Logical Frank
@logicalfrank.com
Richard J. Daley Branch enthusiast and general issue Chicago person. I throw yoyos, homebrew and get angry about bike lanes. He/him.
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Every Black Friday I take the time to read what is perhaps my favorite piece in the history of online media— @jonbois.bsky.social on RadioShack’s slow, painful death.
www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7...
www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7...
A eulogy for RadioShack, the panicked and half-dead retail empire
This may very well be RadioShack’s final holiday season. Jon, a former employee, looks back on a strange, craven, five thousand-fingered strip-mall monster from a forgotten age.
www.sbnation.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Every Black Friday I take the time to read what is perhaps my favorite piece in the history of online media— @jonbois.bsky.social on RadioShack’s slow, painful death.
www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7...
www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7...
A snow globe broke open in one of our tubs of Xmas decorations and black mold grew over everything. Inauspicious!
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A snow globe broke open in one of our tubs of Xmas decorations and black mold grew over everything. Inauspicious!
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Introduce yourself with some concerts you've seen at the Empty Bottle
Bob Mould
Roky Erickson
Exene Cervenka
Elliott Smith
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dead Moon
The Fall
Bob Mould
Roky Erickson
Exene Cervenka
Elliott Smith
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dead Moon
The Fall
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen.
Low
Huun Huur Tu
Mike Watt
Mike Doughty
Thee Silver Mt. Zion
Low
Huun Huur Tu
Mike Watt
Mike Doughty
Thee Silver Mt. Zion
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Tanya Tagaq
Dead Can Dance
Einstein on the Beach
Jane Siberry
Sarah MacLachlan
Tanya Tagaq
Dead Can Dance
Einstein on the Beach
Jane Siberry
Sarah MacLachlan
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Introduce yourself with some concerts you've seen at the Empty Bottle
Bob Mould
Roky Erickson
Exene Cervenka
Elliott Smith
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dead Moon
The Fall
Bob Mould
Roky Erickson
Exene Cervenka
Elliott Smith
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dead Moon
The Fall
A child, peeling potatoes:
"Get me a screwdriver. You know why I need it."
"Get me a screwdriver. You know why I need it."
November 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A child, peeling potatoes:
"Get me a screwdriver. You know why I need it."
"Get me a screwdriver. You know why I need it."
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1. Continuous sidewalk/bike lane, sharp entrance curb for cars entering side street.
2. "Parking lane" alternates between car parking, bike parking, bus stop, trees. It's a multi-use lane, essentially.
3. Wide bike lane + mountable curb means a stopped car is no problem for this cyclist.
2. "Parking lane" alternates between car parking, bike parking, bus stop, trees. It's a multi-use lane, essentially.
3. Wide bike lane + mountable curb means a stopped car is no problem for this cyclist.
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
1. Continuous sidewalk/bike lane, sharp entrance curb for cars entering side street.
2. "Parking lane" alternates between car parking, bike parking, bus stop, trees. It's a multi-use lane, essentially.
3. Wide bike lane + mountable curb means a stopped car is no problem for this cyclist.
2. "Parking lane" alternates between car parking, bike parking, bus stop, trees. It's a multi-use lane, essentially.
3. Wide bike lane + mountable curb means a stopped car is no problem for this cyclist.
If you had wondered what happened to the Jesse White Tumblers now that he's not Secretary of State...
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you had wondered what happened to the Jesse White Tumblers now that he's not Secretary of State...
I am thankful for the best tree.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I am thankful for the best tree.
Did your dad put the turkey in the bathtub to defrost? This memory just came flooding back to me.
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Did your dad put the turkey in the bathtub to defrost? This memory just came flooding back to me.
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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My new AI girlfriend is *so* supportive of my sports betting hobby!
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My new AI girlfriend is *so* supportive of my sports betting hobby!
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Technical perfection, an incredible soundtrack, and impossible to put down: Sektori is one of the best games of the year and every sicko needs to play it. aftermath.site/sektori-shoote...
Sektori Is The Technically Perfect Heir To Geometry Wars
I need every sicko reading this to play Sektori right now.
aftermath.site
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Technical perfection, an incredible soundtrack, and impossible to put down: Sektori is one of the best games of the year and every sicko needs to play it. aftermath.site/sektori-shoote...
I can never seem to remember how wind speeds relate to how windy it feels. Like is 20 mph pretty windy or don't ride your bike windy.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I can never seem to remember how wind speeds relate to how windy it feels. Like is 20 mph pretty windy or don't ride your bike windy.
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wait that’s literally ghost turnip
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
wait that’s literally ghost turnip
I'm going to say way more words than I'm allowed to, come what may.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I'm going to say way more words than I'm allowed to, come what may.
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Fascist Lopez is trying to get a bike lane removed in Brighton Park!!!
@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
@bikegridnow.org
@chi.streetsblog.org
#BikeChi
#ChiBike
@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
@bikegridnow.org
@chi.streetsblog.org
#BikeChi
#ChiBike
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Fascist Lopez is trying to get a bike lane removed in Brighton Park!!!
@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
@bikegridnow.org
@chi.streetsblog.org
#BikeChi
#ChiBike
@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
@bikegridnow.org
@chi.streetsblog.org
#BikeChi
#ChiBike
Affected models:
RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5. The battery model number (HL-RP-S1304 or RP-1304) is printed on a label on the back or rear of the battery.
RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5. The battery model number (HL-RP-S1304 or RP-1304) is printed on a label on the back or rear of the battery.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Affected models:
RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5. The battery model number (HL-RP-S1304 or RP-1304) is printed on a label on the back or rear of the battery.
RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5. The battery model number (HL-RP-S1304 or RP-1304) is printed on a label on the back or rear of the battery.
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if you live here, you should be able to vote here
Noncitizen voting in local elections was common during the 18th and parts of the 19th centuries and some municipalities in the U.S. have revived the practice. New York City passed a law permitting it, but this year it was struck down.
Ahead of Mayor Race, Noncitizen New Yorkers Grapple with a Voting Policy Failure to Launch
For a brief moment, it seemed some noncitizen New Yorkers may gain the right to vote locally. But with the law struck down earlier this year, they remain at the margins.
boltsmag.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
if you live here, you should be able to vote here
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The oldest brewing school in the U.S. is leaving Chicago for Canada, citing Trump visa restrictions. blockclubchi.co/4oaLGmn
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The oldest brewing school in the U.S. is leaving Chicago for Canada, citing Trump visa restrictions. blockclubchi.co/4oaLGmn
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ChatGPT launched three years ago. Now the web is filling with slop.
We can rewild it, but we'll need to get creative...
Today I’m launching The Human-Made Project, a simple and decentralized way to label creative works as being made by a human, not by AI. thehumanmade.org
We can rewild it, but we'll need to get creative...
Today I’m launching The Human-Made Project, a simple and decentralized way to label creative works as being made by a human, not by AI. thehumanmade.org
The Human-Made Project
Show the world your work is Human-Made
thehumanmade.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
ChatGPT launched three years ago. Now the web is filling with slop.
We can rewild it, but we'll need to get creative...
Today I’m launching The Human-Made Project, a simple and decentralized way to label creative works as being made by a human, not by AI. thehumanmade.org
We can rewild it, but we'll need to get creative...
Today I’m launching The Human-Made Project, a simple and decentralized way to label creative works as being made by a human, not by AI. thehumanmade.org
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She might not be good for bike safety 😗
Ald. Dowell went on a bike junket to Denmark and also blocked protected bike lanes on King Drive
chi.streetsblog.org/2013/09/27/p...
chi.streetsblog.org/2013/09/27/p...
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
She might not be good for bike safety 😗
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Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
Tortoises are so good I wonder why we bother with turtles anymore.
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Tortoises are so good I wonder why we bother with turtles anymore.
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I’m tearing up a little. Recognition from someone as amazing as Dan feels good.
Also, BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT! Come to my whistle kit assembly event tonight at Nighthawk (4744 N Kimball), 5:30-8 pm!
Also, BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT! Come to my whistle kit assembly event tonight at Nighthawk (4744 N Kimball), 5:30-8 pm!
Shoutouts within to @marc-fischer.bsky.social who was the first person I saw distroing whistles and inspired me, to @bibliogrrl.bsky.social who has been 3D printing like a madwoman, and @lefttheprairie.bsky.social who has been responsible for literally tens of thousands of whistles getting out.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I’m tearing up a little. Recognition from someone as amazing as Dan feels good.
Also, BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT! Come to my whistle kit assembly event tonight at Nighthawk (4744 N Kimball), 5:30-8 pm!
Also, BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT! Come to my whistle kit assembly event tonight at Nighthawk (4744 N Kimball), 5:30-8 pm!