It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points

yeah Canno Design cracked the brick code here and now they sail through design review www.cannodesign.com

Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year: —50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide —8-minute midday headways on rail lines —24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)

can we keep Nora Leerhsen? please? from my view she’s been hitting it out of the park

Every neighborhood in Chicago needs a town square like this for hanging out, and for anti-fascist protests It used to be a road

all districts lead to chicago

Wednesday's WOW! This morning's spectacular panorama sunrise over Chicago.

The country has spoken. Get ready to drink some soy milk and hire minorities.

(repeating to myself) i don’t need fancy japanese scissors, i don’t need fancy, beautiful, elegant, japanese scissors…

*ADU expansion area map* new draft of the ADU opt-in areas for RS zoning districts (likely to be approved by Chicago City Council at their November meeting) the opt-in areas are symbolized by which restrictions each area will have

To put a finer point on it: • Lots of working-class folks live in 🟢🏘️ • There are lots of jobs in 🟡🏭 • We’ve already built 🔵🚆 • But we’re missing 🔴🛤️ • So those workers have to drive on ⚫️🛣️ • Therefore we should #BuildTheTunnel 🔴🚇

Everyone’s talking about Illinois’ big transit bill, but here’s what you might’ve missed: it also eliminates parking mandates near high-frequency transit stops statewide! ✨🥳 What counts as high-frequency transit? 🚇 Within 1/2 mile of rail stations and bus hubs 🚍 Within 1/8 mile of bus corridors

Background: The Peoples Gas Education Pavilion, designed by Studio Gang. Foreground: The beavers’ lodge, designed by the beavers. 🦫

In committee, my rep testified 'I don't think I've ever heard more from constituents about a piece of legislation' and then said basically something like 'I can't face them without passing this'

2025: year of less parking 2026: year of upzoning 2027: year of single stair 2028: year of ???? 2029: profit (affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods)

#Halloween quilt via Sylvia Schaefer, Flying parrot Quilts #WomensArt

A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

List of harder parts: (?) - selecting good board members - standing up a new authority while dissolving an extant authority - figuring out how exactly to do all of the service studies (and other policy implementation) stipulated in the bill

Yep! People Over Parking and transit-supportive development authority are included in the bill that passed ilga.gov/Legislation/... (HAM3+4, house amendments 3 and 4)

save Chicago from transit cuts!!

total horseshit

If you’re in Logan Square go support local vendors tomorrow.

"Nobody wants to burden working families. But what’s more regressive than forcing people to own a car?" @ellensteinke.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org og.org 🔥 chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...

If we change the structure but keep the same people in charge, we’re not gonna have a good time

Finally an expose on the dark matter of Chicago neighborhood politics: the neighborhood association. There are quite a few with boards that operate in the shadows like Sheffield Neighbors. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/f...

It's the last week of veto session at the IL Legislature, and they haven't passed a transit reform or funding bill yet. 😱 Call your reps TODAY and let them know you want them to get the job done NOW! Sending an email only takes 60 seconds, and it only takes 5 minutes to make 2 calls savetransit.org

obsessed with this entry in the pumpkin carving contest

chicago this could be us!!

The Chicago municipal elections of 2027 are going to be a golden opportunity to kick out a lot of bad electeds, if decent alternatives step up & do the work

very helpful step by step!

makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies

which japanese handkerchief are you?

i hope they do meet me on milwaukee next year, and for more weekends! May to November babeyyy

can't stop looking at this photo of Jacob Elordi in full Frankenstein's Creature makeup hugging his exasperated-looking dog

New Chicago resistance flag just dropped:

Nebra sky disc — Únětice culture, c. 1800–1600 BCE en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_s...

bringing my fun quiz over from the other website: What Asinine Thing I Call My Cat Are You? I am PRECIOUS MAN

my professor’s grad school advisor grows pumpkins and flies them around the country for competitions. he’s probably behind this. dark pumpkin science

As ICE continues to terrorize our communities, kidnapping our neighbors, 9 cyclists came together this morning at 6am to buyout 5 vendors and donate the food to a local shelter. They went home safe, hungry ppl were fed, this is #BikeChi ✊🏽

I am seven kinds of in love with Chicago

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Local legislator displays the importance of kerning

State Representatives Cassidy, Delgado, and Williams would like your opinion on progressive revenue proposals for funding transit. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I will tell you that the folks working the ICIRR Hotline are the real deal and saved these kids. PUT THIS NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE AND CALL IF YOU SEE ICE IN ILLINOIS: (855) 435-7693

baffling ad in the middle of a block club article. unless the green cities are the worst ones?

Once when canvassing I asked a voter his #1 concern and it was "yard sales are not enforcing sales tax"

as a tech worker, i co-sign this article. i still remember when AI was referred to as machine learning and did useful things like processing complex signals in my grad school lab.

All hands on deck, folks — we gotta pass this NEXT WEEK! Call your state reps TODAY. Sign up to canvass. Sign up to phone bank. (links coming later today) We need you to get in the fight with us!