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Chicagoan (Portage Park), bungalow owner, recovering gamedev (Jaleco, Midway, et al), cat lover, data engineer, bike/transit advocate(ish) (former NW MBAC), aspiring historian/baker/woodworker, White Sox, Gen X, music nerd, just zis guy, you know? ✶✶✶✶
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Huge thanks to Robert Wilson for taking the time last week to talk to me about the business and technology of printing in the 19th century, and for showing me some types, matrices, punches, and specimen books at Bowne & Co.: southstreetseaportmuseum.org/visit/bowne/
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When @breakthroughbook.bsky.social & I decided to publish this book (very quickly) we opted for a first print run of 2000, not knowing if we'd sell all of those. They are now just 60 left, all signed, & you can grab one here with FREE international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
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The work of Emma Stebbins, the first woman to receive a public sculpture commission from New York City, is on view at the Driehaus Museum. https://bit.ly/47JwYgp
Oh, hey @bikegridnow.org, do we use this metric?
Tomorrow at 9am City Council will hold a hearing on Vision Zero and the bike network. *NEW DATA* A first look at the legally required Connectivity Index that shows the health of our bike network.
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via @stathead.com, throughout 122 years of world series history there have been two games in which a team scored 10+ runs and allowed 3 or fewer hits. both were the brewers (tonight and 1982 game 1)
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The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.
Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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RECORD BREAKING OCTOBER October of last year we collected more bike lane obstructions than any other October since we started. We have surpassed last October's record-high & there are 5 days left in the month. We expect to collect over 3,500 reports this month. www.bikelaneuprising.com/maps/all
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I love that the illusion of stabie input/control is being taught for a non-deterministic process.
"AI can draft an essay for you, especially if you give it a high quality prompt." Really? This is what MIT thinks high schoolers should learn? MIT's "Day of AI" dayofai.org provides materials for K-12 teachers and claims to have reached over 5,000,000 students to date. 1/2
Just looked it up, and Walter was born in Chicago. We need to figure out what neighborhood.
My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.
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We’re fulfilling orders Thurs. Get your orders in before then +Most reflective jacket sizes are in stock, but sizes are getting low selling/out +Bike lights are back in stock (USB-C) www.bikelaneuprising.com/shop
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I don't want to depend on Chinese AI. I don't want to depend on Chinese AI or American AI. I don't want to use, or depend on Chinese or American AI. I don't want to consume, use, or depend on anything produced by Chinese or American AI.
And on AI: “I don’t want to depend on Chinese nor American AI. I want to create a Brazilian intelligence.” He also mentioned having Brazilian data centres dealing with our intelligence. “We will no longer be a peripheral country. We want to be central.”
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I quickly read the label as "To Cakefront Trail" and now I want a Cakefront Trail.
What Ardmore/Sheridan, just W. of the N. end of LFT, might look like if we ran things. This would prevent crashes/deaths, make turns less dangerous for drivers, keep bikes/e-scooters off sidewalks, and improve lake access. Background: chi.streetsblog.org/2026/08/03/i... @the48thward.bsky.social
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I totally forgot to mention that I collaborated with @chicago.suntimes.com ! Pretty sure you can still get this shirt when you donate to Chicago Public Media.
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Canada remembers
There was this time Cleveland did a balloon release event and the tv news portentously declared "the Mistake on the Lake no more!" and then when the wind turned unexpectedly, the balloonfall became a disaster and the airport shut down and there were fatalities. Anyway this event has now been outdone
This was just balloons. SpaceX wants to do this with satellites so they can increase internet coverage.
There was this time Cleveland did a balloon release event and the tv news portentously declared "the Mistake on the Lake no more!" and then when the wind turned unexpectedly, the balloonfall became a disaster and the airport shut down and there were fatalities. Anyway this event has now been outdone
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In the last few weeks i've been bombarded with emails from people who have minor tech support problems. ChatGPT is telling them to email me, writing their emails, and compiling "evidence packets" after convincing them they have stumbled on a major story: www.404media.co/chatgpt-keep...
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