Reposted by Sam Thomasleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026lowly worm putting a sticker on his apple car "i bought this before mr frumble went crazy" 1119859
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026But yes very unlikely an independent siphons 10+ percent 010
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Since 2018 they get 1-2% when on the ballot, and over 3% went to a Democratic write in for the 2022 election. The seat was only R+3.2% in the 2018 wave election so not as far fetched as the R+27 from 2024 would make you think 110
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026They should make it a requirement that the house number be aligned or whimsically misaligned, instead of whatever that is 120
Reposted by Sam ThomasCapitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Will they light up the NW Indiana refineries like this? 817832
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026For the last few years we've had a mantis in our patch of prairie flowers. Each year they hang out pretty much all summer eating whoever they feel like 010
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The way he closes his is eyes at 2:02, just bracing for the drop 000
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026At the time they couldn't get past parking minimums that don't exist anymore 000
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026After they fumbled the ball trying to build an actual mixed use building on the doorstep of the metra stop. 100
Reposted by Sam ThomasCool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026If you live in a city you shouldn't have to own a car. 1452782249
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026There are lots of great New Yorker covers by Sempe condenaststore.com/collections/... 000
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 05/08/20262018 they surpassed single family developers. They are now ahead of single family and multi family combined 030
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Tackling the Pyrenees with a single speed and a spoon brake 140
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Stewart Hicks and JB is the collab we never knew we neededyoutu.beWhy We Can’t Build Apartments Like This AnymoreYouTube video by Stewart Hicks 000
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Jam a bunch of old Chicago Schwinn frames in the wet cement to re-establish the lane protection and give a nod to our past and future as a cycling city 070
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 22/06/2026As though it's impossible to find a stock photo of a person with a bike in a park 000
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 20/06/2026If it isn't the consequences of our own infrastructure 000
Reposted by Sam ThomasIllinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias @ilsecofstate.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Reach right to save lives. The Dutch Reach uses your far hand to open your car door, forcing you to pivot and check for oncoming cyclists. 🚴 It’s simple. It’s common sense. Let’s keep each other safe this summer! @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social 1111233
Reposted by Sam ThomasStar:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Imagine renting an apartment for decades and then deciding to buy a house, but then you realize that property taxes exist so you tear down the house to lower your taxes, and after that beg the city for decades of tax breaks in exchange for building a new house on the now-empty lot. Pound sand. 2515
Reposted by Sam ThomasWBEZ @wbez.org · 13/06/2026Riley O’Neil, a biking advocate and Chicago Department of Transportation worker, died after he was hit with a car door and thrown into oncoming traffic earlier this month. In the Loop sits down with local organizers and cyclists to discuss building safer streets in Chicago.wbez.orgHow can Chicago build safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians? 183
Reposted by Sam ThomasMichael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 22/05/2026The single family home, the most unaffordable kind of home in a high-cost area, just gets to skate on by without being subjected to the crazy requirements we stack onto multifamily housing. It drives me insane. 0467
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Is this just consumer preference shifting away from cheap beers though? 110
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Easy to do this in all sorts of areas. Here's four units in a double lot, so we can double density while sacrificing pretty much nothing. Bonus points that it's added onto an old Sears kit home 021
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 09/05/202610 seconds of a skier putting in some hard practice. Audio is primarily their heavy breathing and the carving of the skis. Fast paced close ups of them just ripping down the mountain. Cut to a close-up of the yellow teeth. A guttural growl. Blackness. "Ski free" 020
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 29/04/2026$8B in increased fuel costs alone since they launched the invasion 000
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Possibly because of the variance in storage required at end of trip for a motorcycle versus a car? 000
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Are the friends old? Are they taking about percentage of life? I don't see how a baby could be around long enough to call someone an old friend. 000
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 28/04/2026It's been great watching suburban mayors rally together to hamstring the future of their downtowns 010
Reposted by Sam ThomasJill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 27/04/2026This Wall Street Journal headline might be the thing that breaks me 1221943269
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 21/04/2026This just in, build act contains verbiage that codifies 4 foot ceiling heights 010
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Sounds like they should get impounded and released by default then 010
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Somewhere there's a studio executive trying to figure out a Bobby Rahal biopic starring Steve Carrell 010
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I'll happily settle for linked images/short videos in the show notes 020
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Also took the lowest estimate of deaths related to the Pinto. The linked article in mother Jones has an estimate nearly 9 times as large, with high estimates going up to 900 deaths. 120
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The downstream impacts of red loctite coming in a blue bottle and blue loctite coming in a red bottle 100
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Gotta get at least one arm in otherwise the cat will startle itself awake 010
Reposted by Sam ThomasSummer Whitesell @linimentcake.bsky.social · 13/02/2026www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bostonians-w... Besides the less traffic, which is awesome, it also means there's less garbage being pumped into the air. This is a tangible, real effect of creating more bike lanes in cities. This is a very #goodthing! #positivity #positivevibesgoodnewsnetwork.orgBostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is DownMayor Michelle Wu's ran on more protected bike lanes around the city to satisfy a perceived demand for better cycling infrastructure. 114735
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Pretty sure they were just pointing out the shared "One ___. One ___. One ___." language 010
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Soon enough they're just going to be cutting monthly checks to Illinois residents for violating the biometric laws here 030
Sam Thomas @samthom.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Sounds like the type of actions you should be impeached over 000
