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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 12h

The midwest way to name a town is two nouns stuck together — they don't have to be related.

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

This is how professional sport divisions should be grouped

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

NEW DATE: Let's walk all of Halsted Street! Come for the whole thing or drop by for a few miles. I'll be posting updates in this thread to find us on the day of.

⏰ October 25th, 9:20am
📍 Halsted St. Bridge at 119th/Halsted (eastern side)

Walking All of Halsted St. October 18th 25th

Schedule:
Tip: Take the Red Line to 95th and transfer to the Pace 352 (Bay J) departing at 9:09a.
9:30a: Begin on the Halsted Street Bridge (Halsted south of 129th)
Walk 7.6 miles
12p: Bio break at Hamilton Park Fieldhouse (72nd/Normal)
Walk: 2 miles
12:55p-1:30p: Lunch at Baba’s (Halsted/59th)
Walk 3.8 miles
2:50p Snack break at Runaway Cow (31st/Wallace)
Walk: .6 mile
3:30p: Bio break at McGuane Park (Halsted/29th)
Walk 5.8 miles
5:30p: Bio break at DePaul School of Music (Halsted/Lincoln/Fullerton)
Walk: 1.8 miles
6:30p: Finish line! (Halsted/Broadway/Broadway)

Total walk: 21.5mi/9hr

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 17h

Wanderu does this

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 17h

Needing to look at the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a recession indicator

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 18h

Journalists need to stop presenting DBE as a local initiative, it was a federal requirement for grant funding until quite literally hours before the government shutdown

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 18h

The CTA is “fully and entirely committed” to building the Red Line Extension on the city’s Far South Side, the agency’s acting president said, days after President Donald Trump’s White House froze $2.1 billion in federal funding for the extension.

CTA ‘committed’ to Red Line Extension despite federal funding freeze, acting president says

Advocates for the Red Line Extension, discussed for 50 years, describe it as an overdue promise to the people of the city’s Far South Side.

trib.al

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 19h

I'm always interested in the MacArthur Fellows.

This year: a chemical engineer studying how to reclaim chemicals from wastewater, a Wabanaki basket maker, a researcher studying what forms of civic engagement are durable, and a nuclear security specialist www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...

Thinkers, dreamers, doers: Here's who made the 2025 MacArthur Fellow list

A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.

www.npr.org

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 23h

Yeah I knew something seemed wrong. I also gotta get to some OHC sites

Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

NEW DATE: Let's walk all of Halsted Street! Come for the whole thing or drop by for a few miles. I'll be posting updates in this thread to find us on the day of.

⏰ October 25th, 9:20am
📍 Halsted St. Bridge at 119th/Halsted (eastern side)

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

They are, strange...

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

Enticing offer

Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 1d

Ok FOIA folks, has anyone heard of/been to this "comedy bluegrass" show called FOIA Comedy that was just advertised to me on Instagram?
Playing 10/9 @ the Goodnan, 10/13 at the Den

www.foialove.com

FOIA Comedy

www.foialove.com

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

Maybe some teams should move. We don't need all sports in all areas of the country. bsky.app/profile/nikh...

Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

This is how professional sport divisions should be grouped

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

The NFL got it right twice. MLB sort of understands this.

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

We could have Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Chicago as a division

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

This is how professional sport divisions should be grouped

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

Have fun if you make it

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

Today's Lawdork was a helpful explainer on why the Supreme Court seemed poised to strike down Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. How the Supreme Court proposed defining a therapist's medical care is insulting. open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...

Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban

A lesson in how defining the case often resolves the case.

open.substack.com

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

Answer bsky.app/profile/jare...

Scared Bootecki (but really Jared Rutecki) 🎃 @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 1d

So you mean like … ? www.chicago.gov/content/dam/...

The number of pending civil suits against the City for alleged civil rights violations and vehicle pursuit-
related traffic crashes
As of December 31, 2024, FCRL reported 308 pending lawsuits that involve reportable allegations of civil rights violations and Mass Torts reported 183 related cases involving reportable allegations. Additionally, there were 35 pending lawsuits that involved a vehicle pursuit-related traffic crash. Pending lawsuits include cases filed in 2024 and prior.
3. The disposition of any felony prosecutions of current or former CPD members in 2024
At the time of drafting, there were no felony prosecutions of current or former CPD members reported for 2024.
4. The status of any related administrative investigations
The status of any related administrative investigation is detailed in the tables of settled and litigated cases
attached to this Report as Appendices A and B and discussed below in Section V of this Report.

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

Oh yes, exactly. Thank you 🙏

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

If you want to know how bad CPD could be, I'd recommend reading up on Jon Burge's torture against black men during the 70s and 80s. chicagopolicetorturearchive.com

Chicago Police Torture Archive

The violence of Commander Jon Burge and his crew, who tortured more than 100 Black men, from the 1970s-1990s

chicagopolicetorturearchive.com

Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

I guess the question is that more frequently these are before 2010. How many potential cases are left from before then would the useful number to know.

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

Incredible, no notes.

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

Feels like every month I read about how Chicago needs to settle another police/prosecutorial misconduct lawsuit. It would be really useful to know what the upper limit is on payouts and how many potential cases remain.

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

Note that it takes a persistent and constant stream of rain to affect air quality. H2O molecules weigh more than oxygen/nitrogen and typically move air pollutants aside rather than collect them in droplets

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Municipal Shutdown @nikhunder.com · 1d

We needed this rain

Chicago AQ @chicagoaq.bsky.social · 1d

At 9 AM the AQI was 18 , the dominant pollutant was PM2.5 and the air quality is holy
PM2.5 = 18 or 3.39 µg/m³
PM10 = 9 or 9.5 µg/m³
NO₂ = 15 or 16 ppb
SO₂ = 0 or 0.28 ppb
O₃ = 17 or 17.57 ppb
CO = 0 or 0 ppb

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