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Techdirt

TechdirtNov 3, 2026

Ex-FBI Boss Sues Trump Administration Over Being Scapegoated For Failed Vindictive Prosecutions

So, it’s come to this. The good ship USS Revenge Prosecution is sinking. And the deserting rats are deciding which rats should desert first, apparently based on nothing more than the current state of the organizational chart. Two people figured heavily into the disastrous attempt to prosecute a handful of Chicago residents for engaging in...

1st amendmentandrew boutros

Techdirt

TechdirtSep 18, 2026

Research Shows ICE Raids Are Killing Local Economies

Contrary to the "worst of the worst" posturing presented by the Trump administration, it's long been known that immigrants (both legal or otherwise) commit fewer crimes than natural-born US citizens: Our consistent finding is that legal immigrants have the lowest incarceration rates, followed by illegal immigrants, and that native-born Americans have the highest. Illegal immigrants...

Cailin Pitt

Cailin PittSep 7, 2026

City Boosters Annoy Me

You shouldn't love your home without also wanting to make it better

Malawi24

Malawi24Sep 6, 2026

O’Mbewe! United States seizes Malawian ‘mice’ at Chicago airport

A traveller arriving from Malawi had their bag busted at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport carrying over 2lbs of dead African mice for human consumption and 22lbs (10kg) of beef. Agriculture K-9 Elvis sniffed out the luggage, prompting US Customs officers to search it. Authorities seized the mice over the risk of zoonotic disease and the beef...

airport seizureChicago

Cailin Pitt

Cailin PittSep 1, 2026

Using my transit card data to create a year in review experience

Building an unofficial wrapped experience for the CTA

ChicagoTransportation

Field NotesJun 17, 2026

Dispatch: Humanistic AI, OCR, and Hugging Face

In which I reflect on the a recent trip to Chicago, overview the state of OCR for humanities data, and fangirl over Hugging Face infrastructure.

The Emu Café Social

The Emu Café SocialMay 22, 2026

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-22-26

I was too busy yesterday to put together my daily Pook-Emu Bee links. I am busy today as well, but not too busy to take a link break. Article Links 1. Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore (Amanda Siberlin for TechCrunch. May 21, 2026.) This is a fair list...

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet

Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetDec 20, 2017

Rock and Roll Remodel

A final requiem for Chicago's popular rock-themed McDonald's, a favorite of Wesley Willis, as it becomes \"modernized.\"

chicagomcdonald's

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet

Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetNov 16, 2017

Rock On Chicago

The larger than life and times of Chicago artist/musician Wesley Willis—as well as the deeper inspirations behind the artistic output that defined his life.

musicoutsider music

All-Encompassing Trip

All-Encompassing TripOct 12, 2016

Wrigley Field, Chicago. August, 2016.

The marquee at Wrigley Field reading “Wrigley Field, Home of Chicago Cubs” with “Pearl Jam” on the electronic display and a Toyota advertisement panel below, with parts of the stadium structure and flagpoles surrounding the sign.

Black and WhiteChicago

All-Encompassing Trip

All-Encompassing TripAug 25, 2016

Cloud Gate, Chicago. July, 2016.

Myself, reflected off of the underside of the Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago.

Black and WhiteChicago

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet

Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJun 30, 2016

Waaaaay Left of the Dial

Listening to 87.7 FM? That's not a radio station, but an old analog TV station—channel 6, to be exact. It's a total fluke, but Chicago's all over it.

really.lolApr 16, 2016

Chicago, Illinois

really.lolApr 9, 2016

Chicago, Illinois

chicagoarchitecture

really.lolApr 8, 2016

No I don't want to 🐸

Lincoln Park Zoo

really.lolApr 6, 2016

It is well cold and I am not this fluffy.

Lincoln Park Zoo

really.lolMar 6, 2016

Niagra Falls is well tacky. You know what isn't? This grey wolf. He's tasteful af. 🐶 @lincolnparkzoo

really.lolMar 6, 2016

Giraffe hide (still attached)

Lincoln Park Zoo

really.lolMar 6, 2016

Happy Mother's Day, word to your mother. Pictured: not me and mum

The Art Institute of Chicago

really.lolMar 6, 2016

Chicago, Illinois

really.lolMar 6, 2016

The Art Institute of Chicago

really.lolMar 6, 2016

Gonna go see Niagra Falls today. Sploosh indeed. ☔️

really.lolMar 4, 2016

really.lolMar 4, 2016

Lincoln Park Zoo