Joseph Miscimarra 🇺🇸
@jmisci.bsky.social
Energy efficiency industry employee and former ADU resident. Here to stay updated on climate, energy, urbanism, and weather. I post frequently about Chicago!
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Cheap and abundant power, water, housing, quality schools, and streamlined regs on spinning up your biz or moving it here are the way forward for a Chicago MSA that is burdened with debt and has been losing pop.
FINALLY. Pritzker is proposing:
-Boosting housing options by eliminating excessive local regulations on multifamily homes, ADUs, etc
-Immediately start planning new nuclear construction by 2033
-BANNING PHONES IN SCHOOLS
This is an agenda that prioritizes the next generation.
-Boosting housing options by eliminating excessive local regulations on multifamily homes, ADUs, etc
-Immediately start planning new nuclear construction by 2033
-BANNING PHONES IN SCHOOLS
This is an agenda that prioritizes the next generation.
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Cheap and abundant power, water, housing, quality schools, and streamlined regs on spinning up your biz or moving it here are the way forward for a Chicago MSA that is burdened with debt and has been losing pop.
FINALLY. Pritzker is proposing:
-Boosting housing options by eliminating excessive local regulations on multifamily homes, ADUs, etc
-Immediately start planning new nuclear construction by 2033
-BANNING PHONES IN SCHOOLS
This is an agenda that prioritizes the next generation.
-Boosting housing options by eliminating excessive local regulations on multifamily homes, ADUs, etc
-Immediately start planning new nuclear construction by 2033
-BANNING PHONES IN SCHOOLS
This is an agenda that prioritizes the next generation.
February 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
FINALLY. Pritzker is proposing:
-Boosting housing options by eliminating excessive local regulations on multifamily homes, ADUs, etc
-Immediately start planning new nuclear construction by 2033
-BANNING PHONES IN SCHOOLS
This is an agenda that prioritizes the next generation.
-Boosting housing options by eliminating excessive local regulations on multifamily homes, ADUs, etc
-Immediately start planning new nuclear construction by 2033
-BANNING PHONES IN SCHOOLS
This is an agenda that prioritizes the next generation.
JB Pritzker is explaining parking reform in his state of the state address. Donald Shoup would be so happy right now
February 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
JB Pritzker is explaining parking reform in his state of the state address. Donald Shoup would be so happy right now
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It’s time for city council to make more moves to increase housing supply otherwise the state might do it for them (kinda embarrassing but necessary)
join 475 other people in @abundanthousingil.bsky.social to stop this price climb
join 475 other people in @abundanthousingil.bsky.social to stop this price climb
"Nationwide, the amount of income needed to buy the median-priced home dropped by 4% during the year. That is, [housing] affordability grew by 4%. There's a gap of 7.5 percentage points between the nation's gain in [housing] affordability and Chicago's loss." www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-...
Housing affordability is improving in many big cities — but not Chicago
While homebuyers in seven of the nation's 10 largest metros gained buying power in 2025, Chicago buyers' affordability shrank.
www.chicagobusiness.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:36 PM
It’s time for city council to make more moves to increase housing supply otherwise the state might do it for them (kinda embarrassing but necessary)
join 475 other people in @abundanthousingil.bsky.social to stop this price climb
join 475 other people in @abundanthousingil.bsky.social to stop this price climb
This is the messaging I want to see from enviro-oriented elected officials in urban areas.
Don’t use “the environment” to oppose housing and new residents. Use it as an opportunity to grow!
Don’t use “the environment” to oppose housing and new residents. Use it as an opportunity to grow!
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This is the messaging I want to see from enviro-oriented elected officials in urban areas.
Don’t use “the environment” to oppose housing and new residents. Use it as an opportunity to grow!
Don’t use “the environment” to oppose housing and new residents. Use it as an opportunity to grow!
The highest concentration of yuppies in Illinois has to be the Crate & Barrel on North/Clybourn at 9am on Sundays.
My fiancée and I were one of at least 50 yuppie couples filling out our wedding registries today. I can only imagine the GDP of this store during wedding season
My fiancée and I were one of at least 50 yuppie couples filling out our wedding registries today. I can only imagine the GDP of this store during wedding season
February 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The highest concentration of yuppies in Illinois has to be the Crate & Barrel on North/Clybourn at 9am on Sundays.
My fiancée and I were one of at least 50 yuppie couples filling out our wedding registries today. I can only imagine the GDP of this store during wedding season
My fiancée and I were one of at least 50 yuppie couples filling out our wedding registries today. I can only imagine the GDP of this store during wedding season
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Call me a carceral urbanist but I think that you should have to go to jail if you kill an entire family with your car.
Further, we should hold elderly drivers in particular responsible for the their actions because we need to create a deterrence effect to encourage people to stop driving.
Further, we should hold elderly drivers in particular responsible for the their actions because we need to create a deterrence effect to encourage people to stop driving.
The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
S.F. driver accused of killing family of 4 in West Portal crash likely to avoid prison time
The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
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February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Call me a carceral urbanist but I think that you should have to go to jail if you kill an entire family with your car.
Further, we should hold elderly drivers in particular responsible for the their actions because we need to create a deterrence effect to encourage people to stop driving.
Further, we should hold elderly drivers in particular responsible for the their actions because we need to create a deterrence effect to encourage people to stop driving.
I think this is a good idea. When I die, I don’t care what happens to my body. I won’t be around to complain!
But I’d prefer if my family had the option to dispose of my remains in a low-carbon, environmentally friendly way.
But I’d prefer if my family had the option to dispose of my remains in a low-carbon, environmentally friendly way.
Human composting offers an environmentally friendly end. Some are pushing to legalize it in Illinois. More fascinating reporting from @adrianaperez.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/13/h...
Human composting offers an environmentally friendly end. Some are pushing to legalize it in Illinois.
This green approach avoids the release of smoke from cremation and the leaking of fluids from burying embalmed bodies.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I think this is a good idea. When I die, I don’t care what happens to my body. I won’t be around to complain!
But I’d prefer if my family had the option to dispose of my remains in a low-carbon, environmentally friendly way.
But I’d prefer if my family had the option to dispose of my remains in a low-carbon, environmentally friendly way.
Controversial take, but I think people should actually follow the “no dogs on artificial turf” rule.
This is my biggest pet peeve.
This is my biggest pet peeve.
February 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Controversial take, but I think people should actually follow the “no dogs on artificial turf” rule.
This is my biggest pet peeve.
This is my biggest pet peeve.
Wow. Awesome to see a an expert—whose business depends on responding to trends in the housing market—make the point that less parking is a good thing.
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Wow. Awesome to see a an expert—whose business depends on responding to trends in the housing market—make the point that less parking is a good thing.
Incredible photo from ChiDrone on Instagram. Chicago rules
February 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Incredible photo from ChiDrone on Instagram. Chicago rules
Hope you enjoyed the cold stretch we just experienced in the eastern US—unfortunately, global warming is still happening. Earth just had its 5th warmest January on record.
Good thermodynamics reminder: energy cannot be created nor destroyed. The heat was just concentrated elsewhere last month.
Good thermodynamics reminder: energy cannot be created nor destroyed. The heat was just concentrated elsewhere last month.
February 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Hope you enjoyed the cold stretch we just experienced in the eastern US—unfortunately, global warming is still happening. Earth just had its 5th warmest January on record.
Good thermodynamics reminder: energy cannot be created nor destroyed. The heat was just concentrated elsewhere last month.
Good thermodynamics reminder: energy cannot be created nor destroyed. The heat was just concentrated elsewhere last month.
Great perspective here about tall fare gates for transit. They don’t just bring in more revenue ($10 million per year in the SF Bay Area!) but also help keep stations in good condition and reduce maintenance costs.
@maxdubler.com
@maxdubler.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Great perspective here about tall fare gates for transit. They don’t just bring in more revenue ($10 million per year in the SF Bay Area!) but also help keep stations in good condition and reduce maintenance costs.
@maxdubler.com
@maxdubler.com
A disruptive passenger on my brown line train just played this song at full blast on his phone speaker.
Very annoying and too vulgar for a public space. BUT…I will concede that it’s a banger and fits his demeanor quite well.
open.spotify.com/track/6uWliN...
Very annoying and too vulgar for a public space. BUT…I will concede that it’s a banger and fits his demeanor quite well.
open.spotify.com/track/6uWliN...
I Don't Give A...
open.spotify.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
A disruptive passenger on my brown line train just played this song at full blast on his phone speaker.
Very annoying and too vulgar for a public space. BUT…I will concede that it’s a banger and fits his demeanor quite well.
open.spotify.com/track/6uWliN...
Very annoying and too vulgar for a public space. BUT…I will concede that it’s a banger and fits his demeanor quite well.
open.spotify.com/track/6uWliN...
Just down the river, the Chicago Ave bridge has been REMOVED!
February 6, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Just down the river, the Chicago Ave bridge has been REMOVED!
This morning’s sunrise was beautiful from Montrose Harbor
February 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This morning’s sunrise was beautiful from Montrose Harbor
There are a variety of insightful perspectives in the Tribune’s letters to the editor section today, regarding an opinion piece about the state of affairs on the Blue Line.
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
There are a variety of insightful perspectives in the Tribune’s letters to the editor section today, regarding an opinion piece about the state of affairs on the Blue Line.
First panes of glass going in at the new Bally’s casino on the river
February 3, 2026 at 8:49 PM
First panes of glass going in at the new Bally’s casino on the river
North Pond was awesome today. There were 4 different hockey games going on when my crew showed up, and we shoveled a 5th rink to play on. Random people joined us, families played around, and we had a jolly time.
Want community in the cold winter months? Get some skates and find a pond in the city.
Want community in the cold winter months? Get some skates and find a pond in the city.
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
North Pond was awesome today. There were 4 different hockey games going on when my crew showed up, and we shoveled a 5th rink to play on. Random people joined us, families played around, and we had a jolly time.
Want community in the cold winter months? Get some skates and find a pond in the city.
Want community in the cold winter months? Get some skates and find a pond in the city.
Incredible timelapse footage of an uncommon natural process from Craig Shimala. Lake Michigan is magical.
@cshimala.bsky.social
@cshimala.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Incredible timelapse footage of an uncommon natural process from Craig Shimala. Lake Michigan is magical.
@cshimala.bsky.social
@cshimala.bsky.social
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He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason
Big cities, snow, and warm lights. Can’t beat that combo.
January 31, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Big cities, snow, and warm lights. Can’t beat that combo.
Chicago River appreciation post
January 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Chicago River appreciation post