harold washington library state and van buren is next. doors open on the right at harold washington library state and van buren. transfer to red and blue lines at harold washington library state and van buren
craziest fact to me is that the only cities in the world w 24/7 rail are 1) chicago 2) nyc 3) copenhagen. exceedingly rare example of us doing smth better than everyone else wrt transit
oh! right! the deal is i had enough total credits to graduate but you also need 9 per quarter, so i had to add another class for this last quarter, which i do not need to pass only to be enrolled in
the bear is crazy because it’s so obvious that everyone involved loves chicago more than anything but it’s also reasonably clear that they haven’t spent like a ton of time here especially in the neighborhoods that don’t have michelin restaurants
my Nuanced Take on this is that while this guy is an absolute idiot and should definitely have to pay some kind of comically large fine, 12 years is a fkn insane prison sentence for any non-violent crime and the us embassy would be right to throw a fit about it
An American dad faces 12 years in prison for having a tiny bit of hunting ammo in his carry on bag in Turks and Caicos.
He could miss his son growing up over this.
Do not visit there until he’s sent home. Let
@TCIPremier
know what you think about this!
The Supreme Court has become consumed by a corruption crisis beyond its control.
Today’s ruling represents an assault on American democracy. It is up to Congress to defend our nation from this authoritarian capture.
I intend on filing articles of impeachment upon our return.
whats the reason thai food is so big in the us but just hasn’t really taken off anywhere else in the world? is it literally just the government funding thing?
BREAKING:
@NYCSanitation
hires
@McKinsey
to do a comprehensive study on what NYC needs to finally get trash off the sidewalk (couldn't we have just called the mayor of Barcelona?):
she was convicted 10-1 in a murder trial??? what do you mean the uk has non-unanimous murder convictions?? and the defense can’t communicate w the press? god
she was convicted 10-1 in a murder trial??? what do you mean the uk has non-unanimous murder convictions?? and the defense can’t communicate w the press? god
ah shoot. you caught me. this was a completely serious application for the currently unavailable position of associate justice on the US supreme court. i believed myself to be qualified for this role because of my 2.5 years of law school but now i know better. back to the grind!
i think "unreasonable" maybe undersells the city's demand here, which is $108,000 in permit fees! it should not cost SIX FIGURES to use public space for a public use
okay i’m only going to say this once but i think three things are true
1) biden should step aside
2) only kamala can replace him
3) if he refuses we are stuck with him, and it is the solemn and sacred duty of every single breathing democrat to pretend the emperor is clothed
i found a happy hour in lincoln park last night with $3.50 well drinks, beers, and house wines. it goes until 9 pm on fridays. i am sad to say i do not remember where this mythical place is
home girl selling single shots of vodka on the red line for $2 a pop. the catch? you gotta pull straight from the bottle. who ON EARTH is the market for this?
None of my intelligent (130+ IQ) friends use X/twitter. They only read accurate, vetted news sources and almost never use social media spontaneously on their own time. This has been a long term consistent observation, but today confirmation came. A new meta-analysis showed time
@aquafreshXTREME
like substantially thru it when they were like “wait a minute i didn’t learn any of this”
they got a B- on the wrong final and a 0 on the right one
like, there’s such an open and aggressive outpouring of love for this city in every single scene. yet,,, it fails to betray a familiarity for the place it so clearly loves
if no new taxes are being issued for this, that means some other government spending will have to be cut to pay for it, which is even worse. i’m not accepting reduced government services because of the fucking bears
Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson says the building of a new Bears stadium will "result in NO new taxes on the residents of Chicago." He repeats himself to make sure that part is clear - the building of a new stadium does not call implementing new taxes or raising current taxes on
the first warm weather day of the year the energy in chicago is absolutely unparalleled. everyone in a good mood, everyone outside. the whole city is basically one big block party. nothing i experienced growing up on the west coast ever came close to matching it
even louisiana managed to abolish non unanimous convictions by now. no major country would more benefit from just copying the bill of rights than england
fun fact: chicago doesn’t actually have 24/7 service they just claim to. proof: i can’t get home because the red line isn’t running south even tho it’s supposed to
craziest fact to me is that the only cities in the world w 24/7 rail are 1) chicago 2) nyc 3) copenhagen. exceedingly rare example of us doing smth better than everyone else wrt transit
like, i don't have that much sympathy for this dude because come on. but still people do exceedingly stupid things literally all the time and 12 years imprisonment (or any imprisonment tbh) would a pretty deranged response to this specific Exceedingly Stupid Thing
building up the social stigma against smoking is probably the single most effective public health intervention in terms of years of life added since like the polio vaccine
i was not that good at trial ad & struggled the most with objections and even my brain was flashing sirens screaming “OBJECTION” on about a million different grounds the whole time i’m reading this
Shohei Ohtani’s outing was the 26th since at least 1901 with 10+ strikeouts and no runs allowed on Opening Day
it’s the first time that pitcher’s team lost the game
does anyone know why 1) copenhagen does this despite no one else in europe doing so? 2) why no major transit cities (tokyo, paris, madrid, etc) have 24/7 ops? seems like a huge oversight
@Ian_Gay_briel
she was convicted TEN to ONE by an ELEVEN person jury. kangaroo court for sure. level of provision of justice you’d expect to see in early 20th century alabama
[Minor Delays] Howard-bound Red Line trains running w/residual delays following an earlier minor fire at track level near North/Clybourn. Service resuming, allow extra time.
the median illinoisian’s tax burden is so high bc we have a constitutionally mandated flat income tax, so we have to raise revenue from more regressive taxes like sales & property. the 2020 fair tax amendment would’ve solved this. illinois policy strongly opposed that amendment
i was doing a bit last night, but i think we should actually just all very loudly celebrate his performance. talking about the panic helps no one—trump was nightmarish last night and you don’t hear any republicans saying negative things. thus, they win the media battle
@jaketropolis
the article insinuates it’s merely that the median income is sufficient to qualify for a mortgage greater than the value of the median house, which is not really how things work
@c30c60c90yo
i mean yeah he’s unambiguously an idiot, but 12 years is beyond life-ruining. we should not be sending anyone to jail for that long save extreme circumstances
okay. i didnt wanna get into this but: does anyone know what thornton township RESOUNDINGLY has against soup and salad bars? or why they voted on this?
@UrbanistOrange
i think a detailed impeachment trial listing his various corruption would probably be good for democrats’ political chances and bad for republicans’
guys i did NOT know yall all had nightmares about this! why do you have nightmares about this? it was not a big deal! i almost certainly did okay! i was not stressed at any point!
we should seriously consider kamala harris for president. but if that doesn’t happen this week i am going to spend the next 7 months celebrating joe biden’s MANY accomplishments and ignoring his faults (age)
two things that really cannot be emphasized enough are :
1) the cta offered a service that was multiple orders of magnitude better as recent as 2017/18
2) the cta’s present problems are almost entirely self-inflicted. its failure is a policy decision not an act of god
it has gotten much much harder to live here without a car in the 7 years i've lived here and that is entirely dorval carter, brandon johnson, lori lightfoot, toni preckwinkle, and jb pritzker's faults.
this is the most i’ve doomscrolled since dobbs. not making me feel better! it seems like everything is collapsing. which is probably because it is. i need to log off. go to lake michigan. lay down on a concrete slab
@annusia__
as scandals go that’s basically one of the funnier ones. “too rich to be corrupt” is great for being governor of illinois but bad for a legacy of tax manipulation
@vanillaopinions
with taxes & the mortgage payments it should still pencil out to <$2k a month & that covers gas (it doesn't seem like the building has separate metering)
American liberals: “Puerto Rico should be a state! We’d get 2 more Democrat Senators!”
Meanwhile, meet the Statehood party nominee for Governor of Puerto Rico, Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon.
quigley certainly isn’t exactly on the fringes of the party (in either direction) and he’s not exactly a fire breather either. gonna go ahead and say this is probably the beginning of the end, it’s joever