Lucas Filipiak 🕊️
@power-bird.bsky.social
Chicago. Student. Trains. Birds. Video Games. Music.
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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Me riding the CTA
December 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Me riding the CTA
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it really is the most magical time of the year
December 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
it really is the most magical time of the year
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This is why we need less bus stops. 54th/Cermak and Laramie are only 2.5 miles apart
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is why we need less bus stops. 54th/Cermak and Laramie are only 2.5 miles apart
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RIP Frank Gehry. I’ve enjoyed the sights and sounds of his Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park so many times.
December 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
RIP Frank Gehry. I’ve enjoyed the sights and sounds of his Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park so many times.
Here's my obligatory show storm photo from Roger's Park.
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Here's my obligatory show storm photo from Roger's Park.
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I completed my final count. Out of 10,511 bus stops, I found that 4,360 (41%) of them could be removed to align with national best practices of 1/4 mile spacing. Long-form explainer article and an interactive map are forthcoming. Green dots are removed stops, black are kept stops.
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I completed my final count. Out of 10,511 bus stops, I found that 4,360 (41%) of them could be removed to align with national best practices of 1/4 mile spacing. Long-form explainer article and an interactive map are forthcoming. Green dots are removed stops, black are kept stops.
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"We are all fools to have left Chicago. It was a town to play in; a town where you could stay yourself, and where the hoots of the critics couldn't frighten your style or drain your soul." — Ben Hecht, writing about his friendship and writing collaborations with Charles MacArthur
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"We are all fools to have left Chicago. It was a town to play in; a town where you could stay yourself, and where the hoots of the critics couldn't frighten your style or drain your soul." — Ben Hecht, writing about his friendship and writing collaborations with Charles MacArthur
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Y’all need to see this sign.
October 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Y’all need to see this sign.
Just some bees enjoying the flowing water on the Riverwalk.
September 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Just some bees enjoying the flowing water on the Riverwalk.
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The other founder, Bill Montgomery, died of complications from COVID-19.
That both of Turning Point USA’s founders are dead from public health crises their organization worked hard to enable is a parable for our time.
September 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The other founder, Bill Montgomery, died of complications from COVID-19.
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End SUVS
* Tax them by weight
* Insist that pass pedestrian impact tests
* Impose fines for exceeding allocated parking spaces
* Charge them higher for ULEZ entry
* Charge them higher for residential parking permits
* Stop them from entering narrow roads
* Ban them from outside schools
* Tax them by weight
* Insist that pass pedestrian impact tests
* Impose fines for exceeding allocated parking spaces
* Charge them higher for ULEZ entry
* Charge them higher for residential parking permits
* Stop them from entering narrow roads
* Ban them from outside schools
August 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
End SUVS
* Tax them by weight
* Insist that pass pedestrian impact tests
* Impose fines for exceeding allocated parking spaces
* Charge them higher for ULEZ entry
* Charge them higher for residential parking permits
* Stop them from entering narrow roads
* Ban them from outside schools
* Tax them by weight
* Insist that pass pedestrian impact tests
* Impose fines for exceeding allocated parking spaces
* Charge them higher for ULEZ entry
* Charge them higher for residential parking permits
* Stop them from entering narrow roads
* Ban them from outside schools
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Someone hacked a variable message sign to say "BAN CARS" on Green Bay Road in Wilmette, IL.
August 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Someone hacked a variable message sign to say "BAN CARS" on Green Bay Road in Wilmette, IL.
There's a link to the zoning hearing on Monday, August 4th @5:30 pm. Make your voice heard, I'll try and make it show my approval!
A 6-story apartment building could replace a parking lot near the West Ridge Nature Park. blockclubchi.co/45hcZEg
July 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
There's a link to the zoning hearing on Monday, August 4th @5:30 pm. Make your voice heard, I'll try and make it show my approval!
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CDOT survey to improve bus stops/shelters! tell all your transit friends to fill it out @ctaction.org, @chicagocta.bsky.social
research.net/r/busstops22
research.net/r/busstops22
July 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
CDOT survey to improve bus stops/shelters! tell all your transit friends to fill it out @ctaction.org, @chicagocta.bsky.social
research.net/r/busstops22
research.net/r/busstops22
I've been seeing a lot of Monarchs around lately! (And probably some viceroy that I didn't notice.)
July 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I've been seeing a lot of Monarchs around lately! (And probably some viceroy that I didn't notice.)
July 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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We are sending our signatures first thing in the morning so today is the LAST DAY to sign on!
July 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We are sending our signatures first thing in the morning so today is the LAST DAY to sign on!
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God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more
![A flier taped to a streetlight pole that reads:
“I also have access to a printer,
And I say
Upzoning is cool and good and it is my friend
Let ‘em build some housing! What're you worried about, people with jobs and homes using the Red Line?
Atraid of density? then why did you move to the big city my good friend [emoji making a ‘this guy’s nuts!’ gesture]
‘But I wanna drive my car!’
The bus is better because you can read a book on the bus
Dear ‘Save Edgewater’: If I ever see you again claming that increasing supply increases prices I will spank your bottom and enroll you in an econ class at Loyola
Say YES to proposed Upzoning in Edgewater
Email: Leni@the48thward.org Call: (773) 784-5277](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7txt37jgs7stbnaqdfpfavf3/bafkreiezdkvktjscf3qg4q5dylaficp762suvldaswmtmrhlt2xy7catmu@jpeg)
July 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more
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July 15th could be the most important Zoning Committee meeting of the year. Several key projects will be voted on, including the Broadway upzoning, 1840 N Marcey, and parking mandates reform.
Please RSVP to attend in-person and support abundant housing! 🏘️
www.eventbrite.com/e/show-up-fo...
Please RSVP to attend in-person and support abundant housing! 🏘️
www.eventbrite.com/e/show-up-fo...
Show up for Broadway upzoning at Chicago Zoning Committee
Come to the Chicago Zoning Committee meeting to support allowing more housing through proactive upzoning along Broadway
www.eventbrite.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
July 15th could be the most important Zoning Committee meeting of the year. Several key projects will be voted on, including the Broadway upzoning, 1840 N Marcey, and parking mandates reform.
Please RSVP to attend in-person and support abundant housing! 🏘️
www.eventbrite.com/e/show-up-fo...
Please RSVP to attend in-person and support abundant housing! 🏘️
www.eventbrite.com/e/show-up-fo...
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Thanks to everyone who came to our beach cleanup yesterday! Despite some chill and wind, it was great that folks showed up to help keep our great lake clean and beautiful!
Special thanks to the Truman College Environmental Club and Alliance for the Great Lakes, who helped us host!
Special thanks to the Truman College Environmental Club and Alliance for the Great Lakes, who helped us host!
April 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to our beach cleanup yesterday! Despite some chill and wind, it was great that folks showed up to help keep our great lake clean and beautiful!
Special thanks to the Truman College Environmental Club and Alliance for the Great Lakes, who helped us host!
Special thanks to the Truman College Environmental Club and Alliance for the Great Lakes, who helped us host!