Lucas Filipiak 🕊️

You could also support an actual worker by using a stock photo instead of AI Slop!

Yes! I hate when I click an article and the first line is something like "This is a written transcription of the So-And-So Podcast." NPR is bad for this.

Photo of a tuxedo cat and white cat laying together on a computer chair.

If "prediction markets" where you could bet on the outcome of murders and wars was in a dystopian movie, I'd call it lazy and unrealistic. Insane times.

N. But it's on my "someday" list.

Just picked up a copy! The article on the South Works Quantum Campus is excellent.

A photo of a bunch of NASA research documents, with titles like "STRUCTURAL MARGINS OBSERVED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO EXCEEDANCE", "PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF UNEXPECTED WOBBLE IN A RIGIDLY NON-WOBBLING SYSTEM", "OBSERVED PERFORMANCE OF COMPONENTS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BACKWARDS", "COGNITIVE LOAD IMPLICATIONS OF ACRONYMS REFERRING TO OTHER ACRONYMS", "THRMAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS DESCRIBED AS 'PROBABLY INFLAMMABLE'", "ON THE REPEATED SURVIVAL OF SYSTEMS NEVER INTENDED TO WORK", "THE EFFECT OF CLIPBOARD ON PERCEIVED AUTHORITY IN TEST ENVIRONMENTS", "MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SUBSTANCES EXPOSED TO REPEATED MEETINGS", "ANOMALOUS RESULTS WHICH PERSIST DESPITE STRONG MANAGEMENT DISAPPROVAL", and "A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE MOON'S APPARENT DISINTEREST IN OUR ACTIVITIES"

Some terrifically titled papers from a discovered collection of NASA research documents found in a skip

(with thanks to @juliarez.placid.horse)

This is an insane crossover, can't wait to listen to this one!

Four-story apartment buildings connected by a very narrow courtyard. There are made of variegated tan and brown brick and both have pressed metal oriel windows extending from the second to the fourth floors. The first floors have been remodeled for retail.

1910 Sanborn map showing the footprint of these buildings, which are separated in the front by a narrow opening and then joined across the back.

Chicago's narrowest courtyard building, 1151-1155 W. Webster. Built in 1895 for Max Tonk. I hope it is the Max Tonk discussed here: www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/... Map from 1910

Also recommending! Her story is wild and inspiring. We learned about her in my printmaking class, but the sculptures really drew my attention when I was there.

Photo of a Christmas tree in the bay window of a Chicago six flat.

Merry Christmas!

Nice! That bridge is a bucket list item for me.

Exclamation point? That means it's a musical!

if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄

Me riding the CTA

The worst is when there arent racks, but also signs that say "DO NOT LOCK BIKES TO FENCE". OK fine, then give me another option.

a photo of the cta holiday bus through a window with booths in front

it really is the most magical time of the year

This is why we need less bus stops. 54th/Cermak and Laramie are only 2.5 miles apart

A view of the Chicago skyline at night through the Jay Pritzker Pavilion trellis at night, with colors reflected on the pavilion’s metal curls seen on the right side.

A crowd in front of the Pritzker Pavilion’s stage and its curled metal shapes.

The pavilion’s trellis over an empty lawn on a foggy day.

A view of the Chicago skyline at night through the Jay Pritzker Pavilion trellis at night, with the pavilion’s metal curls and stage seen on the right side.

RIP Frank Gehry. I’ve enjoyed the sights and sounds of his Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park so many times.

For real, I tried to take a vibe photo of my walk, but the bright white lights kinda killed the cozy mood.

Snowy intersection with brick buildings in the back ground. A few cars on the road with traffic lights. White, foggy sky in the background.

Here's my obligatory show storm photo from Roger's Park.

I gave up arguing with them, but yes. If you have difficulties even getting to the nearest bus stop, those little Pace buses will come right to your door. My neighbor uses it all the time. More efficient transit for everyone, and better accommodations for those who need it.

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.

I feel vindicated because I've said the same thing on reddit one time, and immediately got down voted for not "thinking about disabled people". Accessibility is incredibly important in transit, but the stop I was complaining about was literally 300 feet from another stop.

We are all fools to have left Chicago. It was a town to play in; a town where you could stay yourself, and where the hoots of the critics couldn't frighten your style or drain your soul. Charlie preserved it in his heart. Our friendship was based, largely, on the nostalgia we shared for this stockyard Athens. We both knew that the world would turn up nothing better for us than the frowsy streets and hooligan towers of Chicago.

"We are all fools to have left Chicago. It was a town to play in; a town where you could stay yourself, and where the hoots of the critics couldn't frighten your style or drain your soul." — Ben Hecht, writing about his friendship and writing collaborations with Charles MacArthur

I've heard of Hostile Architecture, but this is ridiculous!

A ~3 hour timelapse of this morning's plume of lake effect snow totally obscuring the city before blue skies appear. #chicago

Just had to trudge my way to the train, it's rough out there.