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Data Scientist | Psychology PhD | I like bicycles, science, and Chicago

Chicago, IL
Joined May 2018
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The feds just pumped over a billion dollars into modernizing the Red Line on the north side of Chicago Its time to modernize the land use around it to help the city grow. Come advocate for one of the biggest positive zoning changes in Chicago's history tonight!!! Deets below
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I've decided Joey will just always beat me to announcing my own work... Anyway, check out our new paper in the Journal of Neuroscience!! We replicate and (significantly?) extend Thyer et al.'s finding of a generalizable WM load signal. But that's not all...
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My friend and I took the South Shore line from Chicago to South Bend, IN and then rode our bikes across Michigan to Detroit! It took 4 days and was about 250 miles 🚴‍♂️
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The final day was Chelsea to Detroit, through Ann Arbor. Another day of mostly shoulder riding, and then the long approach into Detroit. Ann Arbor is gorgeous, and downtown Detroit is breathtaking.
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Overall, a very nice tour! If I did it again, I would spread it out across 5 days. 60-70 mile days is too much for me. Michigan was great and I want to visit Detroit again.
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Housing is more expensive now. There are a few reasons for this. Here in Chicago, one of those reasons isn’t super obvious—until you go to a community meeting for a local housing proposal. Here’s a thread about the absurdity of housing development in 2024🧵
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Biking is up 119% in Chicago since 2019! With a @bikegridnow, the sky’s the limit. 🚲
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We combined all forms of Active mobility (walking and cycling) into A, moving by Public Transport (Bus or Metro) into B, and moving by Car (including motorbikes and taxis) into C. The result: the ABC of mobility 🚶🚌🚗 Check out our new paper 👇🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Join @bscactionfund, Black JoyRide, @bikegridnow, and Streets Calling on Saturday and Roll to the Polls for @bringchicagohome! Meet us at Women’s Park and Gardens and learn about why we’re voting ‘Yes’ – and then roll with us to early vote together! RSVP: bit.ly/BCHRollToThePolls
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I’m back … with more Green Mill history! I did a massive update of the chapter called "Piecing Together the Green Mill Puzzle." More photos! More historical documents! More Sanborn maps! New discoveries! robertloerzel.com/2023/03/31…
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William Thyer retweeted
it’s kinda funny that the reason wikis are called that is because of the shuttle bus at the honolulu airport
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William Thyer retweeted
If you thought Superblocks were the big thing in Barcelona, you were right last year but now you're wrong. Here's my WTF IS HAPPENING IN BARCELONA thread. 🧵
I am pretty excited to share what’s happening in Barcelona because it is fucking amazing. (this is not a.i.)
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