1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

Congestion pricing is a heckuva street safety strategy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

you ever notice how sometimes straight guys are the gayest guys ever?

The ladder 😳

At no point in the last 150 years have fewer than one in ten Chicagoans been foreign-born. We've been a city of immigrants from the very beginning.

my biggest wish for 2026 is to see a straight woman propose to a straight man in the wild

this is the reason i don't go on roadie rides with men any more. it happens nearly every time

If there was ever a time to minimize or stop your buying of gasoline and go car-light or car-free, it's now.

my favorite genre of tv/movie is Sports Shows Not Actually About Sports

dear runners, you do not need to have your headlamp on when you're running on a fucking BAR STRIP

Anyone know if tour de chi has SAG support?

He’s been here since 1989.

uh holy SHIT?

We are not bullying our elected officials to get off Twitter enough jfc

TIL there's a real place called the polar bear jail en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_b...

So we just accept this then? This is a legitimate use of technology going forward? This vile individual's account is just prompt after prompt asking Al to alter real-life images of women. The law needs to catch up with technology now - because we can't trust these tech companies to police themselves

Took the bus downtown early this morning and my trip was under 20 minutes. Imagine if we had infrastructure that prioritizes buses/paratransit and fewer private cars on the streets so that could be an all day reality

Municipal fragmentation is an indignity thrust upon us by the corrupt and racist, we don’t have to pretend their little fiefs are real

The University of Oklahoma made headlines after a grading dispute erupted into controversy, leading OU to put instructor Mel Curth on leave. In the process, OU has not defended Curth from targeted harassment. Sign on to this petition to demand that OU protect principles of academic freedom.

metra conductors

We have most of our online store turned off for a few weeks. In the meantime, BFF Bikes in Chicago is stocked with our reflective bags, stickers, spoke reflectors, reflective shoelaces, pins, waterproof backpack covers, upcycled mechanic shirts, and maybe a couple smaller reflective jackets.

clark and a pigeon is next

"And I never say no" We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control. We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.

if anyone wants to be a cta rail operator, cta just posted the flagger role that's the prerequisite:

The administrative cost of traditional Medicare is ~1%. For private insurance the median is over 11%. Next Christmas I want Medicare for all.

you know it's a holiday when half the cars in lincoln park are gone off the street

Since the "Groceries" complaint type got removed from CHI311, is there another way to report dogs in grocery stores? Saw at least three in Target today

staying up until midnight on christmas but it's for heated rivalry

i doordashed a single cookie and it cost me 80 dollars. why would obamna do this?

#BikeChi we need your help! Tomorrow is Burrito Brigade and we’ll have lots of burritos and care packages to distribute. All next week we have vendor home buyouts all over the city. Find all the info on our soon to be redesigned website. cyclingxsolidarity.wixsite.com/cyclingxsoli...

HELP HOCKEY BUTT IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF WIKIPEDIA 💀💀💀

holiday train so crowded, it took 25 minutes to get up to edgewater and 33 to run back

The holiday train is absolutely PACKED today. Maybe time for extra runs? @chicagocta.bsky.social

clark street here should be a transit mall

I hate the idea of using "sir" and "ma'am" in general, but I would rather be called "sir" despite being a woman and using she/her pronouns

everyone on here needs to start posting about normie hobbies on top of any political posting. do it on your other socials too

For those not be aware, the Chicago Committee on Immigrant & Refugee Rights has a form you can fill out to report potential violations of the Welcoming City Ordinance (i.e., assisiting federal agents w/ immigration enforcement) by CPD officers or other city employees: bit.ly/reportimmviolationschi

welfare queens

first time on a train out of ogilvie somehow (this post sponsored by bnsf gang)

5 ILCS 805/15 (h)(1) @ilattygeneral.bsky.social Kwame Raoul, do your damn job. @govpritzker.illinois.gov, do your damn job.

still thinking about the time i got ghosted on bumble because i lived on the wrong side of the chicago river

Chicago is a winter city & I think residents pride themselves in navigating the brutal winters. As much as the cold and winter is part of our identity, the city itself doesn’t manage winter & snow well. Right now, our sidewalks are intermittently icy w/ many alleys looking like ice rinks.

I…did not see the closing sentence of this photo caption coming: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...

This ebike can go 30 mph!! Okay,

An exquisite Italianate in Austin: the 1871 Charles Hitchcock House at 5704 West Ohio Street. Designated a Chicago Landmark on 7/7/1992. (My 2016 photo)

i hate the stupidly easily clickable tiktok share buttons because i nearly sent "3 exercises to get ilya rozanov's ass" to someone out of nowhere

you should have seen the reactions when i put "viagra triangle" as the location in the project tracker

My plans tonight would be a perfect use for the 11 bus on Lincoln Avenue. For all of us northside yuppies (and everyone else), please bring it back!!! @chicagocta.bsky.social