Writer. Editor. Husband. Uncle. Gardener. Baker. Pet dad. Comics reader. Theater lover. He/him.
Chicago, IL
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Welp, it finally happened: I lost my undefeated Wordle streak. Until today, I’d skipped a day or two but never actually lost. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Now I don’t have to stress on the mornings I get to a fifth guess!
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Wintrust Bank scandal reminds me of when I used AI to create a cartoon of Ald. Moore's "Backbiting snake!" tantrum. I rightly got an earful from readers, and promised not to use AI for SBC images again!
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As always, Susan Collins counted votes and decided she could vote no and the bill would still pass, thus saving her golden seat in the Senate. She and Murkowski seem to have a pact--whose turn is it to vote no this time?
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A new MCA exhibition reconsiders generations of local queer art — and the activism that inspired it. l8r.it/jAuc
Don’t miss this amazing exhibition!
Chicago is the only city to host "The First Homosexuals," an extensive collection of queer art. blockclubchi.co/3H7KtfD
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"It fits the moment, both for Lookingglass as a company, and also for our community and society as a whole. Deep down, it’s a story about wanting to be somebody else, dreaming about being somebody better." l8r.it/Li95
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Writer and South Shore resident Tracy Clark finds time outside of her day job to write, and she's releasing the third installment of her Detective Harriet Foster series this week: trib.al/NFZmene
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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I thought tonight would be more fun. I still think we eke this out but god almighty. Who ARE these people?
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“I used to hang out with him. He’s a crazy motherfucker. Limited mentally – a megalomaniac, narcissistic. I can’t stand him.”
- Quincy Jones, on Donald Trump, in 2018
RT @RealLyndaCarter: What you put out into the world will always come back to you. I choose to be joyful and to uplift others, especially w…
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ProPublica found four women now who've died because of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, exposing two central problems with the press: 1. ProPublica found them and not the New York Times 2. Joe Biden's 'garbage' comment can lead the evening news but not these women's deaths
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Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them—without headaches or haggling. Today, our automatic refund rule goes into full effect. Airlines are required to provide prompt cash refunds without passengers having to ask.
ALT Graphic reads Airlines are required to provide automatic refunds to passengers Due to character limitations, alternative text for this graphic cannot be read completely visit transportation.gov to learn more about the automatic refund rule.
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You don't hire a racist comedian to warm up the crowd at your campaign rally unless you think the crowd at your campaign rally will laugh at racist jokes. Thank you for listening to my TED talk.
"Democracy dies in darkness," the Post likes to tell us. Then Jeff Bezos turns out the lights.
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With regard to the presidential election, there are no undecided voters in the United States at this moment. Not a one. There are voters who will cast a ballot for the diametrical opposites of Trump or Harris and a handful who will waste their vote on a third-party pout. And then there are a mass of people who despite all the evidence available that American democracy itself is at stake, don't care enough to show up and do the job of citizens. That's it.
I'm not calling any voter at this point undecided. That's too nice a word for indifference and ignorance; it wrongly implies ongoing engagement and thought.
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Thank you @BostonGlobe for this. It’s time we all acknowledge how unwell and unfit Donald Trump is.
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"I want to apologize to America. I helped create a monster": The former marketing chief for NBC who helped promote a fake version of Trump as a successful businessman on "The Apprentice" expresses regret. usnews.com/opinion/articles/…
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It is jarring reading a 2024 campaign story that is written correctly. This is one of them.
You will be shocked while reading it by how simple it is to cover this guy correctly — through the lens of reality — and how rarely you see articles like this.
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