turns out it was a bit of a whoopsie to focus on low level j6 rioters rather than throwing the ring leaders in jail immediately and tossing the keys. oh well, better luck next time!

I have been saying this for years but once again this is a perfect example of why this weird lib/Dem West Wing “just slowly make the courts better over 20 years” plan is work-avoidance bullshit. There is no option here except defying and delegitimizing a rogue court.

the vfma is a good museum, but sitting inside the confederate memorial chapel waiting for a jennie c. jones sound piece to play… literally that shaking my head so people know i disagree tweet

Perfect time for U.S. cities to roll out a ton of dedicated bus lanes. Every drop of oil is precious right now (always has been IMO) so why are we squandering it by forcing 🚍 to sit in traffic?! Drivers are more open to transit due to high gas prices. Let's provide a good alternative to driving.

It’s just absolutely insane to watch them do this intentional sabotage thing right out in the open

Schlitz tied house tavern, 94th & Ewing, ca 1920. From CHM collection of glass plate negatives of Schlitz taverns. My best guess is taken during company's divestitures of taverns due to Volstead. Note the word 'beer' & Schlitz logo are removed from the sign.

Chicago has flat population growth but an increasing number of households, which is a large reason housing is in such high demand

Chicagoans took 36,247 rides on Divvy yesterday. Last year, we didn’t hit that level until June 21st. More people are choosing the city’s bikeshare system because it’s fast, reliable, and affordable.

"There's a connection between the number of arrests made by Trooper Bradley, and the amount of overtime he has earned through court appearances." *** "Bradley tripled his salary in 2024, earning nearly $250,000 in a single year."

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the most CTA thing imaginable that they’ve failed to hire and retain enough operators just as gas prices spike and more people consider the L big, preventable miss from nora leerhsen here

it's been obvious this is where we're heading for at least 4-5 years now — trump and his paymasters in the oil industry and petrostates are trying to shackle the US to fossil fuel so Americans can be the buyers of last resort for otherwise stranded oil and gas assets.

compare and contrast: when IDF soldiers were caught on tape raping a Palestinian captive at Sde Teiman prison and prosecuted, Israeli civilians rioted outside the court and all charges were eventually dropped

Gov. Jared Polis is wrong to commute Tina Peters's sentence today. It's time for Democrats to stand up to Donald Trump, not bend the knee.

Jared Polis just pardoned him

brewery is playing albert hammond jr’s 101 and that kind of mid-2000s indie obscurity confirms that millennials have truly taken control of the aux cord

the view from hollywood cemetery is pretty but christ is this space confederate in a really horrifying way

1840s egyptian revival was kind of shitty in my opinion but it’s still very fun to randomly stumble upon egyptian building 1845, thomas stewart

it’s been a decade since i was last here but i think about the richmond main street station like once a month

The Ricketts bought up supportive housing, and they are demolishing it to build a few hundred parking spaces for Wrigley Field

New from me: Five years ago, I criticized a San Francisco TV reporter for getting her facts wrong. Ever since, she and her allies have alleged that I was part of a conspiracy to end her career. That narrative just got a boost with her new book, which is being promoted by some powerful tech people.

odds on that daniel lopatin samples this on the next oneohtrix point never album

i have no idea how to listen to my own body

you've got to respect this. jim crow's on its way back and black democrats have decided to trust their colleagues enough that they're going to fucking take one for the team once again. we gotta make it worth it.

this is gonna be good chicagoreader.com/food/monday-...

only player i know of to wear his birthday on his jersey May 17

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delcy morelos at the barbican is a dream www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

I am lowkey obsessed with this building and glad it survived the fire that happened there a year or two ago. (What is time?)

what’s the best writing about the rise and fall of the interurbans?

incredibly depressing that the reimposition of jim crow districts across the entire south is getting nothing more than generic horse race coverage

Still posting through Mexico City stuff, like this Brutalist building that’s the office of local newspaper El Universal.

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

1/ Last fall, as we were interviewing immigrants detained during a dramatic immigration raid at an apartment complex in Chicago, we kept hearing about a Nigerian man whose leg was mauled by a police dog. 🧵:

quite an admission from douglas maclean, the sheriff tom dart's deputy chief information officer, during today's cook county board criminal justice committee hearing:

I haver long suspected that a lot of driver antipathy toward cyclists is jealousy that they appear to be having a good time compared to people stuck in traffic in cars, and this doofus just comes out and says it.

Rails-to-Trails projects are very popular and fun ways to use old infra. But, I’m really disappointed and frustrated by the unquestioned support given to the Crosstown Trail in Chicago. If there is ONE rail right-of-way we should be making a transit line it’s that. Such a shame to loose it.

As ICE has returned to swifter arrests across Chicagoland, internal alerts & stats collected by public defenders show courthouses have become a honeypot. Sightings near county property have continued this week, & feds abducted 1 person from Pullman court today. More from @djbyrnes1.bsky.social:

The real answer--as adopted by progressive advocates around the country, and electeds from Pritzker to Johnson to Mamdani--is that getting rid of regulations that require million-dollar mansions and investing in affordable housing are complementary policies, not at odds with each other.

what’s the best writing about the rise and fall of the interurbans?

I don’t know if we can stop Trump from stealing ten billion dollars. But I do know that on day one of the next admin, all Trump - Trump family - Trump organization - Trump business assets can be seized.

rich production file in the newberry library curt teich postcard archive for this one

Can we call it the PlayPlace

Good Morning, Chicago You’d be happier on a bike

I wrote about the miracle of lithium for @flaminghydra.com flaminghydra.com/down-to-earth/

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must've missed this when it happened years ago, but john chuckman—of the chuckman collection, old photos/postcards/ephemera of chicago—died in 2021 robertchuck.wordpress.com/2021/05/17/t...

Two diesel buses in service are better for the environment than one electric bus

weird, i remember when this project was pitched and they said they wouldn’t need public money