Did my longest-ever single-day mileage (62) on day one of my first-ever bike-camping trip, and took the train back home from Wisconsin to Chicago!

This is, without a doubt, one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. Please watch the CECOT 60 Minutes segment, which Bari Weiss killed at the eleventh hour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jieh...

Lake Placid has moved to Chicago, and she's perfect

TIL West Loop Hmart sells small batches of pre-cut sushi-grade fish, so I made sushi to celebrate being officially car-free! (I was downtown to turn in my title paperwork at the DMV)

TIL this website exists, and I love: fonts.google.com

Psst...we're hiring an editor in chief! www.injusticewatch.org/about/editor...

This is the best bike content I've ever seen www.instagram.com/reel/DSbVGOL...

Chicagoahovels.org to name a Chicago Snowplow "ABOLISH ICE"! Can also put in "PLOW THE SIDEWALKS" #plowthesidewalks #bikechi

Officially living that car-free life! Byeeeeeeee

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

Y'all, the lake is simply unbelievable in winter. Watch her steam!

Happy It's All There in Chapter 39 of Genesis day to all who celebrate! youtu.be/8SyC04sdbBs?...

I hate reading a book that takes place, in part, in Chicago -- specifically on the south side -- but is written by an author who clearly hasn't spent time here and has no sense of the geography or reference points

Requisite humblebrag about new gear additions (bar mitts, goggles) enabling not unpleasant biking on this Extremely Cold Day! Also, go visit your local @chipublib.bsky.social branch. Stickers from @bikegridnow.org, @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social, & CxS! Save The Point sticker is on the other side

Update: did it this evening, and bike + bar mitts + bus all seem to be fine. But whoever decided to put an ad billboard attached to the bus bike rack, such that it's nearly impossible to open the rack, is definitionally chaotic evil

Can I put my bike on the bus with bar mitts on? Or does it create too much drag/they'll fly off?

Hey #bikechi, is the demo bus bike rack still at the cta building at jefferson/lake? Anyone know of any others in the city? I have a friend who wants to practice, but I live too far from her to do it with her for real

Dorchester side of the SOPHY hotel still not shoveled

Emailed last night (Sunday night) and apparently half the neighborhood called them/311, too. Today (Mon), the entire 53rd street section of their building was clear of snow! ... But the entire Dorchester side was still completely covered, even before today's (Mon) snow started coming down.

Ooookay, goggles are a game changer! Like, they singlehandedly leveled up my winter riding experience by like 1000%.

Not a good look for the Sophy Hotel (Hyde Park) to be unshoveled. (From its website, the Sophy is "Chicago's top rated boutique hotel." Do better.)

((also, stoked to add ski goggles to my winter bike wardrobe for the first time! I expect it to vastly improve the experience of year-round biking. Thank you, student move-out dumpsters, for another indispensable gift.))

Did you really ski at the lakefront if you didn't take a skyline photo?

Looking forward to seeing conversations from bike skeeters about this NYT piece on e-bikes/e-bike regulation www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/m... (Unpaywalled version here: archive.is/s5qPZ)

Watching this person clean off their car using.... a plastic grocery bag. Speechless. Does tell me everything I need to know about the snow texture, though!

Chicago recorded its snowiest November day ever on Saturday — and more snow is in store this week. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/30/c...

Today's skimobile is a sled -- too much ongoing snow for my 25mm tires

Arriving this spring! Read my op-ed in the Chicago Sun-Times about our infertility journey. This journey wasn’t easy and Republicans are trying to make it harder. Story: chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

Second time in a week I've watched someone drive the wrong way down the entire length of my one-way block. The first time was a recycling truck (!!!???)

Anyone ever donated a car to, e.g., NPR? Other org? Wanna walk me thru it? Shoulda sold it years ago, but now repair is more than the car is worth & trying to figure out options. She's moved me across the country more times than I can count (photos of better times), but I'm ready to be car-free

The moral of the story is: *always* use the bathroom before you leave, because it might take you twice as long to get where you're going as it should ::eyeroll::

Haven't had a ghost bus in a long time, but two SB 6s just straight up disappeared off the tracker, so now I'm maybe going to be standing here for 24 minutes instead of [7 and 15] minutes??

Got bar mitts specifically intended for my style of handlebars (drop-down w dual-position breaks + externally routed cables) and cannot for the life of me figure out how to install. no instructions, Bar Mitts website ones not succeeding for me, and can't find a video of this style. Help! #bikechi

Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.

Also, I have been on many, many trains this weekend and not once has there been someone smoking on the train. A true breath of fresh air.

Fare-capping in NYC. Chicago when?? (Tho it seems there's only a weekly cap, not a daily cap.)

If I wasn't already convinced of @thewaroncars.bsky.social, flying into NYC at night and seeing streams of red taillights would 10000% convince me. Maybe people just need to see it from above?

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

Last @whimsypc.bsky.social improv show of the year is next Tues 11/18 at 8pm at Jimmy's/Woodlawn Tap in Hyde Park. Come for some laughs before 2025 ends! (Free show, cash bar, bring friends)

A ~3 hour timelapse of this morning's plume of lake effect snow totally obscuring the city before blue skies appear. #chicago

I'm throwing up

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

10/10 recommend taking transit to a wedding on a snowy night so you can be winter on the outside, black-tie on the inside. (And also having that wedding be at the cultural center so you can be on a Metra home within 7 minutes of deciding to call it quits for the night)

OMG I think it's happening??? 🤞❄️🙏 But also anyone can explain why the snow on the ground is in chunks? Like big clumps that look like they were actually ice they slid off a roof or something?

I am on the Green Line. guy sitting across from me took out a generic (unlabelled) ~2oz spray bottle. sprayed his hands. I assumed sanitizer. Then sprayed his bald head. ? Then opened the bottle, put it up to his nose, sniffed hard, and smiled before closing it and tucking it away. ??? ??? ???

Just tried calling my Senator Dick Durbin's office (D-IL), urging him not to cave to centrists, and was routed to voicemail because of "high call volume". About to be on the subway then a wedding, so please call backfor me within the next 30 mins! (202) 224-3121

Bands of intense lake effect snow are expected tonight into Monday near many of the Great Lakes areas highlighted in this image. Dangerous to impossible travel conditions are possible, including during the Monday Morning commutes for some. Get details for your area at weather.gov

Here’s how we should all be reporting on the spurious claims from these agencies that have repeatedly been caught in lies and exaggerations:

Terrible: Hit-and-run driver of red 2010 Ford Fusion with plate BN 64959 hit Dr. Ray Lee while he was biking from work on 10/29 around 4:30 PM at Damen and Van Buren, throwing him 30 feet. He's still in a coma. Wife: "He's just the nicest, sweetest guy." @chicritmass.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org