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Poster for the PWHL Takeover Tour event in Chicago on 12.21: Ottawa Charge v. Minnesota Frost.

Poster for the PWHL Takeover Tour event in Chicago on 03.25: New York Sirens v. Seattle Torrent.

Takeover Tour this season (x2), but maybe home to a PWHL team in future seasons? We can hope!
Anyway, tickets acquired to both games!
(Thanks @pksullivan.bsky.social !)

YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)

youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...

Oh hey. Thundersnow.

‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents The incoming preliminary injunction replaces a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in early October that was set to expire at 11:30 a.m.

“And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer”
Judge Ellis today not only denounced the Trump administration’s immigration action, but had biting remarks on its clumsy views of Chicago itself
UPDATE: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...

Two stanzas from the poem “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg: ‘And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.’

Always a good day to bring up poetry, Carl Sandburg, and Chicago.

The Dodgers' organist just played the Attack on Titan theme in the 16th inning; that's how deep into the fuckin bag he's had to go.

this, too, is blaseball

Out of all the things that could recreate the manic energy of following Blaseball almost entirely through Internet Posts, I was not expecting actual baseball.

screenshot of a Justin Klugh tweet from October 28, 2015: JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th [Sun rises] [Sun keeps getting bigger] BUCK: yes [World engulfed by flames] BUCK: oh god yes

oh my god, The Tweet is exactly ten years old tonight

That was an instant classic of an MLB game. Toronto really pulled it out in dramatic fashion
And the Ohtani demigod performance to secure a World Series berth is one for the ages.
That said, I could do without yet another year where smaller-market teams give way to big payroll teams.

When you are pure of heart no amount of earnestness is Cringe. When you are a malevolent little freak no amount of sarcasm is enough to make you cool

Tabletop journalist and advocate Rob Wieland has passed away Friends and peers remember the father, husband, writer, GM, and admiral.

Fellow tabletop journalist Rob Wieland passed away earlier this week at the age of 48. We collected fond remembrances and tributes from friends, peers and industry figures.

Donate to Family of Robert Wieland, organized by Vickie ONeill Friends of Robert Wieland have requested that we set up goFundMe page for the benefit of his f… Vickie ONeill needs your support for Family of Robert Wieland

Rob Wieland was a hobby ambassador, a game designer and a family man.

Let’s do what Rob would have wanted us to, and help out his family. Please pitch in.

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Bring your army; but, I think, you'll find
They've not prepared for us.
- Coriolanus (I, 2)

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

It’s weird to hear the name “Torkelson” not in reference to family lore from the old country.
(In this case, the first RBI of the MLB postseason goes to Torkelson.)

this is really good, especially in its differentiation between wank, bullshit, and lies.

Trans rights are human rights.

Adventurers from different worlds—like Earth—join up to confront a warlord, restore an ancient artifact, and save their city. (If the crocodile mummies don't eat them first.) This new RPG adventure event in Chicago benefits local arts with real-world heroism. Tix at salvage-era.com #ttrpg

Mark your calendars, Chicago TTRPG friends: I'm celebrating the release of Making Enemies with a reading at the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square at 7 PM on Friday, Oct. 10.

🧵But also, this thread will share some of the key points, so they're available to you in a range of spaces.

1. CALL: 855-435-7693 (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights, ICIRR)

2. WHAT TO REPORT:

S*ize of group
A*ctivities
L*ocation
U*niforms
T*ime
E*quipment

2/

Malört is meaningfully distinct as a damage type because it heals any creatures with a Midwest alignment.

I am like.. 99% sure that we will be hosting the biggest tournament BGA has ever seen this weekend. For @alteredtcg.bsky.social

If any gaming journalists wanted to chat about that... Feel free to reach out!

(But yeah, a friend tweeted that he literally expected to wake up the next morning finding it all a fever dream, because there was *no way it happened*. Feeling that right now.)
(And while I want to cackle more at the Cubs fan TikToks, I can’t — we ain’t won shit, yet 😰)

An image of the marquee at Wrigley Field, the night the Cubs won the World Series (in Cleveland) in 2016, taken by the author moments before police on horses started pushing back the crowds in a lung-crushing crunch.

Fair 😅
But also:

a man in a suit and tie is saying `` i want to believe ! '' ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying `` i want to believe ! ''

I have been alive for all three winning streaks of 12+ games. Still only 1 trip to the Fall Classic, when the Brewers were in the AL and I was a toddler.

patrick star from spongebob squarepants is crying and says " dont hurt me " Alt: patrick star from spongebob squarepants is crying and says " dont hurt me "

I love the Milwaukee Brewers with all my heart, but this success is unleashing some *feelings*.
I have (had) resigned myself to the expectation that we will never win a World Series until a salary cap/floor exists.
Getting my hopes up, though?! I’ve been here before…

I’ve had multiple conversations every day with different folks about how bizarre this absolutely perfect weather is at Gen Con.