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Izzi
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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😳

(Not a real gun but still wtf)
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
siri play “afraid of horses” by half gringa
I swear to god none of the people involved here have actually played this game because if they did they’d be embarrassed that this is what they’re afraid of.
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
December 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
voice of a generation
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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PHOTOS: Feds deploy tear gas in Elgin as hourslong standoff ends in man's arrest

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Thin people always think we're imagining things. We are not.
“I don’t treat fat people any differently”

(Photos by the inimitable Haley Morris Cafiero: www.haleymorriscafiero.com)
December 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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A reminder: Gregory Bovino may be gone and a bunch of his men aren't here anymore but Border Patrol is still in Chicagoland, randomly stopping folks at Home Depots and chasing people through the snow.
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?

That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
have been sitting on this one for a bit as too niche, and it is, but …
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
As a side note to the broader point - here’s yet another reason for reducing car dependency. A car shouldn’t have to be an essential.
Gen Z is spending more on essentials than previous generations, yet their wages aren't keeping up.

It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."

When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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"Randy Mastro felt he had to do something but didn't want to do a single thing to validate anyone loosely associated with Transportation Alternatives" may be the Occam's Razor explanation here, eh?

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I am profoundly grateful for the support. As some of you have requested, I am releasing our full secure bike parking proposal publicly for NYC. We did not take anything for granted-- we partnered with global leaders in London and Paris as well as Motivate + others

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December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I am profoundly grateful for the support. As some of you have requested, I am releasing our full secure bike parking proposal publicly for NYC. We did not take anything for granted-- we partnered with global leaders in London and Paris as well as Motivate + others

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December 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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I have no insight into any of this process or Oonee's proposal, but it's a real shame that a local company was seemingly denied this opportunity all around.
Today was the hardest day of my life. We fought for nearly a decade to bring secure bike parking to NYC and ultimately were completely excluded from the @nyc-dot.bsky.social process for citywide system. To those who believed in us and our vision, I am so sorry.

nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/01/a...
Adams Administration Picks Vendor for Bike Locker Vendor After Years-Long Wait - Streetsblog New York City
Bike parking lockers built by Tranzito are coming to hundreds of locations across the five boroughs, the Eric Adams administration said.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Good morning.
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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a lovely thread. a really good live theatrical effect has a magic that cinema just can't reproduce
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Was able to spot 3 of the named plows: Sleet Home Chicago, Da Plow, and Jean Baptiste Pont du Shovel. No sign of my plow, dubbed Ernie Snowbanks. @sorenspicknall.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Hello, YouTube has shown me a video of a guy teaching an octopus from the fish market to play piano
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWn...
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
YouTube video by Mattias Krantz
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Just posting this so I can embed this in a future blog. Yams. Sweet Potato Yams.
April 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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When the new bike lane is just paint:
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM