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Alea Perez (she|her)

@shhhyeah.bsky.social
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List-maker, office supply lover, late-1900s nostalgia chaser, book consumer, children's & YA GN enthusiast. Overly sentimental. Opinions my own.

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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 2h
Do you know what would create a more amiable airport environment for me? Not having to figure out all the ways and places where I can and should opt out of security theater and excessive surveillance.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mid-February is the earliest I could get an appointment for a mammogram. That is just so mind-boggling to me. Getting these actually once a year means I need to be asking for my referral about 6 months post-appointment.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I lost a pin I got at the National Public Housing Museum. It came off my jean jacket without me noticing. The only correct response is to go back and buy a new one, right?
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*to the Wheel of Fortune cadence* Build. The. Tunnel! Couldn't be that, could it. :)
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm tired of getting spoon-fed mediocrity while being told it's excellence.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤔 But should I apply?
nita.illinois.gov
Northern Illinois Transit Authority | NITA launches Rider Advisory Councils, now accepting applications
NITA is now accepting applications for two new volunteer advisory councils: the Riders Advisory Council and the ADA Advisory Council, both required by the…
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Me, trying to settle on a pop song for a library meme: Oh...I'm legit old. Old, old. In mind if not body. I don't recognize or like most of what is on the Billboard top 100.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Week 7.5 Slowly removing hardware (leashes first) as they start to try out being in close proximity. Still healthy communication happening, e.g. some warning growls, but it's less and less all the time. I'm so proud of their progress.
Two dogs, one brindled and one black, lying next to each other on a pile of blankets on a couch.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
It's just after 1pm on another picture perfect fall day in Chicago. So far today, masked federal agents have taken people from Brighton Park and suburban Aurora. ~1 year after the "Blitz" began, the alerts haven't subsided. ICE is still breaking windows and destroying worlds.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This week was brutal for things going against my best laid plans, including just trying to get proper sleep. I cancelled every plan I had for today, walked the dogs, then belly laughed when one (Shenzi) fell asleep on me with her mouth open. That laugh was the mental reset I needed.
A close-up of a brindled, sleeping dog's face and open mouth, with little teeth visible.
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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
sticker-makers of Chicago: I (and perhaps others) would buy a sticker that says REMEMBER LAQUAN FORGET RAHM
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New for me this year: I'll be delivering these around my neighborhood! ✅ Pick-up date/time scheduled for next week ✅ Watch short explainer video ✅ Review route ❌ Deliver *Coming Soon*
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My husband would like to know:
static.klipy.com
Charlie Day's Spaghetti Policy Question
Alt: Charlie Day, in a scene from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, asks "What is your spaghetti policy here?"
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
COVID and flu shots scheduled for early October, hooray!
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When this is how you hold conversations, his being nonverbal doesn't make a lick of difference...
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If this isn't the biggest pile of horse shit I've seen all day... @duckworth.senate.gov, I ask as a constituent: are you serious? I need my elected officials to have a fire in their bellies and DO something. Farmers voted for Trump. Let them suffer the consequences.
c-span.org
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I took a second out of my evening to give thanks to a local organizer who I know busts their ass to keep our community safe. There are so many people to be thankful for.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have heard of one of these people. I have heard one of these songs. I will hear one of these songs next year, in five years, etc. I will forget the other exists in a few minutes.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The people making and/or doing things are the best. This is *amazing*
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 21/09/2026
If you're mad as hell about this and have some $ to spare, immigrant support activists on the ground here in Austin told me that the Immigrant Support Fund is the best donation destination; Wilber's family (and others) are helped via this stream: givebutter.com/ZkFxFu
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I live a privileged life that I try not to take for granted, but by golly, it's been a series of small but stacked bad timing incidents today (two just missed trains, one just missed bus, one ghost bus) that is lending to my growing stress surrounding a few looming deadlines.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
(It's not done.)
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This was advertised as serving 4 and I just have to ask, 4 what?
A banana next to an ice cream cake, for scale.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
20-year-old me would want to become me immediately, not understanding the work and big challenges coming up for her are why I even exist in the first place.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hot damn.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yes! My neighborhood has been so much quieter this year but I thought it had to be me imagining it. I hoped I was just imagining it. Fewer flags, fewer hood bibs (whatever they're actually called), fewer backyard and alley fiestas. Just...less. :(
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Maya Dukmasova @mdoukmas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Heya @injusticewatch.org is still in big need of volunteer DRIVERS to help us distribute 200,000 print copies of our #CheckYourJudges guide across Cook County! Sign up in the volunteer section of this form: www.injusticewatch.org/judges/judic...
injusticewatch.org
Help your neighborhood get our judicial election guide
We’re expanding the print distribution of our judicial election guide for the November election to reach 200,000 voters — more than ever before. We need
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 15/09/2026
It's National Voter Registration Day A common misconception is that anyone with a past criminal conviction is barred from voting, a myth that creates de facto disenfranchisement for many impacted by the system In reality, it varies from state to state: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Screenshot of U.S. map showing states with criminal disenfranchisement laws
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Guess what occasion this greeting card is meant to address.
The front of a greeting card, featuring 4 individual and 1 pair of anthropomorphic popsicles painting a popsicle stick standing on a platform in the middle of the room.
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tim d (he/him) @doormouse12.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
super excited that this zine is finally out! i've been working on it with marc and Brett from Temporary Services, and we got amazing input from librarians from LAPL, Multnomah, & the Free Library of Philly...
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I hit my fill of current events dread for the day, so I've now pivoted to needlessly worrying about how the art on my walls looks given my "vibes only" approach to putting it up. (Reminder to self re: the world: much like the art, you can do what you can do with the resources you have.)
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The social workers who are routinely at my library are employed by the police department next door and host office hours with us. I try not to utilize them because they are, in this case, literally part of the carceral system.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I got some lovely buttons and stickers in the mail today from @rlmartstudio.bsky.social Beautifully timed because I also finished reading Let This Radicalize You after an embarrassingly long time. This is all the energy I wanted to tap into on a day like today (25th anniversary of 9/11).
A set of 7 buttons and 2 stickers, all political.

Black Lives Matter
Complacent = Complicit
Don't Mourn, Organize
If You Can Breathe, You Can Shout
If You Wish to Break the Chains, You Will Need to Break the Rules
Nothing About Us Without Us is For Us
When We Lose Our Fear, They Lose Their Power
Justice Is For Everyone - Immigrant Rights Now
The Labor Movement
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I love this kid.
A dog sitting in profile on a tree stump, looking up at a person off camera.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Speaking of snail mail - prepping September's batch of postcards. The blue goes out to BIPOC librarians, the orange to neighbors I spot putting up flags/signs of a certain persuasion that I appreciate.
Three postcards, one upside down. 

First: four people hand-sewing a quilt. The majority of the postcard is a shade of blue, but there are pink, teal, and orange pops of color. 

It reads "No one can stop us from imagining another kind of future, one that departs from the terrible cataclysm of violent conflict, of hateful divisions, poverty, and suffering. Let us begin to imagine the worlds we would like to inhabit, the long lives we will share, and the many futures in our hands." Susan Griffin

Second: upside down. Blank back with a postage stamp and an ink stamp that says "You've got snail mail."

Third: An orange starburst with the top portion of the Statue of Liberty. It reads "Rise up, Resist, Persist"
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I bought myself a wagon to help haul supplies around, because sometimes I'm aware enough to apply work outreach practices to personal ones.
A black Gorilla brand wagon inside a home. It's partially on a hardwood floor and a blue, beige, and brown rug with square and circle patterns. Blue bookshelves full of books are behind it.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Go here 👇🏽 to send a message. usmailnotforsale.org
usmailnotforsale.org
Home Page - U.S. Mail Not For Sale
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Okay, you got me. I'm interested.
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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's here! openhousechicago.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
openhousechicago.org
Open House Chicago | Chicago Architecture Center
The Chicago Architecture Center's Open House Chicago is a FREE annual festival that typically offers access to hundreds of sites across Chicago, from iconic locations to under-the-radar architectural ...
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@yenpress.com - Yen. Yen... Friend. Are you releasing an omnibus of Girl's Last Tour volumes 4-6? Because I am not too proud to beg (but I am too proud to pay $100 on the used market for any one volume.) Please let me throw money at you.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Happy Hit My Insurance Deductible Due to Therapy Day to me! (Thank goodness for medical professionals.)
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Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Don’t share photos or videos of people without their consent. Especially if those people could then be targeted by the state. Unhoused people can be targeted for policing & evictions. Protestors can be targeted for later arrests. Don’t fuck up people’s lives for social media followers.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Saw a movie and got nachos (to share) for a whopping $15.42. The nachos cost me more than the movie ticket, even if just barely. Seeing some folks talk about movie prices makes me feel spoiled.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just musing over how much easier consistent exercise was when I lived on a campus and was part of a group (ROTC) that met every morning at a location that was a walkable distance from where I lived. Things I like doing I can do just fine alone. Things I don't like doing are best done socially.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
You will paint it about 3 months after it arrives, as it turns out. Install still TBD. I stained it on Saturday (still wish I had waited) and painted the roof today. I'll move it inside in a few hours for the last portion of decorative painting, before going back outside to seal. Making progress
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Made and split a sandwich with my spouse for breakfast. His sausage patty is laughably smaller than mine, but he tried and I'll give him credit for that.
A bolillo with jalapeños, spinach, tomato, and Impossible sausage on a white plate.A closed bolillo sandwich, with Impossible sausage and spinach sticking out.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And another, this time until 8:30 🤯
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Often, my best days are really about building momentum. After Bike the Drive, I came home, walked the dogs, did some yard work, read. The first 3 things being physical are the whole reason why I feel like a million bucks right now. When I sit at work and commute, momentum feels hard to build.
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Gorgeous morning. ☺️
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Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Looks like I'll be heading to Cafecito tomorrow morning after Bike the Drive. If the timing were better, I'd have been heading to Can't Believe It's Not Meat in Hyde Park instead, but this will give me something new to try, making it a win all the same. :)
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