Looks like the prosecutors couldn’t make it stand up in court

Harold Lloyd in a Paramount Pictures publicity photo

If you'd to celebrate Harold Lloyd's birthday, Criterion Channel has a terrific survey of his career:

• 26 silent shorts (including one as his pre-"glass character" Lonesome Luke)
• 10 silent features (including his first/last)
• 5 Talkies (including his first)
• 1 compilation #FilmSky #SilentFilm

The vibes were off all day to the extent that I began to feel cursed until I caught a glimpse of a flying squirrel out of the corner of my eye and as I did, its little magic carpet body came swooping toward me and passed directly over my head and it felt like a kind of blessing.

I went out looking for flying squirrels, but all I got was rabbits.

Many thanks and much appreciation to @robertloerzel.bsky.social for his thoughtful words & including my work in his insightful essay “The New Midwestern Photography Movement” in the latest issue of the Middle West Review!

There was goose news at Wrigley last year too

The other day, I saw a similarly meandering goose outside the Wilson Red Line station.

Birds in the news!

Newly released records detail police response to lawmaker attacks Authorities first identified Vance Boelter as a suspect within three hours of the start of the politically motivated rampage.

Newly released records on the police response to the assassination of Melissa Hortman show officers knew a woman was lying motionless on the top of the stairs inside the Hortman home but waited 30 minutes to physically check on her.

Two men in fatigues with their hands ziptied being arrested by Capitol Police

Dozens of people in fatigues lined up in the Capitol Rotunda with signage demanding an end to the Iran War

Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War.

Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social

Seeing at the Co-Ed Theatre in Champaign when I was a college student was a memorable filmgoing experience.

an all time fave. looks glorious on 35mm!

Karoline Leavitt @PressSec Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness

we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help

CNN put together a montage of Trump saying as far back as March 9 that his war against Iran "is going to be finished pretty quickly," then him saying that same thing over and over for the past six weeks

"particularly" is a funny way to spell "exclusively"

why do things like this never happen to me

Grand Jury in DC .. good luck with that. This ain’t no southern district of Florida

Round iron utility cover in the street in the foreground - rats-eye view - in the background are houses and trees with early spring leaves under a bright afternoon sun.

Close up of the worn letters “CHICAGO” on an iron utility cover.

Round iron utility cover with raised round bumps and a smattering of holes.

A large tree with very few leaves, blue sky behind, with three cormorants perched in its branches.

A vintage Sanitary District of Chicago cover, traces of early Spring, and a nearby trio of cormorants perched in a large tree along the Chicago River, for #ManholeCoverMonday
@dmercer.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @giegerj.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social

By the time I saw "Psycho" (as a teen, I think), I'd already seen the three biggest surprise moments in clips on TV. So I've always wondered what it would be like to see it and actually be surprised!

Lectures on Tap - "The Blues Brothers: Dissecting a 1980 Chicago Classic" Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in Chicago bars.

Mark your calendars! I’ll be part of Lectures on Tap on May 20—where professors, experts, and storytellers bringing thought-provoking talks to Chicago bars. Tickets go on sale Sunday, April 26 via Eventbrite. I’ll be diving into "The Blues Brothers" (1980) and its Chicago roots. 😎

A hand colored title page of an incunable with an image of a man wearing a hat. This is one of the first images of the later Dracula.

This is one of the first images - published in 1488 - of the later called #Dracula. A short 🧵 of the media history of the legend.

title page of "Von dem Dracole Wayda dem grossen Tyrannen" (Augsburg 1560).

And this is how Dracula looked like in 1560. Well, the Augsburg-based publisher of "Von dem Dracole Wayda dem grossen Tyrannen" (Augsburg 1560) clearly set a different note - or was lacking the older images. However, the media echo was running.

Maybe Optimo (if they're interested in hats). Exile in Bookville, and other stuff in the Fine Arts Buliding.

In Chicago, robots are serving up food deliveries, as well as some mishaps The robots are on trial as the companies operate under a pilot program that expires in May 2027. Chicago’s City Council would need to take action to allow the robots to stay in Chicago after next spri...

"But sometimes the robots get themselves into pickles as they deliver tuna sandwiches and other fare to the city’s human denizens."

@taliasoglin.bsky.social bringing the puns!!

(I needed a laugh because I *hate* these delivery robots)

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In Chicago, robots are serving up food deliveries, as well as some mishaps The robots are on trial as the companies operate under a pilot program that expires in May 2027. Chicago’s City Council would need to take action to allow the robots to stay in Chicago after next spri...

"Earlier this year, a Serve robot named Veruca was cruising down the sidewalk near the CTA’s Chicago Blue Line stop when it approached the station’s entrance and tumbled down the subway stairs." We bet Veruca was salty about that!

1/3 A lot of this has to do with a corresponding movement to limit child labor & make school compulsory for kids. If you're gonna do that, you've got to have a decent place in which to educate those kids, & the architecture itself should speak to the importance of what's happening in the building.

Contrary to what Kash Patel thinks, “we told you this was false and you printed it anyway” is not proof of actual malice when an outlet has reason to believe the story is true.

The entitlement of these guys is off the charts. His denial isn’t worth any more than someone else’s claim.

I do drive occasionally!

A garage door is painted with the Chicago city flag (blue and white stripes, with four six-pointed red stars) and cartoon characters saying "Hello" in various languages. Next to the garage, the gate of a driveway has three signs on it. One says "Hands Off Chicago." Another says: "ICE OUT! Fuera ICE!" And the third has a red "X" over a yellow crown.

Seen from a Brown Line window, a garage door with art by Shawnimals.