Visiting a Holy Grail brewery for me, Straub in St. Mary's, PA! One of the four oldest continuously operated family owned breweries in the US.
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Richard J. Daley Branch enthusiast and general issue Chicago person. I throw yoyos, homebrew and get angry about bike lanes. He/him.
I went to Cook Forrest yesterday, which is a whole different thing than the Cook County Forrest Preserves or so I am told.
This but 1) for bike lane violators, 2) 8½ x 11 sticker, and 3) on the driver's side windshield
Jeff Liszt@liszt.bsky.social · 20h agoBringing back shame, one sticker at a time www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/n...
Most people do not know the name of this bridge in the South Loop in Chicago. It's been around for 127 years and it was designated a Chicago landmark in 2007. It's called the St. Charles Air Line Bridge. Image at sunrise last Friday.
Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia
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If you see this, post your mentor.
Babylon 5 Ambassador Delenn He Is Behind Me You Are In Front Of Me Only One Human Captain Has Ever Survived Battle With A Minbari Fleet
Alt: Babylon 5, Delenn: Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else.
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Ryan@lightsgameraaction.bsky.social · 4d agoIf you see this, post your mentor.
we're on pace to spend something like 5x the total public library budget on misconduct settlements alone. do we think that number will go up or down with 1,000 more officers? you cannot propose this kind of stuff and be taken seriously as a "fiscally responsible" candidate
4 Months Into the Year, Chicago Has Spent at Least $175.6M to Resolve Police Misconduct Lawsuits
The city’s 2026 budget set aside just $82.5 million for police misconduct settlements, and authorized officials to borrow an additional $283.3 million to cover the soaring cost of lawsuits alleging wr...
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DSA shocker: people refine their ideology through dialectic instead of just voting for whatever candidate their party barfs up and calling it politics www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Can Democratic Socialists Agree on Anything? They Say That’s Not the Point. (Gift Article)
At a national summit of the Democratic Socialists of America, nervous energy and a sprawling tableau of sometimes-competing interests were on display.
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The SF Yo-Yo Club is coming up. Same time as usual, but a different location: Saturday August 8th, 2-5pm at Mission Playground Park. #yoyo
We're not just mad about discs going away, we're mad about everything aftermath.site/playstation-di...
My friend Neill's wife Nikki passed away last night after a difficult second bout of cancer. Her life insurance claim was denied--they have no way of paying for end of life expenses and care for their daughter. Please consider donating. venmo: blackhouseindustries paypal: noiseinfection@outlook.com
if you want to see normally sclerotic do-nothing local governments suddenly snap into action, do some quietly beneficial tactical urbanism type thing like this and watch how quickly they race to remove it
wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 5d agoThe DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.
ANDDDD ANOTHER ONE!!! Starbucks workers in Los Alamitos, CA just won their union election 19-5! Welcome to your union, everyone! ✊
Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 6d agoWe’re not just tired of low pay, inadequate protections, and chaotic scheduling… we’re organizing unions to say enough is enough! CONGRATULATIONS to Starbucks baristas in Columbia, MD - they just won their union election 19 to 3! ✊
Some pics from our ride this last Saturday! Join us for the next one, Saturday, August 29. We are going to the beach!
I catch 74 distracted drivers on my morning commute and I don't even have to put a ghillie suit on
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 5d agoCatching 74 distracted drivers in six hours is good, but what would be better is redesigning the street so drivers are forced to pay attention.
A new @wsj.com piece on Chicago's Archer Avenue Complete Streets project ignores the politics behind the Astroturfed “rebellion” against the safety initiative, and includes a major factual error. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/07/31/j...
If you have the ear of Brandon and his team you should push him to recognize that without us he likely loses. But chastising us for our lack of enthusiasm for him and implying it is about naivety and privilege is not gonna fix the problem. It’s only going to further drive the wedge HE created.
A great video. Definitely take some time & watch it bike folks.
Chicagoans Who Bike@chiwho.bike · 5d agoWe made a short about the record profits oil companies were making off high gas prices a little over a month ago, and it's just as true today. It's another good reason to look at other ways of getting around!
Divvy just hit its first ever 1 million ride month! 🚲 Today, Chicago reached this incredible milestone. It's the result of expanding our bikeway network, making Divvy more affordable through operating subsidies & investing in safer, better biking across the city. Here's to the next million!
Holy sh- baseball really happened.
Logical Frank@logicalfrank.com · 6d agoOh sh- baseball is happening!
It’s a new ballfield bike ride! Roll to Chicago Stars Pride Night with @bikegridnow.org and @femnthembikechi.bsky.social. Tix: bit.ly/bgn-tix
Get ready to ROLL because we've partnered with @femnthembikechi.bsky.social and @chicagostars.com to bike bus our way up to Martin Field for their Pride Night vs Bay FC. We've got free beer from Revolution and discounted tickets courtesy of the Stars ($27 + fees). Get yours at bit.ly/BGN-TIX
UNPOPULAR OPINION: THE WHITE SOX WOULD HAVE WON YESTERDAY HAD THEY SCORED MORE RUNS THAN THE YANKEES
Steven Lucy@slucy.bsky.social · last wk.UNPOPULAR OPINION: GERMANY WOULD HAVE WON THE WAR IF THEY HAD ACCESS TO AIRPLANES AND THE ALLIES HADN'T
That is a huge earthquake for the Chicago Architecture landscape. So many immigrant architects come through this program (including multiple former managers & bosses, & dozens of coworkers) and go on to have significant impact on the creativity of the field & of our local industry.
James Fallows Tierney@jamesftierney.bsky.social · last wk.Brian Leiter wrote about faculty layoffs at my university. leiterreports.com/2026/07/29/i...
Is Chicago a "family-friendly?" city? Help @metroplanning.bsky.social answer this question tomorrow, 7/30, at their open-house taking place at the Logan Square Library from 2-5:30 PM. $30 giftcards for the first 30 families & school-age children will receive a choice of school supplies!
Also the transition between the road and the bridge on Kinzie must be an archaeological dig site or something, it's a MASSIVE hole
Excited to see progressive competitors enter the race for the 44th Ward. The ward doesn’t need to be served by an heir apparent but someone who represents the interests of this amazing, progressive neighborhood.