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  1. MT @Samuel_Worley: Sun-Times Media: Not gonna reverse Reader pay cuts, happy to pay rich celebs a $1K for shitty copy bit.ly/JNtOGL about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. :( RT @cta: Consider alternatives to Red, Brown & Purple Exp, such as Lakefront & local/crosstown buses, as well. about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. In Rotation with music editor @pmontoro, Cheer-Accident keyboardist Dudley Bayne, and multi-instrumentalist Boris Hauf: bit.ly/KDI45Y about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. Culture Vultures recommend summer music festivals, Dawoud Bey, and the Encyclopedia Project: bit.ly/KYcL4t about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
  5. RT @jeromeludwig: Best not to get burgled when NATO is in town: bit.ly/KqVZ16 about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to jeromeludwig
  6. RT @drew_hunt: It took me a while, but I finally found the time to dive into @CinemaScopeMag's latest issue: bit.ly/KEtqvC about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to drew_hunt
  7. Over 40 art projects made from one tree, from a coatrack to an iPhone speaker: bit.ly/KEoyqq about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck
  8. 12 O'Clock Track: Caribbean Afro-beat band La Sardina de Naiguatá's fulia song, "Volveré" bit.ly/KEq3F5 about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck
  9. Eight reasons not to give the Cubs untold millions, like "a duh": bit.ly/JMgyCg about 15 hours ago via TweetDeck
  10. RT @1bsachs: Sorting through my initial impressions of the French film POLISSE, imagining how I'll feel in 30 years: bit.ly/LC6v5z about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to 1bsachs
  11. 1968: the year that changed baseball. 1904: the year America learned to say 'To hell with France.' bit.ly/LBZ3qV about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck
  12. RT @joravben: Charter schools, TIF deals win; cops, libraries lose in Mayor Rahm's Chicago: tinyurl.com/7k8chuo 10:21 AM May 26th via TweetDeck in reply to joravben
  13. A college reporter writes about her arrest, allegedly for asking for a Chicago cop's badge number: bit.ly/KTUqW8 4:35 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  14. RT @pmarg: Two nights of rare music by Georges Aperghis in Chicago, at Corbett vs. Dempsey & MCA: bit.ly/JRGb8o 3:55 PM May 25th via TweetDeck in reply to pmarg
  15. In Savage Love, replacing "no means no" with "yes means yes"—and still knowing how to say "no": bit.ly/KpDecI 2:28 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  16. RT @SteveBogira: Is a little torture worth the jobs it provides? On the pending Tamms decision bit.ly/LNS00A 2:00 PM May 25th via TweetDeck in reply to SteveBogira
  17. RT @MikeSula: Eat spaghetti with your hands at Den Den tinyurl.com/7m3p2vs 1:38 PM May 25th via TweetDeck in reply to MikeSula