Jacob Lee @arthurdenture.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"more homes within the eruv" is some hyperlocal YIMBYism and I am here for it 02610
Reposted by Jacob LeeNettelhorst Bike Bus @nettelhorstbikebus.org · 23/09/2026Love seeing our local Bike Bus friends in the news! Yay, Bike Bus!🚲✨ 0196
Reposted by Jacob LeeStar:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Best way to fight school closures is housing policies that keep neighborhoods full of kids 2429
Reposted by Jacob LeeChristina Hayford @lvebakfietsmama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Lakeview (Chicago) now has ✨six✨ weekly bike buses to the K-8 schools, and had *at least* 100 kids bike to school today between the Burley and Nettelhorst Bike Buses (& prob 75-100 more adults with them). That’s pretty rad! 513322
Reposted by Jacob LeeNettelhorst Bike Bus @nettelhorstbikebus.org · 18/09/2026✨HAPPY FRIDAY✨ We love when our two routes make it to school at the same time! A magical moment.✨🚲 0104
Reposted by Jacob LeeActive Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 04/09/2026“We should make it less reliant on cars,” Merrell said. “I think Bike the Drive helps people imagine a different future and understand that this is something people built and something we can also change for future generations."blockclubchicago.orgAs Chicagoans Prepare To Bike The Drive, Some Dream Of A Car-Free Lakefront All YearFor five hours each year, thousands of Chicagoans take over the highway on bikes and on foot. As the event turns 25, advocates are imagining what else could change along the lakefront. 15915
Reposted by Jacob LeeThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 367201019860
Reposted by Jacob LeeChicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 28/08/2026🚨NOT A DRILL🚨 We are thrilled to announce that State @senmikesimmons.bsky.social in partnership with Bike Grid Now, has secured a $300,000 planning grant to design 450 miles of the bike grid in Chicago and on 10% of roads in bordering communities, to be completed by the end of 2028. 625141
Reposted by Jacob LeeNettelhorst Bike Bus @nettelhorstbikebus.org · 21/08/2026✨Nettelhorst Bike Bus is back for our 5th year on Aug 28!✨ We will continue with our North & South routes - no changes from last year. Our bike bus runs year round, every Friday school is open, rain or shine. Any cancellation will be posted here by 6pm Thursday night. ✨Hope to see you there!🚲✨ 022
Jacob Lee @arthurdenture.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Shoutout to the CTA driver who, at mid-route driver swap time, pulled his bike from the bus front rack and rode away like a boss. 010
Reposted by Jacob LeeDara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 10/08/2026NEW FROM ME: The Great Delegalization. There are now (almost certainly far more than) 1M immigrants who were protected from deportation on Jan 20, 2025, and no longer are. It’s the result of a problem that’s been building for 30 years—& now only Congress can fix. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...newyorker.comThese Immigrants Lived in the U.S. Legally. Now Trump Is Changing Their Status.More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away. 14996443
Reposted by Jacob LeeStar:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Oregon DOT knew how to handle this www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/flo...oregonencyclopedia.orgFlorence Whale ExplosionOn November 9, 1970, a forty-five-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence on Oregon's south coast. In addition to the stench and the possibilit… 1184
Reposted by Jacob LeeChicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 27/07/2026How can we get kids biking safely to school? We've got a video out today about two bike buses, Lakeview's @nettelhorstbikebus.org and the Ravenswood bike bus, organized by @bikegridnow.org - we talked with their organizers about how you start a bike bus, what makes them special, and more!youtube.comGetting Kids to School - On Bike Buses!YouTube video by Chicagoans Who Bike 1228
Reposted by Jacob Leeryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17/07/2026this is also why you can't appease the right on this issue. bans on trans people in sports are the camel's nose under the tent for the entire suite of right-wing gender politics, including but not limited to bans on gay marriage, abortion, and birth control 322716796
Reposted by Jacob Leer o n y t h e b i k e c z a r @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Took community input, requesting a traffic study, funding the project with menu funds, reviewing the traffic study, getting more community feedback, then funding the project through a city fund all to get a pedestrian island and bumpout. During which, a driver killed someone in that intersection. 44712
Jacob Lee @arthurdenture.bsky.social · 05/07/2026My kids are playing Transport Fever 2 and have planned to set up "Pace bus" service that intentionally duplicates an existing train line. NITA can't come soon enough. 000
Reposted by Jacob LeeMolly Fleck @mollyfleck.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This headline could apply to hundreds of locations. 28218
Jacob Lee @arthurdenture.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Two days in a row the kids' camp bus driver has been super interested in my cargo bike. We are winning the 50+ year old male demographic. 000
Reposted by Jacob LeeSteven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026CDOT Commissioner Cheaks should announce on Monday morning that the city will be phasing out "door zone" bike lanes starting immediately, as they are inherently deadly. 515835
Reposted by Jacob LeeTrans Up Front @transupfrontil.com · 03/06/2026🏳️⚧️We are so excited & honored to be a part of this year's national Give Out Day!🏳️⚧️ Our goal is $5,000 to support us this summer in our ongoing fight for our youth.💝 Don't have the means to donate? Then please, share our link! 🔗https://www.giveoutday.org/organization/Tufil-Nfp 024
Reposted by Jacob LeeChicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 29/05/2026Congratulations to @nettelhorstbikebus.org for finishing out their fourth year getting kids to school by bike! We were so honored to get to drop by to document their last ride of the year. Video coming soon! 12410
Reposted by Jacob LeeChicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 21/05/2026Can a bike really replace a car for a family? With a cargo ebike, it absolutely can! Check out our deep deep going into the getting started with ebikes, how they can save you boat loads of money, and are a ton of fun. Send it to friends and family you think should consider a cargo ebike!youtube.comA Deep Dive Into Cargo eBikes: No Gas, More Fun!YouTube video by Chicagoans Who Bike 1176
Jacob Lee @arthurdenture.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I didn't think we were still doing this bit, but I just saw There Is No Antimemetics Division by @qntm.org on the library hold shelf right next to my books, under the same last name and first initial, and genuinely had to figure out if I had put it on hold and then forgotten about it. 100
Reposted by Jacob LeeNettelhorst Bike Bus @nettelhorstbikebus.org · 08/05/2026✨HAPPY FRIDAY & HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BIKE BUS✨ We turn 4️⃣ today with our 5th Bike to School Day! We’ve watched our kids and our bike bus grow over the last four years and can’t wait for the next four! Thank you to everyone who has ridden with us over the years and cheered us on!🎉 0133
Reposted by Jacob LeeNettelhorst Bike Bus @nettelhorstbikebus.org · 07/05/2026@mayorofchicago.bsky.social We’d love to see you on the Bike Bus! 092
Jacob Lee @arthurdenture.bsky.social · 05/05/2026St. Peter's Lutheran Church + Citigroup Center vibes (laudatory) 000
Reposted by Jacob LeeSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.wired.comThe Ghosts of Al-Shifa HospitalMonths into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war. 3130271518
Reposted by Jacob LeeChicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 23/03/2026HUGE NEWS. We have a state bill; SB3478 - SCA1. Under the bill, CMAP will develop a blueprint for a bike and pedestrian-prioritized street network including 450 miles of safe, slow streets in Chicago and surrounding communities. WE NEED YOU TO SUBMIT WITNESS SLIPS. ilga.gov/Senate/heari... (1/3) 712469
Reposted by Jacob LeeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/03/2026ICYMI: I published this analysis of anti-trans legislation over the last decade. There is no precedent in US history for the sheer scale and velocity that anti-trans laws have proliferated in US states. The only closest analogue are authoritarian states. www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/thedissident.newsThe RatchetIn 2015, state legislatures across the United States considered 75 anti-LGBTQ bills, of which 27 targeted gender identity.1 In 2025, that total reached 1,059—with 851 of the current-session bills targ... 525899
Reposted by Jacob LeeRemember the LMAO @ass.golf · 16/03/2026Once again I am confronted with the grim reality that if I want coffee I must get out of bed 1518310
Reposted by Jacob LeeLiz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 09/03/2026the US did this. these are precision munitions, someone had to explicitly program in the coordinates of the school. and they likely did so at the direction of Maven Smart System, by Palantir. 211542
Reposted by Jacob Leeqntm @qntm.org · 17/02/2026Okay but genuine question does fiction count as prior art because I have literally written this storybusinessinsider.comMeta patented an AI that lets you keep posting after you dieMeta was recently granted a patent for tech to keep your social media accounts running using AI if you take a break or die. 1110021
Reposted by Jacob LeeMaryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped 112699880
Reposted by Jacob LeeElad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The sad truth is that many orgs & leaders have been primed for years for this. They've been conditioned to think: 1. Jews are more uniquely in danger than others 2. Even if others are in danger, we must protect ourselves first 3. It's okay to work with fascists if they claim to be on your side 14397128
Reposted by Jacob LeeRyan @rthompto.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I pulled out my cellphone to document how difficult these conditions can be and why efforts like #PlowTheSidewalks matter. Just as I was taking the photo, she slipped and fell. Everyone appeared okay, but the moment has stayed with me all day. 02910
Jacob Lee @arthurdenture.bsky.social · 28/01/2026fyi @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social you are famous on a nerdy online trivia league, learnedleague.com, thanks to yesterday's special quiz on Aramaic. 000
Jacob Lee @arthurdenture.bsky.social · 26/01/2026not the point of the story, but you can't convince me this isn't a still from the music video for Ironic 010
Reposted by Jacob LeeRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 24/01/2026History is going to look kindly upon the first countries that break the dam with boycotts, embargoes, etc. We are not powerless just because we are not in the USA. It is time for devastating economic and diplomatic consequences so that the ruling class in the USA is unable to continue as normal 515927
Reposted by Jacob LeeJordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026. 2645621316
Reposted by Jacob LeeDr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 02/01/2026🧵 Big News: Today was my last day at work. I resigned to completely dedicate my time to trans activism as long as it's financial feasible I'll be writing a book debunking anti-trans attacks that falsely claim to be founded in "biology" and making educational resources at @beyondxandy.bsky.social 22448100
Reposted by Jacob LeeAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 30/12/2025Frame: trans people have an unfair advantage in sports Negation: no they don't, these studies etc etc Kirby: THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT SPORTS THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE TRANS PEOPLE and they're actually very open about this 526762
Reposted by Jacob LeeNitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 18/12/2025congrats to every "moderate" who cheered on this cruel, unfounded panic. hope you got what you wanted www.npr.org/sections/sho...npr.orgRFK Jr. and Dr. Oz announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young peopleHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday. 281565396
Reposted by Jacob LeeMichael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 02/12/2025If the delivery robots cant make it through, imagine what daily life is like for people with mobility challenges. And parents with strollers! 810525
Reposted by Jacob LeeBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/11/2025“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-... 311140356730
Reposted by Jacob LeePython Software Foundation @python.org · 27/10/2025TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵python.orgThe official home of the Python Programming Language 12363792728
