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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah I'm part of the supply chain. (46lbs of aluminum)

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Followed up by getting spicy.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Awww shoot, where'd the lid go?

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And now they've got some gunk on them.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A beautiful show at the Museum of Contemporary Photography - "If Emmett Till Lived" - drawn from their archive, it lays out scenes from a life that could have been, and the life his memory inspired after his murder.

Black text on a white wall that says "He did live."

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Marek Poliks of the Disintegrator podcast talking about Exocapatalism - Solid talk, but damn I am not ready for a Kiwi-Farms as Vanguard in its style indexing lolcows.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reinventing wheels over here.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Was riding around in The Loop on my scooter and found this lodged in the back wheel - the end that was stuck in had a point to it. Would have popped my tire if it wasn't a run-flat.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Another one down. Did you know that Mantraps are used in both datacenters and freeports? Financialization through a remove in play at both.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Copper mesh at <0.2mm openings. Nuts.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

And, much like the rest of the park, it suffers a lot of damage during that time.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It's placement in the back of the stage means that between the approximately 3 week setup and strike of the festival, it gets fenced in and becomes completely inaccessible to the public - much like the rest of the park.

A view of Reading Cones surrounded by heavy machinery and construction workers

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Reading Cones has the unfortunate habit of being enveloped by the annual circus of Lollapalooza, where because of its proximity to Monroe it is fully enveloped by one of the major stages - this year the "Bud Light" stage.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Not too long ago the @chicagoreader.com did an excellent piece about the James Turrell on UIC's campus and how it's falling apart - I'd like to nominate another public sculpture for the most neglected in Chicago - Richard Serra's "Reading Cones" (1988) - located in Grant Park, North of Butler Field

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Jesse Bond @ Sawhorse gallery in Chicago.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Did I just get Attie bombed?

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The type of shit I get in NYT ads.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Latest book finished. For better or worse, "Dorito-fication" is now in my lexicon.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Who's got the rec for a secure email client - Outlook is kill.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Y'all ever see a lil motor so cute?

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

On average, just over a thousand people die every hour globally from starvation. Since markets opened, that's over 7,000 people.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

www.nianticspatial.com/blog/vantor

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Pokemon Go fest is happening in Chicago this weekend and and the phone holders are off the chain.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I have a newfound respect for gundam nerds. These things are tight.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

To play my part as contributor in the ecology of images and my role of photographer/extractor, here's a photo of the my most recently finished book.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Another gem at the bottom - "unexpected boarding events" is a way of saying fare policing - I wonder who that data will be reported to?

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Saw a rare pokemon at the train station.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Assembling my first ever Gunpla fig and it's insane how well these are designed. This is a whole sprue just for the the translucent eyes.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

If you live in a city, everything around you was put there by someone who thought they were making the best decision they could at the time.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Even though I'm off the gram I still have the urge to post my silly little pictures.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Chicago folks - Hosting an open studio tonight with a few artists in my building. 5-8pm, 350 N Ogden Ave. (West Loop)

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Go check out the spring edition of Chicago Gallery News, my first piece ever published in print!

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Sus. There must have been a dozen different type of camera on this one cars roof rack box.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Whipped this one up a few days back.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

LaGuardia 2hr 30minute TSA line.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

M16 becomes the primary US Military service rifle in 1964, based off of the Armalite AR-15. It's a distinct gun, for sure - which is why it's a little surprising to see it as a fucking Nerf rifle - FortNite branded no less.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

After learning about Meta's planned facial recognition feature for their Ray-Ban smart glasses, called Name Tag, I've decided to delete my entire presence on their platforms, and wrote 2,500+ words on maybe you might want to as well - www.macpierce.com/blog/2026/2/...

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Absolutely amazing show at the Renwick gallery in DC. All about state fairs and American craft - one of the best curated exhibitions I've ever seen. americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/...

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

@madewithlayers.bsky.social Was going through old photos and found one where I was working on my i3 build in 2015, and guess who's tutorials I was watching to help with the process.

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