The current 6-day Jeopardy champion works at a housing tax credit agency in New Jersey and for his banter with Ken he just looked directly at the camera and said "New York, California, shame on you, build more housing" and folks when I say heroes walk among us

Thanks to a FOIA lawsuit from @deportationdata.org, Minnesota is getting its first credible numbers on arrests during the federal government's surge here this winter. About 3,800 Minnesota residents were arrested. Most from Latin America (only 106 from Somalia). (1)

tl;dr: NIH is running at about 60% of pre-Trump levels and NSF is running at about 20% of pre-Trump levels of funding-outlays (some directorates far below even that). Utterly catastrophic. An unforced disaster for U.S. society, and the world

Pho broth is a major cheat code

Chicago should confiscate cars that don’t have mufflers, and cars that have loud ones

I can't emphasize enough how much the Trump administration hates the military.

The Kelsey (disability-forward affordable housing developer/advocacy org) is hiring a senior manager of land use/bldg code, who'd lead a coalition for…ELEVATOR REFORM! Remote, pays up to $120k + benefits. Would involve working some with me, happy to talk if you're interested thekelsey.org/careers/

one of the bills in the BUILD plan would legalize pocket neighborhoods & cottage clusters (and starter homes) across the state, including in Chicago where this is banned

Do I know anyone can make proper renderings for a certain tunnel-based pitch? I am willing to pay a few bucks for something professional-grade. My DMs are open if you have a portfolio

Alert! Andersonville NIMBYs are organizing against a modest 27 apartment proposal that would fit right into the immediate context on Ashland. Please join the zoom tomorrow Mar 31 530pm, especially if you are a 40th Ward resident. 40thward.org/2026/03/zoni...

After this bout of the Flu, I’m going to try to mask everywhere indoors

Really not loving how basically every politician on the planet is jumping on board with these types of age verification laws, tbh!

if there exists an ETF tracker for SPX or QQQ that omits Musk co's please to share

Awful unworkable policy that will make big tech even more powerful and increase consolidation.

There's more to this story (apparently tenants wouldn't allow interior photos??) but, just on the basis of the headline, I think it's good that people can pay less for housing because they don't need to buy space for a car. Options are good. www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...

I am in the top 15,000 brackets, 99.9 percentile, on ESPN Perfect final 4 🤯

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Minimum weight of a Toyota Tacoma over the past 30 years. 1995 2,560 lbs 2000 2,910 lbs 2005 3,140 lbs 2010 3,430 lbs 2015 3,645 lbs 2020 4,075 lbs 2025 4,145 lbs

In the upcoming municipal elections I hope we can make off-leash dogs one of the policies we test the candidates on

Me and @illinoisdot.bsky.social

In Austin, Waymo robotaxis keep driving past stopped school buses with their lights flashing. The school district bent over backwards to help Waymo fix the problem. Nothing worked, and Waymo won't comment. Doesn't exactly fill you with confidence about AV safety. www.wired.com/story/a-scho...

Just like the Lego architecture set

ABS is the greatest thing to happen to baseball this century

One of the little-known secrets of Zurich's transit priority and traffic management policies is that they systematically prohibit left turns to an extent that would never be accepted by a US DOT. In these 4- and 5-way main intersections, not a single left-turn is allowed. So many such examples.

After months of coordination, two different shoots in two different seasons, and an absolute beast of an edit, our Divvy video is finally out! If you're the type of nerd who wants to learn more about our great city works, I know you'll love it.

Gasoline is still $2-$3/gallon too cheap

We couldn’t win a non-nuclear peer conflict with China. Nuts.

Inside the New Deal gem of a post office in oak park. From an age when the federal government hired artists by the score and worked however imperfectly to make life better for Americans.

ACAB does not include them

There isn't enough housing available — and outdated laws make it difficult and expensive to build more. The Building Up Illinois Developments plan would eliminate unnecessary barriers to housing construction and close financing gaps for housing of all kinds.

I cannot stress enough how these are PTA moms and soccer coach dads and I can best describe the vibe as “festively bloodthirsty”

YES GOVERNOR

Great episode about Senakw www.npr.org/2026/03/27/n...

Chicago! We are 1 week away from a big weekend in your amazing city. Things kick off with a fundraiser for the Climate Action Museum on Friday, April 3rd. Please support this awesome institution by joining us for a casual mixer. Thanks @stevevance.net for organizing! givebutter.com/lifeaftercar...

Prediction: a new user-friendly code forge will take off like wildfire in the next year or two

My wife and I have a couple thousand of these flyers ready to go for No Kings We will be handing them out at Ogilvie and Chicago Union Station Meet at Ogilvie at 1030am

Chicago train nerds - I'm going to hand out propaganda tomorrow morning at Union Station or Ogilvie. Which one will have more arrivals for the No Kings protest?

Finally the Ricketts are opening the purse. Cubs spent the most of any team this winter I think.

During a Cabinet meeting, President Trump spent five minutes talking about a pen he was holding. He claimed the company gave him a deal to make Sharpies look more official. Sharpie maker Newell Brands said the conversation as Trump related it did not happen. https://wapo.st/4uVu42z

To my knowledge, this is the first time in history that an American president has openly claimed the right to spend money without congressional appropriation. It is as grave a threat to the constitutional order as can be imagined.

Have to wonder what Chicago would feel like if it followed the example of global leading cities.... cc @mayorofchicago.bsky.social

Reach out to your state electeds and ask for a progressive vehicle weight fee like Washington DC

When Brendon Reilly announced, I posted an immediate hot take prediction that Preckwinkle would trounce him with a 20 point margin of victory In reality, her 38 point margin of victory nearly doubled my expectations

“Every $1,300 New York City invested in building bike lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to one additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.” That’s a better return on investment than some direct health treatments…”

Amid LNG crisis, Taipower has applied to restart the Maanshan nuclear power plant, which was recently prematurely decommissioned world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tai...

Wow, the pretty suburban areas of California are VERY high percentage of food delivery by bike.

Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi. The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.

To close the current housing gap of roughly 5 million homes, the Center for Public Enterprise estimates the U.S. would need to increase multifamily construction from 350,000 units per year to about 500,000 annually for nearly a decade. www.inman.com/2026/03/27/u...

"75% of people with suspended licenses continue to drive"