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Black and white shot with two men in the foreground walking across Daley Plaza in Chicago Illinois. The Picaso statue behind them.

A black and white photo of a man walking past the doors of St Peter's Church in Chicago.

An out of focus, black and white, photo of a man sitting on an entrance to the Chicago Pedway.

A black and white photo of the Chicago Board of Trade building down the LaSalle street canyon.

I like a walk around the loop on a wet dreary day. Makes for some nice black and white photos.

To quote the tourist my wife overheard when she worked downtown "How am I supposed to see them all when there's so many fucking buildings?"

I feel like that could be a tourism slogan for the city.

I don't really have a point, I'm just really excited to be here still.

When I first started watching Rob's videos I lived in Nashville and commented on the lack of walkability in the video about walkable neighborhoods in unwalksable cities. Now I live in Lincoln Square and see a ton of spots I walk around regularly in today's video.

I guess when the candidates you run are in their 70s...

A fire truck on Western Avenue in Lincoln Square Chicago with a fire fighter retrieving tools from the back hatch.

Fire fighters carry hoses down an alley.

A smoke filled alley as a person and a fire fighter walk down it.

Fire fighters direct a stream of water against the underside of CTA L tracks to put out a fire on the tracks.

Tracks caught fire near Western. Looked like some construction material maybe got caught around the third rail.

They fucking hate anyone would dare to live in this city; they'd be happy to take out anyone else they could even if they don't have the go ahead yet.

I appreciate that every tshirt was transit related for a video about car parts. :)

I love the spaces along the river here.

I've been watching the Fallout show and re-playing New Vegas again; and boy do I have a lot of complicated thoughts about the Fallout franchise. Probably to an unhealthy degree.

Same; I've played a hell of a lot of Starfield (probably will play it again!) because I'm a sucker for the Bethesda "gameplay loop"™. But, man, it really showed how much they're falling behind in world building, characters, etc. Left so much to be desired from it.

Replaying a Viva-New-Vegas run and still the greatest game of all time.

Marco Rubio is like dollar general Kissinger.

John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats performing at the Salt Shed in Chicago Illinois

@themountaingoats.bsky.social we're a blast though.

Why does it seem like the earliest people to every concert are the tallest?

I remember reading awhile back that the insane NYC condos like 432 Park aren't even really meant to be fully occupied. Like, the capacity of the building to actually support people (elevators and such) isn't enough if every unit is occupied. They're pretty much just financial instruments.

A good reminder that I haven't been to Jerry's in too long

Destroy car dealerships and you save US democracy

Hah, he talked about that in one of his comment videos. IIRC it was that the idea came later and it was cheaper than going back to Europe. :V

I really should post more often. Pictures especially.

Love the shot of the train out the window

Zoom in of window washers on a rig outside Merchandise Mart

Zoom in of a dangling window washers suspended in front of a condo building's window

A window washing unit suspended high above 150 North Riverside

Gotta appreciate the people who keep our views clean.

A view of the Chicago skyline from the North in Lakeview, with a bit of haze over it

A photo from inside an empty L train showing trees zooming by with some heavy motion blur

A view from inside the Brown line as it takes the flyover, with the front of the train visible lower and further down the track

A view from inside the Wellington Brown line station, with a beautiful art piece of colorful people's silhouettes

Also I freaking love this city, and the transit that makes it work ( @chicagocta.bsky.social)

(And I'm very glad I took my camera and ND filter on my doctor's visit)

Oh, this one sucks 🙁

Have a good weekend!

My money is on insane qannoner who turned on the Trump sphere over Epstein.

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I kinda figured most people just don't really know what the statistic means (I know I didn't at one point) and that just the nature of the internet means you can't admit you're wrong and learn otherwise.

Already been recommended a few times, but I'd echo Grady Hendrix. My wife's a big fan of horror stories and loves most of his. How to Sell a Haunted House and The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. She really likes Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt too.

lol it was someone trying to hold 2 parking spots. This is the world you've built for yourself.