‘Enough with the rabbit hunt.’ A Tribune editorial slams mayoral candidate Willie Wilson for an anti-crime slogan that it says “demeans and dehumanizes all Chicagoans.” (2015 photo: James Mellinger.)
■ A Chicago suburb will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit over a cop’s shooting of a 12-year-old boy during a raid at his home three years ago.
■ The Conversation: Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis underscores the troubled history of specialized police units.
‘Mayor Lightfoot declined to respond.’ The Better Government Association’s out with all the other mayoral candidates’ answers to its policy questionnaire.
■ The Sun-Times has launched its voter guide, which you can find linked—along with much more—at the Chicago Public Square election guide.
Forever fault. Illinois is suing 3M and other manufacturers, accusing them of contaminating the state’s drinking water with their so-called “forever chemicals.”
■ The Guardian: The fatal shooting by police of a U.S. environmental protester reflects an alarming trend.
Layoffs aplenty. Add State Farm and Wells Fargo to the roster of companies planning to cut hundreds of jobs in Illinois.
■ Electric truck maker Rivian, too.
They’ll be working on the railroad. Over the objections of displaced residents and environmental activists, the City Council’s OK’d massive expansion of a South Side rail yard.
■ But it put the brakes on a long-term deal to keep the city in thrall to scandal-scarred ComEd.
‘Right-wing criticism … presents a financial threat.’ Popular Information takes a skeptical look at the College Board’s decision to water down its AP course for African American Studies—noting that, even though the board is a non-profit, its CEO made $2.5 million in 2020.
■ Journalism watchdog Dan Froomkin: “The College Board has a board … and accepts emails.”
■ The board chair—and two other members—also happen to be Illinois public school educators.
■ A newly acquired set of photos at the Newberry Library showcases African Americans’ Great Migration to Chicago a century ago.
‘WE ARE THE STORM.’ That’s a December 2020 Facebook post cited by federal prosecutors in accusing a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant of storming the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
■ A City Council member once praised the guy for upholding “the finest and most noble traditions of public service.”
‘The end of the emergency is coming.’ But Your Local Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina says COVID-19 still has us “in an awkward space.”
■ The New York Times: New data offers some clarity on who needs booster shots—and when.
Netflix sharing crackdown. ZDNET dissects the company’s emerging policy …
■ … which now asserts that “a Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household.”
OK stop. The Chicago-born band OK Go is suing Post Foods over a new cereal packaging called “OK Go!”
■ Be on the lookout for about 100 boxes of Thin Mints stolen as Girl Scouts and their parents were taking them off a truck on the Northwest Side.
‘Troublingly good.’ Columnist Eric Zorn is disturbed by Jimmy Kimmel’s 20th-anniversary show deepfake conversation with his younger self.
■ Futurism’s Jon Christian digs into leaked messages about CNET’s flirtation with AI-generated articles: “They’re happy to spoonfeed you unlabeled AI garbage—but they’re terrified Google will take notice.”
Happy birthday, Sun-Times. The paper turns 75 today.
■ Here’s that first edition in full.
■ To mark the occasion, it’s hosting a contest for writers to become guest columnists …
■ … the kind of outreach that the paper’s new executive editor foreshadowed during a Chicago Public Square podcast in July.
It’s an honor just to be a finalist. But it would be so much better for Square to win the Reader’s Best of Chicago poll for Best Blog and Best Email Newsletter. So please vote.
Happy Groundhog Day.
■ As the movie marks its 30th anniversary, the Chicago suburb where it was filmed is celebrating bigtime through the weekend.
■ Then-Trib movie critic Gene Siskel was not impressed.
■ Richard Roeper: “Groundhog Day holds up, and you can say that again.”
‘Enough with the rabbit hunt.’ A Tribune editorial slams mayoral candidate Willie Wilson for an anti-crime slogan that it says “demeans and dehumanizes all Chicagoans.” (2015 photo: James Mellinger.)
■ A Chicago suburb will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit over a cop’s shooting of a 12-year-old boy during a raid at his home three years ago.
■ The Conversation: Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis underscores the troubled history of specialized police units.
‘Mayor Lightfoot declined to respond.’ The Better Government Association’s out with all the other mayoral candidates’ answers to its policy questionnaire.
■ The Sun-Times has launched its voter guide, which you can find linked—along with much more—at the Chicago Public Square election guide.
Forever fault. Illinois is suing 3M and other manufacturers, accusing them of contaminating the state’s drinking water with their so-called “forever chemicals.”
■ The Guardian: The fatal shooting by police of a U.S. environmental protester reflects an alarming trend.
Layoffs aplenty. Add State Farm and Wells Fargo to the roster of companies planning to cut hundreds of jobs in Illinois.
■ Electric truck maker Rivian, too.
They’ll be working on the railroad. Over the objections of displaced residents and environmental activists, the City Council’s OK’d massive expansion of a South Side rail yard.
■ But it put the brakes on a long-term deal to keep the city in thrall to scandal-scarred ComEd.
‘Right-wing criticism … presents a financial threat.’ Popular Information takes a skeptical look at the College Board’s decision to water down its AP course for African American Studies—noting that, even though the board is a non-profit, its CEO made $2.5 million in 2020.
■ Journalism watchdog Dan Froomkin: “The College Board has a board … and accepts emails.”
■ The board chair—and two other members—also happen to be Illinois public school educators.
■ A newly acquired set of photos at the Newberry Library showcases African Americans’ Great Migration to Chicago a century ago.
‘WE ARE THE STORM.’ That’s a December 2020 Facebook post cited by federal prosecutors in accusing a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant of storming the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
■ A City Council member once praised the guy for upholding “the finest and most noble traditions of public service.”
‘The end of the emergency is coming.’ But Your Local Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina says COVID-19 still has us “in an awkward space.”
■ The New York Times: New data offers some clarity on who needs booster shots—and when.
Netflix sharing crackdown. ZDNET dissects the company’s emerging policy …
■ … which now asserts that “a Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household.”
OK stop. The Chicago-born band OK Go is suing Post Foods over a new cereal packaging called “OK Go!”
■ Be on the lookout for about 100 boxes of Thin Mints stolen as Girl Scouts and their parents were taking them off a truck on the Northwest Side.
‘Troublingly good.’ Columnist Eric Zorn is disturbed by Jimmy Kimmel’s 20th-anniversary show deepfake conversation with his younger self.
■ Futurism’s Jon Christian digs into leaked messages about CNET’s flirtation with AI-generated articles: “They’re happy to spoonfeed you unlabeled AI garbage—but they’re terrified Google will take notice.”
Happy birthday, Sun-Times. The paper turns 75 today.
■ Here’s that first edition in full.
■ To mark the occasion, it’s hosting a contest for writers to become guest columnists …
■ … the kind of outreach that the paper’s new executive editor foreshadowed during a Chicago Public Square podcast in July.
It’s an honor just to be a finalist. But it would be so much better for Square to win the Reader’s Best of Chicago poll for Best Blog and Best Email Newsletter. So please vote.
Happy Groundhog Day.
■ As the movie marks its 30th anniversary, the Chicago suburb where it was filmed is celebrating bigtime through the weekend.
■ Then-Trib movie critic Gene Siskel was not impressed.
■ Richard Roeper: “Groundhog Day holds up, and you can say that again.”
‘Enough with the rabbit hunt.’ A Tribune editorial slams mayoral candidate Willie Wilson for an anti-crime slogan that it says “demeans and dehumanizes all Chicagoans.” (2015 photo: James Mellinger.)
■ A Chicago suburb will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit over a cop’s shooting of a 12-year-old boy during a raid at his home three years ago.
■ The Conversation: Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis underscores the troubled history of specialized police units.
‘Mayor Lightfoot declined to respond.’ The Better Government Association’s out with all the other mayoral candidates’ answers to its policy questionnaire.
■ The Sun-Times has launched its voter guide, which you can find linked—along with much more—at the Chicago Public Square election guide.
Forever fault. Illinois is suing 3M and other manufacturers, accusing them of contaminating the state’s drinking water with their so-called “forever chemicals.”
■ The Guardian: The fatal shooting by police of a U.S. environmental protester reflects an alarming trend.
Layoffs aplenty. Add State Farm and Wells Fargo to the roster of companies planning to cut hundreds of jobs in Illinois.
■ Electric truck maker Rivian, too.
They’ll be working on the railroad. Over the objections of displaced residents and environmental activists, the City Council’s OK’d massive expansion of a South Side rail yard.
■ But it put the brakes on a long-term deal to keep the city in thrall to scandal-scarred ComEd.
‘Right-wing criticism … presents a financial threat.’ Popular Information takes a skeptical look at the College Board’s decision to water down its AP course for African American Studies—noting that, even though the board is a non-profit, its CEO made $2.5 million in 2020.
■ Journalism watchdog Dan Froomkin: “The College Board has a board … and accepts emails.”
■ The board chair—and two other members—also happen to be Illinois public school educators.
■ A newly acquired set of photos at the Newberry Library showcases African Americans’ Great Migration to Chicago a century ago.
‘WE ARE THE STORM.’ That’s a December 2020 Facebook post cited by federal prosecutors in accusing a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant of storming the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
■ A City Council member once praised the guy for upholding “the finest and most noble traditions of public service.”
‘The end of the emergency is coming.’ But Your Local Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina says COVID-19 still has us “in an awkward space.”
■ The New York Times: New data offers some clarity on who needs booster shots—and when.
Netflix sharing crackdown. ZDNET dissects the company’s emerging policy …
■ … which now asserts that “a Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household.”
OK stop. The Chicago-born band OK Go is suing Post Foods over a new cereal packaging called “OK Go!”
■ Be on the lookout for about 100 boxes of Thin Mints stolen as Girl Scouts and their parents were taking them off a truck on the Northwest Side.
‘Troublingly good.’ Columnist Eric Zorn is disturbed by Jimmy Kimmel’s 20th-anniversary show deepfake conversation with his younger self.
■ Futurism’s Jon Christian digs into leaked messages about CNET’s flirtation with AI-generated articles: “They’re happy to spoonfeed you unlabeled AI garbage—but they’re terrified Google will take notice.”
Happy birthday, Sun-Times. The paper turns 75 today.
■ Here’s that first edition in full.
■ To mark the occasion, it’s hosting a contest for writers to become guest columnists …
■ … the kind of outreach that the paper’s new executive editor foreshadowed during a Chicago Public Square podcast in July.
It’s an honor just to be a finalist. But it would be so much better for Square to win the Reader’s Best of Chicago poll for Best Blog and Best Email Newsletter. So please vote.
Happy Groundhog Day.
■ As the movie marks its 30th anniversary, the Chicago suburb where it was filmed is celebrating bigtime through the weekend.
■ Then-Trib movie critic Gene Siskel was not impressed.
■ Richard Roeper: “Groundhog Day holds up, and you can say that again.”
‘Enough with the rabbit hunt.’ A Tribune editorial slams mayoral candidate Willie Wilson for an anti-crime slogan that it says “demeans and dehumanizes all Chicagoans.” (2015 photo: James Mellinger.)
■ A Chicago suburb will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit over a cop’s shooting of a 12-year-old boy during a raid at his home three years ago.
■ The Conversation: Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis underscores the troubled history of specialized police units.
‘Mayor Lightfoot declined to respond.’ The Better Government Association’s out with all the other mayoral candidates’ answers to its policy questionnaire.
■ The Sun-Times has launched its voter guide, which you can find linked—along with much more—at the Chicago Public Square election guide.
Forever fault. Illinois is suing 3M and other manufacturers, accusing them of contaminating the state’s drinking water with their so-called “forever chemicals.”
■ The Guardian: The fatal shooting by police of a U.S. environmental protester reflects an alarming trend.
Layoffs aplenty. Add State Farm and Wells Fargo to the roster of companies planning to cut hundreds of jobs in Illinois.
■ Electric truck maker Rivian, too.
They’ll be working on the railroad. Over the objections of displaced residents and environmental activists, the City Council’s OK’d massive expansion of a South Side rail yard.
■ But it put the brakes on a long-term deal to keep the city in thrall to scandal-scarred ComEd.
‘Right-wing criticism … presents a financial threat.’ Popular Information takes a skeptical look at the College Board’s decision to water down its AP course for African American Studies—noting that, even though the board is a non-profit, its CEO made $2.5 million in 2020.
■ Journalism watchdog Dan Froomkin: “The College Board has a board … and accepts emails.”
■ The board chair—and two other members—also happen to be Illinois public school educators.
■ A newly acquired set of photos at the Newberry Library showcases African Americans’ Great Migration to Chicago a century ago.
‘WE ARE THE STORM.’ That’s a December 2020 Facebook post cited by federal prosecutors in accusing a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant of storming the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
■ A City Council member once praised the guy for upholding “the finest and most noble traditions of public service.”
‘The end of the emergency is coming.’ But Your Local Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina says COVID-19 still has us “in an awkward space.”
■ The New York Times: New data offers some clarity on who needs booster shots—and when.
Netflix sharing crackdown. ZDNET dissects the company’s emerging policy …
■ … which now asserts that “a Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household.”
OK stop. The Chicago-born band OK Go is suing Post Foods over a new cereal packaging called “OK Go!”
■ Be on the lookout for about 100 boxes of Thin Mints stolen as Girl Scouts and their parents were taking them off a truck on the Northwest Side.
‘Troublingly good.’ Columnist Eric Zorn is disturbed by Jimmy Kimmel’s 20th-anniversary show deepfake conversation with his younger self.
■ Futurism’s Jon Christian digs into leaked messages about CNET’s flirtation with AI-generated articles: “They’re happy to spoonfeed you unlabeled AI garbage—but they’re terrified Google will take notice.”
Happy birthday, Sun-Times. The paper turns 75 today.
■ Here’s that first edition in full.
■ To mark the occasion, it’s hosting a contest for writers to become guest columnists …
■ … the kind of outreach that the paper’s new executive editor foreshadowed during a Chicago Public Square podcast in July.
It’s an honor just to be a finalist. But it would be so much better for Square to win the Reader’s Best of Chicago poll for Best Blog and Best Email Newsletter. So please vote.
Happy Groundhog Day.
■ As the movie marks its 30th anniversary, the Chicago suburb where it was filmed is celebrating bigtime through the weekend.
■ Then-Trib movie critic Gene Siskel was not impressed.
■ Richard Roeper: “Groundhog Day holds up, and you can say that again.”
‘Enough with the rabbit hunt.’ A Tribune editorial slams mayoral candidate Willie Wilson for an anti-crime slogan that it says “demeans and dehumanizes all Chicagoans.” (2015 photo: James Mellinger.)
■ A Chicago suburb will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit over a cop’s shooting of a 12-year-old boy during a raid at his home three years ago.
■ The Conversation: Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis underscores the troubled history of specialized police units.
‘Mayor Lightfoot declined to respond.’ The Better Government Association’s out with all the other mayoral candidates’ answers to its policy questionnaire.
■ The Sun-Times has launched its voter guide, which you can find linked—along with much more—at the Chicago Public Square election guide.
Forever fault. Illinois is suing 3M and other manufacturers, accusing them of contaminating the state’s drinking water with their so-called “forever chemicals.”
■ The Guardian: The fatal shooting by police of a U.S. environmental protester reflects an alarming trend.
Layoffs aplenty. Add State Farm and Wells Fargo to the roster of companies planning to cut hundreds of jobs in Illinois.
■ Electric truck maker Rivian, too.
They’ll be working on the railroad. Over the objections of displaced residents and environmental activists, the City Council’s OK’d massive expansion of a South Side rail yard.
■ But it put the brakes on a long-term deal to keep the city in thrall to scandal-scarred ComEd.
‘Right-wing criticism … presents a financial threat.’ Popular Information takes a skeptical look at the College Board’s decision to water down its AP course for African American Studies—noting that, even though the board is a non-profit, its CEO made $2.5 million in 2020.
■ Journalism watchdog Dan Froomkin: “The College Board has a board … and accepts emails.”
■ The board chair—and two other members—also happen to be Illinois public school educators.
■ A newly acquired set of photos at the Newberry Library showcases African Americans’ Great Migration to Chicago a century ago.
‘WE ARE THE STORM.’ That’s a December 2020 Facebook post cited by federal prosecutors in accusing a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant of storming the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
■ A City Council member once praised the guy for upholding “the finest and most noble traditions of public service.”
‘The end of the emergency is coming.’ But Your Local Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina says COVID-19 still has us “in an awkward space.”
■ The New York Times: New data offers some clarity on who needs booster shots—and when.
Netflix sharing crackdown. ZDNET dissects the company’s emerging policy …
■ … which now asserts that “a Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household.”
OK stop. The Chicago-born band OK Go is suing Post Foods over a new cereal packaging called “OK Go!”
■ Be on the lookout for about 100 boxes of Thin Mints stolen as Girl Scouts and their parents were taking them off a truck on the Northwest Side.
‘Troublingly good.’ Columnist Eric Zorn is disturbed by Jimmy Kimmel’s 20th-anniversary show deepfake conversation with his younger self.
■ Futurism’s Jon Christian digs into leaked messages about CNET’s flirtation with AI-generated articles: “They’re happy to spoonfeed you unlabeled AI garbage—but they’re terrified Google will take notice.”
Happy birthday, Sun-Times. The paper turns 75 today.
■ Here’s that first edition in full.
■ To mark the occasion, it’s hosting a contest for writers to become guest columnists …
■ … the kind of outreach that the paper’s new executive editor foreshadowed during a Chicago Public Square podcast in July.
It’s an honor just to be a finalist. But it would be so much better for Square to win the Reader’s Best of Chicago poll for Best Blog and Best Email Newsletter. So please vote.
Happy Groundhog Day.
■ As the movie marks its 30th anniversary, the Chicago suburb where it was filmed is celebrating bigtime through the weekend.
■ Then-Trib movie critic Gene Siskel was not impressed.
■ Richard Roeper: “Groundhog Day holds up, and you can say that again.”
‘Enough with the rabbit hunt.’ A Tribune editorial slams mayoral candidate Willie Wilson for an anti-crime slogan that it says “demeans and dehumanizes all Chicagoans.” (2015 photo: James Mellinger.)
■ A Chicago suburb will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit over a cop’s shooting of a 12-year-old boy during a raid at his home three years ago.
■ The Conversation: Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis underscores the troubled history of specialized police units.
‘Mayor Lightfoot declined to respond.’ The Better Government Association’s out with all the other mayoral candidates’ answers to its policy questionnaire.
■ The Sun-Times has launched its voter guide, which you can find linked—along with much more—at the Chicago Public Square election guide.
Forever fault. Illinois is suing 3M and other manufacturers, accusing them of contaminating the state’s drinking water with their so-called “forever chemicals.”
■ The Guardian: The fatal shooting by police of a U.S. environmental protester reflects an alarming trend.
Layoffs aplenty. Add State Farm and Wells Fargo to the roster of companies planning to cut hundreds of jobs in Illinois.
■ Electric truck maker Rivian, too.
They’ll be working on the railroad. Over the objections of displaced residents and environmental activists, the City Council’s OK’d massive expansion of a South Side rail yard.
■ But it put the brakes on a long-term deal to keep the city in thrall to scandal-scarred ComEd.
‘Right-wing criticism … presents a financial threat.’ Popular Information takes a skeptical look at the College Board’s decision to water down its AP course for African American Studies—noting that, even though the board is a non-profit, its CEO made $2.5 million in 2020.
■ Journalism watchdog Dan Froomkin: “The College Board has a board … and accepts emails.”
■ The board chair—and two other members—also happen to be Illinois public school educators.
■ A newly acquired set of photos at the Newberry Library showcases African Americans’ Great Migration to Chicago a century ago.
‘WE ARE THE STORM.’ That’s a December 2020 Facebook post cited by federal prosecutors in accusing a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant of storming the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
■ A City Council member once praised the guy for upholding “the finest and most noble traditions of public service.”
‘The end of the emergency is coming.’ But Your Local Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina says COVID-19 still has us “in an awkward space.”
■ The New York Times: New data offers some clarity on who needs booster shots—and when.
Netflix sharing crackdown. ZDNET dissects the company’s emerging policy …
■ … which now asserts that “a Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household.”
OK stop. The Chicago-born band OK Go is suing Post Foods over a new cereal packaging called “OK Go!”
■ Be on the lookout for about 100 boxes of Thin Mints stolen as Girl Scouts and their parents were taking them off a truck on the Northwest Side.
‘Troublingly good.’ Columnist Eric Zorn is disturbed by Jimmy Kimmel’s 20th-anniversary show deepfake conversation with his younger self.
■ Futurism’s Jon Christian digs into leaked messages about CNET’s flirtation with AI-generated articles: “They’re happy to spoonfeed you unlabeled AI garbage—but they’re terrified Google will take notice.”
Happy birthday, Sun-Times. The paper turns 75 today.
■ Here’s that first edition in full.
■ To mark the occasion, it’s hosting a contest for writers to become guest columnists …
■ … the kind of outreach that the paper’s new executive editor foreshadowed during a Chicago Public Square podcast in July.
It’s an honor just to be a finalist. But it would be so much better for Square to win the Reader’s Best of Chicago poll for Best Blog and Best Email Newsletter. So please vote.
Happy Groundhog Day.
■ As the movie marks its 30th anniversary, the Chicago suburb where it was filmed is celebrating bigtime through the weekend.
■ Then-Trib movie critic Gene Siskel was not impressed.
■ Richard Roeper: “Groundhog Day holds up, and you can say that again.”
‘Enough with the rabbit hunt.’ A Tribune editorial slams mayoral candidate Willie Wilson for an anti-crime slogan that it says “demeans and dehumanizes all Chicagoans.” (2015 photo: James Mellinger.)
■ A Chicago suburb will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit over a cop’s shooting of a 12-year-old boy during a raid at his home three years ago.
■ The Conversation: Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis underscores the troubled history of specialized police units.
‘Mayor Lightfoot declined to respond.’ The Better Government Association’s out with all the other mayoral candidates’ answers to its policy questionnaire.
■ The Sun-Times has launched its voter guide, which you can find linked—along with much more—at the Chicago Public Square election guide.
Forever fault. Illinois is suing 3M and other manufacturers, accusing them of contaminating the state’s drinking water with their so-called “forever chemicals.”
■ The Guardian: The fatal shooting by police of a U.S. environmental protester reflects an alarming trend.
Layoffs aplenty. Add State Farm and Wells Fargo to the roster of companies planning to cut hundreds of jobs in Illinois.
■ Electric truck maker Rivian, too.
They’ll be working on the railroad. Over the objections of displaced residents and environmental activists, the City Council’s OK’d massive expansion of a South Side rail yard.
■ But it put the brakes on a long-term deal to keep the city in thrall to scandal-scarred ComEd.
‘Right-wing criticism … presents a financial threat.’ Popular Information takes a skeptical look at the College Board’s decision to water down its AP course for African American Studies—noting that, even though the board is a non-profit, its CEO made $2.5 million in 2020.
■ Journalism watchdog Dan Froomkin: “The College Board has a board … and accepts emails.”
■ The board chair—and two other members—also happen to be Illinois public school educators.
■ A newly acquired set of photos at the Newberry Library showcases African Americans’ Great Migration to Chicago a century ago.
‘WE ARE THE STORM.’ That’s a December 2020 Facebook post cited by federal prosecutors in accusing a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant of storming the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
■ A City Council member once praised the guy for upholding “the finest and most noble traditions of public service.”
‘The end of the emergency is coming.’ But Your Local Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina says COVID-19 still has us “in an awkward space.”
■ The New York Times: New data offers some clarity on who needs booster shots—and when.
Netflix sharing crackdown. ZDNET dissects the company’s emerging policy …
■ … which now asserts that “a Netflix account is for people who live together in a single household.”
OK stop. The Chicago-born band OK Go is suing Post Foods over a new cereal packaging called “OK Go!”
■ Be on the lookout for about 100 boxes of Thin Mints stolen as Girl Scouts and their parents were taking them off a truck on the Northwest Side.
‘Troublingly good.’ Columnist Eric Zorn is disturbed by Jimmy Kimmel’s 20th-anniversary show deepfake conversation with his younger self.
■ Futurism’s Jon Christian digs into leaked messages about CNET’s flirtation with AI-generated articles: “They’re happy to spoonfeed you unlabeled AI garbage—but they’re terrified Google will take notice.”
Happy birthday, Sun-Times. The paper turns 75 today.
■ Here’s that first edition in full.
■ To mark the occasion, it’s hosting a contest for writers to become guest columnists …
■ … the kind of outreach that the paper’s new executive editor foreshadowed during a Chicago Public Square podcast in July.
It’s an honor just to be a finalist. But it would be so much better for Square to win the Reader’s Best of Chicago poll for Best Blog and Best Email Newsletter. So please vote.
Happy Groundhog Day.
■ As the movie marks its 30th anniversary, the Chicago suburb where it was filmed is celebrating bigtime through the weekend.
■ Then-Trib movie critic Gene Siskel was not impressed.
■ Richard Roeper: “Groundhog Day holds up, and you can say that again.”