I fried donuts in a bakery in college. It was a late-shift job. I will never forget the huge cinder block-sized bricks of grease that I would shovel into the fryer. I used to bring home boxes of donuts for my roommates who were partying on those Fri/Sat nights and feel sick watching them get snarfed

Look at the strange hermit crab-like worm that I found on the bike rack today. Don't see that when you're parking your car.

We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...

Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.

Cade Cavalli is from predominantly white suburb of Tulsa, OK. Just putting that out there. Especially when young, people are a product of where/how they grow up.

Racists absolutely have to be held accountable, though I don't have a whole lot of faith these days.

Data centers can bring air pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, and impact on the energy grid. These facilities could be obsolete in the future, with the #EpsteinClass billionaires raking in their profit, and local communities stuck with the mess. @saveohioparks.bsky.social

Ominous mesage from ComEd.

Given how much of our corn yield goes to ethanol production (a plurality) and how electric vehicles are more or less readily available now, there's an argument that we are *already* using millions of acres of Illinois farmland for solar power, just in the least-efficient method possible

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider a challenge to Cook County’s ban on assault weapons, setting the stage for what could be a crucial ruling on the right of people to own the types of firearms that have been used in mass shootings.

Pieces of long-lost Louis Sullivan building revealed on Chicago’s south lakefront (gift link)

Hot take: cooling centers should be open MUCH later than 5pm. It's currently 93 degrees at 6:00pm with a heat index of 104 and won't even be under 90 until almost sunset.

More People Travel by Bicycle Than by Car in Paris. momentummag.com/more-people-...

The US government acknowledged that ICE deported a Chicago man to Venezuela in ‘error’ and let him return to his family. Crazy story from @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/29/c...

Cars kill in more ways than one.

"The report calls for hood height caps of 85 cm (33.5 inches), width limits of 192 cm (75.6 inches), taxes tied to vehicle dimensions, parking fees based on size, and regulatory incentives reserved for smaller EVs measuring less than 4.2 meters (165.4 inches) long."

Mandatory licensing and insurance for pedestrians. No more freeloaders! Until then, rip out the sidewalks!

Hopefully these can be tweaked in the future to be parking protected bike lanes. Wentworth through Chinatown is a notorious parking lot. The sidewalks move tons more people than the car lanes. It sucks to cycle on.

Record time Divvy commute this morning! 🚲 New route, 3 minutes faster and $0.60 cheaper. Realizing too that I've saved nearly $1,000 with my Divvy membership since October. Also, can't wait for the Grand Ave bike lane extensions! 😉

Riley O’Neil Memorial Station A mobility bureaucrat who was killed by an unlicensed & uninsured driver who unlawfully opened their door in a dangerous bike lane featuring a design that regularly kills and injures cyclists.

Smile & wave at me. Never once have I ever been treated badly by a cyclist when driving. If you have experienced a cyclist getting angry at you while driving, then that is a skill issue, my friend. Also hating “aggressive” cyclists is like hating an ant you’re gonna squish for not wanting to die.

Hey Chicago, quit driving so much!

Lots of pedestrians cross Clinton and the bike lane outside of union station midblock between adams and Jackson. There should at least be sharks teeth to cue cyclists to yield. What do you think?

Summer in the city

"Most galling of all is that we have the tools to bring traffic violence to near zero. But we lack the will to make the change." "We don't need to wait for blood in the streets to act. We can make changes now that will save lives and improve our neighborhoods today."

How do you get to the city without a car?

We know how to stop traffic violence but our elected officials lack the will to effect the change. chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

Great piece by @paparidesabike.bsky.social. Too often, our leaders act like change is outside their control when really, it's simply outside their imagination. We have to expand our thinking about what's possible & what can work. We don't have to live this way. chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

Let's see what else our Chicagoland sustainable transportation advocacy colleagues have been up to lately. 🚶 🚲 🚋 🔭 @chicago2100.bsky.social has been playing Waymo attention to the driverless car trend than the average advocate.

Bike-a-palooza is coming up quick! Join us at Welles Park this Sunday, June 28th, from 5-8pm, for lots of bike fun, from test rides of bikes and ebikes to safety tips and a whole lot more!

Bike The Drive should be for the entire month of September

Cinemas are a ripoff

It doesn't get said often, but damn, Indiana looking good.

The world is burning. Stop driving cars everywhere all the time for everything. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...

good politics requires both skills and values. by now most people recognize that johnson is bad at the skills, but it's important to be clear that he *also* has bad values

Hey, we just learned that the Obama Center has *sheltered* bike parking. 🚲 🅿️ 🥳 Don't worry Trent, when folks learn where the racks are at the OPC, they'll use them. A well-marked, low-stress cycling route from and to the Lakefront would also help. @obamafoundation.bsky.social @stevevance.net

If police are permitted to roll stop signs when it's safe to do so, they shouldn't be ticketing cyclists doing the same in High Park on the MGT or anywhere... Video taken on Monday.

Venezuela has declared a state of emergency after massive back-to-back earthquakes toppled buildings in Caracas, knocked down power lines and devastated the capital’s main airport. Read here: bloom.bg/4vtpSqp

*Tuesday, JUNE 23rd

#Prairieland19 Benjamin Song was hit with the longest prison sentence: 100 yrs behind bars. Maricela Rueda was sentenced to 70 yrs in prison, Autumn Hill to 50 yrs, along with Zachary Evetts, Savanna Batten, Meagan Morris, & Elizabeth Soto. Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada to 30 yrs. For protesting

Cherokee Nation Cyclists Ride The Trail of Tears www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

Nothing like sitting in the doctor's office for over an hour for a 15 minute visit.

Car tire wear is a leading cause of microplastics entering our bodies of water. Wonder if there’s anything we can do about that…

Dear fellow cyclists: You know how it’s scary, dangerous, and also illegal for drivers to pass within 4 feet of us? Please give pedestrians and other vulnerable folks the same courtesy, whether you’re on a street, a bike path, or wherever. 1/?

This is ‘just’ 35 vehicles… not even a bus load of passengers. It’s not bikes holding you up on the road #cycling

Biked all around Paris today. Legitimately envious of the way street infrastructure privileges bikers over cars. #waroncars #parisbiking

A 76-year-old woman standing INSIDE HER HOUSE is killed by a car driver/car company, but this will barely register in the American media, frickin car culture www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/u...

Remember: it’s literally impossible to go grocery shopping on a bike.

I'll eat pretty much any pizza and probably enjoy it. English muffin pizza from my childhood, gas station pizza... I'll enjoy it all: bastardized pizza, like the Polish stuff with ketchup, Detroit, Chicago, the greasy rags they eat in New York... give me them all.