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Bleader
May 5, 2016
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Fans celebrated Star Wars Day with a faux lightsaber battle in the South Loop
Star Wars fans battled with lightsabers in a place much closer than a galaxy far, far, away—the South Loop.
By Ryan Smith
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Bleader
Mar 17, 2016
Trump Tower: A terrible place to watch Trump win Illinois
Trump’s triumph in the Illinois primary felt decidedly less impressive inside the massive skyscraper that bears his name.
By Ryan Smith
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Bleader
Nov 19, 2015
Groupon's goofy 'clip-in man bun' goes viral
A Groupon ad for a "clip-in man bun" fuels rage—and demand—on the Internet.
By Ryan Smith
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Complex Magazine
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Jared Leto
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Bleader
Sep 16, 2014
Slideshow
It's the requisite 2014 Riot Fest slideshow!
All the visual highlights from this year's punk spectacular
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Bleader
Jun 11, 2013
When surveillance culture was funny
Regarding a fortuitous revival of Allen Funt's
Candid Microphone
By Ben Sachs
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Bleader
Oct 29, 2012
Did you read about Hurricane Sandy, drone strikes, and rap-game SEO manipulation tactics?
Also Paul Krugman on Medicaid, part-time employment, and Lena Dunham
By Tal Rosenberg
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Bleader
Oct 7, 2012
Julia Child: "I just love pussies"
A new biography of Julia Child focuses on her love of felines
By Jerome Ludwig
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Bleader
Jul 17, 2012
The view from the bottom of the bill: Outer Minds' Pitchfork diary
Rain, golf carts, and rappers, oh my
By Miles Raymer
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Bleader
Jul 16, 2012
Pitchfork: the festival in review
The good, the bad, and the disturbingly Freudian at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival
By Miles Raymer
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Danny Brown
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A Lull
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Jul 15, 2012
Day three: return of the Pitchfork Music Festival coverage
Our coverage of the last day of the Pitchfork Music Festival
By Tal Rosenberg
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Bleader
Jul 14, 2012
Day two: Pitchfork Music Festival coverage strikes back
The second of three days of online Pitchfork Music Festival coverage
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Bleader
Jul 13, 2012
It's day one of our Pitchfork Music Festival coverage
The first of three days of online Pitchfork Music Festival coverage
By Tal Rosenberg
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This Will Kill You
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Best Photo Booth to Make Out In
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Bleader
Jun 20, 2012
Where in the world is Best of Chicago?
We're releasing Best of Chicago over Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram today before it officially launches on Thursday.
By Asher Klein
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Best Week
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Best of Chicago 2012
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Twitter
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Instagram
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Bleader
May 22, 2012
Slideshow
Protest and performance at NATO
Local photographer Marc Monaghan documents the surreal NATO protests
By Marc Monaghan
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NATO
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Bleader
May 18, 2012
Shower the kittens . . . with love! And pet-friendly wipes
Help Tree House Humane Society cat shelter save the kittens
By Jerome Ludwig
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Tree House Humane Society
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Bleader
May 2, 2012
Help write the book on Hot Doug's
Doug Sohn is soliciting contributions for a Hot Doug's book
By Mike Sula
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Food Chain
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Food & Drink
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Doug Sohn
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Bleader
Apr 30, 2012
Did you read the Bleader last week?
What to read if you didn't read the Bleader last week
By Tal Rosenberg
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Media
,
Bleader recap
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April 30
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2012
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Bleader
Apr 20, 2012
Three theories why corgis are now running the Internet
On the Internet, corgis are the new cats. Is Buzzfeed just flexing its muscles or are deeper truths being exposed?
By Asher Klein
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News
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corgis
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Internet trends
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memes
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dogs vs. cats
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cats vs. dogs
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Buzzfeed
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the Atlantic
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Bleader
Apr 2, 2012
70s throwback Ralph Nader ruins everything again
Jonathan Alter blames Nader for . . . what?
By Sam Worley
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Media
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News
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Ralph Nader
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Jonathan Alter
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National Memo
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Trayvon Martin
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Lewis Powell
,
logic
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Bleader
Apr 2, 2012
Last week on the Bleader, part two: loud, quiet, loud
Silence! Noise! All last week on the Bleader
By Tal Rosenberg
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News
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Silence vs. Noise Week
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Last week on the Bleader
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Tribune Company
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DirecTV
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Rahm Emanuel
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Music Without Borders
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Willis Earl Beal
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Acousmatic Sorcery
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Bleader
Mar 30, 2012
So I hear it's National Cleavage Day . . .
National Cleavage Day: a celebration most everyone can deeply appreciate
By Jerome Ludwig
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Shameless SEO
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Things I Love
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News
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National Cleavage Day
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Wonderbra
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Twitter
,
boobs
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 26, 2012
You won't believe what happened last week on the Bleader!
A breakdown of all the hijinks and shenanigans on the Bleader last week
By Tal Rosenberg
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Last week on the Bleader
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Wiener's Circle
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Hangover Week
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elections
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House of Consignment
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Michael Orlove
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Jon Langford
,
The Onion
,
shoot me
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 23, 2012
Your semiregular seapunk-journalism update
Writing about writing about writing about seapunk
By Miles Raymer
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Music
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seapunk
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Zombelle
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slimepunk
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Scott Plagenhoef
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Lil B
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Lil Wayne
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Gucci Mane
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Tumblr
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the Internet
,
the biz
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 23, 2012
We're number two! (in bedbug infestations)
Pest control company Orkin ranks Chicago second in its new list of most bedbug-infested cities in the U.S.
By Julia Thiel
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Paranormal
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Shameless SEO
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News
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bedbugs
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Chicago
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Chicago bedbug infestations
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Orkin
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Terminix
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U.S. most infested cities
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 19, 2012
No ordinary feline
A cat god wreaks havoc in the new thriller
Nine Lives
By Sam Worley
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Books
,
Shameless SEO
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Nine Lives
,
George Moser
,
cats
,
cats
,
cats
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