‘‘Tis the season for molasses cookies!!

don't forget to look at the moon tonight

I am not a goth girlie or anything, just Catholic. Found a random skull and my husband questioned why I put it on the Christmas tree. I said “it’s theologically appropriate! Christ was born so that he would die!” It stays. #mementoMori

I’m not a DnD player but my child went to a club at school for beginners. At the end of the first campaign the DM gave them all a rating 1-5. Everyone got a 1 except one girl and then the DM quit. Wut? 🤦🏻‍♀️

It’s worth pointing out that the only reason a citywide secure bicycle storage and parking program is even still a thing we’re talking about is because of all of the work @shabazzstuart.bsky.social did to keep it a live issue for years. That Oonee didn’t even get an interview is flabbergasting.

People want to walk and bike in the winter. It’s this sort of thing that makes it hard. Imagine trying to push a stroller or using a wheelchair. Yet the road was so clear I saw drivers speeding (feedback boards flashing). Priorities!

“Gay-Robinson thinks the electric heating cooling system her friend got at no cost may have saved her life”. www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

10” of snow!! It’s a winter wonderland. Clearing my sidewalk and driveway was a lot easier with four of my neighbors (and their snowblower).

Love it. I remember when my college friend tried to start a chocolate shop, the permitting was bananas and took forever. She had to get approval for her sink and it took weeks!

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Fun video from Madison Bikes on this snowy day! What is YOUR favorite part of biking in the winter? Me: I love the quiet and the sparkling of lights on the snow. It’s beautiful on the paths. It makes me feel alive! youtube.com/shorts/-ykC1...

grease floats. when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks. the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process. listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.

My kid: you know what eats humans in the food chain? Cars. 💀

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Talking about perfect timing: Aventon launched an e-bike trade-in program last Friday. They are offering riders a $200 bonus when trading-in an e-bike, *including Rad Power Bikes*, toward a new Aventon. It appears that the trade-in credit might be able to be stacked with Black Friday deals as well

RIP Sister JoAnn Persch, immigrant advocate who, alongside Sister Pat Murphy, prayed the Rosary in English & Spanish every Friday outside Broadview ICE, no matter what **since 2007** She was still attempting to minister to people inside Broadview Nov. 1. Legend 💚 blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/s...

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Great article. Especially the “no risk of carbon monoxide poisoning”. I still have detectors at my house but I don’t think I need them anymore.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Great turnout at the #madison bikes winter biking fashion show!

Fascinating!

Alice Wong was everything a human being should be: brilliant and creative and outspoken and courageous and compassionate all of her work will live on, but there is a special place in my heart for her memoir Year of the Tiger www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688504...

My kid just said that people who drink and drive or look at their phone while driving are gusanos de caca. 😂

So Pakistan is *paying* Qatar to *not* deliver LNG because even including this penalty payment their solar PV and battery spending is much better value for money and saves them billions. How fascinating!

our crossing guards do mission impossible and I am so thankful for all of them, but JFC the fact that we need "Guards" to simply ensure drivers don't run over school children? This is what is so twisted about our auto obsessed culture that we don't even see how we've completely normalized this.

This is so cool: Copper, which makes induction stoves with li-ion batteries integrated, is going to build *10,000* of these suckers for use in New York public housing. Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.

Was discussing the end of penny printing and mentioned we did “penny wars” in high school. My colleagues were confused. Was this a thing you did? Where was your H.S.?

Pretty cool interactive data by state on how folks are adopting clean energy. environmentamerica.org/center/resou...

Chicago's ICE resistance just showed the world that everyday Americans are good and fearless in fighting for their communities But our cowardly elites -- especially Senate Democrats -- still don't get it My new column on America's great disconnect www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

“I have taught my kids how to ride safely, he did everything right and still got hit." This was a quote from his mom, and that mom is all of us.

Northern Lights out here in South Minneapolis

Little bits of aurora in #madisonWI

I’ve read a few of these. All great books!

Reminder that if you want to get a tax credit for clean energy upgrades you have about 6 weeks left. But check out the many state and local rebates that you might qualify for!

shopping.yahoo.com/home-garden/... IMO, the heat pump water heater credit was the best deal for homeowners in the IRA. Upgrade by the end of the year to qualify for the tax credit. If you are on gas, operating costs are just slightly lower. You will save loads vs everything else.

Just called Baldwin’s office! Johnson, well, we know what he thinks.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

So good. “What we have is each other and our will to remake the world.” organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

I hit 4,000 miles on my HSD this morning on the way back from skating! This bike is so great, super low maintenance!

Horrifying

Great news in New York to get closer to seasonal heat pump rates! www.rewiringamerica.org/newsroom/pre...

No joke, when talking about the election with my high schooler, they were like “is Sliwa the one with the hat?” 😂

Wingra was so still today. Just beautiful.

I know his name. He is a colleague of my former neighbor. Please pray for him.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀? 𝘞𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 +🍁𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 & 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘴. BikeLoud volunteers keep busy with our THREE bike-powered lane-cleaners but we can only do a fraction of what's needed. @pbotinfo.bsky.social Please prioritize bike lanes!

My kids got potatoes while trick or treating last night. Did yours? 😂

My kids got potatoes while trick or treating last night. Did yours? 😂

Wisconsin Halloween