Some comedians are making a living through a communal self-promotion with the audience.
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Chicago Fire historians don’t want you to see this picture
The historical-industrial complex doesn’t want you to know that UFOs started the Chicago Fire.
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What if the Blackhawks never lose in regulation again?
Chicago still won’t love them as much as they love Michael Jordan. Even if they never lose again.
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The spookily fantastic tweets of @arealliveghost
How good is Kimmy Walters, aka @arealliveghost, at Twitter? I once responded to a really great tweet with a marriage proposal. We didn’t know each other.
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Zoom in: Edgewater
There’s only one place in Chicago to play futsal, a stylish indoor offshoot of soccer
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There’s a silver lining to the push-button New Yorkers’ Guide to Chicago map
Joseph Cr Vourteque, via WBEZ No one’s making the Kenoshan’s guide to Chicago When I saw this map posted on WBEZ’s Tumblr, I thought, “damn, girl, what’s that smell? Could it be the can of worms the radio station is opening up by drawing attention to some crackpot’s New York-centric I feel I am uniquely […]
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The reluctant dad’s guide to joining Twitter
Joining Twitter is like throwing a dinner party for people you think are super interesting. See? There’s nothing to be afraid of.
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Maybe it’s time to put the word “irony” out on gardening leave
The irony wars—they just keep on coming, huh? Look, I don’t want to be that guy making fun of that Alanis Morissette song, BUT isn’t it time we either started
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A short defense of TL;DR, or Desperately seeking e-newsstands
As long as there isn’t one newspaper for the Web, we’ll be skimming just to find what we want to read. That’s where TL;DR helps.
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The summarized Web and you
Pressured by consumers’ near-infinite selection of news to read, newspapers and other media companies need to consider summaries as the best way to earn clicks
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Where fun goes to drunk dial
UChicago Hookups, Now eduHookups, Spreads the Love h/t @vrimjai
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The Red Dawn remake looks like a strong argument for ending the war in Afghanistan
Am I the only one who thinks you could switch a few nationalities in the new Red Dawn and have a documentary of America’s invasion of Afghanistan?
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Propaganda hits social media like a mortar shell
How Jennifer Egan’s New Yorker story presaged the insidious Gaza PR war being waged over social media
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NO HEADLINE
• That the Twinkie needs a new home, as Hostess decides to liquidate: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/hostess-brands-says-it-will-liquidate/ —Kevin Warwick and J.R. Jones (people really love their Twinkies, huh?)
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Underemployed: Out of time
RIP MTV’s excavation of YOLO culture that has fewer viewers than El Paso has residents.