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Eric Allix Rogers

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Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️‍🌈 📷

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · Jul 13

I've plotted my top recommended bike routes starting at the south end of the Lakefront Trail in Chicago to make it easier to share some of my favorite routes! They all basically work in reverse, but I've also tried to include train connections at the ends. All have detailed notes. #bikechi

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1h

Or, an alternate read: "Would be a shame if someone parked a freight train in the way at rush hour every few mornings, randomly. Now give us $50m. No connection."

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 10h

Finish what you Start!

Photo looking down a bike trail next to a highway to the right and a body of water to the left in black paint on the foreground across the trail is written: finish what you start!

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 12h

The key is to have a bag that is actually waterproof!

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 12h

Different shot same day

Photo looking out over railroad tracks leading towards the tall buildings of the Chicago skyline near sunset with pale, yellow and blue sky.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 14h

Just work, where I had a dry change of everything!

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 14h

They settle at huge amounts because they risk even larger amounts if they go to trial and lose - plus having to pay lawyers.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 14h

There is no limit because the city is "self-insured" for that risk (and many others). And the CPD is out there generating new liability every day!

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 14h

Busted! (Spotted by a less insane friend who was riding the bus. My shoes are still soaked.)

Blurry photo looking through a wet window to a bike trail next to some trees. A cyclist is visible biking with a blue pannier on the back of the bike, dressed in dark clothing.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 19h

Cute!

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 22h

Same shot different day

Photo looking out over railroad tracks through a rainy mist obscuring most of the tall buildings of the Chicago skyline under a gray sky.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Jackson Park and Garfield Park also have music courts that have been perverted for automotive use.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Or olive!

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Such a shock that blood pressure is my biggest medical concern, I know.

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

I have been doing this since I was a kid, occasionally stealing a little palm full of rock salt out of the pantry to suck on later. I would never steal candy the way I would sneak salt.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Straight up salt, garlic salt, or Cajun seasoning. Sometimes muddled with a little bit of olive oil on a plate.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

I did but it's fine.

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Different shot same day

Photo looking out through rain across railroad tracks leading towards the tall buildings of the Chicago skyline under a cloudy sky.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

We are starting to see coverage with much more context surrounding the raid at 7500 South Shore Drive in Chicago.

South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: In the weeks leading up to a massive ICE raid at a South Shore apartment building, neighbors saw drones surveilling the area, and teachers at a nearby school regularly saw agents in the neighborhood.

✍️ Jose Abonce for the Weekly and Maira Khwaja for @invisible.institute

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

The online presence of the previous tunnel bus didn't inspire much confidence either. I rode it when I was in Detroit, but until I was actually on and had paid, I was very uncertain about if/how it was gonna work.

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Putting too much Italian bomba on my turkey sandwich just to feel something [indigestion]

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

This rant brought to you by me having to request access to something I merely want to download a copy of for the third time in a week.

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

If you are attempting to transmit a file to someone with whom you do not have an ongoing collaborative relationship, you should SHARE A LINK, not INVITE THEM TO EDIT!!!

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

SHARE link = anyone who has the URL can view and download the file, no action required

EDIT invite = requires the recipient to have a Dropbox login associated with the invited email address, which somehow they almost never have. And then it gets added to your Dropbox account.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

I am BEGGING people to learn the difference between sharing a Dropbox link and inviting someone to edit a Dropbox folder, JFC.

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