Forget Tarik Skubal’s Dodgers debut, the biggest moment tonight at Wrigley is obviously the Cookie Monster singing the 7th inning stretch
Just finished The New One Minute Manager. Has anyone else read it? If so, do you actually use the three secrets in your day‑to‑day leadership—Goals, Praisings, or Redirects? Curious which ones people have made stick. #leadership
To all the #chess players whose dad taught them how to play and to all the dads who are teaching their kids to play chess, Happy Father's Day! #chesspunks (PS happy father's day to all the other dads, grandpas, foster dads, step dads, people who want to be dads, as well! #whataboutism)
💚 Happy Father's Day, in all of the ways we celebrate, grieve, support, love and share in the day!
#chesspunks #chess Is anyone familiar with route planner/mazes? Like from Bruce Albertson. Heard a podcast with carol ann caronia. NYC chess teacher who said she used them extensively in her classes. Any experience with them?
CICL Championship Tournament Chicago Industrial Chess League
![Comic. [Person and person with white hat facing two boxes stacked with $80 price tag and sale tag on each box.] PERSON 1: They want $80 for this? I could make one myself for $10 in parts, an hour of work, a trip to the hardware store, another $30 in parts, another few hours of work, two more trips to the store for $20 more in parts, another hour of work to redo the first hour of work because I messed up, and $80 to buy this when the one I made breaks.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdsd32pjwefxji33c5eferlek4o6kkadoosqisb5uatqjmrq4q4q)
Happy Easter! Very sad that black jelly beans are not in the regular bags of brach’s. I counted on getting all the black ones from my kids Easter baskets. I Realize you can now buy a whole bag of them on their own, but it was always fun having the kids say eww gross. Give em to daddy!)
#chesspunks #chess I'm trying to teach myself how to effectively analyze my OTB games. So many different thoughts and opinions out there. None of them seem sustainable. GM Noel Studer's 3x3 method seems like a VERY focused, sustainable place to start. any thoughts or opinions on this method?
How To Analyze Your Chess Games (the simple way)
YouTube video by GM Noel Studer
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A group of hundreds, many of them nurses still wearing badges after walking from their nearby hospitals, performed a Nightingale Tribute — a traditional send off for nurses — for Alex Pretti, who was killed Saturday by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis.
Chicago health care workers honor Alex Pretti, call for abolition of ICE and general strike
chicago.suntimes.com
Elite Chess is excited to host a night of chess fun to support the Churchill Chess Club! The event is open to any and all Churchill students and will consist of a mini-chess tournament, group lessons, and a raffle. www.elitechess.net/churchill Churchill Elementary Glen Ellyn, IL
Churchill Chess Club Fundraiser
A night of chess lessons, mini-tournament matches, and giveaways for a good cause.
elitechess.net
I am a slow reader but love to read. I’ve started digging into YA novels (and reading them along with my son). Double duty in keeping me reading and sharing that bond with my kids! No shame. Read what you enjoy! Full stop.
JazzReads📚🏀@jazzreads.bsky.social · 9mo agoAdults struggle with literacy…nothing wrong with asking for help or reading children’s books for confidence…I want people read..I will never judge..
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
WIRED@wired.com · 9mo agoJust days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US. If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
Not mine. Just reposting #horseycreations www.thingiverse.com/thing:5152954
Lichess Horsey Chess Pieces by kbuckbee
This is a 3D modelled version of the Lichess Horsey piece set. Lichess is a free and open source chess website.I modelled these pieces to match a chess board with 2 inch (50 mm) squares, but you can s...
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Lichess@lichess.org · 9mo agoShow us your #horseycreations!
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
n.pr
Repost this if you want Chuck Schumer to step down as Senate Minority Leader.
Imagine if the billions spent on ICE raids and gestapo-style enforcement went instead to hiring immigration judges, lawyers, and admin staff—to actually fix and fast-track LEGAL immigration. #ImmigrationReform #AbolishICE #DemocracyNotFascism
Wdcb.org 90.9FM is a killer jazz radio station in Chicago land. (Currently feeling the funding cuts of the government. So any support goes a long way!!)
WBEZ@wbez.org · 11mo agoThe city is home to a vibrant jazz scene and the Chicago Jazz Festival. But it’s hard to catch the genre on the local radio dial. trib.al/chUEBj6
The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯 Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚 And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋 youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
Block list for Trump regime government accounts. How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation. #3E bsky.app/profile/did:...
This is absolute lunacy. CISA employees are being reassigned to agencies like ICE and CBP to support deportation efforts. This is clearly designed to force resignations, weaken our election infrastructure, and help the administration corrupt future elections. www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
Hundreds of DHS staff face reassignments to border security, immigration
Affected workers — including people in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — have been given a week to respond or risk termination from federal service.
nextgov.com
There's a pizza joint called Pie Life just outside of Chicago. 2 locations in Carol Stream and Glen Ellyn. They are out there every day showing support for the community they love. Stop by and show them some support.
The Detroit Tigers are officially in the MLB playoffs after beating the Boston Red Sox 2-1 today at Fenway Park. Read more on . #tigers #detroittigers #mlb
