I haven’t seen so many ineffective crosses in Mexico since Hernán Cortés couldn’t convert the Aztecs in 1519

This was the most fun to watch match of the tournament so far.

Oh, there’s an old French joke: German guy gets lost, and he asks for directions, and he says to the Frenchman running the gas station, what’s the fastest way to Paris, and the man replies, well usually you guys go through Belgium

This is what the World Cup tournament rules say about hydration breaks, btw

I heard a BBC commentator who is here to cover the World Cup saying he was surprised that all of these Mexicans had traveled up to the U.S. to cheer on their team in cities where they aren’t even playing. Who’s gonna tell him?

It’s 43 minutes past midnight. This is downtown Oslo.

Children’s Games (detail), by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1560, 📸 by @kgmadeit1

Maybe they meant truth bombs.

🇨🇿 Czechia planning 42km district heating pipeline to replace 110 fossil fuel boilers with steam from the Dukovany nuclear plant Decarbonized heating for an entire town! www.obnovitelne.cz/clanek/4734/...

if you, a pedestrian, walk across the bike lane AT ANY TIME, i swear to god i will modulate my speed in such a way that you are unharmed and unbothered. my beautiful pedestrian child. i will love and cherish you until the day you die

Above and beyond the fact that cars don’t belong in the parks to begin with, with the incredible amounts of rain we’ve had lately it doesn’t take much for a car to cause some serious damage to unpaved areas. CPD (both of them) need to take this way more seriously.

Perfect ad placement, no notes 10/10

Here is another batch of letters from the Chicago Tribune about bike lanes. The people are clamoring for safe, vibrant streets! www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/04/l...

Heads up for the Chicago transit nerds. IDOT is hosting a meeting to gather feedback about the Metra Clybourn station. Thursday July 23 530p-730p Holstein Park Fieldhouse

same exact energy that's like "why would a bunch of young people be at the beach on memorial day" why do you fucking think they are at the beach shithead

Lake forever problems for now

Every July 4, there ought to be mass naturalization ceremonies as the centerpiece of every festivity. Before fireworks. Before baseball games. At the start of parades. Immigration built America, and naturalization keeps our country young.

The livestream cut to ads before the show ended, not that it really matters And thus I spent the 250th birthday of our nation I guess

Pausa de hidratación

I for one like the fireworks.

Ok wait NOW he really is watching himself watch himself on Fox News.

What I learned about us during COVID is that we suck at things that require public-mindedness and mass coordination. We rule at things where money and science can make a big difference.

this is really cool to see because when I was on the concreach at about 2400 South I couldn’t see how far north the storm was - now I can via www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Gy8Hak/

they're really cooking [derogatory] over on threads

We don’t, for example, force grocery stores to sell some % of food at a loss to poor people. (And if we did, obviously food prices for everyone else would go up.) Instead we give the poor people food stamps.

Baron Von Steuben: “i now have two boyfriends, one from Prussia and one from the U.S.” The Continental Congress, just happy they found someone who can teach the continental army to fire in approximately the same direction and not immediately break and run from redcoats: “ok cool whatever thanks”

Adam Sandler officiated? Honestly, great choice.

We have dynamic pricing at restaurants it’s just framed in terms of discounts so no one minds. Lunch specials, happy hour, etc. If we called it “dinner surge pricing” everyone would riot.

What happened here? They held a bus to even the headways? A bus broke down?

I didn’t know this was a T4T wedding

Chicagoans, don’t be fooled by “95%” chance of rain tomorrow. The rain is almost certain in the 12am hour just after midnight. The chance of daytime rain tomorrow to ruin your literal parade is <20%.

Finished dinner, glanced at my phone to check the Argentina - Cabo Verde score….wtf??

"Customers are encouraged to seek alternate travel." Really wish they could at least direct folks to the RTA travel planner, or provide alternate Chicago-bound options from NCS stations, like "Chicago-bound riders in Grayslake and Round Lake should use Pace OnDemand to MDN, etc"

About the population of Madison, Wisconsin.

I do think it’s funny that all these independent thinkers end up regurgitating confederate or segregationist propaganda that is decades or centuries old. But it’s only because they’re not susceptible to manipulation like you sheeple

"Turn your A/C up to 78 F to conserve energy" ok I will turn it up from 77 F to 78 F, no problem.

I don't even know where to start on how dirty this old Ad for The Narragansentt does it. One of the most ornate Art Deco apartment buildings in the city reduced to a box. Does the Metra still get you into the loop in 9 minutes from That part of Hyde Park/Kenwood? I thought it took longer?

Getting either a dog or a baby will do.

Syrian Air has relaunched flights to western Europe for the first time in more than a decade. The first flight from Damascus to Amsterdam is en route now. www.flightradar24.com/SYR272/4078d...

IDOT has awarded the NITA consultant contract to Boston Consulting Group

My big takeaway from following the Illinois Quantum project at South Works is that all sides are some combination of delusional and dishonest. Reading about it really just makes me long for the void. chicagoreader.com/news/quantum...

HYDE PARK ➡️ Hyde Park

What a day for World Cup trivia facts: Folarin Balogun is the first player with a goal and a red card in a knockout game since Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 final

🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge. This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

If your "Sign in" button has this many submenus, something has gone very wrong with your product strategy

This is about the same length as the Red Line Extension in Chicago. They're building it 80% underground for $1.5b. RLE is elevated and current estimated cost is $5.75b.

Nomination for worst intersection in Chicago.

Spending some time outside this morning before it gets hot.

Can't believe they're flying this thing with the President on it.

Marco Polo coming back from China: