my editor: "but do you have a plan?" me: "I have concepts of a plan..."

every journalist made the same joke at the same time

unironically true

Meet the Haitian immigrant who founded the city of Chicago. britannica.com/biography/Jean…

After several years of litigation, a Cook County judge has found operations at Trump Tower violated state and federal environmental laws to protect the fish in the Chicago River, the Illinois Attorney General’s office announced Wednesday. trib.al/xIvEoyi

After several years of litigation, a Cook County judge has found Trump Tower in violation of environmental laws with a cooling system that has endangered and killed thousands of fish in the Chicago River. For Chicago Tribune: chicagotribune.com/2024/09/11/tru…

The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are keeping their children home and reporting damage to their property as anti-immigrant conspiracy theories spread, fanned by statements by Trump and Vance haitiantimes.com/2024/09/11/hai…

Many people in my inbox and this site trying to "explain" this to me (who reported), saying other buildings have cooling systems use Chicago River water. True, but Michael Hawthorne found in 2018 no other building had similarly violated enviro laws like Trump Tower (& it's in the story)

Most states now allow candidates to pay for child care expenses with campaign funds. Women with young children say it's monumental and usage is growing, but the number of candidates taking advantage of the policies remains relatively low. For The Associated Press apnews.com/article/state-…

An evergreen reminder: If you’re going to comment on the quality of an article and the reporting therein, it’s usually best to, ya know, read the whole thing first.

To the public, Microsoft uses its reputation as an AI & sustainability leader to tell a compelling story: AI will do wonders to help solve the climate crisis. To fossil-fuel firms, Microsoft has a different message: AI will help them drill, baby, drill. 1/ theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Yesterday, my university emailed to say "instructors and students can now access ChatGPT through Microsoft Copilot at no cost to the user." As Karen Hao's reporting makes clear: the costs to people and planet are enormous. Educators, why are we burning the planet for this?

Hundreds of friends and family poured into St. Mary Immaculate Church in Plainfield Friday to mourn Kara Welsh, a national title-winning University of Wisconsin at Whitewater gymnast who was killed last month. trib.al/bj2sOHv

saw a coyote crossing the road to Park 566 on the South Shore today and it felt like a celebrity sighting I love Chicago wildlife :’)

The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper

Love telling a story on the water with Stacey :) the photos she took for this one really brought it to life!

because I’m usually working and no one is allowed to have fun without me