Steven Lucy
@slucy.bsky.social
I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
Shit like this is why I’m not *that* worried about the (new) AI misinformation problem.
Misattributed real footage, and more traditionally manipulated photos, are already a problem.
Misattributed real footage, and more traditionally manipulated photos, are already a problem.
This video, viewed over 600,000 times, claims to show US troops landing in Caracas to capture Maduro.
The video is from June 2025, showing US Special Forces preparing for the army's 250th anniversary parade.
Fact-check: @lgalrao.bsky.social
The video is from June 2025, showing US Special Forces preparing for the army's 250th anniversary parade.
Fact-check: @lgalrao.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Shit like this is why I’m not *that* worried about the (new) AI misinformation problem.
Misattributed real footage, and more traditionally manipulated photos, are already a problem.
Misattributed real footage, and more traditionally manipulated photos, are already a problem.
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As a DC access journalist seasoned in all things Trump, I have advice for Nicolas Maduro: take your imprisonment seriously but not literally.
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
As a DC access journalist seasoned in all things Trump, I have advice for Nicolas Maduro: take your imprisonment seriously but not literally.
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The original 47th street Illinois Central station. Much less grand than Hyde Parks station at 57th, but not bad. So suburban looking.
January 5, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The original 47th street Illinois Central station. Much less grand than Hyde Parks station at 57th, but not bad. So suburban looking.
Love to kick start my 10x cost rail project to the least dense part of town by expanding a parking lot.
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Red Line Extension (RLE) permit: expand an existing car parking lot by 92 spaces. buff.ly/mdGHOL9
January 4, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Love to kick start my 10x cost rail project to the least dense part of town by expanding a parking lot.
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Putting together slides for a talk on brevity next week and was reminded of this: one of the shortest scientific papers I know of.
1/2
1/2
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Putting together slides for a talk on brevity next week and was reminded of this: one of the shortest scientific papers I know of.
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Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally
January 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally
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Same the country over, if you’re not in a car, your safety doesn’t matter
January 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Same the country over, if you’re not in a car, your safety doesn’t matter
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Funicular-oriented development in Künzelsau. A train every 15 minutes to the city centre for the 5,000 people living in Taläcker
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Funicular-oriented development in Künzelsau. A train every 15 minutes to the city centre for the 5,000 people living in Taläcker
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times
Seems like this was reasonable journalistic practice during eg WWII and horrible practice now.
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Seems like this was reasonable journalistic practice during eg WWII and horrible practice now.
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The Chicago protest against the U.S. attack on Venezuela has stepped off to march through the downtown area. Hundreds have joined the march.
January 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
The Chicago protest against the U.S. attack on Venezuela has stepped off to march through the downtown area. Hundreds have joined the march.
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I beg Americans to imagine an EU strike force -- stop laughing! -- abducts Trump only, and the next day Brussels is talking about how JD Vance will have to comply and an A350 full of CEOs from windmill, non-GMO cheese, and metric ruler firms is headed for Manhattan to discuss terms
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I beg Americans to imagine an EU strike force -- stop laughing! -- abducts Trump only, and the next day Brussels is talking about how JD Vance will have to comply and an A350 full of CEOs from windmill, non-GMO cheese, and metric ruler firms is headed for Manhattan to discuss terms
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I think I’m going with the @nytimes.com on this one, thanks.
January 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I think I’m going with the @nytimes.com on this one, thanks.
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Hamburg Hochbahn AG (Ubahn and buses in Hamburg) spends 669 million euros a year to move 421 million trips. Or about 1.5€ per trip.
The CTA spends 2.23 billion dollars to move about 365 million trips a year. Or about $6.10per trip.
Why does it cost 3x to run an American agency of similar size?
The CTA spends 2.23 billion dollars to move about 365 million trips a year. Or about $6.10per trip.
Why does it cost 3x to run an American agency of similar size?
January 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Hamburg Hochbahn AG (Ubahn and buses in Hamburg) spends 669 million euros a year to move 421 million trips. Or about 1.5€ per trip.
The CTA spends 2.23 billion dollars to move about 365 million trips a year. Or about $6.10per trip.
Why does it cost 3x to run an American agency of similar size?
The CTA spends 2.23 billion dollars to move about 365 million trips a year. Or about $6.10per trip.
Why does it cost 3x to run an American agency of similar size?
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January 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I feel bad for this business owner.
I guess we should uh ban e-bikes or something?
I guess we should uh ban e-bikes or something?
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I feel bad for this business owner.
I guess we should uh ban e-bikes or something?
I guess we should uh ban e-bikes or something?
New year, new Hyde Park Divvy station.
Chicago’s newest Divvy bikeshare station just dropped at 53rd & Blackstone in Hyde Park! This is the first of many new stations coming to the South Side this year.
January 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
New year, new Hyde Park Divvy station.
A textbook of bad street design:
✅ Curbside bus lanes, which never work
✅ Right turners can block bus lane
✅ Bikes and buses, which move at different speeds, share one lane
✅ Narrow sidewalk blocked by trees and posts.
✅ Curbside bus lanes, which never work
✅ Right turners can block bus lane
✅ Bikes and buses, which move at different speeds, share one lane
✅ Narrow sidewalk blocked by trees and posts.
I found this street diagram for a project in Las Vegas and damn its perfect for Aurora Avenue here in Seattle
January 2, 2026 at 6:16 AM
A textbook of bad street design:
✅ Curbside bus lanes, which never work
✅ Right turners can block bus lane
✅ Bikes and buses, which move at different speeds, share one lane
✅ Narrow sidewalk blocked by trees and posts.
✅ Curbside bus lanes, which never work
✅ Right turners can block bus lane
✅ Bikes and buses, which move at different speeds, share one lane
✅ Narrow sidewalk blocked by trees and posts.
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🧵(1/2) Spotted a Beep AV Shuttle in DC. I believe these have a place in the mobility hierarchy like moving people on medical/college/airport campuses or serving as downtown shuttles. Might be a good way for smaller cities to have a more robust transit network.
January 1, 2026 at 11:49 PM
🧵(1/2) Spotted a Beep AV Shuttle in DC. I believe these have a place in the mobility hierarchy like moving people on medical/college/airport campuses or serving as downtown shuttles. Might be a good way for smaller cities to have a more robust transit network.
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Earlier this year, I descended into the bowels of the Barbican to take a look at the bespoke plumbing system for kitchen sink drainage, known as the Garchey.
January 2, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Earlier this year, I descended into the bowels of the Barbican to take a look at the bespoke plumbing system for kitchen sink drainage, known as the Garchey.
Hi, I’m a car.
(This is actually true for almost everyone posting something else.)
(This is actually true for almost everyone posting something else.)
January 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Hi, I’m a car.
(This is actually true for almost everyone posting something else.)
(This is actually true for almost everyone posting something else.)
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Switzerland normally has 17 or 18 fire deaths a year, so 40 dying in one event is going to dramatically increase their numbers for 2026. So much so that they are likely going to end up at about 25% fewer fire deaths per capita than the US compared to their usual 80% fewer. ctif.org/sites/defaul...
40 people in a small country is going to have a substantial per-capita impact.
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Switzerland normally has 17 or 18 fire deaths a year, so 40 dying in one event is going to dramatically increase their numbers for 2026. So much so that they are likely going to end up at about 25% fewer fire deaths per capita than the US compared to their usual 80% fewer. ctif.org/sites/defaul...
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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The only thing that loves multiculturalism and immigration more than my heart, is my stomach.
January 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The only thing that loves multiculturalism and immigration more than my heart, is my stomach.