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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 1d

Much to learn about life on the water in here.

"In Creative Anchoring, Captain Fatty Goodlander’s shockingly enjoyable 2015 how-to book about how to anchor sailboats.... " open.substack.com/pub/waterway...

Moby-Dick Book Club No. 3

Life at Sea, a Moby-Dick-tionary

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 1d

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 2d

glad to know there's a company out there hiring writers

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Alan @akgerber.bsky.social · 5d

Danielle Steele had 26 SF parking permits
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

Novelist Spurs Passion Over Parking

Dispute: In crowded San Francisco, Danielle Steel has permits for 26 spaces. City considers limits.

www.latimes.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 5d

I can't believe you waited until now to bring this to my attention

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 5d

Thrilled that someone finally made a documentary about the rail trail movement that treats that history for what it is: a fascinating and shockingly controversial story about the right to public space, which is every bit as epic as the battle against the highway movement (which sometimes overlaps).

The Shocking Untold History of America's Rails-to-Trails Movement — Streetsblog USA

Some of the fiercest battles for the future of public space in America have happened on abandoned railway corridors — and the battles aren't over yet.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 5d

i'm gonna need a profile ASAP of the couple that parks 11 cars on the street in the South End www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

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CNN @cnn.com · 9d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 11d

Omahans: This is tonight! www.eventbrite.com/e/parking-x-...

Parking x Place: How Parking Explains the World with Henry Grabar

Curious about how parking shapes cities? Join us for a discussion and Q&A that tells the story of how parking changed our world.

www.eventbrite.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 11d

www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Almost no one is building new apartments in Los Angeles. Here's why

The supply of fresh rental units, which make up the bulk of new housing in Los Angeles, is petering out despite robust demand.

www.latimes.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 12d

Me too man! Thanks for coming

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 12d

Don’t worry I also did a little Arnade-ing (transferring from a Greyhound at 95th St)

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 12d

Ruled by clowns and crooks but there’s still some good moments

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 12d

am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening?

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 13d

8-year old Dasha Ramirez was playing with her brother at Millennium Park when Border Patrol took them. They’re now awaiting deportation to Guatemala. “We never imagined our Sunday would end this way, mother Noemi Chavez said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 13d

good work Berk!

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 13d

Where should I watch the Yankees game in Chicago tomorrow?

Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 13d

Ok but at least it’s just one per line

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 13d

Chicago has five subway stops called “Western” including two on the same line!

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13d

First time this guy has ever made me laugh

Comedian Tim Dillon said on his podcast last month that he signed up for financial reasons.
He said he had been offered "a large sum of money" - $375,000 for one performance - and said that other comedians had been offered as much as $1.6 million. He told his detractors to "get over it," adding, "So what if they have slaves, they're paying me enough to look the other way."
But in an episode of the Tim Dillon Podcast last week, the comedian announced he'd been removed from the lineup for the comments he made about the country's record on slavery.

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 14d

Devin Hester out here

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 14d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 14d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 14d

masked men snatching a family off the street in Chicago -- your tax dollars at work blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/28/a...

Armed Federal Agents Patrol Downtown, Make Arrest At Millennium Park, Witnesses Say

The federal troops were seen in Millennium Park, on the Magnificent Mile and in the Gold Coast — days after patrolling the Chicago River in a boat. "This is another brazen provocation from the Trump a...

blockclubchicago.org

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15d

Also, homicides are down 50% in Portland this year, to 17 YTD as of August.

But facts like these are irrelevant when Trump can say “sun rises in the west” and the Times reports it, context- and factcheck-free, as a just a statement (of seeming fact) by Trump.

Portland sees steepest drop in homicides among major U.S. cities

A brand new report found that homicides are down in Portland halfway through 2025 when compared to January through June 2024.

katu.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 15d

parking meters debut in Lincoln, NE, 1940:

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