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Chicagoan. Cyclist part of Half Acre Cycling. Awesome Foundation. Occasional Karaoke singer. Anti Fascist. Fuck Terfs.


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Prisonculture's avatar Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social
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yup. Kelly and I are on the same page about this and some people are annoyed with us about it, hahahaha.

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Patrick Cosmos's avatar Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer
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instead of explaining what Project 2025 is and amplifying its message by doing so, they could just run against the republicans

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I think Denail's major modification is hem length for shorter people on dresses and pants

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🎉 erin ⁉️'s avatar 🎉 erin ⁉️ @interrobang.bsky.social
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they’re really improving streeterville out here, i hope they replace all the luxury retail with enormous holes. perhaps a mountain bike course

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Better Streets Chicago's avatar Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org
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Thanks to the hundreds of people who emailed the committee their support, and the volunteers who stayed 2 hours for a meeting that started late to voice their support in public comment! The CTA Ashland Bus extension was approved out of committee! 🎉

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kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈's avatar kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈 @itskylelucas.bsky.social
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The Committee on Transportation & Public Way meeting is now an hour and a half late, and still no quorum to start. This dysfunction in government is a disrespect to the public and their time. How are people supposed to reasonably engage if our leaders don’t show up?

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Every late night person rags on him, but he hates Kimmel the most for some reason.

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D.N. Schmidt, Space Opera Author 🛸's avatar D.N. Schmidt, Space Opera Author 🛸 @writepop.bsky.social
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Happy hundredth anniversary of this news headline from The Daily Times, New Philadelphia, Ohio. (July 9, 1924.)

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But I listened and he's right on the podcast. I don't feel riled (about him) at all.

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Personally it's because he's such a dick about it, and rules everyone else up too much.

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Stephanie Kollmann's avatar Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social
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July 2020: to preempt a campaign to close the final 5 state youth prisons, the IL gov's office announced a 4-year plan for transformation, intended to close (or IDOC transfer) at least the 3 largest. July 2024: None are closed. Issued a press release about hiring for a new, 6th youth prison.

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Anthony Moser's avatar Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.bsky.social
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City council will not allow city council to consult city council's lawyers during city council meetings

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First, I was wondering how anybody could be against a bus extension, and then I saw that some parking spots needed to be removed and I knew exactly who was complaining.

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Listen I'm Scary OK's avatar Listen I'm Scary OK @katiemcvay.bsky.social
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I WANT IT. LIBERAL-LEFTIST COALITION TO DESTROY CONSERVATISM SO WE CAN GET ON TO BUSINESS PLZ.

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And center left folks cooperating with leftists to prevent an even worse outcome sounds great.

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Project 2025 thinks the 1896 decision of Plessy vs Ferguson enabling "Separate but equal" policies went too far asking for equal facilities.

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Project 2025 thinks feeding children is a wasteful use of federal funds.

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The whole series is good, and instead of looking at these programs at a broad scale for statistics only, it humanizes the participants. The first participant she talks to is Sherrif, who spends most of his money on his kids, including some Jordans that he's proud to give. pca.st/podcast/0d0d...

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Listen I'm Scary OK's avatar Listen I'm Scary OK @katiemcvay.bsky.social
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sorry you keep being stupid online :(

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You really should listen to this episode of Guaranteed. Eve Ewing interviews John, and he's a fascinating person making Chicago a better place in a way we all can learn from. Eve's interview style does a great job letting us learn about John in his own words.

It made my day
pca.st/episode/af7d...

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Listen I'm Scary OK's avatar Listen I'm Scary OK @katiemcvay.bsky.social
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it is so funny to me when I talk about calling my officials (I call all levels of gov’t frequently & have since 2016) and ppl roll their eyes at me like “OK but revolution is really the only solution” girl you can’t commit to a weekly phone date & you think you’re gonna throw the first brick???

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kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈's avatar kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈 @itskylelucas.bsky.social
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: CTA not allowing bikes on trains the *entire* day for fireworks is an asinine rule. They know full well those trains won’t be filling up until the evening.

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Puff the Magic Hater's avatar Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
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Losing to Trump should not be politically possible after the events of 2020, and Dem leadership has made it extremely freaking possible. They suck at everything. Let’s name that.

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Every "Friends of" your local school, library, park, or police system is some rich people mad that the things they wanted weren't prioritized in the budget, so they're fixing their local one, and screw folks in other neighborhoods.

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kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈's avatar kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈 @itskylelucas.bsky.social
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We're staring in the face of climate crisis after climate crisis, but this weekend Chicago's downtown parks will be a giant advert for the automotive and fossil fuel industry under the guise of "tourism" – an event that attracts barely as many spectators as a baseball game.

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Rachael's avatar Rachael @r343l.bsky.social
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If you are a U.S. person & down about the Supreme Court decisions, the corruption of many in power & complicity of others, do not despair. Pick one thing to do today and do it. Just writing your Congress people helps. No one thing you do will fix any of our problems. But something, anything, helps.

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The funniest is he pulls a pope benedictine, and resigns the day after being sworn in.

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Not sucking would be a great way to improve his election chances is all I'm saying, and the commetariat advocating for that is more useful than asking him to drop out.

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That's what I meant by updating active policy, but I could have been clearer.

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I have ridden this bike in multiple races and can vouch it's good for a shorty trying to go fast on the road.

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Indeed. Making Biden look good by stating positions, or actually updating active policy on Abortion, Palestine, Student Loans, immigration, and doing any real good damn thing about the supreme Court for the next 5 months is what these jackals should be doing.

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Pilsen Community Books's avatar Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
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This summer Chicago will host the DNC which will be met with massive protests. Now is the perfect time to learn or brush up on your rights during a protest.

Know Your Rights Training with National Lawyers Guild Chicago
July 11th, 7 pm @ PCB
pilsencommunitybooks.com?q=h.calevent...

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We have also probably committed a bullshit felony by lying or making mistakes on paperwork, or other day to day activities.

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You don't have to wait for legal methods to ban homelessness. You can harass them with frequent street cleanings and tossing their stuff and then post these signs like my neighbors/ alder has done.

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No, his office is notorious for intentionally not having voicemail or enough lines to call in.

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It is so cathartic to tell your representatives they’re stupid pieces of shit!!!!!!!

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My Midwest friend who moved to Arkansas is trying to devise a system to keep them off her face while biking trails. So far stick on the handlebars has been insufficient.

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I just called my senator Durbin asking him to more vocally condemn Alito and Thomas ethics violations and to actually use his judiciary committee to hold them to account.

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Yesterday I closed my news and social apps for a couple of hours, dragged my husband along on a food rescue, rested when I didn't feel great and you know what? Today feels better because of the limits I set and where I chose to put my energy. Writing this down bc I will IMMEDIATELY forget it.

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