Age of miracles

My pickleball building code strategy is to adopt European window standards so that we can buy and manufacture triple-glazed tilt-and-turn windows at affordable prices that actually keep sound out

He’s right

Finally got Brass Birmingham to the table again

Ok sorry not to main character energy this but my random little memes have now facilitated two Chicago Bluesky baby announcements! Congrats to (separately) @mclean.bsky.social and @slucy.bsky.social

there are two opportunities to canvass for @drakefor10.bsky.social today 🪧 www.mobilize.us/drakefor10/

When will it happen 1️⃣ 2026 2️⃣ 2027 3️⃣ 2028 4️⃣ 2029+ 📊 Show results

Will Trump finish his term? 1️⃣ Yes 2️⃣ No 📊 Show results

Not gonna lie, I thought the youth cared a lot more about climate and Palestine. This is pretty shocking to me.

Happy Boxing Day, friends

More of this, please “Graeter’s has been approached by private equity firms, but family members […] were skeptical.” "Private equity is a financial deal with the devil, it's kind of like selling your soul. PE ruins companies," www.cincinnati.com/story/money/...

Thanks Obama h/t @ramez.bsky.social

I probably won't do as well next year

One mine in New York is capable of producing ~half of all graphite consumed in America. I am a proud shareholder. 🗽🪨 finance.yahoo.com/news/amid-ba...

Credit rating upgrades for @chicagocta.bsky.social and @rtachicago.bsky.social a positive result of @govpritzker.illinois.gov recent signing of the transit reform bill. www.bondbuyer.com/news/moodys-...

The Wisconsin component of the analysis here is revealing. Evidence is consistent with DOGE strategically delaying contract terminations in WI until after the 2025 state Supreme Court elections to mitigate electoral risk.

Tbh, I really liked Avatar 2. Unexpectedly emotional movie. And technically astounding.

It’s so funny that the Disney+ version of Avatar deleted the scene where they clasp with their usb ports

Idk man, forcing people to suffer seems like an even greater disrespect of life

Balcony solar

That’s a cool Christmas miracle case.edu/news/new-stu...

Man, I hate that Chamath got a $4 billion exit on Christmas Eve.

Post the Fs in chat bros

Merry Christmas to all

The US economy and stock market turned out to be more resilient to the drastic and unprecedented federal policies than I thought. Left too much in cash / bonds and didn’t dollar cost average.

The administrative cost of traditional Medicare is ~1%. For private insurance the median is over 11%. Next Christmas I want Medicare for all.

It's funny IMO that Berkeley, California was one of very first jurisdictions to ban straws/plastic bags -- you know, for the environment -- But soon as we learned the actual leading source of plastic pollution? Crickets. Performative progressivism. www-pbs-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.pbs....

Medium hot take: Low key kinda sucks how the center of gravity for office space has moved to West Loop. The transit connectivity to Chicagoland is considerably worse than the Loop. Add up the increased commute time every day and it is material. www.costar.com/article/1836...

Build more homes to bring costs down

You could have given me a dozen guesses and I wouldn't have been able to correctly identify this person

Louisville is held back so much by the slaughterhouse in the butchertown neighborhood. The neighborhood is basically the only one in the city that’s had any meaningful urban growth since I left. But its potential is squandered by the smelly plant. www.reddit.com/r/Louisville...

“Rent control is not going to be the solution to how we get through this crisis. We need to build more homes” “Investors in housing have already pulled out of Massachusetts because they’re concerned about rent control” She’s right. www.boston.com/news/politic...

Trump: If we build more housing, the price of homes will go down, and homeowners will lose their wealth.

It’s wild how many Flock cameras are tracking me as I drive around Louisville

It would be sick if I could take a water taxi from my neighborhood down to China town

This is how CDOT is modifying 18th/Wabash after Ald. Dowell (3rd) made CDOT remove its NACTO approved intersection. - NE/SW islands and NW (partial) delineator being removed - Being replaced with flexiposts/paint - EB/WB turn lanes are being restored

Chicagoans - please take a moment to tell the OIG to investigate aldermanic prerogative in housing development Survey closes Dec 31 igchicago.org/2026-annual-...

🇸🇪 The Swedish government has received the first application for state aid to build new nuclear power. Videberg Kraft AB has applied for support to build new reactors on the Värö Peninsula at Ringhals. 🔌💡 government.se/press-releas...

yellow line skokie, illinois

Leave it to Mayor Johnson to show more deference to pandering to his base for the name of a plow than he has in the last year and a half to actually implementing #PlowTheSidewalks. We need to abolish ICE and we also need progressives to actually get shit done.

Tbh, I kinda did think Trump had him killed. But this letter is clear it was a suicide.

It’s cool as hell that the Colts brought back a 44 year old grandfather who hasn’t played professional football in 5 years, on less than a week notice, to start a game. I never watch football, so I felt extra lucky to tune into that game tonight.

You can just write a bill, tell your state rep why it’s important, and it can become the law!

Consolidation is inevitable

This is the exact experience that radicalized me about bus stop consolidation

PSA for my fellow Illinois legislative advocates You want to have your bills filed by 1/14 for the spring session Draft the change you want to see in the world Share it will your electeds. You never know, it could become law!

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Studies are showing that CO2 can affect cognition in concentrations much lower than this. archive.thinkprogress.org/exclusive-el...