Jeremy Glover
@jgrantglover.bsky.social
Active transportation 🚲🚶🚇 • Climate and land use 🌳🌆 • Chicago politics 🌬️ • Dad x2 • Tweets and opinions my own • he/him
This kind of thing wouldn’t happen if we had a mayor who was actually willing to take on aldermanic prerogative. CDOT would be more than happy to ignore this sort of request if they had the necessary political cover. Having a proper South Loop ward would also help.
Ald. Dowell is forcing CDOT to tear out portions of already installed bike lane protection on 18th, including Chicago's first protected intersection.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This kind of thing wouldn’t happen if we had a mayor who was actually willing to take on aldermanic prerogative. CDOT would be more than happy to ignore this sort of request if they had the necessary political cover. Having a proper South Loop ward would also help.
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If you haven't listened to this yet, I highly recommend it. All your basic questions about indoor air quality -- what are the pollutants? what tech can keep them out? what policies do we need? -- are answered.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you haven't listened to this yet, I highly recommend it. All your basic questions about indoor air quality -- what are the pollutants? what tech can keep them out? what policies do we need? -- are answered.
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It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
I went to the Whole Foods on Kingsbury today and it never fails to amaze me just how badly the city bungled redeveloping this area. It's aggressively unpleasant.
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I went to the Whole Foods on Kingsbury today and it never fails to amaze me just how badly the city bungled redeveloping this area. It's aggressively unpleasant.
I really hate the "first time hearing" reaction video format, not just because it's lazy content but because it's truly insulting to expect us to believe that you've never heard In The Air Tonight.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I really hate the "first time hearing" reaction video format, not just because it's lazy content but because it's truly insulting to expect us to believe that you've never heard In The Air Tonight.
The glacial ancestor of Lake Michigan once drained into Lake Huron much like Erie now drains into Ontario: via a river that topples over a waterfall.
The falls are still there, submerged under 150 feet of water just east of Mackinac Island.
The falls are still there, submerged under 150 feet of water just east of Mackinac Island.
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The glacial ancestor of Lake Michigan once drained into Lake Huron much like Erie now drains into Ontario: via a river that topples over a waterfall.
The falls are still there, submerged under 150 feet of water just east of Mackinac Island.
The falls are still there, submerged under 150 feet of water just east of Mackinac Island.
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It’s all workshopped on Black communities first. We told you to end qualified immunity. But you were all too scared to look like you weren’t “backing the blue.”
And here we are.
And here we are.
NEW: In light of widespread allegations of civil rights violations arising from Trump's immigration crackdown, Democrats are renewing efforts to pass legislation to hold federal agents individually accountable:
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Democrats target federal officials accused of civil rights violations in new legislation
Lawmakers are launching a new effort to close a legal loophole that means federal officials, including law enforcement agents, cannot be sued for constitutional violations.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It’s all workshopped on Black communities first. We told you to end qualified immunity. But you were all too scared to look like you weren’t “backing the blue.”
And here we are.
And here we are.
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Federal officials claimed protesters had shields with nails in them, but they actually just had cardboard. They claimed a protester threw a bike at them, but they actually threw the bike. And they claimed that a protester ripped a man’s beard off but … no proof
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Federal officials claimed protesters had shields with nails in them, but they actually just had cardboard. They claimed a protester threw a bike at them, but they actually threw the bike. And they claimed that a protester ripped a man’s beard off but … no proof
The incredible growth of the Texas Triangle as measured by urbanized land cover (shown in shades of red) from 1985 to 2024.
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The incredible growth of the Texas Triangle as measured by urbanized land cover (shown in shades of red) from 1985 to 2024.
Listen, I don't begrudge the people of Dearborn Park. Yes, the design sucks. But realistically, this was the best we were going to do in the late 70s and 80s when demand wasn't exactly strong.
But it is no longer 1985. Not only is there demand for density, the health of downtown hinges on it!
But it is no longer 1985. Not only is there demand for density, the health of downtown hinges on it!
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Listen, I don't begrudge the people of Dearborn Park. Yes, the design sucks. But realistically, this was the best we were going to do in the late 70s and 80s when demand wasn't exactly strong.
But it is no longer 1985. Not only is there demand for density, the health of downtown hinges on it!
But it is no longer 1985. Not only is there demand for density, the health of downtown hinges on it!
Great, so the agent who shot her is going to be charged with attempted murder, right? Right??
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have dismissed all charges against two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, who were accused of ramming a vehicle driven by Border Patrol agents on Oct. 4, court records show.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
2 Chicagoans, Including Woman Shot by Federal Agents, Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle
Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are facing felony charges of “forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer,” federal prosecutors announc...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Great, so the agent who shot her is going to be charged with attempted murder, right? Right??
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The experience of going on Facebook these days is equivalent of having a stroke
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The experience of going on Facebook these days is equivalent of having a stroke
My god this Bulls team is killing me. 🥵
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
My god this Bulls team is killing me. 🥵
It’s pretty wild how much of the western US forest has been lost in the last 40 years. The wildfire scars are unmistakeable.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
It’s pretty wild how much of the western US forest has been lost in the last 40 years. The wildfire scars are unmistakeable.
Me when the city completes my 311 request
a cartoon character with the words " the universe is mine to command " above him
Alt: The scene from Disney’s Aladdin where Jafar has turned into a genie and says "the universe is mine to command…TO CONTROL!!”
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November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Me when the city completes my 311 request
If I won the lottery, I wouldn't tell anyone. But there would be signs.
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If I won the lottery, I wouldn't tell anyone. But there would be signs.
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Current* conditions near Lakewood, OH:
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Current* conditions near Lakewood, OH:
From 2015 to 2019, passenger car VMT in Chicagoland fell 28% while passenger truck VMT *grew* 68%. As a result, even though total VMT only grew 1.8%, on-road GHG emissions grew by 3.2%.
If the car-truck VMT ratio in 2019 were in line with 2010 & 2015, on-road GHG emissions would've actually fallen.
If the car-truck VMT ratio in 2019 were in line with 2010 & 2015, on-road GHG emissions would've actually fallen.
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
From 2015 to 2019, passenger car VMT in Chicagoland fell 28% while passenger truck VMT *grew* 68%. As a result, even though total VMT only grew 1.8%, on-road GHG emissions grew by 3.2%.
If the car-truck VMT ratio in 2019 were in line with 2010 & 2015, on-road GHG emissions would've actually fallen.
If the car-truck VMT ratio in 2019 were in line with 2010 & 2015, on-road GHG emissions would've actually fallen.
Damn, two members of his own delegation. Harsh.
This whole thing is pretty stupid, but so was what Chuy did.
This whole thing is pretty stupid, but so was what Chuy did.
Here are the 23 Dems who voted to rebuke Rep. Chuy Garcia D-IL for quietly making sure that his chief of staff would be the only candidate in the D primary for Garcia's seat in 2026.
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Damn, two members of his own delegation. Harsh.
This whole thing is pretty stupid, but so was what Chuy did.
This whole thing is pretty stupid, but so was what Chuy did.
Pwease don't be mean to my fwend
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Pwease don't be mean to my fwend
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A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
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The fact that you can easily identify the city limits of Chicago simply by looking at Pace's routes is a fundamental problem of our regional transportation network
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The fact that you can easily identify the city limits of Chicago simply by looking at Pace's routes is a fundamental problem of our regional transportation network
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SIASCONSET: 6 MAIN ST, SIASCONSET MA 02564-9800
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
SIASCONSET: 6 MAIN ST, SIASCONSET MA 02564-9800
If you think our politics couldn’t get any uglier, you should read about Charles Sumner, a senator who got beaten to within an inch of his life on the Senate floor in 1856. And the guy who did it didn’t even go to jail.
Caning of Charles Sumner - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
If you think our politics couldn’t get any uglier, you should read about Charles Sumner, a senator who got beaten to within an inch of his life on the Senate floor in 1856. And the guy who did it didn’t even go to jail.