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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 24m

The Trump administration has denied Illinois’ request for disaster relief — again. The state sought FEMA’s help after days of severe weather in and around the Chicago area in August. FEMA granted Indiana’s request for help with the same storm. buff.ly/P3ElxRb

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cute synthesizer @justchris.bsky.social · 16h

also I rep and recommend Maintenance Phase freely and often!

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cute synthesizer @justchris.bsky.social · 16h

I‘ve had to re-establish boundaries with my family (especially my mom) around food and diet talk. I’m on guard when I go to the doctor and have walked out on one. I avoid anything fashion or celebrity related. food noise is back. I push back more and way more strongly. I take less shit.

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cute synthesizer @justchris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Paprika is trying to intervene!!!

calico cat reaching out with a paw to a phone screen showing a video of a cat

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 02/10/2026

!!!! from “Polarization Is Not the Problem” by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social — muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Chicago friends! If you know anyone looking for a place near the lake and Red Line in Edgewater, lmk! Looking for someone for my old studio apartment. (Haven't put up a proper ad yet, but renovated last year, stable rent including heat/AC/internet, happy to send details.)

The view from an upper floor balcony looking out on Lake Michigan

The view onto the apartment at the next building over

The view from the window into the apartment, showing the space

The kitchen, showing a new fridge, recently repainted cabinets, and a stove to be replaced.

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cute synthesizer @justchris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

that’s one of my bffs and she is also one the smartest people I know

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled" (Placebo), 1991 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Written by my friend Ruth, sharing her experience on Archer Avenue at night.

ruthrosas.substack.com

I Was Stabbed on Archer Avenue

The urban failures of a global superpower

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cute synthesizer @justchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Jonathan Blake (Dominic West) is still alive! he’s 77 years old :)

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Danny van Read @dannyvanread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The solidarity continues.

Trades Union Congress

Reform-led Durham council cut off funding to the annual Pride celebrations.
So trade unions launched a fundraiser to save it, eventually raising more money than was cut.
Which means this year's Pride will be bigger than ever.
In the 1980s, the LGBT+ community raised thousands of pounds to help striking miners and their families.
When we stick up for each other, we can achieve anything.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Schumer and Jeffries HAVE said a few things: 1. No Impeachment proceedings against Trump. 2. No Medicare 4 All 3. Continued "support" for Israel Feel free to add the other things you've heard them say on TV etc... over the past 6 months. THAT is the agenda.

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mcc @dryad.technology · 17/09/2026

This is about first nations in Alberta becoming alternate suppliers for trans health care amidst Danielle Smith banning it for minors

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Finally read this through and jokes aside the stats are much worse than the headline makes them sound. They’re not talking about the existential fatigue most of us feel. They mean the debilitating, life-ruining condition that accompanies ME, flu and oh yeah, Long Covid which they do not mention.

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cute synthesizer @justchris.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

a swedish company trying to copyright the word “dope” because their brand is “dope snow” is one of the most white entitlement bullshit things I’ve seen in a fucking minute

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🎃 It’s the Mid Pumpkin, Emily 🎃 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Please share with any friends who like independent music. Trying to sell another 50 tickets in the next 2 weeks

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francis @dilfkink.kindboys.online · 14/04/2026

Anyone notice it feels like this lately

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ed Sheeran is a pathetic little piss baby

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ms. Rachel: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows." "If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."

Ms. Rachel post:
"Ed Sheeran had an opportunity show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.

"If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

www.welcometohellworld.com/i-do-not-bel...

Just once in my life I would like to see a Democrat being interviewed by right wing media like Fox News or right wing media like every single other outlet treat their questions with the contempt they deserve. I know it's not going to fix everything or maybe even anything but how much coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think it would inspire if when asked about "boys in girls sports" or some other stupid fucking culture war distraction one of them finally said "What the fuck are you talking about man? You sound like a dumb asshole right now."

What's the worst that's going to happen the New York Times is gonna work overtime to make sure you don't get elected? They were already doing that buddy.

You simply say "Are you stupid? Do you think I am stupid? And do you think all of the people watching at home are stupid? Everyone sees through what you are doing. Using one group as a scapegoat for the very real problems everyone has – all caused by Republicans by the way – unlike this fake one you have made up. Dumb asshole."

Just go on the attack for once instead of sitting there trying to please your enemy who is in the process of trying to humiliate you.

And if you want to say something else true that almost no Democrat ever says for some reason you can top it off with a “Every single Republican in our lifetime has sought to make our lives worse in every way possible. I’d like to try to stop that.”

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 13/09/2026

The American Diabetes Association forcibly removed five eminent scientists and physicians from their June conference because they criticized Trump, and called criticizing the president "unbecoming." So now doctors and scientists are calling for a boycott. www.fiercebiotech.com/research/sci...

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Scientists boycott American Diabetes Association as fallout of June conference fracas escalates

Following the removal of five scientists from its annual conference in June, members of the American Diabetes Association have launched a boycott of the organization that includes halting the revie | ...

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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EveryHeron 𓅣 @everyheron.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"the Little Egret obtained 25 fish directly from anglers, stole 20 fish from containers, & captured 46 fish independently" The bird appeared to distinguish between anglers likely to provide food & those who did not, & recognise fish types it would be offered. heronconservation.org/jhbc/vol11/a...

Journal of Heron Biology and Conservation

Volume 11, Article 3 (2026)

Food begging and fish stealing from anglers by a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) in urban Japan

Hiroyoshi Higuchi

Figure 2. The Little Egret staying close to an angler and peering into a fish container at a pond of Vokohama, central Japan.

Figure 1. The vellow-and-black mottled toes of the Little Egret that was targeted in this study.

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it took an hour, maevey a day @maeveynot.online · 11/09/2026

the all-chicago tenant alliance fundraiser screening has been canceled by @davistheater.bsky.social. please support them here! www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Chicago-area businesses lost $1.2 billion because of immigration enforcement, a report says. buff.ly/643nXbl

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 08/09/2026

I've looked at literally thousands of online event listings over the past year and a half and now I have Opinions™ about how they should be structured, perhaps you would be interested in these if you also run events or you just enjoy a slightly exasperated blog post phirephoenix.com/blog/2026-09...

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things I wish every event organizer would do for their event listings

Hello yes, I am aware that it’s been almost a full year since the last post. This is largely because running Show Up Toronto and writing a newsletter for it every week takes a lot of time and energy. ...

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cute synthesizer @justchris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What’s an example of perfect casting?

bob hoskins topkess in bed eating pretzels with cher in mermaids (1990)

bob hoskins as a gently fae smee in hook with dustin hoffman

bob hoskins as hard boiled private eddie valiant, topless and in a necktie in a messy office, in who framed roger rabbit

bob hoskins sporting a mustache and 90s working jacket at a dinner table in super mario bros (1993)

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it took an hour, maevey a day @maeveynot.online · 06/09/2026

we are each wearing something pomegranate (and erin got me a necklace)

pomegranate earring with seed drop, maeve’s red hair

chris’s hand wearing maeve’s pomegranate ring

erin’s shoulder, pomegranate on black dress printed with many fruits

maeve’s neck with an international “no” symbol charm

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Odilon Redon, The Birth of Venus, c. 1912 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…

Gift of The Ian Woodner Family Collection

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Chicago Alerts @chicagoalerts.com · 03/09/2026

🔥🌡️Chicago, brace for a sizzler! Extreme heat warning in effect till 7 PM CDT today. Heat index values hitting 100-105. Stay cool, check on elderly loved ones, and consider indoor plans. Possible relief with a cold front later.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Chicago Daily News headline from 1915

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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

continue to appreciate that the Sun Times + WBEZ have consistently reported on the fact that crime is down in Chicago. this article explicitly says mayoral candidates are "sweeping aside the numbers in favor of anecdotes" and "stoking public anxiety" chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

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Mayoral candidates decry Chicago violence ‘crisis,’ even as summer murders hit 61-year low

Chicago had 122 murders in June, July and August, the lowest summer total since 1965, according to city and police data. But in their mayoral quests, candidates keep stoking public anxiety about viole...

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Common nighthawks flying south this evening over Uptown

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🎉 erin ⁉️ @interrobang.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

rest in peace wendell berry, one of poetry’s greatest appreciators of trees

STAY HOME
I will wait here in the fields to see how well the rain brings on the grass.
In the labor of the fields longer than a man's life
I am at home. Don't come with me.
You stay home too.
I will be standing in the woods where the old trees move only with the wind and then with gravity.
In the stillness of the trees
I am at home. Don't come with me.
You stay home too.
-Wendell Berry

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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 01/09/2026

undue form // handcut paper collage with graphite on matboard, august 2026 #collage #abstract #artsky #queerart

sculptural abstract collage with orange-yellow orchids and swirling gold-green, yello, black, brown and teal elements

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My biggest advice for youngsters: take pictures of the places that matter to you. Your home, your bedroom, your classrooms, the stores you frequent, etc. You'll probably have plenty of pictures of the people in your life, but the spaces change and disappear, and they're a wonder to revisit.

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Linette🌻🌸🏵️🌺🌱 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

twilight feelings as the year trudges on

gouache landscape of sunset behind some shaggy evergreens

gouache landscape of low sun behind autumn trees and fallen branches

gouache landscape of sunset behind silhouetted scrubby foliage

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Starshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Who wants to go down a rabbit hole of type foundry specimens from 1890s Inland Printers today?

Ad for Mackellar Smiths & Jordan in the Inland Printer c. 1890 showing artistic printing.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Working on a piece for the newsletter, this is a data point - smart people keep shrugging and saying “communities don’t like data centers because of ‘vibes’” etc when it’s really that people are in fact smart enough to know they are bad faith neighbors. It is *entirely rational* not to trust them.

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cute synthesizer @justchris.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

okay, but I’d hope there are better ways to have done that! and I’m definitely going to continue to be salty about it!

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