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Ray Bradbury Library Exhibit: Ribbon Cutting & Opening Ceremony — Waukegan Historical Society

Join us for the official ribbon cutting and opening ceremony of the highly anticipated Ray Bradbury Library Exhibit on August 21 at 12:00 PM at the Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie. Open Hous...

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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterday

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

If you want to have a good cry in the year 2007, and then again today www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mt...

Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (Official Video)

YouTube video by GlenHansardVEVO

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I was unaware of this unreal story until now! Vile harrassment conducted by adults making 3x as much money as I do, to intimidate an independent journalist whose reporting they didn't like. What the ...

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · last wk.

The case involved deliveries of live cockroaches, a funeral wreath, a book about surviving the loss of a spouse, and a bloody pig mask to the home of a couple who run a news website.

Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

the media attacked rep. rashida tlaib for four days when she said "impeach the motherfucker" and accused the democratic party of cleaving decorum, calling it "profane," a "crass expletive," "non-family language," "r-rated" and "earmuffs required" saying fuck is only news when a dem does it

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

He did a great job (eventually) against multiple horrific plagues, and multiple terrible presidents. This is a new low.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · last wk.

This treatment of Fauci is so shameful. He did a great job against a horrific plague and despite a mendacious president and fearmongerers and grifters. What happens when there's another global emergency. Do we think civil servants and experts will rise to help save us when they are so treated?

The Journal of Clinical Medicine: "Hydroxychloroquine was not efficacious for treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients and caused more severe adverse events." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Peter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."

Yes! May-lee's essay also linked in the attached post ...

May-lee Chai (she/her)@mayleechai.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m very proud to have an essay in this book: NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINÉAD O’CONNOR MEANS TO US! Now out on paperback.

Sinead O'Connor died three years ago yesterday; the paperback of our book, NOTHING COMPARES TO HER: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US, drops in August. A few of the essays in the book are linked in the Substack post, below, including work by Neko Case, Megan Stielstra, and Rayne Fisher-Quann.

No Other Troy

Three years after her death, Sinéad O'Connor is more powerful than ever

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Broadcast here in the park is en espanol and so far I’ve been following along but wtaf

Martha Bayne@marthabayne.bsky.social · 2w ago

Crowe here in Waukegan is skewing Team Spain

Pausa de Eye of the Tiger

Pausa de shakirificación

Crowe here in Waukegan is skewing Team Spain

He is PERFECT ... #Jimothy

well that was a lot

Much-needed development happening in downtown Waukegan. Especially happy to hear plans exist for 4 S. Genesee, the former Waukegan National Bank building, an 8-story high rise vacant since 1984.

Developers busy in downtown Waukegan: ‘A diamond in the rough’

David Motley, the city’s public relations director, said Thursday the city is negotiating a development agreement for the property there known as Parking Lot B.

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ETA: Dropping this week!

Martha Bayne@marthabayne.bsky.social · 4w ago

New book alert #2: Democracy! dropping next week from @illinoispress.bsky.social

Reminder there is no evidence that any initial statements by ICE or DHS should be trusted — and reporters should state that in all coverage and stories. Every ICE shooting we’ve seen the agency lie about the circumstances.

Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3w ago

"BIDDEFORD, Maine (WGME) -- A person is dead following a shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, according to House Speaker Ryan Fecteau." wgme.com/news/local/i...

After this morning’s fatal ICE shooting, the community has come together to demand justice-NOT only for this latest loss of life, but for the broader pattern of deadly incidents reported nationwide🇺🇸 Hart28.com

New book alert #2: Democracy! dropping next week from @illinoispress.bsky.social

New book alert #1: Apples! I missed this the other day, but here's Lucy Long, author of the new @illinoispress.bsky.social book SWEET, TART, AND GOLDEN: APPLES IN THE MIDWESTERN IMAGINATION, on @illinoisstateu.bsky.social 's WGLT: www.wglt.org/local-news/2...

Apples are a democratic fruit in the Midwestern imagination

There will no doubt be apple pie on the menu at many July 4 celebrations this year. There is every year. This quintessential American fruit, however, has varying cultural weight in different regions o...

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The media’s language in coverage of sexual violence is so wild compared to any other subject matter. Instead of “it rained” they’re like “Several women allege that they received nonconsentual water upon their persons. We interviewed men they know, who confirmed that the women seemed damp.”

Authors Maggie Andersen and @millerscave.bsky.social discuss their new books and life's work to make essential space for story, music, and art at This is a bookstore & Bookbug on Thursday, July 16 at 6:30pm EDT. live-bookbug1722461349.pantheonsite.io/event/2026-0...

My Favorite Bonnie Tyler moment was in 1984, when she performed "Holding Out for a Hero" while David Copperfield levitated across the Grand Canyon.

Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (David Copperfield Floating Over the Grand Canyon Edit) HQ

YouTube video by corazonazultw

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Just a li'l reminder that NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US drops in paperback Aug. 25. Just $19.95!

Nino Cipri@ninocipri.bsky.social · 4w ago

PSA from your friendly neighborhood bookseller: a lot of bookstores are currently finalizing their big Fall '26 orders, so now would be a great time to preorder any new releases coming out in September - December with them. An example from this past week:

This morning, I attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial on Chicago’s South Side. In a moment when the Trump regime is seeking to erase histories of oppression, Chicago is honoring a promise to police torture survivors that many of us fought for.

BREAKING: Former Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan is spared from prison for helping an immigrant evade federal agents.

Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of Mexican immigrant

Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S.

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Both of these men did some great journalism before their minds got sous vided on X.

Balu Puppy@balupuppy.bsky.social · 4w ago

Omfg