Brandis: Steffany, you smiled really big when he said 126 [new ADU] applications just recently. Steffany: It means that we're going to have more Chicagoans. I love Chicago. I think it's the greatest city in the world, and I want there to be more of us.

Womp womp @sidestreets.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org @chiwho.bike @chicritmass.bsky.social

Donald Trump must step down or be removed from office, and Congress must immediately return to DC to pass a War Powers Resolution to stop his war crimes in Iran.

I just feel like, if you find yourself agreeing with the crazy MAGA guy at the back of the meeting, maybe that's cause for some introspection.

Watch Borgen: no party has a majority—and that’s not chaos, it’s how democracy works. Coalition-building, compromise, and real progress. A reminder that multi-party systems can govern—and govern well.

Writing a thank-you note to your alder when they do something good is praxis

Not an automobile or Ring camera in sight

Got my copy!

CNN suddenly freaking the fuck out about Hasan Piker feels like a sign that the tide is turning.

when someone asks how many whistles I've printed

If Scott Waguespack and Brian Hopkins want to stop getting dunked on, they should stop making it so easy

Hot take: People who ask "why don't bikes just ride on the sidewalk?" are closer to being correct than they realize. Elevated (sidewalk-level, "curb-protected") bike lanes are by far the safest form of bike lane, and the only reason we don't build more of them is due to cost.

The irony of urbanists adopting AI, a technology that makes human life worse being pushed by the capitalist class, while railing against cars, a technology that made human life worse that was pushed by the capitalist class a hundred years ago, is not lost on me.

Evidence #13847 that Chicago is not nearly as progressive as people pretend it is dare I say it: downright unwoke behavior

"Well, it's no use resisting the Machine That Feeds On Human Blood, it's already here and it's not going anywhere. So you might as well learn how to use it."

Idk who needs to hear this but the self-driving Tesla turds driving around Chicago right now are not, in fact, self-driving. They have steering wheels. They have people in them. I just saw one.

Happy mario day for those who observe

We've had one Khamenei, yes. But what about second Khamenei?

Hot take: your functions and classes should not need comments to explain what they do. If you need a comment, you named your stuff badly. Comments are for WHY, not WHAT.

Can't have shit at the Western Blue Line Station

One upside to the AI bubble: All spam emails have converged on AI, so all you have to do is block the word "AI" and your spam email problem is solved

Hmmmm

Why don't I get mailers from the Automobile Deep State :(

Some photos from the Chicago memorial ride for Alex Pretti, where lots of folks came out in solidarity with similar rides across the country. Organized by @babski.bsky.social and @bikegridnow.org, with remarks from Kyle Lucas from @betterstreetschicago.org

All that effort to get him reelected mayor of Evanston so he can build housing, and he just decides to leave? And for a job where he will have far less impact on housing policy. Strange choice.

Or we can ban cars. Protected bike lanes don't sound so bad now, do they?

Surrounding the Sturtevant Amtrak station with car dealerships and storage units is diabolical. Like I actually do not understand it.

YES YES YES YES YES youtube.com/shorts/dYQad...

I think the rats here are kind of cute actually

🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 Grand Avenue businesses are hosting a meeting to discuss their “alternative plan” to CDOT’s safety improvements (hint: it’s just paint.) Help us show up in support of the original plan to widen sidewalks, raise crosswalks, and upgrade bus stops! RSVP: link.nwnachicago.org/grandmtg

Stalactites and stalagmites

So like Is Dog Haus a ghost kitchen? I've never seen this sign before

Truly a man who is allergic to good takes

Thanksgiving is cool and good actually

Joey G's on Western is a front, I just can't prove it yet

The second phase of an overhaul of part of Grand Avenue is set to bring more concrete protected bike lanes to the corridor next year — but some business owners and neighbors want to see the plan amended before construction starts. blockclubchi.co/3WQrcUS

Roger Romanelli, the guy who is leading the pushback against safety improvements on Grand Avenue, is also one of the guys who got the Ashland BRT killed. So, when he talks about wanting to "improve speeds for buses", on Grand it's a bit hard to take him seriously...

If your primary concern with new housing is traffic, parking, and noise, you don't have a housing problem - you have a car problem.

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Dude, I just love a train If we're going up to headquarters, I don't even carpool with my coworkers anymore, Hiawatha is just better in every way I would rather wake up at 4am than get in your Tesla

I've been wanting to get one of those pocket-sized tap-to-pay things they use at restaurants They all run Android from the looks of it Silliest emulation machine ever

So what, I'm supposed to just... Go to sleep? Wake up for work tomorrow? Without knowing whether transit in Chicago is saved? Insane 😞

It’s witness slip time! 🚨 Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately! The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip. mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ

People really underestimate how crucial ranked-choice voting is for getting leftist candidates into office. Zohran would have had a much harder time in a FPTP primary. If you want leftist candidates, you should be interested in RCV.

Fusion voting, another way to offer voters more real choices, could also help break what political scientist @leedrutman.bsky.social has called the “two-party doom loop.” Learn more from @insidephilanthropy.com www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/buildin...

Listen, I know Harry Potter is unwoke now, but the Deathly Hallows movies hit really different in 2025 How did that woman write these stories Literally how does she not see the irony

We should go back to the Betsy Ross flag. I don't have a good reason for it, I just think it has better vibes.

Everyone should be paying attention to the ways in which Stephen Miller and the conservatives are trying to inflame violence between the black and hispanic communities. m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLxq... I've seen some of Chicago's (shittiest) aldermen make the same play.

The Nazi analogy has been beaten to death, but... they just make it so easy. Literal Nazi behavior.