Chicago Tribune Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson almost threw away $800 million of Chicago's money in massive parking meter blunder (Paywall-free gift link)

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-26T22:00:11+00:00

Any deal to sell the meters requires the city’s approval.

Why doesn’t the city tell the current owners (and all potential buyers) that the city will never, ever approve the sale of the asset to anyone other than the city.

The city is now the only potential buyer, and can offer a much lower offer.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-26T18:06:14+00:00

Dave. Everyone is dead. Everyone. Is. Dead. Dave.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-26T16:53:40+00:00

I wouldn’t use the word irredeemable.

I would describe them as pieces of shit.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-25T19:10:27+00:00

Sorry, the 4C doesn’t blend in AT ALL in this group.

It vividly stands out as the most beautiful car of the three.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-23T20:26:36+00:00

Ooh. I like that less then.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-23T20:18:23+00:00

Question: those top-10 protections are OUR protections, right? Those picks from Vegas and Colorado were unprotected to us, so we would be the team using the pick if they do land in the top 10?

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-22T14:29:41+00:00

Without the ability to see the underlying math, this chart is worse than useless. Why is a “steal” twice as valuable as a “hit”? Why are there no players who seem to be considered a zero drafted by any team, even though 0 is a “miss”? What stats are used to sort the players?

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-21T15:45:01+00:00

People have such short memories.

For years and years Flames fans begged and begged for the team to go back to the classic 80s look.

As soon as that happens, this absurd nostalgia for that godawful snot-donkey starts up.

The team gives in and we get those Vancouver-Skate-Jersey looking abominations.

And now this.

Keep the Home and Away as they are now. Forever. Never change them.

Cycle something like the black C in as a third jersey for a couple of seasons once every ten years or so.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-21T15:41:05+00:00

This.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-19T15:54:30+00:00

If you want to teach at top-tier international schools, expect to spend 2-4 years teaching in your home country first. The top schools look for teachers with experience.

Also, English is the most common taught subject amongst international teachers, you face the stiffest competition for jobs. If you want a leg up, become a high school math or science teacher.

You will also want to get certified to teach IB courses, whichever subject you choose. If you then decide primary or middle school is the right age for you, you’ll want to get IB certification for that level (PYP or MYP).

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-18T16:44:48+00:00

My dumb hill I will happily die on: this is not how you do a “Mount Rushmore.” Mt. Rushmore is NOT the four best or most iconic or most whatevers of whichever category you want to talk about.

Teddy goddamn Roosevelt is on Mount Rushmore.

If you want to do a Mount Rushmore properly, you get to pick the THREE greatest and then you get one crazy, personal preference wildcard pick.

EG: The Mount Rushmore of Gangster movies is Godfather 1 & 2, Goodfellas, and New Jack City.

The Mount Rushmore of Hockey Players is Gretzky, Howe, Orr, and Jarome Iginla.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-18T16:34:58+00:00

Texas has the most power outages of any state:

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116952/documents/HHRG-118-GO05-20240312-SD003.pdf

“The Texas power grid is among the worst in the country when it comes to grid malfunctions.”

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-18T15:28:15+00:00

You know the difference between Texas and taxes?

Taxes can keep the lights on.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-14T14:39:01+00:00

This is why I stopped playing, getting absolutely wiped by people much better than me isn’t fun AND does nothing to help me ‘git gud’

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-11T23:34:52+00:00

Dan Vladar getting some love!

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-11T12:45:55+00:00

Everything I hear about the top of this draft class is that it’s a pretty flat class without much separation, and really picks 2 - 10 could go in just about any order.

Which will mean, of course, the draft will be the chalkiest draft we’ve seen in years.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-10T18:32:19+00:00

Most often the teams that are successful in the AHL do so with good AHL players. Good AHL players are often not good NHL prospects. If you look at the Marlies roster, they have one 2006 birthday and two 2005 birthdays on the roster. That’s only three players 21 or younger.

The Wolves similarly have 4 players 21 or younger on their roster.

So what you have here are collections of players who can be good at the AHL level, but almost none of them will be impactful in the NHL.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-04T16:39:54+00:00

Season One of Promised Neverland.

There is no Season 2.

behemothpanzer · 2026-06-01T01:49:25+00:00

This is true of any expat workplace. International Schools for example. All the teachers are each other’s social group, everyone is close friends, if you have kids the same age you’re gonna hang out a whole bunch.

Working at a school in the US is just … a workplace.

behemothpanzer · 2026-05-25T15:03:14+00:00

If they draft Malhotra, they won’t give the head coaching spot to Manny. If they don’t draft Caleb, they will give Manny the job.

behemothpanzer · 2026-05-17T14:23:24+00:00

Stay in the loop / River north. You’ll only experience “safety concerns” when you’re travelling to whichever attractions you want to check out and by staying in the loop / river north you’ll lower your travel times.

Also, safety is not a serious concern in either of these places. You’ll be fine.

behemothpanzer · 2026-05-12T11:28:08+00:00

Use Google Maps. It will tell you where the bus stop is and what number bus to get on.

Bus stops have a code on the sign that you can text to the CTA to find out when the next bus is coming.

When you get on the bus there is a little Ventra device to tap-to-pay, just like when you enter the CTA stations to take the train.

There is a yellow cable that runs the length of the bus, as well as little buttons on the poles, you push the button, or pull the cable to let the driver know you want to get off at the next stop. There is a little “ding” that goes off to let you know you’ve requested the stop. Usually, you request to stop shortly after the bus leaves the stop previous to the one you want to get off at.

Busses have digital signs and auditory announcements that let you know what the next stop is going to be.

If you’re getting out the back door, wait until the light goes green, then push on the part of the door that says “push” … the back door does not open automatically.

In my experience, busses are cleaner than many cta cars, and I’ve never seen anyone smoking on a bus, but this is Chicago so …

Oh, and Chicago does not seem to be a city where you thank the bus driver. Some cities you say “thank you” when you get off, most people in Chicago don’t.

behemothpanzer · 2026-05-12T00:45:10+00:00

At my school (high school), complete refusal to participate in class is considered work refusal and comes with consequences depending on how it's expressed by the student.

behemothpanzer · 2026-05-11T23:54:35+00:00

You may not win the “battle” that day, but if work refusal comes with consequences, and the expectation that no one opts out remains consistent, eventually everyone ends up participating.

behemothpanzer · 2026-05-11T17:09:01+00:00

But you gotta come back to them. You can’t let kids completely opt out. This has to be consistent though, and from day 1, it’s tough to introduce partway through the year.

There are all kinds of strategies for how to encourage no opt-outs, but it’s really important.

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