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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“BILLIONAIRES ARE CAUSING THE RAT PROBLEMS IN CHICAGO ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY” I scream as they toss me in the padded room and throw away the key.

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Chicago billionaire accused of fueling Lincoln Park rat problem

Chicago billionaire accused of fueling Lincoln Park rat infestation

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NPR @npr.org · 03/10/2026

The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States. n.pr/3VNx83v

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Theaster Gates bets on fine china

The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States.

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Let's fucking goooooo 🔥❤️🔥❤️

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hi hello I'm in Albany Park and I do TNR! Tree House has a really excellent program, and I have a trap folks can borrow when I'm not using it, but my area is pretty cat-free now. Also updates on rat meeting please, I cannot make it but am on their email list!

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ANNUAL HALLOWEEN REMINDER THAT ANYTHING WITH ACTIVATED CHARCOAL *WILL* FUCK WITH YOUR MEDICATIONS

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Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nice report and data tool out from Institute for the Public Good (who unfortunately don't seem to be on Bluesky yet): www.publicgoodpolicy.org/who-is-fundi...

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Who is funding Chicago's 2027 Mayoral Race — Institute for the Public Good

Take a dive into who is funding the 2027 Chicago Mayoral Race, and where else those funders put their dollars.

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A leucistic house sparrow! So pretty 🥰

A view out an apartment window to a brick wall with bare vines, a light colored house sparrow and a normal one are perched

A different angle of the same blonde house sparrow

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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/09/2026

“this person is bad so their work was always bad” is also a really dangerous view to take because it leads to - unconscious or not - a bias towards “but I do like this other person’s work, ergo they must be a good person” which, as we have seen over and over, is simply not true

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

ICE is once again active across Chicago's southwest side today. Rapid responders are reporting ICE active in Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, and near the Ford City mall. One RR team reports ICE agents were seen leaving a CPD station lot on 63rd & St. Louis, but I can't independently confirm that right now.

8/27/2026 – FORD CITY, IL 🚨
🕥 8:10 a.m.
📍 Cicero Ave y 73rd St
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ice en el área.Vehículo observado de ice en la zona de Ford City. Última vez visto dirigiéndose hacia el sur por Cicero Ave.
🚗 Vehículos Observados:
Ford Explorer Negra BT86603
📣 SI VE ALGO DIGA ALGO DE INMEDIATO.

ALERTA COMUNITARIA – GAGE PARK, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 08/27/2026
🕥 8:55 a.m.
📍 55 y Pulaski
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. 1 persona detenida
🚗 Vehículos Observados:
Dodge Durango Blanca
Chevy Tahoe Negra
Ford Edge Azul
📣 SI VE ALGO DIGA ALGO DE INMEDIATO

8/27/2026 rapid response alert of ICE agents and their vehicle seen leaving a Chicago police station lot on St. Louis & 63rd Street.

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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Xenomorph frogs sculptures by Li Changchun

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

For those who didn't know, this is the same company that bricked all their old models after only a couple years just because. Old models only work through their old app which doesn't exist anymore.

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Tofte @tofte.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The USS Constitution is neat and all, but my favorite boat at the Charlestown Navy Yard is this little guy (which I've learned is the smallest active duty vessel and is called the "Boomin' Beaver" because it was originally developed to herd logs for the timber industry)

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Ope well that would be tornado sirens in Albany Park Chicago 🫠

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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Old World Language Families. I had an excellent professor with this on her wall ages ago

An artistic representation of the "Old World Language Families" resembling a tree, illustrating the Indo-European language family. The branches depict various language groups such as Germanic, Romance, Balto-Slavic, Indo-Iranian, Celtic, and Hellenic, among others. Each branch lists individual languages; for example, under the Germanic branch, there are English, German, Dutch, and others. The size of the branches represents the number of native speakers recorded before the year 0. The design mimics the style of an old map, with the tree rooted in the term "Indo-European."

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Guilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

seal doing astral projection

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Something small and sharp you prick your fingers on while looking for something else. You'll probably never figure out what/where it is though

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Very similar to the concept where you can walk into a hotel lobby to use the bathroom so long as you act like you belong, if you confidently ask the front desk about printing something they'll be happy to help (source: what kind of concert still needed printed tickets?)

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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Now they know they ain’t have to use this picture, but it’s so hilarious that they did

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Happened once after a couple drinks at the bar in college - my vision went dark and I started to get on the ground and said "salty snacks please" and was out

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Also makes it fun and creepy for your friends in the future when it happens and you know you have one sentence of consciousness left and can alert them yourself

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A big pre- faint tip is if someone mentions they suddenly can't see or their vision has gone dark, they're about to go down. I experienced and said as much before my first faint and a nurse nearby went "GRAB HER SHE'S FAINTING!" which, love her to this day.

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Phineas, a corpse @phineas.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Finally. It opens.

A big white chevron-shaped shelter/installation with legs formed by mirrored horizontal parabola shapes surrounded by new grass on a renovated pedestrian plaza

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Date: I thought you said you worked in Finance? What's up with your 15 year old beater car?! Entomologist: Finance? Date: Entomologist: Oh, I see what's happened here.

Fine ants, six of them, the very best Crematogaster, in dorsal view feeding from a bright orange tropical flower.

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Steve Hayman 🇨🇦 @shayman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Have you, like me, spent the last 26 years worrying if the Canadian Potato Museum STILL has the display of various potato diseases with potatoes in little coffins? Stop worrying. I checked today. Still there.

A display of diseased potatoes mounted in the wall, each in a little coffin

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cwilk @cwilk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

What fresh hell is this? TuneUp in Avondale wanted to scan my face to go inside? No thanks, 4EG. Easybar, Getaway, Remedy, aliveOne, Central Park, Owl, Estelles all owned by this group. Plenty of wonderful taverns in Chicago, no way in hell am I serving up my biometrics to buy a $10 beer.

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 18/04/2026

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Southern view from a lakeshore highrise in Edgewater over Osterman Beach and Chicago loop in distance. // Image captured at: 2026-04-18 21:06:03 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: wgntv.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 51 F | 10 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: W at 16 mph | 26 kph // Humidity: 49%

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Our thanks to Plovermother Tamima Itani for creating and maintaining the Monty & Rose family tree, which grew new branches in 2025. Anxious to see what the 2026 breeding season holds! 🤍

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 02/04/2026

This is proof that sometimes you never know how good things can get, and even then, they can sometimes get even better. 13/10 for all (TT: matiastapia2409)

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Natasha 🏴🌻 @alterici.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Neighbor house finally has a zillow listing and there are like 3 pictures of a horse inside the house. (Horse belongs to another neighbor, he's allowed to graze in a few yards)

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It took me about three months to get here but... Here's a 🪶 for (nearly) every species of bird, with colors extracted from wikipedia descriptions. 10,151 species. #dataviz #birds #data

A wheel-like visualization of bird feathers colored from wikipedia descriptions

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one

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Jean-François Cudennec @limpetnerd.eurosky.social · 24/09/2025

major traffic incident

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment: "To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Partiful works decently and has decent interface on browser and app, you can opt in or out of reminders to people and send text blasts etc. People can also show how many are coming with them

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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

BEHOLD! The CAKE 2025 Poster by Mike Centeno! Mike is a Chicago-based cartoonist and illustrator born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Find more of his work including issues of his comic series Futile, at mikecenteno.com Stay tuned as we introduce our special guests, and we'll see you in June!

A colorful and calm Chicago lakefront scene, featuring cool, freaky monsters enjoying reading comics.
CAKE 2025 takes place June 28th - 29th at the Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox Ave, 60630. CAKE is a weekend long celebration of independent comics. Masks Strongly Encouraged!
Special Guests: Malachai Ward, KOREANGRY, Angie Hewitt, Caroline Hu, Geneva Bower, & Max Huffman

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Bottom density in the UK! This map by @helenmakesmaps (follow her!) shows the 376 place names containing the word "Bottom" in the UK.

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Chicago pope jokes write themselves. Ketchup on hot dogs is now officially a sin. Malort is the new holy spirit.

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Something something 30 to 50 feral hogs

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Available in Chicago via Whiskers and Tails. Also seeking more fosters to save more lives! www.whiskersandtailsfoundation.org/animals/brow...

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Animal Browse

website for organization that adopts out animals

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Have you ever wanted to adopt a cat who looks disturbingly like Wilford Brimley??? I've got good news for you

A white Persian cat whose face looks like it has a big mustache like actor Wilford Brimley's crouches behind some scrap packing paper, big fluffy mittens sticking out underneath

Same cat is sleeping in a shallow cardboard box, using one of her paws as a pillow. In photo caption reads "When your paws are that fluffy, of course they make good pillows".

Same cat emerges from under a chair and stares straight up at the camera/photographer

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 07/03/2025

NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated. The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west). My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...

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GZY ⍼ גז"י @gamzehyaavor.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Hmmmm would be a shame if that email inbox got flooded with bogus reports....

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Elizabeth Eileen @lizeileen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A chainmail lined fleece jacket would provide weight AND protection 🤔

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