Cassandra
@wrennifer.bsky.social
she/her, rooted to Chicago, Strida cyclist, lover of linotype. I watch the trains go by from my living room.
carbrains blocked on sight
Chicago Urbanists Union: https://discord.gg/BDpjWA98qg
carbrains blocked on sight
Chicago Urbanists Union: https://discord.gg/BDpjWA98qg
Anyone seriously saying "we should build more social/public housing in the US instead of market rate housing" should have the text of the Faircloth Amendment stapled to their forehead.
Public housing has been capped since Oct 1, 1999, and municipalities can only build more by removing old stock.
Public housing has been capped since Oct 1, 1999, and municipalities can only build more by removing old stock.
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Anyone seriously saying "we should build more social/public housing in the US instead of market rate housing" should have the text of the Faircloth Amendment stapled to their forehead.
Public housing has been capped since Oct 1, 1999, and municipalities can only build more by removing old stock.
Public housing has been capped since Oct 1, 1999, and municipalities can only build more by removing old stock.
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"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
Attribute not to stupidity what can be equally attributed to malice
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Attribute not to stupidity what can be equally attributed to malice
Probably the funniest inclusion in SB2111 is the Transit to Trails Grant Program, as it specifically allows for grants to projects providing transit access to hunting areas.
It's illegal to carry or transport firearms on public transit vehicles in the state of Illinois.
It's illegal to carry or transport firearms on public transit vehicles in the state of Illinois.
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Probably the funniest inclusion in SB2111 is the Transit to Trails Grant Program, as it specifically allows for grants to projects providing transit access to hunting areas.
It's illegal to carry or transport firearms on public transit vehicles in the state of Illinois.
It's illegal to carry or transport firearms on public transit vehicles in the state of Illinois.
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"do you honestly expect me to ride the bus to get food"
yes
yes
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"do you honestly expect me to ride the bus to get food"
yes
yes
Hell yeah
Aldi is setting up shop in a South Loop retail complex, according to a permit filed by the grocery chain.
Aldi planning a South Loop location, records show
The popular grocery chain plans to move into a space at the Roosevelt Collection mall, according to a building permit.
trib.al
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hell yeah
It would be interesting to see what kind of leverage in tax policy the City of Chicago could use to try and decrease congestion. For instance, offering an exemption to the personal property lease transaction tax for companies that have >50% WFH participation, measured in hours.
“Congestion is a fact of life in thriving regions. This year’s numbers challenge us to think differently about travel. Why are people on the road? Can we shift some of that demand, or give travelers more reliable options?” www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news/congest...
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It would be interesting to see what kind of leverage in tax policy the City of Chicago could use to try and decrease congestion. For instance, offering an exemption to the personal property lease transaction tax for companies that have >50% WFH participation, measured in hours.
150 parking spaces and 400 indoor bike spaces for 397 apartments isn't a bad mix, but we should really have fewer parking spaces and more bike parking in such a walkable neighborhood.
Developers are pitching plans for a 29-story residential high-rise with 400 apartments on a vacant Fulton Market lot. blockclubchi.co/4neqKug
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
150 parking spaces and 400 indoor bike spaces for 397 apartments isn't a bad mix, but we should really have fewer parking spaces and more bike parking in such a walkable neighborhood.
Pedestrianized Wacker is great, why don't we do this everyday
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pedestrianized Wacker is great, why don't we do this everyday
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“Mass imprisonment generates profits as it devours social wealth, and thus it tends to reproduce the very conditions that lead people to prison.”
Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Y. Davis
Book 26 of 2025
Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Y. Davis
Book 26 of 2025
October 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“Mass imprisonment generates profits as it devours social wealth, and thus it tends to reproduce the very conditions that lead people to prison.”
Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Y. Davis
Book 26 of 2025
Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Y. Davis
Book 26 of 2025
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it all comes down to land use
ice cannot stage on
city grounds, county grounds or
make arrests at court
but the agency
that can really make impact
is idot baby
ice cannot stage on
city grounds, county grounds or
make arrests at court
but the agency
that can really make impact
is idot baby
October 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
it all comes down to land use
ice cannot stage on
city grounds, county grounds or
make arrests at court
but the agency
that can really make impact
is idot baby
ice cannot stage on
city grounds, county grounds or
make arrests at court
but the agency
that can really make impact
is idot baby
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Violations of the TRUST Act be damned my governor can hustle a blackjack table
October 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Violations of the TRUST Act be damned my governor can hustle a blackjack table
Delivery robots are a techbrained "solution" (just like every other tech startup) that's attempting to "fix" the lack of infrastructure investment for the last 4 decades. Put in a damn bike lane.
October 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Delivery robots are a techbrained "solution" (just like every other tech startup) that's attempting to "fix" the lack of infrastructure investment for the last 4 decades. Put in a damn bike lane.
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Like, shut off the power to the Broadview facility. Dump truckloads of gravel on Beach Street. Let them try to fight it in the courts if they want. Now is not the time to worry about the propriety of such actions
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Like, shut off the power to the Broadview facility. Dump truckloads of gravel on Beach Street. Let them try to fight it in the courts if they want. Now is not the time to worry about the propriety of such actions
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thinking about Meigs Field this morning
October 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
thinking about Meigs Field this morning
Do it Pritzker, call up the Illinois Reserve Militia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinoi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinoi...
October 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Do it Pritzker, call up the Illinois Reserve Militia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinoi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinoi...
I've long said that cars and the space devoted exclusively to cars are the methods by which fascism is incubated and spread. I did not want to be proven right so quickly and decisively. The only way we get out of this long term is a complete obliteration of personal vehicles as a concept.
Streets are the largest public spaces in modern society.
Surrendering them for the sole use of cars allows maintaining the right of way to be used as pretext to suppress lawful assembly.
Surrendering them for the sole use of cars allows maintaining the right of way to be used as pretext to suppress lawful assembly.
We’ve been shoved around by state cops with batons. They’ve already arrested one person for being in the street.
October 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I've long said that cars and the space devoted exclusively to cars are the methods by which fascism is incubated and spread. I did not want to be proven right so quickly and decisively. The only way we get out of this long term is a complete obliteration of personal vehicles as a concept.
if you see this, QRT with a gif of your first anime
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
if you see this, QRT with a gif of your first anime
Spotted a little guy on one of the windowsills at City Hall
September 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Spotted a little guy on one of the windowsills at City Hall
It's cheap, it's easy, and it's free
September 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's cheap, it's easy, and it's free
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If you think about it, Grant Park is the American trifecta: highway, parking, and lawn
September 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If you think about it, Grant Park is the American trifecta: highway, parking, and lawn
If you think about it, Grant Park is the American trifecta: highway, parking, and lawn
September 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If you think about it, Grant Park is the American trifecta: highway, parking, and lawn
The confirmed closed or closing Starbucks locations in Chicago
September 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The confirmed closed or closing Starbucks locations in Chicago
the US if tylenol caused autism
September 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the US if tylenol caused autism