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Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 4h

With both the Cubs and the White Sox playing in the MLB Wild Card Series today, here's a baseball-themed cover from CTA Transit News, the CTA's employee newsletter, from March 1968. www.instagram.com/p/Dd674z8Grkw/

Cover of March 1968 CTA Transit News, with a baseball-themed illustration of a runner sliding into base with the baseman about to catch the ball. An inset photo shows signs reading "BASE BALL WRIGLEY FIELD TODAY" and "BASE BALL COMISKEY PARK TODAY."

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 4h

I called this last year, and the paradox grinds at me. The fact is that even most 1st or 2nd generation Americans know diddly shit about US immigration policy, let alone others. But it's also a fact that our immigration system selects for a lot of people who dream of becoming Republican. Or did.

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Creighton ⚒️ @creightonote.bsky.social · 5h

Iowa going delta function against Michigan

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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 21h

Now that the first phase of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's wonderful "250 to 250" project has wrapped, I'll share all the videos (one per day) for which I wrote scripts. Some were recorded nearly word for word; others underwent much-needed editing for clarity & brevity. Tonight: the CCC.

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Civilian Conservation Corps, Narrated by Harrison Ford

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ𝕠𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Korea solved the same "汉子 No Work For Us" problem by just making its own Hiragana-esque alphabet (Hangul) and having everything conform to that rather than spread across 3 systems.

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Emma the Sewer Socialist @mayorseidel.bsky.social · 21h

Genuinely think we would be better off if we had an English word for Wissenschaft. Best I’ve come up with is to use the word “inquiry” in this way.

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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 21h

Alas it's worth noting that if a state changed their drinking age to below 21, they would only lose 8% of their highway appropriations. A decent chunk of "highway" dollars actually go to funding sustainable alternatives to driving (laudatory) ...

(B)Fiscal year 2012 and thereafter.—
For fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount to be withheld under this section shall be an amount equal to 8 percent of the amount apportioned to the noncompliant State, as described in subparagraph (A), under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b).

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Christopher Porter @canadianveggie.com · 29/09/2026

Bike Lanes or Bitcoin? Police or Park Board? Slower Streets or Safeway Megatowers? Choose your position on 12 iconic Vancouver votes from the past 4 years to see which party you are most aligned with. canadianveggie.github.io/vancouver-co... #vanpoli

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How would you vote? — Vancouver Council Quiz

Answer 12 Vancouver council questions and see which party's voting record most closely matches yours.

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 23h

You’re going to see more of this, and it’s going to be a lot better to say “welcome to the party” than holding onto old grudges and saying “I told you so”. You get to feel the win inside.

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neil @n31l.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think a big issue is that the typical monk came up in environments (homes, schools, yuppie jobs) where reactionaries were a distant abstraction and earnest libs were an immediate annoyance

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 29/09/2026

617 days into his 2nd term, Trump's Department of Transportation has *still* not approved a single new transit project for full funding. The problems I highlighted in March—how this lack of funding only makes projects cost more & delays completion—have only worsened www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...

There have been no approvals for new transit projects in the entire 2nd Trump Administration. This graph, produced in March 2026, remains accurate now, in September 2026.

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Mezentine @mezentine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Marvel comics are usually about New York, but DC comics are about The City in a more general sense. The City as imagined by the early 20th century. The site of American life. And they're all supposed to be recognizable in some way while not being *specific*

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

People are also upset about non-economic things that get expressed in economic terms, like the fact that everything seems wildly out of control and we have a maniac in charge of the country

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Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Selfishly, part of my "why" in urban planning is personal: when I grow older, I want to preserve my independence, dignity, and mobility. By building better cities with abundant transit and housing, we create an accessible world—not just for our future selves, but for generations yet to come.

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Social life requires social labor!!!! Social Media is social consumption!!!! Those are different things!!!!

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The real social technology is “Da Gang” and “Consciously Hosting people.” Anyway this is why I hate the whole “you don’t owe other people anything” vein of self care discourse.

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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This I think is one of the values of having your writing channeled through a separate publication (see: matty at Slate/Vox vs. his Substack now) -- at there very least there (ought to be) an editor checking your least appealing tendencies

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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Aldine in Merriam Park (alas one-way and off-street parking) is also quite cute (maybe would feel more European if the parked cars were smaller?)

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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

despatches from the funky alleys of midway

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 29/09/2026

tiny road over north with no parking allowed. very cute very european. and somehow not a one way either! and yet every time there’s talk of building new, small streets like this we’re told it can’t be done

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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

comprehensive support for public education, from preschool to postdocs

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Pride Ott 🦦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

it is funny that "working class men are struggling economically" is met with "perfectly recreate the economy of 1966" and not "encourage a multifamily housing construction boom"

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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

(Models Available For Subscribers) Federal Polling: LPC: 50% (+6) CPC: 28% (-13) NDP: 11% (+5) BQ: 6% (-) GPC: 4% (+3) PPC: 1% (-) Nanos / September 25, 2026 / n=1000 / MOE 3.1% / Telephone/Online (% Change w 2025 Federal Election) Visit @338canada.bsky.social for polling details: 338canada.com

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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Shout-out to NPR treating the Brazilian right's efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the Supreme Court and reap Trump 2-esque destruction as a quirky human interest story

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Will Beaman @greenbackbetter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A field can be socially indispensable and poorly remunerated because of existing institutional arrangements—social work and education are obvious examples of this. Then, circularly, that low remuneration is cited as evidence that educating people to perform the work is a bad financial investment.

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austin (e/accordion 🪗) @thebadcode.com · 28/09/2026

i was endowed with a unique and immortal soul to meet and exceed key performance indicators

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 28/09/2026

You can demolish a rapid transit branch with just a day’s notice, but it takes 20 years to build a new one, if you’re lucky

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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

eastern Iowa diaspora here -- anything being shipped via boat to eastern Iowa is via the Mississippi to Dubuque, Davenport, or Burlington -- if from MN, from StP or Red Wing. How the Trump Administration plans to manage loading/unloading or the last mile problem -- absolutely no idea

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taber @kvetch.gay · 28/09/2026

In Two Harbors and Duluth, Minn. and Marquette, Mich., you'll see so-called "jennies" (specialized rail cars for taconite) driven by rail out onto massive edifices on the lake, "ore docks" where they'll be opened up at the bottom and dumped into a Great Laker via chutes along the sides

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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well, there may be some low-grade leftovers beneath what is now the ever-expanding suburbs and exurbs of Des Moines naturalresources.extension.iastate.edu/Iowas-Nature...

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Sarang Shah @sarangshah.com · 28/09/2026

This is one advantage of the pub or the Italian-style all day cafe with plenty of seating. You order at the bar, you take a corner, you share space if it gets crowded, and you service yourself, within reason.

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Crepuscular Canard @turnitup5000db.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My sense is most people think the causality runs the other direction (lack of third spaces increasing division) but my thinking is that it actually runs the other direction, and decreasing social consensus eroded viable third spaces. I think it’s a symptom, not the cause.

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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think there's a matter of the relative cost of hanging out in a third space - for ex. not all bars are equal, and if there's a town pricey enough that it can't really support a staid dive bar with a base $2.50-$3.00 draft (ahem, Ann Arbor), then that makes it more difficult to just Hang Out there

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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Alas here I feel like there is some tension between declining membership in Catholic/mainline Protestant churches (esp. among the Youth), and the alternative uptake either going to suburban/exurban evangelical slop or nothing at all

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 28/09/2026

i also love cats but people get less....moralistic...about cats in general (i guess because people deify dogs but are more willing to accept that cats are fallible, fallen beings just like us)

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Sarang Shah @sarangshah.com · 28/09/2026

What's compounded this, I think, is that it's much easier to find others who will normalize vice with you, and much easier to prey on the vulnerable to join you

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Nick @nickfromjersey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There is something so unique & beautiful about baseball. It evokes a strong feeling of nostalgia while also providing a sense of comfort, normalcy, & routine in a world that has gotten so hectic. To have a voice to your summer is a blessing. It has no equal in sports & we are so lucky to have it.

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donoteat @donoteat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

now here's an alarmingly common sentiment among engineering students

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mel, binface’s knight 🏳️‍⚧️🔰♨️ @astruckpersonn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

all transit cuts should be prevented by state money and paid for out of highway budgets if we’re actually serious about stopping climate change

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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dual-income households have historically been the norm for most everyone, save for middle-class (and above) white families in the mid-20th century.

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Generic white guy SysAdmin @westbynoreaster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I wish the systems of both Higher Education & the economy in general would allow kids to explore and just try things. But given the various monetary costs & imperatives involved, I can understand the rush.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I want to pull this out. For many students, graduating early is a problem, or at least a set of trade offs that aren’t discussed explicitly.

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On top of that, many of the brightest and most motivated students bypass our intro surveys because they come in with dual enrollment or AP credit. They're never exposed to college history faculty, even though our "engineering school" requires every student to have at least 6 credits in history

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#OnThisDay Sept 27 1894: Theodore Hamm holds an open house for the major expansion of his St. Paul brewery, handing out free samples and beginning the long tradition of brewery tours. Hamm's has long been a popular Minnesota product, long advertised "from the land of sky blue waters" by a bear.

The grand victorian Hamm's Brewery covered in bunting, with the Hamm's home over looking it in the distance. Minnesota Historical Society

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