Nicholas Wallace

trump take cushy suburban lifestyle

You thought American Voters were unhinged before? Wait until you see American Voters When Gas Costs $6 / gallon

A line of very low clouds, plus long shadows from tall buildings, over Lake Michigan in Chicago.

Looking good, Lake Michigan.

Screenshot of webpage that says TOWARD THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE We build landmark monuments and awe-inspiring megastructures that define a new era of American artistry and craftsmanship. With a "completed project" called "The Wellspring of Progress"

A picture of a decidedly unimpressive wooden tower with a banner hanging in the background that says "the wellspring of progress" monument with a QR code

some (presumably) right-wingers have launched a project called "More Monuments" to "build landmark monuments and awe-inspiring megastructures that define a new era of American artistry and craftsmanship." their first project looks like absolute shit lmao

A black and white photo of a bunch of cars from the 1970s queueing for gas.

Retvrn

They should also remake star wars without all of the space noises to make the space scenes more realistic

Obviously not the point here, but why is it called a strait when it's so bendy?

Good lord. At least you’re able to identify who they’re from

Meta set to spend $750K backing Illinois statehouse candidates as AI and social media legislation looms A super PAC created by Meta has spent nearly $340,000 on on mailers and digital advertising to support four Chicago and Chicago-area Democratic state House primary candidates.

You can thank Meta for those www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/05/m...

Tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm

They should put a little spike on the bottom of the ship to pop the bubble

Just found out senate candidate James Talarico is younger than me, which I believe violates Article 1 Sec. 3 of the Constitution (no making me feel old and sad)

the article gets this right. it needs 1.8 GW of power

otoh, 1.8 gigawatts is A LOT but also you don't consume it "in a year"

This is what happens when a guy moves to a gritty, working class midwestern town like, uh, Traverse City

SPRINGFIELD — Months before Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim announced her bid for Illinois comptroller, she used about $8,300 in previously contributed campaign funds to invest in a cryptocurrency she founded called CHKN token — a digital asset inspired by her backyard flock of chickens. By the end of 2025, the investment — totaling roughly 8.87 million tokens — had lost nearly all its value, dropping to just $34.59, according to filings with the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Yet again thinking about the CHKN crypto coin created by a candidate for Illinois comptroller (responsible for the state's fiscal accounts and investments). She named it after her back yard chickens.

Sadly, it is an appropriate time to re-up this thread.

Among all the other terrible things about this war, gasoline is about to become much more expensive for families that have been give too few alternatives.

Here's how state lawmakers can help.

I hope they interviewed you for this

Transit Oriented Development Eliminate Parking Minimums Missing Middle, Lot Size, and Related Zoning Reforms Mid-Rise Apartment Zoning Reforms Building Code Reforms Local Government Planning and Accountability Facilitate ADUs Pre-approved Plans Condo Liability Reform SEPA / CEQA Reforms Manufactured Housing Parity Model Tree Ordinance Low Income Weatherization Energy Labeling Woodland Urban Interface Code Form-Based Code

Tailpipe pollution from cars is the largest source of emissions in the United States – and housing policies that reduce car dependence can go a long way towards addressing it. For example, state and local govt.'s can adopt:

SCOOP: IL-9 congressional candidate and current state senator Mike Simmons had police called on him in Buena Park while canvassing for votes. No arrest was made. Here’s the video of the interaction @senmikesimmons.bsky.social recorded and shared with me.

James Joyce's Ulysses is unoriginal and exploitative, which is why I'll never read it. Let me explain. 1/?

Just encountered a long, widely-shared thread criticizing a TV show from a person who has never watched the show. Is it possible for a website to have too much The Juice?

the One True Purpose of this website

That’s nice that so many of you use this site for “fun” or “laughs.” Not me. I’m on Bluesky to accumulate prestige and influence so that I can one day seize power and rule the world

Meme of an angry little boy with superimposed text: congrats, happy for you, nice

Chicago when New York gets a blizzard

A golden loaf of sourdough on a cooling rack

Sourdough loaf

meme of a guy texting: i ain't reading all that i'm happy for you tho or sorry that happened

opening up the tariffs decision

This would be acceptable if they change the team's name to the Dunes. "The Indiana Dunes" would immediately be the coolest team name in the NFL

We said AI will solve all of humanity’s problems, we didn’t say that the solutions would be “good”

“Nobody is ever mean to me when I post on X” is a confession you could not extract from me at gun point