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• A way-too-early look at the Cubs 2025 Opening Day roster

Major League Baseball It’s still January and there could be additions to come. Before I get into this list — and it’s likely to change perhaps even before Spring Training begins — here’s the caveat. This is a look at who will take the field for the Cubs Thursday, March 27 against the Diamondbacks at Chase Field — not who will open the actual 2025 season against the Dodgers Tuesday, March 1...2025
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• Here are the attendees for the 2025 Cubs Convention

Craig Counsell greets Cubs players at the 2024 Cubs Convention | Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Most of the 40-man roster plus some alumni favorites will be in attendance. The Cubs Convention begins this Friday at the downtown Sheraton Grand Hotel. Passes are still available and you can get yours here. Here are all the current, past and future Cubs who wi...2025
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• Another updated look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images The Cubs still have a lot of space under the luxury tax. Spend it, Jed. Now that the deadline for arbitration-eligible players to sign before hearings has passed and Kyle Tucker is the only such Cub unsigned for this year, I thought it would be a good idea to take another look at the 2025 team payroll, projected roster and luxury tax situation. As usual, T...2025
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• The 5 worst Cubs games of 2024

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images You probably don’t want to remember these, but here we are. There have been other years when I’ve posted a number of blowout losses in this annual recap. In some ways, those are easier to take, a team runs up a huge score against the Cubs but it still counts for only one loss. Other times I’ve filled these with soul-crushing defeats. This time, I’m going...2024
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• Juan Soto, an update on where the Cubs stand, and Winter Meetings open thread

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images A potpourri of things for you on Monday morning. Juan Soto has signed with the Mets. That, you already know, and you can read more reaction in this morning’s Outside The Confines. You knew he wasn’t coming to the Cubs, right? I think we all knew that, or should have. Here’s the only thing I have to say about that. The Cubs have made it pretty clear that ...2024
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• Here’s the Cubs’ entire 40-man roster and what might happen with it this offseason

Photo by Griffin Quinn/MLB Photos via Getty Images The team has many decisions to make. Last week, I posted this article about the 14 (!) players the Cubs have who are arbitration-eligible for 2025. In the poll attached to that article, 57 percent of you said the Cubs would non-tender at least seven of those players, with some commenting that it might be as many as nine. So I thought I’d e...2024
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• A way-too-early look at the Cubs 2025 Opening Day roster
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• Here are the attendees for the 2025 Cubs Convention
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• Another updated look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax
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• Here’s the Cubs’ entire 40-man roster and what might happen with it this offseason
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• Diamondbacks 12, Cubs 11: This space intentionally left blank

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images I can’t even... Whatever that game was, I did not like it one bit. Well, perhaps that’s too harsh. The Cubs scored a lot of runs! They got a key grand slam from Ian Happ! They were one out away from victory... Nope. Sorry. Going back to “did not like it one bit.” The Diamondbacks beat the Cubs 12-11 in 11 innings Tuesday night in Arizona, and while we can fi...2024
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs

Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate takes the field. The minor league season starts . . .well, the Triple-A season started yesterday . . .and that means it’s time to take stock of the Cubs minor league farm system. As we’ve written in these pages over the past few months, the Cubs farm system is the strongest it has been since the 2013-15 period that le...2024
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• Cubs 8, Rangers 6: The power barrage continues

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs sent more baseballs out of the yard Sunday at Sloan Park. MESA, Arizona — The Cubs hosted many of the regulars from the defending World Series champion Rangers and put the hurt on them, hitting two home runs and smashing several other extra-base hits in an 8-6 victory. Since March 9, including split-squad games, the Cubs are 8-1. (Not that spring wins...2024
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• Cubs 5, Rockies 0: Jameson Taillon scratched with a back issue

Al Yellon The Cubs won the game, but... MESA, Arizona — Seven Cubs pitchers shut out the Rockies 5-0 at Sloan Park Saturday, allowing just three hits and striking out nine. That should be good news. Unfortunately, one of those pitchers was not the scheduled starter Jameson Taillon. Occasionally over the last few seasons, I’ve walked over to the Cubs bullpen to do a Facebook Live stream of...2024
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• Cubs vs. Rockies at Mesa preview, Saturday 3/9, 2:05 CT

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs face the Rox for the second time this spring The Cubs made three more roster cuts Saturday, all non-roster invitees: Chris Clarke, Sam McWilliams and Brad Wieck were all reassigned to minor-league camp. Wieck, in particular, might help the Cubs down the road, but for now he needs more reps, which he'll get in minor-league camp. Also, if the Cubs seek ...2024
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• Cubs vs. Guardians at Mesa preview, Sunday 3/3, 2:05 CT

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs begin the work week with a home game. MESA, Arizona — News item: Ian Happ has a minor hamstring injury. It appears to have happened when he was running out a ground ball in the third inning of Thursday’s game against the Rockies. Owen Caissie replaced Happ in left field in the next inning. The Cubs hope he’ll be ready for Opening Day: ‘‘Optimisti...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ let it rain

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. A rain-shortened contest. Nobody hurt. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in w...2024
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"From the current 40-man roster Kevin Alcántara, Miguel Amaya, Javier Assad, Matt Boyd, Ben Brown, Michael Busch, Owen Caissie, Ben Cowles, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Matt Festa, Ian Happ, Porter Hodge, Nico Hoerner, Gavin Hollowell, Caleb Kilian, Luke Little, Julian Merryweather, Tyson Miller, Eli Morgan, Jack Neely, Daniel Palencia, Nate Pearson, Cody Poteet, Ethan Roberts, Justin Steele, Dansby Swanson, Jameson Taillon, Caleb Thielbar, Keegan Thompson, Kyle Tucker, Jordan Wicks, Gage Workman, Rob Zastryzny That’s 33 of the 40 players currently on the roster."

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"Also, there will be a large number of Cubs prospects appearing in The Road to Wrigley session, including Kevin Alcántara, Miguel Amaya, Ben Brown, Owen Caissie, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Brennen Davis, DJ Herz, Ed Howard, Ryan Jensen, Matt Mervis, Jordan Nwogu, Daniel Palencia, Chase Strumpf and Jordan Wicks."

• Another updated look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax
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• Juan Soto, an update on where the Cubs stand, and Winter Meetings open thread
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• Here’s the Cubs’ entire 40-man roster and what might happen with it this offseason
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• Cubs roster move: Shawn Armstrong claimed on waivers, Tomas Nido released

Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images The Cubs have a new reliever. This is a Cubs roster move you did not anticipate: Cubs have claimed right-hander Shawn Armstrong off waivers from the Cardinals.To make room on the 40-man roster, catcher Tomás Nido has been released.— Meghan Montemurro (@M_Montemurro) August 30, 2024 The Cardinals just traded Dylan Carlson to the Rays for Shawn Armstro...2024
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• How the 2024 Cubs’ 40-man roster was put together

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Let’s have a look at the guys currently on the 40-man. There are many ways for baseball executives to acquire players to play on their MLB rosters: Amateur draft, free-agent signings, trades, even sometimes finding a gem in the independent leagues. Let’s look at the Cubs’ current 40-man roster (as of this morning) and how each player was acquired by the t...2024
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• An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Here’s how the team stands at the beginning of the season. Let me stipulate something right now, before we get into the “Cubs should have signed Jordan Montgomery!” argument again. It’s clear that ownership has, at least for the time being, established a payroll level for the Cubs that will not go over the first level of luxury tax, which this year is $237...2024
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• Brewers 7, Cubs 4: Ben Brown, your table is almost ready

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs righthanded pitching prospect had a fine outing. MESA, Arizona — The Cubs lost to the Brewers 7-4 Saturday at Sloan Park, but the story of the game from the Cubs’ standpoint is the outstanding outing by Ben Brown. Brown threw four scoreless innings, allowed two singles and a walk, striking out three. He had great movement on his pitches, mixed them up ...2024
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• Cubs 5, Rockies 2: The old school recap

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports With no video or photos from this game, what you get is descriptions. It is very odd, in the year 2024, to not have any audio or video live coverage of a Major League Baseball game. Yes, even in Spring Training, where the Cubs do cover nearly every game, and all those at home. But this one, about 10 miles north of the Cubs’ Sloan Park complex, had none. So I ca...2024
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• Cubs vs. Rockies at Mesa preview, Thursday 2/29, 2:05 CT

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs return home to face the visitors from Colorado. MESA, Arizona — Happy Leap Year Day to all those who celebrate! Interesting note from a few days ago that I missed: Former Cubs prospect Brailyn Marquez, who departed as a free agent from the team in November, had signed with the Astros in December. Houston released Marquez a week ago. Marquez hasn’t p...2024
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• The 5 worst Cubs games of 2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 17

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs pitching staff fails in a 12-11 loss. Those of you who are regulars here will have heard me say this many times. Al is going to do an in depth recap of every game. That’s going to be the best space to micro-analyze the decisions that added up to the final result. Here, I usually try to pull the camera back just a bit and look at larger trends and st...2024
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• Brewers 7, Cubs 4: Ben Brown, your table is almost ready
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• Cubs vs. Rockies at Scottsdale preview, Thursday 3/21, 3:10 CT

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Another road spring contest for the Cubs. Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup: Here is today's #Cubs starting lineup vs. Colorado at Salt River Fields. pic.twitter.com/5l7OMjPQFC— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 21, 2024 Rockies lineup: #Rockies lineup vs #Cubs 3/21 (3:05 CT): Blackmon DH, Tovar SS, Rodgers 2B, Jones CF, Bouchard LF, Montero...2024
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• Cubs vs. Rangers at Mesa preview, Sunday 3/17, 3:05 CT

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Happy St. Patrick’s Day! MESA, Arizona — Today’s roster moves: Here. What will become of Drew Smyly with the Cubs this year? He didn’t look good in his Saturday outing in Mesa against the Royals, but per this Meghan Montemurro article in the Tribune, Smyly was satisfied with his effort: Smyly’s final line from his start Saturday did not look great — ...2024
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• Cubs vs. Athletics at Mesa preview, Thursday 3/14, 3:05 CT

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs return to Sloan Park for an afternoon contest. MESA, Arizona — There’s been a little parlor game floating around social media the last year or so: “Name Six A’s.” Can you do it? Obviously if you scroll down this post you can name four, because I’ve got four pitchers listed for them. Besides those four? Can you name six others? I looked at their 40-man...2024
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• Cubs vs. Rockies at Mesa preview, Saturday 3/9, 2:05 CT
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• Cubs 5, Guardians 3: David Bote, star man

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs infielder is making a bid for the Opening Day roster. MESA, Arizona — I keep telling you guys that David Bote has a real chance to make the Cubs this year, and he put another point on the board in his favor when he hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning against the Guardians Sunday. That gave the Cubs the lead and proved to be the winning blow in a ...2024
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• Cubs vs. Guardians at Mesa preview, Sunday 3/3, 2:05 CT
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• Cubs 9, Pirates 5: Keeping the line moving

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The offense has clicked since the Cubs got to PNC Park. It’s safe to say that if the Cubs offense had hit like this in May and June, they’d be solidly in a postseason berth right now. The Cubs defeated the Pirates 9-5 Tuesday evening, and though they are just 5-4 against the Bucs this year, they’ve outscored them 58-46. Let’s begin at the beginning. It...2024
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• An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax
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• Cubs 5, Rockies 0: Jameson Taillon scratched with a back issue
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• A look at the Cubs’ possible 26-man Opening Day roster

Photo by Quinn Harris/MLB Photos via Getty Images Now that Cody Bellinger is back in the fold, who’ll head to Texas for the opener? This is the sort of article I’d normally have written before Spring Training began, but with the uncertainty about whether Cody Bellinger would return to the Cubs, I decided to wait. I had always figured that Bellinger to the Cubs was the best fit for player a...2024
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• Cub Tracks loves the Cubs’ farm system

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. We love it ALL right now. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tear...2024
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 156

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports A three-game sweep sets up a fight to the finish. As easy as one, two, three! Okay, well, it wasn’t easy. But, the Cubs took care of a woeful (on the road) Rockies team in business-like fashion. This season has been so many things that we don’t always see from the Cubs. I’ve talked about it several times regarding their ability to come off the mat and rebound...2023
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• Pirates 13, Cubs 7: What on Earth happened to Justin Steele?

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images And other probably unanswerable questions. If I had told you, before Wednesday’s game, that the Cubs would score seven runs off Pirates righthander Mitch Keller — who held them scoreless last month in Pittsburgh — you’d probably have been pretty happy. Welp. That didn’t work out too well, did it. Justin Steele was charged with almost as many runs — six — ...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 145

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs fumble the lead late, but bounce back to win 5-4. In the moment, I suspect Jordan Wicks would tell you that winning a game and the march towards the playoffs is what matters. That’s the right thing to say and is admirable. At the end of the day, it is a team sport. You win as a team and you win at a lose. It isn’t about individual accomplishments...2023
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• Cubs 10, Red Sox 4: Cody Bellinger is en fuego!
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs brought out the long ball — and a lot more hits — and evened up the series. There is nothing that says more about what the Chicago Cubs should do going forward than what happened in their 10-4 win over the Red Sox Saturday. Cody Bellinger, who has now homered five times in his last six games, hit a grand slam to cap a six-run inning. Marcus Strom...2023
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• Cubs 8, Braves 6: Swingin’ in the rain

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs bats came alive on a really bad weather day at the ol’ ballpark. It rained all morning and afternoon in Chicago, and at Wrigley Field, and I’ll have a bit more to say about that later. Keeping with the spirit of the day, the Cubs rained down hits and home runs and evened up the series against the Braves with an 8-6 victory. The Cubs did not was...2023
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• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Sweep!

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs just need to keep winning, and good things will follow. Another day, another comeback win for the Chicago Cubs, and they continue to control their own destiny for the postseason. Patrick Wisdom’s two-run homer in the sixth gave the Cubs the lead, and they held on for a 4-3 win over the Rockies, sweeping the three-game series. The one-run win moved the ...2023
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• Cubs 8, Cardinals 6: A long day’s journey into... victory!
Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images It rained, then rained again, but the Cubs came from behind multiple times to defeat their arch-rivals. You guys are fortunate, because before the Cubs came back and won this game 8-6, I had a whole rant ready about how they outsmarted themselves with the “opener” strategy with Michael Fulmer and Drew Smyly, because not starting Smyly led the Cardinals to ...2023
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• Cubs 8, Giants 2: Sweep!

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs swept the Giants behind solid pitching from Jordan Wicks and a varied offense. Before I begin this recap of the Cubs’ impressive 8-2 victory over the Giants that gave them a series sweep and four straight wins, a mea culpa. I thought it was not wise to bring a rookie like Jordan Wicks into the pressure of a playoff race. Man, was I wrong. Wicks...2023
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• Cubs 6, Reds 2: Cody Bellinger, Seiya Suzuki and Ian Happ go deep

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images A Belli Bomb and two other homers helped lead the Cubs to victory. SITE NOTE: Since this game went so quickly, I’m posting a separate recap. There will be a preview for Game 2 that will post at 4:30 p.m. CT. The Cubs began their double dip in Cincinnati on a good note, defeating the Reds 6-2 on the strength of homers by Cody Bellinger, Ian Happ and Seiya S...2023
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• Braves wither on the Vines early, ripen late in 6-5 walkoff win

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Ronald Acuña Jr. tied the game in the tenth, then stole his 70th base, then scored the winning run as the Braves continued to make the Cubs miserable For the second night in a row, the Braves fell behind early and then rallied to pour a bucket of unpleasant water on the Chicago Cubs’ playoff hopes. Last night, they did so thanks to a ...2023
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• Cubs 15, Reds 7: Have you been waiting to exhale?

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Now you can, a bit, after a seven-run inning turned a close game into a Cubs blowout win. Where have these runs been all week? The Cubs scored more runs in the eighth inning Sunday in Cincinnati — seven — than they had scored in any full game over the previous six, and that stood up for a 12-5 win over the Reds and a split of their four-game series. This g...2023
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• A way-too-early look at the Cubs 2025 Opening Day roster
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• Here are the attendees for the 2025 Cubs Convention
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• Another updated look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax
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• The 5 worst Cubs games of 2024
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• Juan Soto, an update on where the Cubs stand, and Winter Meetings open thread
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 156
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• Thoughts on a flop of a Cubs trade deadline
Willson Contreras and Ian Happ in St. Louis the day they weren’t traded | Jim Walaitis The Cubs failed to get anything for Willson Contreras at the deadline and now might not get good value. I’ve been chewing on this one for weeks. I’ve been looking for silver linings from the beginning of this month but sadly, dear reader, I keep coming up empty. In the moments where I’ve done the best me...2022
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