Sam Thomas
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"Annoying 8 year olds keep wanting to walk and bike to school despite city's best efforts to make it too dangerous."
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
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December 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Annoying 8 year olds keep wanting to walk and bike to school despite city's best efforts to make it too dangerous."
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
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Happy “Brick” by Ben Folds Five Day to all who celebrate
December 26, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Happy “Brick” by Ben Folds Five Day to all who celebrate
Vatican City to be relocated to The 78
Pope Leo XIV made his most important U.S. appointment to date Thursday, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses.
Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York
chicago.suntimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Vatican City to be relocated to The 78
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Taking the whole lane ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Taking the whole lane ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
Does hot sauce only exist so that parents can eat the whole meal they prepared for themselves?
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Does hot sauce only exist so that parents can eat the whole meal they prepared for themselves?
Eagerly awaiting the Brown Line to Jefferson Park beavers
imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
September 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Eagerly awaiting the Brown Line to Jefferson Park beavers
All of this except the part that requires time in Florida
One minute, you're just living your life, and the next, you're mimicking bird calls. Here’s how it happens.
Your Slow and Sad Descent Into Bird-Watching
You suddenly find that you’re able to distinguish the pa-chip-chip-chip of an American goldfinch. Before you know it, you’re mimicking bird calls.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
September 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
All of this except the part that requires time in Florida
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I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.
August 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.
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National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
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Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
August 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
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Elephants are born weighing 250 lbs. They are the biggest babies on earth except for motorists when they see a bike lane
July 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Elephants are born weighing 250 lbs. They are the biggest babies on earth except for motorists when they see a bike lane
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The state choosing what occupations people can work in. Sounds like communism.
May 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The state choosing what occupations people can work in. Sounds like communism.
White supremacists doing white supremacist stuff
First Afrikaners granted refugee status due to arrive in U.S.
Three months ago, President Trump signed an executive order telling white Afrikaans South Africans they could apply for refugee status in the U.S. The first group has been swiftly processed and is set...
www.npr.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
White supremacists doing white supremacist stuff
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It’s a difficult time for young men, growing up in a culture that no longer provides them with strong role models like Robert Wadlow, the fat biker twins, or the Indian guy with the long fingernails
May 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It’s a difficult time for young men, growing up in a culture that no longer provides them with strong role models like Robert Wadlow, the fat biker twins, or the Indian guy with the long fingernails
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WIth everything else you kind of forget that the president of the united states is a crypto scammer
May 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WIth everything else you kind of forget that the president of the united states is a crypto scammer
Walkable neighborhoods getting 25% more attractive this week
US President Trump will announce plans for long-promised tariffs on automotive imports at a press conference on Wednesday, widening the global trade war he kicked off upon regaining the White House. Get the latest tariff news with our new newsletter reut.rs/41JxoRQ
April 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Walkable neighborhoods getting 25% more attractive this week
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"...for every 30-second increase in traffic delay per mile traveled, there was a 1% increase in visits to fast food restaurants. While that may not seem like a lot, the researchers estimate that over a year, it amounts to about 1.2 million more fast food meals in Los Angeles."
The worse traffic gets, the more fast food people eat
The longer commutes get, the more people stop and get fast food on the way home. Which means ending gridlock could have far-reaching public health implications.
www.fastcompany.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"...for every 30-second increase in traffic delay per mile traveled, there was a 1% increase in visits to fast food restaurants. While that may not seem like a lot, the researchers estimate that over a year, it amounts to about 1.2 million more fast food meals in Los Angeles."
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So many people who used school closures as their reason for supporting fascists are supporting a regime that is trying to destroy the public school system.
March 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So many people who used school closures as their reason for supporting fascists are supporting a regime that is trying to destroy the public school system.
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Time to go ride bicycle
March 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Time to go ride bicycle
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Imagine if Joe Biden had reposted a liberal pundit saying ‘shut up about gas prices’ in 2022. It would have led the news, all of the news, for days, weeks, on end.
March 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Imagine if Joe Biden had reposted a liberal pundit saying ‘shut up about gas prices’ in 2022. It would have led the news, all of the news, for days, weeks, on end.
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No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
March 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
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People tell me to be safe while biking, and while I appreciate it, what I'd really appreciate is people going a step further and pondering *why* they think biking is unsafe. Because then they'd have to grapple with the fact that we've designed our society to make biking "dangerous" for many people.
February 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
People tell me to be safe while biking, and while I appreciate it, what I'd really appreciate is people going a step further and pondering *why* they think biking is unsafe. Because then they'd have to grapple with the fact that we've designed our society to make biking "dangerous" for many people.
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House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT