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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So, what to do? USE YOUR FUCKING BRAIN. THINK: “Would I give this information to someone who wants to make money off my ideas without giving me credit?” Don’t outsource your brilliance to these people. They are NOT good actors. It’s not rocket science; have a drop of self-preservation instinct!
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Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm a white Arab American. Most ppl would never know that's my background by looking at me. The day after 9/11, family friends, who did not know, where at the house and openly talking about how all Arabs and Muslims in the US should be rounded up into camps. I was 12 years old. We were never united.
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Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social Is there going to be a Q&A session with Alexi Giannoulias at the 9 year party? I'd love to know why a guy who doesn't even mention bike lanes on his website, wants to add 1000 more cops(some of the biggest BLU offenders and harassers of ppl on bikes),
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
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Chicago, 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.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting.
What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. 
Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.
Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. 
This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. 
No Contract? No Coffee.
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Kalen Luciano @kalenfor44.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Dine Out on Broadway is coming to Lakeview this weekend! We used to have it every other weekend, but now it’s only once a month. When I’m alderman, I’ll make it more frequent and expand open streets to other places in the ward.
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mayor of tr*nny town @missfluss.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
the longer i cycle, the more i engage in the kinds of behaviour that piss motorists off, because i've found the most dangerous position i can be in as a cyclist is trying to follow rules not made with my safety in mind
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/08/2026
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Disable the AI Features in Gmail and Google Docs
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off.
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Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“The only reasonable solution to this is to remove some of the car lanes from the street, and replace them with safe, protected travel lanes for people to ride bikes and e-scooters, so we can begin to liberate ourselves from the death grip of cars and traffic”
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/08/2026
You do not engage in these kinds of actions to change the world overnight. You do it to change one person's world, over and over, until eventually, the tide is too much and the world must change.
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Kalen Luciano @kalenfor44.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We’ve officially kicked off! Thanks to everyone who came to launch my campaign for 44th Ward! We filled this room with amazing people building community together! Come join us as we build a Lakeview for all! Volunteer: www.mobilize.us/palsinforkal... Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/kalen...
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
BLM was often criticized for being supposedly over the top in their claims about some Americans disdain for Black life. Here is evidence, from a Presidential advisor and OMB director, that the euphemism of gutting "DEI" policies means Black kids will die. It is quite literally a policy goal.
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Fietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Dooring has taken so many lives now that it should trigger a full scale design revision that no longer makes door zone bike lanes legal to build. We know how to build safe infrastructure. Our elected leaders make a conscious choice not to do so. It's that simple.
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
USA v Belgium is a tough one for me because on the one hand I’m American and on the other hand…
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 07/07/2026
Letter to the Editor: There is a glaring absence of designated bike lanes running north and south through the midsection of Chicago. Please consider adding safe bike lanes, however configured, along a major north-south corridor, such as Pulaski Road.
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Letters: I feel safer riding a bike in Chicago than driving a car. But bike safety is still a concern.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The best way to celebrate 250 years is to rededicate ourselves to the perpetual promise that one day we will fulfill the aspirations of the Declaration of Independence, & to remember that we can fix our broken institutions & that we in fact are obligated as citizens to do so:
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Consistent with a theme I've noticed in progressive policymaking, where advocates/policymakers assume that the only acceptable policy intervention is one that carries no possible tradeoffs, and that there are surely no tradeoffs associated with leaving a horrendous status quo in place.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Also kinda crazy that one famous person can apply to shut down multiple blocks in Midtown, including public transit stations, while many communities struggle to get the necessary permission and funding to host open streets and block parties. Oh well!
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Christina Hayford @lvebakfietsmama.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Join Lakeview East Kidical Mass & Lakeview Urbanists for a family-friendly 🌈 Pride Ride around Lakeview East! All are welcome to join us! We’ll meet at Nettelhorst, near the French Market at 9a, roll at 9:30a! Decorated bikes are encouraged! Hope to see you there! @lakeviewurbanists.bsky.social
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Taking stock of where America stands one month after the end of the voting rights era: The country is facing an escalating representation crisis, a spiraling crisis of legitimacy, and an accelerating disintegration into two incompatible Americas. This piece is free to read, no paywall:
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America Is Going Backwards - and Falling Apart
The country is facing rapidly encroaching minoritarianism, vastly unrepresentative political institutions, and an escalating crisis of legitimacy
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cta @chicagocta.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
… and remember to let your operator know that you’ll be removing your bike when you exit the bus 😉
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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I have questions for Mr. Avila, the L.A. residential construction contractor. Whats the wage? Does he offer affordable healthcare? Does he pay workers by the piece, or 150% for overtime? Are all of his workers covered accurately by workers comp insurance? is he willing to pay to train new workers?
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Weird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...
In a Public Notice released on April 22, 2026, the FCC is asking Americans to submit comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to "transgender and gender non-binary programming" and "the discussion or promotion of gender identity themes."
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
One reason Republicans are banning books and classes on race is because reading even one book about Jim Crow or Reconstruction makes it clear that they are hoping to reinstate segregation.
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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Yeah these people don't actually love Chicago. In every case they just want to selfishly extract from Chicago while having as little to do with it as possible
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Attention, all in Chicago & Illinois: We still need you to fill out Witness Slips as "Proponents" of this bill, which will roll back the provision that prevents the state from investing in companies that criticize Israel. It sounds minor, but it's critical to prove that voters don't support Israel.
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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 25/04/2026
It’s happening!!
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Ride Illinois @rideillinois.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Our swanky new website includes several enhancements that we think you’ll appreciate. 👉 Check it out and send along feedback and suggestions for further improvements. Thanks! www.rideillinois.org
Screenshot of new website home pageScreenshot of page on new websiteScreenshot of page on new websiteScreenshot of Illinois Bicycle Calendar page on new website
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
To be blunt, I think the fundamental disconnect here is that when leftists and liberals (to include conservative liberals) say 'western civilization,' they are referring to a complex cultural and intellectual tradition with fuzzy boundaries. When MAGA says it, they are misspelling 'the white race.'
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Rewatch Who Framed Roger Rabbit. That’s it. That’s the post. …. Ok it’s not quite the whole post. The movie doesn’t have to be based on a provable conspiracy, since those are really hard to prove, & it’s a movie with cartoons! But there’s plenty of evidence of dark money attacking public transit.
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Graeme 🦋 @fatherhilarious.blog · 17/04/2026
"Over an 18 year period, someone who cycles to work has nearly 50% less chance of dying from *anything* than someone who drives"... including being knocked off by a motorist (based on UK census data). Passive travel is bad for your life expectancy and pollution inside the car is worse than outside.
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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 12/04/2026
Once Illinois passes the BUILD plan we can have courtyard and similar building types again
Interior court of the Pattington on Irving park road in Chicago
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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 12/04/2026
if you want your housing costs to go down, support the BUILD plan and let your state representative and senator know
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Pass the BUILD Plan!
Illinois is facing a growing housing affordability crisis and we won’t solve it without building more homes. The BUILD Plan (HB 5626; SB 4060, 4061, 4062, 4063, 4064, and 4071) is a comprehensive pa...
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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Okay CTA. This is a good sign.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Abolish DSLSD.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social Don’t use accessibility “as a political football.”
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Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts.
City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."
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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
PLEASE FILE OPPOSED WITNESS SLIPS www.reddit.com/r/privacy/co...
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From the privacy community on Reddit: Illinois HB5511 and HB5066 rescheduled for new hearing, please refile your witness slips!
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is a common white people/non-marginalized thing to do and I’m always trying to tell folks: you can’t logic hate. And trying to drains energy you could be using to protect people being targeted by it. Don’t center racism on the racists. Who gives a fuck why. It won’t change anything.
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Democratic consultants: To replicate Mamdani’s success with the young people we must appeal to their short attention spans with memes and TikTok Mamdani (actual quote): In the fifth century in what we now know as Ireland, a British warlord named Coroticus had laid waste to the countryside
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Environmentalists that are anti-density and pro-parking are like public health advocates that are pro nuclear waste bathing.
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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
People keep saying “oh so you want OPEN BORDERS” as some kind of gotcha and like. Yeah. When I was a kid you could just drive into Canada. On accident, even. It was great, and I think we should do that instead of kidnapping children. Normalize being normal instead of being kidnapping weirdos
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Remember when the metaverse was sold to higher ed as an essential part of the future of learning (especially online)? And how colleges and universities should go all-in on the metaverse so they could be "pioneers" of this new technology? There's a lesson here for those who choose to learn it.
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John @localcelebrity.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Uhhh holy crap y’all someone is trying to backdoor get age verification for computers though the ILGA. This is a bad bill. It cannot be allowed to pass. www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...
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From the illinois community on Reddit: Fight back against Illinois operating system age verification
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I can't believe I'm saying this and it's not a meme, but polls close at 7 in Illinois, so if you're in line to vote, STAY IN LINE. You can register TODAY with a piece of business mail and vote TODAY. Every vote counts. It's a sunnier, nicer day out than we all thought it would be! Get out there!
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
An emergency
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City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected mobility lane?
City: No, we'll lose parking spots
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