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Jesse Jardim
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I am a bicycle mechanic and blogger living in Chicago, IL.
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I hate spending money on a Moleskine or similar paper notebook planner each year, but I can’t function in my life without one. And they never have the space and layout that I actually want.
So I made my own.
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
All big books should be bound as smaller, more manageable volumes. No more big books!
i do want to finish 'dawn of everything' -- + i woke up possessed by the urge to rebind this very large book into four more manageable volumes // hopefully the first book-binding success of many
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
thank you
the release also says the illinois department of human services is "facilitating on-site counseling services for protesters." ???
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Some people actually go to the newspaper and ask them to publish: "I'm a big stupid baby who lets the bad-at-math lying machine guide the finances of my small business."
These Small-Business Owners Are Putting AI to Good Use
Big companies have teams to guide tech strategy—smaller firms noodle until something works.
www.wsj.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
They should give it a pithier name, like Penicillin 2.
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Owning animals as pets is a violation of their inherent rights.
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Explicitly religious people have been some of the most clearly truthful opponents to the government’s efforts against immigrants and against protesters.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Reposted by Jesse Jardim
"What's happening here is evil."
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Love getting to work early from the train and sitting in the window drinking my coffee.
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This seems to be less about the art and media form of “podcasting” and more about the gold rush of mass consumer audio media and user data harvesting that boomed post-Serial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW06TjJbWEc
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yes! Please! Call in the troops. Michigan Ave is overrun with armed violent gangs!
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Oh no! Whatever could have possibly caused such a tragedy!?!?
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
First snowfall walk around the neighborhood. I don’t remember ever before seeing this combination of snowfall in the ground and green still in the leaves.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If I think about this for too long, then the minority report guys will come get me.
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Seen walking to the train in a park in Wilmette:
It’s hard to see but the snow writing says “PROTECT TRANS KIDS”.
Hell yeah.
February 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Ok but this is accurate. I truly believe you cannot get a good sandwich outside of New York. Charitably, but outside of the northeast.
February 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Three of my bicycles were stolen last night.
February 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
pretty funny that this sign is still up
February 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
More . . . ethics in gaming journalism, would you say? Hmm.
he’s so mad we clocked his fake gamer tea
February 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just had to intermittently jog through quaint neighborhood streets of Wilmette to make the Metra train on time.
February 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
ominous
February 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Idaho stop would be clutch
I am proud to have worked on two bills that have just been introduced in the Illinois State Senate that would:
1. Allow cyclists to ride side by side, ride contraflow on one way streets, and permits Idaho stops (SB2111)
2. Allow for urban municipalities to lower speeds to 10MPH (SB2112)
February 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Well would ya look at that
https://chicagogravelrace.bike/
Distracting myself from the horrors by thinking about organizing a bicycle race later this year. I've never done anything like this before, but what the hell, right?
February 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Distracting myself from the horrors by thinking about organizing a bicycle race later this year. I've never done anything like this before, but what the hell, right?
February 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM