Cassidy
@cassidy.social
militant pedestrian • web software worker • chicago by way of nyc • she/her
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Sorry, but you shouldn't need fucking hiking boots with spikes to walk around your neighborhood
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December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sorry, but you shouldn't need fucking hiking boots with spikes to walk around your neighborhood
If a roadway carried as high a risk of personal injury to drivers for weeks on end as this icy sidewalk does for pedestrians, wouldn’t the City of Chicago do something about it?
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If a roadway carried as high a risk of personal injury to drivers for weeks on end as this icy sidewalk does for pedestrians, wouldn’t the City of Chicago do something about it?
@chicagocta.bsky.social You gotta figure out the bus bunching. Please.
December 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
@chicagocta.bsky.social You gotta figure out the bus bunching. Please.
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for anyone unaware since I have moots with this person, @climateandtransit.bsky.social is out here today being super ableist and gross! you would think a climate and transit activist would have more care for people with disabilities but I guess not.
December 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
for anyone unaware since I have moots with this person, @climateandtransit.bsky.social is out here today being super ableist and gross! you would think a climate and transit activist would have more care for people with disabilities but I guess not.
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This piece is so good
Opinion | Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This piece is so good
I’ll be the first to remove the facade: I DO have an emotionally driven hatred of cars!
Turbo-urbanist dorks try and maintain the facade that you don't just have an emotionally driven hatred of cars challenge: impossible
December 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I’ll be the first to remove the facade: I DO have an emotionally driven hatred of cars!
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The Discourse is about speed cameras and ignition interlocks. Neither of these are carceral, because they are alternatives to police and prisons. Speed cameras remove racist and violent cops from enforcement of speeding, and interlocks prevent multiple offenses - or crashes - that lead to jail time.
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Discourse is about speed cameras and ignition interlocks. Neither of these are carceral, because they are alternatives to police and prisons. Speed cameras remove racist and violent cops from enforcement of speeding, and interlocks prevent multiple offenses - or crashes - that lead to jail time.
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It is literally life and death if you speed
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It is literally life and death if you speed
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for whatever reason, the victims of traffic violence never factor into the calculation. no urgency there. but do something that might affect a suburban lawyer who had a few drinks and then it becomes an “equity” issue
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
for whatever reason, the victims of traffic violence never factor into the calculation. no urgency there. but do something that might affect a suburban lawyer who had a few drinks and then it becomes an “equity” issue
Is it just me, or do Chicago alders have way too much power?
December 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Is it just me, or do Chicago alders have way too much power?
It's gonna be overcast and freezing in Chicago for another 4 months, isn't it
December 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's gonna be overcast and freezing in Chicago for another 4 months, isn't it
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it's my time, the people are reaching for the term Secular Calvinism they just need it to be handed to them
It's a religion without a name. It's all ritual and the texts are viral Instagram Reels instantly forgotten. RETVRNism or RFKism or something.
December 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
it's my time, the people are reaching for the term Secular Calvinism they just need it to be handed to them
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BLUE BOX: 5765 VISTA GRANDE DR, WELDON CA 93283
APC: 66 MESEROLE AVE, BROOKLYN NY 11222
BLUE BOX: 1680 38TH ST, BOULDER CO 80301
PO LOBBY: 501 4TH ST, LAKE OSWEGO OR 97034
APC: 66 MESEROLE AVE, BROOKLYN NY 11222
BLUE BOX: 1680 38TH ST, BOULDER CO 80301
PO LOBBY: 501 4TH ST, LAKE OSWEGO OR 97034
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
BLUE BOX: 5765 VISTA GRANDE DR, WELDON CA 93283
APC: 66 MESEROLE AVE, BROOKLYN NY 11222
BLUE BOX: 1680 38TH ST, BOULDER CO 80301
PO LOBBY: 501 4TH ST, LAKE OSWEGO OR 97034
APC: 66 MESEROLE AVE, BROOKLYN NY 11222
BLUE BOX: 1680 38TH ST, BOULDER CO 80301
PO LOBBY: 501 4TH ST, LAKE OSWEGO OR 97034
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I came across *the* example I have been hammering with these food delivery robots.
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I came across *the* example I have been hammering with these food delivery robots.
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
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i don't get the love for waymo in certain urbanist circles. it's safer cars, at least it seems that way from available data, but it's more cars. more cars are bad! we should want less cars!
December 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
i don't get the love for waymo in certain urbanist circles. it's safer cars, at least it seems that way from available data, but it's more cars. more cars are bad! we should want less cars!
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Imagine getting off the bus at this stop on a major arterial street in Chicago.
The ramp comes down and you roll off with a wheelchair or walker.
I use this stop often with my kids.
The packed ice is about 4 inches thick. The trampled boot path is around 12 inches wide.
The ramp comes down and you roll off with a wheelchair or walker.
I use this stop often with my kids.
The packed ice is about 4 inches thick. The trampled boot path is around 12 inches wide.
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Imagine getting off the bus at this stop on a major arterial street in Chicago.
The ramp comes down and you roll off with a wheelchair or walker.
I use this stop often with my kids.
The packed ice is about 4 inches thick. The trampled boot path is around 12 inches wide.
The ramp comes down and you roll off with a wheelchair or walker.
I use this stop often with my kids.
The packed ice is about 4 inches thick. The trampled boot path is around 12 inches wide.
How much of our lack of non-car mobility infrastructure can be summed up this way?
The city doesn't provide it because no one uses it. --> No one uses it because the city doesn't provide it. --> The city doesn't provide it because no one uses it. And on and on...
The city doesn't provide it because no one uses it. --> No one uses it because the city doesn't provide it. --> The city doesn't provide it because no one uses it. And on and on...
"Look, we don't need to prioritize sidewalk maintenance because no one walks in winter time."
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
How much of our lack of non-car mobility infrastructure can be summed up this way?
The city doesn't provide it because no one uses it. --> No one uses it because the city doesn't provide it. --> The city doesn't provide it because no one uses it. And on and on...
The city doesn't provide it because no one uses it. --> No one uses it because the city doesn't provide it. --> The city doesn't provide it because no one uses it. And on and on...
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this must feel so good if ur a sidewalk
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
this must feel so good if ur a sidewalk
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RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
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Woman fatally struck by CTA bus after apparent slip in South Shore: Chicago police
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
wgntv.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Woman fatally struck by CTA bus after apparent slip in South Shore: Chicago police
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
What a tragedy.
#PlowTheSidewalks is literally a matter of life and death in Chicago.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
lmao
More than now. I was 17+- and could rent a slum apt for $40 on delancey st. The place by the stonewall was a rent control sublet to a friend. Dunno $s
Ps. We now have quite a few YOUNG ppl who thought gender mis-assignment was the prob, just to find out SOCIETY IS. They have drug/booze probs.
Ps. We now have quite a few YOUNG ppl who thought gender mis-assignment was the prob, just to find out SOCIETY IS. They have drug/booze probs.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
lmao
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This op-ed is truly terrible.
A few obvious failures:
🔹 Why are Waymo's self-reported data treated as fact?
🔹 Why does the writer ignore myriad ways to save lives that are cheaper, more reliable, and quicker than waiting for AVs?
🔹 Why doesn't he mention he's a VC partner?
A few obvious failures:
🔹 Why are Waymo's self-reported data treated as fact?
🔹 Why does the writer ignore myriad ways to save lives that are cheaper, more reliable, and quicker than waiting for AVs?
🔹 Why doesn't he mention he's a VC partner?
“There’s a public health imperative to quickly expand the adoption of autonomous vehicles.”
Would the author say the same about building bike lanes? Installing automatic traffic cameras? Requiring Intelligent Speed Assist?
All of those are proven to save lives — and at a fraction of AVs' cost.
Would the author say the same about building bike lanes? Installing automatic traffic cameras? Requiring Intelligent Speed Assist?
All of those are proven to save lives — and at a fraction of AVs' cost.
Opinion | Don’t Fear Self-Driving Cars. They Save Lives.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This op-ed is truly terrible.
A few obvious failures:
🔹 Why are Waymo's self-reported data treated as fact?
🔹 Why does the writer ignore myriad ways to save lives that are cheaper, more reliable, and quicker than waiting for AVs?
🔹 Why doesn't he mention he's a VC partner?
A few obvious failures:
🔹 Why are Waymo's self-reported data treated as fact?
🔹 Why does the writer ignore myriad ways to save lives that are cheaper, more reliable, and quicker than waiting for AVs?
🔹 Why doesn't he mention he's a VC partner?
The other thing that would be a transformative public safety breakthrough would be a massive build-out of public transit.
Further entrenching car-dominance is not the answer.
Further entrenching car-dominance is not the answer.
good piece on Waymo's self driving cars
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The other thing that would be a transformative public safety breakthrough would be a massive build-out of public transit.
Further entrenching car-dominance is not the answer.
Further entrenching car-dominance is not the answer.
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