Advocate for city building. Hyping up nuclear energy ⚛️, transit 🚇, bicycles 🚲, and housing 🏘️. Mostly on bluesky: bsky.app/profile/michaelmcle…
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22 Jan 2025
In 2024, northern Illinois was the nuclear king.
⚡️ 93 TWh electricity consumed
⚛️ 89 TWh estimated nuclear electricity generation
⏰ Nuclear exceeded load 47% of the time
📅 Nuclear exceeded load on 338 days
💵 ¢17.2 per kilowatt hour for residential electricity
ALT A line chart with months from January to December 2024 on the horizontal axis (time) and megawatts (MW) from 0 to 22,000 on the vertical axis. The teal line represents the ComEd Zone Load, which fluctuates from around 6,000 MW to peaks above 20,000 MW (notably in midsummer). The pink line shows estimated nuclear generation, generally ranging between about 9,000 MW and 14,000 MW, occasionally intersecting or exceeding the teal load line. A text box in the lower-left highlights key annual stats: 93.3 Terawatt-hours of total electricity consumed, 89.4 Terawatt-hours of nuclear generation, nuclear generation exceeding load 47% of the time (over 338 days), and an average residential electricity rate of about 17.2 cents per kilowatt-hour. A small purple map of Illinois appears in the top-right, indicating the ComEd service area. Chart credits and data sources (PJM Interconnection, GridStatus.io, EIA Form 860, NRC Power Reactor Status, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) are listed at the bo
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Today is Trump's 80th birthday.
He is the oldest elected president in U.S. history.
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Another cuck Democrat 😭
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This is the true legacy of DOGE - the utter decimation of medical research.
MAGA idiots will try to tell you this is just cutting DEI programs. Keep in mind DOGE was filled with such idiots they killed physics grants that mentioned 'polarization' (of light) because of "DEI".
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There are more elevators per capita in Europe (Europe has greater accessibility than we do) precisely because they are unburdened by the anti-scientific building codes that prevent us from installing more space-efficient elevators in multistory buildings
Jun 12
i appreciate some americans growing desire for building code changes that could lead to more pleasant apartment buildings but we should keep in mind when looking at European buildings and going “oh how lovely” — the ADA is one of like three uniquely decent things America ever did
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Jun 12
So-called “inclusionary zoning” is bad policy that worsens the housing shortage and raises housing costs. I am glad to see smart legislators begin to dismantle it.
Jun 12
Seattle’s SOCIALIST mayor is proposing slashing inclusionary fees 80-90% to kickstart development
This is what YIMBYs voted for
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Jun 12
The USAID cuts are one of the worst things America has ever done in its history
It could have even been a slow phase out to let non profits take its place. But instead, it was purposely chaotic. They purposely made the state of it ambiguous before suddenly pulling all funding
Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries
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Jun 12
We don’t talk about this map enough.
Chicago bans new multifamily buildings in most neighborhoods—even where there are tons of vintage 2-flats, 3-flats, etc.
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Jun 12
Seattle’s SOCIALIST mayor is proposing slashing inclusionary fees 80-90% to kickstart development
This is what YIMBYs voted for
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Jun 11
Listen to this whiny Ann Arbor landlord piss and moan about having to compete with new apartments instead of just letting all of his properties degrade.
If you hate renters this much, you shouldn't be in this business. Housing can be affordable or a good investment, not both.
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Jun 11
Edward Snowden has officially started producing propaganda for the Kremlin.
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Jun 11
New - Generic Ballot poll
🔵 Democrats 50%
🔴 Republicans 40%
Largest 🔵 Lead since 2018
🟤 Trump approval: -15
Emerson #A - LV - 6/8
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Jun 9
DEI hire
🚨 BREAKING: Trump Ally Bari Weiss set to take over CNN after Paramount-Warner Bros merger is complete.
Bari Weiss currently leads CBS, and is expected to serve as lead for both media organizations in the future.
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“This public health crisis of traffic violence plaguing every corner of our city has remedies. And after 100 years of squeezing cars into every square inch of the city, it is past time … we rethink our relationship with the automobile.”
chicagotribune.com/2026/06/0…
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Jun 9
I just donated to the Chicago BikePAC in honor of Riley O’Neil, who was killed on his bike by this deadly street design.
The BikePAC will elect pro-bike alders who reject this kind of dangerous infrastructure.
chicagobikepac.org
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Jun 9
This dipshit discovered that SQL server at one point replaced blank date of birth fields with a default of 01/01/1900, so he harassed an 86 year old woman.
Jun 7
🚨 Meet Doris, she lives in California and is registered as a 126 year old who has voted in 51 elections and has NO IDEA.
California’s voting system is so corrupt that by simply knocking on the door of the “126 year old” proves election fraud.
EXPOSE IT ALL.
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Jun 8
Florida’s population boom looks done.
The Census data released in March shows net domestic migration collapsing 93% since 2022, from 310,892 to just 22,517 in 2025. And in this dataset, Tampa, Orlando, and Miami are all now shrinking.
Housing costs seem to finally be biting.
Jun 8
Not official Census data, but the Bank of America’s recently estimated Indianapolis and Salt Lake City are the fastest-growing US metros over the last 6 months. DC, LA, and Memphis shrank.
Easy to paint a picture rn of Midwest revival, visible in surging Midwest home prices.
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Jun 8
iOS 27 introduces 3 seperate volume sliders so you can customize for Ringtone, Alarms/Timers, and Alerts/System Sounds
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Jun 8
it’s actually crazy how Trump literally ruins everything he touches
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Jun 8
Doesn’t matter how much enforcement and educational messaging there is. This will never be a safe way for cyclists and drivers to coexist.
We need dedicated concrete infrastructure.
Maybe it’s time for Illinois to add a question about bikes getting doored to its driver’s license test, and maybe it’s time to add some signs on light poles around high bike transit areas reminding dumbass drivers to check their side mirrors for other traveling human beings
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