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mclean.bsky.social
Ideal city: ⚛️ nuclear-powered, 🏙️ dense housing, 💰 affordable, 🚇 transit. Aka Chicago. Posting about those things here, and trying to make them better IRL.
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Lots of IRS employees in Chicago were just laid off. Why are republicans defunding the police? wgntv.com/news/chicago...

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“[Old Town Canvas] is a type of economic development that is needed in this great city of Chicago. We used to have 60 cranes in the sky in the city. We now have less than five.” - Tom Cuculich, executive director of the Chicagoland Associated General Contractors chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/...

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This is literally the street I live on. I can’t stress enough how much of an improvement this has made to my life.

submitted 13 hours ago • 19 comments

So much progress was made under Biden to depolarize nuclear energy. Trump is going to wreck it all isn't he 😩

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

point access blocks made the MA governor's list of recs for housing affordability 'Allow residential buildings of up to 24 units and six stories to only have a single staircase, as opposed to two, to help reduce the cost of small and mid-size development.' www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/21/b...

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

In 1972, a joint venture between Westinghouse and Newport News shipyard was formed called Offshore Power Systems. They aimed to mass-manufacture large floating PWR nuclear plants in a gigafactory.

submitted 19 hours ago • 4 comments

The Nuclear Khanate of Illinois Ascendent? Excellent primer on the new nuclear moratorium repeal bills, from Chicago's own @nukebarbarian.bsky.social In it, I lay out why the first attempt in 2023 was a Pyrrhic victory for advocates 🔌💡 nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-nuclea...

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A comedian submitted a letter of support for the Old Town tower. And now I REALLY want a 'community input' improv set

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It's important for nuclear advocates to be diligent to achieve our goals. Beware of companies like this. It is vaporware. techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/v...

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I’m happy to see journalists digging deeper on the “Old Town Friends For Responsible Development”, which is represented by Madigan’s son in law. The org was stood up by the president of the 1600 n LaSalle condo board, who owns a south-facing unit. He would lose his view from this tower.

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These are absolute fire. 9/10 do recommend.

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In 2022, ComEd commissioned an independent decarbonization study. This was before AI load growth - Load could more than double by 2050, driven largely by heat pumps, EVs, and industry - Shift from summer to winter peaking - Demand increases every hour of every day 🔌💡 www.ethree.com/wp-content/u...

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Median age of homebuyers just hit a new record high of 56 (Via Torsten Slok)

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