@cbgworks.bsky.social
cargo e-bike rider, graphic designer, photographer, dad, Chicagoan not specifically in that order
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This reminds me: A few CBP agents were recently overheard complaining about how much they *hate* the whistles. Apparently, in addition to the obvious, the racket makes it harder for them to communicate with each other.
Listening to CPD radio traffic from something last month and can hear the whistles in the background.
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This reminds me: A few CBP agents were recently overheard complaining about how much they *hate* the whistles. Apparently, in addition to the obvious, the racket makes it harder for them to communicate with each other.
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Is the solution to the male loneliness crisis democratic socialism?
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Is the solution to the male loneliness crisis democratic socialism?
My son was very excited to show his Metra train costume to the conductors today in Chicago
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My son was very excited to show his Metra train costume to the conductors today in Chicago
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Was just talking to a friend about this exact thing. Yes they want protesters to do something violent to justify more violence and fewer rights. But in the absence of that, they will manufacture a narrative to do the same thing.
I mean, read a history book.
I mean, read a history book.
Are you starting to get it? He was always going to hit us. You will not change the math by insisting that people assume some magical form of perfect victimhood that somehow reels in a monster. That's not real. And I am so sick of hearing it.
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Was just talking to a friend about this exact thing. Yes they want protesters to do something violent to justify more violence and fewer rights. But in the absence of that, they will manufacture a narrative to do the same thing.
I mean, read a history book.
I mean, read a history book.
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A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence
Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
@reckless.bsky.social @davidpierce.xyz party speaker at the life guard stand in Chicago
June 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@reckless.bsky.social @davidpierce.xyz party speaker at the life guard stand in Chicago
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It’s so cool that NYC is going to impale all the investment bankers on a spike
June 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It’s so cool that NYC is going to impale all the investment bankers on a spike
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The best way for Democrats to show that they are different from Donald Trump is to elect a mayor who is the closest thing that exists to a Democratic version of Donald Trump.
June 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The best way for Democrats to show that they are different from Donald Trump is to elect a mayor who is the closest thing that exists to a Democratic version of Donald Trump.
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We are officially in the Third Red Scare. This letter from Josh Hawley to the @pslweb.bsky.social is absolutely chilling.
June 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
We are officially in the Third Red Scare. This letter from Josh Hawley to the @pslweb.bsky.social is absolutely chilling.
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Seven years ago: world will pass +1.5° C around 2040.
Two years ago: Make that 2030-2035.
Now: Ope wait, 2027 now.
Two years ago: Make that 2030-2035.
Now: Ope wait, 2027 now.
Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years
A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the world’s most famous climate goal.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Seven years ago: world will pass +1.5° C around 2040.
Two years ago: Make that 2030-2035.
Now: Ope wait, 2027 now.
Two years ago: Make that 2030-2035.
Now: Ope wait, 2027 now.
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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs & neglected public transport, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs & neglected public transport, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Been thinking about how subtle Judge Dredd comics seem now
May 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Been thinking about how subtle Judge Dredd comics seem now
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A U.S. citizen stopped upon re-entering the country and asked his opinion of Donald Trump.
Terrible.
“I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Terrible.
“I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Twitch star HasanAbi says he was detained, questioned by border agents
Hasan Piker, a left-wing political commentator who has 2.8 million followers on Twitch, says he was asked about his political affiliation, opinion of Trump and whether he had connections to terrorist ...
www.washingtonpost.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A U.S. citizen stopped upon re-entering the country and asked his opinion of Donald Trump.
Terrible.
“I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Terrible.
“I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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If you thought Chicagoans were insufferable before…
Anyways Chicagoans are gonna be very normal about this, I'm sure
May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If you thought Chicagoans were insufferable before…
New York Times digital subscription going from $25 a month to $33/month is WIIIILD
April 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New York Times digital subscription going from $25 a month to $33/month is WIIIILD
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Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
www.curbed.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
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Call it the Instagram post that launched 1000 safer truckers. Christina Whitehouse from Bike Lane Uprising said a social media uproar about bikeway blockage inspired a bike lane training program for fleet operators.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/04/08/b... @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/04/08/b... @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Call it the Instagram post that launched 1000 safer truckers. Christina Whitehouse from Bike Lane Uprising said a social media uproar about bikeway blockage inspired a bike lane training program for fleet operators.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/04/08/b... @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/04/08/b... @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org
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The kind of person that kills dogs.
March 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The kind of person that kills dogs.
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I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
March 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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Primary every Democrat! [someone primaries a democrat] no not like that
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Primary every Democrat! [someone primaries a democrat] no not like that
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In desperate need of therapy and intervention
March 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In desperate need of therapy and intervention
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being the richest person in the world and the president of the united states can’t even stop this guy from continuing to crash out
March 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
being the richest person in the world and the president of the united states can’t even stop this guy from continuing to crash out