most things by Blue Oyster Cult

reading through Village Board Agendas on a Saturday night, "Downtown zoning updates to align districts, design guidelines, and parking requirements with Transit Oriented Development"

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

also, glad we've embraced a little bit of density. hope they develop the rest of the land along Irving Park Road as well as this since it is so underutilized

new apartment buildings going up across from our Metra station in an effort to encourage more "downtown" development in our suburb.

the Metra stop down the street from us was the most crowded i've ever seen it with people dressed in green & playing bagpipes on their way to the river dying & still happy to say i've never been - & it makes me sad that this is the one day a year that our little station gets its highest ridership

late february lunch walks

contemplated qobuz but ended up on apple which may be more of a lateral move but was just happy to be done with spotify & the family plan price point was better for higher quality audio sooo *shrug* still contemplating a qobuz move

***however you want to

okay, judge me however you want me to, but the new Moby album is absolutely gorgeous. @robinpr.bsky.social @totalvibration.bsky.social @idislikestephen.bsky.social @annkpowers.bsky.social

NEW: MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an act of self defense. I’ve seen the video myself and I want to tell everybody directly; that is bullshit.”

the river walk is nice & quiet in the winter months

A reminder: Gregory Bovino may be gone and a bunch of his men aren't here anymore but Border Patrol is still in Chicagoland, randomly stopping folks at Home Depots and chasing people through the snow.

anyone else listen to "king of carrot flowers, pt 1" and hear "king of cauliflower" not "king of carrot flower"?

I'm struck by how many Chicagoans have seemingly felt compelled to write and share reflections on "this is what it feels like in Chicago right now". We know we're going through something awful together and we want the world to understand it.

Threading several of these pieces below.

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Where are Chicago’s lead pipes? Lead water service lines are all over the city. But majority Black and Latino neighborhoods bear the biggest burden, our analysis finds.

Chicago has the highest number of lead water service lines in the nation. WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News analyzed city data that allows Chicago’s residents to see where the problem is most acute — and how it intersects with poverty and race. trib.al/n4TkzEu

cannot say that our cats didn't try that with our kid

slowly progressing toward naps in the trailer/not crying the entire ride because the helmet falls down over our eyes—while we adults build back our legs with the help of peloton on non-ride days

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Going through the process at the moment & dreading it all

lingering green (that i cannot see) from earlier this week

My favorite post office

bits & pieces of google

a nice day for a stroll

winter will forever be my favorite time of the year to get outside & see Chicago

Chappell Roan's Dad Tears Up Talking About 'Pink Pony Club' In Sweet 'Carpool Karaoke' Moment Oh, how heartwarming 💕

This is too sweet.

Tuned into the bears game for the last minute just so I can commiserate with coworkers on monday

Madison St & LaSalle St, looking South

buildings to eventually to feature affordable apartment units, i believe

First snow day, putting out client fires and trying to figure out why I feel like shit