I really enjoyed the episode!

Can you do IL-07? I am very curious

The county extension office might know what to do. extension.illinois.edu/cook/natural...

Good? Be scared? Sounds fine.

“What do we want?” “Cyclist fatalities!” “When do we want it?” “Constantly!”

Historic black and white photo of Adler & Sullivan’s Chicago Stock Exchange (1894-1972) at the SW corner of Washington & LaSalle.

Historic black and white photo of Adler & Sullivan’s Garrick Theatre/Schiller Theater (1891-1961) at 64 W. Randolph.

Historic black and white photo of an early work by Adler & Sullivan, the Troescher Building (1884-1979) at Market (now Wacker) and Madison. It was described as an unimportant building when it was demolished.

Historic black and white photo of the Albert Sullivan House was a home located at 4575 South Lake Park Avenue in the Kenwood neighborhood of the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, from 1892 to 1970. Sullivan himself, as well as his mother, lived here. Though the limestone facade was saved (though it is kept in storage) it is still an empty lot.

As your architecture obituary queen, I will remember my boy Louis Sullivan, who died on this day (April 14, 1924), with four buildings that should never have been demolished imo. But hey, it’s the Chicago way! (I’d like to add that house built for his brother Albert Sullivan is still an empty lot.)

One interview with a Hungarian I saw indicated he was basically the lesser of two evils and they were holding their noses to vote for him just to get rid of Orban.

How Austin’s stunning drop in rents explains housing in America — Vox Here is one narrative violation in the usual drumbeat of doom that we’re used to hearing about housing in America: The rent, in many cities across the US, is getting cheaper.

Supply and demand strikes again- housing still isn’t the magical exception!

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Dog friendly back there too if that’s of interest

Standing Passengers has a beautiful little hidden back patio

I used AI. It worked. I hated it. I used Claude Code to build a tool I needed. It worked great, but I was miserable. I need to reckon with what it means.

This piece has similar insights about AI in software engineering to those I came to recently when writing my last column. I recommend reading us both. taggart-tech.com/reckoning/ www.stephaniekirmer.com/writing/then...

what next? what, are we gonna provide *roads* for the wealthy too? gonna have health inspectors keep contaminants out of their groceries? are we just gonna have gutters and sewer systems around rich people's homes?

They Pay $34 for Burgers. Should Their Child Care Be Free? A free preschool center opening in one of New York City’s wealthiest neighborhoods raises questions about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s vow to expand universal child care.

yes. they pay more based on income in taxes for the thing that is then “free” for everyone. this is how public services work

This is something that I always wondered about the bizarre anti birthright arguments. How would any of us be citizens then? Would this not invalidate the citizenship of my ancestors, right back into the Mayflower?

People in Oregon say the same thing, anyone they dislike they imagine to be from CA. If half of those that people resented as CA carpetbaggers really were, California would be empty.

Attention to all Chicago & Illinois folks, who submitted Witness Slips against proposed bills for imposing age-based surveillance upon us.

The bastards in the Illinois legislature are forcing us to jump through these hoops *again*, this time for 2 separate bills. See quoted post, & spread the word.

100%. This brings the terror of ICE to people who don’t live in sanctuary cities and have not seen it in their own communities. Now they’ll have personal experience to inflame their loathing of this gestapo.

Also, many Americans have no experience of a walkable community and can’t really envision it. They may not know what life is actually like outside of a car-constrained context, so why would they say they want something they’ve never seen?

Yet another piece of evidence for “murder is illegal in America except when you use a car to do it”.

Turns out building a 100% car dependent nation means you are not resilient in the face of economic, social, medical, or environmental upheavals.

'I will never relinquish my license': New law stokes fear, confusion and defiance for trans Kansans • Kansas Reflector Trans Kansans are living in fear and confusion under a new state law. Some want to leave the state. Others remain defiant.

Trans Kansans are living in fear and confusion under a new state law. Some want to leave the state. Others are defiant. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/03/20/i...

Selfishly I desperately want this content to exist

Well, that’s certainly something to cheer about!

I mean, I’m very glad Melissa Conyears-Ervin lost in IL-7, but LaShawn Ford unironically touts an endorsement from Roland Burris on his website so I’m not exactly thrilled with how things turned out. Anyway, I’ll be spending a lot of time annoying his office staff in the coming years.

Congrats to Raja Krishnamoorthi on his new position as guest contributor to the Chicago Tribune editorial board

Thank you for not fumbling this, IL

and just one more time for good measure

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March 2026 Cook County Judicial Election Guide | Injustice Watch Injustice Watch's guide to the March 2026 Cook County judicial primary elections.

The primary election is today! We know how confusing the judicial section of your ballot can be. Our judicial election guide has everything you need to know about people running for judge in Cook County. buff.ly/TU92VTl

AI slop all around

PLEASE y'all, file witness slips in opposition of this ILGA bill that would require OPERATING SYSTEM-LEVEL AGE VERIFICATION.

This is a bad bill on privacy and a bad bill on rights and a technical nightmare with terrible implications. There is no implementation of this that would be good.