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Luke

@luckwillows.bsky.social
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Former journalist, current writer, dad, and games and horror guy, always and forever a Chicago Guy boxd.it/1yEZr

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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I have to wear a wrist brace because I sprained it when I accidentally flipped over mid-water slide last week and I can't stop thinking about this Onion headline lol
Horrible Boogie Boarding Accident Leaves Man Totally Bummed Below The Neck
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
lol every time I open Facebook I get some variation of this ad for a seminar(?) in Schaumburg about how to move to New Zealand
Facebook ad for an event titled "How to Move to New Zealand" from an account named "Kiwiamerican"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Internet Hippo tweet: Just got back from the centrist rally. Amazing turnout. Thousands of people holding hands and chanting “Better things aren’t possible”
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
when I took this quiz like a decade ago it said I talk like I'm from Aurora, which I took as an insult
Results from that dialect quiz site, scientifically confirming that I am from Chicago
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
i would prefer not to if that's at all possible, LinkedIn
LinkedIn email with the subject line "Luke, meet john kass, Columnist at tronc (formerly tribune Publ..."
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Book cover of "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jeanette McCurdy
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
there have been some innovations in carnival technology since I was a child, currently waiting in line for a ride that is just a single loop roller coaster
FIRE BALL, a roller coaster carnival ride that is literally just a circular track, all loop all the time baybee
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Finally wrapped up Skate Story, can't overstate how much I loved it. Visually stunning, with incredible music and impeccable vibes tying it all together into something truly remarkable.
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Screenshot of a tweet by @TheJadedGuy:
David Cage: Can a robot learn to be human?
Yoko Taro: Can a human?
Cage: what
Yoko Taro: Can a human learn to be human?
Cage: I don't get it
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
No they aren't. That isn't true.
Screenshot of that tweet that says "people on here will tweet anything. "Charlie Brown had hoes." No he didn't. That isn't true."
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
when i look at my phone first thing in the morning because there's something wrong with me
Screenshot from Skate Story showing a weird little imp named Coney standing over the Skater as he lies on a bed saying "Wake up, buddy! It's time to eat shit!"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Skate Story remains delightful and gorgeous
Screenshot from Skate Story showing the Skater in a space full of ethereal yellow light with indistinct hooded figures glaring at himScreenshot from Skate Story showing a deep violet moon with a plaque in front of it reading "PROPERTY OF SOULXCHANGE, LLC" and a subtitle reading "In the underworld, plaques are law"A penguin in glasses standing before the violet moon saying "Hahaha! The Moon is mine!"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Tweet from @boring_as_heck:

[mysterious old lady flips tarot card revealing a dude who looks exactly like me flying a hot air balloon into power lines] 
Me: is that good
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
email you find in the first level of a survival horror game
Screenshot of an email subject line from Northwestern Medicine that says "Think You Have a Parasite? Don't Panic"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Skate Story is stunning so far. Great skating, impeccable vibes, and funny as hell.
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Me sowing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! 

Me reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Finally, a perfect fusion of these two
Garth Marenghi saying "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards"DW from Arthur looking at a sign on a door with a subtitle that says "That sign can't stop me because I can't read"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
DHS purge of anyone who's ever reposted sickos.jpg
drawing of a guy in a shirt labeled "sickos" leering through a window with a word bubble that says "YES ... HA HA HA ... YES!" from that one comic from The Onion
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
"we promise humans did this one"
Headline, subhed and byline from the Chicago Sun-Times: 
The best reads of 2025,
curated by our bookish staff 
From literary fiction to sci-fi to deep dives in history, these books stayed with our reporters, producers and staffers long after the last page. By Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis | WBEZ, Ethan Schwabe | WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ staff
Dec 12, 2025, 5:30am CST
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
lol some of these came and went without me even knowing about them
Screenshot of Wikipedia text that reads: Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre (originally World Music Theatre and formerly New World Music Theatre, Tweeter Center, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre and Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre) is an outdoor music venue located in Tinley Park, Illinois, that opened in
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
grubhub i am a married man
Notification from the GrubHub app that says "Unbutton your pants" with the pants emoji
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Nancy comic:
Panel 1: 
Nancy: "what are you going to be when you grow up?"
Sluggo: "I decided to become a writer"

Panel 2:
Nancy: "a writer?-- that's hard work"
Sluggo: "naw---it's a cinch"

Panel 3:
Sluggo: "the dictionary has EVERY word in it---"

Panel 4:
Sluggo: "all I have to do is REARRANGE the words"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
sometimes in order to make friends with a big monster you gotta kick its ass a little after an hour of attempts at a boss fight
The Bell Beast in Hollow Knight Silksong next to Hornet just after being defeatedThe Bell Beast in Hollow Knight Silksong doing a big friendly roar at Hornet in the fast travel stationThe Bell Beast in Hollow Knight Silksong gives Hornet a ride because we're tight now
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Still of Garth Marenghi from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace with the subtitle "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
*Charlie Brown voice* I got a rock
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Adding a ton of updates to this thread today through tomorrow because I'm spending 24 hours at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social getting thoroughly spooked
The Music Box Theatre marquee in Chicago with a big friendly skeleton on top for Music Box of Horrors 2025
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
taking one sip of this and getting the irresistible urge to pack the nation's courts with right wing ghouls for generations
Photo of a grocery store shelf with bottles of "The Federalist Cabernet Sauvignon"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Officer Dick's American Wasteland
Officer Dick, a cop on a skateboard, doing a manual in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The number of Halloween decorations this kid has yelled "I love you" at this morning is melting my spooky little heart
A terrifying toddler in a Ghostface mask with skeleton gloves on stalking menacingly through my living room. It's adorable.
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
also thought @scumbelievable.bsky.social might appreciate the custom book jacket my wife made so she could read it around the house without spooking our 2yo with the cover art, which is sick as hell
A copy of Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin covered in blue construction paper with "Black Flame" written on it in pen so the sick as hell cover art won't scare our toddlerA copy of Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin covered in blue construction paper with "Spooky Boooook" written on the back in pen so the sick as hell cover art won't scare our toddler
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Tweet from Internet Hippo that says "Just got back from the centrist rally. Amazing turnout. Thousands of people holding hands and chanting "Better things aren't possible""
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
executive order with this printed on it
Screenshot of the @dril tweet that says "(dismissing waitress handing me the check with a hand wave) no thank you. i dont believe in any of that"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
also available in lower thread Count
Kids bedsheets with Sesame Street characters including Cookie Monster, Big Bird and The Count in Halloween costumes
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
when my wife asks me to find children's sheets with a decent thread Count
Halloween themed Sesame Street bed sheets with a bunch of pictures of The Count holding pumpkins and hanging out with bats and moons
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
if anyone needs a Poly Skeleton Throuple Tote Bag, Home Goods has got you covered
Tote bag printed with scenes of a skeletal bride and groom holding hands with the seam sewn to make it look like two grooms locking arms and vholding hands with the bride
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
getting a card for an 8 year old's birthday and it would be so funny to go with this one
Birthday card with a picture of a red, yellow and green bird with the caption "At your age, it's best to accept that the sweet bird of youth has flown"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
richard scarry said acab
Illustration labeled "blue police car" in Richard Scarry's Best Little Word Book Ever with an anthropomorphic pig behind the wheel
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Like it's very jarring to go from Spooky Fun Antics to Children Should Repent Before The Lord
Cover of The Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Forest featuring a classic sheet this spooking the children around a campfireCover of The Berenstain Bears Learn About Heaven (Living Lights™ A Faith Story), with the family gazing upwards, their mouths open in praise, as bear angels with harps fly above
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
ah geez ah man that's not the path I was looking for at all
Screenshot from Lies of P showing Pinocchio standing over multiple corpses on the ground beneath the location title card for "Path of Misery."
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
when the grubhub delivery is one minute late
Screenshot from Lies of P with Sophie delivering the line "Lies are a weapon used by humans who thrive in a world of deception."
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
call me norman osborn the way im smokin on that green goblin
a goblin shaped bong in s store window
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
the disrespect for parents in today's society is ridiculous, can't imagine anyone being ok with a game called "beat the children"
Picture of a board game box for "Beat the Parents: Disney Edition" featuring various Disney cartoon characters facing off against their parents
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
love to get ransomware emails from the mcdonald's corporation
email from McDonald's with the subject line "you did this"
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
thanks for the heads up ComEd, next time I'll call ahead to cancel the multi-week heat wave so I don't have to run my AC
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Headline from The Onion that says "Nation Stunned As Man Buys Newspaper" over a picture of the ghoulish vampire Jeff Bezos after he purchased the Washington Post
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Tweet from @dril:
another day volunteering at the betsy ross museum. everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck the flag. buddy, they wont even let me fuck it
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Beavis and Butthead screenshot with Beavis by a gravestone that says "Here Lies Beavis. He Never Scored."
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Public opinion is split on the Shelby Question
Bathroom graffiti on a red wall that says "Fu** Shelby" but "Shelby" is crossed out and "(nice lady)" is written underneath
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Luke @luckwillows.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Paranormal Activity 3!!!
Sickos.jpg from The Onion
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