Steven Lucy
@slucy.bsky.social
I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
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witness! the holiday majesty that is the s. d. ireland holiday cement truck
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
witness! the holiday majesty that is the s. d. ireland holiday cement truck
Collective punishment seems to be their kink.
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Collective punishment seems to be their kink.
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Het Louvre. 🥰
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Het Louvre. 🥰
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‘yimbys are like hitler’ I furiously type on the nazi app
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
‘yimbys are like hitler’ I furiously type on the nazi app
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It’s been empty, save for storing a Transformers film set in 2010, since 2002, when the Old Chicago Mercantile Exchange was demolished
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It’s been empty, save for storing a Transformers film set in 2010, since 2002, when the Old Chicago Mercantile Exchange was demolished
One weird trick to speed up your bus service.
Cost: $0
Cost: $0
I completed my final count. Out of 10,511 bus stops, I found that 4,360 (41%) of them could be removed to align with national best practices of 1/4 mile spacing. Long-form explainer article and an interactive map are forthcoming. Green dots are removed stops, black are kept stops.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
One weird trick to speed up your bus service.
Cost: $0
Cost: $0
Are they widening the sidewalk and bus stop at 55th and Lake Park by cutting into the Metra embankment? Or just rebuilding the retaining wall?
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Are they widening the sidewalk and bus stop at 55th and Lake Park by cutting into the Metra embankment? Or just rebuilding the retaining wall?
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Due to the Trump administration's failure to appoint responsible management to oversee the nation's health, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research will begin publishing public health alerts.
Competent leadership, after all, must come from somewhere.
Competent leadership, after all, must come from somewhere.
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Due to the Trump administration's failure to appoint responsible management to oversee the nation's health, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research will begin publishing public health alerts.
Competent leadership, after all, must come from somewhere.
Competent leadership, after all, must come from somewhere.
Here's St. Paul police spraying what appears to be a chemical irritant into someone's face who is standing perfectly still and filming them.
This is unprovoked battery. Get your shit together, St. Paul.
This is unprovoked battery. Get your shit together, St. Paul.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Here's St. Paul police spraying what appears to be a chemical irritant into someone's face who is standing perfectly still and filming them.
This is unprovoked battery. Get your shit together, St. Paul.
This is unprovoked battery. Get your shit together, St. Paul.
What is St. Paul police doing lol
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What is St. Paul police doing lol
Due to a 1884 UK law that makes it difficult to decommission rail lines, sometimes they just run 1 train per week to technically keep the line open.
In this case part of the line was removed for HS2 construction, so now they run a once a week rail replacement bus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGP...
In this case part of the line was removed for HS2 construction, so now they run a once a week rail replacement bus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGP...
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Due to a 1884 UK law that makes it difficult to decommission rail lines, sometimes they just run 1 train per week to technically keep the line open.
In this case part of the line was removed for HS2 construction, so now they run a once a week rail replacement bus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGP...
In this case part of the line was removed for HS2 construction, so now they run a once a week rail replacement bus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGP...
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tax bill of this vacant lot in downtown Chicago
2023: $292,593.15
2024: $70,386.00
change: $222,207.15 decrease is a 76% drop
the property owner lost every recent appeal at the Board of Review (the last one was 2020) so this is likely because property values have dropped a lot
2023: $292,593.15
2024: $70,386.00
change: $222,207.15 decrease is a 76% drop
the property owner lost every recent appeal at the Board of Review (the last one was 2020) so this is likely because property values have dropped a lot
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
tax bill of this vacant lot in downtown Chicago
2023: $292,593.15
2024: $70,386.00
change: $222,207.15 decrease is a 76% drop
the property owner lost every recent appeal at the Board of Review (the last one was 2020) so this is likely because property values have dropped a lot
2023: $292,593.15
2024: $70,386.00
change: $222,207.15 decrease is a 76% drop
the property owner lost every recent appeal at the Board of Review (the last one was 2020) so this is likely because property values have dropped a lot
Aiming a gun at an unarmed civilian who is not posing a threat.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Aiming a gun at an unarmed civilian who is not posing a threat.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
I believe this is the 4th incarnation of a Paris-Berlin night train in my adult life.
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I believe this is the 4th incarnation of a Paris-Berlin night train in my adult life.
I don't know if this take is going to get me cancelled from the left or the right but $80m is insane.
MTA has started to pay the price for procrastinating on the three-station pilot for platform screen doors, first announced in 2022. ny1.com/nyc/brooklyn...
MTA ordered to pay $81.7 million to woman struck by subway in Brooklyn
The jury determined that the MTA had failed to install safety barriers or other protective devices.
ny1.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don't know if this take is going to get me cancelled from the left or the right but $80m is insane.
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?
So he's perjuring himself to be cute or he has a brain injury.
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So he's perjuring himself to be cute or he has a brain injury.
Hey CDOT can we get some concrete protection on this curve of 55th near Kenwood?
Studies show: up to 80% drivers believe that are above average drivers. Our database shows that is not the case.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hey CDOT can we get some concrete protection on this curve of 55th near Kenwood?
Horrible.
South Chicago family taken by ICE and their daughter liquidating their store. See details posted by @pilsenfreestore on IG.
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Horrible.
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Number of days where the temperature reached -5 F / -20 C since the end of World War II:
New York City: 0
Chicago: 184
New York City: 0
Chicago: 184
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Number of days where the temperature reached -5 F / -20 C since the end of World War II:
New York City: 0
Chicago: 184
New York City: 0
Chicago: 184
My version of this checklist is as follows:
35 F - 50 F: gloves and jacket
15 F - 35 F: gloves and hat and scarf and coat
-5 F - 15 F: swap coat for big parka, add ski pants and pogies
< -5 F: don't bike
35 F - 50 F: gloves and jacket
15 F - 35 F: gloves and hat and scarf and coat
-5 F - 15 F: swap coat for big parka, add ski pants and pogies
< -5 F: don't bike
Hey winter cyclists: the smartest thing I've done after threatening to do it for too many years was actually write down what to wear based on temperature. This helped immensely last year, and winter is coming 🥶
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My version of this checklist is as follows:
35 F - 50 F: gloves and jacket
15 F - 35 F: gloves and hat and scarf and coat
-5 F - 15 F: swap coat for big parka, add ski pants and pogies
< -5 F: don't bike
35 F - 50 F: gloves and jacket
15 F - 35 F: gloves and hat and scarf and coat
-5 F - 15 F: swap coat for big parka, add ski pants and pogies
< -5 F: don't bike
Today a Gen Z coworker told me I had "mastered the Millennial Fall look".
"It's really giving 2012."
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"It's really giving 2012."
⚰️
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Today a Gen Z coworker told me I had "mastered the Millennial Fall look".
"It's really giving 2012."
⚰️
"It's really giving 2012."
⚰️
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM