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Tracy Seneca

@tracyseneca.bsky.social
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Chicago. Digital Libraries. Walking from all the way hither to all the way yon. First love: Detroit. Current love: the UK canal system.

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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bell tower guts, Copenhagen.
Light coming through windows on gears inside Christiansborg's Tower
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Baby stroller shop, Copenhagen.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From the Danish Arctic Institute.
Looking out a window onto a canal in Copenhagen
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Copenhagen…
Christiansborg Palace statue of horseFront of Copenhagen City HallCity Hall stairwell Looking out at the water from inside the Black Diamond, Royal Danish Library
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝
All but one of the flavors of Mario’s Italian lemonade I sampled this summer.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 September 10 - Orange
Holding a delicious orange Italian lemonade.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 September 3 - Blueberry Mint
Holding an extremely delicious blueberry mint Italian lemonade.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 September 1 - Dragonfruit
Holding a delicious dragonfruit Italian lemonade.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Re: Edgewater highrise controversy… Some of the folks on the south side of the Malibu put everything they had into getting that spot. I don’t oppose the new building, but I don’t see any need to mock people for being upset that they’ll lose everything they worked for and treasured.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 August 31 - Cantaloupe
Holding a delicious cantaloupe Italian lemonade.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 August 27 - Grape
Holding a delicious grape Italian lemonade.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Rusty belt railway bridgeBrooks building Dynamic Food and Liquor, boarded up.Boarded up beauty shop
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Jackson and Kenton, Chicago
Rusty railroad bridge with plants growing on top. Reads “of Chicago”.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Assuming the coffin proceeds at a walker’s pace… not including the time it takes to stop in every town in between while a crow demands to know where Mr. Brown is. youtu.be/5OVDq_WCfGw?...
“From Mandeville to Sligoville, coffin running around. Upsetting, upsetting, upsetting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.”
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Until last year, the UIC Digital Collections had an average of around 250,000 requests per month. In November 2025, that went up to 62,168,279 requests. We've been trying various strategies to protect the site from AI bots but it takes constant adjustment. www.glamelab.org/products/are...
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Unfortunately, the UIC Library Digital Collections platform is still having issues. We're still working with our vendor to resolve the problem. This issue is usually owing to the site being aggressively scraped for content by AI bots.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 August 26 - chocolate
Holding a chocolate Italian lemonade.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Flashback, 1984: my housemate goes to the record store to get Babylon by Bus and Blonde on Blonde by Bob and Bob.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Dave’s Down to Earth Rock Shop, Evanston
Four polished rock globes on stands with a sign that says “DO NOT HANDLE THE SPHERES”.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Kostner and Cortland
Doorway of a brick building with a sign over it reading “LIFE-LIKE”. Light is reflecting off glass block windows onto the sidewalk.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 August 21 - Green Apple
Holding a delicious green apple Italian lemonade.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 August 20 - Peach Their best work.
Holding a delicious peach Italian ice.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Unnamed (?) alley south of Fullerton, east of Sheffield. You have to enter via the DePaul campus. It’s magical back there.
Canopy of trees over a narrow alleyway, with a sign that says “SLOW”.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Flashback: when I worked at the DePaul Library, late 1990s. You could pack a sandwich for lunch, walk to the lake, jump in, and be back on time. Had a laundry line for my swimsuit hanging across my cubicle.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Vista from Ashland Ave & W Arbour Pl.
A gated alley, overgrown with weeds and vines and whatnot.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 August 14 - Red Raspberry
Holding a delicious red raspberry Italian ice.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
First class signage, Muskegon MI
Glass block window with “Fraternal Order of Eagles” painted above a large cartoon eagle. The eagle is a two-fisted (winged) drinker. Below the eagle it says “Just One More”.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
More from the 2026 Broken Arrow Horseback Riding Club High Noon Ride - Hyde Park, Chicago.
Two riders turn onto the Midway - one has his head turned back toward the other.Young rider turning onto the Midway.Graceful horse and rider in front of the Fountain of Time.Four riders approach the Fountain of Time from Washington Park. (A fifth rider is obscured the background)
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Riders cross in front of the Fountain of Time at the 2026 Broken Arrow Horseback Riding Club High Noon Ride - Hyde Park, Chicago.
Two horseback riders in front of a very large sculpture.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge 458 - Chinatown, Chicago.
Front of Amtrak crossing a railroad bridge over the South Branch of the Chicago River.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 July 31 - Mango
Holding a delicious mango Italian ice.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🇮🇹 🍋 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 coming into Springfield, IL
Big Boy steam locomotive on the tracks surrounded by crowds taking pictures. A small boy in a red t-shirt being carried on someone's shoulders is holding his hands over his ears.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹🍋 July 20- pineapple
Holding a delicious pineapple Italian ice.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I am not the only kook who took the train to Springfield to see the Union Pacific Big Boy steam train. We passed by it while it was napping on the tracks. The whole observation car turned out to be trainspotters. [I concede this is the worst picture of the 4014 that anyone has ever posted.]
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014, resting on the tracks. Taken out the window of the Amtrak and into the sun.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
421 Texas Eagle to Springfield IL delayed indefinitely. I had a date with Abe.
My vista from my seat on the floor at Union Station underneath 2 escalators.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹🍋 July 16 - watermelon
Holding a delicious watermelon Italian ice.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹🍋 July 15 - fruit salad. Note: every bee in Chicago and their cousin now has the Good News about Mario’s Italian Lemonade, and directions to Taylor St.
Holding a delicious fruit salad Italian ice.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I just got on a bus that says “GO CUBS” and nothing else. Assuming it’s a 22 and hoping for the best.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I never get tired of Chicago
Sailboats in the race to Mackinac turning at Montrose pier.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹🍋 July 9 - cherry.
Holding a delicious cherry Italian ice.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹🍋 July 8 - piña colada.
Holding a delicious piña colada  Italian ice.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Do your patriotic duty, people. Keep those counters clean.
Handwritten sign at Al’s Italian Beef. “PLEASE do not set your kids on the counter. Thank you, Manager”. It has a small U.S. flag taped to it. Menu board and large picture of an Italian beef sandwich are visible behind it.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Multiple folks on the sidewalk stopped to watch this butterfly. Red Admiral on a purple cornflower, says Google.
Butterfly investigating a pink flower
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹🍋 July 1 - strawberry.
Holding a delicious strawberry Italian ice.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Project 🇮🇹🍋 June 30 - Lemon.
Holding a delicious lemon Italian ice.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Then and now… Chicago Ave bridge.
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Somewhere in Old Town
Cityscape buildings
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Tracy Seneca @tracyseneca.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Just in case you were wondering, it’s still out of order. The Fudge Pot, Wells St.
Out of order soda machine from, like, 1974.
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