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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 2h

We should Build the Tunnel, to mess up Google Maps

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 21h

might be missing a song or two, but this is most of what they played open.spotify.com/playlist/2Bg...

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2026-09-30 Minyo Crusaders

list of songs that they played, not in order

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 23h

Tbh I remember this like once a month

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 23h

Remembering the other baseball moment for the Chicago Pope

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 01/10/2026

Shout out to the 2 women on the Belmont station platform waiting for the Brown Line, who started a conversation because they were reading the same book (“Stoner” by John Williams I believe)

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 01/10/2026

I’m guessing the chart is showing the 2026 data up to some point in time, and not the projected figure for all of 2026?

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 01/10/2026

i guess i'm making plots tomorrow night

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 01/10/2026

Also snuck in a Menya Goku visit. Great evening all around

A brown bowl with a bowl of soup noodles, topped by bok choy, ground meat, and fermented bamboo

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 01/10/2026

yeah this was amazing. best world music festival show I've been to. totally worth getting a new babysitter for Minyo Crusaders are mad geniuses

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 30/09/2026

It would be nice if people could distinguish between risks of frontier models and LLMs vs risks of machine learning in general. Not because one is less serious than the other but because they’re different. Whatever you do concerning OpenAI, Anthropic etc, the latter risks are unaffected

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 30/09/2026

La Sécurité at the Hideout, 12/12 www.hideoutchicago.com/shows/la-sec...

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Hideout Chicago

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 30/09/2026

Also if anyone knows any other transportation-obsessed songwriters, from anywhere in the world, I'm all ears

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 30/09/2026

More depth on the music is really the main value of the post compared to the bsky posts, imo And if I get a few more people to listen to Yuming, I'm happy

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 30/09/2026

But I got a Japanese train song playlist now—w/ commentary in my blog post open.spotify.com/playlist/4eo...

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Japanese train songs

Playlist · inoueian · 14 items

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 30/09/2026

Some of the content, I did talk about here 1. train songs in the US bsky.app/profile/sato... 2. Beach Boys and Chuck Berry bsky.app/profile/sato... 3. Yuming discography bsky.app/profile/sato...

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 30/09/2026

Take a journey with me to find out how Chuck Berry and Yumi Matsutoya are our great transportation songwriters www.satoruinoue.com/p/cars-and-t...

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Cars and trucks and songs that go

Chuck Berry and Yuming, the great transportation songwriters

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 29/09/2026

*Drivers* should be mad that so many of the vehicles on these highways are carrying 1 person each. Thats why there’s so much traffic

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 29/09/2026

A recent development is that 1yo has figured out how to make this shape with both hands and loves to do it. And 4yo is completely failing to imitate it

A right hand, with the middle finger pressing on the tip of the index finger that is slightly bent back, forming a loop

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 28/09/2026

Polombia is great, and very Chicago

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The restaurant that runs these stands at the Cell also has a stall in the food court at Ogilvie next to Great Steak

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 28/09/2026

I often hear people say pan pizza isn’t Chicago style, and I’m just puzzled because canonical deep dish mostly sucks because of the crust

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 28/09/2026

Just a separate type of Chicago style, I believe (I haven’t been and really need to) thepartycut.substack.com/p/so-what-pr...

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So what, pray tell, is deep pan pizza?

what is deep? baby don't hurt me...

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 28/09/2026

Remembering the last time I was in Japan (June 2025), when it felt like rice shortage took up the majority of TV news

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 28/09/2026

Oh yeah, that's a good parallel, because heads roll when that price goes up

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 28/09/2026

The Japanese do eat seafood rice bowls, and if the rice is plain that's kaisen-don, not sushi But if you use sushi rice, that's chirashi-zushi (scattered sushi) Rice matters to the Japanese, like, a lot

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 28/09/2026

btw, this is why poke is not sushi. It's just a different dish (if someone thinks anything called "sushi" is automatically better than something that isn't, that's a separate issue)

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 28/09/2026

From OLIVE (1979). She takes a walk in the rain after a fight, comes home to find another woman's red shoes This is a song she wrote for another band in 1975, in a great pop arrangement by Haruomi Hosono "Cold Rain" by Yumi Matsutoya open.spotify.com/track/7FJR56...

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冷たい雨

Yumi Matsutoya · OLIVE · Song · 1979

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 28/09/2026

We were eating lunch when Alderman La Spata came into the same place. I told him we’ve been a regular since last year

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 27/09/2026

Etymologically, "sushi" refers to the sour flavor, now usually from vinegared rice and originally from fermentation, so...yes, if it's sourdough bagel?

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 27/09/2026

play this song w/ this video Chicago can do city pop

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 27/09/2026

I warmed up pork in adobo, but the thing that made it great this time was the roasted tomatillo salsa Put tomatillo in toaster oven for 20-30 minutes, mash salt, garlic, dried chile powder & mix everything. So easy and so good

A brown stewing liquid with pieces of meat and a wooden spoon, in a black Dutch oven

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 27/09/2026

I was also running this at Ragamala lol

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 27/09/2026

How much time it takes for express buses to go through their North DuSable Lake Shore Drive segments, depending on the hour of the day (3 posts with Mon-Thu, Fri, weekend plots, respectively)

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 27/09/2026

Fridays, slightly faster at median, but worst cases are worse, especially for longer routes. Longer peak

Time spent on DLSD for express buses that exit on Fullerton, by hour of entry into DLSD, for Fridays.

Northbound times are plotted for hours 16-18.
Route 134 has median of 12-13 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 18-19 minutes.
Route 143 has median of 8-9 minutes, 95th percentile is 12 minutes.

Southbound times are plotted for hours 6-9 for route 134, 6-8 for route 143.
Route 134 has median of 10-11 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 14 minutes at hour 8.
Route 143 has median of 7-8 minutes, 95th percentile go up to 10 minutes for hour 8.

Time spent on DLSD for express buses that exit on Belmont, by hour of entry into DLSD, for Fridays.

Northbound times are plotted for hours 15-18 for route 135, hours 6-22 for route 146.
Route 135 has median of 12-14 minutes, and 95th percentile goes above the upper limit of the plot at 70 minutes for hours 15-16.
Route 146 has median of 8-10 minutes, and 95th percentile goes up to around 20 minutes at hours 12-13 and 17-20.

Southbound times are plotted for hours 6-9 for route 135, 6-22 for route 146.
Route 135 has median of 11-13 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 16 minutes at hour 8.
Route 146 has median of 8 minutes off-peak and up to 14 minutes at hours 16-17, 95th percentile goes up to 27 minutes at hours 15-16.

Time spent on DLSD for express buses that exit on Irving Park, by hour of entry into DLSD, for Fridays.

Northbound times are plotted for hours 16-18 for route 136, 15-18 for route 148.
Route 136 has median of 15-17 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 45 minutes at hour 17.
Route 148 has median of 10 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 70 minutes at hour 16.

Southbound times are plotted for hours 6-8 for route 136, 6-9 for route 148.
Route 136 has median of 12-14 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 18 minutes at hour 8.
Route 148 has median of 9-10 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 14 minutes at hour 7.

Time spent on DLSD for express buses that exit on Foster, by hour of entry into DLSD, on Fridays. There is only one route (147).

Northbound times are plotted for hours 6-22.
Route 147 has median of 11-13 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 55 minutes at hours 16-17.

Southbound times are plotted for hours 6-22.
Route 147 has median of 10-12 minutes off-peak and up to 17 minutes at hours 16-17, 95th percentile goes up to 29 minutes at hour 17.

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 27/09/2026

Got 1 year of data (2025-07-25 to 2026-07-25) First Mon-Thu

Time spent on DLSD for express buses that exit on Fullerton, by hour of entry into DLSD, for weekdays from Mondays to Thursdays.

Northbound times are plotted for hours 16-18.
Route 134 has median of 13-15 minutes, 95th percentile go up to 23-28 minutes.
Route 143 has median of 8-10 minutes, 95th percentile is 13-15 minutes.

Southbound times are plotted for hours 6-9 for route 134, 6-8 for route 143.
Route 134 has median of 10-14 minutes, 95th percentile go up to 19 minutes at hour 8.
Route 143 has median of 7-9 minutes, 95th percentile go up to 14 minutes for hour 8.

Time spent on DLSD for express buses that exit on Belmont, by hour of entry into DLSD, for weekdays from Mondays to Thursdays.

Northbound times are plotted for hours 15-18 for route 135, hours 6-22 for route 146.
Route 135 has median that rises from 13-15 minutes to 18 minutes at hour 17, and 95th percentile go up to 35 minutes at hours 16-17.
Route 146 has median of around 8 minutes except at hours 16-18 where it rises to 10-11 minutes, and 95th percentile goes up to 24 minutes at hours 17-18.

Southbound times are plotted for hours 6-9 for route 135, 6-22 for route 146.
Route 135 has median of 12-14 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 19 minutes at hour 8.
Route 143 has median of 8-10 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 16 minutes in the morning at hour 8, and up to 22 minutes in the afternoon at hour 17.

Time spent on DLSD for express buses that exit on Irving Park, by hour of entry into DLSD, for weekdays from Mondays to Thursdays.

Northbound times are plotted for hours 16-18 for route 136, 15-18 for route 148.
Route 136 has median of 15-17 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 37 minutes at hour 17.
Route 148 has median of 10 minutes, 95th percentile is 22 minutes at hours 16-18.

Southbound times are plotted for hours 6-8 for route 136, 6-9 for route 148.
Route 136 has median that rises from 12.5 minutes to 18 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 25 minutes at hour 8.
Route 148 has median that rises from 10-12 minutes to 15 minutes at hour 8, 95th percentile goes up to 22.5 minutes for hour 8.

Time spent on DLSD for express buses that exit on Foster, by hour of entry into DLSD, on weekdays from Monday to Thursday. There is only one route (147).

Northbound times are plotted for hours 6-22.
Route 147 has median of 11-13 minutes except at hours 16-18 when it rises to 15 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 30 minutes at hours 17-18.

Southbound times are plotted for hours 6-22.
Route 147 has median of 12-13 minutes except at hour 8 when it rises to 16 minutes, 95th percentile goes up to 32 minutes at hour 8 in the morning and to 22 minutes at hour 17 in the afternoon.

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 26/09/2026

(transportation songs were not being sung at Ragamala, AFAICT)

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 26/09/2026

Don’t mind me, I’m just writing in my notebook about transportation songs at Ragamala. Post coming next week

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 26/09/2026

From daycare: “(4yo)’s favorite geometric shape is the decagon” seems like a secret test of how insufferable your kid is going to be

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 25/09/2026

What I said last year bsky.app/profile/sato...

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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The World Music Festival begins tonight with Ragamala, a free 14-hour marathon of Indian classical music at the Cultural Center. Have you ever seen anybody play a morsing? Or a surbahar? I had to look those up! Bring snacks or even a sleeping bag. It's a great time! www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 25/09/2026

I was in this camp, but once we had a toddler, I started putting away the suitcase before the weekend

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 25/09/2026

wow NDLSD, things got turned around in my head there

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 25/09/2026

Added all the NLDSL expresses, organized by Northside exits I'd do Friday and weekend but those really need more data than 1 month, so I'll generate those tomorrow with more data

Time spent on DLSD for buses 134 and 143, which exit DLSD at Fullerton.

Northbound data is plotted for hours 16-18, depending on when the bus enters DLSD. Route 134 median is around 15 minutes, and 95th percentile is 22-23 minutes. Route 143 median is 8-10 minutes, and 95th percentile is 12-15 minutes.

Southbound data is plotted for hours 6-9 for 134 and 6-8 for 143, depending on when the bus enters DLSD. Route 134 median is 10-12 minutes, and 95th percentile is 12-14 minutes. Route 143 median is 7-8 minutes, and 95th percentile is 9-10 minutes.

Time spent on DLSD for buses 135 and 146, which exit DLSD at Belmont.

Northbound data is plotted for hours 15-18 for 135 and 6-22 for 146, depending on when the bus enters DLSD. Route 135 median is 15-20 minutes, and 95th percentile is over an hour for hours 15-17. Route 146 median is 8-10 minutes, but the interquartile range has a bump at hours 17-18 to over 15 minutes, and 95th percentile jumps to 25-30 minutes.

Southbound data is plotted for hours 6-9 for 135 and 6-22 for 146, depending on when the bus enters DLSD. Route 135 median is 11-13 minutes, and 95th percentile is 14-16 minutes. Route 146 median is around 8 minutes except at hours 14-17, when the median is over 10 minutes, and 95th percentile is above 20 minutes at those hours, reaching 30 minutes at hour 16.

Time spent on DLSD for buses 136 and 148, which exit DLSD at Irving Park.

Northbound data is plotted for hours 15-17 for 136 and 16-18 for 148, depending on when the bus enters DLSD. Route 136 median is 15-20 minutes, and 95th percentile is over an hour for hour 16, and 30-35 minutes at hours 17-18. Route 148 median is around 10 minutes, but 95th percentile is consistently above 20 minutes, jumping to over 30 minutes at hour 17.

Southbound data is plotted for hours 6-9, depending on when the bus enters DLSD. Route 136 median is 13-15 minutes, and 95th percentile is over 16 minutes. Route 148 median is 10-11 minutes, and 95th percentile is 12-14 minutes.

Time spent on DLSD for buses 147, which exits DLSD at Foster.

Northbound data is plotted for hours 6-22, depending on when the bus enters DLSD. Median is around 12 minutes, but 75th percentile gets close to 20 minutes at hours 17-18, and 95th percentile is over 45 minutes at hours 16-18.

Southbound data is plotted for hours 6-22, depending on when the bus enters DLSD. Median is 11-13 minutes except at hours 14-17, when it is around 15 minutes. 75th percentile rises to 17-18 minutes at hours 15-17, and 95th percentile peaks close to 30 minutes at hour 17.

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Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com · 25/09/2026

also extremely mellow, and very consciously French "Lover On the 12th Floor" by Yumi Matsutoya open.spotify.com/track/5glBHG...

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12階のこいびと

Yumi Matsutoya · 流線形 '80 · Song · 1978

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