Denver.

One thing I appreciate about Chicago is the relative lack of “Real Chicagoan” discourse.

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Another cyclist was just doored in front of Riley O'Neil's memorial on Halsted Street. This happened about one hour ago. The cyclist declined medical treatment from the ambulance and rode away. Unfucking real. You can see the broken car window on the driver's door. #bikeChi

Red bars are U.S. states and blue bars are OECD countries.

I wrote a piece for the Yale Review on AI and "jagged intelligence". (Note: headline was not written by me.) yalereview.org/article/mela...

Bikes are for going places

Fellas is it gay if pink sky?? is bisexual trans?? looking at the sky ???????

I just flipped my hub around to fixie mode 🚲 Feels weird!

Chicago’s “mini mayor” system needs to end. Alders should not have the power to block critical street safety infrastructure in their wards.

One of the first things I noticed after moving to Chicago from NYC was that it’s so much easier to find a bike rack in Chicago. To learn that the cyclist killed yesterday was responsible for the ubiquitousness of Chicago bike parking…this is just so sad 💜

World Bicycle Day? When is World Car Day??? 🤨

POV you're from Utah and you've never seen a train before

Maybe there should be a limited number of drivers licenses, like taxi medallions. I'd trade mine in if I didn't need it for my government ID.

I took a bunch of photos from my bike. Some of these are on Cinestill 800T which was a fun experiement. grain.social/profile/did:...

picked up a book at the public library then mailed a package at the post office and am about to use public transportation to get to the gym. I love Services

driver's licenses are too easy to acquire

During my junior year of university, I lived off campus about 5 minutes away by car. One day I decided to walk instead. A friend driving by saw me walking and pulled over to ask if I was okay.

Anyone have any advice about getting into BMX or like freestyle? Like, suuuuper beginner, I can't even do a wheelie on my single speed at the moment. I just keep having dreams about doing bike tricks so I think my brain is trying to tell me something.

I had a dream that my front fork was completely busted and the wheel was gone so I was just riding around town on my rear wheel….wish I could do that in real life

Why does everyone in Chicago assume that everyone else drives cars?

I'm going to stop referring to my bike as a single speed and start referring to it as "derailleur-less"

When are we going to ban gas powered lawn equipment in Chicago

Driver man just tried to wave me through a crosswalk so he could turn right a little faster….turns out that’s how you get me to get you to turn a little slower!

Logan Square!

I really liked what was going on with the typography in Is God Is

I was obsessed with this book as a kid, and I consider it deeply formative to who I am

Mamdani administration embracing a more proactive approach to the war on cars

thought this cabbie was gonna call me a slur but I guess he just likes The Doobie Brothers

What a discouraging time to care about craft.

Someone send this to Alan Gillman

"Leaders hellbent on using generative AI to build everything in-house are asking their companies to own a wide portfolio of solutions, and with it, a wide portfolio of problems."

Victory! @cleen.cloud resigned our game on checkmate.blue in 34 moves checkmate.blue/game/did:plc...

Thinking about changing my job title on LinkedIn to Slop Mopper

Equidistant to two nearby El stops….look at all that damn parking! The hollowing out continues

Any time I see people whining online about cyclists "not following the rules" I'm like WOW that person has never crossed the street on foot before!

Tried to catch the rainbow and lightning photobombed my iPhone shot. #WXsky #ILwx

I just biked home in the rain while it was sunny at the same time

Hot take, but Chicago alleys mostly function as more car infrastructure and enable more car dependency.

Invert this concept and imagine [your city] WITH subways!

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How do I get in touch with the Scientology speed runners? There’s an organized cult with a “bookstore” in my neighborhood that might be fun for them to check out

I’m trying to have more “be” verbs in my writing. I’m aiming for more prepositions to end my sentences with. I’m embracing “bad” writing because I hope it sends a signal that I wrote what I wrote.

Your years of experience cannot be boiled down to a series of prompts, a folder of markdown files. Your brain does not fit in the machine. Don't let them try to convince you otherwise.

I love HTML, but... HTML email was a humanity-level mistake. What could've just been plain text instead requires a browser to open and read. So much time spent on designing, debugging, sending, troubleshooting everything around HTML emails.

People get cynical about politics when they get told there's no money for anything they want... and then when they get something pretty minor... the reactionaries can undo it without having to justify the spending.

Apropos of nothing at all: Quality is the integral of process + culture over time. Destroying, or carelessly disrupting, either one is an existential brand risk, and thermostatic responses which do not rebuild process and culture are doomed to fail.