Now, if you'll excuse me, I am frantically searching for my 1099s!
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Now, if you'll excuse me, I am frantically searching for my 1099s!
🪙 Trump's SALT deduction changes might be the only ones Democratic lawmakers liked, having pushed for a higher cap since 2018.
💸 Taking the SALT deduction rather than the standard deduction may be more appealing to Illinois households facing higher property tax bills, but you will have to itemize.
🖊️ On this edition of "I learn how taxes work, so you don't have to," I wrote about changes to the state and local tax deduction for @chicago.suntimes.com. chicago.suntimes.com/taxes/2026/0...
We're so thrilled about this! This is a FREE panel via @storystudiochicago.bsky.social's incredible Pub Crawl and all you have to do is register, which you can do right here:
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See you on Zoom next week! 🤩
It's all part of their annual Pub Crawl, a month-long publishing intensive for writers roadmapping their manuscripts.
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It's @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social's 10th anniversary! And I'm excited to talk about all things book coverage with my fellow editors at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social. We'll talk about the writers and work behind the curtain—and how to become a contributor.
📅 Fri, Feb 27
📍 Zoom
⏰ 6 PM
chatgpt and whatever image generator that conservative commenters seem to prefer have dealt immeasurable damage to the social media accounts i manage rip
this bitch is off insulin ‼️‼️‼️
@storystudiochicago.bsky.social's Pub Crawl is in full swing, and we wanted to invite you to our FREE panel on 2/27 w/ CHIRB editors @reemasabrina.bsky.social, @rachellayown.bsky.social, and @gregzimmerman.bsky.social, moderated by @mbwwelch.bsky.social—sign up below!
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do you think that in KPop Demon Hunters when the boys performed Idol, it was televised and ppl in other countries were like wtf is happening in Seoul rn?
This year's been tough, but we found plenty of joy, too.
And just like that, I finished editing one of our last @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social reviews of the year!
...which also reminded me: it's been a year since I joined the masthead as a daily editor. What a joy to edit writers you adore and be part of the @storystudiochicago.bsky.social community!
am realizing i follow city council in the way other folks follow sports 🙂↕️
While we already ran a list of the best books we read in 2025 last week, it pains us to leave so many out. Sooo we’re offering another “best of 2025” list—introducing the best debuts we read in 2025.
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Loved learning about the process and exploring their space! 📸
Chicago Pulp, opened this past September, offering classes, open studio sessions, and custom pulp to artists and curious beginners alike. Read more from me in @chicagoreader.com. chicagoreader.com/visual-arts/...
In a basement in Bridgeport, Aidan Anne Frierson and Dave King are turning wet, squelchy pulp into handmade paper. Together, they founded their studio, Chicago Pulp, to make pulp and papermaking accessible to everyone 📜
Same! It looks fascinating—I'm always intrigued by a Bluebeard retelling, too
What are the best books we read this year? Always a hard question, but @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social has compiled them all! 📚
Wooohoooo! Check out the @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social's editors list of the best books they read this year. Perfect for last-minute gift ideas for the reader in your life.
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#books
#booksky
An affordable housing development may replace a vacant building in Rogers Park. "We kind of look at this affordable deal as a place that will allow existing Rogers Park residents to basically age in place," said reps with 5T. More from me in @blockclubchi.bsky.social.
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
SROs are a valid form of housing and necessary for cities to prevent homelessness. Inventory continuing to decline is bad, even when closures like this are needed
SROs allow young people and lower income people to live in the city in dense places without needing to pay for a car and to all the way out to cheaper suburbs.
We need more housing variety and SROs are part of that.
More from me in @blockclubchi.bsky.social.
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SROs offer dormitory-like affordable housing, often for people who may otherwise face homelessness. Housing organizers fear it may leave some with nowhere to go. Nearly 40% of the city’s SRO buildings have closed since 2014, according to a 2024 UIC study.
One of Uptown's last single-room occupancy buildings, the Northmere, closed on Friday, leaving many tenants scrambling to find new housing. After the building failed 13 inspections in the past few years, a judge ordered residents to vacate, with tenants being given $2,500 for relocation expenses.
Thank you, friend!! ❤️
