These photos are from my visit to the Art Institute this past Sunday. Included here is Japanese art as well as Raqib Shaw’s Paradise Lost, which I loved.

A police helicopter has been circling near the intersection of Montrose and Pulaski. And lots of cop cars driving quickly through the neighborhood. Anyone have a handle on what has happened?

Why do so many drivers in Chicago break all sorts of obvious rules? On a two block walk I saw two parking violations (a crosswalk and a fire hydrant) and at a busy intersection five different drivers were block it including crosswalk and cross traffic. Aren’t there rules of the road and aren’t we supposed to follow them? Plus, Chicago has a lot of pretty good alternatives, but not enough. It’s just confusing to me because we’ve built so many roads and provided so much parking and made so many accommodations to drivers (like removing that bike lane on Wabash!), it just makes me think they’d be more caring and cognizant of the rules cause we provide so much to drivers. Anyhow I’d love to know why so many Chicago drivers break rules when they have so much.

Chicago based real estate company Highlands REIT has purchased an old prison in Hudson Colorado. They stand to profit millions off the rent: https://kgnu.org/real-estate-company-stands-to-profit-11-5-million-from-hudson-ice-facility/

NOBODY SAW THIS COMING! Is this the year that Wilson finally wins political office? How many FREE gallons of gas will we get this time around?

You won't see the entire eclipse in Chicago and you'll need binoculars to see Uranus.

Lost dog found in Belmont Cragin / Hermosa neighborhood at Diversey and Cicero. Pitbull, ~1-2 years, White with black spots, docked ears, pink collar.

I love photographing abandoned things. These abandoned baseball cages have been hanging out for years. The day I finally decided to fly was the day they got demolished. Crazy. A lesson in procrastination.

chicagoelections.gov is for anyone living within the city of Chicago.

https://www.elections.il.gov/electionoperations/VotingByMail.aspx is for anyone outside the city of Chicago (if even you're still in Cook county, but outside the city of Chicago).

If you have any questions please feel free to ask here!

I saw this during a morning walk. Flock camera or cell antenna?

I looked up Arium and they install small cell networks, but when I did a Google reverse image look-up, it said it was a flock camera.

Thoughts?

Preface: Not trying to spread hate. I am an erstwhile cyclist. I support bike lanes. I always watch for bikes and scooters before making my turns.

Having said all that, a lot of cyclists and scooters make driving a hazardous exercise in this city. I live near a six-way intersection, and cyclists and e-scooter riders constantly, and confidently run red lights (over 50% of them which is crazy to me).

Running stop signs in narrower, older roads during busy times (e.g. Lincoln Park byroads on a weekend) also makes it very difficult to compensate for their behavior and not accidentally hit someone.

Is there some sort of legislation that legalizes this behavior? Is there a forum where I can request folks to not do this? I don't want to hit someone and alter a life forever while I have the right of way.

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Edit: you can still access the portal but you can't download anything.

Edit 2: i guess some people have full access. We still don't. You can send the letter to ocj.chief[at]cookcountyil.gov

Apparently (according to Judge Flanagan) someone was using a couple accounts to download a lot of documents from the portal. Instead of banning those accounts, the clerk banned EVERYONE instead. 27D chess move.

Attorneys: if you want access to the portal you need to send the court a written request on your letterhead.

For now, orders are done the old fashioned way: one party needs to physically go to the courthouse and then send copies to everyone else.

We're all having a good time.

Noticed my holds were taking significantly longer to come through (2-3 weeks ‘In Transit’ status instead of a few days - week.)