Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 1hHot 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 010 1
Reposted by Abby KlionskyAsher Kohn @ajkhn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026This is a great, if accidental(?) 2026 update to Hemon's Reason's to Never Leave Chicago www.chicagotribune.com/2013/03/11/2... 113 3
Reposted by Abby KlionskyDaniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Today 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: 4538353 383
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 12hOmg, how have I never read the Hemon list? It's perfect 010 1
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Lake forever, giant waves-induced rainbow for now 0418 41
Reposted by Abby KlionskyBetter Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 15/10/2026Tomorrow 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.usWhat Moves You? Help Shape the 2027 NITA BudgetPolco is a secure and reliable place to provide input directly to local and state leaders, as well as other socially minded organizations. 1237 23
Reposted by Abby KlionskyBike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 14/10/2026IT PASSED IT PASSED IT PASSED AUTOMATIC TICKETING FOR OBSTRUCTING BIKE AND BUS LANES WILL EXPAND CITYWIDE!! 28512 85
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Lake forever, crawfish mugging for the camera for now! (In the aforementioned lake) 0141 14
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Can confirm, water continues to sparkle (video from late morning) 050 5
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Happy 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! 010 1
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hey, I was there, too! Shouldn't have been surprised by the O Canada, but it caught me delightfully off guard 020 2
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Also not a problem anywhere there are people who "have Shabbat dinner" aka invite friends over for nice din + ritual on Fridays 140 4
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Traveling without my emotional support last-mile bike today and feeling very naked. At least I have the helmet, but it's not the same. 020 2
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Is @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 000 0
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fortunately, 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. 020 2
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I 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) 130 3
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Nothing 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! 3102 10
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I. Love. Rain gear. Head to toe. Dry through the pour, the car splash, the clogged-drain street flooding. 080 8
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I 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? 010 1
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some someone doing this on a divvy sometime in the past two weeks and chuckled about it 030 3
Reposted by Abby KlionskyU.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... 9202125 202
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wait I saw this one the other day and said out loud, "isn't that illegal?" 021 2
Reposted by Abby KlionskyJennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Heads 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 212 2
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Kind of? Some supplements -- including prenatals, which I took for a while not for anticipated pregnancy -- can boost nail (and hair) growth/strength 010 1
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Bike 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. 052 5
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Addendum: cops say they think it was a hit and run, head wound. 140 4
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Biker 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. 171 7
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Okay, 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. 030 3
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Generally, 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! 030 3
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Lots 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? 000 0
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Oh 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?) 120 2
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Pls 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 682 8
Reposted by Abby KlionskyMetropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago @mwrdgc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Clean 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 076 7
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Tfw 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?" 080 8
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Fascinating. I absolutely saw 11:30-12 rolling reopening to cars somewhere, but cannot for the life of me remember where! 220 2
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026On 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. 150 5
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Not 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. 000 0
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Kinda crazy that this view is only accessibly to the general public twice a year, eh? 010 1
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Lake forever, *volunteer squash plant* for now!!!! 0314 31
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Lake is hot again! About 70 today, and with the wind shift will get back up above that, too 120 2
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Okay, 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. 000 0
Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026There'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 180 8