WestLooper @West_Looper
A skeptic not a cynic. Believer in responsible arithmetic: 🌈s and 🦄s aren't policy. Fact forward. 🚲 #WestLoop 🇺🇦 Chicago Joined August 2013-
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Was having drinks with people last night and Fulton Market came up, I said it’s not really for me because everything’s too bougie and this guy said it’s definitely not bougie compared to Dubai and I’m still stunned
Updated West Loop Map! New color scheme and updated landmarks. Get a print here: joemills.com/shop/p/west-lo…
Congrats to Sugar Pop Salon for opening their new location at 1243 W Madison! Stop by today until 5 for their grand opening celebration, with giveaways, a photo booth, and more fun! @wcachicago For hours and booking, visit sugarpopsalon.com
This guy pulled a woman into a West Loop alley, intending to commit a sex crime, police say. They're hoping someone will help identify him. cwbchicago.com/2024/04/west-l…
The chef behind Michelin-starred Indienne — also a 2024 James Beard Award finalist — talks about his new West Loop cafe. chicagobusiness.com/dining-table-d…
Today’s history lesson: After the 1968 DNC protests, Democrats held the White House for only 4 of the next 24 years.
The West Loop is 🔥
An urban renewal double whammy: the construction of the expressways and UIC's campus completely obliterated this section of Chicago's Near West Side in just a few short years. This shows 1906 Sanborn maps overlaid on modern aerial imagery. Note the former ROW of Blue Island Ave.
People who reply and immediately block should be subject to one final retort from the blockee.
NEW: An influential West Loop nonprofit has relaunched with a new mission ... but is keeping who's behind it a secret because its president says she fears “cyberbullying” from a neighbor. Grab your popcorn, this one is worth the read. blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/25/inf…
In moving away from student-based budgeting, CTU forced CPS to underfund the highest-performing schools in the district in order to fund empty buildings that have failed students for decades. Great job, @PedroCPSCEO! wbez.org/stories/cpss-s…
A world-class destination for a world-class city. Introducing initial designs for a new lakefront stadium. #StadiumForChicago
Chicago has 5 selective enrollment schools on this list. The 5 schools (PAYTON, NORTHSIDE, JONES, YOUNG, LANE) are in the TOP 60. The Mayor, the DSA Alderpersons, and their CTU cronies want to shut them down. In what world does this make sense?? Reward academic achievement.
Chicago has 5 selective enrollment schools on this list. The 5 schools (PAYTON, NORTHSIDE, JONES, YOUNG, LANE) are in the TOP 60. The Mayor, the DSA Alderpersons, and their CTU cronies want to shut them down. In what world does this make sense?? Reward academic achievement.
A spectacular day at our park for the Spring Clean & Green! Thanks to all of our neighbors & friends who have our park looking beautiful. Special thanks @AldConway & his staff and @FOTPChicago & @ChicagoParks & Black Barrel Tavern! @TheBestLoop @West_Looper #CleanMyChiParks
The students at elite universities are indeed smart, academically talented kids. But there are literally thousands of equally talented kids that didn’t win the lottery willing to take their place. I think it’s hard for the lottery winners to grok they are easily replaceable.
Hope to see many of you today at our park for our Spring Clean & Green! All tools and supplies provided plus refreshments, 9am. @AldConway @ChicagoParks @FOTPChicago @TheBestLoop @West_Looper
It’s a curious coalition of crazies losing their minds over Caitlin Clark.
West Loop/Fulton Market Chicago getting Osaka Cocina Nikkei at 1101 W Lake. They have locations in Lima, Quito, Sao Paolo, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Santiago, Miami, etc. Peruvian-Japanese food. Japanese went to Peru starting in the 1800s.
Chicago Bars @chicagobars
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Chicago History ™�.. @Chicago_History
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WestLoopTom @WestLoopTom
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Bob Hillfort @BobHillfort68
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fiery, but mostly pea.. @fierybutmostly1
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Mr. Me. IU'91 @Kuratzman
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supremeMilo @supremeMilo
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Babelbot @IssacBabel
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Michael Cronin @TMichaelCronin
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Barry Butler Photogra.. @barrybutler9
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Spot News @SPOTNEWSonIG
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16th & 17th District .. @CPD1617Scanner
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Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI
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Chicago History ™�.. @Chicago_History
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WindyCity Weather and.. @WindyCityWxMan
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Chicago Contrarian @ChicagoContrar1
41K Followers 65 Following Commentary on Urban Affairs in Chicago. Edited and published by @FlorianSohnke. Find our social links here: https://t.co/PrdtLioo42
Streetsblog Chicago @streetsblogchi
21K Followers 458 Following Streetsblog Chicago is the region's sustainable transportation news and advocacy website. Tweets: @greenfieldjohn (unsigned) @stevevance
WestLoopTom @WestLoopTom
4K Followers 5K Following 6x 26.2 finisher, Beaches. Bacon. Baseball. Beer. Burritos. Business. White Sox. @EIU Alum. Formerly blocked by Jewel Osco. Peloton westlooptom
Bike Lane Uprising® @bikelaneuprise
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Daniel Kay Hertz @DanielKayHertz
12K Followers 4K Following Personal account. Beckee, Addie, Lucy, Olive. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago. 🍝 & 🚌. He/Him.
Michelle Stenzel @MichelleStenzel
5K Followers 1K Following PRO biking/walking for transportation, ANTI car-dominated streets, PRO cities/housing, PRO art/violin/guitar #ChicagoRiverTrail #DickensGreenway #northDLSD
Jeremy Glover @JGrantGlover
7K Followers 2K Following Active transportation 🚲🚶🚇 • Climate and land use 🌳🌆 • Chicago politics 🌬️ • Dad x2 • Tweets and opinions my own • he/him
Chicago Police @Chicago_Police
188K Followers 482 Following Official feed of Chicago Police. This is not an emergency response line - call 911 for emergencies. Submit anonymous tips at https://t.co/dsdd9iiuqo.
P.O. Potatoes @PO_Potatoes
13K Followers 705 Following Former Chicago cop, now I fight crime elsewhere | Looking for new perspective | Just here to give perspective and build bridges | R/Ts are not endorsements
DMercer @53viroqua
12K Followers 601 Following Look up and stay curious. All photos by me unless stated otherwise.
Peter Moskos @PeterMoskos
14K Followers 1K Following Welcome to my Twitter Cafe! Police focused (+ bikes & pigeons). I'm nice. The bouncer, however, has a mean temper and blocks fast, sometimes just for bad vibes.
Chicago Sky @chicagosky
116K Followers 469 Following Official Twitter of the 2021 WNBA Champions. #skytown | #NoCeiling
chicaDE18 @chicasde18
260 Followers 584 Following former sigchoite knocked off of ThePilsenFabric by LyinBUYron and the dark money of the 25th Ward IPO.
Eileen O’Neill Burk.. @EileenCookCnty
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walter @culturecanceler
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Chicago Board of Elec.. @ChicagoElection
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Lakshya Jain @lxeagle17
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University of Michiga.. @UMich
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U-M Admissions @UMichAdmissions
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Chicago Bike Lane Swe.. @ChiSweepy
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Alderman Bill Conway @AldConway
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Special Puppy 🧦�.. @SpecialPuppy1
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650K Followers 3K Following Fred Segal (@Frizz527). Unprophetic (mostly sports) takes,& other fun stuff. No politics! Author of “Freezing Cold Takes: NFL” available now! (See pinned Tweet)
Sam Royko @SamRoyko
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Bill Conway 🇺🇸 @NewDayConway
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J A R E D @Facts_Over_Lies
404 Followers 204 Following I love talking about election statistics and I actively seek out election disinformation. Nonpolitical and nonpartisan. Colorful metaphors. #TeamFacts #ShowMe
Chicago YIMBY @ChiYIMBY
772 Followers 78 Following Preserve existing housing, and build more. We tweet examples of housing and people being denied in Chicago. #YIMBY
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Magda Maaoui, PhD @MagdaMaaoui
1K Followers 932 Following housing + environmental health. instructor @HarvardGSD researcher @Harvard_JCHS cofounder Ad'A ~i write i teach i build i deconstruct
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Justice4TiffanyBorre @Justice4Borre
48 Followers 211 Following Help us get justice for Tiffany. She was run down, killed & left to die. Cook Count SA refuses to charge the driver. #justicefortiffanyborre
Zoë Ferguson @zofer11
898 Followers 1K Following A reasonable person. Of NYC Washington Heights/The Bronx. Recently moved to Portland OR.. Proud American of Ukrainian/Irish heritage. Vatniks🚫 🇺🇦🇺🇲🇮🇪
Prakash Rao @prao2345
77 Followers 2K Following passionate about digital health and platform business models, but I generally use Twitter to follow #NBAtwitterWill the campus protests and encampments not mostly go away in a month when students go home for the summer?
@corinneblalock I support divestment, but I don't think the fact that students support it means it is not fringe in relation to what most Americans think. I don't know if there has been a poll done on that specific question, but this new Harris poll is chilling: thehill.com/policy/interna…
@MyriamFrancoisC Just say directly that you want Hamas to commit genocide and take over Israel, you aren't fooling anyone.
“My dividend portfolio is not supposed to outperform the S&P 500” Someone please send help to these dividend investors 🙏
What kind of answer is this?
Teachers union leaders adopt misleading rhetoric about “high stakes testing” —> rank and file teachers believe the rhetoric and communicate misinformation to third graders —> mass panic among 9 year-olds on DC CAPE testing week.
Isn't the obsession of protesters with "only those we authorize, may enter the camp" (which dates back to 2020 "autonomous zones") just LARPing? These are very young people and they're playing a children's game where they are the government and get to run their little territory.
@AynRand_is_Dead @ProfGrewal If you divested in every mutual fund that had in it a defense contractor, or fossil fuel company, or mining company, or a manufacturer in China, or alcohol & tobacco companies, or retail chain that sells guns, pretty soon you'd be broke.
@AynRand_is_Dead @ProfGrewal The connection is typically the school invest in the general stock market and that might have some exposure to Isreali companies. That is specious. They aren’t investing in an Isreali only ETF. College administrators don’t typically have day to day control over that stuff.
I mean ... is Cal State Polytechnic's Humboldt satellite campus really a factor in middle east policy? x.com/CallaWalsh/sta…
Can’t believe more ppl aren’t talking about Cal Poly Humboldt. Despite federal & state authorities’ threats, students aren’t backing down. They occupied a 2nd building after renaming Seimens Hall “Intifada Hall” & redecorated the President’s office as part of the liberated zone:
It's still unclear to me why universities have become a fierce target for Palestine protests. The divestment claims seem rather specious. And universities are powerless to affect the war. There seems to be nothing beyond "universities are where many protestors live." Am I wrong?
This is why it's good to give examples. No business, organization, or college can adopt, as a general policy, the principle that its basic functions can always be indefinitely suspended in the event that there's a moral crisis worth protesting. x.com/Y4N6gang/statu…
@DKThomp This is the same mealy mouthed mumbo jumbo capitalists use to crush labor protests or strikes. Or authoritarians use to crush protests around the world. It’s truly easy to label a protest you don’t like as a “disruptive” one
I think the University of Chicago president's note on protests and encampments is very much worth reading, for several reasons 1. Clear statement of values: Free speech, even when it's offensive, is a paramount value to be protected on college campuses—except when it comes into…
The University of Chicago, as usual, striking the right balance. Worth reading in full. It is exactly right. President Alivisatos’ Note on the Encampment (April 29, 2024) Dear Members of the University Community, Just a few hours ago, a group of students established an…
@MaytalKowalski They do. And Israelis deserve security. And the former cannot happen without the latter.
@level_options That takes much more work and much more emotional strength than just buying the S&P 500 And more than likely this person will still have lower returns than the S&P 500 So they bought individual stocks like $WM $V $DE and still underperformed the market
I think that if you pardon people who commit low-level acts of political violence while praising their conduct, you are greatly elevating the risk of increasingly serious political violence.
Trump to @TIME: Trump has sought to recast an insurrectionist riot as an act of patriotism. “I call them the J-6 patriots,” he says. When I ask whether he would consider pardoning every one of them, he says, “Yes, absolutely.”
Studying at a university doesn’t give you an unrestricted right to control its space, just as patronizing a bookstore doesn’t give you an unrestricted right to camp out in the nonfiction section
Was having drinks with people last night and Fulton Market came up, I said it’s not really for me because everything’s too bougie and this guy said it’s definitely not bougie compared to Dubai and I’m still stunned
So per this prof at UofC, supporting Gaza requires divesting from Israel. I mean that’s a given… But divesting from fossil fuels, disbanding the UofC police and stopping South Side construction projects??? I think it’s @Noahpinion who has said this is the leftist omni-movement.
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