Rudy Faust
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"Please drive everywhere; do not take the bus or bike or walk" --City of Chicago
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 4:13 AM
"Please drive everywhere; do not take the bus or bike or walk" --City of Chicago
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This is how easy it is to create safer, more vibrant, human-scale neighborhoods!
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is how easy it is to create safer, more vibrant, human-scale neighborhoods!
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NREL has produced 1000 patents and 50,000 publications and billions of dollars in economic benefit and the people in charge probably want to kill it
NEW: I heard from a bunch of NREL employees after the announcement of a name change yesterday. They're not thrilled.
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
NREL has produced 1000 patents and 50,000 publications and billions of dollars in economic benefit and the people in charge probably want to kill it
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We face a climate emergency, a housing/affordabikity/homelessness emergency, a public health emergency, an equity emergency, an infrastructure cost emergency, all tied to too low densities, not enough housing, & far too much car dependency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
Despite a well-recognized housing emergency in Puget Sounds, cities continue to wield their emergency powers in ways that are related to...anything but that crisis.
A latest example: Bellevue is considering an emergency control tonight to protect the "character" of Old Bellevue from development.
A latest example: Bellevue is considering an emergency control tonight to protect the "character" of Old Bellevue from development.
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We face a climate emergency, a housing/affordabikity/homelessness emergency, a public health emergency, an equity emergency, an infrastructure cost emergency, all tied to too low densities, not enough housing, & far too much car dependency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
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Chicago is trying to ban hemp-based drinks that have been selling great and not causing any problems.
If you oppose this ban, write your alderman!
chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...
If you oppose this ban, write your alderman!
chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...
Proposed ordinance could outlaw hemp products in Chicago before federal ban next year
Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) is pushing to limit hemp product sales to cannabis dispensaries, potentially kneecapping a massive Illinois industry months before a federal ban takes effect.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Chicago is trying to ban hemp-based drinks that have been selling great and not causing any problems.
If you oppose this ban, write your alderman!
chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...
If you oppose this ban, write your alderman!
chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...
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You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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love the reassuring hand on the puke operator's shoulder here. "you've got this, buddy."
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
love the reassuring hand on the puke operator's shoulder here. "you've got this, buddy."
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Note that NYT op-ed writer describes himself as a surgeon, but he's also a venture capital partner. (Nothing in his background suggests experience w/transportation.)
VCs are huge boosters of AVs' safety claims, for obvious and self-interested reasons. Listen to the transportation experts instead.
VCs are huge boosters of AVs' safety claims, for obvious and self-interested reasons. Listen to the transportation experts instead.
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Note that NYT op-ed writer describes himself as a surgeon, but he's also a venture capital partner. (Nothing in his background suggests experience w/transportation.)
VCs are huge boosters of AVs' safety claims, for obvious and self-interested reasons. Listen to the transportation experts instead.
VCs are huge boosters of AVs' safety claims, for obvious and self-interested reasons. Listen to the transportation experts instead.
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“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 2:46 PM
“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.
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Mom Impressed By Tattooed Person’s Manners https://theonion.com/mom-impressed-by-tattooed-persons-manners/
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mom Impressed By Tattooed Person’s Manners https://theonion.com/mom-impressed-by-tattooed-persons-manners/
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Tales from the dashcam NS FB group today: Drivers are up in arms because there could be *checks notes* camera-based enforcement of road laws.
From one genius, “As if life isn’t tough enough for most people…”
Won’t somebody please think of the dangerous drivers. Their lives are very hard.
From one genius, “As if life isn’t tough enough for most people…”
Won’t somebody please think of the dangerous drivers. Their lives are very hard.
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Tales from the dashcam NS FB group today: Drivers are up in arms because there could be *checks notes* camera-based enforcement of road laws.
From one genius, “As if life isn’t tough enough for most people…”
Won’t somebody please think of the dangerous drivers. Their lives are very hard.
From one genius, “As if life isn’t tough enough for most people…”
Won’t somebody please think of the dangerous drivers. Their lives are very hard.
Remember when everyone was freaking out about the Stalinist 15-minute cities? The trick was to make it about consumerism and to sacrifice lives to amazon for crap no one needs.
Amazon is testing 30-minute deliveries
Amazon is testing 30-minute deliveries
Two previous ultra-fast delivery services were failures for Amazon.
buff.ly
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Remember when everyone was freaking out about the Stalinist 15-minute cities? The trick was to make it about consumerism and to sacrifice lives to amazon for crap no one needs.
Between the e-bike scare piece, the general nonsense about safe streets, and this press release, I’m beginning to think that the NYT is edited by a car.
If one feels so strongly that AVs are necessary because driving by people is too unsafe, they should take that idea further and support reducing the need to drive in all or most circumstances. We don’t need AVs to make safety improvements, and we shouldn’t get stuck on tech fixes. Gift link
Opinion | Don’t Fear Self-Driving Cars. They Save Lives.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Between the e-bike scare piece, the general nonsense about safe streets, and this press release, I’m beginning to think that the NYT is edited by a car.
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If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are “narco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are “narco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?
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Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
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December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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If this isn’t the biggest bunch of bullshit….
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman sent nearly 12k racist robocalls to Detroit voters in 2020, spreading lies designed to scare Black residents away from mail-in voting. No jail time for orchestrating targeted voter suppression in a majority-Black city.
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
If this isn’t the biggest bunch of bullshit….
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a widowed veteran remarried after losing his first wife to cancer has his new wife taken by ICE and he ends up starting a support group after meeting others in the military who had the same thing happen to them. the trauma being inflicted on these families is just incalculable.
“I kind of feel betrayed, to be honest. We do everything that we can to protect and serve our country. And then they betray us by treating us like we’ve never done anything.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE arrests at San Diego green card interviews include military spouses
These kinds of arrests began Nov. 12, multiple immigration attorneys say, many adding they had never seen anything like this before.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
a widowed veteran remarried after losing his first wife to cancer has his new wife taken by ICE and he ends up starting a support group after meeting others in the military who had the same thing happen to them. the trauma being inflicted on these families is just incalculable.
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in related news, Pakistan has negotiated to turn away 35 LNG cargoes for 2026. They had contracted for those deliveries, but now no longer needs them
profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/12/01/p...
profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/12/01/p...
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
in related news, Pakistan has negotiated to turn away 35 LNG cargoes for 2026. They had contracted for those deliveries, but now no longer needs them
profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/12/01/p...
profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/12/01/p...
This, and not paying his contractors, comes as no surprise to anyone who paid attention to his career as a developer.
Trump told crews working on White House ballroom to ignore zoning conditions: report
Trump told crews working on White House ballroom to ignore zoning conditions: report
Trump told crews working on White House ballroom to ignore zoning conditions: report
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This, and not paying his contractors, comes as no surprise to anyone who paid attention to his career as a developer.
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wrote about the old german church being torn down in logan square, to be replaced with four single family homes;
flizikowski & kaiser, 1896, built after their second church on the site burned down
www.postcard-past.com/evangelical-...
flizikowski & kaiser, 1896, built after their second church on the site burned down
www.postcard-past.com/evangelical-...
Evangelical Lutheran Christus Kirche, Chicago
Chicago will still have hundreds of underused former churches once the former Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Logan Square is completely demolished, but this outcome is a letdown through whichev...
www.postcard-past.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
wrote about the old german church being torn down in logan square, to be replaced with four single family homes;
flizikowski & kaiser, 1896, built after their second church on the site burned down
www.postcard-past.com/evangelical-...
flizikowski & kaiser, 1896, built after their second church on the site burned down
www.postcard-past.com/evangelical-...
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One Afghan immigrant shoots two National Guard members, MAGA insists that all immigration from "Third World" (Read: Brown countries) is immediately and permanently halted.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
One Afghan immigrant shoots two National Guard members, MAGA insists that all immigration from "Third World" (Read: Brown countries) is immediately and permanently halted.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.