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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 6m

Watch this great video for the Chicago commentary, stay for my photos of Ray drinking Old Style and Malort 🫡

A screenshot of the latest CityNerd video about Chicago, with a photo of Ray holding an Old Style and smiling on a panel of four folks

A screenshot of the latest CityNerd video about Chicago, with a photo of Ray holding a small Red solo shot cup raised up to cheers Alderwoman Hoopenworth

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 20h

I noticed @transit.app seems to have that figured out!

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 22h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 20h

“. . .Chicagoans are just trying to live their life. We’re not going to tolerate unconstitutional authoritarianism”

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 20h

Really glad to see national coverage, including a great quote from @andrefor40th.bsky.social:

“Chicago’s been doing just fine, and then these guys showed up... there is big concern about what these unidentified, masked men are doing in this city without accountability. . .”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21h

As the intensity of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has risen, residents of Chicago are increasingly pushing back. Federal agents repeatedly have been observed releasing smoke bombs, tear gas and pepper balls to disperse residents who gather or capture videos.

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal immigration agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby.

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Electrify Chicago @electrifychicago.net · 22h

We keep working on new tools to understand Chicago's buildings, and this past week, a contributor added stats to our ward pages!

Have you wondered how many buildings are in your ward, and if their better than average? Find you ward at electrifychicago.net/wards

The Electrify Chicago page for Ward 42, showing that it has 370 tagged buildings, with 1.2 million in total emissions

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 23h

If you want something beautiful and positive, today I learned there's an all electric boat hotel for nature photography tours

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The Floating Hotel That Creates More Energy Than It Uses?!

YouTube video by Everything Electric TECH

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 1d

Let's build more homes, to get more neighbors, and lower rents 💪🏻

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A key Chicago City Council committee advanced a package of proposals on Tuesday designed to build more housing along Broadway in Edgewater and Uptown in an effort to make it more affordable to live along the CTA’s Red Line. @wttw.bsky.social

Key City Panel OKs Plan Designed to Build More Housing in Edgewater

Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th Ward) said the proposals will revitalize Broadway, which has not seen any new housing built on its west side for two decades, by making the commercial district more a...

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 1d

New homes let the people who can afford it move out of older homes, that other folks can afford! You build nothing and richer people outcompete for the existing housing

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Joseph Miscimarra 🇺🇸 @jmisci.bsky.social · 5d

Planet Money just posted a video about FILTERING (the “more luxury housing = more affordable homes” paradox)

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Sierra Club Chicago @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks @leniann.bsky.social for your leadership on this! Housing near transit is one of the best tools we have to fight climate change.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A key Chicago City Council committee advanced a package of proposals on Tuesday designed to build more housing along Broadway in Edgewater and Uptown in an effort to make it more affordable to live along the CTA’s Red Line. @wttw.bsky.social

Key City Panel OKs Plan Designed to Build More Housing in Edgewater

Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th Ward) said the proposals will revitalize Broadway, which has not seen any new housing built on its west side for two decades, by making the commercial district more a...

news.wttw.com

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 1d

I think that's a very simplistic way of looking at it. A slow and small motorized vehicle is less of a threat to you than a fast non motorized one. A guy in Lycra going 25 mph scares me a lot more than an ebike going 15.

I think most folks don't mind speed limited electric micro mobility 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 1d

Get a battery and an electric skillet, and just the classic eggs, pancakes and bacon!

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 1d

Also doesn't an arrest alone go on your record? If I was arrested for, say, eating guacamole on the street, it would be disturbing and horrifying even if I was released, and the same absolutely applies here

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 1d

But people keep telling me that my ebike is expensive 🤔

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

Average U.S. New Car Price Surpasses $50,000—An All-Time High Amid Surging EV Sales

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 1d

Rogers Park and surrounding neighborhoods were hit hard by immigration enforcement activity over the weekend.

There's no competition here, but I want to name that the same heavy, violent, fast-moving abduction pattern has invaded the southwest side about three times a week for over a month now.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 2d

Huh, I didn't think Springfield would have a cafe car with seating! I'm glad they do 🫡

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 2d

Where are you headed? 👀

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Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · 2d

Did we partner with @pintpeddler.bsky.social to support vendors for the Midnight Ride? Did the bike team buy out 5 vendors today? Did our Vendor Bike Tour next Saturday sell out so we had to add more tickets? ICE won’t stop, neither do we. ✊🏽 🫔 🔥 🧊

Pints to the People neon sign on keg trailer

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 2d

@chicagocta.bsky.social, folks don't know you can tap a credit card to get on the train or bus - copy New York and let's put some stickers on the card reader itself!

An OMNY terminal on an MTA turnstile showing logos for major credit cards and Apple and Google pay

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 2d

So an ebike with a throttle that goes, let's say 15 mph is a motorcycle??? I don't have a throttle, but I think speed is much more the concern.

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 2d

I used to have a monthly pass pre COVID, it was a different time 😔

Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 2d

I recommend it to coworkers who come visit, but I can't imagine locals who have lived with Ventra do it much, since you can't get a pass without a card

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 2d

No I mean I'm too paranoid even for that lol, I don't want someone taking my phone and then tapping into the train!

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 2d

I always unlock my phone anyway, so would Google Pay work that way? (I'm too paranoid to allow payments without unlock 😂)

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