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queer stay at home mom. data obsessive. cta bus stan. she/her. Be gay, take transit. 🏳️🌈
Chicago, IL
Joined July 2008
A fun fact is that the Real ID Act was passed in 2005 and you still don't need a Real ID to board a plane.
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My most crank transit take is that bus electrification doesn’t matter that much. The emissions reduction is in getting people to take the bus by providing reliable service.
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The median American adult consumes 7 alcoholic drinks a year.
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@ProfAlang When my daughter was young the pedi was like "is she breastfed" and I was like "yes" and she was like "are you having any trouble breastfeeding" and I was like "I'm not the one breastfeeding her" and she just looked puzzled. TWO MOMS!.
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@HannahPosted Officially, vacate the space and call animal control. Unofficially, burning down the building.
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@mollyfleck @Eric_Erins But they also don't know enough yet to have good work boundaries, which I think is the main draw.
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@JoePostingg People are very weird about this. I cook small quantities, 2-4 servings per dish, I freeze extra portions, and I reuse ingredients. I seldom eat something more than twice in a week.
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@OliveFSmith I have an 8 year aged cheddar in the fridge, it thinks Trump is just a dude with a reality TV show.
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@tehoriman Eventually. But if electrification is in any way a trade off with service frequency, I’d choose frequency every time.
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@franklinleonard I came out to my parents when I was 29. I told them the person they thought was my good friend was actually my girlfriend, and my dad said “I thought so, I figured it out when she drove you to Toledo at 3 a.m. to catch the train.”.
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@HannahPosted @nilocobau $1250/month in miscellaneous is doing a lot of the work here. Hard to critique what’s not included.
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Full disclosure: I mathed a little wrong. 5th decile average is 7 drinks a year and 6th decile average is 32 drinks a year. So the true median is between those, but closer to 7 than 32.
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@ENPancotti The ability to convert an hourly wage to an annual salary is something I learned to do when I worked hourly jobs. Except I never hit that “salary” because my boss was always screwing us out of hours. Which is common!.
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@JakeAnbinder Also, I feel like when you're like, a prince, maybe you know the other prince?.
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@Noahpinion The conflation of health insurance and health care has always been weird to me. Everyone has access to some health care, but the way we pay for it is all messed up.
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Western and 31st is the geographic center of Chicago, which means the El Milagro tortilla factory is the literal heart of the city.
@greenfieldjohn @Tripadvisor LOL, he's literally eliminated like 75% of the area of the city with this nothing south of Madison nothing west of California.
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@SkotiVi @the_del_taco @mrbergmann @unusual_whales I see the calculator you used. Assumed no 401k tax savings, which is wrong. Assumed 100% of income is subject to sales tax, also wrong. 39% vs. 50% tax rate is a $44k per year tax difference.
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A fun fact is that the Sears Tower is taller than the highest natural point in Illinois.
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@Noahpinion Some of this is that the CDC was hobbled by the Trump administration, but the Biden administration hasn't turned it around.
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When @Noahpinion tweets agreement with @mattyglesias, it's like catnip for fact-free objections to things that are true.
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In late November of 2016 I sat in a workshop with a roomful of shell shocked, terrified queer parents. Obergefell was the law of the land, but we all knew our families faced a new threat.
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ideal house/ideal car
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@constans I don’t know, and I’m very confused about her understanding of her risk profile. Only a few conditions and treatments that prevent you from mounting an immune response to the vaccine.
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Every year after six that you don’t learn to read at grade level basically requires two years of intervention to remediate. I can’t imagine neglecting your kid’s education like this.
A very common thing is parents forgetting to teach their kids to read
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@Noahpinion Best reason to have kids is you really want to have kids. Some people seem to miss this step, then take out their bitterness on people who enjoy children.
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@besttrousers I took the time to dispute his claims, which is its own kind of sickness.
@SkotiVi @the_del_taco @mrbergmann @unusual_whales I see the calculator you used. Assumed no 401k tax savings, which is wrong. Assumed 100% of income is subject to sales tax, also wrong. 39% vs. 50% tax rate is a $44k per year tax difference.
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@HannahPosted @nilocobau But $6k rent is not a given in Manhattan, and living in Manhattan is actually a luxury good itself.
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@MattZeitlin @nilocobau That Emily Gould piece is super insufferable, she takes extremely minimal responsibility for herself and is like "I had to learn how to not try as hard" as her solution for her marriage? Whatever.
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@tressiemcphd Protesting police violence is never safe. It's weird that people think it can be.
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@HannahPosted @nilocobau I think that’s a pretty reasonable amount for a few years in. It’s a little further into your career that salaries diverge wildly for finance and tech vs. other fields.
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@dordash2 When I moved here I didn’t know what they were, so I googled “horrifying bug Chicago” and they came right up.
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@PunishedLink I think the test is only $60? But dues are $79/year, and all it gets you is hanging out with other people who think joining Mensa is a good idea.
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@eveewing Main character misses climactic events of movie because their GPS can't get them off Lower Wacker.
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This squares with the most recent NSDUH that shows 50% of 12 and up had a drink in the past month. That means 50% did not.
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@Curve125 Every major push at healthcare reform has been followed by a (temporary) slowing of cost growth. One theory is it’s the system (insurers and providers) becoming cost conscious to avoid further push for reform. Source: someone showed a graph in grad school.
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@grahamwalker My son had a measles scare and I’ve never seen people move as fast as the ED staff getting us into a negative pressure room.
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Ah yes, driving manual, the skill of my ancestors.
Normalize buying land with your siblings/closest friends and raising your families together. Teach your kids how to farm, cook from scratch, harvest herbal medicine, drive manual, start a fire, preserve food, and any other real world skills your ancestors were taught.
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@maxdubler @upzone_CA I think this comes down to rich people being surprised money is finite even when you have a lot of it.
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@dremilyportermd I think a bunch of these are fine and take pressure off primary care offices.
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@clhubes This is VERY cultural. It is common for well off white kid birthday parties, but it is unheard of in Latino culture. We said "no gifts" for our daughter's 7th birthday and everyone came with cash! I was mortified.
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@SkotiVi @henil91 @mrbergmann @unusual_whales Your tax rates were for a single person but your groceries are for a family of four. Ooookay.
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@_madisontayt @Tyre_94 It feels extra weird because mental illness ruins lives and kills people, and a cutesy Lexapro shirt moves us from an honest narrative and the hard work of real destigmatization to a cheeky allegedly anti-stigma message that totally misses the point.
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Good morning, I'm on a real computer now and the National Survey of Drug Use and Health says 54.9% of non-institutionalized civilian adults 18+ have had a drink in the past month. That would put the median slightly above monthly alcohol use.
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@opinonhaver It’s common in some countries to have a photo on your resume. But doing so here is against norms.
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@franklinleonard Mom was more surprised, but said something like “I know you don’t rush into things” which is hilariously true in light of my long path to bisexuality.
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@mnolangray An older Black man on the Blue Line in Chicago shamed someone into putting out their cigarette on the train. Let the elderly lead.
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It's only a home if it's from the "not Pennsylvania" region of New Jersey. Otherwise it's just a sparkling property.
@JohnFetterman I have 10 properties (disclosed when I announced). 2 homes. My turn: when can we debate?.
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There are about 500 unaccompanied minors in detention in Chicago, mostly in detention facilities run by @heartlandhelps. A reminder that one way children are "unaccompanied" is being separated from their parents by CBP.
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@tressiemcphd It is worth noting my sister lives in the Middle East where tubs are less common and isn’t just an anti-tub crazy person.
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My kid asked for more screen time today by saying “I was about to level up my monkey assistant” as if I was supposed to take that seriously.
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@nbeaudrot @chrislhayes Yeah, those of us close but not really close (me, my doctor friend) were slightly incredulous at first and now are like ZOMGWTFBBQEMERGENCY.
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@SkotiVi @the_del_taco @mrbergmann @unusual_whales Even if I throw you a bone and say all non-rent expenditures are subject to sales tax, that's only $13,371 in additional sales tax, which brings us to 43% effective.
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@franklinleonard Dad passed away a few months later, but I know he wanted nothing more than for me to be happy. Mom is a steadfast supporter of my sexuality, my relationship, and my family.
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@whstancil She's repulsive, and the fact that her views get traction and support is an indictment of society, although not in the way she thinks.
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@Drnicolecb I'm so sorry. My milk never came in due to previous breast surgery, I hate that people assume breastfeeding is an easy solution. I've heard ready to feed is more available because it is more expensive. Locally in Chicago I've seen small cans at smaller local stores.
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41% of school resource officers currently serving in CPS schools have sustained allegations of misconduct against them, meaning the violations were found to be true. #PoliceFreeSchools #cpdoutofcps
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@sock_dem She just needs leftist affirming therapy. The part about seeking out someone against mandatory reporting is a huge red flag.
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@mollyfleck That's hilarious and sad. They probably think most people just lock their front tire.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which is a chance to raise awareness and decrease stigma around mental health issues.
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@notkavi You are arguing that the most important place of worship in a literal city-state under the jurisdiction of the Catholic church should not be subject to the jurisdiction of. the Catholic church? It's just "a historical building"?.
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I’m proud to support this cause, because I know what it’s like to have your life plans derailed by medical expenses. Blessed to be in a position to help others now.
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@nilocobau D.C. is a strong contender, not gonna lie. I still like Chicago better, but the CTA situation is not great.
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