NWChiFiets
@nwchifiets.bsky.social
Salty AF. Safe streets & sound climate policy = social justice. Enjoy biking, travel, beer and cats. Content likely to randomly touch on all of the above. All content is my personal opinion. She/Her.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
These folks in the corner house cleared the sidewalk on the residential side streets, but not along Foster. This is why we need to #PlowTheSidewalks
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
These folks in the corner house cleared the sidewalk on the residential side streets, but not along Foster. This is why we need to #PlowTheSidewalks
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I did not know the warrior ethos meant hiding behind a subordinate
Breaking news: Government officials said they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill survivors of a targeted strike on suspected drug smugglers in Latin America.
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I did not know the warrior ethos meant hiding behind a subordinate
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Covid-19 has been linked to cardiovascular complications, but the long-term impacts, particularly for mild infections, are not well understood. A study in Nature Communications demonstrate an increased risk of cardiovascular disease after Covid-19, also among mild cases. #medsky #cardiosky 🧪
Covid-19 and cardiovascular disease in a total population-study of long-term effects, social factors and Covid-19-vaccination - Nature Communications
Covid-19 has been linked to cardiovascular complications, but the long-term impacts, particularly for mild infections, are not well understood. Here, the authors investigate the long-term impacts of Covid-19 on cardiovascular disease using data on the whole population of Sweden aged 40-75 years.
go.nature.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Covid-19 has been linked to cardiovascular complications, but the long-term impacts, particularly for mild infections, are not well understood. A study in Nature Communications demonstrate an increased risk of cardiovascular disease after Covid-19, also among mild cases. #medsky #cardiosky 🧪
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What has happened today from both DOD and DHS absolutely is further advancing the position I laid out at Law Dork over the weekend.
The Trump administration's lawlessness is front and center, on multiple fronts
The response to the shooting of two National Guard troops, reporting on the boat-strike murders, and the continued contempt inquiry keep Trump's lawlessness in the news.
www.lawdork.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
What has happened today from both DOD and DHS absolutely is further advancing the position I laid out at Law Dork over the weekend.
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See an uncleared sidewalk? We want to see it too.
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
See an uncleared sidewalk? We want to see it too.
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
Be sure to post and share with the tag #PlowTheSidewalks!
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A police stop is enough to make someone less likely to vote, recent research has found. "Voting is a reflection of our belief that we’re part of the system, that our voice matters."
A Police Stop Is Enough to Make Someone Less Likely to Vote
New research shows how the communities that are most heavily policed are pushed away from politics and from having a say in changing policy.
boltsmag.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A police stop is enough to make someone less likely to vote, recent research has found. "Voting is a reflection of our belief that we’re part of the system, that our voice matters."
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Additionally, the snow is falling so gently and beautifully right now. Winter looks so good on Chicago, I wish we made it easier to get out and enjoy it, but this is what most of the PBLs look like right now:
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Additionally, the snow is falling so gently and beautifully right now. Winter looks so good on Chicago, I wish we made it easier to get out and enjoy it, but this is what most of the PBLs look like right now:
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It is once again sneckdown season in Chicago! The curb is the yellow line, but the red line denotes wasted space between the curb and where cars actually drive.
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It is once again sneckdown season in Chicago! The curb is the yellow line, but the red line denotes wasted space between the curb and where cars actually drive.
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Yep, let’s have the active duty guy take the fall
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yep, let’s have the active duty guy take the fall
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Loved this 🧵 from the NY Transit Museum, in honor of Rosa Parks' anniversary today, about the desegregation of the NYC transit system. In 1854! By a teacher!
Side note: When my son was little, NY Transit Museum was one of our favorite spots. It's a gem of a local museum for kids and adults alike.
Side note: When my son was little, NY Transit Museum was one of our favorite spots. It's a gem of a local museum for kids and adults alike.
How was #NYC's transit system desegregated? In 1854, Elizabeth Jennings Graham, a 24-year-old Black school teacher, stood her ground on a NYC streetcar. Jennings was ordered to get off the car and wait for a car that served African American passengers.
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Loved this 🧵 from the NY Transit Museum, in honor of Rosa Parks' anniversary today, about the desegregation of the NYC transit system. In 1854! By a teacher!
Side note: When my son was little, NY Transit Museum was one of our favorite spots. It's a gem of a local museum for kids and adults alike.
Side note: When my son was little, NY Transit Museum was one of our favorite spots. It's a gem of a local museum for kids and adults alike.
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TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
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pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms
NPR is straight up regurgitating a right wing think tank's report on birth rates in red states v. blue states. No mention of education level differences.
This is why I do not give NPR my $$$$.
This is why I do not give NPR my $$$$.
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
NPR is straight up regurgitating a right wing think tank's report on birth rates in red states v. blue states. No mention of education level differences.
This is why I do not give NPR my $$$$.
This is why I do not give NPR my $$$$.
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If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
August 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
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Trump just gave a commutation to David Gentile, a private equity executive who defrauded investors of $1.6B.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump just gave a commutation to David Gentile, a private equity executive who defrauded investors of $1.6B.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
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🚨 ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITY🚨 The last meeting for the North Ave (Kostern to Kedzie) redesign has been announced. Please attend as CDOT/IDOT will be revealing their preferred alternative.
⏰ December 16th, 6pm
📍 Mercado del Pueblo (4013 W North Ave)
drive.google.com/file/d/1sOk7...
⏰ December 16th, 6pm
📍 Mercado del Pueblo (4013 W North Ave)
drive.google.com/file/d/1sOk7...
2025-11-20_North-Ave_Aldermanic #3_PPT_FINAL.pdf
drive.google.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🚨 ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITY🚨 The last meeting for the North Ave (Kostern to Kedzie) redesign has been announced. Please attend as CDOT/IDOT will be revealing their preferred alternative.
⏰ December 16th, 6pm
📍 Mercado del Pueblo (4013 W North Ave)
drive.google.com/file/d/1sOk7...
⏰ December 16th, 6pm
📍 Mercado del Pueblo (4013 W North Ave)
drive.google.com/file/d/1sOk7...
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The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts.
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts.
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That’s rich coming from the architect. McConnell is just as responsible as Trump. He thought he could still control Trump and the senators, but he got older and Trump got bolder.
#leopardsatemyface #Politics #News
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
That’s rich coming from the architect. McConnell is just as responsible as Trump. He thought he could still control Trump and the senators, but he got older and Trump got bolder.
#leopardsatemyface #Politics #News
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Big Oil is "wildly desperate to dodge the growing array of lawsuits over the damage caused by their decades-long scheme to deceive the public about climate change," writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Big Oil is "wildly desperate to dodge the growing array of lawsuits over the damage caused by their decades-long scheme to deceive the public about climate change," writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
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so you're telling the system of asking every individual homeowner to shovel their sidewalk promptly doesn't scale??
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
so you're telling the system of asking every individual homeowner to shovel their sidewalk promptly doesn't scale??
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This is why this garbage is being pushed on us so hard. They want to kill intellectual curiosity and learning.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
ANALYSIS | ChatGPT may help you find information faster, but you learn less | CBC Radio
Bob McDonald’s Blog: Recent studies show that using chatbots like ChatGPT may get us information faster than ever before, but we’re not gaining much knowledge by using it.
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is why this garbage is being pushed on us so hard. They want to kill intellectual curiosity and learning.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
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‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
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Myth: drivers deserve more space on roads than cyclists & pedestrians because they pay registration and gas taxes
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Myth: drivers deserve more space on roads than cyclists & pedestrians because they pay registration and gas taxes
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)