Steven Lucy
@slucy.bsky.social
I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
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WE ARE SO BACK
With more than 3B riders, the NYC MTA remains by far America's busiest transit agency
But there was a big shakeup in the ranking of other major transit agencies in 2025, with Chicago's CTA reclaiming the #2 spot from LA Metro and DC's WMATA then bumping LA Metro to 4th place
But there was a big shakeup in the ranking of other major transit agencies in 2025, with Chicago's CTA reclaiming the #2 spot from LA Metro and DC's WMATA then bumping LA Metro to 4th place
February 6, 2026 at 2:33 AM
WE ARE SO BACK
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The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring
![To:
Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com]
From:
Sent:
Wed 7/15/2009 1:56:13 AM
Subject:
Re: florida visit?
good typing!
oh well, looks like it's a long flight anyhow... edmonton is so far away from EVERYTHING.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
wrote:
i am tied up until aug
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM,
wrote:
You planted a seed with your invite today. I have next Wed thru Sunday off (July 22-26), my last vacation for months.
I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary but I (DON'T) think my body can handle it! I pull a muscle every time, and I'm starting to realize my budding polo career might have to take a back seat to my actual job.
think
What are you doing next week?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kpgkv4xcyduvylimyapgcj7/bafkreifsvmmha2afgveksvxc5czx4rwpan2e37riayppfadft5sfr43vxm@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring
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this is a good example of the ICE/DHS tactic I'm talking about, and how the system is operated with an eye to keeping a person in detention long enough that the detainee requests their own removal. both a labor saving tactic and ideologically aligned with ICE's anti-migrant culture.
There's been lots of attention on 1 particular inexperienced & untrained govt lawyer
But I want to give a shout-out to Kira Kelley,
climatedefenseproject.org/profile/kira...,
who focused on ICE's horrific treatment of an immigrant prisoner -- all occurring *after* the court had ordered him released
But I want to give a shout-out to Kira Kelley,
climatedefenseproject.org/profile/kira...,
who focused on ICE's horrific treatment of an immigrant prisoner -- all occurring *after* the court had ordered him released
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
this is a good example of the ICE/DHS tactic I'm talking about, and how the system is operated with an eye to keeping a person in detention long enough that the detainee requests their own removal. both a labor saving tactic and ideologically aligned with ICE's anti-migrant culture.
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A night of broken glass if you will.
After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
February 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
A night of broken glass if you will.
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I do not mind telling you I teared up watching this.
February 5, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I do not mind telling you I teared up watching this.
Broadcast is back, baby!
MeTV is bringing THE WIZARD OF OZ back to broadcast TV. The movie has continued to be seen regularly on cable (via TNT, TCM and HBO), but its last telecast on over-the-air TV was in 1998 on CBS.
Now MeTV has licensed the classic to run this October as part of its Halloween "BOO-nanaza" stunt.
Now MeTV has licensed the classic to run this October as part of its Halloween "BOO-nanaza" stunt.
a poster of the wizard of oz with the words it 's beautiful isn 't it written on it
ALT: a poster of the wizard of oz with the words it 's beautiful isn 't it written on it
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Broadcast is back, baby!
Hey chat, what's it called when releasing your own words "sullies" your reputation?
Marimar Martinez's attorneys also take on claims that it would "sully" Border Patrol agent Charles Exum to release his text messages.
Martinez's attorneys call it "a fully deserved self-imposed sullying."
Martinez's attorneys call it "a fully deserved self-imposed sullying."
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Hey chat, what's it called when releasing your own words "sullies" your reputation?
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
…
32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
This seems bad
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This seems bad
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Dear FOIA Officers,
I'm not going to make an account on your silly portal.
Love,
Me
I'm not going to make an account on your silly portal.
Love,
Me
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Dear FOIA Officers,
I'm not going to make an account on your silly portal.
Love,
Me
I'm not going to make an account on your silly portal.
Love,
Me
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In November, an SUV driver fatally struck former Tribune VP Walter Mahoney, 74, in Western Springs. A FOIAed crash report shows Mahoney was walking the same route as a recently removed marked crosswalk with beacons.
Crash report shows former Tribune VP Walter Mahoney, 74, was walking the same route as a recently removed crosswalk when he was fatally struck - Streetsblog Chicago
On in the evening of Wednesday, November 19, 2025, a motorist fatally struck beloved former Tribune Media Services Senior Vice President Walter Mahoney, 74, while he was on one of his regular walks ne...
chi.streetsblog.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
In November, an SUV driver fatally struck former Tribune VP Walter Mahoney, 74, in Western Springs. A FOIAed crash report shows Mahoney was walking the same route as a recently removed marked crosswalk with beacons.
Girl, I Guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is out and they, like me, think you should vote for @robertpeters.bsky.social for Congress.
He led the charge that ended cash bail in Illinois!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
He led the charge that ended cash bail in Illinois!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Girl, I Guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is out and they, like me, think you should vote for @robertpeters.bsky.social for Congress.
He led the charge that ended cash bail in Illinois!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
He led the charge that ended cash bail in Illinois!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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ICE shooting Pastor David Black with pepper balls in Chicago, Illinois, September 2025
February 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
ICE shooting Pastor David Black with pepper balls in Chicago, Illinois, September 2025
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Incredibly awesome for India. Incredibly embarrassing for the US.
For reference, the federal government is spending about $28 billion on ICE this year.
For reference, the federal government is spending about $28 billion on ICE this year.
Indian government allocated $32 b for capital expenditures on its railways in 2026. This includes initial funds for 7 additional high-speed lines on 2,500 mi, adding to the 316 mi Mumbai–Ahmedabad Line, now under construction (the US Northeast Corridor is 450 mi). www.railjournal.com/passenger/hi...
February 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Incredibly awesome for India. Incredibly embarrassing for the US.
For reference, the federal government is spending about $28 billion on ICE this year.
For reference, the federal government is spending about $28 billion on ICE this year.
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People are going to be really mad that the ask here isn’t abolishing any deportation ever (which would be my choice if it was just up to me) but this is a very calculated list of reasonable asks that Republicans will lose their minds over, reinforcing revulsion in the American lizard brain.
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
People are going to be really mad that the ask here isn’t abolishing any deportation ever (which would be my choice if it was just up to me) but this is a very calculated list of reasonable asks that Republicans will lose their minds over, reinforcing revulsion in the American lizard brain.
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That's U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson, a Democrat, who represents Illinois' 1st Congressional District, which includes much of the South Side of Chicago
wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
That's U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson, a Democrat, who represents Illinois' 1st Congressional District, which includes much of the South Side of Chicago
There has never been a more honest cover about traffic safety.
February 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
There has never been a more honest cover about traffic safety.
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"After a decade on dating apps, I’ve decided to enter a different market. This is why I’m listing myself on Zillow until I find a good match—which, to my understanding, will be about forty-eight hours."
Tinder Hasn’t Worked, So I’m Putting Myself on Zillow
After a decade on dating apps, I’ve decided to enter a different market. This is why I’m listing myself on Zillow until I find a good match—which, ...
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 AM
"After a decade on dating apps, I’ve decided to enter a different market. This is why I’m listing myself on Zillow until I find a good match—which, to my understanding, will be about forty-eight hours."
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My piece this week tying together the prosecution of Don Lemon and the ruination of the federal justice system:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are cracking down on dissent
But the pursuit of serious criminals has slackened off
www.economist.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
My piece this week tying together the prosecution of Don Lemon and the ruination of the federal justice system:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Holy shit, the opening ceremonies are TOMORROW?
February 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Holy shit, the opening ceremonies are TOMORROW?
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the Swiss mixed doubles curling team is married and when their game ended the Peacock stream just showed them playing with their Curling Baby for like 5 minutes with the Olympics music playing
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 PM
the Swiss mixed doubles curling team is married and when their game ended the Peacock stream just showed them playing with their Curling Baby for like 5 minutes with the Olympics music playing
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Was curious on the history of Harper Square, a housing cooperative down on the lake in Kenwood. Apparently it was developed by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America?? I didn't know non construction unions got involved in real estate development back in the day?
February 5, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Was curious on the history of Harper Square, a housing cooperative down on the lake in Kenwood. Apparently it was developed by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America?? I didn't know non construction unions got involved in real estate development back in the day?
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😍 thank you @davidpowe.bsky.social, Divvy, and the crews that install & maintain the stations & fleet. a big deal for Pullman, Roseland, and the whole far south side. come down and see for yourself! the loop to old fashioned donuts at 113th/Michigan is now possible in 30 minutes via metra and divvy.
February 5, 2026 at 3:15 AM
😍 thank you @davidpowe.bsky.social, Divvy, and the crews that install & maintain the stations & fleet. a big deal for Pullman, Roseland, and the whole far south side. come down and see for yourself! the loop to old fashioned donuts at 113th/Michigan is now possible in 30 minutes via metra and divvy.
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NEW: The @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org have published a 12-minute excerpt of our interview with Marimar Martinez, in which she describes being shot by Border Patrol in Chicago.
You can find it here: youtu.be/mCO4vI_KH1w?...
You can find it here: youtu.be/mCO4vI_KH1w?...
Marimar Martinez speaks with WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times reporters about getting shot 5 times by ICE.
YouTube video by Chicago Sun-Times
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 10:22 PM
NEW: The @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org have published a 12-minute excerpt of our interview with Marimar Martinez, in which she describes being shot by Border Patrol in Chicago.
You can find it here: youtu.be/mCO4vI_KH1w?...
You can find it here: youtu.be/mCO4vI_KH1w?...
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![Comic. [Person talking to person with black hat.] PERSON 1: Historically, it refers to a ceremony to predict the weather using a rodent. But nowadays people often use it to mean “a time loop experienced by one person.” PERSON 2: …What. [caption] Easily our weirdest holiday.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidknpywgj44ox6nphuyzs6si6lozn77jyx75nbh7v67wsjr6dssl4@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM