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I was born to hippies and will die to hippies. I am into biking, brunching, urbanism, liberalism, good movies, board games and turn based strategy video games. I am a YIMBY, a cat dad, and a proud resident of the city of Chicago. Data Scientist.
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FLOW GOT THE OSCAR! What a beautiful film. I am so happy for both it and the entire Latvian team who put it together. The little indie that could!

I have to admit I am pretty disappointed that my Alderman @andrefor40th.bsky.social voted for this bond. How is this even remotely responsible?

“A republic, if you can keep it.” --Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" Apparently we cannot.

On Sunday, JD Vance dared to argue that federal courts “aren’t allowed” to limit the president's “legitimate power. George Conway is forewarning America, predicting that Donald Trump is setting us up for a constitutional showdown that could mean the end of U.S. democracy. On…

Welp, it was nice living in a republic everyone. Guess we get to live in even more interesting times.

Donald J Trump has gutted institutions keeping Americans safe and is killing your family and friends.

bill gates on elon musk: “you want to promote the right wing but say nigel farage is not right wing enough? … i mean, this is insane shit.”

What exactly are we paying taxes for again?

Ugh. I am sorry to all Danes. This is the worst.

www.bbc.com/news/article... Time to get off meta apps too. I will miss being able to keep up with small businesses on instagram but such is life.

This pretty much sums it up. The best Biden presidency post mortem so far.

I like what the Sun-Times editorial board said about what kind of person the next CTA president should be.

Good surprises since 2020: Old people became way more Democratic EC bias declined R's have nominated terrible candidates Bad surprises: Zoomers are really right wing now Tech moving right Non-white support cratered faster than I thought it would TikTok has been really bad

The fake Taylor Swift story is still being spread by Resistance accounts with crazy huge followers, including this one that, for extra fun, claims to have fact checked it. Why are so many people following these grifters?

The phrasing for these #chicago ads drives me up the wall. Who thought this was a good idea?

Congestion pricing is already delivering on its promise to reduce traffic, but to fully deliver its potential, the MTA must use the money raised efficiently - the MTA could build 10x as many miles of subway per dollar if they were to reform their construction practices using European best practices.

Interesting from Pew... Republican base is largely middle and upper middle voters without college degrees. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

x X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m. Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app? If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.

Rewatching Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I’m amazed by how many young actresses I didn’t recognize at the time who are now starring in well-reviewed indie films. It’s surprising how many more familiar faces I notice now compared to my last viewing.

Its a damn shame that Germany shut down all of their #nuclear plants.

Why would you use a spy tanker to cut a cable? Like the downside risk of this feels pretty high.

When you perhaps went overboard on the #poppi

Just read the response from Costco to shareholders requesting it back down from DEI. It was glorious. It begins "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes … an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary." and gets better. A happy investor #diversityandinclusion

When your #cats like each other.

Illinois represent! This is what nuclear power does for you.

Authoritarian populists have no plan—they just have grievance. That's why you see so much fluidity between populists on the far right and the far left. When your entire agenda is defined by people you want to punish, partisan lines mean nothing.

When your #cat loves you.

The rich world needs to build more housing, period. Monetary policy can’t fix the unaffordability of housing. It’s yimby or suffering. www.economist.com/finance-and-... from The Economist

Anyone used or know someone who has used Timeleft? It looks fun, but I admit some concerns about potential pitfalls.

So I discovered Poppi a few months ago. This was a nice surprise (they are pretty low in sugar and calories) for me as I have not drank soda for some years. Last night I decided to try a coca-cola to see how they compared and frankly? Poppi all the way. Coke tasted faker somehow and just wasn't good

Well the obvious bots have finally started following me here. Was nice while it lasted.

People are saying Democrats need a messaging infrastructure, but the truth is they have one — one that since Obama’s second term has been built primarily to attack Democrats and pin them down their left flank rather than help them win. www.slowboring.com/p/from-the-v...

already loved Sketchbook and now even more so

NEW: Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget passes 27-23, the closest vote in decades. The vote ends a chaotic, tense struggle over the budget that ultimately included no property tax hike, few cuts and several fee hikes. Details in @chicagotribune (gift link): t.co/cQ1rmKVAHq