Neo-Misnaged, siddur collector, transit user, 🚴🏻‍♂️https://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3ljw52cmf5s27Alright I'm making a VC company it's called ARTILLR Makes 155mm shells, but with a cool office where people wear those weird dress sweatpants [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2025 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljw52cmf5s27https://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3le6dqoyqz224Alright I gotta admit Rock of Ages slaps, rare Jewish liturgy in English W26 Dec 2024 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3le6dqoyqz224https://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3ldkfojw6h22cGiven the orientation of the moon and description of this as being in the evening, it seems Yertle the Turtle takes place in the Southern Hemisphere18 Dec 2024 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldkfojw6h22chttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3lcc3ajytg22hThe CTA left-justified the route information for (dubious) "accessibility", but half the time the signs say something irrelevant about the season or local sports teams. Probably they just care about getting a nice press release but actually don't care about how easy it is to read the damn signs [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Dec 2024 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcc3ajytg22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3lb4altbycs2eHell hath no fury like a woman glaring at her husband over the mechitza for talking in shul17 Nov 2024 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb4altbycs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3laddkn3nua2pLove it when "pro peace" protestors all have signs about who they think should win the war (the terrorists because ofc) [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Nov 2024 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3laddkn3nua2phttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3lad4gtxovw2rConsidering becoming a conservative just to avoid listening to how insufferable progressives are gonna be07 Nov 2024 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3lad4gtxovw2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3lacnq52plt2dRaise the voting age! Not that hard to fix this (And add a maximum age too) [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Nov 2024 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3lacnq52plt2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3lac24wrvov2lFrum progressives: now is the time to switch to Nusach Anglia so you can daven for the downfall of the מלכות זדון in shmone esrei06 Nov 2024 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3lac24wrvov2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3laanluotgu2rEating coconut milk ice cream because סימנא מילתא06 Nov 2024 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3laanluotgu2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3la7njbmd7e2lCook County should have a special box at the polls where you can select the “girl I guess” picks, and then it puts your vote directly in the trash can Would probably speed things at some polling places05 Nov 2024 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3la7njbmd7e2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3la4zb6nogg2vWhile this does suck, walking from the L to McCormick much faster than the miserable people in cars is quite nice [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Nov 2024 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3la4zb6nogg2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3la4x4fy7u22aI love telling folks here for the Pack Expo that they should use transit to get to McCormick I don’t love when there’s a 55 minute gap in Metra service from Millennium to McCormick right when the expo floor opens04 Nov 2024 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3la4x4fy7u22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3la36iygu7i2vIdk who this question is for, but... If I wanted to go from Chicago to somewhere with a dark enough sky to see plenty of stars without a car...the move here is Amtrak to Gilman IL, right?03 Nov 2024 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3la36iygu7i2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3l7veymuo7s2zWe need to raise the voting age asap [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Nov 2024 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7veymuo7s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3l4rgp5mri32lReally remarkable that the CTA still hasn’t figured out how to not drop runs when they’re running not so frequent service22 Sep 2024 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4rgp5mri32lhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3l47tmcsaps2wI would simply not build rapid transit in a highway median15 Sep 2024 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3l47tmcsaps2whttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3l3vjd2w3tq2lBig miss by Kamala not saying “hey Donald, cat got your tongue?” when he was stammering out how people are eating pets11 Sep 2024 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3vjd2w3tq2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3l3spnm7iyn27Why hasn’t AI been adopted for the most obvious use case—automatically transcribing WhatsApp voice notes10 Sep 2024 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3spnm7iyn27https://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3khasl2jzhp2ai.imgflip.com/8ac00p.jpg24 Dec 2023 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3khasl2jzhp2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3kh2t6irset2hDrivers are as crazy as ever, but it’s really encouraging that new bike infrastructure is being built quickly enough for me to notice the improvement even over a short timescale. Chicago people, the bike lane on Francisco to access the channel trail is striped21 Dec 2023 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3kh2t6irset2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3kfw67ivtfs25what did y'all think decolonization meant? vibes? papers?07 Dec 2023 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfw67ivtfs25https://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3kfb3vyuj3v2sFun fact: the name בעל חנן in this week’s parsha is effectively the same name as Hannibal (just with the word order reversed)28 Nov 2023 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfb3vyuj3v2shttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3kelbfgf55b2r“For sale: baby shoes, never worn” isn’t really poignant once you have kids. Obviously they’re not worn! Babies don’t usually need or like wearing shoes! And they grow out of them after like a week!19 Nov 2023 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3kelbfgf55b2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3kek6ht7kvn22Imagine if every time there was a car crash, the DOT closed the road for several days to investigate https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/18/23967261/cta-yellow-line-crash-caused-by-design-issue-national-transportation-safety-board-says19 Nov 2023 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3kek6ht7kvn22https://bsky.app/profile/daasbalabatim.bsky.social/post/3kefxir3e3u2tThe yellow line is closed and the 97 has half hour headways Maybe there are additional shuttles, but there’s no way to track them, and it’s not clear from the CTA where to board them at Oakton @ctaction.org17 Nov 2023 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:nsmrao7migpee6tdmw5mtn75/app.bsky.feed.post/3kefxir3e3u2t