Skip Montanaro

The nation reeled once again this week with news that the Department of Defense broke the historic Eisenhower Globe. Could the metaphor be any more obvious?

First Musk said he did not disable Starlink for Ukraine. Now he's confessing to disabling it but says he was justified in doing so. Congress, if you can hear me, we need hearings when Dems take over. www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/e...

Today, Elizabeth "Lily" Shambrook was honored with a memorial sign, designating part of Leland Ave by Dover St as "Lily's Greenway".

Any response @nytimes.com?

@nytimes.com regarding the "smart wall," I have questions. * First Amendment! Doesn't it matter? * Fourth Amendment! Doesn't it matter? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Corrupt Trump/GOP scapegoat LGBTQIA+ people, hoping we’ll forget about Trump/GOP’s skyrocketing costs of everything for Americans! Our $ for public education, healthcare, food, tax payer $, goes directly into self-dealing Trump/GOP’s billionaire pockets! Trump/GOP make Americans poorer & less safe!

Now that both parts are up, here's a short 🧵on my deep dive into why American roads are a sea of SUVs and trucks – and no, it's not just "consumer demand." 🙄 First: the light truck loophole — which was closed recently! But not in a way people are celebrating ...

I’ve got them in stock now if you want to get a lovely little calendar filled with bees, butterflies, flower flies, moths, beetles, flowers and other plants!

no, it was not a 'polling organization' !

It's crazy how often you hear about "bikes on the sidewalk" when this is the actual reality in NYC

Some corporate Democrats and pundits think the party has gone too far "left" and needs to readjust towards the “center.” Rubbish. Where’s the center between democracy and oligarchy, and why would Democrats want to be there?

Ashley Hinson claims Josh Turek supports "allowing kids to change their gender at school and not tell the parents about it" (This literally has never happened! Not once!)

I'll take a wild ass guess and suggest our education system has yet to recover from the pandemic.

It's like "Succession," "Dallas," and "Days of our Lives" all rolled into one. Might as well throw in "General Hospital" for good measure. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-15...

Another case of "We've tried nothing, but it keeps happening. We honestly have no idea how to stop the carnage." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

1/ It's wild that we're already halfway through October!🍂 I'm back with your weekly infectious disease roundup. The TLDR: Flu is sweeping across the West, the summer Covid wave is still lingering, and ticks are making their fall comeback. Here’s what I’m watching 👇

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Was there no editor at @theatlantic.com who said, "Hey, maybe you should consider the spectre of being sent to the poor house by medical debt?" JFC... #HealthCare www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...

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Here is what Ford wants to rip out. In a city stuck in debilitating gridlock, nothing better than removing bike lanes and getting more people driving. 🙌🙌

City workers usually move fast to dismantle a guerrilla crosswalk or bench, often arriving in a matter of hours. IMO that's part of the activists' power: They show that government *can* quickly change streets—even if it seldom does.

Keeping bike lanes clean keeps them safe. Debris from cars and landscaping quickly accumulates, creating hazards for riders. If your city isn't sweeping protected lanes as part of standard street maintenance, it is time to demand it.

Remember when Republicans said DEI was hiring an unqualified person based on their looks? ANYWAY.

This week's voter registration deadlines. Check your registration and pass it on!

Evanston's bike infrastructure has always seemed haphazard to me, almost as if isolated chunks of bike lanes were only built if they could piggyback on some street repair/renovation project which received federal or state funding. That is, it pretty much seems like an afterthought to me.

Still running behind the Flask server on my little podunk web server. Trying to get to 14 or 15.

It took most of the winter but my small metal lathe is now entirely foot powered; as were many small shop machine tools up till the 1920’s. The large pulley came from a washing machine. I cast the small pulleys and bearing housings from scrap Al/Zn/Cu.

In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com

Read this week’s letter in the Roundtable from Sylvia in Evanston’s 5th Ward, calling for protected bike lanes, raised crosswalks, narrowed roads, and red light enforcement cameras in response to recent crashes and dangerous driving incidents. evanstonroundtable.com/2026/10/05/l...

Hey #BikeChi! Does anyone know of any place/person that would loan/rent a pedicab or other adaptive bike? One of our Bridgeport Kidical Mass families would like to bring grandma on our Halloween bike ride but she has lost coordination b/c of an illness and would need to ride as a passenger.

It's a great book. The only reason I can see to prevent it from being added to state DOTs' libraries is they fear it will show their operating principles are nothing but a house of cards.

Tax billionaire wealth. I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k.

The titanium rod in my right femur agrees.

Shout out to my dad! 45 years ago he started tracking mileage of bike rides, and this evening he passed the 100,000 mile mark! It began with using paper maps to calculate distances. Then came simple bike computers. Finally, GPS. Nice job, dad!

@corkboard.at Interesting idea, but lacks any sort of feedback. For example, the Chicago Marathon advertisement says Oct 10. It's actually Oct 11. ;-)

See them around town. One of the pooches is a very good horn...

“What’s being sought are damages that would be crippling,” said former Attorney General Bill Barr, .... “It’s imperative these cases be put to rest and this whole approach be put to rest.” Note he didn't say Big Oil wasn't culpable. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

How is it possible Natalie Harp is not totally creeped out by Trump? newrepublic.com/post/216263/... via @newrepublic.com

An excellent protest song by @ellecordova.bsky.social I heard about from @pkrugman.bsky.social's musical coda. youtu.be/kdvUJ7idDuM?...

What exactly does "monitoring" mean in the context of this administration? I have an image of a clown car where the clowns hop out at stop lights to check the car's tire pressure.