Chicago

hilarious show w/ ties to Chicago:

Carl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.

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Came across this show recently and it has been a hilarious watch, especially for October! My partner is a journalist and gets quite a kick out of it! If you are an X-Files fan you might be interested, as Chris Carter cited Kolchak as a "tremendous influence" in creating his franchise The X-Files.

It's available via Peacock or the high seas :) Enjoy!

A Conversation with Chicago's Leading UFOlogists

Saturday, October 19, 2024 1:00PM – 3:00PM Harold Washington Library Center

October 22nd, 2024 at 5pm

Wicker Park Neighborhood Walk (Accessible)

Meet at Churchill Park!

We will be walking around the park and neighborhood searching for fungi in wood-chips, flowerbeds, and on big trees.

This is a walk that will take place on paved paths and is an accessible option for folks with disabilities.

If you are curious about joining our club, all you have to do is show up! We will welcome you, walk with you, and learn together with you. We are all about open-access to education for all.

If you’re shy, quiet, outgoing, anxious, whatever; we have no expectations, and just hope to see you enjoy the nature around us. And hopefully you can learn something along the way!

Our meetups are family friendly, queer friendly, relaxed, and free!

Please keep in mind that we will be stopping frequently during our walk, which may be obnoxious to younger folks. When we find something, we stop to discuss our find. It is best if the group all stays together so everyone can see and hear!

Forays on public land mean harvesting is okay! So if we find anything scientifically significant we can collect it and send it off to have its DNA sequenced.

Early Voting in Downtown Chicago will start on Thursday, October 3 at 9:00am and run through Election Day (Nov. 5) at the Voting Supersite (191 N. Clark) and Board Offices (69 W. Washington St. - 6th Floor).

Early Voting in all 50 Wards of Chicago begins Monday, October 21 at 9:00am.

Via ChicagoABC on Mastodon

Williams and the Bears will face the Titans in the season opener Sunday.

This massive 175-kilometre tunnel is quietly saving the windy city.

An old one but still kinda relevant. But maybe Logan -> Avondale & Wicker -> Logan ?

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240821114418/https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/08/20/chicago-top-cop-police-ready-next-round-protests-israeli-consulate

Gov. Pritzker welcomed Jen Psaki to Chicago in the best way possible

Performing Red Wine Supernova

Good thing they got her a bigger stage lol

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/15452841

People who identify as LGBTQ can face major disparities and stigma when it comes to cancer care, often resulting in later-stage diagnoses and poorer outcomes than other patients.

Dr. Elizabeth Cathcart-Rake, an oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, is determined to change that.

This summer, Cathcart-Rake and a team at Mayo launched Rainbows, a cancer clinic tailored to meeting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, gender-diverse and intersex patients. Rainbows will initially focus on supporting patients with breast cancer, with the goal of eventually expanding to include other types of tumors already treated at Mayo.