Jacob E. Peters
@archijake.bsky.social
Lifelong Chicagoan, lived other places, & it just reinforced my desire to live here. My opinions are mine alone. Find me on the other sites, w/ the same handle.
OMG…WANT
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
OMG…WANT
I love this move.
New role, same Omar 👏
Omar González has been named as an assistant coach for Chicago Fire FC II. Additionally, González’s role may include taking the field as a player, which will be instrumental in providing experience and leadership for young players in MLS NEXT Pro and Academy players. #cf97
Omar González has been named as an assistant coach for Chicago Fire FC II. Additionally, González’s role may include taking the field as a player, which will be instrumental in providing experience and leadership for young players in MLS NEXT Pro and Academy players. #cf97
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I love this move.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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Taxpayers have shelled out nearly $71 million for Trump's golf hobby since he retook office — and he's on track to exceed an eye-popping figure
Second-Term Tab For Trump’s Golf Hobby Tops $70 Million, On Track To Exceed $300 Million
The total would double the $151.5 million taxpayers shelled out for him to play golf during his first term.
www.huffpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Taxpayers have shelled out nearly $71 million for Trump's golf hobby since he retook office — and he's on track to exceed an eye-popping figure
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“Special Redaction Project” deserves to go down among the language of legendary dictators and fascists
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Special Redaction Project” deserves to go down among the language of legendary dictators and fascists
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[Judge Ellis] repeatedly found testimony by Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino... not credible. Bovino was evasive, either giving “cute” answers to attorney’s questions or outright lying, the judge said in her [233-page] ruling.
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Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules
CHICAGO — For two months, federal immigration agents unleashed "indiscriminate" force on peaceful protesters and others across the Chicago area — and
blockclubchicago.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
[Judge Ellis] repeatedly found testimony by Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino... not credible. Bovino was evasive, either giving “cute” answers to attorney’s questions or outright lying, the judge said in her [233-page] ruling.
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Incredibly disastrous based on the fatality rate per vehicle mile compared to literally any other transportation option.
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Incredibly disastrous based on the fatality rate per vehicle mile compared to literally any other transportation option.
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Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Who cares if you die in a car crash or leave your kid to its death in the back seat? As long as your car is slightly more affordable.
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Who cares if you die in a car crash or leave your kid to its death in the back seat? As long as your car is slightly more affordable.
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In other NEWS: Masked agents took at least 15 street vendors from Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. “Worst of the worst,” they aren’t. Story by @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social & @zareensyed.bsky.social about neighbors rallying to support culture under attack www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/c...
As ICE detains longtime Chicago street vendors with no criminal history, neighbors rally with emergency funds
As longtime vendors quietly disappear from the corners they’ve held for years, community organizations and neighbors are scrambling to support those taken, their families and those still working on…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In other NEWS: Masked agents took at least 15 street vendors from Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. “Worst of the worst,” they aren’t. Story by @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social & @zareensyed.bsky.social about neighbors rallying to support culture under attack www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/c...
Elizabeth would be a great infill station location to reduce some 1/2 mile walks to the nearest L stop in this increasingly densely populated area.
Demolition Ordered For Former Hindman Auction Buildings - Chicago YIMBY
Three demolition permits issued for West Lake Street in the Fulton Market District signal the beginnings of a new residential tower from developer CedarSt Companies.
chicagoyimby.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Elizabeth would be a great infill station location to reduce some 1/2 mile walks to the nearest L stop in this increasingly densely populated area.
I once missed a Friendsgiving to help a new girlfriend finish a cover letter for a job. It meant I didn’t bring my maple mashed sweet potatoes. The group chat said “you better marry her, because otherwise that is inexcusable”
She is now my wife.
She is now my wife.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I once missed a Friendsgiving to help a new girlfriend finish a cover letter for a job. It meant I didn’t bring my maple mashed sweet potatoes. The group chat said “you better marry her, because otherwise that is inexcusable”
She is now my wife.
She is now my wife.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
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Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change.
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
Commentary: Make 2026 the year to achieve real progress on reforming housing affordability
Growth in and around Chicago depends on lawmakers getting it done, write leaders of Abundant Housing Illinois.
www.chicagobusiness.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change.
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
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“If Trump thinks American voters hate war, wait until he learns how much they hate dishonor. … A bad deal in Ukraine would broadcast to U.S. enemies that they can seize what they want with force or nuclear blackmail or by pressing on until America loses interest.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“If Trump thinks American voters hate war, wait until he learns how much they hate dishonor. … A bad deal in Ukraine would broadcast to U.S. enemies that they can seize what they want with force or nuclear blackmail or by pressing on until America loses interest.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
This is a take I have had for a long time:
Every limited access road into a dense urban core should be tolled in each direction at the rate of the standard fare on a parallel transit route x2.
Every limited access road into a dense urban core should be tolled in each direction at the rate of the standard fare on a parallel transit route x2.
He’s right. And he’s also that rare commodity: a political leader.
Chesto: Mass. lawmaker says ‘congestion pricing’ should be considered to address the T’s fiscal woes… www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/b...
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is a take I have had for a long time:
Every limited access road into a dense urban core should be tolled in each direction at the rate of the standard fare on a parallel transit route x2.
Every limited access road into a dense urban core should be tolled in each direction at the rate of the standard fare on a parallel transit route x2.
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Drivers: "Speeding 10mph over the speed limit is ok as long as I'm doing it at 11pm and I'm not targeting pedestrians"
Also drivers: runs over the stop sign at my kids’ bus stop.
Also drivers: runs over the stop sign at my kids’ bus stop.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Drivers: "Speeding 10mph over the speed limit is ok as long as I'm doing it at 11pm and I'm not targeting pedestrians"
Also drivers: runs over the stop sign at my kids’ bus stop.
Also drivers: runs over the stop sign at my kids’ bus stop.
Literally any of the other movies in the top 10 would be a more worthy #1.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Literally any of the other movies in the top 10 would be a more worthy #1.
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As usual, you can blame William Rehnquist and John Roberts for a lot of the worst things you see in the news
How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence
For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As usual, you can blame William Rehnquist and John Roberts for a lot of the worst things you see in the news
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the concept of being stuck inside for long periods of time and having to make your own fun is the most Minnesotan thing in the world
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
the concept of being stuck inside for long periods of time and having to make your own fun is the most Minnesotan thing in the world
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Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
A crossing guard dies in Hamilton, Ontario, due to regulatory failure and bad design
Meanwhile, in London, the government says, "safe vehicles save lives."
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
When a local publication puts out a list of 26 classic dive bars & I have already been to 20 of them, (1 of which used to be my local) I take pride in this.
Meanwhile my wife thinks this means I have a drinking problem…which is laughable as I literally haven’t had any since <checks notes> the 15th.
Meanwhile my wife thinks this means I have a drinking problem…which is laughable as I literally haven’t had any since <checks notes> the 15th.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
When a local publication puts out a list of 26 classic dive bars & I have already been to 20 of them, (1 of which used to be my local) I take pride in this.
Meanwhile my wife thinks this means I have a drinking problem…which is laughable as I literally haven’t had any since <checks notes> the 15th.
Meanwhile my wife thinks this means I have a drinking problem…which is laughable as I literally haven’t had any since <checks notes> the 15th.
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Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
Transit Oriented Dough-velopment
The best plain slice in Chicago
served in an unlikely place
thepartycut.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Transit Oriented Dough-velopment