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Rev. Jesse Jackson to be laid to rest at Oak Woods Cemetery, 'part of the city's unrivaled historic fabric' The 173-year-old cemetery β€” solemn, historic and picturesque β€” will be the final resting place of the Rev. Jesse Jackson this week.

Today's column looks at what will be the final resting place of the Rev. Jesse Jackson: 19th Century landscape designer Adolph Strauch's solemn and picturesque Oak Woods Cemetery on the city's South Side.

05.03.2026 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe for children to grow up in.

05.03.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Reminder that the US military budget is larger than the military spending of the next nine largest countries combined.

Over half goes to private defense contractors.

This is the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned of β€” on steroids.

05.03.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6181    πŸ” 2032    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 63

It would be terrible if America ran out of drones and had to go to Ukraine to beg for drones and cheap drone tech, and Trump to visit and be harassed by Zelensky for not wearing OD green while in a war. And Vance and Rubio had to yell Glory to the Heroes in order to get help from Europe as well.

05.03.2026 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

Polymarket to allow bets on the name of the new terrorist organization spawned by the war in Iran.

05.03.2026 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 936    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 7

β€œI oppose the war but I voted to fund it because I had no choice” will be the talking point of too many.

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Does Your Country Need Regime Change? A Quiz β€œIn announcing the U.S. military strike on Iran, President Donald Trump went significantly beyond his previous justification of destroying the coun...

"Is your leader currently breaking ground on several expensive and cartoonishly vain construction projects in the nation’s capital?"

05.03.2026 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On every corner at Michigan and Wacker, not just SE. They never explain how Fort Dearborn hovered 100 feet above the ground either. Early helicopter technology? Magic? No wonder Black Partridge and the Potawatomi saw the place as a threat.

05.03.2026 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Somehow this didn’t post this morning. Happy 189th birthday to Chicago.

05.03.2026 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 343    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

Yet you erase Joliet and Marquette. For shame!

05.03.2026 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In the 80s I helped launder several thousand dollars of drug money through the Girl Scouts of America by selling mass quantities of cookies to the local weed dealer, who then packed his customer’s orders in with the cookies.

05.03.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 281    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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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.

05.03.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's like Jim Thompson actually knew Noem.
β€œI 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.”
β€”Jim Thompson, Pop. 1280

04.03.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the endless warm drizzle of springβ€”the ice of Antarctica, falling softly on the heads of the children of those responsible for melting it.

04.03.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When someone says β€žScientists do not want you to knowβ€œ 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.

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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.

04.03.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

04.03.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

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!

04.03.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€” where the Trading Room is located β€” 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 β€” where the Trading Room is located β€” represents the area where gallery space could increase the most."

04.03.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
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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...

04.03.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Spanish PM SΓ‘nchez 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."

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

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.

04.03.2026 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

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

04.03.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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Statement from Jasmine Crockett.

04.03.2026 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 30100    πŸ” 5780    πŸ’¬ 1845    πŸ“Œ 706

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...

04.03.2026 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 369    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 12
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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/

04.03.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People fucking hate chaos and kidnapping.

04.03.2026 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

People hate chaos and kidnapping

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

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

lΔ“oht-bΔ“amede, adj: (of a comet) having beams or rays of light. (LAY-o’ht-BAY-ahm-uh-duh / ˈleːɔxt-ˌbeːam-Ι™-dΙ™)
Image: Bayeux Tapestry (scene 32); France (Bayeux), second half of 11th century; Bayeux, MusΓ©e d'Art et d'Histoire Baron-GΓ©rard.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

04.03.2026 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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service entrance for Chicago Motor Club building, Lower Wacker Place

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