Kati
@kadschmad.bsky.social
bikes and books
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📍 West Lakeview
she/her
📍 West Lakeview
I saw @petersagal.bsky.social getting lunch today. Too nervous to say hi. My first Chicago celebrity sighting!
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I saw @petersagal.bsky.social getting lunch today. Too nervous to say hi. My first Chicago celebrity sighting!
Chicago when?!
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Chicago when?!
This sucks! I know my RadWagon is far from the top of the line, but it allowed my family to replace car trips in suburban Detroit, and we love it so much.
NEW: Rad Power Bikes has told employees it will go out of business in January without new funding.
The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart.
Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart.
Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
Rad Power Bikes faces shutdown in January without new funding | TechCrunch
The company is "still fighting to find ways to continue" according to an email viewed by TechCrunch.
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This sucks! I know my RadWagon is far from the top of the line, but it allowed my family to replace car trips in suburban Detroit, and we love it so much.
I call it “Snow Fall.”
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I call it “Snow Fall.”
Found a Lions bar (brewery) in a Chicago and everyone booed Tr*mp every time he was on the screen and the bar turned the game audio off until the extended presidential bit had ended 🙌🏻
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Found a Lions bar (brewery) in a Chicago and everyone booed Tr*mp every time he was on the screen and the bar turned the game audio off until the extended presidential bit had ended 🙌🏻
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These thugs have a lust for violence and they are slobbering at the opportunity to open fire on US residents.
Here’s how we should all be reporting on the spurious claims from these agencies that have repeatedly been caught in lies and exaggerations:
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
These thugs have a lust for violence and they are slobbering at the opportunity to open fire on US residents.
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The carnage caused by FAA cutbacks cast a spotlight on the massive public subsidies required to have air travel function in the US. People think spending money on bike lanes and rail is socialism while TRILLIONS have been spent to prop up the airline industry and to build and maintain roadways.
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The carnage caused by FAA cutbacks cast a spotlight on the massive public subsidies required to have air travel function in the US. People think spending money on bike lanes and rail is socialism while TRILLIONS have been spent to prop up the airline industry and to build and maintain roadways.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
I’m 5’11” and the hood of this truck comes up to the top of my ears (and is taller than the roof of the entire sedan in front).
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’m 5’11” and the hood of this truck comes up to the top of my ears (and is taller than the roof of the entire sedan in front).
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It's a good thing we have a robust network of high speed trains as a travel redundancy or else we'd really be in trouble with this airport slowdown.
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It's a good thing we have a robust network of high speed trains as a travel redundancy or else we'd really be in trouble with this airport slowdown.
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The bike lane on Roscoe at Ashland leaves something to be desired (space for a bike)
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The bike lane on Roscoe at Ashland leaves something to be desired (space for a bike)
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A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
Can’t tell you guys how much I hate the term “wine moms”
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Can’t tell you guys how much I hate the term “wine moms”
Heated bike seat powered by the battery already on my bike (does this exist?)
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Heated bike seat powered by the battery already on my bike (does this exist?)
I watched four drivers roll through this stop sign before I started filming
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I watched four drivers roll through this stop sign before I started filming
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I'm sorry, Canada (evergreen)
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I'm sorry, Canada (evergreen)
Third time’s the charm! 💉💉
Just failed again at Jewel because their computers were down. Will I ever get my shots 😩
How are you guys getting your Covid boosters because Walgreens just refused to give me one?!
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Third time’s the charm! 💉💉
No, this is not fucking appropriate for the time of Lincoln. Source: I have an MA in American Material Culture
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
No, this is not fucking appropriate for the time of Lincoln. Source: I have an MA in American Material Culture
Posting into the void here, but I need my fellow 2008-11 Valpo grads to know that a certain classmate who wore a tricorn hat around campus signed a blog post three days ago with the Honor Code.
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Posting into the void here, but I need my fellow 2008-11 Valpo grads to know that a certain classmate who wore a tricorn hat around campus signed a blog post three days ago with the Honor Code.
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DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR TONIGHT. #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR TONIGHT. #halloween
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Good morning!
Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.
The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.
The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
Statement from the RTA: "The passage of SB2111 is a landmark moment for public transit in Illinois."
Read the full statement here or below. www.rtachicago.org/about-rta/pr...
Read the full statement here or below. www.rtachicago.org/about-rta/pr...
Regional Transportation Authority | RTA Statement on passage of Senate Bill 2111
This bill provides the stable funding and governance reforms needed to protect transit service for the millions who ride CTA, Metra, and Pace—and the…
www.rtachicago.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning!
Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.
The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.
The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
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It’s witness slip time! 🚨
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It’s witness slip time! 🚨
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM