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The second phase of an overhaul of part of Grand Avenue is set to bring more concrete protected bike lanes to the corridor next year — but some business owners and neighbors want to see the plan amended before construction starts. blockclubchi.co/3WQrcUS
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The second phase of an overhaul of part of Grand Avenue is set to bring more concrete protected bike lanes to the corridor next year — but some business owners and neighbors want to see the plan amended before construction starts. blockclubchi.co/3WQrcUS
Roger Romanelli, the guy who is leading the pushback against safety improvements on Grand Avenue, is also one of the guys who got the Ashland BRT killed.
So, when he talks about wanting to "improve speeds for buses", on Grand it's a bit hard to take him seriously...
So, when he talks about wanting to "improve speeds for buses", on Grand it's a bit hard to take him seriously...
a rainbow and a star with the words " make you know " on it
Alt: a rainbow and a star with the words " the more you know " on it
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Roger Romanelli, the guy who is leading the pushback against safety improvements on Grand Avenue, is also one of the guys who got the Ashland BRT killed.
So, when he talks about wanting to "improve speeds for buses", on Grand it's a bit hard to take him seriously...
So, when he talks about wanting to "improve speeds for buses", on Grand it's a bit hard to take him seriously...
If your primary concern with new housing is traffic, parking, and noise, you don't have a housing problem - you have a car problem.
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If your primary concern with new housing is traffic, parking, and noise, you don't have a housing problem - you have a car problem.
Dude, I just love a train
If we're going up to headquarters, I don't even carpool with my coworkers anymore, Hiawatha is just better in every way
I would rather wake up at 4am than get in your Tesla
If we're going up to headquarters, I don't even carpool with my coworkers anymore, Hiawatha is just better in every way
I would rather wake up at 4am than get in your Tesla
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Dude, I just love a train
If we're going up to headquarters, I don't even carpool with my coworkers anymore, Hiawatha is just better in every way
I would rather wake up at 4am than get in your Tesla
If we're going up to headquarters, I don't even carpool with my coworkers anymore, Hiawatha is just better in every way
I would rather wake up at 4am than get in your Tesla
I've been wanting to get one of those pocket-sized tap-to-pay things they use at restaurants
They all run Android from the looks of it
Silliest emulation machine ever
They all run Android from the looks of it
Silliest emulation machine ever
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I've been wanting to get one of those pocket-sized tap-to-pay things they use at restaurants
They all run Android from the looks of it
Silliest emulation machine ever
They all run Android from the looks of it
Silliest emulation machine ever
So what, I'm supposed to just... Go to sleep? Wake up for work tomorrow? Without knowing whether transit in Chicago is saved?
Insane 😞
Insane 😞
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
So what, I'm supposed to just... Go to sleep? Wake up for work tomorrow? Without knowing whether transit in Chicago is saved?
Insane 😞
Insane 😞
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It’s witness slip time! 🚨
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It’s witness slip time! 🚨
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
People really underestimate how crucial ranked-choice voting is for getting leftist candidates into office.
Zohran would have had a much harder time in a FPTP primary.
If you want leftist candidates, you should be interested in RCV.
Zohran would have had a much harder time in a FPTP primary.
If you want leftist candidates, you should be interested in RCV.
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
People really underestimate how crucial ranked-choice voting is for getting leftist candidates into office.
Zohran would have had a much harder time in a FPTP primary.
If you want leftist candidates, you should be interested in RCV.
Zohran would have had a much harder time in a FPTP primary.
If you want leftist candidates, you should be interested in RCV.
Reposted by Sam Kovnar
Fusion voting, another way to offer voters more real choices, could also help break what political scientist @leedrutman.bsky.social has called the “two-party doom loop.” Learn more from @insidephilanthropy.com www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/buildin...
Building Bridges Is Good. Building the Power to Counter Extremists Is Better
There's a lot to like about philanthropy's investments to reduce toxic polarization. What's also needed, though, are near-term efforts to counter extremists in key arenas of power.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Fusion voting, another way to offer voters more real choices, could also help break what political scientist @leedrutman.bsky.social has called the “two-party doom loop.” Learn more from @insidephilanthropy.com www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/buildin...
Listen, I know Harry Potter is unwoke now, but the Deathly Hallows movies hit really different in 2025
How did that woman write these stories
Literally how does she not see the irony
How did that woman write these stories
Literally how does she not see the irony
October 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Listen, I know Harry Potter is unwoke now, but the Deathly Hallows movies hit really different in 2025
How did that woman write these stories
Literally how does she not see the irony
How did that woman write these stories
Literally how does she not see the irony
We should go back to the Betsy Ross flag.
I don't have a good reason for it, I just think it has better vibes.
I don't have a good reason for it, I just think it has better vibes.
October 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We should go back to the Betsy Ross flag.
I don't have a good reason for it, I just think it has better vibes.
I don't have a good reason for it, I just think it has better vibes.
Everyone should be paying attention to the ways in which Stephen Miller and the conservatives are trying to inflame violence between the black and hispanic communities.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLxq...
I've seen some of Chicago's (shittiest) aldermen make the same play.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLxq...
I've seen some of Chicago's (shittiest) aldermen make the same play.
‘Not an open rebellion’: Sanchez questions Stephen Miller calling protesters ‘street terrorists
YouTube video by CNN
m.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Everyone should be paying attention to the ways in which Stephen Miller and the conservatives are trying to inflame violence between the black and hispanic communities.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLxq...
I've seen some of Chicago's (shittiest) aldermen make the same play.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLxq...
I've seen some of Chicago's (shittiest) aldermen make the same play.
The Nazi analogy has been beaten to death, but... they just make it so easy. Literal Nazi behavior.
There are lots of more glaring and physically brutal basic violations of rights going on but it’s weird how ICE just seems to be freely stealing and wrecking people’s possessions too
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
October 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Nazi analogy has been beaten to death, but... they just make it so easy. Literal Nazi behavior.
Reposted by Sam Kovnar
one effect of downzoning: you fuck with people's businesses
October 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
one effect of downzoning: you fuck with people's businesses
Reposted by Sam Kovnar
Two #GrandAve business owners have started a campaign to “save Grand Ave’s parking” - even though parking utilization is below 50%, and parking is only planned to be removed on one side of the street.
It seems they’re trying to get signatures for a petition against upcoming safety improvements.
It seems they’re trying to get signatures for a petition against upcoming safety improvements.
October 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Two #GrandAve business owners have started a campaign to “save Grand Ave’s parking” - even though parking utilization is below 50%, and parking is only planned to be removed on one side of the street.
It seems they’re trying to get signatures for a petition against upcoming safety improvements.
It seems they’re trying to get signatures for a petition against upcoming safety improvements.
I realize I deleted my rant about the state of the smoldering, rotting husk of an app formerly known as Twitter, but I just want to say:
If you're a liberal or leftist org and your website still links to your Twitter account, what are you even doing???
If you're a liberal or leftist org and your website still links to your Twitter account, what are you even doing???
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I realize I deleted my rant about the state of the smoldering, rotting husk of an app formerly known as Twitter, but I just want to say:
If you're a liberal or leftist org and your website still links to your Twitter account, what are you even doing???
If you're a liberal or leftist org and your website still links to your Twitter account, what are you even doing???
The only difference between a citizen and a so-called "undocumented immigrant" is paperwork.
ICE has no place in a civilized society and any serious future Democratic candidates will recognize it. It is a danger to all of us to have a department built to cause harm to civilians.
ICE has no place in a civilized society and any serious future Democratic candidates will recognize it. It is a danger to all of us to have a department built to cause harm to civilians.
“Abolish ICE” doesn’t mean rebranding or shifting its powers elsewhere—it means ending the deportation, detention & incarceration machine targeting immigrant communities.
Read @sarahlazare.bsky.social's 2018 piece on the demand’s roots & meaning:
inthesetimes.com/article/abol...
Read @sarahlazare.bsky.social's 2018 piece on the demand’s roots & meaning:
inthesetimes.com/article/abol...
September 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The only difference between a citizen and a so-called "undocumented immigrant" is paperwork.
ICE has no place in a civilized society and any serious future Democratic candidates will recognize it. It is a danger to all of us to have a department built to cause harm to civilians.
ICE has no place in a civilized society and any serious future Democratic candidates will recognize it. It is a danger to all of us to have a department built to cause harm to civilians.
F-Droid releases a statement about Android's upcoming government identification requirement for developers, and why this could be disastrous for the open-source Android ecosystem:
f-droid.org/2025/09/29/g...
#fdroid #foss #android
f-droid.org/2025/09/29/g...
#fdroid #foss #android
F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
For the past 15 years, F-Droidhas provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world tofind and install free and open source apps. When cont...
f-droid.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
F-Droid releases a statement about Android's upcoming government identification requirement for developers, and why this could be disastrous for the open-source Android ecosystem:
f-droid.org/2025/09/29/g...
#fdroid #foss #android
f-droid.org/2025/09/29/g...
#fdroid #foss #android
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It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
September 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.
But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.
Reposted by Sam Kovnar
Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are being arrested based on ‘how they look’
Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’
Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are being arrested based on ‘how they look’
Hearing about Philadelphia while living in Chicago feels like a neverending Ghost Of Christmas Future
The Philly lawyer -- whose lawsuit led to SEPTA fully restoring their service amid their financial crisis -- plans to sue the transit agency again to stop their increased fares: on.nbc10.com/7uvFxDA
Philly lawyer plans to sue SEPTA again to stop increased fares
George Bochetto -- whose lawsuit led to SEPTA restoring their service amid their budget crisis -- plans to sue them again to stop their fare hikes.
on.nbc10.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hearing about Philadelphia while living in Chicago feels like a neverending Ghost Of Christmas Future
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Very cool! "Metra will put its prototype Café Car into service this fall, rotating it across most of its busiest lines and stations."
www.metra.com/newsroom/met...
No word on whether it will include live DJ's, like last June's Morning Coffee Rave. 🚉 ☕️ 🎵 💃🕺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eeo...
www.metra.com/newsroom/met...
No word on whether it will include live DJ's, like last June's Morning Coffee Rave. 🚉 ☕️ 🎵 💃🕺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eeo...
September 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Very cool! "Metra will put its prototype Café Car into service this fall, rotating it across most of its busiest lines and stations."
www.metra.com/newsroom/met...
No word on whether it will include live DJ's, like last June's Morning Coffee Rave. 🚉 ☕️ 🎵 💃🕺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eeo...
www.metra.com/newsroom/met...
No word on whether it will include live DJ's, like last June's Morning Coffee Rave. 🚉 ☕️ 🎵 💃🕺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eeo...
Reposted by Sam Kovnar
RayLo monthly shutup challenge
September 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
RayLo monthly shutup challenge