Well, I know who not to vote for now if the Trib Editorial Board likes him.

Epic 7-player game of Lords of Waterdeep

Took the boy out for the Alex Pretti memorial ride. Had him ride my #TernGSD with the studded tires, and I rode my wife's #TernHSD, but turned out the streets were pretty clean. It was his first time pedaling himself for Bike Winter instead of being my passenger! We did about 15 miles in 22 degF.

Theo is watching me shovel. Watch out, little white dude, might scoop you right up.

Snowfall is going to put traffic engineers out of a job. Just replace the snow with sidewalk level concrete and tada you’re done

The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.

I wrote West Virginia's 2024 Energy Security Plan. I hope it is effective.

Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers Amyl and the Sniffers Lambrini Girls Daisy Grenade Otoboke Beaver Indigo Girls

Just had a conference speaker drop out last minute! FML. Anybody wants to speak about data center demand side management in Chicago Thursday at 9am, hit me up.

Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE

I love my FLBS because I emailed them to ask to order a new front rack and they found me one and I was able to pick it up on my way home and install it and I'm back on the road tomorrow without missing a beat. Offbeat Bikes, Chicago. ♥️ Bike Winter. Cargo Bikes Forever.

are they not monsters?

I just bought some Chicago flag cufflinks from Tie Bar, but these are better.

My GSD front rack had a massive fail today. Noticed it being wiggly while I was riding. Had to unload it and strap it up. Multiple failed welds and a cracked in half tube. Wonder WTF I did. Wear and tearing shit up, like usual.

we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)

I need to come up with some kind of ice-breaker / get to know each other activity for around 40 people that will take 20-30 minutes. Could split into smaller groups. Any ideas or favorite activities?

It's too cold out to be happy biking with my kid, so we're taking the CTA this morning. Actually it's too cold out to be happy biking solo either. Might be too cold out to be happy period.

Okay, here's the idea I woke up with "Punch a Nazi" Tik Tok challenge.

temporary street art, undisclosed location, Chicago

People: Do something! Politicians: (do nothing) People: (do something) Politicians: Do nothing!

Happy Friday! Bike Winter! I saw 3 other bicyclists out there and tracks from a couple more.

My session notes from the Shadowrun game I play in are now over 77,000 words. We have been playing for 3 years and tonight was our 49th session!

Elder Punk Rocker Pisses Off Society The Only Way Left - Driving Defensively & Obeying Every Rule Of The Road.

"Native Americans, Palestine, Venezuela = We kiII Indigenous Peoples for their natural resources" Anti-colonial graffiti seen in Santa Fe, New Mexico

The national response to Minneapolis has me revisiting the killing of Silverio González Villegas by ICE in Franklin Park, IL. I reported on it last fall. Worth remembering. southsideweekly.com/a-tragic-hom...

If only the founders had written down their thoughts on whether or not America should be a "Christian nation" if only

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

Achtung-tied. @theonion.com

Three simple tricks for drivers to avoid getting their cash grabbed: 1. obey the speed limit 2. stop for red lights 3. actually stop at stop signs

In case people want some variety. hard-drive.net/for-no-reaso...

Today in Microsoft hell, getting meeting planning screwed up because the "week" that Outlook showed me was seven days starting on Tuesday rather than the calendar week.

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

I don't know how to deal with everything that has already happened. I don't know how I can take three more years of it.

in light of historical and recent events

The only time people on TV can imagine a vehicle being dangerous is if it’s in the vicinity of a cop. Every cycle commuter has been closer to death by vehicle that that border patrol murderer

Renee Nicole Good is a hero and a martyr.

Cars ruin everything.

Yay! PUCO did not gut net metering in Ohio.

"decades of lobbying and manipulative culture-building have made private cars seem synonymous with freedom, security, and status in the American consciousness, and questioning the cost of automobiles can feel a little like questioning the cost of oxygen." usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/07/t...

Prepare to say goodbye to Discord (the enshittification will begin no later than date of IPO +3 months): https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/chat-platform-discord-confidentially-file-233734571.html

Kicking off 2026 with some fantastic news: there were zero traffic fatalities in the 1st Ward last year. When we invest in traffic calming infrastructure, we save lives.

Other countries: WE HAVE TRAINS! US cities: "Sorry folks, we tried, but trains don't work here. It's nothing we screwed up in how we ran it or failed to expand it, they simply don't work here."

Happy new year! Wishing everyone protected bike lanes and efficient public transit in the new year.

I wanted to get a last bike ride of the year in, but it snowed last night and I didn't want to that much.

demanding that drivers, truckers convenience/freedom to park has to be considered before we can talk about plans for more housing, transit efficiency, pedestrian/cyclist safety is such a fool’s errand.

Why isn’t Market St. in Indianapolis pedestrianized from the State Capitol to the City/County building? I know it’s the same reasons that so many Chicago are still clogged with provate cars, but this stretch already has the brick treatment. Plant trees in the former parking lanes & it would thrive.

so much of the bike infrastructure debate is shaped by the presupposition that people who drive cars need their cars, whereas people who ride bikes don’t really need them

Chicago WHEN?!

2026 won’t be much better