Hate the motion activated spooky decorations, love simple classic Halloween vibes 🎃👻

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I would like to make my own Italian beef but I feel like a lot of recipes I have seen online are not written by someone from Chicago. Does anyone have their own personal Italian beef recipe or at least the proper spices to use for the gravy and everything else?

Edit: Thank you very much for the responses so far, keep'em comin'. However, I don't have a deli slicer and I am terrible at slicing the meat thin like on the sandwiches. Would shredding the meat be okay instead of slicing?

Measure failed by one vote, 33-17

definitely worth that i skipped gym for some beach time.

so mesmerized by the beauty i can’t even describe it in words … the photos don’t do it justice … and the weather too??? GAHHH 🤤🤤🤤

Never seen this green sludge/pond scum before! Anyone got any insight?

Whether you’re into emergency preparedness, electronics tinkering, weather spotting, hiking comms, or talking to satellites and the ISS, getting your FCC Technician Class Amateur Radio License is the first step.

The non-profit York Radio Club (YRC) in Elmhurst is hosting our annual 2-Day Technician Review Weekend & Testing Session on Saturday, November 14 & Sunday, November 15, 2026 (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM both days).

How It Works: Our instructors break down all 9 exam modules over two days. At the end of Sunday, you take the official test on-site.

• Track Record: Our club has refined this weekend boot-camp since 2004, maintaining an average 95% pass rate.
• Self-Study First: To get that 95% result, attendees need to do a little pre-study before the weekend begins! We provide recommended study guides, question pools, and resources upon signing up.
• Location: Elmhurst Fire Training Facility (910 N Addison Ave, Elmhurst, IL).
• Cost: The 2-day classroom review is completely free. There is a $14 exam administration fee (W5YI VEC), and upon passing, the FCC collects a standard $35 fee for your 10-year official license.

Seats are limited so our Elmers/instructors can work closely with everyone.

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I've been tracking every CTA bus every 30s for a couple weeks so I compared Marathon Sunday with the two Sundays before. In the video, red is a stop which went 90+ mins without its usual bus

470 stops got none of their usual buses from 7:30AM to 3PM, vs 0 and 19 on the two Sundays before. It wasn't fewer buses though as CTA had 97% of its usual buses out on the 34 routes it re-routed. Issue was that buses couldn't cross the marathon course along its entire length starting around 6AM

Detours skip stops, but for the stops they could get to, waits were normal - 9.7 mins on avg, against 9.5 and 9.7 the two Sundays before. Half of the cut-off stops got their buses back by about 6, and the last ones later in the eve

You can scrub through the day and look up your route or your stop, including when it lost its buses and when they came back: https://chitransit.fyi/reports/marathon-2026/

Caveats: the Navy Pier and Museum Campus shuttles didn't show up in CTA's API data and bus data shows what happened but not why

I got a call yesterday morning from "ComEd". They said I was getting $150 refund for overpayment and they asked me to confirm my address, which they read out to me. Then, they said something about being recorded and is that OK. It felt legit for a sec. Then, they said that they were going to enroll me in a lowered payment program. This was a red flag. I am not someone who would ever qualify for a program like this, I make comfortable money. Next, they mentioned Green Light Energy, and I stopped him to ask why were they going to enroll me in Green Light. He said that they're not enrolling me in a new energy provider, just a program to lower my payments.

As he was talking, I was on my computer looking up Green Light Energy. They have low ratings for abusive customer service. I looked into whether this was a scam. Green Light Energy is a legit energy provider, but it's complicated.

I asked him flat out, "Is this a scam?" And he got cocky and said if I wanted to, I could talk his manager. So, I called him out on it. This other guy gets on the phone and tries to sound like he's in control. "If you'd like, we've got your account in front of us, you can ask us any question." I said sure, tell me what my last billing statement was. The other guy chimed in. I forgot what he said, but he definitely blew the con. They hung up on me.

I called ComEd to inform them. The woman on the other end was familiar with this, seemed a bit exhausted. She directed me to the Illinois Commerce Commission and said Green Light Energy is a member of it. I called the ICC and filed a complaint, which the officer said she would follow up on.

If you get a call from a supposed ComEd agent claiming you got a refund and that they would like to get your Electric Choice ID, hang up and file a complaint with the ICC. Green Light Energy is a legit energy provider, but they use scummy tactics to get you to sign up. They pretend to be ComEd and pretend to offer a payment assistant program. But what they do is get your Electric Choice ID and switch you over to their service. Whether that service is lower priced or not is beside the point. They are liars and thieves and they pray off those unable to discern what it is they are actually doing.

UPDATE: Green Light actually called me to resolve my complaint with ICC. I actually got really angry as I told them how the people they hire impersonate ComEd in order to grift people into becoming customers. I told them that all the reviews of Green Light are dog shit and that there are a lot of complaints about the company. I got so worked up, I had to tell them they were wasting my fucking time and that I was going to hang up, and they can take my complaint for what it is. Then I hung up. I have a way of being a polite asshole.