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Michael McLean

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Michael McLean

@cornoisseur

Advocate for city building. Hyping up nuclear energy ⚛️, transit 🚇, bicycles 🚲, and housing 🏘️. Mostly on bluesky: bsky.app/profile/michae…

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Joined July 2009

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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Jan 22, 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
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Oct 26, 2025
I’m out strolling along Milwaukee Avenue, and a couple middle schoolers just handed me a whistle + information about how to resist ICE in Chicago.
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Oct 22, 2025
Time to stop shopping at businesses that allow federal agents to kidnap your neighbors Drop Home Depot. Go to Ace and Lowes instead.
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Feb 27, 2023
Apple Maps > Google Maps
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Oct 25, 2025
Here’s the guy in charge of Border Parrol in Chicago. Yesterday he threw gas at peaceful protesters. What does he resemble to you?
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Jan 19, 2024
BREAKING Apple Maps grants “Landmark” status to The Famous Chicago Rat Hole This is a transit-oriented landmark, accessible by both the Brown Line and 50 Damen bus
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Jan 9, 2024
Bloomberg Green
@climate
Jan 8, 2024
A typical one-liter bottle of water contains roughly 240,000 previously undetected plastic fragments, according to a new study trib.al/e4F4iEI
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Oct 27, 2025
Replying to @Robert_A_Hahn
Found the hall monitor
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Jul 12, 2025
Incredible YIMBY propaganda in Edgewater (Photo: bsky.app/profile/jennyh…)
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Nov 12, 2025
What an incredible substorm at Montrose Harbor in Chicago
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Jan 7, 2024
🇫🇷 France is exporting so much power to Europe right now. And the crazy part is that they plan on bringing 6.9GW more nuclear capacity online this month. Nice!
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Sep 18, 2025
Replying to @TVAnews
Total waste. We should all feel a sense of shame about destroying a piece of infrastructure that could be repurposed.
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Sep 26, 2023
Where does all that rubber go? Believe or not, it goes into your brain
Jeremy Judkins
@jeremyjudkins_
Sep 25, 2023
A tire that allows you to numerically visualize your remaining tread depth.
journals.plos.org
Three month inhalation exposure to low-level PM2.5 induced brain toxicity in an Alzheimer’s disease...
Although numerous epidemiological studies revealed an association between ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the PM2.5-induced neuron toxicity and associ...
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Michael McLean
@cornoisseur
Sep 29, 2023
I don’t think cities are ready for how much rubber they will be huffing from EVs
Rhys Samson
@samsonusmc
Sep 29, 2023
Replying to @greentheonly
Today on my Model S - 32k mi Fronts. Rears changed 10k ago
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