Here's a @chicagoreader.com story by by @backwardsriver.bsky.social: The maverick at the center of Chicago’s 1918 flu response Meet Dr. John Dill Robertson, the “utterly unqualified” head of the Chicago Health Department chicagoreader.com/city-life/th...
The maverick at the center of Chicago’s 1918 flu response - Chicago Reader
Meet Dr. John Dill Robertson, the "utterly unqualified" head of the Chicago Health Department
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This is really neat. Food webs are evolving in lake Michigan because of the introduction of invasive quagga mussels. They even claim at the end that the mussel population is going down! youtu.be/Kus-_Mxs3c0?...
What's Eating Invasive Mussels?
YouTube video by Great Lakes Now
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CPL's ENTIRE 2026 budget is $107M news.wttw.com/2026/07/17/c...
Chicago Spent $137M on Police Overtime in 6 Months, Nearly 70% Of Its Annual Overtime Budget: Watchdog
CPD spent approximately $700,000 more on overtime during the first six months of 2026 than it did during the same period in 2025, according to a database published by Inspector General David Glockner.
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So police get infinite overtime to stand around on empty beaches and librarians get 0 overtime to help clear a backlog of 100,000 books that are on hold
Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 12h agoThousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj
Stopped by to check on an old friend this morning.
🎶 meet. Trent. Reznor. Lolla's famous biker 🎶
Tom Flood@tomflood.bsky.social · 13h agoPretty bike machine. Trent Reznor, Lolla‘91 📸ground control
nevermind turns out it was just a really confusing fundraising message
Gourd@jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 13h agoFuck I forgot to complete my state-mandated bystander training, I just got a text from JB that he's on his way to my house to kill me personally
Fuck I forgot to complete my state-mandated bystander training, I just got a text from JB that he's on his way to my house to kill me personally
Guys we're working on some serious hard hitting stuff over here.
I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context.
Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · yesterdayTurns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Some of you might have noticed I've been a little quiet on Bluesky. I wanted to share why. Last month, my beautiful, intelligent wife and I killed the mailman by accident
good reminder that before the counting is over, election results don’t tighten. at no point is anyone trailing. nobody moves closer. they’re just tabulating the polls. it’s a fixed number that just isn’t done yet. to say otherwise is bad journalism but even worse math.
Chicago winter haters don't get that the cold is good for your soul youtu.be/9e_IJ_9TsFc
The sun is not your friend
YouTube video by Wormwood
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If you say “God is in His Heaven, all is right with the World” your comphet is showing THE END
it's ghost pipe season in the forest here. ghost pipe (monotropa uniflora) is a parasitic plant which doesn't make chlorophyll and gets its nutrients from the mycorrhizal networks found on tree roots. it's ephemeral, appearing fast and disappearing within days, and is psychoactive 🌱
This was about to convince me to vote for him until I saw he was wearing a helmet 😒
NWChiFiets@nwchifiets.bsky.social · yesterdayOh he is running for re-election. And no, this will not get me to vote for him.
Tarot Card Reader: and this is the Death card Me: well i hear that could mean lots of things, not necessarily… Tarot Card Reader: and this is the Later On Today card Me: … Tarot Card Reader: this one is the King of Chewing Your Food Real Good Me: at least… Tarot Card Teader: he’s upside down
