant, happy places overnight with this one simple trick.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feels nice walking down a street with no cars on it. A stretch of Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park is closed to auto traffic today.
People walking in a street.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hey, Americans! Here’s a dark, ominous black-and-white advertisement showing your wildly unpopular president slowly waking along a hallway while scowling at you. It says nothing about the problems you’re facing. And you paid for the ad! Please definitely go vote Republican. You’re welcome!!
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Mr Fengi @mrfengi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Novel doesn't like the data centers.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Paid for by the U.S. Government"
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
It's just after 1pm on another picture perfect fall day in Chicago. So far today, masked federal agents have taken people from Brighton Park and suburban Aurora. ~1 year after the "Blitz" began, the alerts haven't subsided. ICE is still breaking windows and destroying worlds.
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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
may you live long enough to see the bus of your youth ascend to the illinois railway museum heaven, where all good transit goes
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