Reposted by companyofstrangers™️companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026only way is through 021
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026love is consistent & considerate & reliable. love seeks repair. 020
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026made beef empanadas, elote, kale salad, zaalouk eggplant dip with bread, & apple torte all from scratch yesterday to fed my 14 of my friends while we talked about books we were reading. 030
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026the only v4s I’ve sent have been slab problems where the crux is close to the beginning and/or fairly low to the ground. 110
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026feel like I’m going through AI psychosis except instead of with a chat bot it’s my own brain . . . oh 010
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026can't believe if I'm ever killed it will be because some dude driving an F-150 in chicago thinks I'm a "dumb bitch on a bike" or a "fucking cunt in the middle of the road" & decides I deserve to die about it. 100
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026cannot stop crying. what the fuck. 110
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership. 191821548
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️ira @lashonhara.bsky.social · 29/09/2026good thing I never have to wonder whether Ethel Cain has dropped a nude. 100 women in my phone will be sure to be the town crier on that one 29111
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think they should fix whatever’s wrong with printers first 000
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 28/09/2026in the words of my friend Grace, arguing about who does and doesn't get to use the word "lesbian" is for people who aren't having lesbian sex 424329
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026key is to not break out the winter coat until after halloween . . . & then wear it as infrequently as possible until the new year. 011
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026this was a subtweet of the ******* **********. 010
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/20261 year ago today, feds terrorized & injured people outside the Broadview ICE building for a second day in a row. What followed was a terrifying several hours as we waited to learn the fate of our co-founder (clearly marked as press) who was pulled inside. He was later released without charges: 214752
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026it’s difficult to express how much I love my home of 1.5 years & the people I fill it with. 000
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026didn’t take photos of everything I ate in mexico city but here is a thread of some of my favorite meals, starting with this $6.67 USD multi-course, pre-set meal in san rafael: agua de jamaica, sopa de verduras, arroz, tortilla con frijoles y queso, milanesa de pollo con puré de papa, café, & pastel. 110
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026cannot think of a single good use for a QR code. 010
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026in love with CDMX’s gorgeous & sophisticated transit system. chicago bus headways could never. 130
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026have had a bidet for just 5 years & I literally cannot remember what my life was like before it. one day I will buy an expensive one with heated water. 020
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Damn me, but all things are queer, come to think of ’em. 31041479
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12/09/2026Happening now in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park: Community members have gathered to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the death of local resident Silverio Villegas González, whom an as-yet unidentified ICE agent shot and killed on this block at the start of "Operation Midway Blitz." 4930354
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026old friends during & after life-altering events are irreplaceable anchors, but new friends remind you a future exists & you can mold it & it can be beautiful! 010
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026paddlin’ on the lazy river of traumatic stress 011
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026do I want to kms? no. do I want to crawl under my covers & die of sadness? yes. 120
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026NEED to show off my forearms to more people like my forearms are genuinely ripped atm 010
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026transmisogyny never fails to be profoundly . . . misogynistic 020
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026devastated majani in south shore closed, that place had some of the best vegan food. 030
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026paddlin’ on the lazy river of traumatic stress 011
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026since my beloved free bike got stolen 1.5 years ago I’ve refused to buy a new one & keep telling people “the gods will give me a free one when the time is right” & today was finally the day. 110
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026submitting city infrastructure repair requests through the 311 app gives me the same hit of dopamine as putting a book on hold 000
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026my billiards fixation feels linked to climbing insofar as both are extremely triangle-centric. 110
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026the costume design in Reds (1981) is the best part of the film, actually. 110
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026just realized it’s “fare payment is required,” not “fair payment is required” & CTA is not asking riders to bargain over their bus fare. 010
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026still wild that cvs makes u call over a store employee to unlock the safer sex stuff & even wilder that the infant formula is locked up too. 210
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026took 5 months of climbing but I think I just got the ✨ dyno spark ✨ 010
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I always believed the pain you experienced in life was greater than mine could ever possibly be. but it is not & it never was. 010
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026chicago! come out to pilsen community books on 8/25 from 6:30-8:30 pm to discuss the politics of public space. @katieprout.bsky.social will be talking about encampment sweeps in public parks. and i’ll be unpacking the cook county jail’s new “trauma-informed” visitors center.chicagoreader.comJoin us at The Politics of Public Space - Chicago ReaderA moderated panel and group discussion. Tuesday, August 25th at Pilsen Books, 6:30-8:30 PM. 14329
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I also want to add that every single time ICE has physically hurt me, they have grabbed me by my chest. Most of my femme friends have said the same. I will not be surprised if / when we find out about twisted sexual assaults conducted by ICE agents with these gloves. 292100603606
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026it was confusing to express hurt & routinely end up comforting the other person somehow. & now I have to reckon with the fact I withheld so much that absolutely mattered bc the energy required in being open outweighed any presence or repair the other person was capable of offering. 110
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️Julia Poe @juliapoe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026When I think about trans people in sports, I don’t think about lobbies or legislation. I think about my friends. Wrote about pick-up hoops, queer community and love:chicagotribune.comColumn: When I think about transgender people in sports, I think about my friendsDespite the rabid fixation upon the concept of trans women in sports, those who beat the drum the loudest for exclusive policies rarely seem to care about trans people themselves. 20687216
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026need to focus on creating new, “out-of-character” contexts, relationships, & experiences for myself unmarked by the Past™️ which is something I have been doing subconsciously. now I understand why it seems to help; no risk of being perpetually lulled into forgetting, then the shock of remembering. 000
Reposted by companyofstrangers™️Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The only thing I'd like to see us borrow from the bad guys is the ability to say "Yeah I said that, and it was good" because the scary unearthed tweet is usually something like "The police shouldn't be allowed to kill you anytime they feel like it" 223834553
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 09/08/2026if anyone’s wondering what chicago’s 3 public library truck drivers have been up to to these days, I have reason to believe they have been assigned exclusively to delivering each of @sophiavp.bsky.social’s 15 holds. 011
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026this bus very unfortunately has (1) long discarded fish tins on the ground along with the accompanying odor & (2) water leaking from the ceiling (it is not raining in chicago) 000
companyofstrangers™️ @companyofstrangers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026keep thinking "is moby dick yaoi" but stopping mid-thought bc it's probably the least interesting question everyone has asked about moby dick over the last 175 years. 110
