Patrick Monaghan
@pkmonaghan.bsky.social
Allies needn’t be perfect. They just need to be in the fight. Chicago, films, MS, music, far too many effect pedals, Antifa Local 242.
A process called upwelling has caused water near Lake Michigan beaches to drop 20° temporarily www.mlive.com/weather/2026...
Michigan’s beach water turned frigid, but watch the fast warm-up
A process called upwelling has caused Michigan's Lake Michigan beaches to have some cold water. The cold water won't last long.
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The Trump administration is trying to gut one of the strongest laws protecting tribal sacred sites, burial grounds, and ancestral lands. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act has worked since 1966. Now a handpicked Council voted to rewrite it..in one week. Here's what at stake.👇
Indie-pop supergroup, mostly in their 60s, absolutely killing it.
Railcard - Unstable Neighbour
YouTube video by Skep Wax
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Chicago’s very own! Lydia Tomkiw, Don Hedecker—later of Polkaholics (with Mike Werner, ex-Handsome Family), and a drum machine
Vintage Obscura Radio@vintageobscura.net · 2h agoAlgebra Suicide - Little Dead Bodies [USA, Minimal Synth, Spoken Word](1986) https://redd.it/w4xv9u https://youtu.be/xiL9pwAD0g8
Ohtani! PCA! There’s never been an MLB game where two players who went on to finish top-10 in MVP in the same league that year — let alone top-2 — both hit leadoff home runs We’ll know officially in Nov, but pretty fair to assume this is the first h/t @EliasSports
Pete Crow-Armstrong just passed Shohei Ohtani in homers. Could someone finally wrestle the NL MVP away? Is a half season of pitching worth more than PCA's full year of defense? I don’t know. either way, it's going to be a tight race for NL MVP, and it should be.
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@gpblog.bsky.social · 3h agoAlpine executive advisor Flavio Briatore has revealed that he once joined forces with Donald Trump to explore the possibility of bringing a Formula 1 race to New York, with the proposed venue ultimately located in New Jersey 👀 Read more 👉 www.gpblog.com/en/news/the-... #F1
She was a woman former Tribune critic Howard Reich called “the first lady of Chicago jazz,” and for decades Geraldine de Haas delighted in that role. She earned it too, through stunning performances and as a passionate promoter and producer of jazz programs.
The ‘first lady of Chicago jazz,’ Geraldine de Haas dies at 91
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One thing I like about Doggett as a house rep is that he correctly calls the lawless Trump government a regime.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett@doggett.house.gov · 5h agoTroubling reports from Big Bend revealing the Trump Regime has begun construction in Big Bend National Park. Your voice has power in stopping so much of this wrongdoing. Continue to call for Trump and his Republican enablers to provide explanation, not destruction.
Black Sabbath “N.I.B.” (Live at Beat Club, 1970) youtube.com/watch?v=BZxC...
Black Sabbath - N.I.B. (1970)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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Well, that’s certainly a bad Wednesday
The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 4h ago⚡️Russian 'Ghoul' drone company chief critically injured in car bombing, media report. A car explosion near Russia's Yekaterinburg killed a driver and critically injured Vladimir Tkachuk, head of a defense firm producing "Ghoul" attack drones for the Russian military, Russian media reported.
Sure looks like Trump is gonna get beaten by Murdoch once again over that stupid Wall Street Journal lawsuit. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again
Obama-appointed judge seemed unmoved by Trump attorneys’ arguments in case also naming Murdoch
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“The robbing of graves and mortuaries will now be part of the Federal Reserve of Life”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoRFK Jr: "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization."
Sounds like the Islamic Republic of Iran actually does have the concepts of a plan
Reuters@reuters.com · 4h agoExclusive: Iran warned Gulf states that any new US attack on its territory would trigger retaliation against critical energy infrastructure across the region, five sources told Reuters reut.rs/4w53aEF
When I worked at a residential treatment center in Austin, one of my 10 yo girls, Coleeta, came back from two days with mom filthy in same clothes, ravenously starving, and with an adult handprint in the middle of her back. 💔 I think about her a lot and hope she’s ok wherever she is.
Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social · 10h agoIs he saying he’d need more than two days to break his kid’s bones
JUST IN: Judge Darrin Gayles (Obama/SDFL) halts discovery in Trump v. Murdoch/WSJ following hearing today on motion to dismiss. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
For my last meal, I just want a block of the sharpest white cheddar on the planet
Here’s a lunchtime sketch from Lakefront Park during the Chicago Urban Sketchers seminar last month. A few people, trees, flowers, and the Drake Hotel sign- just an afternoon in the park. #usk #urbansketchers #uskchicago #seminar
Here's the end of the 1953 EC Comics adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains," first published in Weird Fantasy #17.
