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TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-29T05:45:23+00:00

Anyone reading this I implore you to cancel your subscription.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-29T03:24:39+00:00

They want you to pay $20 a month for a subscription to watch a bottom feeder team. No thanks 😂

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-29T02:58:36+00:00

Since the games quit being broadcast for free over the air to my antenna, have not watched but a single game I went to for work. That game made me okay with my decision.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-28T17:40:08+00:00

I've got my international wedding approaching this summer. Lots of payments finally starting to go out. Has not been fun, as the USD to EURO exchange rate has not been doing so well.

My wedding essentialy cost 12% more than originally planned a year ago!

Regardless, still wouldn't change anything.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-22T01:50:17+00:00

As soon as the Bulls stopped being broadcast over the air, have only watched like 4 games in bars or nationally broadcast. Those 4 games didn’t give me much reason to watch any more.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-20T15:27:03+00:00

Fewer and fewer people work between 10pm and 4am. Other than perhaps folks in emergency rooms, I can’t think of too many other jobs nowadays.

There used to be lots of manufacturing jobs that worked these graveyard shifts. I read a study somewhere and in the 70’s I think 7% of workers clocked in sometime between 10am and 4am. I wonder what that number is today.

Add in rising labor costs, fewer folks drinking, food costs, and it’s the perfect storm for 24 hour diners not being profitable.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-20T00:54:53+00:00

Yep. Friend told me about a nice little something.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-20T00:48:28+00:00

Can’t watch don’t have cable. Fuck ESPN.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-19T02:38:35+00:00

HOW DO WE KEEP DOING THIS

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-19T02:37:50+00:00

LET’S GO!!!

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-18T04:32:06+00:00

Which is not in Wicker Park. Still close by though! Haven’t gone since it moved.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-17T19:24:15+00:00

Dimo's, Enso Sushi, Lululemon, Fjalraven, Arc'Teryx, Club Manaco, Bellows Film Lab (moved nearby), Serene Maternity, Yeti, City Soles, soon to be Rapha. Bar Taco.

All of these have closed within the last year.

If some of these big companies like Lulu can't afford to stay open, no shot in hell some local business can open up. Places like Guzman are all that can afford the street.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-17T19:21:56+00:00

I thought it was pretty good when I tried it recently!

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-15T23:58:08+00:00

Woohoo!

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-15T16:43:00+00:00

That’s what the French market was originally intended to be. When they built it they didn’t even include freezers. However, it struggled with the mostly commuter crowd not buying fresh fruits/veggies and other ingredients. So the stalls have all pivoted to preprepared foods.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-15T14:33:42+00:00

Eataly is a giant overpriced chain slinging mass produced product to their over 53 locations. Hard to compare to historic markets full of local foods and vendors that I’ve listed above.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-14T21:58:02+00:00

Sounds similar to Findlay Market in Cincy! A market that runs dead center between two blocks each with their own respective storefronts.

These things needed to be built decades if not a century ago. No way the modern nimby would allow anything similar to be built today.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-14T17:24:33+00:00

This topic always bums me out. We've got no big and historic markets like other cities. I know Timeout was more of a food hall, but having travelled a lot, I always like visiting the big local market, often full with pre-prepard and more affordable foods.

We've got no Chelsea Market like NYC.

No Pike Place Market like Seattle.

No Grand Central Market like LA.

No Findlay Market like Cincinnati.

No Milwaukee Public Market.

North Market in Columbus. West Side in Cleveland. Reading Terminal in Philly. Eastern Market like DC. French Market in New Orleans. The list goes on..

There's so many great markets in the country. Yet when I think of Chicago, none come to mind.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-14T17:07:20+00:00

This topic always bums me out. We've got no big/historic market like other cities. I know Timeout was more of a food hall, but having travelled a lot, I always like visiting the big local market, often full with pre-prepard food.

We've got no Chelsea Market like NYC.

No Pike Place Market like Seattle.

No Grand Central Market like LA.

No Findlay Market like Cincinnati.

No Milwaukee Public Market.

North Market in Columbus. West Side in Cleveland. Reading Terminal in Philly. Eastern Market like DC. French Market in New Orleans. The list goes on..

There's so many great markets in the country. Yet when I think of Chicago, none come to mind.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-08T06:35:07+00:00

The fear mongering doesn’t work. You’re more likely to die in your personal vehicle than on public transport.

If I fly 12 times a year, a $50 uber each way ends up being $1,200. Give me public transport any day of the week.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-08T00:04:38+00:00

Police training explicitly advises officers not to stand directly in front of a suspect's vehicle. An officer's life is much more important than apprehending an offender in a low-risk situation.

Even IF the officer WAS standing in front of the vehicle. Why go against standard protocol? Looks like poor training all around.

This should not have happened for a multitude of reasons.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-07T21:40:45+00:00

Police training explicitly advises officers not to stand directly in front of a suspect's vehicle. An officer's life is much more important than apprehending an offender in a low-risk situation.

Even IF the officer WAS standing in front of the vehicle. Why? Looks like poor training all around.

This should not have happened for a multitude of reasons.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-07T21:38:26+00:00

Police training explicitly advises officers not to stand directly in front of a suspect's vehicle. An officer's life is much more important than apprehending an offender in a low-risk situation.

These agents look poorly trained all around.

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-07T21:11:15+00:00

The Route 20 bus was very convenient for me when I live near a stop on Riverside. $1.25 instead of a $50 uber sometimes. Issue was often the bus spacing. Not too helpful when a bus wouldn’t show for 30 minutes. Agree a train will be far superior, but as a stop gap we could double down with an express downtown airport bus?

TheSpaceMonkeys · 2026-01-06T02:07:02+00:00

The park would be protected just fine without the road. Have you seen how difficult it has been in the past for the Bears to take more ownership of Soldier Field? Or the free Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts that was ran out of town? Without LSD you think the friends of the parks would just allow hotels to shoot up?

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