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if you're going somewhere Metra goes at a time that Metra goes there, Metra is incredible
22 minutes from the Loop to South Shore at rush hour, trains are in fact awesome.
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
if you're going somewhere Metra goes at a time that Metra goes there, Metra is incredible
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When you definitely want to avoid prolonging and intraparty feud.
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
When you definitely want to avoid prolonging and intraparty feud.
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They reportedly want to open an enterprise investigation. Here is an excerpt from the relevant portion of the FBI manual about when you can't start an enterprise investigations
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
They reportedly want to open an enterprise investigation. Here is an excerpt from the relevant portion of the FBI manual about when you can't start an enterprise investigations
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Scoop: FBI aims to escalate its inquiry into 6 Democrats who made video for troops by pressing domestic terrorism squad to launch a formal seditious conspiracy investigation. Washington Field Office leaders are pushing back b/c they don't see a crime. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
FBI Seeks ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Probe of Democratic Lawmakers
The FBI is pressuring domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members to defy unlawful orders, according to th...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Scoop: FBI aims to escalate its inquiry into 6 Democrats who made video for troops by pressing domestic terrorism squad to launch a formal seditious conspiracy investigation. Washington Field Office leaders are pushing back b/c they don't see a crime. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
They should do MyChart Wrapped
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
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with the note that I think tolling the Kennedy, Ike, Dan Ryan, Stevenson, and LSD would be a better option, these would probably be the options for a downtown cordon that use existing geographic boundaries with minimal new infrastructure, in order of audacity:
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
with the note that I think tolling the Kennedy, Ike, Dan Ryan, Stevenson, and LSD would be a better option, these would probably be the options for a downtown cordon that use existing geographic boundaries with minimal new infrastructure, in order of audacity:
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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I’m being overly broad, but in cities a lot more of one’s interactions with strangers aren’t transactional or competitive. In suburb, outside of one’s inner circle, many interactions with strangers involve other buying something from them or competing for road space and parking.
To piggyback off of John's point (reposted), it's struck me lately how the baseline level of friendliness in cities has always seemed remarkably higher than the suburbs or rural areas to me, and I think it's because everyone is used to interacting with strangers as a routine part of their day
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m being overly broad, but in cities a lot more of one’s interactions with strangers aren’t transactional or competitive. In suburb, outside of one’s inner circle, many interactions with strangers involve other buying something from them or competing for road space and parking.
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It’s a universal health care program,
Michael, how much can it cost? $100?
Michael, how much can it cost? $100?
December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It’s a universal health care program,
Michael, how much can it cost? $100?
Michael, how much can it cost? $100?
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Does UK Network Rail have the equivalent of Systra, DB Engineering & Consulting, Italferr, etc, i.e. a large in-house (sort of) engineering firm?
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Does UK Network Rail have the equivalent of Systra, DB Engineering & Consulting, Italferr, etc, i.e. a large in-house (sort of) engineering firm?
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this should just immediately write you a ticket when you turn it on
Love to share the road with cars programmed to blast past speed limits
Tesla brings back 'Mad Max' 'Full Self-Driving' mode that ignores speed limits
Tesla has brought back its 'Mad Max' mode for 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised) that ignores speed limits amid several investigations.
electrek.co
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
this should just immediately write you a ticket when you turn it on
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Chicago's streets and x-ways are oversubscribed but its transit [email protected], Metra, and Pace--has lots of unused capacity that might absorb some of that traffic if things like chronic slow zones are addressed pronto and region follows global metro leads. bsky.app/profile/thom...
Taking "rapid" out of "rapid transit." Over 20% of @chicagocta.bsky.social usable rail length is classified as being in a slow zone. Capital funding is next big transit challenge to tackle. Accelerating I-290 (Eisenhower/Congress) roadway/transit project addresses ~1/4 of the slow zone trackage.
The T’s dedication to slow zone removal has led to pretty dramatic ridership improvements. It’s a model that should be emulated elsewhere.
Picture unrelated
Picture unrelated
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Chicago's streets and x-ways are oversubscribed but its transit [email protected], Metra, and Pace--has lots of unused capacity that might absorb some of that traffic if things like chronic slow zones are addressed pronto and region follows global metro leads. bsky.app/profile/thom...
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The labor market replied, "We know."
U.S. TREASURY'S BESSENT SAYS TRUMP HAS NORMALIZED THE IDEA OF A 15-20% TARIFF -NEW YORK TIMES DEALBOOK SUMMIT
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The labor market replied, "We know."
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I don't think we're going back to structural ZIRP but I do expect it'll take a period of Fed Funds in the ZIRP-1% range to boost hiring and reverse the momentum in the labor market.
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I don't think we're going back to structural ZIRP but I do expect it'll take a period of Fed Funds in the ZIRP-1% range to boost hiring and reverse the momentum in the labor market.
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We are on the precipice of a number of potentially ugly economic tipping points:
* Health care costs to shoot up as ACA deal fails to materialize
* Market fear = rising debt costs = eventual pullback on the only thing keeping U.S. economy out of recession (AI spending)
* Others I'm missing?
* Health care costs to shoot up as ACA deal fails to materialize
* Market fear = rising debt costs = eventual pullback on the only thing keeping U.S. economy out of recession (AI spending)
* Others I'm missing?
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We are on the precipice of a number of potentially ugly economic tipping points:
* Health care costs to shoot up as ACA deal fails to materialize
* Market fear = rising debt costs = eventual pullback on the only thing keeping U.S. economy out of recession (AI spending)
* Others I'm missing?
* Health care costs to shoot up as ACA deal fails to materialize
* Market fear = rising debt costs = eventual pullback on the only thing keeping U.S. economy out of recession (AI spending)
* Others I'm missing?
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The Beige Book says employment is contracting, ADP says employment is contracting, the BLS says unemployment is going up, continuing jobless claims are rising, and WARN notices are up. It's very clear what's going on in the labor market, but stocks are up so people brush it off.
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Beige Book says employment is contracting, ADP says employment is contracting, the BLS says unemployment is going up, continuing jobless claims are rising, and WARN notices are up. It's very clear what's going on in the labor market, but stocks are up so people brush it off.
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Small businesses shed lots of jobs in November
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Small businesses shed lots of jobs in November
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NEW from me:
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
America is Flying Blind on Immigration
Nobody Knows How Many Immigrant Workers Have Left the US Amidst Trump's Mass Deportations. That's Incredibly Bad.
www.apricitas.io
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW from me:
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
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For anybody unfamiliar with the last 10+ years of housing politics in America, San Francisco legalizing 8-story apartments in most of the city including its wealthy neighborhoods (and up to 65 stories in some places!) is like PETA opening a steakhouse.
Holy shit San Francisco!
60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4–8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval.
Movement racking up the municipal wins today 🏆🏆🏆
60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4–8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval.
Movement racking up the municipal wins today 🏆🏆🏆
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
For anybody unfamiliar with the last 10+ years of housing politics in America, San Francisco legalizing 8-story apartments in most of the city including its wealthy neighborhoods (and up to 65 stories in some places!) is like PETA opening a steakhouse.
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it's truly amazing (derogatory) that New York City has so much free parking. completely self-destructive and no excuse for the most urbanized city in America
New Yorkers: read this piece, makes total sense. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 AM
it's truly amazing (derogatory) that New York City has so much free parking. completely self-destructive and no excuse for the most urbanized city in America