urbanist barbie

i'm physically disabled and only recently became capable of running more than once a week and now i must tell everyone about it

I set 2 miles, 5K, 5 miles, and 10K PRs in the same run

this is so funny because i feel like i only set PRs when i don't actually want to run but force myself to do it anyway

It is impossible to enter the polling site without walking past these canvassers

More canvassers blocking the entrance to the library with a polling site in it

The canvassing-free zone at polling places needs to be measured from the building entrance, not the entrance to the voting area. Went to drop off my mail ballot today and couldn't do that without being mobbed by a half-dozen canvassers in the library lobby. How is this legal?

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

i went to school with two different big name political influencers (at different schools) and today on my fyp i finally got the fabled video of one responding to the other

And now the third crane is almost deconstructed, phase 1 of Sen̓áḵw is nearing completion.

Amazon big-box store planned for Inland’s former Oak Brook HQ as real estate firm moves to Downers Grove The proposed 225,000-square-foot Amazon Oak Brook store would follow the e-commerce giant’s plan for a big-box retail location in southwest suburban Orland Park.

This is an absolutely wild state of suburban real estate when this much office space is just being razed for a single big box store.

free idea for anyone who wants to run for mayor: policy proposals pegged to Chicago turning 200 in 2037. "Chicago200". like 200 new miles of protected bike lanes. 200 new public bathrooms. 2000 new bus shelters.

I haven't said anything about this before, bc in the grand scheme of horrors this only rates as an inconvenience, but since others are experiencing it:

Just three days after CBP arrested me for filming them outside Broadview on 9/27, my TSA Pre & Global Entry were suspended—and so were my wife's.

After drivers struck 2 bike and scooter riders on Archer in less than a month, project foes absurdly claim half-done, car-clogged 'bike lanes didn't help' - Streetsblog Chicago On much of the project area, posts, paint and new curbs to haven't been added yet to help keep drivers – like the protesters – out of the future curbside bikeways.

On the day a hit-and-run driver struck a scooter rider next to the Archer Avenue dueling rallies site, an officer incorrectly told a protester to park in the bike lane. That brings to mind the Mayor Richard J. Daley quote, "The policeman is here to preserve disorder."

🏠 Abundant Housing Illinois is proud to endorse Juliana Stratton for U.S. Senate.

In her own words, “Increasing housing supply is the most effective thing we can do as a country to make housing more affordable.”

calling housing "forced development" is misanthropic

i wanna know who decided to make the office bathroom smell like Generic Vaguely Baked Goods Mall Brand Scent

insecure man who thinks taking baths is gay so he sits in the gym hot tub for 45 minutes at a time while on his phone placing sports bets

Dont Fret Park? Friends and fans hope to rename a Bucktown park after the late Chicago artist. blockclubchi.co/4rMywPh

it's funnier as alt text

people who get unreasonably mad at protesters in the streets because of the made-up scenario where they could block an ambulance don't get nearly as upset when a company systematically stops first responders as its cost of doing business

We’ve been predicting this for over a year. Guess what’s next from here? All the efforts to position trans people’s identities as fraud will continue to escalate and more and more trans people will be locked up and forcibly detransitioned.

Arvid Söderblom records his first NHL shutout as the Blackhawks defeat the Mammoth 4-0.

ok but why did critical mass have to end at an intersection with a stroad

i get there was an exhibition there but... no bike parking for 100s of cyclists to see it

i didnt get a good picture but at one point during critical mass today the low to the ground tricycle person and the rat patroller with the 10ft tall stacked bike were right next to each other

Photo taken from a passenger car window showing a man wearing full camo biking along side the road. the bike is towing a dead deer, indicating the man is a hunter. in the background there is a burger king parking lot wherein a man is throwing up next to a car.

once and a while i like to share my favorite photo of all time

New residential building proposed for Diversey/Sheridan in Lakeview looks amazing, 300 total units, more than 1 bike parking space each

Fire departments be like 'single stair? ope no can do'

With THIS in your neighborhood

When the opposition is based on "public safety" and "aesthetics" in a suburban community with a five-acre lot minimum, what they really mean is "we don't want to have to look at anyone below upper middle class here"

i submitted a public comment by emailing info@cmap.illinois.gov with the subject line “Public Comment – CMAP Transportation Committee (Feb. 27)” It’s not too late!!!

leni manaa-hoppenworth's office has ice whistles that sound like a car horn

separately where do you buy nestle dibs in 2026 aside from overpriced hotel convenience stores

vehicle curb cuts are dibs in a different font

Missing in the middle of WA's middle housing: Elevators A bill still in play in the Washington Legislature would make elevators easier and less expensive to install in "middle housing" developments.

R U #elevator pilled yet?

Cecelia Black:
"I have navigated the housing market from a wheelchair...in 15 yrs as a renter, I never found an accessible apt in a bldg w/ fewer than 6 stories" It's no oincidence; it’s a design failure of WA’s codes" Attn: #WAleg
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