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Alex Nelson

@aenelson4.bsky.social
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Board President @bscactionfund.org The real infrastructure is the friends we make along the way. Free Palestine. She/Her. ✶✶✶✶

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 15h
Editor Sophia Dasser and reporter Cereese Qusba of the Cornell Daily Sun are the reason we now know about the gang rape case at Cornell and the university’s shameful under-reaction. Nice work, ladies. (📸 Heather Ainsworth)
Two young women, one in a hijab, huddled over lap tops in a newsroom.
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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes
View of Lake Michigan from Uptown Chicago , early evening
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Goals and ambitions may become impossible to achieve. Timelines and hopes for the future may be derailed. At scale, college sexual abuse is a systemic force to prevent women and marginalized victims from having the same opportunities, health, and happiness as predominantly male perpetrators.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anyways, here's a big tree.
Taken from the ground looking up at the top of General Sherman Tree.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've bird dogged way too many politicians to be afraid to yell at the assholes that go off trail in Sequoia National Park. It's even better because my dad joins in and yells at them too.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't know if I've ever seen political advertising like this at a gas station before. Here's where it leads: chevronadvocacynetwork.com/california-e...
An ad at a gas station that says Sacramento policies did this. Now you pay more. California politicians are choosing foreign oil and fuels over local jobs and lower costs. The image is a blue car wrapped in a gas tank nozzle
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shriller in the top right, clearing all seven letters from my hand and hitting the triple word score twice. I couldn't believe it when my dad opened up an E like that.
The Scrabble board and our final scores. I had 440 points, my dad had 361
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just scored 158 points in a single play in Scrabble.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Woke up surrounded by grandeur.
Taken from the Awahnee Hotel in Yosemite Valley, the sun rising on Glacier Point. It's a beautiful mountain with a few warm notes of light where the sun is hitting, with albine trees between me and the mountains
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Betrayed by my own hubris. At takeoff the folks in the row behind me quieted down, meanwhile my dad woke up from his nap and then he was the yapper.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The people in the row behind me are yappers. 😭
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Spotlight II: The Immunocompromised Lesbian Bar controversy.
A still photo from the 2015 movie 'Spotlight.' Five characters sit huddled in an office in deep discussion.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There should be little free libraries at airports.
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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yeah, this isn't deportation. This is kidnapping and human trafficking.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is this helicopter that's just vibing out above Daley Plaza here for the @bikegridnow.org Jamapalooza or something else?
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Version 2 is even better.
Still early evening, but more of the skyline is in the frame, and a few more windows are lit up.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Greatest city in the world
The skyline in the early evening light with trees in the foreground. The sky is most pale blue with shades of pink.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I really leaned hard into the fall vibes by getting a ton of work done today.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 21/09/2026
Chris Van Hollen issues the first ever call by a Democratic member of Congress for US officials to be sanctioned by other countries
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Between this and "yeah well you're not a good hearer either" Victor emerging as an early favorite for The Traitors.
From the show Traitors, at the roundtable, cast member Victor defends himself from accusations by saying "I'm a sweaty boy. I've said it" while another cast member looks on
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In the meantime here's me putting ketchup on a hot dog at Rate Field.
Taken from the back, me putting hot dog on a foot long hot dog sign a mural of a White Sox baseball player in front of me
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thinking of doing an IG post with a roundup of my summer pics and it's like to what degree do I want to mix thotty beach days with West Bank solidarity trip? 🤔
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Got teary eyed when they carted Caleb Williams off the field.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
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WNBA @wnba.com · 20/09/2026
NO ROOKIE HAS SCORED MORE 👏 With her first point today, Olivia Miles passes Caitlin Clark (769) for the most points scored by a rookie in WNBA history. #WNBASeason30 | 2026 Postseason Push | DraftKings
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was wonderful to spend Rosh Hashanah last week with Missy and Elaine, two lifelong Michiganders who welcomed me into their home and taught me about the sweet and joyous meaning of Rosh Hashanah.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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onion person @junlper.beer · 20/09/2026
crazy moments in tgirl baseball history: the debut of the chicago beaches mascot slabitha doing her iconic pete buttigieg high hopes dance
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ideally i would love to support minority rights but in this case the minority in question is a minority of the population, so it just isn't worth it, mathematically speaking
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Mike Pusateri @mikepusateri.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Da Pope on a garbage truck is the most Chicago thing ever
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Big night for mosquitos.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
All Im really asking the mainstream political media to do is to cover Trump with the persistently negative tone they use to report daily on Hasan Piker
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FYI if you sign up for Lou Malnati's rewards program you get a free small pizza for your birthday.
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Mark On A Bike @mtonabike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well these are eye catching from Better Streets for Liverpool
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Savanna is going all in on AI for their marketing materials and it makes me really sad.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lake forever, problems for now.
A picture of Lake Michigan taken at Foster Beach shortly before sunset, with a lighthouse on the edge of a pier in frame and the rest of the shot a glassy lake and a softly covered sky.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Vive la révolution! youtu.be/QK8mJJJvaes?...
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MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Macklemore
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Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Alongside more than a dozen of our aldermanic colleagues, we endorsed a set of policy recommendations geared toward ensuring tragedies such as what befell O’Neil become a thing of the past." - www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/o...
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Aldermen: Riley O’Neil died a preventable death. We can’t cut funding for safe streets.
The number of fatal crashes on Chicago roadways remain stubbornly high because of a lack of committed action.
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Elvia Malagón @elviamalagon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In today's Chicago Sun-Times: A new report published today shows food insecurity is growing in Chicago. This comes as fewer people in Illinois are receiving SNAP, one of the largest food assistance program, amid federal changes to the program. More here: chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...
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New report finds 35% of Chicago households don’t have sufficient food
The Greater Chicago Food Depository and NORC at the University of Chicago surveyed Chicago residents this summer, finding that food insecurity is particularly pronounced on the city’s South Side.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14/09/2026
it’s so in our faces: these camps are not places people are meant to survive
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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 12/09/2026
this is beautiful and animated concreach jump in the lake
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12/09/2026
I don't watch the Olympics to see a fair competition. I want to see some kind of super mutant throw a 16-pound hammer into the face of god
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The view from the Pittsfield Building is 10/10
A skyline view looking NE. The Prudential building is the most distinct, but other skyscrapers are present.
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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 11/09/2026
We are so excited to announce the launch of a brand new tool for getting engaged with biking in Chicago - our new ward biking map! It'll show you bike routes in your ward, which ones were built this latest aldermanic term, and more. Let's break it down 🧵
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Ward Map | Chicagoans Who Bike
A photo project documenting the stories of the wide variety of Chicagoans who bike around the city
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There's an acquaintance of mine that stopped using BeReal for a stretch and just reappeared with a baby.
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Leaving a voicemail. "Hello dad, it's your daughter Alexandra. You may remember me from such occasions as my childhood and now subsequent adulthood. Anyways the reason I'm calling..."
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Micah @rincewind.run · 11/09/2026
twenty five years later there's one thing we can say about 9/11 and its aftermath: it was an absolute fucking disaster for pretty much everyone in the world
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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Another view at Chicago Bike PAC’s campaign trail party
Just a few smiling faces from Chicago’s cycling community
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