Colour photograph of Prince's face against a black background. He is wearing a black hat with a silver band and a suit jacket of a slightly lighter grey shade.

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of #Prince, who joined the silent majority aged 57 on 21 April 2016. We’re marking the occasion by diving back into our extensive archive of writing on one of the greatest musicians ever...

#ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive

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Tim Heidecker's whole On Cinema/HEI Network story arc ending with him literally running Infowars is just a mind-melting long-term bit. World record stuff.

In Chicago you can drop a pin on this map to request a bike rack
bikeparking-chicago.hub.arcgis.com

It made me so happy to see a family use this rack I requested for the first time 🥹

Me protesting in front of the Tesla showroom in Chicago with a sign that says "Elon Musk is a Nazi".

Tesla Chicago Gold Coast Permanently closed

#TeslaTakedown

How it started: How it's going:

Didn't realize that's the guy who made an earlier movie starring Will Oldham

I love seeing the Illinois Restaurant Association and co take a FAT L 😎

Tell me you've never heard the delicate tamtam murmurings of Mark Wastell without telling me you'v

Feels very Chicago that it was 80 today and my neighbor and I both still have our snow shovels out

does yglesias ever make arguments that arent transparent motte/baileys

Someone made a 2000s-style iTunes-like player for this collection, which is just extra super awesome:

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...of the Lowlands

Going to revive the St. Augustine College campus area

“We’re at capacity”

Wanna Be A Baller samples Prince’s “Little Red Corvette” making it the perfect anthem for my two hometowns: Houston and Minneapolis.

“‘Prince gave us the OK, he loved how we did it. We ain't paid Prince a dime. He gave us props, he liked how we did it,’ Lil Troy explained.”

Do you ever get the feeling that no one is expanding images you sent them and just looking at artificially cropped versions inline? Ah ok

My photo archiving game is too complete for my own good

This is like watching a great artist or athlete in their prime

Seeing this tweet led to me spending my day off in Jackson Park today. Very nice!!

i survived the zoh amba wikipedia edit wars

T-shirt, questions, and so forth

Magnolia tree blooming in front of a prewar brick three flat with yellow window trim

Spring is springing

Bitcoin Depot hacked for $3.67 million Bitcoin ATM operator Bitcoin Depot has disclosed a March 23 hack in which attackers stole 50.903 BTC (~$3.67 million) from company wallets. According to the company's disclosure with the SEC, the exploiters gained access to the company's IT systems and wallet credentials, allowing them to steal the assets. Bitcoin Depot is the largest operator of crypto ATMs globally and in the United States, with approximately 8,700 kiosks in the US and 9,200 worldwide.

Bitcoin Depot hacked for $3.67 million

April 6, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=bitcoin-depot-hack

Ok fine the Trib does some good—and important—work

It's so cool that Chicago has all these public homages to the humble worker's cottage 🏠

Warren Ellis is currently leading Chicago in a chant to wake up the spirit of Steve Albini

Always said, this is my favorite song on my favorite album by my favorite artist

Volunteers turn a fan's recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove In 1989, an up-and-coming rock band from Washington called Nirvana played in Chicago for the first time at a club called Dreamerz.

Volunteers turn a fan’s recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove

Chicago’s Aadam Jacobs gets an AP news story

apnews.com/article/aada...

NOT TODAY SATAN

He's running...