Thom Cote
@thomcote.bsky.social
(He/Him) Chicago game fellow. One part of @cantgetenoughgames.bsky.social
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Blog: https://thomcote.neocities.org/
Try my silly switchboard game's demo! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3874780/Cold_Calling_Demo/
Blog: https://thomcote.neocities.org/
Every year CPD holds the city for a larger ransom
NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
OPINION: The Chicago Public Library budget is under threat. Let’s remember what libraries do for us • The TRiiBE
Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources.
thetriibe.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Every year CPD holds the city for a larger ransom
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Libraries are far more valuable than CPD will ever be! I spent so much time in Chicago libraries (esp the Austin branch)they offered me a summer job as a teen! Brandon Chicago expects better than this!
NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
OPINION: The Chicago Public Library budget is under threat. Let’s remember what libraries do for us • The TRiiBE
Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources.
thetriibe.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Libraries are far more valuable than CPD will ever be! I spent so much time in Chicago libraries (esp the Austin branch)they offered me a summer job as a teen! Brandon Chicago expects better than this!
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The Mayor has budgeted $5 million for a ShotSpotter replacement for CPD.
You really could not have a clearer illustration of the choices between community resources vs state surveillance, and so far, as usual, the choice is state surveillance.
You really could not have a clearer illustration of the choices between community resources vs state surveillance, and so far, as usual, the choice is state surveillance.
NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
OPINION: The Chicago Public Library budget is under threat. Let’s remember what libraries do for us • The TRiiBE
Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources.
thetriibe.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Mayor has budgeted $5 million for a ShotSpotter replacement for CPD.
You really could not have a clearer illustration of the choices between community resources vs state surveillance, and so far, as usual, the choice is state surveillance.
You really could not have a clearer illustration of the choices between community resources vs state surveillance, and so far, as usual, the choice is state surveillance.
Stray Children (2025)
In Diddy Kong Racing DS, the message when connection is lost during Download Play is "LOST ALL CHILDREN". The cartridge is internally called a "parent" and the downloaded instances its "children". While this would make sense to the developers, it has the potential to confuse or scare players.
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Stray Children (2025)
tfw when ventra will be unavailable including ticket vending machines
Ventra will be unavailable, including ticket vending machines. You will not need to tap to ride — customers will be provided a courtesy ride.
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
tfw when ventra will be unavailable including ticket vending machines
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WERNER HERZOG: naeow.... zhe.... jingle-haupe.... has begaune
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
WERNER HERZOG: naeow.... zhe.... jingle-haupe.... has begaune
Star Trek Enterprise
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Star Trek Enterprise
I'll start, my first thought is the mine shaft in one of the desert levels. Maybe I'll make an anyaustin style video anye this
Why is games discourse always so boring. Why can't we debate something meaningful like which secret shortcut in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is the coziest
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I'll start, my first thought is the mine shaft in one of the desert levels. Maybe I'll make an anyaustin style video anye this
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Why is games discourse always so boring. Why can't we debate something meaningful like which secret shortcut in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is the coziest
December 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Why is games discourse always so boring. Why can't we debate something meaningful like which secret shortcut in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is the coziest
Why is games discourse always so boring. Why can't we debate something meaningful like which secret shortcut in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is the coziest
December 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Why is games discourse always so boring. Why can't we debate something meaningful like which secret shortcut in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is the coziest
Ian Cohost. Is this anything
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ian Cohost. Is this anything
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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I am a little disappointed when the conversation is focused around "it's art not porn!" because the adult games devs get very little support but have been dealing with this for far longer, and they've been sounding the alarm for that deplatforming coming for other games (such as LGBTQ+ content).
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I am a little disappointed when the conversation is focused around "it's art not porn!" because the adult games devs get very little support but have been dealing with this for far longer, and they've been sounding the alarm for that deplatforming coming for other games (such as LGBTQ+ content).
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[guy reviewing first few hours of chess] interesting mechanics, not much content though!
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
[guy reviewing first few hours of chess] interesting mechanics, not much content though!
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it's insane to be online clutching your pearls at Diaper Sister Escapades 3 (let alone an art game like Horses) when someone built a machine for turning people's childhoods into shareholder value and they have a trillion dollars for it
December 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
it's insane to be online clutching your pearls at Diaper Sister Escapades 3 (let alone an art game like Horses) when someone built a machine for turning people's childhoods into shareholder value and they have a trillion dollars for it
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the IT guys, they came to me they told me we’re going to have to install windows 11 i said no, no i don’t think so. every computer in the white house will be running bloat free open source software and it will work perfectly. we have the best audio drivers in the world folks. crisp, reliable, smooth
‘We’re doing arch’ Trump says in update on latest construction project
‘We’re doing arch’ Trump says in update on latest construction project
‘We’re doing arch’ Trump says in update on latest construction project
www.independent.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
the IT guys, they came to me they told me we’re going to have to install windows 11 i said no, no i don’t think so. every computer in the white house will be running bloat free open source software and it will work perfectly. we have the best audio drivers in the world folks. crisp, reliable, smooth
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
Dibs this, dibs that. The only solution is for every street parked car outside of transit deserts should descend into hell like the nazi car in Blues Brothers
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Dibs this, dibs that. The only solution is for every street parked car outside of transit deserts should descend into hell like the nazi car in Blues Brothers
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Policing is defunding Chicago.
Chicago spent more than $212 million on overtime for members of the Chicago Police Department in the first 10 months of 2025 — 6% more than the amount Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to set aside for police overtime in all of 2026, records show. https://to.wttw.com/49QGPU6
Chicago Spent $212M on Police Overtime So Far This Year, 6% More Than New Limit Set for 2026
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling told the Chicago City Council on Nov. 5 that he was confident that CPD would be able to spend no more than $200 million on overtime in 2026.
to.wttw.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Policing is defunding Chicago.
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Don’t you know that the only thing that protects Chicagoans is paying a higher and higher ransom to CPD each year.
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Don’t you know that the only thing that protects Chicagoans is paying a higher and higher ransom to CPD each year.
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The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts.
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts.
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I completed my final count. Out of 10,511 bus stops, I found that 4,360 (41%) of them could be removed to align with national best practices of 1/4 mile spacing. Long-form explainer article and an interactive map are forthcoming. Green dots are removed stops, black are kept stops.
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I completed my final count. Out of 10,511 bus stops, I found that 4,360 (41%) of them could be removed to align with national best practices of 1/4 mile spacing. Long-form explainer article and an interactive map are forthcoming. Green dots are removed stops, black are kept stops.
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The T’s dedication to slow zone removal has led to pretty dramatic ridership improvements. It’s a model that should be emulated elsewhere.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The T’s dedication to slow zone removal has led to pretty dramatic ridership improvements. It’s a model that should be emulated elsewhere.
Picture unrelated
Picture unrelated
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✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread