Papa Rides a Bike

Riding a bike?

A giant Grey pickup parked with the tail hanging over the sidewalk on a city block in Chicago

Cars

Three children riding a passengers on a bicycle. School bags are in the front crate. One child is in front of the drivers seat but behind the handlebars. The other two kids are on the back seat. The bike is a Fr8 by WorkCycles

With gas prices soaring, some people might search for cheaper transportation options. In many cites, a bicycle is a cheap and easy way to get around gas free. Give it a try.

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone]

Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities

McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.

A photo of the Chicago skyline viewed from the north across a stretch of open blue water. The skyline is silhouetted against a light pastel sunrise sky

A wintry photo of the Chicago River surrounded by the dense downtown cityscape. There's an elevated train crossing a bridge in the foreground

A photo looking along elevated train tracks towards the distant Sears Tower under a bright blue sky

A photo of the Chicago skyline from the south taken from a park full of yellow winter grasses

Happy birthday Chicago!

"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."

Wave rack bike parking working as intended.

(Like ass)

This is what happens when oligarchs control the *news*

You know it

It's the family hauler. Not the fanciest but it's reliable and strong.

I'm not worried. We take good care of the batteries. They're certified.

I guess we are just paying these people to fly around making workout videos and attending sporting events.

An orange, long tail cargo bike with a purple rear seat pad and 2 kids. Helmets on the back period in the background is a Belmont. Blue line sign for the c.T a

With the warm weather, I rode the kids all the way to my sister's in Belmont Craigan from Bridgeport. Taking the blue line part of the way home tho and meeting my wife for pool downtown. Belmont wasn't the easiest station to get the Orange Whipp into but we made it.

#BikeChi

The stroadhog, pining for all the fixings, piled high on tater skins and slathered in neon cheesy sauce with a bottomless fishbowl of sensual margs on the side. Giant toilet so as to make vacating the bowels extra pleasant. Plus, free mints on the hostess stand so you know it's a classy spot.

I heard he was a policy expert, so I followed him, natch.

you think you've seen the whole movie, and then the alt text reveals you haven't even finished act two

Kafka couldn't come up with some of this stuff.

@nova999999.bsky.social

18-year-old bicyclist hit, killed by semi in Melrose Park, police say; family files lawsuit Relatives of a man who was hit and killed while on his bicycle in the west suburbs have filed a lawsuit. Video showed a semi hitting him last week as he was leaving work, attorneys said.

A young cyclist was killed by a semi driver feet from the restaurant where he worked in Melrose Park. He had just gotten off from his shift. He was riding on a bike path along North Avenue, an Illinois State road under @illinoisdot.bsky.social jurisdiction.

#bikechi

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Driverist:
"Kids don't pay outside anymore! When I was a kid we were always playing it in the street!"

Father takes child for a neighborhood bike ride.

Driverist:
"You're a terrible parent for endangering your child!"

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Cruel Owner Chains Bike Outside In Freezing Weather

Cruel Owner Chains Bike Outside In Freezing Weather

It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school.

They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.

Measles was wiped out in the U.S. 25 years ago and now we’re already past 1,000 cases in February because vaccination rates dropped below the safety line. This is what happens when public health gets gutted and people stop trusting basic science.

Chicago stays losing thanks Pat Dowell

The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes.

$9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst".

Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment….

A full community meeting as seen from the bank of the room. There are around 25 people in the audience

Claudia Zuno & her Archer Avengers showed up at the 9th District Community police council to heckle & argue in favor of more dangerous streets this evening. The counselor was on point & kept things on track. The meeting was about safety on our streets & emergency response times on Complete Streets.

The 9th District Community Council Meeting. Packed room.

The Archer Avengers are heckling the 9th District Community Council presenter.