Riding through pbls and I see drivers staring at their phones (in hand) constantly. I want to tell them “thanks! You’re why I’m stuck in this concrete lane!” But it’s impossible to catch their eye. If they look up at all it’s only ever directly in front. Never to the side or a mirror.

I rode them yesterday! A little puddly after the rain but otherwise great!

Pretty disturbing show of force by police. Chilling, actually.

It’s good to know that we really can just shut streets down if there is the will. We should do it for better things.

Imagine if your whole city were elastic and the parts stretched out into parking snapped tight. How much closer would work be? Or the grocery store?

If you just got hit on your bike on Damen at Elston/Fullerton, my in-laws saw the whole thing. Let me know if you need them, and I hope you’re OK!

Cyclists notoriously don't bike at night

Yes and policy sabotage of renewables and EVs.

In the process of looking for a black tie dress for an event next month, I found an entire website with hundreds of dresses and gowns that is entirely AI images. Even the review photos that look more natural ping AI image detection.

It's wild how often the response to criticism of car dependency is just having the very points you're making (it's currently too difficult to manage without a car; cycling is currently too dangerous; public transport is currently inadequate) yelled back at you as if you haven't thought of them.

Immigration is good! Freedom of movement is good!

Would be nice if companies could make their product search as functional as their targeted ads 🙃

Oh great we’re doing “welfare queens” again.

writing and reading in chicago kicks ass imo! come to @tuesdayfunk.bsky.social tomorrow and toast with us 🍻

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

The Persistence of Memery #art #illustration #OhMyGodISpent23HoursOnThis #memes #painting #dali #PleaseLaugh

For any other photographer buds, I built a quick bulk image compressor, because I accidentally took 5 GB of photos in two days, and the existing bulk image compression tools I found delete EXIF metadata. It's free, all client-side, and open source! viktorkoves.com/tools/img-co...

And it’s literally just hot chicken. You still can’t get other hot pepared foods. So stupid.

welp, it was cold this morning so I rode down Milwaukee again. It was fine traffic wise but there was SO. MUCH. GLASS. in the lane. Thankful for my brand new tires & sealant! ✨

I made a [somewhat ridiculous and not particularly practical] font. You can see it here: allweeksend.neocities.org/Blocktangle

On first glance I thought for sure this was a joke, but no, it appears they rebuilt a historic wooden pier as a parking lot.

Come to @beermiscuous.bsky.social, give me $200, and I'll give you the beer tasting of a lifetime. You won't have to take a shower afterwards.

I made a [somewhat ridiculous and not particularly practical] font. You can see it here: allweeksend.neocities.org/Blocktangle

Actually just added a new page to allweeksend.neocities.org today!

I saw the Instagram comments on a “gen X was taught to be colorblind and everything was fine” nostalgia post last week and there were SO MANY comments essentially saying that Obama invented racism. I was a little shocked tbh.

Now it’s time for the BIG REVEAL 🎉 Introducing the 2026 Button-O-Matic Artist Series curated with 16 On Center, inspired by Chicago’s live music scene, and supporting safer, more inclusive shows through Our Music My Body. Grab your pack at the launch party on May 9, 3–6 PM at Elston Electric ⚡️

Confirming all of our suspicions about Brandon Johnson’s CDOT. I suspect that they’re afraid of the blowback some alders have received, need to make budget cuts and simply don’t see this as a priority.

A Tornado WATCH means Be Prepared. A Tornado WARNING means Take Action! weather.gov/safety/tornado-ww

Purposely violating laws should be grounds to remove their license for doing business in a city.

Spent all day down at Calumet park and the only sunshine was on my drives there and back 😂. We’re back for another day of racing tomorrow but it’ll be short! Races start at 11am, we should be done around 1. Keeping it compact!

Imagine if we'd learned 20 years ago that urban mobility is a simple geometry game: How do we move more people and goods in the same amount of space as the city grows? Cars are convenient, but inefficient. Uber + AVs are ~40% less efficient than cars, carrying 0 passengers ~4 out of 10 miles driven

absolutely wild response from larry “constitutional policing” snelling

Chatted with lovely fellow riders each way on my commutes today. Shoutout to friendly folks on the road. #bikechi

Professional cyclists’ union when?

"Snelling has said the increase is the result of officers reporting those incidents accurately for the first time as a result of consent decree compliance." The duality of police data: when the trend is good, it's good; when the trend is bad, well, you see, here's the problem with the data...

benches, buses, and bathrooms. they should be everywhere

Writing a thing for Streetsblog. Does anyone have photos of poor e-bike behavior we can use w/ credit?

So true. Inside a car you’re cut off from the outside, whereas on a bike you’re acutely aware of your surroundings by necessity. A bad close pass resonates and lingers for the rest of your ride, sometimes even well beyond.

A Waymo car in Chicago www.flickr.com/photos/james... (feel free to use this in your articles, and please follow the Creative Commons attribution guidelines)

Because bike infrastructure generally parallels car infrastructure and because speeds are often disparate (either cars are faster because engines or bikes are faster because traffic) you just see a lot more different cars from a bike than you would in a car.

After you’re done, swing by Calumet Park for some amateur racing. It’ll be fun! Racing starts at 11am and wraps up about 3:15 pm each day @halfacrecycling.bsky.social

Hey everyone! Me and a couple of other gals that frequented Monday Night Ride are starting up our own riding club this year! We had our first official ride two weeks ago and our next one is this thursday. WTNB centered, all welcome. We'll be meeting up weekly come may with more details to come.

If I were a CEO who really believed this I wouldn’t just be issuing warnings. I would be demanding huge new taxes on the richest to set up UBI before I get executed.

Seating tubeless tires without a struggle is one of the most satisfying things in the world.