Jacob Lee

Someone make Chicago! theskydeck.com/live-web-cam/

America in 2024, 2016, 2002, 1980, etc

2. marimba, otherwise yes

We love a wholesome ebike story!

“And the thing is, I actually ride way more now that the e-bike is an option. I take it places that I would have considered off-limits to my regular bike. It doesn’t replace bike trips, as one of my colleagues observed. It replaces car trips. ... It rules.”

Most American Jews say Trump is using antisemitism as an 'excuse' to silence free speech at universities Most Jewish Americans disapprove of the Trump administration withholding funds from colleges to address anti-Jewish sentiment, according to a new survey.

Most Jewish Americans disapprove of the Trump administration withholding funds from colleges to address anti-Jewish sentiment, according to a new survey.

Amid these ICE raids, something folks should understand about the Chicago suburbs is that a lot of stereotypes about the era of white flight from the city do not apply. A lot of these folks were priced out of Chicago and many commute to work here. They are part of the same social fabric.

timeline synchronicity

Please ask the IL General Assembly to fix and fund our transit system | Active Transportation Alliance Illinois is standing at the edge of a transportation crisis. This past spring, lawmakers left Springfield without resolving the looming […]

If you're in Illinois, good time to fill this out and ask the assembly to fund transit.

Harry Potter and the Oversaturated Offensive Franchise There's a growing fight against J.K. Rowling's anti-trans power source.

I spoke with @kattenbarge.bsky.social about the romance community's failure to live up to its values when it comes to supporting the trans community.

I'm not convinced, but I'm sympathetic -- I can only count Pyramid Song as 3+2+3 despite that adding up to two bars of 4/4

If you live in this district, please take this survey today.

And ask the representative for a luxury SUV tax!!!

Sprawl is a choice that city electeds make every time they don’t allow new development

screenshot from Google Street View of two lanes of northbound Clark St just past North Ave, with the words "SAFETY ZONE" printed on the pavement

But don't worry, it's labeled "SAFETY ZONE" - problem solved!

I think your DMs aren't open fyi

Opinion | When Rights Erode for Some of Us, Something Corrodes in All of Us

To demand both absolute power and absolute impunity is the demand of a tyrant.

New from me in the NYT, on the Trump administration’s attempt to zero out noncitizens’ rights, and how that inevitably implicates citizens as well. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...

Pretty striking how trans people are two of the three reasons he gives for sending armed kidnappers into major cities, just detached scapegoating for the sake of scapegoating

Don't forget OPTION BASE 1

Our transit network does need to do better and we do need regional structural reforms but there also aren't $771 million worth of efficiencies to squeeze out of next year's budget without some pretty draconian cuts throughout the entire region.

Call your reps. Tell them we need #RevenuesAndReform.

The Pittsburgh left is a practical necessity on some two-lane roads carved through the hills without room for a turn lane.

The Boston left is just seizing the right of way to be an aggro jerk.

CTA bus stop digital information sign: "/Ohio will be eliminated."

A subway train advertisement for "Blue Sky: your online mental health team"

Twitter post/pohoto from JK Rowling who sits on what looks like yacht, taking a puff of what looks like a cigar. She holds a cocktail close to her face and looks smug as fuck. Text on tweet: I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights.

Text on screen: our.moral.imperative British billionaire JK Rowling has posted several gloating tweets today after the UK Supreme Court ruled that only 'biological women' legally count as women, excluding trans women from legal protections and safeguards. Rowling's vicious smear campaign against trans people in Britain has been going on for several years now and has played a major role in cultivating the extremely hostile and toxic environment that exists in the country towards trans people, particularly in the name of liberal 'feminism'. @fight_for_a_future @rowllingofficial

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

Trump tariffs trap Gloomhaven overseas, and the publisher is furious Small businesses are paying the price in Trump’s trade war

trump take board game www.polygon.com/gaming/56034...

Update 30: Addressing the Tariffs · Shuffle Dungeons: The Co-op Board Game of Endless Dungeons A Quick SummaryAs most backers in the United States already know, there is currently a 145% tariff on all products imported from China into the United States. This tariff is impacting most of the boar...

trump take board game www.kickstarter.com/projects/339...

Chilling effects.

My kid: *points at seat recline button* what does this do?

Me: Don't push it. It, um... derails the train.

These CHI->STL Amtrak cars block all GPS signal. I'm convinced this is intentional, to avoid revealing what fraction of the route operates at 110mph. I am a Lincoln Service rail speed truther.

YouTube video by credo123456 Paul Anka Wonderwall

lol this is the Paul Anka arrangement! www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4e0...

Letter in Support of Protected Bike Infrastructure on Clark and Halsted CDOT has scheduled Clark and Halsted streets to be resurfaced in the Lakeview neighborhood in the near future. As the number of cyclists continues to rise year over year in Chicago, the need for safe ...

A campaign for protected bike lanes on Clark and Halsted streets in the 44th Ward (Lakeview) has sent 3,100 letters! You can add your voice to the chorus of support here.
actionnetwork.org/letters/lett... @mclean.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social

This is what Gavin Newsom and the consultant class endorses when they try to play footsie with people opposed to trans people's very existence. There is no polite, liberal way to push people out of public life--you ultimately need the state to inspect people's bodies and enforce compliance.