Cait Hakala
@caithakala.bsky.social
Chicago. Public Health (MPH). Transit. Embroidery. Polytheism. BookSky. Queer.
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Cait Hakala
@caithakala.bsky.social
· Jul 8
I'm never going to shut up about the Chicago River. You can go out and see these guys! For free! In the middle of chicago!!!!!!
Across the street from my neighbors who haven't shoveled their sidewalk is an elderly, below the knee amputee whose sidewalk is pristine.
Not a good look...FOR CHICAGO. Don't make my disabled neighbor or these folks who are very nice and just out of town responsible for the public way!!!!!
Not a good look...FOR CHICAGO. Don't make my disabled neighbor or these folks who are very nice and just out of town responsible for the public way!!!!!
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Across the street from my neighbors who haven't shoveled their sidewalk is an elderly, below the knee amputee whose sidewalk is pristine.
Not a good look...FOR CHICAGO. Don't make my disabled neighbor or these folks who are very nice and just out of town responsible for the public way!!!!!
Not a good look...FOR CHICAGO. Don't make my disabled neighbor or these folks who are very nice and just out of town responsible for the public way!!!!!
Not me opening holiday mail and going who the hell is Brandon...?
@bedubble.bsky.social your card is lovely and I hung it on my wall!
@bedubble.bsky.social your card is lovely and I hung it on my wall!
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Not me opening holiday mail and going who the hell is Brandon...?
@bedubble.bsky.social your card is lovely and I hung it on my wall!
@bedubble.bsky.social your card is lovely and I hung it on my wall!
Someone here joked that we should include shoveling under the CPD budget and I kind of think that's not the worst idea? If copagandists claim we shouldn't waste police time, the argument is how is it a waste of time to have boots on the ground instead of playing candy crush in a parking lot?
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Someone here joked that we should include shoveling under the CPD budget and I kind of think that's not the worst idea? If copagandists claim we shouldn't waste police time, the argument is how is it a waste of time to have boots on the ground instead of playing candy crush in a parking lot?
Where is my "I will donate to you but I hate paper mailings, please vow to never send me anything in the mail" checkbox?
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Where is my "I will donate to you but I hate paper mailings, please vow to never send me anything in the mail" checkbox?
I wrote to the NU Alumni Association yesterday to request my removal from all mailings including homecoming etc in light of this news. I urge alums, especially younger alums, to do the same. They need to know this is going to affect the future of giving at the school.
Northwestern University offered bland reassurance to trans students and faculty after signing a deal with the Trump administration that sacrificed them for restored funding.
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Northwestern Folds to Pressure, Betraying Trans Students — Assigned
Leading Off: Northwestern University reached an agreement with the Department of Education on Friday to restore federal funding which would remove virtually all protections for transgender students an...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I wrote to the NU Alumni Association yesterday to request my removal from all mailings including homecoming etc in light of this news. I urge alums, especially younger alums, to do the same. They need to know this is going to affect the future of giving at the school.
Husband: you're of Eastern European decent but you're not from the Bloc.
Also husband: you should skeet that so your urbanist friends know how funny I am.
Also husband: you should skeet that so your urbanist friends know how funny I am.
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Husband: you're of Eastern European decent but you're not from the Bloc.
Also husband: you should skeet that so your urbanist friends know how funny I am.
Also husband: you should skeet that so your urbanist friends know how funny I am.
Hitting the GMan Tavern/Big G's/Smartbar trifecta tonight to pretend I'm 26 again
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Hitting the GMan Tavern/Big G's/Smartbar trifecta tonight to pretend I'm 26 again
This is niche but we have family friends named the Graves and were on a pandemic walk near their house. When I said I wanted to swing by to say a distanced hi, my husband thought I meant Graceland Cemetery.
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is niche but we have family friends named the Graves and were on a pandemic walk near their house. When I said I wanted to swing by to say a distanced hi, my husband thought I meant Graceland Cemetery.
The shittier the plate, the better the pizza by the slice.
November 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The shittier the plate, the better the pizza by the slice.
This is also true of John Mulaney--he built a brand as a wife guy and then cheated on his wife 🤷♀️
It's funny to me when comedians tokenize themselves like this because they frequently accuse women & POC comedians of being unfunny except vis-a-vis identity politics.
It's funny to me when comedians tokenize themselves like this because they frequently accuse women & POC comedians of being unfunny except vis-a-vis identity politics.
Even setting aside not wanting to support him for jacking off in front of people, I feel like the fact that he did it undercut the entire concept of Louis CK as a comedian: that he was a man with repulsive thoughts and urges, but who had attained the self-knowledge that comes with recognizing them
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is also true of John Mulaney--he built a brand as a wife guy and then cheated on his wife 🤷♀️
It's funny to me when comedians tokenize themselves like this because they frequently accuse women & POC comedians of being unfunny except vis-a-vis identity politics.
It's funny to me when comedians tokenize themselves like this because they frequently accuse women & POC comedians of being unfunny except vis-a-vis identity politics.
My alma mater are pathetic traitors.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
My alma mater are pathetic traitors.
I washed a lot of dishes tonight and I do think I'm my niece's favorite aunt so honestly today could not have gone better.
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I washed a lot of dishes tonight and I do think I'm my niece's favorite aunt so honestly today could not have gone better.
I think euchre is tearing my in-laws apart
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I think euchre is tearing my in-laws apart
If you were worried that Estereo wouldn't be packed on blackout wednesday, don't be.
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
If you were worried that Estereo wouldn't be packed on blackout wednesday, don't be.
It's nice when your alma mater doesn't totally shit the bed.
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It's nice when your alma mater doesn't totally shit the bed.
Unpopular opinion (?): Eddie Vedder and Dave Matthews sound the same.
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Unpopular opinion (?): Eddie Vedder and Dave Matthews sound the same.
Taming of the Shrew at Court Theatre was so good--Court is 2 for 2 this season with absolute banger ensembles.
I was skeptical of the metanarrative initially but I absolutely loved it. Bianca was a standout as well as the chemistry between Kate & Petruchio. Go see it before December 14!!
I was skeptical of the metanarrative initially but I absolutely loved it. Bianca was a standout as well as the chemistry between Kate & Petruchio. Go see it before December 14!!
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Taming of the Shrew at Court Theatre was so good--Court is 2 for 2 this season with absolute banger ensembles.
I was skeptical of the metanarrative initially but I absolutely loved it. Bianca was a standout as well as the chemistry between Kate & Petruchio. Go see it before December 14!!
I was skeptical of the metanarrative initially but I absolutely loved it. Bianca was a standout as well as the chemistry between Kate & Petruchio. Go see it before December 14!!
Trucks shouldn't be allowed within city limits. Make them offload their goods to smaller vehicles. I'm tired of IDOT using trucks as an excuse for stroads and I'm tired of trucks on roads they have no business being on.
A semi should never go through a school zone.
A semi should never go through a school zone.
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Trucks shouldn't be allowed within city limits. Make them offload their goods to smaller vehicles. I'm tired of IDOT using trucks as an excuse for stroads and I'm tired of trucks on roads they have no business being on.
A semi should never go through a school zone.
A semi should never go through a school zone.
Collaborators alongside @govpritzker.illinois.gov.
the cook county sheriff’s office confirms 21 anti-ice protesters were arrested this morning by local police outside the broadview ice detention center.
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Collaborators alongside @govpritzker.illinois.gov.
I'm not over jeff epstein's email address being "[email protected]."
Not all these oligarchs replying to JEEVACATIONS about their crimes!!!!
Not all these oligarchs replying to JEEVACATIONS about their crimes!!!!
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I'm not over jeff epstein's email address being "[email protected]."
Not all these oligarchs replying to JEEVACATIONS about their crimes!!!!
Not all these oligarchs replying to JEEVACATIONS about their crimes!!!!
A lot of folks who depend on public transit (but aren't as chronically online and bus obsessed as my moots and I are) won't necessarily know how much time, effort, and strategy transit wonks invested in getting here over the past year. But I know and I'm extraordinarily grateful to you all.
The 2026 @chicagocta.bsky.social budget reverses a proposed 10% fare increase but does maintain some $60 million in cost savings previously identified. It also makes permanent the regional day pass allowing a single, discounted 24-hour fare across CTA, Metra and Pace. news.wttw.com/2025/11/12/c...
CTA OKs Budget With No Cuts or Fare Hikes; Major Service Boosts Planned When New Public Funding Arrives
The 2026 budget makes permanent the regional day pass allowing a single, discounted 24-hour fare across CTA, Metra and Pace, as well as a program allowing paratransit users to ride for free on fixed r...
news.wttw.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A lot of folks who depend on public transit (but aren't as chronically online and bus obsessed as my moots and I are) won't necessarily know how much time, effort, and strategy transit wonks invested in getting here over the past year. But I know and I'm extraordinarily grateful to you all.
My SIL and I are friends on Finch and it's so nice that she wishes me a good morning there practically every day 😭😭😭
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My SIL and I are friends on Finch and it's so nice that she wishes me a good morning there practically every day 😭😭😭
Rare Anish Kapoor w
The artist Anish Kapoor is considering taking legal action after border patrol agents posed for a photo in front of his Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago, saying the scene represented “fascist America”. Too true! US has gone full fascist.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘This is fascist America’: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents pose by his sculpture
Artist says ‘military style’ raids in US are ‘beyond belief’ while discussing new Southbank show next year
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Rare Anish Kapoor w
Just a reminder that this guy's a fucking weirdo like the rest of his family. We cannot keep passing the same Kennedy braincell among all branches of government.
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just a reminder that this guy's a fucking weirdo like the rest of his family. We cannot keep passing the same Kennedy braincell among all branches of government.
Front cameras are not a replacement for your actual sight and also THIS ENTIRE IMAGE.
F150s in particular have to go.
F150s in particular have to go.
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Front cameras are not a replacement for your actual sight and also THIS ENTIRE IMAGE.
F150s in particular have to go.
F150s in particular have to go.