Bill Savage

Proof that both @rogersparkman.bsky.social and Burke (and me) were at the dedication. Not sure if the Flood Brothers truck is proof that the cleaning crew was there.

It's like Jim Thompson actually knew Noem.
“I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.”
—Jim Thompson, Pop. 1280

the endless warm drizzle of spring—the ice of Antarctica, falling softly on the heads of the children of those responsible for melting it.

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

Years ago, I was at the dedication of a plaque on the building where James T. Farrell lived on S. Indiana. Huge vacant lot across the street, full of trash, behind speaker's stand. An hour before event, cleaning crew appears, clears it. Then Ed Burke comes to give remarks. Wonder where he's at now.

Texas really giving us a vivid preview of the range of anti-democratic shenanigans Republicans are working on for November.

We're the Second City not because of that New Yorker guy, but because we had a First founding, then a Second founding. Two birthdays are better than one!

Will Art Institute expansion leave Louis Sullivan’s Chicago Stock Exchange room in the cold? No decision has been made, but the museum says "the east side of the building — where the Trading Room is located — represents the area where gallery space could increase the most."

My architecture column today. Art Institute tells the Sun-Times no decision has been made on the old CSE trading room, but adds "the east side of the building — where the Trading Room is located — represents the area where gallery space could increase the most."

Happy birthday, Chicago.
A city that leapt to enable lawsuits before banning brothels, billiards and bowling in one stroke. I'm proud I took the time to read the city charter for my book, "Every Goddamn Day." The city's birthday might be an apt time to pick up a copy.

www.amazon.com/Every-Goddam...

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump:

"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

Multiple news stories criticizing the Texas Rangers for putting up that statue of the segregationist

You love to see it. I know the Rangers and @mlb.com don't give a shit and are happy to honor racism, but you love to see it called out at least.

Benetti getting Sunday night baseball may make me start watching Sunday Night Baseball again for the first time in like a decade.

Statement from Jasmine Crockett.

Of the 42 countries in the World Cup:
Trump is invading 2 (Iran and, as of yesterday, Ecuador)
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and to a lesser extent, Jordan are caught in the crossfire
Trump is threatening another, likely favorite Spain, bc it refuses to join Trump's illegal war

www.fifa.com/en/tournamen...

Tickets to Chicago Artisan Market - Food, Fashion, Home Goods + Art Get tickets to Chicago Artisan Market. Chicago Artisan Market features the best artisan's in food, fashion, home goods & art in Chicago area & beyond.

Use the code "poems" to get free tickets to this Sunday, March 8th's Chicago Artisan Market, where you can get a hot, fresh Poem While You Wait!

chicagoartisanmarket.com/tickets/

People fucking hate chaos and kidnapping.

People hate chaos and kidnapping

Medieval tapestry depicting a group of men pointing up at a comet soaring brightly across the sky, with the Latin caption ‘Isti mirant stella’.

lēoht-bēamede, adj: (of a comet) having beams or rays of light. (LAY-o’ht-BAY-ahm-uh-duh / ˈleːɔxt-ˌbeːam-ə-də)
Image: Bayeux Tapestry (scene 32); France (Bayeux), second half of 11th century; Bayeux, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Baron-Gérard.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

service entrance for Chicago Motor Club building, Lower Wacker Place

Marimar Martinez says says it's "even worse" if Noem truly does not know about her shooting
"She's the leader of DHS and one of her agents attempted to kill me, a U.S. citizen on the streets of Chicago. It was reported in every national news outlet for months. Does she not read the newspaper?"

This is in fact a perfect cartoon

one of the very tiring things about politics from 2015 on is the two tiered system election system where there are real candidates who have to be perfect in every single way and anything in their record any statement can be used to disqualify them

and clown vibe candidates who are never accountable

100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money? Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say

Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?”

Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing.” #HousingFirst #UrbanTruth

The Revelation of Mike Johnson the Speaker Do we really want a Christian nationalist who truly believes that the Rapture is imminent determining our policy in the Middle East?

From the archives . Sadly relevant .

open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

Wasn’t this supposed to be over in three days?

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

Cities lose so much in property tax generation, cost of utility construction and lost transit fare revenue by refusing to allow density in most of the city

Three property tax attorneys at Holland Hicks Law — including partners Jeffrey Holland and Harold Hicks — donated a combined $8,500 to Hynes' campaign. You might not recognize the firm's name, and that's by design. It used to be called Madigan & Getzendanner until they rebranded in 2023 after Madigan was indicted. But it's not just Madigan's old firm. Pat Hynes has now taken 131 donations from property tax appeal attorneys totaling $112,100. Add in property tax appraisers and other real estate developers, executives, construction firms, and corporate landlords, and you're looking at more than $350,000 from the real estate industry funding his campaign. Why are all these people investing in Pat Hynes? Because they want a return on that investment. Property tax attorneys make their money winning big tax cuts for commercial property owners. Those cuts don't make taxes disappear. They shift the burden onto you.

“Three property tax attorneys at Holland Hicks Law — including partners Holland and Hicks — donated a combined $8,500 to Pat Hynes' campaign. You might not recognize the firm's name… It used to be called Madigan & Getzendanner until they rebranded after Madigan was indicted.”

Seems bad!

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

I’m voting for Toni Preckwinkle because she solves big problems. Being able to wipe away this much medical debt will help lift people out of poverty and inject money into our local economy that would otherwise go to big corporations.

bsky.app/profile/toni...