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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

These will hopefully also be running in Chicago by the end of next year. Can't believe Metra is finally getting proper 21st century non-gallery car rolling stock.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You don't want people to bring a beverage to an interview because of your outdated notions of manners. I wouldn't bring a beverage because I don't want to have to pee halfway through. We are not the same.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It would be one thing if this AI revolution enabled people to spend less time working and more time on leisure, or a universal basic income. But no. They want to replace all the jobs with robots AND we'll somehow still be expected to work 40+ hours a week to survive.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am once again going on the record as a Forest Park homeowner to say: an O'Hare express train stop here would make our community a more desirable place to live. Screw the NIMBYs.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The core Elizabeth Line stations in London are cool. As I was waiting for the train, I overheard a man next to me say "This feels like I'm in Star Wars." The curvy white walls do seem like something out of sci-fi. Makes me think we should build our own tunnel in Chicago...

Bond Street Elizabeth Line station in London, looking down the length of the platform.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The tradeoffs of living in an apartment with all west-facing windows: The direct sunlight makes it too warm in the evening even when it's not hot outside. But it's easy to limit my heater usage during winter.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This guy on the Green Line is watching Tik Tok with his phone at max volume and half the videos are "fun fact" bullshit narrated by AI voiceovers. Maybe technology was a mistake.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"There is absolutely no smoking on the train. That includes cigarettes, cigars, vapes, and magical plants." Amtrak conductors are always a hoot.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Traveling across Illinois the way God intended: flying past farm fields and windmills at 110mph aboard an Amtrak train. 🚆

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Also what is your mother's maiden name and the last four digits of your Social Security?

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Never ceases to amaze me when people buy property next to a rail line and then complain about train noise. Granted, this particular line sees no traffic today. But you can't assume the track will be abandoned forever.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Nobody tell my husband about my wizard boyfriends Gale Dekarios and Dorian Pavus, or my space boyfriend Kaidan Alenko.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As a resident of the "West 1" zone, expanding bikeshare into areas served by CTA rail seems like common sense. The number of times I have seen Divvy bikes in Forest Park is a sign that people around here want to use them.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

If we did this in the US, they would park long freight trains on top of the solar panels during peak daylight hours.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I support a route like this, but selfishly only if it gets an intermediate stop in Forest Park.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The way people complain about toll roads, I expected them to cost like $5 per toll plaza... what do you mean it's actually less than bus fare??

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-used urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

View of a street within the fantasy city of Baldur's Gate as seen in the video game Baldur's Gate 3.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Watching the live stream of the Disney D23 Experiences Showcase because I like to party hard on a Saturday night. Neil Patrick Harris is opening with a musical number, so this should be good. 🍿

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I was once at an Elizabeth Line station in London and a man asked me if this was the train to Heathrow Airport. Even in another country, I can give good transit directions.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

People don't like to be told that they are more likely to die in a car crash in their safe suburban neighborhood than get mugged in the big scary city.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Video games I have played in the past few weeks: Baldur's Gate 3 Dragon Age: Origins The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Subway Builder ...one of these things is not like the others.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It's me. I was 25 years old and lived in Lakeview in 2020.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We built the highways as "shortcuts" parallel to existing surface streets (the Stevenson for Archer, the Kennedy for Elston). And look how well that's turning out.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

My work just force-installed an AI assistant Chrome extension without warning. The permissions given to this thing seem a bit concerning to me considering it cannot be turned off without admin privileges...

Screenshot of the Permissions screen on a browser app which read:
- Read and change your data on all websites
- Display notifications
- Read and modify data you copy and paste
- Manage your downloads
- Know your email address
- Manage your apps, extensions, and themes
- Communicate with cooperating native applications

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If they really do get their own mini-branch of the South Shore Line, then I fully support the Bears moving to Hammond.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

See also: St. Patrick's when people are walking in the street, but we somehow still allow cars to drive downtown (especially on Upper Wacker). And every Metra train gets delayed or runs as a surprise express due to overcrowding.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's a shame that Microsoft is a shitty company that I don't want to give any more money to, especially in the wake of the recent Xbox layoffs, because the Halo remake actually looks pretty cool.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Nobody disputes that having access to a car in a car-dominated society is good. It gives one access to jobs, healthcare, food, education, social opportunities and more. All we're asking is for people to go one step deeper and ask why access to such basic rights requires buying and operating a car.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

God keeps sending the wildfire smoke to Chicago because we were too powerful during the summer.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

All this talk of daylight saving time got me thinking: I'm not strictly a morning person or night owl, but a secret third thing where I hate afternoons. I like being productive in the morning, or staying up late playing video games. But 12-4pm can be a slump where I don't want to focus on anything.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Keeping the transit theme: I was born for London because these colors made me think of the Victoria, Metropolitan, Lioness, and Hammersmith & City Lines.

Pantone Birth Chart Palette:

Aquarius Sun: Electric Cyan; #2FA7C9; Pantone 312 C; RGB 47/167/201

Scorpio Moon: Plum Depth; #5B2A4A; Pantone 511 C; RGB 91/42/74

Leo Rising: Marigold Flash; #F6B43D; Pantone 143 C; RGB 246/180/61

Sagittarius Venus: Wild Berry; #B45E9C; Pantone 2352 C; RGB 180/94/156

Snippets from the London Tube map key showing the colors of the Victoria, Metropolitan, and Hammersmith & City lines of the Underground, plus the Lioness line of the Overground.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Spotted this on Reddit and it seemed interesting to share here: What if the CTA adopted single- or two-letter codes for each line to improve accessibility for colorblindness (similar to WMATA)?

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From the cta community on Reddit: should CTA adopt two-letter line bullets like WMATA to help colorblind persons and improve wayfinding?

Explore this post and more from the cta community

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

What do we have to do to get on the Star Trek post-scarcity communist utopia timeline instead of whatever the hell this is

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The AI craze has made me appreciate my liberal arts degree more than I did when I first graduated. Effective communication and critical thinking will be valuable commodities as more people offload their brainpower.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Highlight of the day: riding the Kenosha Streetcar 🚋

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Spending my 4th of July doing the most patriotic thing: riding trains to suburban bars. 🇺🇸🍸

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Honoring America's 250th by replaying BioShock Infinite

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

If we shouldn't use air conditioning because it "makes the surrounding environment hotter," and no one in Europe has AC, then how come they keep getting these heat waves anyway? Checkmate, Europeans.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It's time for mid-year evaluations at work, and one of the new objectives I've been assigned is "AI-Enabled Document Review". Kill me now.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

If they didn't need the yard capacity at Forest Park, I am convinced the CTA would actually abandon the branch. And you know what? Maybe they should just put it out of its misery for a complete rebuild.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I hate to say that I'm the glue holding everything together at work, but it really does seem like chaos ensues whenever I take PTO. I've been back from vacation for 1 business hour and I'm already tired.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Sometimes you've just got to escape reality.

Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Los Angeles, remember what they took from you. (Spotted at Disney's Hollywood Studios park in Florida)

Map poster of the defunct Pacific Electric Railway system of Los Angeles

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I've flown to Orlando on several occasions, but this was the first time I got clear views of Universal and Disney from the plane.

View of Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure from an airplane window.

View of Epcot at Disney World from an airplane window.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I know they used to do this pre-pandemic, but does the Blue Line really have low enough ridership on weekends to justify 4-car trains? I feel like they could get crowded during the middle of the day.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

If you're going to move to the suburbs, find a town that puts Juneteenth and rainbow banners on their main street which is served by a bus every 15 minutes.

Looking west on Madison Street in Forest Park, Illinois. The lamp posts along the sidewalk have alternating rainbow pride banners and Juneteenth-themed blue and red banners. A Pace bus is passing by.

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Aaron Rogers @aaron-r.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

All the train nerds going to gawk at the Big Boy locomotive in West Chicago have created a "high ridership" delay on a random Wednesday afternoon. 🚂

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