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our collective third rail (ironically lakeshore drive has no rails)

sometimes i wish i could just skip the next 30-50 years and wake up when we’ve figured out how to regulate AI.

a christmas card that i sent my friend in seattle back around december 20th only arrived YESTERDAY

Fire departments be like 'single stair? ope no can do'

With THIS in your neighborhood

Bicycles are oddly never shown in most post apocalyptic media despite the fact that they would be op.

what they don’t tell you is that when you sit in this chair, you become the backup bus driver

i submitted a public comment by emailing info@cmap.illinois.gov with the subject line “Public Comment – CMAP Transportation Committee (Feb. 27)” It’s not too late!!!

Photo looking out over the relatively calm reflective Waters of Lake Michigan towards the illuminated buildings of the Chicago skyline at Twilight.

Lake forever, city for now

please illinois do not fumble state wide single stair. look what we could have!

i swear my brown line train operator is making the door opening and closing noises by herself. queen move

Urgent: Help Stop DLSD From Becoming a Highway for the Next 50 Years How to tell CMAP not to greenlight funding for the superhighway version of DSLD by this Friday morning.

From @strongtownschicago.bsky.social re: North DuSable Lakeshore Drive project. strongtownschicago.substack.com/p/urgent-hel...

TIL that there's an "international ice bridge" in the UP. Because of course there is.

an upstanding young citizen! great work

Counter proposal: Do what was done to Douglas Park, being renamed for Fredrick Douglass.

Jackson Blvd is named after Andrew Jackson, ya know, the genocidal trail of tears guy?

Let’s rename Jackson for Jesse.

growing up, i saw people drive down the street a similar distance just to pick up their mail and then go back home

Hiring graphic

YIMBY Illinois is hiring a State Advocacy Coordinator! This is an incredible opportunity to shape the future of housing policy in Illinois. 🏘️

Applications will be accepted until 5 PM on Monday, March 2.

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Good morning, Chicago

A photo of a wall of windows with a door leading out onto a semicircular concrete patio in a downtown scene, with a circular building visible next door with similar semicircular concrete patios arranged around it.

Inside the condo, a sage green wall is accented with a curved olive green design element that starts near the windows and dwindles into a straight horizontal line leading back toward the rear of the room.

The kitchen has another curve in a wall shape defining the top of a bar, and features midcentury metal cabinets and appliances from the same era alongside recent updates like a smooth white countertop and can lights.

In a bathroom, mostly clad in contemporary tiles and wood with a midcentury closet door still intact, a circular mirror is accented with another curving wall element.

Really good corncob studio taking cues from the building's curves in its design choices - plus a cute restored kitchen.

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Support new homes in Edgewater 600 proposed homes 120 affordable and on-site transit served Thursday, February 26, 2026 6:30 PM Emanuel Synagogue 5959 N Sheridan Road background: massing diagram of the project the Abundant Housing Illinois logo is on the bottom of the graphic

Another proposal for affordable housing is being threatened by NIMBYs! 😤

The proposal is for 600 homes in Edgewater, right on the Red Line

Come this Thurs Feb 26 @ 6:30 and tell Alder Manaa-Hoppenworth that Chicago supports affordable, abundant, sustainable housing! 🙏🏢🌲

YouTube video by I Can Crochet That Tunisian Crochet Entrelac Made Easy with THIS Stitch. Goodbye Curling!

thank you!! entrelac crochet is really cool, it works up diagonally, so the entire blanket is a solid piece (versus making each square individually and then seaming them all together)

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a woman holds up a baby blanket in front of her, covering most of her face below her nose. The blanket pattern is diagonal squares of colors, pinks, whites, and purples. The blanket has a purple border with a peephole edge

i finished crocheting a baby blanket for my friend! (well, for her baby, really) 🧶

Watched the John Oliver thing on Twitter and thought it was good and the best part was not telling people to come here or another site but to interact with actual human beings. I wont do that because I have a responsibility to mildly antagonize the host of Jeopardy on here but it is good advice

ranked choice voting for local elections was adopted by several Illinois municipalities but they haven’t implemented it yet because state law doesn’t allow it

Just came under a MASSIVE PSYCHIC ASSAULT at the grocery store

I can't believe we're going to let the bars for drunk drivers win

A large white house interior with a front room with a circle rug and statue and a back with a slightly curved staircase with a black railing, and a table with some flowers

A minuature stone atrium with a black table with a vase on it in the center and large black columns and behind it a study with a large built in bookshelf

A seemingly Egyption inspired miniature interior, with black and gold touches and a dramatically lit harp on the left, and a black table on the right with winged figures for legs

The full frame of the white interior from earlier, showing some chairs and a more decorated wall, as well as the frame showing "English Entrance Hall, Georgina Period c 1775"

The Art Institute miniatures are so good that, at a glance, I don't think you'd know this isn't a real house.

i adore these miniatures so much, one of my all time favorite exhibits

At the library this afternoon. Bustling with activity on Sunday. Kids playing, people reading and using computers. I will always love that they expanded hours for Sundays. 💗