Geoffrey Cubbage
@geoffreycubbage.bsky.social
Social Justice Worrier
Personal account; tweets are not representative of any employer (but are often nerdy about Chicago and/or local government)
It’s pronounced “Blewski”
He/him
Personal account; tweets are not representative of any employer (but are often nerdy about Chicago and/or local government)
It’s pronounced “Blewski”
He/him
Apropos of nothing, here's an 1873 cartoon of Uncle Sam, wielding a writ of "PUBLIC OPINION" and ordering a bunch of senators to commit harakiri because their conduct had so disgraced the nation.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Apropos of nothing, here's an 1873 cartoon of Uncle Sam, wielding a writ of "PUBLIC OPINION" and ordering a bunch of senators to commit harakiri because their conduct had so disgraced the nation.
Pair of Bell 429 helicopters circling Edgewater near Foster/Broadway right now, according to Flightradar24. The one with a registration number is ID'd as Cook County Sheriff's office, and the other is N/A.
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Pair of Bell 429 helicopters circling Edgewater near Foster/Broadway right now, according to Flightradar24. The one with a registration number is ID'd as Cook County Sheriff's office, and the other is N/A.
It’s weird looking at old James Bond books and movie posters and realizing that the whole “Double O” and “License to Kill” stuff made for a thrilling action premise because the default assumption at the time was NOT that any law enforcement agent can of course kill you and face no consequences.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It’s weird looking at old James Bond books and movie posters and realizing that the whole “Double O” and “License to Kill” stuff made for a thrilling action premise because the default assumption at the time was NOT that any law enforcement agent can of course kill you and face no consequences.
Most 2022-2024 CPD overspend came from legal settlements and from personnel services. The latter is a broad category that includes salaries, overtime, and other pay and bonuses (but not pensions and medical benefits, which are in a citywide Finance General section of the budget rather than CPD's).
October 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Most 2022-2024 CPD overspend came from legal settlements and from personnel services. The latter is a broad category that includes salaries, overtime, and other pay and bonuses (but not pensions and medical benefits, which are in a citywide Finance General section of the budget rather than CPD's).
With the caveat that the data here is non-grant local funds only (the bulk of most departments' budgets, but some are more heavily grant-funded), Chicago Fire Department and Chicago Commission on Human Relations also went over budget in 2024, although by substantially smaller amounts:
October 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
With the caveat that the data here is non-grant local funds only (the bulk of most departments' budgets, but some are more heavily grant-funded), Chicago Fire Department and Chicago Commission on Human Relations also went over budget in 2024, although by substantially smaller amounts:
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
October 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
It's not a small impact. Depending on how you calculate CPD fringe (using a citywide average salary, as OBM does, vs. averages based on the departmental salaries and benefit agreements), excluding it impacts the floor calculation by anywhere from $4.3-8.6m annually for COPA, and $1.2-2.2m for CCPSA.
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's not a small impact. Depending on how you calculate CPD fringe (using a citywide average salary, as OBM does, vs. averages based on the departmental salaries and benefit agreements), excluding it impacts the floor calculation by anywhere from $4.3-8.6m annually for COPA, and $1.2-2.2m for CCPSA.
(Also, when I googled the specific date to double-check my citation: LOL. I dare say even, LMFAO. Just love that this slop is by default forced to the top above actual information.)
September 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
(Also, when I googled the specific date to double-check my citation: LOL. I dare say even, LMFAO. Just love that this slop is by default forced to the top above actual information.)
Perhaps not coincidentally, the first "Calvin and Hobbes" appearance of the "Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs" cereal was in 1986...
September 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Perhaps not coincidentally, the first "Calvin and Hobbes" appearance of the "Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs" cereal was in 1986...
Was lucky enough to catch “Peking Opera Blues” at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social this weekend and I cannot tell y’all how poly/queer this movie from 1986 is.
Just at this drag king and her girlfriends. (They also have boyfriends! Some of them share boyfriends!) It’s amazing.
Just at this drag king and her girlfriends. (They also have boyfriends! Some of them share boyfriends!) It’s amazing.
September 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Was lucky enough to catch “Peking Opera Blues” at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social this weekend and I cannot tell y’all how poly/queer this movie from 1986 is.
Just at this drag king and her girlfriends. (They also have boyfriends! Some of them share boyfriends!) It’s amazing.
Just at this drag king and her girlfriends. (They also have boyfriends! Some of them share boyfriends!) It’s amazing.
Made with Goya corn, one can only assume.
August 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Made with Goya corn, one can only assume.
POV: you are maybe a treat?
August 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
POV: you are maybe a treat?
Look it’s a classic for a reason.
July 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Look it’s a classic for a reason.
*the cult 1990s tabletop RPG "Rifts" smashes through the wall, Kool-Aid man style*
DID SOMEONE SAY OVER-THE-TOP TECHNO-MAGIC MASHUPS?
DID SOMEONE SAY OVER-THE-TOP TECHNO-MAGIC MASHUPS?
July 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
*the cult 1990s tabletop RPG "Rifts" smashes through the wall, Kool-Aid man style*
DID SOMEONE SAY OVER-THE-TOP TECHNO-MAGIC MASHUPS?
DID SOMEONE SAY OVER-THE-TOP TECHNO-MAGIC MASHUPS?
Did not have Victor Hugo pegged as a real accepting ally type tbh.
July 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Did not have Victor Hugo pegged as a real accepting ally type tbh.
Rooting for both the Cubs and the Sox is Fine, Actually.
(They play like three games against each other a year and for those yeah sure pick a side. Rest of the time? Enjoy living in a world-class city that offers two distinct and different major league ballparks with direct train access. 🤷🏼♂️)
(They play like three games against each other a year and for those yeah sure pick a side. Rest of the time? Enjoy living in a world-class city that offers two distinct and different major league ballparks with direct train access. 🤷🏼♂️)
June 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Rooting for both the Cubs and the Sox is Fine, Actually.
(They play like three games against each other a year and for those yeah sure pick a side. Rest of the time? Enjoy living in a world-class city that offers two distinct and different major league ballparks with direct train access. 🤷🏼♂️)
(They play like three games against each other a year and for those yeah sure pick a side. Rest of the time? Enjoy living in a world-class city that offers two distinct and different major league ballparks with direct train access. 🤷🏼♂️)
“I’m very good at telling you when things are getting way too woke,
I know exactly how to balance out your ketamine with coke,
In short in matters socially and fiscally inimical
I am the very model of a startup techbro general!”
I know exactly how to balance out your ketamine with coke,
In short in matters socially and fiscally inimical
I am the very model of a startup techbro general!”
June 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“I’m very good at telling you when things are getting way too woke,
I know exactly how to balance out your ketamine with coke,
In short in matters socially and fiscally inimical
I am the very model of a startup techbro general!”
I know exactly how to balance out your ketamine with coke,
In short in matters socially and fiscally inimical
I am the very model of a startup techbro general!”
In honor of the U.S. Army Reserve inducting tech execs from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI as lieutenant colonels (see link), with apologies to W. S. Gilbert:
"I Am the Very Model of a Startup Techbro General"
Too long for alt text, so full lyrics are also threaded below.
www.wsj.com/tech/army-re...
"I Am the Very Model of a Startup Techbro General"
Too long for alt text, so full lyrics are also threaded below.
www.wsj.com/tech/army-re...
June 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In honor of the U.S. Army Reserve inducting tech execs from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI as lieutenant colonels (see link), with apologies to W. S. Gilbert:
"I Am the Very Model of a Startup Techbro General"
Too long for alt text, so full lyrics are also threaded below.
www.wsj.com/tech/army-re...
"I Am the Very Model of a Startup Techbro General"
Too long for alt text, so full lyrics are also threaded below.
www.wsj.com/tech/army-re...
Did Chicago just get an emergency alert for DUST STORMS? What in the goddamn Greatly Depressed fuck are we doing.
May 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Did Chicago just get an emergency alert for DUST STORMS? What in the goddamn Greatly Depressed fuck are we doing.
This is a Calvin and Hobbes bit from 30 years ago.
May 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is a Calvin and Hobbes bit from 30 years ago.
In case anyone needed it tonight, a reminder that, as far as the Vatican is concerned, “The Blues Brothers” is a Catholic film:
![Screenshot of text from the Wikipedia entry for the 1980 film “The Blues Brothers,” reading:
“On the 30th anniversary of the film's release, L'Osservatore Romano[38] (the daily newspaper of Vatican City State) wrote that the film is filled with positive symbolism and moral references that can be related to Catholicism, adding that The Blues Brothers "is a memorable film, and, judging by the facts, a Catholic one".”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zwutsgw2svxe2llgwbqqzh27/bafkreigfzvz7ibtydc53aenf6hkxv5zi7rxsskslbnrmhvuo55kdzhprxa@jpeg)
May 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
In case anyone needed it tonight, a reminder that, as far as the Vatican is concerned, “The Blues Brothers” is a Catholic film:
Yeah uh the award literally references her quitting the Post rather than be censored as part of the reason she won.
The Pulitzer committee put it in writing! It’s right there in the announcement!
The Pulitzer committee put it in writing! It’s right there in the announcement!
May 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yeah uh the award literally references her quitting the Post rather than be censored as part of the reason she won.
The Pulitzer committee put it in writing! It’s right there in the announcement!
The Pulitzer committee put it in writing! It’s right there in the announcement!
Yep I’m definitely on a Brooklyn local.
May 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yep I’m definitely on a Brooklyn local.