Mike Fourcher
@vouchey.bsky.social
Climate advisor to the British Counsel in Chicago, USA. Former journalist, politico, and red-blooded American.
Truer words have never been said.
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 2:57 AM
Truer words have never been said.
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it's my daughter's birthday and I ordered her a monster cake from Carvel and this is the picture on the website and this is the picture of it in real life. please note: this is not a complaint. if this had been the picture on the website i would have paid more
October 2, 2024 at 9:56 PM
it's my daughter's birthday and I ordered her a monster cake from Carvel and this is the picture on the website and this is the picture of it in real life. please note: this is not a complaint. if this had been the picture on the website i would have paid more
At a bowling alley and league play is setting up. Fav names:
Back Alley Bowl Jobs
Bowl’d and the beautiful
Irritable Bowl Syndrome
Gutter Queens
Curves To The Right
Back Alley Bowl Jobs
Bowl’d and the beautiful
Irritable Bowl Syndrome
Gutter Queens
Curves To The Right
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
At a bowling alley and league play is setting up. Fav names:
Back Alley Bowl Jobs
Bowl’d and the beautiful
Irritable Bowl Syndrome
Gutter Queens
Curves To The Right
Back Alley Bowl Jobs
Bowl’d and the beautiful
Irritable Bowl Syndrome
Gutter Queens
Curves To The Right
Reposted by Mike Fourcher
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Has anyone mapped out all the proposed SMRs and nuke plants in the US? #energy #climatepolitics
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Has anyone mapped out all the proposed SMRs and nuke plants in the US? #energy #climatepolitics
When you try a better alternative, you can suddenly realize what you were giving up to stay with the worse one, simply through momentum.
What I thought about in November | Middling.Industries
Smoke filled bars are just like gas stations. Why would you choose to be in either one?
middling.industries
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
When you try a better alternative, you can suddenly realize what you were giving up to stay with the worse one, simply through momentum.
this is real!
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
this is real!
This is the kind of thread I need more of on Bsky.
post something random and/or have a wonderful december
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This is the kind of thread I need more of on Bsky.
The @aiachicago.bsky.social "Chicago Model" report on urban stadium planning is excellent. Our city needs this! architecture-org.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/files/assets...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The @aiachicago.bsky.social "Chicago Model" report on urban stadium planning is excellent. Our city needs this! architecture-org.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/files/assets...
Unbelievably cutting and full of truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Unbelievably cutting and full of truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Dogs and cats living together. Total mayhem.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Dogs and cats living together. Total mayhem.
Excellent independent reporting about some of the people ICE sent into Chicago.
Good reporting here and a strong use of public records from @unraveledpress.com: Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston unraveledpress.com/identified-f...
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Excellent independent reporting about some of the people ICE sent into Chicago.
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Stop it, Olivia. You can't make fetch happen.
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Stop it, Olivia. You can't make fetch happen.
This is what's been happening in Chicago. The headline does not do it justice. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is what's been happening in Chicago. The headline does not do it justice. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Watch this space: Walgreen's to increasingly be like Dollar Store and the new PE overlords ride it down to zero as they extract cash along the way following the Sears model. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Walgreens Cuts Pay for Hourly Store Workers After $10 Billion Buyout
Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Watch this space: Walgreen's to increasingly be like Dollar Store and the new PE overlords ride it down to zero as they extract cash along the way following the Sears model. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
An incredible return to form @rusty.todayintabs.com ! Thank you for coming back to the newsletter we love so much. www.todayintabs.com/p/five-funer...
Five Funerals
"PornosexualGooner101 Died 35 Years Ago...This Very Night!"
www.todayintabs.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
An incredible return to form @rusty.todayintabs.com ! Thank you for coming back to the newsletter we love so much. www.todayintabs.com/p/five-funer...
This is a great overview. Especially exciting is the centralized planning and fare decisions. At last!
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is a great overview. Especially exciting is the centralized planning and fare decisions. At last!
Fascinating way of thinking about transit as workforce/economic expansion. I wish every US city had a study like this. www.centreforcities.org/blog/sizing-...
What to see how I turned thousands of live buses into charts like this? And what it all means for mayors wanting to integrate their public transport systems?
Come to see me talk about all this and more to our event at 1pm: www.centreforcities.org/event/report...
Come to see me talk about all this and more to our event at 1pm: www.centreforcities.org/event/report...
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Fascinating way of thinking about transit as workforce/economic expansion. I wish every US city had a study like this. www.centreforcities.org/blog/sizing-...
Long live UniWatch. Unfortunately, as someone who started a couple news sites myself, this story seems too familiar. It doesn't matter how great your site is. All news work is ephemeral and it all comes down to the benjamins. archive.ph/m1v25
archive.ph
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Long live UniWatch. Unfortunately, as someone who started a couple news sites myself, this story seems too familiar. It doesn't matter how great your site is. All news work is ephemeral and it all comes down to the benjamins. archive.ph/m1v25
I’m pretty sure this is a reenactment of my COBOL coding mother-in-law at work.
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I’m pretty sure this is a reenactment of my COBOL coding mother-in-law at work.
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I didn’t expect it when I moved here, my neighborhood became my respite. But it turns out there’s people who hate us. Hate us for sharing, for giving, and caring. middling.industries/2025/11/01/w...
What I thought about in October | Middling.Industries
Although I didn’t expect it when I moved here, my neighborhood became my respite. Yes, Chicago has its architecture, improv comedy, and Italian beef. But for me there’s Figo, Chris, Timmy, Steve, Fran...
middling.industries
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I didn’t expect it when I moved here, my neighborhood became my respite. But it turns out there’s people who hate us. Hate us for sharing, for giving, and caring. middling.industries/2025/11/01/w...
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Not exactly the normal headline at Oilprice.com
Meanwhile there are still MANY people trying to tell us that the energy transition isn't happening. Sure.
Meanwhile there are still MANY people trying to tell us that the energy transition isn't happening. Sure.
Why Nations That Bet on Renewables Will Win the Next Energy Era | OilPrice.com
The more distributed your renewable base, the less you depend on foreign suppliers to feed your grid
oilprice.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Not exactly the normal headline at Oilprice.com
Meanwhile there are still MANY people trying to tell us that the energy transition isn't happening. Sure.
Meanwhile there are still MANY people trying to tell us that the energy transition isn't happening. Sure.
This is an accurate depiction of men in their 50's.
makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This is an accurate depiction of men in their 50's.