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Abby Klionsky

@abionsky.bsky.social
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Teacher of littles ~ year-round #biker / donated car to NPR ~ indoor climber ~ improv w/ @whimsypc.bsky.social ~ Chicago native + lived in NJ, MS, & CA ~ mostly posts about #bikechi, transit, & the Point

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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 1h
Hot take: I know people say don't look at your phone while walking, and especially while crossing streets. But sometimes at night I open my phone and hold the screen up just so drivers notice that there's an actual human in the stop-signed intersection they're about to blow through
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Asher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
This is a great, if accidental(?) 2026 update to Hemon's Reason's to Never Leave Chicago www.chicagotribune.com/2013/03/11/2...
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Today marks five years that I have lived in Chicago. What that means, thanks to the vagaries of American immigration law, is that it is almost time to go home to London, where I will be covering Europe. It's been a time. I have learned a lot. I figured I'd write a bunch of it down:
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 12h
Omg, how have I never read the Hemon list? It's perfect
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Lake forever, giant waves-induced rainbow for now
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Bar mitts are out in Chicago!
A black fleece-clad arm disappearing into a black bar mitt attached to yellow bike handlebars
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Close bsky.app/profile/eric...
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 15/10/2026
Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to fill out NITA’s 2027 budget survey! This will play a big role in shaping the future of how our transit dollars are allocated — be sure to let them know you want frequent, reliable, modern, and connected service. And maybe…#BuildTheTunnel!
polco.us
What Moves You? Help Shape the 2027 NITA Budget
Polco is a secure and reliable place to provide input directly to local and state leaders, as well as other socially minded organizations.
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Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
IT PASSED IT PASSED IT PASSED AUTOMATIC TICKETING FOR OBSTRUCTING BIKE AND BUS LANES WILL EXPAND CITYWIDE!!
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Lake forever, crawfish mugging for the camera for now! (In the aforementioned lake)
Two claws and the head of a bluish crawfish poking above the water and out onto a rock
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Can confirm, water continues to sparkle (video from late morning)
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Happy annual "Forget about the Marathon Reroute and Get on a NB 6 that Stops at State & Roosevelt and Goes No Further, With No Announcements from the Driver" Day!
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey, I was there, too! Shouldn't have been surprised by the O Canada, but it caught me delightfully off guard
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also not a problem anywhere there are people who "have Shabbat dinner" aka invite friends over for nice din + ritual on Fridays
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Omg! Paved???
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sparkling water forever, seltzer for now
A glittering lake beneath a bright blue sky and a white-hot sun. The silhouette of the Obama Presidential Center and the Museum of Science and Industry are visible in the  background. The foreground is large limestone rocks A hand holding a glass of seltzer with condensation on the sides and bubbles throughout
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Traveling without my emotional support last-mile bike today and feeling very naked. At least I have the helmet, but it's not the same.
An orange helmet clipped to a blue backpack. Both are settled between a pair of denim-clad legs, on a speckled (subway car) floor
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is @nitachicago.bsky.social planning to implement fair-capping? Someone remind me. Bc I forgot to buy a Cta day-pass and now I'm annoyed. If you could buy in advance & choose to use it when you wanted that'd be fine, but you can't bc they auto-activate the next time you tap after purchase
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fortunately, all passengers were able-bodied enough to make the walk in the street/on unsidewalked uneven grass to the next stop, and also the weather is perfect.
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I should note that our driver made 0 announcements. rider rumor mill informed said doors weren't opening (that's the malfunction). fellow passenger pulled emergency release and opened doors, and everyone filed out calmly. But the driver said not a word (and also didn't honk at the passing 6 to wait)
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nothing like ~30 people (more behind me) walking in a four-lane street (bc no sidewalks) to the next bus stop after their bus broke down. At least the NB 6s were bunched and the next driver waited for us!
Several people walking in the street and on a strip of grass next to overgrown bushes and trees. There is a bus visible in the distance
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I. Love. Rain gear. Head to toe. Dry through the pour, the car splash, the clogged-drain street flooding.
A person (me!) lifting their leg to show that they are wearing rain boots, rain pants, and a rain coat, with an orange helmet over the hood. All the gear is wet, and the person is smiling
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My library copy came in yesterday
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I have been thinking about this a lot lately! I've always wanted to be one of the people whose data contributed to poll results on national trends, etc., but I simply don't trust any unknown number that texts me. How did they used to get people to trust that it was really a real polling agency?
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some someone doing this on a divvy sometime in the past two weeks and chuckled about it
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 01/10/2026
#Recall: Gazelle USA Recalls Urban Arrow Cargo Electric Bikes; The front bolt in the seat post clamping mechanism can break, causing the seat to become loose, posing a fall hazard. Get repair. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...
Recalled electric bikes.
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
oh no
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's about time!
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wait I saw this one the other day and said out loud, "isn't that illegal?"
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Heads up Hyde Park chicago.apparmor.com/notification...
chicago.apparmor.com
NotifyChicago: On Mon, 9/28 & Tues, 9/29 from 7am-5pm, smoke special effects may be visible due to filming in the area of U of C, Obama Center & Griffin Museum.
Chicago OEMC
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kind of? Some supplements -- including prenatals, which I took for a while not for anticipated pregnancy -- can boost nail (and hair) growth/strength
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thanks. Where did you find more info?
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bike is a black canondale, with a bit of red on the front fork. It has a rear rack black bag. This is as close as I can get.
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Addendum: cops say they think it was a hit and run, head wound.
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Biker hit on Lake Park Park just north of 51st -- bike is in the median with bent rear wheel, but biker not on site anymore. CPD caution taping off the area, mentioned blood on the ground. Cops say biker taken to UChicago hospital, probably in the last ~30 mins. Idk any other details.
Four police blocking off a street with caution tape. There is a bike lying in the grassy median of the road, with a bent rear wheel visible.Three police standing in an empty street.  There is a bike lying in the grassy median of the road, with a bent rear wheel visible.
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Okay, thank you for the recs! It turns out I found my stash of old lights that I retired for reasons unremembered and have rehabbed at least 1 seemingly successfully, so the hunt for a new front light is on indefinite hold.
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Generally, when there's a *huge* tracker gap during "normal" hours (say, like, 7am-6:30pm), I assume some tracker thing isn't working and it is going to come ~around its scheduled time regardless. Usually works, but not always!
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Lots of orange surveying markings all along the east end of the point, every ~40 feet or so. New since this weekend, I think. Anyone know what they're for?
2 perpendicular bright orange dashed lines painted on the pavement. There are bike racks nearby and grass and trees on either side, with the lake in the distance. a bright orange dashed line painted on the pavement. There is grass and trees on either side, with the lake in the distance. 2 perpendicular bright orange dashed lines painted on the pavement. They are in front of a set of steps that lead up to a stone building.2 perpendicular bright orange dashed lines painted on the pavement. There are bike racks nearby and a pavement patch of dark black asphalt in the middle.
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh I heard of something like this with the projections on kickstarter like a decade ago! Cool! Do you have it? How long between charges? (Is there a front light equiv that you like?)
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Pls send recs for best bike lights! front & back. (Front was just stolen, but been in the market for new anyway) Musts: -hold charge even in v cold temps (I bike thru chicago winter) -high-vis -long-lasting Should i: -switch back to batteries from usb-c? I hear they last longer
A bike loaded with a pair of cross country skis+poles parked on a bike rack in a layer of snow. There are ski tracks visible in the snow. It is dusk, and the bikes rear red light is on.A blue bike with yellow panniers and a colorful array of star-shaped shiny mylar balloons are attached to the back. The bike is leaning against a railing with foliage all around and a blue sky, and the chicago skyline in the distance.
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago @mwrdgc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Clean air starts with healthy trees! On International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, help us Restore the Canopy by planting a free native oak sapling from the #MWRD. Trees help improve air quality, provide wildlife habitat and keep neighborhoods cooler. Pick up a sapling: ow.ly/TFqA50ZJw2g
Graphic promoting MWRD’s Restore the Canopy, Plant a Tree program. The graphic features a free sapling brochure and illustrations of four oak varieties available in 2026: bur, pin, red and swamp white oak. Text reads “Free Oak Trees!”
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Tfw you forget that "LSD" to most people is acid, so when you pose the hypothetical "what if we could have LSD every weekend, not just once a year?" non-Chicagoans are like, "um... Why can't you?"
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Fascinating. I absolutely saw 11:30-12 rolling reopening to cars somewhere, but cannot for the life of me remember where!
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
On the drive on my bike. It was definitively before 11 when the cops started bullhorning bikers off the drive. Which is a full 30 minutes before the advertised "rolling reopen to cars" was supposed to start.
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Not true -- I did not register this year, but did just hop on the drive via the 53rd Street exit, finish south to 57th, and then loop around and go north.
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Kinda crazy that this view is only accessibly to the general public twice a year, eh?
Landscape view of tall grasses with yellow flowers and a tall tree, with smaller trees in the background, all against a blue sky
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Lake forever, *volunteer squash plant* for now!!!!
Cluster of large squash leaves amongst other plants and weeds popping through large limestone rocks along the lakeCloseup of two baby squashes, one with yellow squash flower still attached Squash/gourd that is vaguely striped with light green and dark green
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Lake is hot again! About 70 today, and with the wind shift will get back up above that, too
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Okay, who's going to build @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social but for cars parked in fire hydrant spots? What about cars parked in crosswalks or broadly speaking other tow zones that never actually get ticketed or towed? My block is egregious on all fronts.
White car parked directly next to a fire hydrant. There is *not* yellow paint visible on the curb
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
There's a guy who takes the temp every morning at the Point (for years)-- usually using 1-3 thermometers -- and posts photos of thermometer/s in the local swimmer Facebook group
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