Government

  • City Council approves ordinance for surveillance cameras in private Chicago businesses | Chicago News, Politics, Culture and Commentary – WindyCitizen.com

    I don’t see any reason why we can’t start our own Memorandums of Understanding amongst ourselves and share video data feeds among a huge network of private citizens. City Council approves ordinance for surveillance cameras in private Chicago businesses | Chicago News, Politics, Culture and Commentary – WindyCitizen.com

  • Fertilizer Subsidies for Food Security

    There are some things that only government can do, All hail Malawi. Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts – New York TimesBut this year, a nation that has perennially extended a begging bowl to the world is instead feeding its hungry neighbors. It is selling more corn to the World Food Program of the…

  • Odd Spam Notice re: Fema.gov

    The message “Missle Strike: The USA kills more then 20000 Iranian citizens” from thirstily (fhd@fema.gov) contained a virus or a suspicious attachment. It was therefore not fetched from your account dan_x_oneil@yahoo.com and has been left on the server. If you wish to write to thirstily, just hit reply and send thirstily a message. Thanks, The…

  • Chicago Clout List

    I know that this PDF is available over here at the Tribune (thanks, Second City Cop), but they’re notorious for linkrot, so I wanted to post it here to make it available for all. Looking at it makes me think of the poor humans who maintained the damn thing– fun w/ Excel! Chicago Clout List

  • Why The CTA Alerts Isn’t Customized

    Splitting up alerts is the most common feature request we’ve gotten from the start. I know why it’s appealing– it would be a cool thing if you could get a simple answer to a simple question: Should I take my normal public transportation route or should I alter it? Should I descened these subway steps…