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Part of owning a corgi is the daily attempted murder by suffocation when it’s face smashing time.

Adding to my CTA whining from earlier, now the Green Line is indefinitely rerouted until the Lake St Bridge is done, whenever that might be. I cannot tell everyone enough how @chicagocta.bsky.social has screwed up every westsider’s life the past few weeks and continues to. Hate it here.

I was kind of ambivalent about 400 Lakeshore but I *love* how it looks from this angle.

Went and fall’d it up today out at Graere Mill, built in 1853. If you arrive at 2pm on the weekends you can watch them grind the corn, the mill still works. Pretty neat.

Discovered a new sexuality type…

Worth noting that Democratic Socialism is now polling better than the Republican Party. You love to see it.

Hi, I would like to be put back on the timeline where Pru is still on the Great British Baking Show, thank you.

Been hunting for a good public garden in Chicago, which I’m discovering is surprisingly sparse in the public garden department. Anyway, here’s Prairie Ave - once Chicago’s millionaires row. These are all contemporary but gotta say that I wish we built new stuff like this all over the city.

Six months ago:

Abhorrent in every conceivable way. A country of barbarism and a state that is happy and willing to intimidate its citizens.

Starting off spooky season tonight with The Thing. Which I never got around to seeing before. 👻

I remember when Biden’s job numbers would come in at 250k and they were “disappointing”, “tepid”. Trump gets 75k and it’s “robust” and “hot”. Glad to see CNN call it out, these numbers suck because the economic theory of Republicans is based on looting.

This needs to be said more and more. The weaponizing of gentrification terminology is leading to terrible outcomes for cities - it reinforces segregation, gatekeeps generational wealth building, contributes to the housing crisis, etc. Neighborhoods are not static and shouldn’t be.

The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry’s proposed Welcome Hall would spoil one of Chicago's "great urban vistas" and should be sent back to the drawing board, writes Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bey.

If you’re posting publicly the assumption is you’re open to feedback and discussion from others. Acting like someone has swooped in on your dms or a private discussion is weird behavior. I realize everyone is angry and in a bad mood but civility is a virtue and just be nice unless given a reason.

Has no one in the media picked up on the fact that the President of the United States is charging $88,600 for a photo op? It’s straight up Nazi code and it seems to either not have been noticed or it’s getting a pass. It’s incredibly blatant.

Any other Chicagoans feeling like summers here are becoming over programmed? I feel like for months I have struggled to find any kind of chill quiet public space. It is nonstop concerts, events, festivals, parties, PA systems, constantly day or night, every corner of the city.

Took a minute out of my day to reach out to my senators regarding the USPS ballot handling news. Please let your reps know that this is unacceptable!

My last sunset tonight in Quebec before turning the ship towards home.

Visiting Canada and I feel sorry for all these businesses in Montreal about to go out of business because they closed the street to cars and there’s no street parking.

No no no. The establishment moderate *barely* won, seems like the voters actually rejected the candidate and the movement is in crisis, right media? That’s how this works.

Did the touristy CN tower thingy. Did not disappoint. #toronto

Over 10 years in this city and I just discovered the Burnham Wildlife Corridor last weekend. What a gem along the lake. #chicago

Spines melted into puddles on the floor. Blitzer just sitting there smirking and doing nothing. No one walks out no one claps back. They just sit there and take it. The state of American journalism has got to be one of the biggest problems in society right now. Just total lapdogs.

Been a struggle to enjoy the summer so far but tonight was pretty good before the smoke rolled in again. I forget that this iconic pavilion used to be parking lots and railroad tracks. Hard pressed to think of a better civic space with a better view in the country. #chicago

A rare four story Italianate left in the city. 😍

On behalf of Americans everywhere I apologize for the World Cup stadium blasting John Denver’s Country Roads after our win, no one deserves that.

Just posted something for sale on Facebook Marketplace for the first time ever and based on the inquiries I am now deeply concerned about the future of our species.

And then the Democrats wonder why no one wants to vote for them. What horseshit.

Uh looks like the entire L system is shut down in Chicago and not a peep from the CTA.

The @nytimes.com cheerleading another war? Shocked!

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

Hate to feel this way but this really feels like Americans are going to realize what is really going on when it’s way too late. This isn’t about reform or abolition, we are way past that and we’re going to find out much sooner than later just how bad things are. We are missing the moment.

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

There is evil and then there is this