Carol Morency
@cmorency.bsky.social
Writer of Many Things | The Future is Public Transit | More of an Art Geek Than You Thought | Chicagoan | Cat Mom | Bowie Flamekeeper | Books and Magazines | Fan of Water | Urban Gardener
Not reading this, sorry. Because the headline is racist. The premise is obscenely racist.
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 4d agoFrom the Editorial Board: Sparkly, semiattired Lolla kids are this weekend swarming around such oft-deserted environs as Van Buren Street, Jackson Boulevard and State Street. Welcome. Your presence and youthful energy could not be more timely.
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
A blackbird's lesson in friendship www.themarginalian.org/2026/07/31/h...
Blackie & Co.: A Blackbird’s Lesson in Friendship
In the middle of my bleakest winter, my friend Andrea gave me a battered copy of a forgotten book from her elderly father’s used bookshop in rural Texas, by a man named Hockley Clarke. I inhaled it…
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State Property Tax Cuts Will Decimate Libraries. Up to 13 different US states are considering tax reforms that would decimate local public goods, including public libraries. bookriot.com/state-proper...
State Property Tax Cuts Will Decimate Libraries: Book Censorship News, July 31, 2026
Up to 13 different US states are considering tax reforms that would decimate local public goods, including public libraries.
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Happy 112th Birthday to the Pennsylvania Vertical Lift Bridge (Canal Street Railroad Bridge) in Chicago.
"I’ve lived in the same house in the Elm Heights neighborhood for the past twenty years, and I just love everything about this town except for the problems that my politics have directly created."
Every NIMBY’s Speech at a Public Hearing
“Friends, neighbors, it’s good to see all of you. I know you, you know me, and just seeing all of your faces at this city council meeting reminds me why I l...
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With so much spending in such a short time, Inspector General David Glockner set out to determine whether the city followed its own procurement rules and whether the Johnson administration’s migrant spending “dashboard” had been transparent.
Migrant crisis cost Chicago $636.9M and city followed rules in spending it, inspector general says
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Having an in person international or national event in America? Are you weighing factors like lodging and transport? Cool stuff to do? Here's a map to consider if any of your attendees may possibly, even remotely be LGBTQIA. And you care about them.
In August and September 2026, Wild Ramp Publishing will give out at three $50 microgrants each month to Chicago zinesters or neighborhood/community orgs to create and print their original one-page mini-zines about civic life and community education. [This is a great idea!] tinyurl.com/ChiCivicZine
Chicago Civic Mini-Zine Microgrants
In August and September 2026, Wild Ramp Publishing will give out at three $50 microgrants each month to Chicago zinesters or neighborhood/community orgs to create and print their original one-page min...
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Some assurance from the dear dwarf thrush. As always, find this #birddivination as a solo print and part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at almanacofbirds.org
26 public (no shark) beaches in the city of architecture is hard to beat. 📸: @cdats via Instagram
All things that only government will do.
Clio@clio.bsky.social · 3w agoWhat people in first-world countries don't get is how public health, building codes, and various other regulations save us from the constant cycle of intestinal diseases. All the things the right wing opposes about government save lives and keep us productive.
Jami Attenberg Isabelle Allende George Saunders* Olga Tokarczuk Margaret Atwood *I think you can come up with 5 novels-equivalent material for him.
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 4w agofive living writers that you've read five books by each Rita Dove Tasha Suri Courtney Milan Grant Morrison Tom Perrotta
“Three men were in the van with Lorenzo at the time of the shooting, including his brother. They have been detained, and their whereabouts are unknown. There is fear the men will be quickly deported to prevent them from providing testimony about ICE’s actions.” www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
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It appears building an entire country over an ancient Native American burial ground has caught up with us
Like it’s a fucking lottery ticket that expires if you don’t claim it in time
Thomas Lecaque@tlecaque.bsky.social · 4w ago"why didn't they come forward sooner" every single time a woman comes forward men become the douchiest fucks imaginable about them and their lives and chocies and try to justify why bad things happened to them and that's before we look at the failures of police and the justice system God damn it.
Pitt running back and Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett poses as Superman during a photo shoot for Sports Illustrated in 1976.
This Is Just To Say I told you so about that thing you disagreed with me about of which irrefutable proof has now emerged Forgive me it is too delicious too sweet not to remind you that you were wrong
"Buying standing-room-only tickets to see a ska band you loved back when you thought sciatica was just a small town in upstate New York."
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 4w ago- Celebrating the one-year anniversary of ignoring your car’s “check engine” light - Sitting under the ceiling fan you installed after taking two gummies - Vacationing without your CPAP machine
@cmorency.bsky.social --- Your essay today is beautifully written and incredibly sad. Thanks for sharing it. Everyone needs to follow Carol and subscribe to her substack , So Many Words. cmorency.substack.com/p/didnt-we-a...
Didn't We Almost Have It All?
I was there and yes we did.
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