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Before the return travel snafu, had a lovely time in London! Simultaneously inspiring and frustrating to experience an interconnected, reliable, well-signed, and frequent transit system. Let's hope NITA is the new TfL.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Before the return travel snafu, had a lovely time in London! Simultaneously inspiring and frustrating to experience an interconnected, reliable, well-signed, and frequent transit system. Let's hope NITA is the new TfL.
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4. And this is hardest to replicate, but in the Netherlands, ~100% of drivers also bike regularly, or used to, or do sometimes. They are on the lookout for bikes. But the only way to get there is to build the intersections and other infra to get the majority of people onto bikes.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
4. And this is hardest to replicate, but in the Netherlands, ~100% of drivers also bike regularly, or used to, or do sometimes. They are on the lookout for bikes. But the only way to get there is to build the intersections and other infra to get the majority of people onto bikes.
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a video from earlier today shared to Fb shows about a dozen community members surrounding two SUVs driven by DHS agents at the Home Depot on 31st and Cicero in Little Village
October 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
a video from earlier today shared to Fb shows about a dozen community members surrounding two SUVs driven by DHS agents at the Home Depot on 31st and Cicero in Little Village
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A masked ICE agent sprayed David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois on 22 September 2025.
Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
A masked ICE agent sprayed David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois on 22 September 2025.
Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, being sprayed directly in the face by troops during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois in September. (Photo by Ashlee Rezin/via Chicago Sun-Times).
DON'T LOOK AWAY.
DON'T LOOK AWAY.
October 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, being sprayed directly in the face by troops during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois in September. (Photo by Ashlee Rezin/via Chicago Sun-Times).
DON'T LOOK AWAY.
DON'T LOOK AWAY.
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57th Street, Hyde Park
This week, the city of Haarlem lowered the speed limit from 50 to 30km/h for 132 roads in the city. We sat down with experts from Gemeente Haarlem about the change and how they made it happen.
READ THE STORY: buff.ly/vQEeYhs
READ THE STORY: buff.ly/vQEeYhs
October 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
57th Street, Hyde Park
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Masked ICE agents with military rifles dragging people into vans because of their skin color. Mothers & kids detained at the airport after a Sunday at the lakefront. If it weren’t happening down the block, I’d say this isn’t America. But it is. Know your rights. Chicago.gov/KYR
September 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Masked ICE agents with military rifles dragging people into vans because of their skin color. Mothers & kids detained at the airport after a Sunday at the lakefront. If it weren’t happening down the block, I’d say this isn’t America. But it is. Know your rights. Chicago.gov/KYR
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Saving this for budget season...
September 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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This is so stupid.
You can build a house with non union labor, but if you want to build a small coach house in the back you must use union labor?
You can build a house with non union labor, but if you want to build a small coach house in the back you must use union labor?
Some sort of “limitations and local review” and a union labor requirement for an ADU (lol) sounds like, in effect, Chicago has chosen to not allow ADUs
Compromise ADU ordinance PASSES City Council in a 46-0 vote, ending a 7-year legislative battle over a modest affordable housing tool already common elsewhere in the country. Story TK
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is so stupid.
You can build a house with non union labor, but if you want to build a small coach house in the back you must use union labor?
You can build a house with non union labor, but if you want to build a small coach house in the back you must use union labor?
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if you were thinking about doing any of the following in support of ADUs, the end of this week is a good deadline to impose on yourself:
- sending a note to your alderperson
- writing a letter to the editor (Sun-Times, Insider Publications, Austin Weekly News, etc.)
- posting on your social media
- sending a note to your alderperson
- writing a letter to the editor (Sun-Times, Insider Publications, Austin Weekly News, etc.)
- posting on your social media
August 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
if you were thinking about doing any of the following in support of ADUs, the end of this week is a good deadline to impose on yourself:
- sending a note to your alderperson
- writing a letter to the editor (Sun-Times, Insider Publications, Austin Weekly News, etc.)
- posting on your social media
- sending a note to your alderperson
- writing a letter to the editor (Sun-Times, Insider Publications, Austin Weekly News, etc.)
- posting on your social media
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lol - I meant 5 weeks when I posted this
Anyway, i need y’all’s signatures supporting re-legalizing coach houses
Anyway, i need y’all’s signatures supporting re-legalizing coach houses
in 4 weeks, Chicago City Council will vote on whether to end the ban on ADUs citywide.
sign this petition (once!) in support of allowing ADUs citywide, please – actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
sign this petition (once!) in support of allowing ADUs citywide, please – actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
Support ADUs citywide in Chicago
What's going on? Currently, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are only legal in five pilot areas in Chicago, which were established May 1, 2022. Since the pilot areas were established, 106 permits tota...
actionnetwork.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
lol - I meant 5 weeks when I posted this
Anyway, i need y’all’s signatures supporting re-legalizing coach houses
Anyway, i need y’all’s signatures supporting re-legalizing coach houses
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This is what “community meeting” attendees in the 36th Ward want their neighborhood to look like.
#LegalizeHousing
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
#LegalizeHousing
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is what “community meeting” attendees in the 36th Ward want their neighborhood to look like.
#LegalizeHousing
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
#LegalizeHousing
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
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August 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Pedophile sex trafficker is elected dictator by people who worship him as their savior against pedophile sex traffickers. Take a bow, America!
August 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Pedophile sex trafficker is elected dictator by people who worship him as their savior against pedophile sex traffickers. Take a bow, America!
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Seriously though folks consider writing about this one, it’s extra close to home
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
August 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Seriously though folks consider writing about this one, it’s extra close to home
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Changes like this demand communication, and it’s unclear whether the Mayor’s Office supported this effort in Springfield.
But Chicago taxpayers now own a multi-billion-dollar unfunded liability with no plan to pay for it.
But Chicago taxpayers now own a multi-billion-dollar unfunded liability with no plan to pay for it.
August 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Changes like this demand communication, and it’s unclear whether the Mayor’s Office supported this effort in Springfield.
But Chicago taxpayers now own a multi-billion-dollar unfunded liability with no plan to pay for it.
But Chicago taxpayers now own a multi-billion-dollar unfunded liability with no plan to pay for it.
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The liability comes from a pension cap change:
• Old cap: $127,283, rising by ½ CPI or 3%
• New cap (7/1/25): $141,408, rising by full CPI or 3%
Just like a hike to your credit card interest rate, a small tweak compounded over decades is extremely costly.
• Old cap: $127,283, rising by ½ CPI or 3%
• New cap (7/1/25): $141,408, rising by full CPI or 3%
Just like a hike to your credit card interest rate, a small tweak compounded over decades is extremely costly.
August 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The liability comes from a pension cap change:
• Old cap: $127,283, rising by ½ CPI or 3%
• New cap (7/1/25): $141,408, rising by full CPI or 3%
Just like a hike to your credit card interest rate, a small tweak compounded over decades is extremely costly.
• Old cap: $127,283, rising by ½ CPI or 3%
• New cap (7/1/25): $141,408, rising by full CPI or 3%
Just like a hike to your credit card interest rate, a small tweak compounded over decades is extremely costly.
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I’m a former prosecutor and military officer. I deeply respect our police & firefighters—many are family.
I also teach Finance at DePaul & it’s hard to see how this won’t crowd out future spending on roads, schools, the CTA, even public safety & increase our borrowing costs.
I also teach Finance at DePaul & it’s hard to see how this won’t crowd out future spending on roads, schools, the CTA, even public safety & increase our borrowing costs.
August 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I’m a former prosecutor and military officer. I deeply respect our police & firefighters—many are family.
I also teach Finance at DePaul & it’s hard to see how this won’t crowd out future spending on roads, schools, the CTA, even public safety & increase our borrowing costs.
I also teach Finance at DePaul & it’s hard to see how this won’t crowd out future spending on roads, schools, the CTA, even public safety & increase our borrowing costs.
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By my calculations, this adds ~$3.9B in unfunded pension liability to the City of Chicago.
That’s the present value—the total payout is ~$11.8B between now and 2055.
It’s a massive hit to our budget. 🧵 www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pri...
That’s the present value—the total payout is ~$11.8B between now and 2055.
It’s a massive hit to our budget. 🧵 www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pri...
Pritzker signs bill that boosts Chicago police, firefighter pensions
Change in the law will add $750M to city pension costs.
www.chicagobusiness.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
By my calculations, this adds ~$3.9B in unfunded pension liability to the City of Chicago.
That’s the present value—the total payout is ~$11.8B between now and 2055.
It’s a massive hit to our budget. 🧵 www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pri...
That’s the present value—the total payout is ~$11.8B between now and 2055.
It’s a massive hit to our budget. 🧵 www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pri...
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Chicago homicides in 2025: 232 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
Chicago homicides in 2025: 232 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through July 24, 2025.
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July 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Chicago homicides in 2025: 232 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
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July 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California for demanding that the officers trespassing in their building identify themselves & provide a warrant, accusing them of another.... wait for it... ASSAULT. The case shows how DHS lies relentlessly to violate the Constitution
July 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California for demanding that the officers trespassing in their building identify themselves & provide a warrant, accusing them of another.... wait for it... ASSAULT. The case shows how DHS lies relentlessly to violate the Constitution
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The video is shocking - but felony charges have been filed: against the protestors who are being beaten up.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
July 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The video is shocking - but felony charges have been filed: against the protestors who are being beaten up.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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Marian R. Byrnes Nature Area is a top-tier spot to bike or walk amid nature. Indulged myself with a quick visit there after work today as the sun was going down and it was stunning!
July 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Marian R. Byrnes Nature Area is a top-tier spot to bike or walk amid nature. Indulged myself with a quick visit there after work today as the sun was going down and it was stunning!