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Better Read Than Dead - Support the journalists on strike at The Observer/Guardian. Oppose the Tortoise Media deal The Guardian and Observer NUJ NUJ NUJ Scotland NUJ London Magazine 🗞️ NUJ London Freelance 🗞️ NUJ Belfast & District Branch Oxford NUJ NUJDublinBroadcasting Edinburgh NUJ SteveBirdFoC

A side effect of the IRA + Chips Act: emerging Koreatowns in rural + industrial parts of America as Korean entrepreneurs, pastors, and chefs follow investments from Hyundai, Samsung, SK and others for opportunity my dispatch from Kokomo, IN + Commerce, GA ft.com/content/d03d7d…

A fantastic film put together by colleague @jamessandy on the crisis at #Boeing - How safety lapses hit Boeing's reputation | FT Film ft.com/video/0cf4cc1e… via Financial Times

This photo made my day. Solidarity with #GiselePelicot and all survivors.

"We’re charging like $9 for a cup of coffee, but all of that is going to fill up some CEO’s jet with fuel." ft.com/content/7fd5ad… via @ft Gregory Meyer

There are two types of people in the world. Those who believe "Fairytale of New York" is a Christmas song, and those who don't.

“I stick to my strengths” 🤣 #CalvinandHobbes

Hugely significant moment - 466 days since deadly Oct 7 attacks, Israel's retaliatory offensive that killed at least 46,000 Palestinians and knock on hostilities across the Middle East - the fighting is poised to end ft.com/content/e35b08…

Even though the raids have not materialized, Gov. JB Pritzker said that ICE will target as many as 2,000 in the city of Chicago alone. Here’s our latest—>’People are hiding’: Many immigrants stay home from work to avoid potential ICE arrests. chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/imm…

We are disappointed by today's announcement that Chicago Public Media will seek voluntary staff buyouts. Our union is frustrated that our organization's management did not secure more revenue in the past three years to avoid staffing cuts and secure our sustainability.

Some of the most influential Republicans in Congress enjoyed a surge in clean investment post IRA, raising questions about whether they'll obey Trump's orders to undo it or defend Biden's key economic policy, which favors subsidies over broad tariffs on.ft.com/3Qq3zzd

But a mere ceasefire for the sake of a ceasefire shouldn’t be mistaken for lasting peace, let alone a just peace. It would mean that Russia was able to launch the biggest war in Europe in 80 years and cleave 20% of a sovereign nation’s territory with impunity. This would embolden

WOW. Cardinal Robert Prevost - BORN IN CHICAGO - is the next POPE of the Catholic Church

Deep Dish beat Pizzaballa

The final two posts on X by Cardinal Robert Prevost, who is now Pope Leo XIV:

this is the greatest day to be on chicago twitter in years

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I am late to this, but I want to say how much I respect the bravery of Imani. She is publicly telling the truth about an awful experience to try to help others. That is straight-up heroism.

Eternal question: Why is writing so hard?