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On here now. I cycle and sew, also help at Adepticon. She/they

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batski @babski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#bikechi does it best...if anyone wants to help Pint Peddler on the Midnight Marathon ride let em know!
Message from Pint Peddler
"I'm looking for some cargo bike peeps to help carey some extra kegs for the midnight marathon route. Let me know if you're interested"
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 01/10/2026
We're hosting a concert with local bands from 3-7p on The People’s Bridge™ (Cortland) in support of the permanent pedestrianization and continuation of bicycle access. The concert is free. Tipping the bands is strongly encouraged. 📍 Cortland Bridge (1420 W Cortland) ⏰ Sunday, October 18th, 3-7p
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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🗳 Hey, Chicago friends! Early voting starts TODAY at two downtown locations: 137 S. State + 69 W. Washington. (And on Oct 19 early voting sites open all over the city.) ℹ️ chicagoelections.gov/voting/early...
static.klipy.com
Your Ballot Is Waiting For You: Polls Are Open
Alt: Gif that says Your Ballot Is Waiting For You: Polls Are Open. You can vote early
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 30/09/2026
Winter will be here before you want it. Get you and your bike ready for cold weather season before it hits. BGN will teach you about layering, winter maintenance, assessing road conditions, making bail-out plans, and when it's unsafe. 📍 Beermiscuous, 2812 N Lincoln ⏰ Wed 10/21 6pm
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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The idea that you only press politicians after they've won — when they're more entrenched and more focused on donors — is deeply incompetent. They're at their most vulnerable as a non-incumbent running for office, so it's the best time to hit them as hard as possible. This is about fear and power.
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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 11/09/2026
We are so excited to announce the launch of a brand new tool for getting engaged with biking in Chicago - our new ward biking map! It'll show you bike routes in your ward, which ones were built this latest aldermanic term, and more. Let's break it down 🧵
chiwho.bike
Ward Map | Chicagoans Who Bike
A photo project documenting the stories of the wide variety of Chicagoans who bike around the city
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Femmes + Thems Bike Chicago @femnthembikechi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ride with us & @chicagobikesox.com 💟
Saturday, September 5th 🚲🧦⚾️🧢🌈 

💟 Ride with F+T & @chicagobikesox for a tailgate & baseball game! 

📍Meet up at the Battle of Ft. Dearborn Park at 3:30 pm

⏰ Roll at 4:00 pm 

🚲 Ride approx 8 miles to Guaranteed Rate Field where we’ll tailgate at the bike racks before the game 🤩🚲🍻🏳️‍🌈


•If you can’t make it to the ride before the game, meet us at the racks (bike racks between gates 2+3) at 5:00 pm. 🏟️

•Please buy tickets in Section 534! Link in @chicagobikesox bio for discounted tickets! 🎟️ 


We roll at 8-10 mph & stick together. 🚴🏻🚴‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️

Our rides welcome all forms of micromobility! We’d love to see you roll up on e-bikes, cruisers, cargo bikes full of children & pets, trikes, scooters, or other PEVs. ✨
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#CPD your officers can't even provide me a curdusy hazard lights when parking in the bike lane? That doesn't feel like protecting your tax payers.
A Chicago Police Department vehicle is parked in the bike lane without any lights on. There is striped space to the left for the vehicle to be parked in and not obstruct the bike lane.
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yet another case of cars ruin everything. My train is currently stopped due to a car and freight train collision.
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Honest question, is the smell of men actually good to straight women or gay men? Had an experience today that helped reaffirm that I am a lesbian just based on the general smell.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A post from “kavishj9611” that reads: 

“All the people who are anti-Al or want to slow Al progress, I have one question:
If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other
Al tool?
Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
Would you actually be willing to give it up?”

Panel 2:
And Orange Guy and a Pink Guy are standing in a room that has two pipes in it. Both pipes are pumping raw sewage into the room. The characters are waist deep in it.
Orange Guy says smugly “Ok Mr “I don’t want to be in a room that’s filling up with raw sewage” let me ask you this”

Panel 3:
The sewage has reached their chests. Pink Guy is gagging. Orange Guy smugly continues “If all this sewage disappeared right now, could you get through the day without it?”

Panel 4:
The sewage is almost up to their eyeballs. Orange Guys says “Look at that shit floating past your face. Are you willing to give that up?”
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just this past week Iranian hackers have attacked municipal water infrastructure in seven different states and the media is only talking about Minnesota and briefly Wisconsin. Tehran-linked hackers were breaching online automated devices used to manage systems. This is the future
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 17/07/2026
We are SO tired of being hit on Lincoln Ave so we're jamming. The NW side has Milwaukee, the SW side has Archer, and the West side is getting Ogden. We want the same for Lincoln Ave, which CDOT is not maintaining. 📍 Oz Park (Lincoln/Larrabee/Webster) ⏰ Monday 7/27, 6:30 meet, 6:45 roll
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
BREAKING: The Trump White House just ousted all three sitting members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission — hamstringing the bipartisan agency ahead of the midterms. The EAC helps state and local officials run elections, including by certifying election equipment.
nbcnews.com
Trump ousts remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of midterms
The dismissals hamstring a key bipartisan agency just months before the midterms.
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Femmes + Thems Bike Chicago @femnthembikechi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
ride with us in july <3
Let’s gather in Humboldt Park’s Formal Gardens (this is Google Maps-able, fret not!) to hang out and mingle, and then ride to West Town Bikes together! 🪻🌷🌻

After the ride, we’ll do a Fix-A-Flat workshop at West Town Bikes and an open shop to tackle any bike woes — or watch our buddies tackle their bike woes. 🔧

If you participate in the open shop or workshop, we encourage you to make a donation to West Town Bikes! It’s what allows them to keep putting on these awesome events. 🚲

Sunday, July 5th! 🌸

We’ll meet up at the Formal Gardens at 12:00pm, and roll at 1:00pm (ish!) to West Town Bikes. 🏛️

Be sure to bring water, snacks, and bike locks. 🔐

We roll at 8-10 mph and stick together, this is a no drop ride! 🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻

Our rides welcome all forms of micro mobility! We’d love to see you roll up on e-bikes, cruisers, cargo bikes full of children & pets, scooters, or other PEVs. 🚲
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago @mwrdgc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Overflow Action Alert! Heavy rain is expected in the Chicago area today. Reduce your use of water during and after the storm to help prevent flooding and protect water quality. Learn more at MWRD.org/OAD. @ChicagoRiver
Yellow circular badge urging action for Overflow Action Day by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and Friends of the Chicago River. Large blue text reads, “Act! It’s an Overflow Action Day” on the upper half of the badge with the logos of the organizations below.
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 09/06/2026
If you appreciate what we do and are able to send us a few bucks, it helps us print materials like those stickers that go right back into the community or purchase vests for our marshals. We have not taken a donation in over *two years.* Eventually, those funds are depleted. Our link is below.
givebutter.com
Bike Grid Now Donations
Flags and Fliers supports Bike Grid Now's ability to respond quickly and effectively with materials.
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 07/06/2026
Please, join us in community as we celebrate the life of Riley O'Neil and Jam in his honor. 📍 Palmisano Park (Fitness Course) - 41.84177, -87.64905 ⏰ Monday, June 8th, 7p Start, 6:30p Meetup
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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
The city’s new tourism slogan should be: Tear It Up Overnight In Chicago
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 03/06/2026
I would like to congratulate my wonderful wife, @zoandbehold.bsky.social, for winning her primary! She ran unopposed and will also be unopposed in the general, meaning for 3 election cycles in a row, Montana will have a trans woman (and kick ass human) in the legislature.
My wife, rep zephyr, raising the microphone.
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 02/06/2026
Join us for a marshal training at Union Park! Come out on Tuesday, June 16th and we’ll teach you how to lead a group ride, cork, and de-escalate safely with drivers. 📍 Union Park (NE corner of Ashland/Washington) ⏰ Tuesday, June 16th, from 6:30-8pm
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 18/05/2026
A shocking number of people are replying to my call to block Neil Gaiman with variations on "Wait, what did he do?" I guess some folks have been living under a rock, but it's never too late to wise up: archive.is/cr8Me
NYMag headline: "There is no safe word. How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades." by Lila Shapiro
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 26/04/2026
Back for 2026: Join us for a marshal training at Union Park! Come out on Sunday May 3rd and we’ll teach you how to lead a group ride, cork, and de-escalate safely with drivers. 📍 Union Park (NE corner of Ashland/Washington) ⏰ Sunday, May 3rd from 6-8pm
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Chicago if you don't have tickets yet, time to get them. Bad Time Records tour was amazing 2 years ago, don't miss it this year.
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Nothing like doing voice practice with the hail Mary prayer, to remember it before joining family for dinner today. Recovering Catholic for the win 🤷‍♀️
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
reskeet this for a chance to win a FREE streaming ticket to the show! ROBO WAITRESS ASSASSINS, a queer trans cyberpunk action dramedy live reading/performance! live in LA on Apr 5 @ 12:30 pm, and streaming for two weeks after the show! action! comedy! drama! kissing! support original trans art!
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Robo Waitress Assassins, a cyberpunk action dramedy live reading
In a world where murder is legal, a cybernetic waitress is used to assassinate anyone the mega-company known as “Corporate” wants out of the way. But a personal catastrophe spurs her to defy her progr...
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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Ads for Northwestern professor J. Michael Bailey's survey for trans youth seem innocuous at first: “Tell your story, challenge preconceptions, and have YOUR experience reflected in the science.” But parents/advocates for trans youth say Bailey and co. have an agenda and rough academic past. 🧵/15
chicago.suntimes.com
A Northwestern study claims to support trans youths' wellbeing. Parents, advocates say it'll do the opposite.
Pointing to Northwestern University psychology professor J. Michael Bailey and his co-researchers’ discredited papers, advocates say the ongoing study could further fuel legislative efforts to push tr...
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I hate how much AI art is in the slide show for my company leadership conference. There must be an already human created art for these slides😤
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Chicago Board of Elections @chicagoelection.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Today is Election Day in Chicago! Polls are open from 6:00am to 7:00pm, including at 51 vote centers - for more info, go to: chicagoelections.gov/voting/elect... 🗳️
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zee @clown.football · 15/03/2026
Meta is throwing astronomical sums of money at IL legislature to get bullshit "age verification" here— if you live in Illinois, kindly sign a witness slip as 'opposed'
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Please submit opposal to this.
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 14/03/2026
A big week for witness slips with important bills coming up, including the Idaho Stop! By Wednesday, 3/18 at 5pm: - Please sign as "Self" in the firm/business field; - PROPONENT or OPPONENT as noted - "Record of Appearance only" Bills and links follow in this thread. (1/9) bsky.app/profile/bike...
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Had a coworker comment that he'll be masking like I do for the next all in person event after getting sick for a week last time.
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JER (They/Them) @skatunenetwork.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Hi it’s bandcamp Friday. I wanted to go hard posting about it but we leave for tour tomorrow so imma just say that u should go grab some JER music today if u can Jerska.bandcamp.com
jerska.bandcamp.com
JER
JER is a fresh new take on the sound of ska punk. Jeremy's inspiration comes from many ska bands old and new, such as Kill Lincoln, Bruce Lee Band, Hepcat, The Skatalites, and Fishbone. While most Ska-Punk bands drive their "Punk" sound from the 90s pop punk style, JER seeks inspiration from modern "indie" punk bands such as Jeff Rosenstock, Pup, Illuminati Hotties, Bad Moves, and the Beths.
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Go get that indie music.
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Val @ BOO! Goes the Bride (of Frankenstein) @valwrites.ca · 05/03/2026
It's Bandcamp Friday tomorrow btw, 100% of your purchase goes to the artist! Go indie and never look back
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Femmes + Thems Bike Chicago @femnthembikechi.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
ride with us this sunday :)
This Sunday is International Women's Day, so let's ride!!! Let's celebrate not just women, but also trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive people! This day is for all of us, as we continue to fight for gender justice, autonomy, and liberation. 

We'll meet up @metriccoffee at 1:00 pm, to enjoy some delicious coffee and pastries as we gather. 

We'll roll at 2:00 pm and ride 6.5 miles to @marzbrewing for a post-ride hang. 

Be sure to bring water and snacks, lights, bike locks. 

We roll at 10-12 mph & stick together.

Our rides welcome all forms of micromobility! We'd love to see you roll up on e-bikes, cruisers, cargo bikes full of children & pets, scooters, or other PEVs.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 17/02/2026
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Recently finished up my block boss model for Cyberpunk: Combat Zone. My little team will be in both tournaments at AdeptiCon.
A monster fight club Block Boss miniature painted in pink and purple with black skin. Model is standing on a street corner base. Background is a purple/pink color.
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JER (They/Them) @skatunenetwork.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
HAPPY BANDCAMP FRIDAY! if you buy any digital skatune network covers from Counter Intuitive records, we are donating the money to the immigrant law center of Minnesota Counterintuitiverecords.bandcamp.com
Graphic of 11 skatune network records sitting over a pinkish purple collage of different album covers. The skatune network logo sits up top and the text ‘counterintuitiverecords.bandcamp.com’
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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Hyde Parkers: Comment on proposed plans to revamp the #55 bus corridor with better boarding options, bus lanes, etc: Info: www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/B... Survey: www.menti.com/algv7baftywz Additional comments: betterstreetsforbuses@transitchicago.com
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batski @babski.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Details for the memorial ride for Alex Pretti in Chicago this weekend. - Meet at 1:15pm, Roll at 1:30pm - John Walsh Park (E end of The 606) - Route to come, we will roll @ party pace (casual, no drop) toward the VA on Damen where a memorial is set up for Alex. See you Saturday.
Poster for a bike ride, blue and white background with Chicago stars in red and an illustration of Alex Pretti smiling and wearing a bike helmet. Text reads "Chicago Memorial & Protest Ride for Alex Pretti. We ride in unity. Saturday 1.31.2026. 1:15 meet, 1:30 roll. Walsh Park, Eastern end of 606. Ride together. Stand together.
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If this is within any capable travel distance of you, don’t sleep on this show!
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Erik_Nilsson 🦇🐈‍⬛🍂 @x1237valr.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Stop calling it war. These are terrorist attacks being committed by the US government. Every foreign nation should be lining up sanctions.
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shrub34.bsky.social @shrub34.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
This is major for those procrastinators of taxes or time sensitive mailings.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Epstein redactions aren't believable, and they are valuable to fascists specifically because they aren't believable. Fascists prefer lies to truth. Believing in a lie is preferable to believing a truth, if what you want is to dominate. Believing lies dominates truth. So they believe lies.
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JER (They/Them) @skatunenetwork.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
HI INTERNET hate that I need to do this, but calling in my community to help me out! Square freezing my account and holding my funds was the straw that broke the camels back, tbh. Here’s An incredibly long block of text, but all provides transparency and context behind this
Screenshot of gofund me featuring a picture of the JER band and text reading “help JER cover tour debt & expenses to keep touring in 2026”Hi, my name is JER and I’m calling in my community for help right now. For some background, I am an artist who releases music under my name, JER. In addition to that, I have a YouTube channel called skatune network, where I cover songs in the style of ska. For 9 years, I’ve been doing the YouTube thing, but for the past 5 years, my passion truly lies with the art that i create through the JER project and JER band. It’s been a privilege and honor to see the support of 2 full length records and 104 live shows over this time, and I’m deeply grateful for everybody who has been showing love and support to my craft! 

Anybody who follows me knows that touring is volatile and expensive. So many factors can make or break a tour financially, and it’s easy for expenses and debt to snowball to a point where it’s near impossible to catch up / continue. That was 2025 for me. With the expecting of a handful of shows, I didn’t really play any shows from spring 2024 to fall of 2025. I got off the road and dedicated the back half of 2024 to working to pay down tour debt. I began 2025 with minimal debt and recorded a record, the record being Death of the Heart. 

I made a financial plan for the year, which included keeping costs on our first March weekend. The additional cost was going to cover half of the bands flights to Japan, while I was already going to be out there AND all of our expenses in Japan were already covered. At the end of that March weekend, however, I was hit with the news that my merch fulfillment store had accumulated several thousand dollars of debt. All the money we made that weekend immediately went toward paying a portion of that debt off. This left me back home with more debt, and having to work my real life jobs to re-save to fly a portion of my band to Japan for our shows 

The spring is my slowest time of year, since most of my work is in the summer and fall.  It took until the summer for me to save the money to book the flights. Our June tour was a breakeven, but the money we made from merch at shows was immediately taken to cover the online fulfillment debt I didn’t even know existed until March. This put me in a position where every dollar I made from my 5 jobs all summer went toward covering the costs of the last tour, and the next tour booked would start before I could pay off the last. This cycle is why we had to drop off our shows leading into fest. The money that was supposed to rent the van and book the flights instead went toward a previous tour debt. This cycle has culminated to where I’m at now. 
As of now, Square has frozen my account and is withholding all the merch money I made from my last few December shows. There is *still* a remaining debt on the merch fulfillment that isn’t fully paid down, and every tour has been in the red because of this lingering debt. I’m at a position where I have a lot of cool tours booked for 2026, but I am at a point where I can’t even afford to start the tour. Vans need to be rented. Flights need to be booked. Merch needs to be made. These are all costs that I don’t have, and I can’t afford to go on the road with this much debt again. It would be a huge bummer to drop off some very cool tours, but it’s just not feasible for me to make happen THATS WHERE I’M ASKING FOR Y’ALLS HELP! Between every skatune network page, I have over 1.2 million followers. If less than 1/10th of a % of my following sent me a dollar, I’d be able to cover every expense lost from square locking my merch money, AND the debt lingering over the skatune store. I hate feeling that I’m in a position where I need to ask for this. I’ve been trying my best and working non-stop for over a year. I’ve been applying to jobs all year beyond my current work, and while I’m making enough to do everythingI appreciate the love and support deeply. The JER band is the most special project I’ve been a part of and had. The message of this band is so deeply important to me and I hope I can lean into my community to help make this possible. If you ever wanted to say thank you for the thousands of videos, hundreds of covers, all the entertainment, this is the way to do it! I’ve set the gofundme up for 10k. Believe it or not, my debt is higher than that right now, but that will pay off every debt lingering, cover the loss in merch money, pay down remaining tour expenses from this year, and set me up to get on the road next year!

And lastly, if you purchased merch from us this past weekend and used a card, expect a refund. I’m also going to honor system this and try to build some sort of forum to contact everybody. Square refuses to release all of our card transactions and is suggesting we refund it all. I know everybody we sold merch to doesn’t follow me. Some saw us for the first time at these shows. Some don’t use social media. I just have to accept that I may be out of some merch money this weekend. 

Thank you all so much. I appreciate you all 🫶🏾
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Greg Bovino may have moved on to Charlotte, but federal immigration agents maintain a presence in the Chicago area. Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
Northwest Side Rapid Response confirming a detention off Kedzie and Wabansia around 9:45 a.m. on 11/18.

Link to page: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNGKdmEeLL/?img_index=2Northwest Side Rapid Response confirming a detention off Kedzie and Wabansia around 9:45 a.m. on 11/18.

Link to page: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNGKdmEeLL/?img_index=2
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