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Eric Allix Rogers

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Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️‍🌈 📷

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · Jul 13

I've plotted my top recommended bike routes starting at the south end of the Lakefront Trail in Chicago to make it easier to share some of my favorite routes! They all basically work in reverse, but I've also tried to include train connections at the ends. All have detailed notes. #bikechi

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 4d

Preorder now! $8 per screenprinted shirt is going to the ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)

www.harebraineddesign.com

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1h

Same shot different day

Photo looking out over railroad tracks meeting towards the tall buildings of the Chicago skyline under a gray sky.. A train is visible to the lower left.

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cailin @cailin.gay · 2h

Realistically your options are to continue letting traffic enforcement be the responsibility of an armed gang of racist losers you have a 31% chance of getting shot by anytime you come into contact with them, or a camera that mails you a ticket you can pay online. Choose wisely

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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 4h

ChatGPT switching the big SEXT switch to on is probably going to be bad for a whole bunch of individuals but it's also a clear sign that they're a) desperate and b) giving up on the more grandiose bullshit so it's really weirdly good news

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 16h

6k miles for the year!

A heroic photo of my bicycle leaning up against a low stone wall with the white of a crashing wave and Lake Michigan visible behind it.

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McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social · 21h

Apparently they're parked in front of Gallistel elementary, staging out of Calumet Park and maybe the Coast Guard station.
CPD/CFD helicopter Base is adjacent

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 21h

masked federal agents used multiple canisters of tear gas + other chemical munitions on a crowd of residents in chicago's southeast side around 12:40 p.m.

neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.

tear gas billows from canisters in a residential intersection, at 105th street and south avenue north, on chicago's southeast side.

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McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social · 19h

a bit of context to the neighborhood where all this is going down today; Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish lost 12 who were KIA in Vietnam. There is a large memorial & mural on the corner. Check those names.

war memorial in South Chicago with names of 12 KIA in Vietnam. Rodriguez/Rodriguez/Chavez/Quiroz/Miranda/Urdiales/Urdiales/Cervantes/Lopez/Lozano/Ordonez/Padilla

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 21h

Good food and drinks there!

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 21h

Is that pronounced "cook nook" or "cuck nuck"? Because it has to be one or the other.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 22h

A single-serving bottle of Malort?

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 22h

Myst.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 23h

It's a challenging thing to frame.

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Same shot different day

Photo looking out over railroad tracks leading towards the top buildings of the Chicago skyline under a partly cloudy morning sky.

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

And too many old-timers still here who were around in the 1990s when the big push to do Prohibition 2.0 happened, and thought they were solving crime once and for all. Obviously it worked so they all still feel strongly they did the right thing.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

That would require it to be legal to issue a liquor license.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

If that doesn't work out, I would take it.

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Different shot same day

Photo taken at night. Looking out over railroad tracks leading towards the tall buildings of the Chicago skyline under a mostly cloudy sky illuminated with light pollution from below.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

That's so many hammers.

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Not enough.

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

The shorts will get shorter until morale improves.

Photo of me standing in a bathroom with white and black tile, wearing black shoes, tan shorts, and a plaid shirt. I am bald and wearing glasses.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Actually government seals should include the name of the largest employer or business based there. It would be much more honest about their priorities than whatever Latin pablum they do feature.

Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

I don't know!

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ARCHER DENIELS FIDLAND

Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 2d

Two friends are in Japan right now and found this at a store called "America Obsessed" - calling @mrillinois.bsky.social

A sweatshirt with a red collared shirt underneath it on a mannequin, displaying the crest of Decatur, Illinois with the word "Decatur" in huge text over top of it.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

Today I learned that Diane Keaton helped save the Ennis House!

Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy @savewrightflwbc.bsky.social · 1d

The Conservancy was saddened to learn of the death of actress Diane Keaton. Deeply committed to historic preservation, she played a significant role in our efforts to rescue the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Ennis House in 2005. savewright.org/remembering-...