Jacob E. Peters
@archijake.bsky.social
Lifelong Chicagoan, lived other places, & it just reinforced my desire to live here. My opinions are mine alone. Find me on the other sites, w/ the same handle.
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
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Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change.
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
Commentary: Make 2026 the year to achieve real progress on reforming housing affordability
Growth in and around Chicago depends on lawmakers getting it done, write leaders of Abundant Housing Illinois.
www.chicagobusiness.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change.
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
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“If Trump thinks American voters hate war, wait until he learns how much they hate dishonor. … A bad deal in Ukraine would broadcast to U.S. enemies that they can seize what they want with force or nuclear blackmail or by pressing on until America loses interest.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“If Trump thinks American voters hate war, wait until he learns how much they hate dishonor. … A bad deal in Ukraine would broadcast to U.S. enemies that they can seize what they want with force or nuclear blackmail or by pressing on until America loses interest.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
This is a take I have had for a long time:
Every limited access road into a dense urban core should be tolled in each direction at the rate of the standard fare on a parallel transit route x2.
Every limited access road into a dense urban core should be tolled in each direction at the rate of the standard fare on a parallel transit route x2.
He’s right. And he’s also that rare commodity: a political leader.
Chesto: Mass. lawmaker says ‘congestion pricing’ should be considered to address the T’s fiscal woes… www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/b...
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is a take I have had for a long time:
Every limited access road into a dense urban core should be tolled in each direction at the rate of the standard fare on a parallel transit route x2.
Every limited access road into a dense urban core should be tolled in each direction at the rate of the standard fare on a parallel transit route x2.
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Drivers: "Speeding 10mph over the speed limit is ok as long as I'm doing it at 11pm and I'm not targeting pedestrians"
Also drivers: runs over the stop sign at my kids’ bus stop.
Also drivers: runs over the stop sign at my kids’ bus stop.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Drivers: "Speeding 10mph over the speed limit is ok as long as I'm doing it at 11pm and I'm not targeting pedestrians"
Also drivers: runs over the stop sign at my kids’ bus stop.
Also drivers: runs over the stop sign at my kids’ bus stop.
Literally any of the other movies in the top 10 would be a more worthy #1.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Literally any of the other movies in the top 10 would be a more worthy #1.
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As usual, you can blame William Rehnquist and John Roberts for a lot of the worst things you see in the news
How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence
For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As usual, you can blame William Rehnquist and John Roberts for a lot of the worst things you see in the news
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the concept of being stuck inside for long periods of time and having to make your own fun is the most Minnesotan thing in the world
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
the concept of being stuck inside for long periods of time and having to make your own fun is the most Minnesotan thing in the world
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Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
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A crossing guard dies in Hamilton, Ontario, due to regulatory failure and bad design
Meanwhile, in London, the government says, "safe vehicles save lives."
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
When a local publication puts out a list of 26 classic dive bars & I have already been to 20 of them, (1 of which used to be my local) I take pride in this.
Meanwhile my wife thinks this means I have a drinking problem…which is laughable as I literally haven’t had any since <checks notes> the 15th.
Meanwhile my wife thinks this means I have a drinking problem…which is laughable as I literally haven’t had any since <checks notes> the 15th.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
When a local publication puts out a list of 26 classic dive bars & I have already been to 20 of them, (1 of which used to be my local) I take pride in this.
Meanwhile my wife thinks this means I have a drinking problem…which is laughable as I literally haven’t had any since <checks notes> the 15th.
Meanwhile my wife thinks this means I have a drinking problem…which is laughable as I literally haven’t had any since <checks notes> the 15th.
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Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
Transit Oriented Dough-velopment
The best plain slice in Chicago
served in an unlikely place
thepartycut.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Transit Oriented Dough-velopment
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Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
“If it fits, it sits” meets “loaf in pan”
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“If it fits, it sits” meets “loaf in pan”
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i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
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Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
“Celebrated his 35th birthday with 21 year old legs”
Is an extremely creepy way to say “this player is very spry for his age”
Is an extremely creepy way to say “this player is very spry for his age”
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Celebrated his 35th birthday with 21 year old legs”
Is an extremely creepy way to say “this player is very spry for his age”
Is an extremely creepy way to say “this player is very spry for his age”
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Movie that takes place where you’re from.
I didn’t want to spend my bus trip debunking right wing conspiracies being spouted about CPS by an old guy at the bus stop, but here we are.
a group of soldiers wearing helmets and armor are standing in a row .
Alt: a group of soldiers wearing helmets and armor are standing in a row. The female soldier in the foreground turns to the camera & says “I’m doing my part”
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I didn’t want to spend my bus trip debunking right wing conspiracies being spouted about CPS by an old guy at the bus stop, but here we are.
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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What’s depressing isn’t the higher levels of federal expenditures & DOGE’s failure—it’s that the feds replaced expenditures on foreign assistance, research & the environment with spending on ICE personnel & national guard deployments.
Meanwhile, the rich got tax cuts so the deficit worsened.
Meanwhile, the rich got tax cuts so the deficit worsened.
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What’s depressing isn’t the higher levels of federal expenditures & DOGE’s failure—it’s that the feds replaced expenditures on foreign assistance, research & the environment with spending on ICE personnel & national guard deployments.
Meanwhile, the rich got tax cuts so the deficit worsened.
Meanwhile, the rich got tax cuts so the deficit worsened.
This is why you have to protect curbside bike lanes up to & including the crosswalk at intersections. Reckless selfish dangerous drivers are like cats “it is fits, it sits”
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is why you have to protect curbside bike lanes up to & including the crosswalk at intersections. Reckless selfish dangerous drivers are like cats “it is fits, it sits”
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Everybody involved will need to go to prison and if democrats in congress don’t have the stomach for punishing these people they should just resign now.
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Everybody involved will need to go to prison and if democrats in congress don’t have the stomach for punishing these people they should just resign now.