Robert Loerzel

So apparently the whole "bolting-and-welding-in-the-new-west-leaf-thing" was more complicated than first thought. Originally, CTA traffic across the Lake Street bridge was to resume yesterday (Monday); it's been pushed back to tomorrow (Wednesday) www.transitchicago.com/travel-infor...

In other words, Trump invaded Venezuela, killed about 100 people, installed a member of the dictatorship as the new puppet leader, and stole the country's oil.

Lit editor business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. Patrick Reardon wrote a great review of a new book about the influence of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" (on permanent display at the Art Institute of Chicago. thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/10/...

I went to see it. The sculptured glass module final boss. Architects: Burtar & Gassman, 1905 Date of Groovying: Unknown

Alex Pretti’s family holding their first news conference addressing the media this morning. It’s been 9 months since their son was disarmed before being shot to death by federal agents in Minneapolis. No one has been held responsible.

Susan Saint James 1946-2026 RIP

691 words about Cheesecake. 434 words about rape.

JD Vance wants us to think Alaska voters are too "busy" to read the word "incumbent" when they vote.

I’ll say it: it shows what disgusting pigs Americans are that they eat their cheesecake right there at the factory instead of waiting for it to be delivered to a store or restaurant

The NYT story does not even include the word rape. Not once.

Moon over Uptown

So Trump’s closing argument is that high gas prices are good because his donors who run oil companies are making bank, Jon Husted has a nice ass but not quite as good as Nicki Minaj’s ass, after 7 months the Reflecting Pool is almost done, and we get a ballroom, arch and helipad.

Just looked it up, and Walter was born in Chicago. We need to figure out what neighborhood.

pretty good moon and cloud combo out there, Chicago

Moon is out there somewhere.

In case facts still matter

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most

It’s really too bad that this poor man doesn’t have anyone in his life who cares enough about him to tell him to SHUT THE FUCK UP.

It was shocking news 100 years ago when the seemingly invincible Harry Houdini died in Detroit at age 54, on Halloween. But at least one reader was disappointed by the Chicago Tribune’s coverage, which consisted of a short dispatch below the fold on Page 1.

Denizens of 19th Street

How was this not 3-0?

BREAKING: The 9th Circuit rules 2-1 to dismiss DOJ's effort to force California to remove 20,000 purported noncitizens from the voter rolls based on data CA officials view as faulty. Majority: Bennett (Trump) Sanchez (Biden) Minority: Bumatay (Trump) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"What you’re doing while you’re touring is creating goodwill. You put that good karma out there for a lot of years and it pays dividends when you need it. I’m not going to lie. There are times I get pretty emotional about it."

A snow bunting at Montrose Point this morning

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

No, YOU'RE crying.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

Wild chain of events: An artist on FB asked who the subject of a painting was--she'd painted from a photo. A friend alerted me. I was able to tell Shannon Burch that her painting of a woman protesting at Broadview ICE... was me. Honored, to say the least. Abolish ICE www.instagram.com/p/De48EQUGYSF/

We've added a postscript covering recent events, new threats, and increased possibilities, to our own profile of Chicago's stunning Uptown Theatre. (photograph courtesy Andy Pierce) arcchicago.blogspot.com/2026/08/aura...

📸 Chicago in motion #Chicago #photography

asked if Trump directed him to sue Alaska, Blanche says "I will not talk about communications I have with the president" (So, yes, Trump did)

Coyote in Touhy Park. @robertloerzel.bsky.social @buckweaver.bsky.social @rebeccakell.bsky.social

"Today, 48 of the roughly 60 villages and towns within Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon are mostly leveled, the Times analysis shows."

Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s longtime nationalist strongman, conceded defeat Sunday in a general election held after his once-tight grip on power was weakened by nearly two years of student-led protests. nyti.ms/4zegOaY

The NYT — having been shamed for years for not posting court opinions — now does so, but only with its enraging workaround of posting a link to a page that has individual images of each page of any opinion. So, here, you load a page of 55 images that are completely unworkable for any future use.

Great obit

Hunter Moon over The City