Greg Macek
@gmacek.bsky.social
INFP | Enneagram 4 | Runner | Scotch Lover | Amateur Blogger/Writer | Team Nikon | Technology | Psychology | Aspiring transit nerd and regular writer/blogger
Chicago area native/resident. Posts are obviously my own.
https://linktr.ee/gmacek
Chicago area native/resident. Posts are obviously my own.
https://linktr.ee/gmacek
My non-original hot take is actual face time with my coworkers is actually valuable. The replies to the post clearly didn't read or want to hear other takes on being in office.
@profgalloway.com has been talking about this topic for a while too re: working relationships and being in person.
@profgalloway.com has been talking about this topic for a while too re: working relationships and being in person.
Entirely remote work means less training and opportunity for advancement, especially for younger workers, new research suggests. Here's what economists say.
Young Workers Learn to Embrace the Office
Remote work means less training and opportunity for advancement, especially for younger workers, research suggests. Some are getting the message.
nyti.ms
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My non-original hot take is actual face time with my coworkers is actually valuable. The replies to the post clearly didn't read or want to hear other takes on being in office.
@profgalloway.com has been talking about this topic for a while too re: working relationships and being in person.
@profgalloway.com has been talking about this topic for a while too re: working relationships and being in person.
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The T’s dedication to slow zone removal has led to pretty dramatic ridership improvements. It’s a model that should be emulated elsewhere.
Picture unrelated
Picture unrelated
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The T’s dedication to slow zone removal has led to pretty dramatic ridership improvements. It’s a model that should be emulated elsewhere.
Picture unrelated
Picture unrelated
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RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
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What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next…
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next…
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
Every time I'm at the Auditorium Theater, I'm amazed by its beauty
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Every time I'm at the Auditorium Theater, I'm amazed by its beauty
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Earliest sunsets are almost here. In early to mid-December, evenings become brighter again—no “Daylight Saving Time” needed!
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Earliest sunsets are almost here. In early to mid-December, evenings become brighter again—no “Daylight Saving Time” needed!
My Midwestern heart is glad for some proper snow in the Chicago area
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My Midwestern heart is glad for some proper snow in the Chicago area
Very excited about my new CTA holiday attire @chicagocta.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Very excited about my new CTA holiday attire @chicagocta.bsky.social
This week I decided to pull out my grandma's recipe for potstickers and make them for Thanksgiving. They turned out well and got a stamp of approval from Mom and brother.
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This week I decided to pull out my grandma's recipe for potstickers and make them for Thanksgiving. They turned out well and got a stamp of approval from Mom and brother.
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
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Sorry guys universe is splitting open starting today
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Sorry guys universe is splitting open starting today
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We need to expand the tollway network.
Not expand the tollways themselves, but rebuild current free expressways using toll revenues and then turn them into tolled highways.
Ultimately the authority should be rolled into NITA so all of our major regional transportation investments are coordinated.
Not expand the tollways themselves, but rebuild current free expressways using toll revenues and then turn them into tolled highways.
Ultimately the authority should be rolled into NITA so all of our major regional transportation investments are coordinated.
www.dailyherald.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We need to expand the tollway network.
Not expand the tollways themselves, but rebuild current free expressways using toll revenues and then turn them into tolled highways.
Ultimately the authority should be rolled into NITA so all of our major regional transportation investments are coordinated.
Not expand the tollways themselves, but rebuild current free expressways using toll revenues and then turn them into tolled highways.
Ultimately the authority should be rolled into NITA so all of our major regional transportation investments are coordinated.
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All you need to know about Chicago is this: we put our literal shit into the Chicago River, which flowed into Lake Michigan, which is where we got our drinking water, and where a lesser city would’ve said “let’s stop throwing our shit into the river” we reversed the flow of the goddamn river instead
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
All you need to know about Chicago is this: we put our literal shit into the Chicago River, which flowed into Lake Michigan, which is where we got our drinking water, and where a lesser city would’ve said “let’s stop throwing our shit into the river” we reversed the flow of the goddamn river instead
Long, but informative thread
The Epstein bill is headed to Trump’s desk as we speak.
So, what now? Well, a lot of panic, it seems. I have seen every single possible worst case scenario all over social media in the last hour, so let’s go through this step by step. My only request, read the whole thing before commenting.
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So, what now? Well, a lot of panic, it seems. I have seen every single possible worst case scenario all over social media in the last hour, so let’s go through this step by step. My only request, read the whole thing before commenting.
1/
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Long, but informative thread
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Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.
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Looks like the city needs some new revenue sources. May I recommend...
Using IL SOS data and public curb weight data, if Chicago changed its residential permit charge from $25 to a weight-based system, it could bring in an additional $151-167MM/year when
>2500lbs = $25
2.5k-2.99k = $40
3k-3.49k = $62.5
3.5k-3.99k = $75
4k-4.49k = $105
4.5-4.99k = $160
5k+ = $200
>2500lbs = $25
2.5k-2.99k = $40
3k-3.49k = $62.5
3.5k-3.99k = $75
4k-4.49k = $105
4.5-4.99k = $160
5k+ = $200
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Looks like the city needs some new revenue sources. May I recommend...
@north0fnorth.tgirl.gay a post of yours made it into a Midwest meme group!
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
@north0fnorth.tgirl.gay a post of yours made it into a Midwest meme group!
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Here are the facts:
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Here are the facts:
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
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It’s not a recession. It’s a moment of zen.
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET
@reuters.com #QuietTime
@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s not a recession. It’s a moment of zen.
Nothing like that new airplane smell ✨ (inaugural flight for this jet on Southwest from BOS to MDW)
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nothing like that new airplane smell ✨ (inaugural flight for this jet on Southwest from BOS to MDW)
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Harlem Avenue could be one of the most productive city-suburban bus routes ever if we ever stopped arbitrarily designing bus routes around city/suburban boundaries
Do you ever think about how the bus route that connects with the MD-W, UP-W, Green Line, Blue Line, and BNSF, and also is almost always a Top-5 Pace ridership route, ends in a random parking lot instead of the CTA rail terminal and international airport three miles away? Because I do, often
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Harlem Avenue could be one of the most productive city-suburban bus routes ever if we ever stopped arbitrarily designing bus routes around city/suburban boundaries
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Should go further: all bus routes should be number [letter (optional)] and all rail lines should be letter-number. Can continue to colloquially call the CTA’s lines by color but on maps they’d be “L1”, “L2”, etc. Worth noting that Metra’s recent line renaming efforts would fit into this scheme as-is
Don't get mad but we should redo the bus numbers. The way they did the 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, and 84 is so intuitive (tells you how far north you are).
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Should go further: all bus routes should be number [letter (optional)] and all rail lines should be letter-number. Can continue to colloquially call the CTA’s lines by color but on maps they’d be “L1”, “L2”, etc. Worth noting that Metra’s recent line renaming efforts would fit into this scheme as-is
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In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
I thought it was silly for the Chicago CTA Green Line to have two branches only to see Boston's MBTA go "what if we did more?"
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I thought it was silly for the Chicago CTA Green Line to have two branches only to see Boston's MBTA go "what if we did more?"