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Eric Zorn

@ericzorn.bsky.social

Editor of the Picayune Sentinel, former Chicago Tribune columnist, aspiring boulevardier, old time fiddler. Always on the lookout for funny posts.

1,965 Followers  |  141 Following  |  520 Posts  |  Joined: 21.09.2023
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My thoughts on the "Let them eat liver" sentinement of RFK Jr. ericzorn.substack.com/i/189594831/...

05.03.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fill out the quip of the week poll? No problem!
ericzorn.substack.com/i/189594831/...

Finalists include:

@viktorwinetrout.bsky.social
@jakevig.bsky.social
@frovo.bsky.social

Please share. Get out the vote!

05.03.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Madness looms! Happy March.

01.03.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have bad news for the "Board of Peace"

28.02.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Diversity!

27.02.2026 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New today! No paywall.

26.02.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Abortion is murder" is what the anti-choice activists often proclaim, but now there are bills to treat women who obtain abortions as actual murderers, and suddenly it's homina-homina-homina. ericzorn.substack.com/i/172798597/...

26.02.2026 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's "stand up if ..." gambit may have worked during the State of the Union speech, but in this item in today's Picayune Sentinel I imagine how that can and I hope will be turned back on Republicans. ericzorn.substack.com/i/172798597/...

26.02.2026 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Easy answers! Click on all the jokes you find amusing in the Picayune Sentinel Quip of the Week poll, out today. Then share this link:
ericzorn.substack.com/i/172798597/...

Finalists include @jackboot.bsky.social‬ &
@frovo.bsky.social‬

26.02.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A reminder that white nationalism isn't just abhorrent, it's stupid.

25.02.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 11584    πŸ” 3091    πŸ’¬ 728    πŸ“Œ 178

Not to be that guy, but Gerty Cori was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in medicine

25.02.2026 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll throw shade at Zimmer for blocking access to those who don’t accept all his site’s cookies.

24.02.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œNever” is a long time. And in my family we sing the β€œLabor Day” song every year.

24.02.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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EP just dropped from Stockyard Drawl, one of Benjamin Zorn's bands. He wrote two of the fiddle tunes open.spotify.com/album/0KFeCk...

23.02.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chicago media did itself proud after Jesse Jackson's death ...with stories written by real people. Imagine that!

Thanks to @ericzorn.bsky.social for his shout-out to the Sun-Times coverage of the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson. The paper certainly did shine. I was amazed how my obit meshed with Fran Spielman's piece on Jackson and Chicago mayors and Lee Bey's on pop culture.

ericzorn.substack.com/p/chicago-me...

20.02.2026 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com has caused a stir with his columns extolling the use of AI in his newsrooms. I look at what he wrote and offer some thoughts about it ericzorn.substack.com/i/187899566/...

19.02.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Register your public admiration for these finalists in the Picayune Sentinel’s Quip of the Week poll
ericzorn.substack.com/i/187899566/...

@dumbbeezie.bsky.social
@pixelatedboat.bsky.social
@jackboot.bsky.social
@jakevig.bsky.social

19.02.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ll be chatting with host John Williams on WGN-AM 720 at 11:33 am Chicago time. Listen live link: wgnradio.com/on-air/

17.02.2026 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rank the members of Trump's inner circle from most to least loathsome surveymars.com/q/luh0qMirl

16.02.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The Trump administration’s sole unifying message is white supremacy. They are constantly looking for ways to express it.

15.02.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1207    πŸ” 321    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 7
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You will do a happy dance reading the Quip of the Week contest.
ericzorn.substack.com/i/187204386/...

Nominees include:

@kimmymonte.bsky.social
@jakevig.bsky.social
@viktorwinetrout.bsky.social
@itsabbyyep.bsky.social
@greenevillezoo.bsky.social
@frovo.bsky.social
@wheeltod.bsky.social

12.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can computers sniff out prose written by computers? ericzorn.substack.com/i/187204386/...

12.02.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You will do a happy dance reading the Quip of the Week contest.
ericzorn.substack.com/i/187204386/...

Nominees include:

@kimmymonte.bsky.social
@jakevig.bsky.social
@viktorwinetrout.bsky.social
@itsabbyyep.bsky.social
@greenevillezoo.bsky.social
@frovo.bsky.social
@wheeltod.bsky.social

12.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Occupy Democrats has always been trash but this is especially gross. Why mention the fact that he’s Jewish at all? Hmmm

11.02.2026 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 222    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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Gather your family around the Atwater Kent and listen to my conversation on WGN-AM 720 with host John Williams at 11:33 a.m. Chicago time. . Listen live link: wgnradio.com/on-air/

10.02.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The purpose of the "alternative" Super Bowl halftime show is a celebration of racism. That's it. It's "revenge" for a Puerto Rican man being selected to perform.

Any excuse or fake explanation by any performer participating in it is utter bullshit.

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