For long term, start thinking about community gardens if you do gardening, even beans on your front fence. The people who have useful skills and knowledge in food are usually eaten last...

The people who voted for the unhinged lunatic dictator who unleashed this unnecessary war need to own this.

Rides this wk: Wed training ride, Ride of Silence (remembering Dr. Bob), Sunken Gardens. Next wk: Old Plank Trail, Wed training ride, Thursday - TBA. chicagocyclingclub.org/Home/RideSch... #bikechi

SIGN OF THE DAY…

Someone should tell @mark-carney.bsky.social and fellow @liberalca.bsky.social - Conservative Premiers in Canada are ripping up bike lanes.

I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.

Don’t know how this is the least bit “legal.” Also, as soon as a Democrat takes office, the next Dem AG should not only kill this order, order audits and asset seizure of all DT businesses.

His reputation? About $.01.

If you're a Democrat and you confirm someone who refuses to unequivocally say "Joe Biden won the 2020 election," you should lose your job.

A new CDOT report finds that while bike lanes improved safety, they didn’t harm businesses, and they may help make corridors more economically resilient. 🚲 🛴 💵 👍 @atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @bikegridnow.org @chicritmass.bsky.social

Discouraging news for #ChicagoSky and fans. I really hoped that Rickea Jackson could have a great season and boost the team. #wnba www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/19/c...

This sums up the era we’re in.

The fact that Thomas Massie is fighting for his political life in a Republican primary because he wants pedophiles to face justice is not a good look for the Republican party.

Heard a hummingbird in the yard for the first time this season. 💕 #chicago #birding

Disgusting

Every citizen of Minneapolis, please step up 💥

The United States government just agreed to pay $1.8 billion to the United States president, approved by the president's own personal lawyer who represented him when he was convicted of 34 criminal counts. This is the biggest scandal in all of American political history.

After this Thursday’s show, the Ed Sullivan Theater will go dark, and we’ll lose one of the nation’s funniest and most courageous, truthful, and gentlemanly critics of Trump and his regime. Farewell, and thank you, Stephen. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/farewell-and-thank-you-stephen-colbert

To anyone planning to do tomorrow's #bikechi #rideofsilence, if you enjoyed Dr. Bob's Chicago Cycling Club rides and would like to say something about him at the ride, please DM me so I can connect you w/ride organizer.

If you can share info and help out a #bikechi friend, that would be great. Thanks for whatever info you can offer.

I am looking for examples of tallbikes for sale, or which have been recently sold. I need some examples in order to assess the fair market value of a client's destroyed tallbike. Thank you for any help you can provide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_bike

It really sucks that young Black folks are being asked to make huge sacrifices to fix what old white men broke.

How about a ban for any convicted felon to run for office. We assumed that people would figure that out on their own but we gave people too much credit.

Ban stock trading by elected officials.

I would love to see this happen in #Illinois. @jbpritzker.bsky.social

Well. Isn't this sick. #sick

Grindr Mike needs more money. He can fuck the fuck off. #puke

Rule #1: Don't pick the worst imaginable person as your leader.

I am horrified by the attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Bigotry and Islamophobia have no place in America. I am praying for the victims and their families. Americans should be safe everywhere they go, especially in places of worship.

Gorgeous day!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join me this evening for my webinar on voting rights with Rep. Robin Kelly and special guests, including the Southern Poverty Law Center. bit.ly/42GE2Ib

The graft and corruption being practiced by this administration grows more horrifying and far reaching every day. Every taxpayer should be angry. Trump is stealing money from you, just like any other common criminal. Seems like only the MAGA Republicans can stop him, if they care🧐

They were white, it won't save YOU. MURDERER jonathan ross STILL NOT ARRESTED MURDERER jesus ochoa STILL NOT ARRESTED MURDERER raymundo gutierrez STILL NOT ARRESTED MURDER in BROAD DAYLIGHT ON CAMERA IN FRONT of WITNESSESS MOST CORRUPT DOJ EVER !!!!

Are we great yet? US could lose $147-479 Billion ((Yale Budget Lab) in lost revenue. Proposed data sharing with DHS has made filing taxes risky for undocumented immigrants. “Many Latino people didn’t file taxes because of fear of ICE,” said Schmidt, a tax adviser. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Ok. I'm ready. 🤣🐈‍⬛ #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Also fuck Mike Johnson for saying politicians can't survive off $175k salaries but they expect citizens to live off $40k or $7.25 an hour. Fuck all the way off

@jazzrat2000.bsky.social Listening to New Vintage now on WDCB. It always sounds so good.

Experts say slashed funding and growing misinformation are some of the greatest challenges facing public health. Dr Anthony Fauci: We’re being overwhelmed with misinformation online. Pandemic preparedness must involve working closely with international partners. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Terribly disrespectful.

We must be "populist," ie, treat them like dimwitted children, helpless victims of historical forces & their own atavistic instincts. That's what they demand, over and over again: to be treated like children.

I have been lectured to my entire life that the greatest sin in politics is to look down on these cosmically ignorant fuckwits, or to hold them accountable for their decisions. We're just supposed to flatter their Illusions and dutifully repair all the shit they destroy.

One more reason why the idea of flying is especially unappealing this year.

Ah, yes. Fewer air traffic controllers is the answer. www.reuters.com/business/wor...

"A bicyclist was critically injured when a semi hit him Friday morning on the Southwest Side, marking at least the fourth hit-and-run crash this week, two of which have been fatal." Safety from cars is one of the more pressing issues on the SW Side.

It is worth saying that it appears that the brave and principled actions of people of Minneapolis and the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good seem to have been a legitimate inflection point in American politics. We should carry that forward with us.

Cartoon by Nick Anderson. (Follow him on Substack: https://nickanderson.substack.com/)

If you want to make a loop of it, I usually take Main Street east back to the Channel Trail and then come back south on that. But you could also keep going east into Evanston and rejoin the UP-N or Purple Line, or get on the Yellow Line in Skokie near the trail.