Some news: Tracy Baim, far left, publisher of The Reader just called to say they're going to pay me for last 2/6 branded features she hired me to write, but the series is cancelled and they don't want me pitch again. The timing suggests this is due to my Hideout reporting. Here's my Medium post about the closure of the The Hideout music venue after an IG post by ex-booker Mykele Deville w/ accusations that it was a racist, workplace. One of Deville's Black coworkers reportedly said Deville's allegations may be exaggerated. medium.com/@johngreenfiel…

Day 3 of my ride from Chicago to the nearest Waffle House in Avon, IN, outside of Indianapolis. After a good night’s sleep at this cheap motel in northeast West Lafayette, home of Purdue, I’ve got 69 miles to WH, 82 to my hotel near the circle in downtown Indy. Downtown West Lafayette.

After a fun PG-13 bachelor party in the Indiana Dunes (hikes, homemade pizza, guitars, soft drug use by my companions, hot tub) I’m leaving Beverly Shores for West Lafayette today, home of Purdue, then on to the closest #WaffleHouse to Chicago in Avon, outside Indy, tomorrow. I rode 70 miles to the dunes from Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood on Friday night. On a clear day you can see the Chicago skyline from here. 104 miles to go to my motel in West Lafayette. This will be my longest ride in a day for about a decade. Let’s see how I do...

I’m leaving Chicago’s Uptown nabe to bike to the closest #WaffleHouse in Avon, Indiana, outside Indianapolis. 70 miles to ride tonight to a bachelor party in the Indiana Dunes, where I’ll spend the weekend. It’s going to be a long night, but it’s a familiar route on trails. That last place was Jake’s Pup in the Ruf, specializing in broasted (pressure-fried) chicken.

Chicago’s Lakefront Trail is super busy today thanks to the gorgeous weather. Good to see that the separate pedestrian path south of Fullerton Avenue is repaired and re-opened.

It's wild that for the past 24+ hours right-wing columnist @John_Kass's pinned tweet has been one throwing shade on me via a quote from Irish writer and gay icon #OscarWilde.

While I appreciate the exposure, here's why Kass should probably keep Wilde's name out of his mouth. Here's the Kass tweet, still pinned to the top of his Twitter profile two days after I first critiqued his glowing eulogy for Rush Limbaugh, the radio host who was notorious for his hateful comments about LGBTQ people, and just about every other marginalized group.

THREAD: Last week right-wing @chicagotribune columnist @John_Kass ran a column blaming rising crime and civil unrest in big cities like Chicago on "left-wing billionaire George Soros [spending] millions of dollars to help elect liberal social justice warriors as prosecutors." "[Soros] remakes the justice system in urban America, flying under the radar," Kass wrote. "The Soros-funded prosecutors... are the ones who help release the violent on little or no bond." The piece ran with a photo of Soros a frequent target of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

Thread: An argument I've been hearing about the high U.S. scooter fatality rate (2X as many deaths as U.S. bike-share in 1/10 the time) is "Scooters aren't the problem, cars & car-centric streets are." I think that's half right. Our car-centric system IS dangerous for everyone. Obviously, to reduce overall traffic fatality and injury rates, we need to encourage alternatives to driving, and better enforce laws against reckless, intoxicated, and distracted driving. That's a lot of what I advocate for on Streetsblog.