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Andrew Montequin

@amontequin.bsky.social

241 followers 530 following 88 posts

Journalist, former biologist, Texan living in the Midwest. Current Minow Fellow at WTTW/Chicago Tonight Former AAAS Fellow at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel He/him

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Green and yellow zip-up "27th ward democrats" jersey

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Kind of regretting going outside, but have these pics to show for it at least

Sun setting over Ghareeb Nawaz on a smoky day

Cars driving under a bridge that says "Rogers Park Edgewater" on a smoky day

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Lake Ontario tour

Silhouette of a bird landing on a tree in front of an orange sunset

Rainbow and gravel paths diverging in a beach prairie area on a sunny day

Clown shoes, seen on the opposite side of the bottom of a red VW bus

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Never forget 😓

Picture of rookies Luka Doncic and Jalen Brunson standing back to back in white Dallas Mavericks uniforms

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

One last trip to Lincolnwood Town Center

View of one wing of an empty shopping mall from the second floor, with a banner saying "Prices Slashed 70%" hanging from a walkway

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Cherry Sox

Cherry blossoms starting to bloom in front of neo-classical museum building

Baseball field on sunny day, as seen from third base line upper deck

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Almost Chicagohenge

Setting sun shining through the window of a westbound bun

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Lots of blooming going on tonight

Yawning cat in a box stuffed with packing material

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Incredible

Screenshot from article detailing how the gang leader revealed identity information by Replying All to a BBC email

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Did a lot of driving in a car without Bluetooth this summer, need to give a special shout-out to these CDs

Four CD cases. Clockwise from top left: The Window by Ratboys, Yoshimi... by Flaming Lips, Not God by Finom, Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

And I've got a ton of unpublished threads of stories leftover from this. AMA about electric fish barriers!

Picture of stream behind fence with sign warning about electric fish barrier

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

My idea of fun - finally got to get out there and see the exposed streetcar rails on Clark

Crumbling cobblestone and streetcar rails in the median of a street undergoing construction

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Gone fishin' (for lamprey larvae)

Selfie taken while standing in a river wearing waders, a life vest and a baseball cap with a notebook in my chest pocket

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I allow myself one impulse buy per grocery shop, today it was this Greek tea. Hoping it lives up to what it says on the box.

Box of 10 tea bags called "Pure Happiness" with a very imprecise sketched Pegasus on the box

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Finish line woo-hoo

Crowd with bikes gathered in a street with the sun out

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Slept too long, oops. Back at it.

Picture of Milwaukee skyline with river a little bit visible

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Will be back at it in the morning

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Hour 4

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

+3.5 hrs #RW24

Banner that says "home stretch" over a street with a band playing

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

If anyone knows the band playing on Humboldt/Wright, tell them they rock

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

1 hr in, already have a new appreciation for Milwaukee's DIY scene

Punk band playing in the street with a kid chalking in front

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

More cyclists

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Hour -0.5 of the Riverwest 24 #RW24

A few dozen bikers gathering on a residential street with a Start/Finish line and tent set up

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Taking the advice to "just post some stuff"

Yawning cat on a cat bed next to a sunny window with plants

Black cat sitting on a chair by a corner window, half covered in a sunbeam

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

My first byline in the Journal Sentinel is this morning's top headline www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

Screenshot of jsonline.com showing headline about wildfire smoke

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🎶 if you surf long enough you become the wave 🎶 -pat the bunny

Picture of Lake Michigan ~1.5 hrs before sunset with green shrubs in the foreground

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Chicago is so back (and apparently out of footlong poppy seed buns)

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

🚲 ➡️ 🧦 @chicagobikesox.com

Picture of my bike in front of Lake Michigan and Chicago skyline

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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This post hits a bit different with this added detail about the trade

Screenshot from ESPN article by Ramona Shelburne and Tim MacMahon detailing how the Patty Mills trade opened up a roster spot to facilitate the Luka/AD trade later in the day

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