rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026the moment we’re in right now is one that obliges us to connect, to discuss, to get physical, and to stay observant about the world around us. today was the eighth (possibly ninth?) bike with rossana event and it really is so important to give a shit, wherever you are 182
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026_Haymarket Revisited_ by William J. Adelman is my latest find on this. some photos below! Basically anything from the Illinois Labor History Society will scratch this itch. www.illinoislaborhistory.org/shop 063
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 28/08/2026dope panel slash book launch at the inimitable @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social tonight. @ruwithsonali.bsky.social’s new book of interviews is (probably) the first published on the new Abolish ICE movement—though one thing it emphasises is the contiguity with long-standing currents. great convo! 0163
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 28/05/2026get you an alder like @anthonyjquezada.bsky.social who touts ZERO traffic fatalities. traffic violence is preventable! this whole speech a barnburner 031
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 15/04/2026as chicagoans i feel it is our swornmost duty to resist the uwu sowwy 👉👈 smolbeanification of these delivery robots upon our public realm, no biggie 161
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 08/06/2025had fun with the @chicagotempest.us comrades and fellow travellers at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social tonight 041
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 05/06/2025a teachable moment in a recent Zohran interview and showcases his message discipline. some comrades swear by the A-B-C-(D) method of talking to the press and this answer is textbook ABCing: acknowledge w/ passable answer to the Q bridge to one of your core messages control the last third of your A. 020
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 05/06/2025so I think the name is horrible and we can do way better, but here's my doodle for what a new transit system logo could be (obviously whatever it becomes, it won't be this, as it's too chicago-centric / "unfair" to suburbs, but I think contiguity w/ existing CTA iconography is actually a strength) 040
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 27/01/2025yeah it’s completely him. because we live in the dumbest timeline 161
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 11/12/2024old xkcd but i still think its needed curriculum for many of y’all 031
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 01/12/2024wow, i knew i’d been having less screen time. but 39seconds of screen time a day??? i cram wikipedia for half a minute then respond to my emails at the speed of light 020
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 21/11/2024www.20min.ch/story/zueric... lmao imagine coming to on an aeroplane and it’s ursula von der leyen who’s just resuscitated you 000
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 24/09/2024Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #183,180! 010
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 27/10/2023FRIDAY COCKTAIL of the week, the SCORPIO SEASON measure with the heart: meletti japanese whisky hibiscus bitters scorpion-infused bitters serve over ice, mix in glass, garnish w brandied cherries 040
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 16/10/2023letting your unread emails fester and spiral CONS: stress, agony, what if i miss an important email PROS: extra serotonin when the ios badge count is a palindrome 120
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 04/10/2023i’m using this skeet as justification for keeping my bedside clothing piles intact, at least for one more evening 110
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 03/10/2023i know small cheval is over hyped but i still want one in my neighborhood. when’s it gonna open? 030
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 16/09/2023went for a redistricting bike ride today and it was jarring to drink in all the disparity and disinvestment all inside of Walter Burnett’s ward. really cool convos, community engagement, and some endorphins too. 051
rory 🇵🇸 @kierkegaardvark.bsky.social · 22/07/2023“direct action is an art form” kelly hayes in conversation with tanuja jagarnauth at 33WF on the publication of Let This Radicalize You from Haymarket Books. 020
![tight crop screenshot from Xitter of a post reading
"Spotted on Grand at the bus shelter that previously was dam[aged by a] delivery robot." the post is accompanied by an image of a Chicago bus stop ad, reading "Dear West Town neighbors I took 'breaking into the market' too literally." There is some other marketing copy in smaller type. The overall jist is to be faux-apologetic, anthropomorphizing the robot itself with an orientalized human name instead of the massive corporation dumping their service capital into the street as part of their surveillance business model. The post has 860 likes on Xitter at time of screenshot.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2utib3i4trcrvasy2wmwpeq5/bafkreigq5tj6pnowqnggzsr5lyec7ivo3nee7tajvnqdilvlo4xzx6mssa)
![screenshot lifted from The Other Website of a Zohran Mamdani interview in Pitchfork magazine, annotated by me with the ABCs. Here's the text of the screenshot, annotated in [square brackets] with the framework:
[question]: What’s your take on the Drake-Kendrick beef?
[acknowledge] I think Kendrick absolutely destroyed him. It’s a real testament to message discipline over many songs, and it’s an inspiration for me as a politician to always stay on my message. I’m trying to do what Kendrick did in the course of that beef, but, specifically, [bridge] around affordability. At every juncture, he would bring it back to his central points, and I think that’s the key, is that you keep coming back to what your core message is. [control] For me, it’s about the fact that New Yorkers can’t afford to live in the city they call home.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2utib3i4trcrvasy2wmwpeq5/bafkreielpqvsbw5wkecd2acin7u3brcgstfowrewspsvwvxs3dywxhyqx4)
![screenshot from Xitter of a post by [at]DrPhil describing Dr. Phil’s day tagging along with ICE and shilling for his own media network “MeritTV” that he created to crusade against what he perceives to be cancel culture](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2utib3i4trcrvasy2wmwpeq5/bafkreiamow6snys7iy37lpnvubawvgrchye7gfol64qn3bwlki46jhoyny)
![low-effort meme of the “i am quite fond of [X]” format.
upper frame: white man with steaming ears wearing orange cap labeled ‘liberal’ with speech bubble “the new pope is woke!” next to identical image of white man with orange cap labelled ‘republican’ with speech bubble “no! the new pope is not woke!”
lower frame: image of pope leo XIV with speech bubble “I am quite fond of Metra” the text Metra is displayed with the logotype.
(i am not the creator of this meme)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2utib3i4trcrvasy2wmwpeq5/bafkreidfejmc57um5gtmhdmtk4vesinya6se5zq37guhqub5rby565wg3i)
