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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 19h

A different desk for me at tonight’s office, supporting a high school choir concert in Wilmette, IL. #MusicianSky

Headstock of a five-string electric bass in the foreground; an empty stage ready for a choir concert in the background.

Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sound setup for a special guest artist performing Leroy Anderson’s “The Typewriter.” #MusicianSky Evanston Symphony summer pops concert

Sound technicians adjusting microphones in front of a manual typewriter. Onstage in front of the orchestra.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Coming up in just a few minutes! evanstonsymphony.org/concert/summ... #musiciansky

Foreground: the scroll of a double bass. Background: seated orchestra in white tops; on stage in an open air amphitheater.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I’m here for The Odyssey. Yay they’re open again!!

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The space where Starbucks was is still available. Maybe the building owners would be hungry for a tenant after all this time. How will you differentiate from Armadillo’s Pillow? Boutique espresso? I’m down for it 😄

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I'll be attending the Third Coast Music "Scoring for Chicago" benefint. It's not about professional sports, it's about building a scoring stage for Chicago. #MusicianSky givebutter.com/scoring-for-...

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Scoring for Chicago Summer Benefit

Third Coast Music Invites you to an evening of Music, Community, and Inspiration.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Technically, they’re Remains now.

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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

😂 The Jetsons lied to us

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Oh but wait he’s a methylene blue guy, isn’t he? Not green?

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I always love a good Ozymandias reference.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and— I said look. Look with your eyes! Oh now you’ve gone and touched it. The paint is peeling. My beautiful paint! I’ll have to call my pool guy back. Vandal! Antifa! I said look And despair Nothing but the algae remains.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

“…is claiming without evidence…” How many times have I heard this in the past two years? How much longer will I have to hear it?

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Rehearsal with Evanston Symphony for concert tomorrow. #MusicianSky Bizet, de Falla, Glazounow, Stravinsky

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Enjoyed seeing this at a local gas station.

A photo of an ice vending machine at a gas station. Above the word “ice” the word “resist” has been added in a font resembling the other text. The word “resist” is embellished with graphics to look as if it has snow accumulating on the letters. Stylistically the added word blends with the original graphics so that this will be easy to overlook.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

For those of you who read the New York Times, “terse, vague or rosy” would appear to be their euphemism for “misleading or outright false.”

A screenshot from the New York Times showing Donald Trump waving and the headline “Trump Undergoes a Physical Exam at Walter Reed”

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The three B’s of my neighborhood in Chicago, #RogersPark : Baby Bunnies and Bubbles.

A juvenile rabbit sitting in a lawn under a fern.

A picture of a five-story apartment building taken from the sidewalk. On one of the balconies a bank of machines a pumping soap bubbles into the air.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Please please tell me that by modulating propeller speeds this thing could be made to audibly speak!

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I want to know more about the acoustic panels you made! Trying to figure out if I can tamp down bass A-string resonance in a room without destroying the visual aesthetic.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

So search within a feed (I do subscribe to a handful), and that builds “my” algorithm so those things will join my main feed? TBH I never even thought of searching. Cool tip.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

9-item thread worthy of a read.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I’m waiting for the one that reads $86.47.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I have zero idea what that means but I’m rolling with it ! 😃

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Thought this was a cool thread so I went to follow @asherelbein.bsky.social and found I already had. I guess that is slightly creating my own algorithm … right? But there’s more, isn’t there?

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I’m a low-involvement user of social media, arrived here in what I think you mean by “post-influx.” I have not learned what you mean by “creating their own algorithm” and I’m interested, but need a low effort on-ramp. Maybe I represent a lot of users unintentionally diluting the culture. (Sorry! 😢)

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This had me really frustrated and then I realized en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Chi... Not that Indiana deserves bad cops, I don’t mean it that way. It’s just that Chicago, Illinois police have been such a problem (I’m thinking of John Burge and the like) I couldn’t bear more.

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New Chicago, Indiana - Wikipedia

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Playing a couple songs with the St. John Family Hour marlonstjohn.bandcamp.com/album/the-st... tonight at Grandpa’s in Glenview, IL! (Photo is setup… gig starts soon… when setup is done, you know how it goes!)

Double bass headstock in foreground at left while setup of the stage with guitars, drums, microphones goes on in the background.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Chicago Federation of Labor's May Day March #UnionMusicians #UnionProud #CFM10-208

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I hope King Charles doesn’t feel a need to stoop too low for “reconciliation and renewal.”

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Chicago Federation of Labor May Day 5K (I’m AFM 10-208)

Runners lined up for alongside Lake Michigan and McCormick Place convention center waiting for the run to begin.

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Refreshingly unobstructed view from the rear of the bass section tonight. Evanston Symphony Orchestra; concert Sunday, 2:30 pm at Pick-Staiger hall, Northwestern University. #MusicianSky

In the style of a selfie. Foreground: headstock of a double bass. Midfield: chairs and stands set up for on orchestra rehearsal. Background: grand piano, lid open.

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Kathleen Mandt, PhD @mommascientist.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The Lunar flyby happens today. Follow @barbylon.bsky.social for an insider view from the #ArtemisII Lunar Science Team! 🧪🔭🌘🚀

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I'm sure this will have all those people who were mad about "happy holidays" up in arms, right?

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Thanks for the confirmation. I’ll do that.

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

It’s actually messed up that memes end up so decontextualized from their original source that people don’t even know what the image is supposed to represent! The man in Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech” painting is not in a fucking courtroom but a town meeting! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom...

Screenshot of a post that reads:

does anyone have that pic of the man standing in a courtroom that everyone uses when they have a hot take

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

WTF is this, an account with no posts and 505 followers? Gotta be some kind of ‘bot, yeah?

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Pick-Staiger Hall filling up for today’s EvanstonSymphony.org concert. #MusicianSky

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Final rehearsal for tomorrow’s EvanstonSymphony.org concert. The seating chaos when piano is added to the stage… #MusicianSky

Foreground left, a double bass headstock. Background, musicians milling around on stage as chairs and stands are moved to new locations.

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

"....what its journalists do—accountability journalism about the rich and powerful—does not serve someone who is rich and powerful. The Washington Post and many of its reporters are no longer useful to Bezos, and so he has decided to get rid of them." www.404media.co/the-washingt...

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The Washington Post Is No Longer Useful to Jeff Bezos

In a kleptocracy, there is no reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

…all around the Chicago loop…

Protesters marching through the streets of Chicago’s loop, between tall buildings under gray sky with snow falling.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

While riding I’ve used their websites to tell Senators Durbin and Duckworth to not support any bills which fund ICE and or DHS. If you can’t get to a rally yourself, at least reach out to your senators and representatives to tell them how you feel.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Red Line Chicago Transit train is as packed as any weekday rush hour. My assessment is that the vast majority of these folks are on the way to the anti-ICE rally downtown. I’m proud to be doing that myself. I hope our actions can preserve our right to peaceable protest in the U.S.A.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

You may well be in charge, but that particular phrase is being used for something else. Maybe you do the version where the G is capitalized and there's no hyphen. Or something else. Because you are in charge so it is your decision.👍

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Allergy to red meat, caused by a tick bite. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con... I guess maybe sweats aren’t listed as a primary symptom so I might have jumped the gun on my response, but I wanted to contribute to the conversation.

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Alpha-gal syndrome - Symptoms and causes

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Jacque Harper @jacqueh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I think it’s a #GoodOmen when you’re having coffee with your partner and the barista’s heart-shaped latté art lasts through your entire drink.

A clear glass on a wooden countertop, viewed from three-quarters above. In the glass is the foam remaining after drinking an entire cafe latté; the heart-shaped white foam on the background of tan foam is still visible.

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