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I make educational software. One of the @chicagobikesox , working on a @bikegridnow and the human behind @chicagoLFT . He/him.

Chicago, IL
Joined December 2007
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2 years
We are inside the ballpark
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5 months
Why is this city so hostile to its youth?
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@CWBChicago
CWBChicago
5 months
NEW: Alderman Brian Hopkins wants to ban unaccompanied minors from downtown after 8 p.m. He made the announcement this afternoon, citing a violent attack on two people in Streeterville.
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@lincolnavebike @Cubs “make sure every kid has a phone running the ballpark app” 🎰
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1 year
The city is proposing opening six roads cutting across Grant Park after the NASCAR race with no public meetings or community input. Chicagoans should have a say.
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1 year
“Pro-cop” accounts admitting they actually think cops are thugs w/ this whole “Dollop better hope they never need the cops (to do their jobs) because Dollop refused to do some cops a favor once and now the cops will let bad things happen to them” thing, a thread
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2 years
#bikechi , we finally have a bike counter! It’s a beautiful day to put some numbers on the board. 80 bikes today, 34° at Chicago and Wells.
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2 years
Apparently the CTA won’t allow their schedule planners to make schedules based on actual staffing levels because they’re scared to lose funding for any runs that they cut @ctaaction
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5 months
@AJManaseer And you think collectively punishing all the teens will change the behavior of the teens who aren’t behaving?
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1 year
@IATSE @Disney @vfxunion Holy shit they did it again
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5 months
@EmptyNet27 If I can put an example of two adults committing crimes right here will you support a curfew for them too?
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4 months
@RiotFest Missed a spot
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2 years
Divvy is profitable for @lyft . They can’t be allowed to continuously degrade service and raise prices. This was supposed to be a last mile transit system for the city @ChicagoDOT @chicagosmayor @Brandon4Chicago @ChuyChicago @JaymalGreen @kambucknerchi @PaulVallas
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2 years
The bike grid is environmentally friendly but full gridlock would be equally safe for cyclists and politically easier to achieve
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2 years
The front page of the newspaper
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2 years
Not sure what everyone’s mad about this looks great
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1 year
Hit a home run for hate! Join the White Sox on July 9th for Bigotry at the Ballpark. #changethegame
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2 years
Couldn’t resist
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4 months
We got so lucky
@keccers
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4 months
The tech community should have chosen Chicago not Austin
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1 year
Watch for lobbyists and PR hits blaming restaurant closures on One Fair Wage before it takes effect, just like they did with violent crime and the Safe-T act
@chicagobars
Chicago Bars
1 year
FYI @AldMattMartin - another full service spot in the ward shutters. I know you're a yes on OFW but Chicago owned bars and restaurants can (usually) pay climbing property taxes, the Midwest's HIGHEST restaurant sales tax, or the region's HIGHEST wages. But they can't do all 3.
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2 years
Ok fine, call them accidents. Now please explain how you wake up every morning and choose the mode of transportation where a little whoopsie can end someone’s life
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2 years
Drivers and DOTs radicalize people who bike into bike advocacy and then clown on us for talking about it. If you’re annoyed by activism, stop making activists! Give us a grid I swear we’ll shut up, nobody actually wants to roll up to a party and talk about how they got there
@foxyjewishmama
foxyjewishmama
2 years
Biking isn’t my only personality trait. I also bike to see live music. I bike to try new restaurants. I bike to check out breweries. I bike to enjoy parks & trails. I bike to explore other cities. I bike to visit my family. I bike to my job. I bike to yoga class. I bike to…
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2 years
@foxyjewishmama Rode the lakefront early this morning and between the sunrise and the city I was smiling like an idiot the whole time
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1 year
This is a twitter account. He wanted to run a whole city.
@royalpratt
Gregory Royal Pratt
1 year
In case you’re wondering, here’s Paul Vallas comment: “No one has access to my Twitter account and yes I was hacked again and will change my password yet again. Let me restate again that I don’t tweet likes or dislikes.”
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9 months
Why haven’t we seen a shiny counter proposal from the @ISFAuthority to keep the Sox in Bridgeport, develop the parking lots, and boost state revenue? @GovPritzker @SenMattieHunter @RepSonyaHarper @ChicagoTM @ChrisWelch_JD @DonHarmonIL @ald_nicolelee @Nomads4Pritzker @POTUS
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1 year
If you pay attention you’ll find that drivers and cyclists break the law at the same rate. Look it up if you don’t believe me. The difference is that bad driving kills people. Maybe we should design roads so that when people behave completely predictably, nobody dies.
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Showtime
1 year
@WGNNews I watched a group of 6 bikers just rip through several stop signs on Lincoln ave yesterday. If you want to share the road you get the same set of rules, not special treatment to burn through signs and lights.
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1 year
. @ChicagosMayor can and should direct CDOT to fix Halsted immediately. Bold leadership will come from bold leaders, not bureaucrats.
@Teeghman
teeghman.bluesky.social 🇵🇸🥥🌴
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@ChicagoDOT My replies are FULL of other people’s horror stories from Halsted’s painted bike lane. The problems w/ this unprotected bike lane are well-known. We need to demand BOLD leadership from @chicagodot to upgrade bike lanes across Chicago so they are ALL protected. #bikechi #chibike
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@questionableway Eh, I think if you are a business and you are trying to get an event permitted where a gajillion people swim in the lake in water where you can’t stand with only four exit ladders, I’d be surprised you could get a permit at all and I’d expect it to cost a lot.
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6 years
I’ve been working with an iPad all week while my Mac is being repaired. I can’t believe I didn’t know this.
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10 months
Someone put a coffee cart or a busker here please
@Billeeejo
Billyjoe
10 months
Motorists are now blocked from going west on Dickens from Cannon Drive, or crossing/turning from Lincoln Park West heading eastbound.
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1 year
@cdgoldstein Never a problem with my guy Pat on eBay
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5 months
@AJManaseer It won’t but it will? If banning kids from navy pier and Millenium Park (and soon Downtown) had any effect, we wouldn’t be having this conversation because none of this latest round of shitty behavior would have happened Try to think about what you’re saying before you say it
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10 months
The lakefront trail is unskiable #chilft
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6 months
@questionableway Floaties are in fact not safe in open water! Banning floaties because they are not certified flotation devices is not a CYA regulation
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8 months
I don't care how much Dorval Carter rides the CTA and I think it's a distraction from the fact that he's not doing his job.
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2 months
If your first recommendation for a neighborhood restaurant in Chicago serves tacos on a steel zig zag you should be investigated (for being bribed by that restaurant)
@gilbert36ward
Gilbert Villegas
2 months
To my #DNC2024 delegates, please visit the neighborhoods. Barcocina West Town Fatso’s Last Stand West Town Dell Rooster West Town Jimmy’s Hot Dogs in West HumboldtPark Jerusalem Grill Belmont Central Frank’s Pizzeria Montclare Mr. D’s Montclare Meson Del Taco Belmont Central
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2 years
so they just lie to us all the time
@ctaaction
Commuters Take Action
2 years
Yesterday, the blue line only ran 55% of its scheduled trains. Riders deserve more accurate schedules.
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@Segway_Batman You can just say you don’t like vegetables
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@Jlil10_ You think an escort policy stops a “teen takeover”?
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2 years
Every new corporate logo is bad and every new union logo fucks. Designers are labor heroes.
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2 months
Waves are very high at the curve #chiLFT
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@foxyjewishmama Tagging @mulegirl , who wrote this in Just Enough Research:
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10 months
Planking is back
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@StudioMalt
Studio Malt
10 months
A snapshot of #biking & pedestrian-ing in #Chicago .
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1 year
Very proud to see the @BergenBikeBus tracker (aka the @bikegridnow , @NettelhorstBike , & @chicagobikesox tracker) featured as @glitch app of the week. The tracker was my first contribution to @bikegridnow & I love that folks have taken it up to help more people catch the bike bus
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@Amy4KY No no no there are eight days of Fire Hanukkah and then eight days of Ice Hanukkah, we just try keep the ice stuff quiet because it freaks people out. Happy Ice Hanukkah to your Mom.
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2 years
This is going to solve traffic like Jane Byrne‘s Cabrini-Green stunt solved crime
@Thejanebyrne
Jane Byrne Interchange
2 years
Move over Chicago, there’s a new interchange in town. 😎 #JBI #MidCenturyModern #Meets21stCentury #IDOT
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10 months
Happy first day of trail hazards (observed)
@ChicagoParks
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10 months
#ChiLFTAlert : Please be advised, due to high wave activity & below freezing temps., access to the lakefront trail is closed from Oak St. to Ohio St., & access from the Chicago Ave. underpass will not be available. For everyone’s safety, please heed the warnings & signage.
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10 months
Shout out to @robby_rumble for taking my new pfp / capturing one of the coolest snow storms I’ve ever seen on the night we met
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10 months
Today would be a good day to ask @ChicagosMayor what he’s going to do about traffic violence
@ShiaKapos
Shia Kapos
10 months
. @ChicagosMayor Brandon Johnson makes some big appointments: Tom Carney becomes commissioner of the city's Department of Transportation, Sandra Blakemore is Department of Human Resources commissioner, and Alfonzo “Rudy” Conner Jr. is Department of Water Management commissioner
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1 year
Sunshine
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@AJManaseer @GRUMM9301 I don’t think “belligerent teenagers” give a shit about a curfew, which we’ve had in this city for decades. I also don’t think belligerent teenagers are automatically black, as your weird hypothetical implies.
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3 months
How do you sit on eight parking lots for 33 years and not think of this before the team in the middle of Lakeview?
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2 years
Ride with us
@chicagobikesox
Chicago Bike Sox
2 years
Good morning, baseball
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2 years
@samwightt Maybe this isn’t the time to say it but
@samwightt
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2 years
Maybe this isn't the time to say it but I'm really proud of the fact that I've never broken a bone
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1 year
Chicago Det thinks cops are thugs
@ChicagoDet
Lie Detector
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@DollopCoffeeCo Can’t wait until you need a cop.
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5 months
@seskoog All the youth committed crimes and should stop and then once all of them stop they can hang out in public again? That’s really what you think?
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2 years
@JuniperFolly Fenders help a lot. Most rain gear is built on the assumption that the water is coming from above you. Also if your helmet doesn’t have a good visor wear a hat under it. Bike specific or just a baseball cap.
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2 years
Found @urbenist ’s house
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2 years
#bikechiRAGBRAI training starts in March. 1000 miles by July 22, commuting counts! All are welcome! We’ll have a meet up soon for new & experienced riders to talk about the ride, travel, training, etc. Smash that like button if you’re interested, questions about RAGBRAI below.
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1 year
My friend Oliviaa thinks cops are thugs
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Emma*** ✝️ 🇺🇲
1 year
@DollopCoffeeCo Vile people. Vile company. Don't come crying when lowlife criminals target your store and you call 911.
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6 months
I’ve had long covid for a while. It’s not as bad as it could be, for which I am very thankful, but it sucks. If I’ve disappeared from your life that’s why. Will probably delete this soon, I’m just tired of having to tell people one at a time.
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2 years
@Ryan_Johnson Help me out: you are *not* proud to announce the single largest decarbonization effort in the history of Chicago?
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2 years
Tell me more about this
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2 years
planners also don’t seem to have any input into which scheduled runs are actually run
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2023: people jump on a car at Pride, WGN reports the “neighborhood is destroyed” 2024: the city deploys 20+ cops PER STREET CORNER in Lakeview You’re not going to believe what happens next…
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2 years
I love twitter because every one of you nerds has a thread like this inside of you and I want them all
@SorenSpicknall
Soren Spicknall
2 years
Chi Chai Predictions: you'll be seeing a lot more of this mix around local coffee shops over the next year or two. Hugo Tea's chai concentrate will become more popular at high end shops, and Kilogram Tea's longtime go-to "premium" chai mix will probably lose market share there.
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My forgiven PPP loan (barely) saved my small business, which is my sole source of income. If your response to life-altering gov’t support is anything other than to hope and fight for the broadest possible application of life-altering gov’t support, you should eat your shoes
@mcbyrne
melissa “cancelled student debt” byrne
1 year
Behind every prominent opponent of student loan relief is a forgiven PPP loan.
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FRIDAY I missed a call from my doctor. I call back. It’s the infamous phone tree. Eventually I get to a human and tell her I am returning my doctor’s call. She says she’ll let the doctor know I called. This takes eight minutes.
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2 years
@foxyjewishmama This is such a millennial question to ask
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1 year
Libs of Chicago thinks police dispatchers are thugs
@Libs_OfChicago
Libs Of Chicago
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@GayDispatcher @TheTruthHurtsY2 @DollopCoffeeCo Next time they are getting robbed maybe forget to dispatch a car to their shop.
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@lukexxx0 All the kids did this?
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3 months
RFK says he put a dead bear in central park because of bike lanes and now I would like to know if AJ Manaseer has been checked for brain worms
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10 months
I get it, it’s hard to find a spot
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4 months
😢 The u-lock always goes around the rack and your frame. The cable is for your wheel.
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1 year
When I see you riding your tri bars at speed through the crowd on the LFT I pray to my very powerful and customer-service oriented diety that you’ll bonk in the water. Fyi.
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Baby Al Capone thinks cops are thugs
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Biden Crackhouse thinks cops are thugs
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America First Newswire™️ thinks cops are thugs
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@foxyjewishmama I guess technically tire dust isn’t a fume
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@foxyjewishmama Did you both lay on your horn?
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2 years
@urbenist This is fake. You clone brushed right over the canal that connects the rooftop bar to the bottom of the river.
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@ACannon_3 @BlockClubCHI They were open about this last year. I asked and their consultant confirmed there would be no noise mitigation for trail users. “There’s not much we can do. Normally you’d build a big wall but that would be an eyesore.” Unlike a twelve lane highway.
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@RottenInDenmark Elon’s entire view of what’s wrong with Twitter seems to be shaped by the complaints of internet conservatives who have long been convinced that Twitter wasn’t showing their tweets to enough people.
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Update: the @BergenBikeBus / @bikegridnow / @NettelhorstBike / @chicagobikesox tracker is @glitch ’s most inspiring app of 2024! I have to say, it’s the movement not the code. Thanks to everyone who lead, supported, or rode a #bikebus this year
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1 year
Very proud to see the @BergenBikeBus tracker (aka the @bikegridnow , @NettelhorstBike , & @chicagobikesox tracker) featured as @glitch app of the week. The tracker was my first contribution to @bikegridnow & I love that folks have taken it up to help more people catch the bike bus
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This is a fee Divvy charged its members for its own operational failure and I’m glad they’re eliminating it but why are they still charging non-members $2.40 a ride every time it happens *to them*
@ChicagoDOT
CDOT
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Excited to announce a new benefit for @Divvybikes members! Members can now park e-bikes and e-scooters near a full station without paying the $1.20 out-of-station fee, making it more convenient to Divvy to our busiest spots🚲🛴 More info here:
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@Segway_Batman Including this one
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I’m sick and can’t make the @chi_streets ' inaugural annual fundraiser, so I just donated. Clinical trials show that supporting safe streets is as effective a cough suppressant as any over the counter drug. Won’t you suppress my cough?
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@LeighGiangreco Another possibility: the Sox hat is one of the best selling hats in baseball, the Cubs don’t usually break the top ten. Lids sells more Sox merch than Cubs merch on the strength of the hat. Fashion, the hat’s place in hip hop culture, south side representation all contribute
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also shout out to the @AldKnudsen43 staffer who stopped by to see how the diverter was working out and let me know they’re looking to replace the flex posts with something more permanent (planters?)
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If you can’t do your workout without occasionally slowing down for other trail users, a. Yes you can b. Do it somewhere else
@chiyclist
🚲Sharrows R. Bullshit🚲
1 year
Me and the Sweet Roll Chicago peeps got yelled at on the LFT by a Lady Lycra, she told us to ride single file. I say again, a cyclist in Lycra yelled at other cyclists to ride single file. Why are they like this? #BikeChi
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@foxyjewishmama So you and Gordon agree that his protected parts look a lot better than his unprotected parts?
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Not a dime of public money for sports billionaires but this rocks
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1 year
Going to bike to the ballpark today to relive the stupidest part of my RAGBRAI experience
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2 years
Dorval is a distraction. Gia is a distraction. The only lever we have is the mayor. Do not vote for anyone without a plan for the CTA. Do not vote for anyone without a plan for safe streets.
@chicagobars
Chicago Bars
2 years
The @CTA President (and half the board) serve at the Mayor's pleasure IIRC. None of their "time is up" until the person on the fifth floor says so.
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Something that got a little lost in the post-CM yelling is that when we talk about practicing deescalation, we’re talking about tactics to prevent escalation from happening, not what somebody could have done to get a guy to put a gun away or how to unpunch a half dozen faces
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