Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Thembo @thembo.bsky.social · 10hBanning fraternities forever is the moderate position 12773135
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 16hI’m finding the comments section more interesting. “I have practiced law for over 30 years… Every attorney I know understands that often an argument that sounds good when discussed with colleagues or clients often cannot survive the rigor of the written word.” 1378
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 11/02/2025"You pay every time you board a bus, and that makes you think about whether you want to ride it. If you paid every time you used a parking space, you'd also think about whether you want to drive. Free parking doesn’t mean free markets; it often means freeloading." —the late Donald Shoup 431173
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Average annual spending as % of US GDP 928083
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Will they light up the NW Indiana refineries like this? 817730
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Cornell rape story and the Silicon Valley professional orgy culture story are the same story. 2371112
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Graciela Guzmán @gracielaforsenate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Having a sister like Alder Rossana Rodríguez in the 33rd Ward, in my district, has been really transformative, not just in terms of policy and what we’re able to do, but in the way she helps keep hope alive and fights for all of us, no matter the stakes or the opposition. 1152
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸33rd Ward Working Families @33rdwardworking.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thank you to everyone who joined the 7th Annual Bike With Rossana fundraiser! We had an amazing time touring the ward in our custom shirts, stopping by Miko’s for Italian ice, and regrouping for a backyard barbecue. Missed the event but want to donate? rossanafor33.solidarity.tech/donate-to-ro... 0167
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/09/2026at least we made it to friday 7486167
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Getting ready for the group ride. This is only a few of the bikes here; the yard is pretty full 0141
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026the moment we’re in right now is one that obliges us to connect, to discuss, to get physical, and to stay observant about the world around us. today was the eighth (possibly ninth?) bike with rossana event and it really is so important to give a shit, wherever you are 182
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026it’s against my principles to drink with the man I’ve diddled 924780
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026OK but remember job interviews where you showed up with copies of your resume printed on *~*~*special thick paper*~*~* to show you cared, even when you had already mailed (MAILED!) them the same thick-paper resume? And you wore your nicest hosiery and petticoats and bonnets fuck I'm old 71126
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 25/09/2026 2467
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026ICE cannot do what it’s doing without local law enforcement. They need their manpower and infrastructure. That means if you want to stop ICE you are going to have to confront police collaboration and police power. I’m sorry but progressive hopes of avoiding this conflict are a recipe for failure. 51655486
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026sorry i'm late i was up all night winning fictional arguments with my enemies 6818
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸The Economist @economist.com · 24/09/2026Deaths now outnumber births in reliably Republican counties for the first time since at least 1982. We explain how this may already be affecting voting patterns in America bit.ly/471apDL 84877288
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Daniel Donner @donnermaps.bsky.social · 24/10/2024Several blocks in downtown Chicago are not part of *any* congressional district map (new or old). How on earth is this possible? The answer involves billions of dollars, brothels, Abraham Lincoln, and a bit of geomorphology. 1/ New IL map: t.co/QzQX9spFUO 14514
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New from me in Nature. I discuss the need to look to regulated industries on how to govern AI, and not give into AI companies' self-regulation. Those actually serious about safety and security would start by applying safety critical techniques and legislation first. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comWhy AI companies can’t be trusted to self-regulateFrom aviation to banking, high-risk industries are subject to independent oversight and meaningful penalties. AI companies should be no exception. 611252
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Micheál Podgers @michealpodgers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026@nitachicago.bsky.social already proving its worth. 0114
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Ensuring all buses, in service and not in service alike, have a reliably smooth and fast trip on DLSD has massive ripple benefits for the entire network, unlocking faster, more efficient, and more reliable operations for buses throughout the city.” citythatworks.substack.com/p/view-from-...citythatworks.substack.comView from the wheel: Dedicated bus lanes on Lake Shore Drive matter more than you thinkBus networks do not survive on in-service routes alone 1508
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 23/09/2026You should always use protection on Halsted, for sure. 1181
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026zero chance this works but i'd love it if the worst people ever spend lots of money litigating this 082
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸John @localcelebrity.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I was never expecting AHIL to endorse @kalenfor44.bsky.social, but I didn’t expect them to early endorse for Lawson. Really embarrassing as it just does away with any air of objectivity. Feels like this is entirely based on the (extremely compromised and watered down) ADU ordinance he led on. 3181
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️🌈 @itskylelucas.com · 22/09/2026Worth repeating that CTA is not the barrier to bus priority in Chicago, they are very much in favor. We need Mayor Johnson, CDOT, and alders to make it a priority! 3648
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸33rd Ward Working Families @33rdwardworking.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Do you like Bikes? Do you like socialism? Come join us for the seventh annual Bike with Rossana fundraiser and help us get Rossana back to city council! www.rossanafor33.org/bike-with-ro...rossanafor33.orgBike With Rossana 2026 - Rossana for 33 0145
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026remember when Madison Cawthorn broke omertà and told the truth about GOP staffers and they stuck him in a crate and mailed him to Abu Dhabi 191249176
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 21/09/2026Love (derogatory) a well-crafted opening sentence 234971
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026one common thread (among the horrifying many) between the numerous ICE shootings/murders is that no first aid was administered to the victim. armed combatants of the government shot to kill, and if they didn’t kill right away, they gave time for it to happen anyway. it is absolutely grotesque. 5146041227
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You gotta give it up to Earth Wind & Fire for not even bothering to add a Water guy. They were just like it’s fine 03842608
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026they want to loot and destroy our country. tearing it down to the studs and shipping the money out 551091
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Sentient ai please DM me @vegananimallover.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Incest is never ok unless its your hot brother or your hot cousin or your hot uncle 0203
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸William Butler Yeets @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026i need to know what happened 309163043158
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Micah @rincewind.run · 19/09/2026I do not think that AI will collapse but I do think Oracle might and it’s an outcome we should all be rooting for mightily 281389144
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 19/09/2026Gas is almost $6 ($5.99 at the Shell across the street), but the weather's perfect, the bike lane is protected, and the Divvy station is glowing 1361
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 18/09/2026In 2024 the US Department of Energy proposed these routes for electrification. No time like the present to get to work making it a reality. 815028
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thanks for correcting my bit. The bit is much funnier now, thanks to your correction. I look forward to collaborating with you on factually correct bits 2213
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026i saw a squirrel holding a big ass chesnut on my mental health walk today 030
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026ok just have to get onto soapbox momentarily. 📣🫧🧼📦 new york city is NOT mamdanistan. -stan is the suffix for a country or land. -ibad would be the one for a city. i get why mamdanibad hasn't caught on (mamdaniverygood, actually) but if anything, mamdanistan should refer to new york STATE 1141
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸emily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 18/09/2026people know joe rogan does this bit regularly? that he doesn’t like being confronted with horrors like the kids in cages such and says “they’ve gone too far, they’re monsters” and then the second there’s another thing for him to be a contrarian about he’s regular again? right? you know this, right? 323144
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I too have sometimes thought that a wall chart of this nature would be a useful addition to any History classroom. 5483
Reposted by rory 🇵🇸marxuckerberg @marxuckerberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's actually made more pathetic that he's retiring, if I was on my way out the door I'd be saying some crazy shit that would make a lot of people mad 051