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The Chicago Machine's Guide to Making Digital Lollapalooza Exactly Like the Real Thing

4. Meet up with friends in the beginning of the day, and then never see them again!

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LocalMachine StaffJuly 30, 2020Ari Loundy
Jesus: Man Completely Drenched in Sweat from Divvy Biking to Work and Now He Has to Go Home and Change

“Yeah, I’m going to go home and change my clothes, but you know I’m going to go to get right back on my Divvy bike to get back to the office,” said Peterson.

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LocalMachine StaffJuly 27, 2020Daniel Stillman
International McDonald's in West Loop Requiring Visitors to Isolate for Two Weeks After Entry

He also informed the Machine that while they will be providing masks and hand sanitizer, he encourages restaurant-goers to bring their own sleeping bags and enough entertainment to last the 14 days.

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LocalMachine StaffJuly 21, 2020Megan Rains
8 Great Uses for your Discarded Ventra Cards!

Number 6 will surely infuriate your roommate!

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LocalMachine StaffJuly 9, 2020Megan Rains
Field Museum Dismantles Sue the T-Rex after Violent Past Comes to Light

“In this climate, it just doesn’t make sense for us to continue honoring such a violent creature. Who knows how many innocent Edmontosauruses, Anatosaureses, and Triceratops, could have lost their lives at Sue’s diminutive hands?”

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LocalMachine StaffJuly 8, 2020Mitchell Trachtenberg
Southpaw Continues Blasting Unused Home Run Fireworks Around the City

“Lost all these games due to covid, but to be honest, we had a lot of fireworks left over from the 2019 season,” said Guaranteed Rate Field maintenance worker, Carl Fisker. “Really thought Yolmer Sanchez would have a better year.”

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SportsMachine StaffJuly 4, 2020Mitchell Trachtenberg
Op-Ed: I fell in love on the L, again
Op-Ed: I fell in love on the L, again

7:34 AM, January 30th, Brown Line: a commute to work, or a commute to destiny?

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LocalMachine StaffJuly 1, 2020Megan Rains
Lori Lightfoot's Mom Keeps Asking when She'll move to Safer City

Other sources of mother-daughter friction include admonishments to wear a sweater in the harsh Chicago cold, why don’t Lightfoot and First Lady Amy Eshleman come to visit more often, and just what the Mayor plans to do about getting Chicago Police out of the public schools.

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PoliticsPatrick ReillyJune 30, 2020Patrick Reilly
Fauci Praises Bulls for Horrible Performance, Avoidance of Restarted Season
Fauci Praises Bulls for Horrible Performance, Avoidance of Restarted Season

“As cases piled up around the world this winter, I knew it was my responsibility to make sure we were so far out of playoff contention, that any dangerous plans to return to a potentially interrupted season would not include us.”

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SportsMachine StaffJune 28, 2020Mitchell Trachtenberg
7 Ways to Decorate your Apartment to Convince People You're From the City and Not the Suburbs
LocalMachine StaffJune 26, 2020Jeremy Drazner
In Lieu of Crosstown Classic, Barrett and Pierzynski to Fight at State and Madison
In Lieu of Crosstown Classic, Barrett and Pierzynski to Fight at State and Madison

“Crowds will be discouraged from gathering around, but it will be broadcast on the Marquee Network, if you can find it.”

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SportsMachine StaffJune 20, 2020Mitchell Trachtenberg
Grant Achatz's Family Tired of Seventeen-Course Meals Every Night

“I just want a grilled cheese.” said Oliver Achatz, Grant’s youngest son. “I mean, I liked the Swedish prawn consomme with dehydrated oysters from Alinea’s menu, but sometimes I just want something more normal.”

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LocalMachine StaffMay 29, 2020Ari Loundy
Closed Ditka’s Quickly Replaced

“Items on the menu include Curtis ConWings, cheesecake with a Jeff Graham Cracker crust, and The William Perry: a 2.6-cubic foot mini fridge filled with boneless wings, smothered in house gravy.“

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LocalMachine StaffMay 24, 2020Alex Peters
The Top 5 Spots in Chicago to Fight People According to a Coked up Rick Steves

“Anyway, LET”S TALK TRAVEL. I woke up in Chicago today so we’ll start there. HERE ARE THE 5 BEST SPOTS IN THE CITY TO FIGHT PEOPLE. FUCK YEAH, BRO. FUCK. YEAH.”

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LocalMachine StaffMay 22, 2020
Chicago Living in Uncertain Times of When Pothole will be Fixed

The Chicago Department of Transportation encourages those who see potholes to report them by continuing to mutter the complaint under your breath in frustration. 

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LocalMachine StaffMay 10, 2020
Dirty, Naughty Chicago Ranked 16th Most Polluted City in US

Pollution is so, so wrong, but it seems like global warming will continue to make Chicago hot and bothered for years to come, slowly and sensually stripping down the ozone layer until Cook County just cannot take it anymore.

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LocalMachine StaffMay 4, 2020
Chicago Area Internet Outages Caused By Josh

When reached for comment, Josh said he’d be available between 11AM and 4PM on Thursday, weather permitting. 

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LocalMachine StaffApril 29, 2020
Lincoln Park Woman Fuses with Pajamas

“One weekend ya think, ‘I’m tired. I’m just gonna veg out and watch TV.’ Then, BAM, 72 hours later and your DNA is taking on a lot more cotton than it used to. Katie should consider herself lucky. I saw a guy who fused with Stewie from Family Guy-themed sweatpants. Yeesh.” 

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LocalMachine StaffApril 24, 2020Meghan Ford
REPORT: More Chicagoans Having Sex at Work than Ever Before

“As it turns out, after having sex, a worker’s productivity doubles over the next hour. We’re coining the term ‘re-productivity’.”

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LocalMachine StaffApril 22, 2020
Ghost of John Barleycorn Still Haunting Wrigleyville

“I was walking my dog on Addison, and in the distance I heard that dumb LMFAO song. That's when I caught a whiff of Axe body spray.”

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LocalMachine StaffApril 21, 2020
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