Welcome back witness slip warriors π€ The ILGA is back in session and there are bills to pass. Get those fingers warmed up for these four bills that are now in committee
By 4pm, Wednesday 2/17:
- Please sign as "Self" in the firms/business field;
- "Proponent;" and
- "Record of Appearance only"
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A screenshot of a photo library showing a stroller faced with too-narrow or absent sidewalks
Welcome to this particular subgroup of the club π
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Hits too close to home
13.02.2026 16:11 β π 18 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Iβd love to try one! I honestly thought it was a modified luge at first (Olympics brain)
12.02.2026 15:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Not bunching, just buddies!
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A blue and white velomobile
Um one of these just went by me in the bike lane?! The bus driver was laughing so hard he couldnβt talk. I was too shocked to take a photo.
12.02.2026 14:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A bus shelter with arrival times. There are four 77 buses toward Diversey/Lake Shore coming in 4, 4, 5, and 21 minutes.
Said bunching during rush hour this morning
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Thereβs been a lot of bunching on the 77 (Belmont) especially during rush hour, but otherwise I find it reliable enough
11.02.2026 13:50 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I walk through this park most days, and itβs baffling to me why this road even exists. Completely redundant!
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Congrats to all the property owners I submitted sidewalk shoveling complaints against on their Warm Weather Related Closures
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I saw this and thought, βwhere do I sign up?!β
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An Apple Watch with a notification from Duolingo that says βStruggling with Spanish? I can help! Letβs do a lesson now.β
Duolingo with the excellent notification (I am not studying Spanish, so this is Super Bowlβinspired)
09.02.2026 02:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This was so good
09.02.2026 01:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
[slaps roof of America] this bad boy can fit so much incoherent symbolism
08.02.2026 23:26 β π 22 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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Oh the Episcopalians do not care!! They are the ones who actually walk the walk when it comes to βall are welcome.β
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@icecrmsocialist.bsky.social π¦©
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Yay!!! Congrats! Hope everyone is healthy!
06.02.2026 14:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Whenever I visit my suburban family I pack my lightest winter coat because it wonβt matter. We wonβt be outside except to/from the car (and maybe not even then with an attached garage!).
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you don't know your neighbors because of cars
your city doesn't make enough in taxes because of cars
busses are slow because of cars
they won't build light rail because of cars
your city's air is awful because of cars
one of the leading causes of death and injury from accident: cars
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Iβve only been on the 72 once butβ¦ bsky.app/profile/kads...
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I used to work with someone who ended phone calls with βbestβ
04.02.2026 23:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Richard Huntβs sculpture Unicycle Built for Two (1956; galvanized iron wire with lead solder, brass, silver-soldered brass and copper, and wood) on a wooden pedestal inside a vitrine. In the background behind a shade is a view of Chicagoβs snow-covered Lurie Garden, the Pritzker Pavilion, and skyscrapers including the AON Center and Prudential.
Spotted at the Art Institute: me and my kid on our bike (Richard Hunt, Unicycle Built for Two, 1956; galvanized iron wire with lead solder, brass, silver-soldered brass and copper, and wood)
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βcare about neighborhood futureβ
04.02.2026 02:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Praying everything goes well tomorrow!
04.02.2026 00:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
ten years ago today no one clapped
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Or maybe I had a huge rat living in my yard π€£
03.02.2026 17:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Possibly an opossum? We had one living in our yard in Michigan that made a track like this (complete with tail marks!).
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Update: still there, still snow-covered. Where do they stick the parking tickets here?
01.02.2026 14:32 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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