Reposted by Chrislumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 13hTHE SECRET IS THAT THE PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY FUCKING CRAVE CAR-FREE SPACES TO SPEND EVEN AN HOUR OF THEIR OTHERWISE COMPLETELY CAR-DOMINATED LIVES 513022
Reposted by ChrisPatrick Gilsenan for 32nd Ward @patgilsenan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Please consider giving to our independent people-powered campaign! We reject corporate PAC money and the pay-to-play politics of the past. That means your individual contribution is that much more important! Any donation helps! 031
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Just finished a Roscoe Village canvas for @patgilsenan.bsky.social and there's a lot of enthusiasm for change in the 32nd ward! More and more affordable housing, safer streets for all, and participatory budgeting. Couldn't be more excited! 041
Reposted by ChrisColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So, 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! 27523
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A lot of these people think of themselves as "good people" ™️. But when they're conspiracy brained and think you're going to kill your kids, they're not going to cry over a few "good ones" getting swept up to protect their families. They see it as a necessary evil. 021
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The guy who said this was the dad of one of my brother's friends. Not someone I personally had any real connection with. I remember his name, where exactly we were standing, what the weather was like, everything about that moment. If that doesn't say core memory I don't know what does. 140
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026That's so sad. My older relatives had similar attitudes, where they gave up the language and the culture in a lot of ways to seem whiter. I can't fully blame them. I see it as a good example of how white supremacy comes for and crushes us all, even ostensibly white people. 31557
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The craziest thing is when I talk to my parents about this now, they defend that dad who said it. "Oh he didn't mean it. He knows we're good people." Yeah, and I'm sure he'd be shaking his head and saying, "that's a shame, they were some of the good ones," as we're pushed into a cage w everyone else 0470
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I'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. 393574582
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026and whose apparent top priority on street safety is making it easier for drivers to obstruct their vision. So far it seems like, if you care about safety, this guy shouldn't get anywhere near the mayor's office. Why is he a main speaker at the party? 020
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), 121
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We thought about moving to Humboldt Park when we first moved to Chicago but ultimately decided against it because of the lack of access to the L. Now we live rigbt off the brown line, but getting to the aiport is still a pain. This is a very real thing for so many people. 110
Reposted by ChrisTuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026If 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: 1521466810137
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Love the guy wearing the "immigrants make America great" shirt as he tries his hardest to stop anyone from living near him. 2911
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I found your questions really helpful so thank you. The original post made it seem like 450 miles of bike lanes would be completed by end of '28. Your questions clarified and helped me adjust expectations. Still good. Just a vastly different timeline. 130
Reposted by ChrisChicago, 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. 625041
Reposted by Chrisderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I 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. 194354265285
Reposted by ChrisStarbucks 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: 9465754509
Reposted by ChrisKalen Luciano @kalenfor44.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Dine 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. 083
Reposted by Chrismayor of sc*ry town @missfluss.bsky.social · 16/08/2026the 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 622412
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026These assholes just want a vague excuse to tie themselves culturally back to the Roman Empire. They like the authoritative and extravagant look of catholic architecture, and have literally never thought about its actual philosophies and theology. 000
Reposted by ChrisWIRED @wired.com · 08/08/2026New 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...wired.comHow to Disable the AI Features in Gmail and Google DocsNew 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. 1721151427
Reposted by ChrisSarah 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” 0395
Reposted by ChrisTanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Daaaamn. “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...thenerve.newsCory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lyingIt 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... 361282415
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026You're both right. This is a design problem. Western is a highway w no thought given to the people who move on it, only to the cars & moving them as quickly as possible w/out regard for safety. If we had properly Street design, they wouldn't have been near each other & everyone would be better off. 230
Reposted by ChrisCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/08/2026You 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. 527251
Reposted by ChrisKalen Luciano @kalenfor44.bsky.social · 31/07/2026We’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... 083
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I read it as, violence isn't inherently wrong. It's about what you're using it to do. In Troy Odysseus used a dirty trick to kill innocents in violation of basic human dignity. In Ithaca, he uses it to protect the innocent, defending them from the violators. He knows the proper place of violence now 110
Reposted by ChrisVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/07/2026BLM 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. 7153100
Reposted by ChrisFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Dooring 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. 320150
Reposted by ChrisQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026USA v Belgium is a tough one for me because on the one hand I’m American and on the other hand… 517815
Reposted by ChrisChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 07/07/2026Letter 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.chicagotribune.comLetters: I feel safer riding a bike in Chicago than driving a car. But bike safety is still a concern. 0183
Reposted by ChrisMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The 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: 27120
Reposted by ChrisNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Consistent 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. 849983
Reposted by ChrisDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Also 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! 115716
Reposted by ChrisChristina Hayford @lvebakfietsmama.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Join 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 0147
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026static.klipy.comPatti Harrison: I Don't Want That (ITYSL Meme)Alt: Patti Harrison: I Don't Want That (ITYSL Meme) 020
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Not a teacher, but feels like something I'm seeing w/adults today too, and about art in general. Like interpreting themes of movies backwards or reading satire as endorsement. Like the presentation or discussion of a thing *at all* in anything but the most critical way means you must support it. 110
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Yeah that's correct. They sent us the instructions on how to collect those, but those signatures are in addition to the traffic study 170
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026A couple people from my building reached out to Matt Martin's office about adding a speed bump to a dangerous corner near our building on Ravenswood. No one lives or works on the block in question. It's just the side of one building. Told us to expect 10 months for a traffic study. For an empty road 1140
Reposted by ChrisThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Taking 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:steady.pageAmerica Is Going Backwards - and Falling ApartThe country is facing rapidly encroaching minoritarianism, vastly unrepresentative political institutions, and an escalating crisis of legitimacy 6288124
Reposted by Chriscta @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 😉 0338
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Time for our daily reminder that a major role of the media *should be* to explain basic truths like, "there have been tons of studies that bike lanes in cities are good for small businesses," rather than excitedly report that some chud said something obviously wrong and present it as common sense. 010
Chris @asmarcd.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Seems like ppl think what we're talking abt is "everything stays the same as it is today except a bunch more ppl ride bikes." No, the idea is to build proper infrastructure, redesign streets, restructure our communities to actually function for ppl. That'll take time, but we have to start somewhere. 050
Reposted by ChrisScott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I 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? 251
Reposted by ChrisWeird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Hey 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... 9321692103
