Perfect use for the stupid burrito taxi robots now roaming around Chicago. Put a plow on them and maybe they’d have some social benefit
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Perfect use for the stupid burrito taxi robots now roaming around Chicago. Put a plow on them and maybe they’d have some social benefit
Why is Newsmax being played in my taxi? Are they buying slots as effectively advertising or is this the can company choosing it?
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Why is Newsmax being played in my taxi? Are they buying slots as effectively advertising or is this the can company choosing it?
Why is Newsmax being played in my taxi? Are they buying slots as effectively advertising or is this the can company choosing it?
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Why is Newsmax being played in my taxi? Are they buying slots as effectively advertising or is this the can company choosing it?
Durbin has cemented his legacy. He shouldn’t have a moment of peace post retirement for how he’s sold out his constituents, and done so with his voicemail turned off
CALL ALL OF THEM. SAY PRIMARY.
"Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.) &Dick Durbin (Ill.) were among the Democrats who participated in secretive negotiations to end the shutdown & are considered possible “yes” votes for the deal."
"Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.) &Dick Durbin (Ill.) were among the Democrats who participated in secretive negotiations to end the shutdown & are considered possible “yes” votes for the deal."
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Durbin has cemented his legacy. He shouldn’t have a moment of peace post retirement for how he’s sold out his constituents, and done so with his voicemail turned off
Nothing less than tearing this all down and holding each and every one of them accountable
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Nothing less than tearing this all down and holding each and every one of them accountable
I can’t even figure out the use case. These go so slow that they cannot go that far. If you’re ordering from somewhere nearby, how is this possibly better than just walking to pick up. If you’re using this in Wicker Park we should just kick you out of the city.
I am not allowed to put up an ADU on my own property but the robot burrito taxi can use the already limited pedestrian space in my neighborhood
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I can’t even figure out the use case. These go so slow that they cannot go that far. If you’re ordering from somewhere nearby, how is this possibly better than just walking to pick up. If you’re using this in Wicker Park we should just kick you out of the city.
I am not allowed to put up an ADU on my own property but the robot burrito taxi can use the already limited pedestrian space in my neighborhood
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I am not allowed to put up an ADU on my own property but the robot burrito taxi can use the already limited pedestrian space in my neighborhood
I guess happy but pretty disappointed in the poison pill around who can build these. Feels like it’s set up to make these fail and for someone in a year to say “only luxury ADUs are being built”
ADUs passes 46-0
I'm shocked
I'm shocked
September 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I guess happy but pretty disappointed in the poison pill around who can build these. Feels like it’s set up to make these fail and for someone in a year to say “only luxury ADUs are being built”
Chicago on the eve of an invasion by our wannabe dictator. Peaceful, happy, loving. My wrath is unending for those who would aim to destroy this
September 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Chicago on the eve of an invasion by our wannabe dictator. Peaceful, happy, loving. My wrath is unending for those who would aim to destroy this
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Cannot be said loudly or often enough: the bill House Rs are considering passing tomorrow would rip health insurance and food assistance from millions, leaving the poorest households worse off - to partially pay for tax cuts that most help the richest - while increasing the deficit by trillions.
May 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Cannot be said loudly or often enough: the bill House Rs are considering passing tomorrow would rip health insurance and food assistance from millions, leaving the poorest households worse off - to partially pay for tax cuts that most help the richest - while increasing the deficit by trillions.
Just the most self-defeating attitudes. Without private investment we get no new housing. Without new housing people will just gentrify the existing housing. This creates 28 new homes with 6 affordable. And instead we’ll get nothing because people believe building housing costs nothing
May 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Just the most self-defeating attitudes. Without private investment we get no new housing. Without new housing people will just gentrify the existing housing. This creates 28 new homes with 6 affordable. And instead we’ll get nothing because people believe building housing costs nothing
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so who else is protesting on saturday
April 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
so who else is protesting on saturday
Absolutely pathetic @chicagocta.bsky.social. Maybe having some decent service could do something here
DC Metro has been the fastest-growing rail transit network in the nation through the first part of 2025, powered by steady service improvements and federal return-to-work mandates. SEPTA Metro, the NYC Subway, and the Boston T also put up strong growth numbers.
April 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Absolutely pathetic @chicagocta.bsky.social. Maybe having some decent service could do something here
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Nobody, including Booker, thinks a filibuster is Our Salvation.
Cory Booker talking for manymany hours will draw the attn of the inattentive, despairing, & hesitant. It will inspire, inform, & light a fire under some asses. It will have a knock-on effect w/ other electeds—IF WE MAKE NOISE ABOUT IT.
Cory Booker talking for manymany hours will draw the attn of the inattentive, despairing, & hesitant. It will inspire, inform, & light a fire under some asses. It will have a knock-on effect w/ other electeds—IF WE MAKE NOISE ABOUT IT.
April 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Nobody, including Booker, thinks a filibuster is Our Salvation.
Cory Booker talking for manymany hours will draw the attn of the inattentive, despairing, & hesitant. It will inspire, inform, & light a fire under some asses. It will have a knock-on effect w/ other electeds—IF WE MAKE NOISE ABOUT IT.
Cory Booker talking for manymany hours will draw the attn of the inattentive, despairing, & hesitant. It will inspire, inform, & light a fire under some asses. It will have a knock-on effect w/ other electeds—IF WE MAKE NOISE ABOUT IT.
This is the thing. It’s at best absence of a negative (which I disagree with - I think sacking the head of CPS to take out a high interest loan is bad). But even then there is no *positive* achievement to point to. Prior mayors did stuff!
I mean he hasn't diverted money to the cops, sent insane texts, raised bridges against protests...
February 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is the thing. It’s at best absence of a negative (which I disagree with - I think sacking the head of CPS to take out a high interest loan is bad). But even then there is no *positive* achievement to point to. Prior mayors did stuff!
Yes. More of this
My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
February 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Yes. More of this
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I really like the idea of a shadow cabinet. Make it clear which Dem is taking the lead on watching and reacting to each department.
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
February 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I really like the idea of a shadow cabinet. Make it clear which Dem is taking the lead on watching and reacting to each department.
Coward
I would caution anyone entertaining this sentiment. Mass protests are likely to be dangerous. We no longer live in a country where the right to peacefully assemble exists for opponents of the regime.
We’re gonna have to march.
February 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Coward
Well, it’s something. That’s all I want right now
National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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February 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Well, it’s something. That’s all I want right now
Hell yes. Someone is fighting
What the president has tried to do in the last 24 hours is illegal.
His actions threatened millions of Illinoisans' access to health care, food, and even fuel to heat their homes. I will stay vigilant in defense of IL because if you come for my people, you come through me.
His actions threatened millions of Illinoisans' access to health care, food, and even fuel to heat their homes. I will stay vigilant in defense of IL because if you come for my people, you come through me.
January 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hell yes. Someone is fighting
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The US Constitution does not grant the President this unilateral authority.
In Illinois, we will stand against unlawful actions that would harm millions of working families, children, and seniors.
In Illinois, we will stand against unlawful actions that would harm millions of working families, children, and seniors.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The US Constitution does not grant the President this unilateral authority.
In Illinois, we will stand against unlawful actions that would harm millions of working families, children, and seniors.
In Illinois, we will stand against unlawful actions that would harm millions of working families, children, and seniors.
I’d agree with this if there were any articles connecting the two things. Instead Block Club seems to do two types of stories: (a) person is being priced out of gentrifying n’hood and (b) neighbors push back on ‘out of character’ development without realizing (b) causes (a) and their role in that
It can be two things. It's the push and the pull. I think centering stories about folks potentially being displaced from gentrification is helping the yimby cause.
January 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I’d agree with this if there were any articles connecting the two things. Instead Block Club seems to do two types of stories: (a) person is being priced out of gentrifying n’hood and (b) neighbors push back on ‘out of character’ development without realizing (b) causes (a) and their role in that
Cannot watch the Bulls normally because of Jerry’s stupid channel. Cannot watch them on NBATV either because of Jerry’s stupid channel
January 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Cannot watch the Bulls normally because of Jerry’s stupid channel. Cannot watch them on NBATV either because of Jerry’s stupid channel
Pathetic. Now both parties are just going to do xenophobia?
Elon Musk is wrong.
The main function of the H-1B visa program is not to hire “the best and the brightest,” but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad.
The cheaper the labor they hire, the more money the billionaires make.
The main function of the H-1B visa program is not to hire “the best and the brightest,” but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad.
The cheaper the labor they hire, the more money the billionaires make.
January 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Pathetic. Now both parties are just going to do xenophobia?
While theoretically true, this is a great way in practice to just have no housing built and exacerbate the housing crisis. I’ve yet to hear a real, substantive pushback to “let the market build housing and reap the rewards (including tax dollars that can go to subsiding now-income renters)”
December 28, 2024 at 6:57 PM
While theoretically true, this is a great way in practice to just have no housing built and exacerbate the housing crisis. I’ve yet to hear a real, substantive pushback to “let the market build housing and reap the rewards (including tax dollars that can go to subsiding now-income renters)”