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Henderson the Purple Rain King
@ericksoen.bsky.social
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E-bike hive member since 2020. Biked to all 81 Chicago Public Library branches as a shitpost. Pro-Chicago til the day I die.
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The resolution to this shitpost only took 777 days and ~1500 miles but I somehow did it.

I’ve now biked to all 81 Chicago Public Branches in reverse chronological order (by year constructed). LFG.
Causabon and Cadwallader mentioned.
Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
The George C. Hall branch is particularly magnificent.
Boom. Biked to all 81 Chicago Public Library branches and took some pictures along the way

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The main problem with Bluesky is that some of you aren't posting enough Chicago content. This is the premiere Chicago-centered social website, please act accordingly.
I had a Sonoran(ish) hot dog from a street vendor in one of Chicago’s heavily Mexican neighborhoods and can confirm it did indeed slap: mayo on a toasted bun, a hot dog in bacon, and grilled jalapeños.
Gonna be heartbreaking to discover that this place does NOT sell hot dogs.
Start of a new series: Iconic Salt Lake City Façades!
Chicago
Nita would be a beautiful name for the second daughter of a transit-oriented couple who had a first child named RTA that has been a huge disappointment
That was my first instinct.

My second was, “Nah. That’s like an hour away. He’ll never make it.”

My third was, “but I wouldn’t bet against him”
A blue bike sped past me at the corner of Grand and Laramie. Possible @nova999999.bsky.social sighting?
ChatGPT-ass presidency.
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
High schooler 1: is that a house?
High schooler 2: that’s a home. You wouldn’t know anything about what it takes to make a house a home.

lmao.
A trick-or-treater just asked what we paid for our house
We invite our neighbors over to a Halloween bonfire with walking tacos and hand out candy from a large treasure chest with a skeleton inside.

Easily one of my favorite nights of the year.
LFG! Filled mine out. Should take less than 5 minutes.
It’s witness slip time! 🚨

Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!

The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.

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I unfortunately can’t make @chicritmass.bsky.social due to a family conflict, but my cargo bike with a treasure chest and skeleton say what’s up!

Really need to get a pirate flag for next year…
Gonna go Tim Walz on this and say that people think this is a scandal are weird and we shouldn’t listen to them.
Does anyone have a rough estimate for how the hard the Chicago History Museum is to heist?

More or less difficult than the Louvre?
This racing sweater for the National School Boy's Inter-City Ice Skating Championship of 1922 goes hard af. 11/10. Would wear.

📸 CHM, Costume & Textiles Collection
It’s a great bike scene! It’s fair to be jealous.
Can you ride a bike? Can you blow on a plastic bag to help a sharpie marker dry faster?

This could be the perfect way for you to get involved (today was my first time).
As ICE continues to terrorize our communities, kidnapping our neighbors, 9 cyclists came together this morning at 6am to buyout 5 vendors and donate the food to a local shelter. They went home safe, hungry ppl were fed, this is #BikeChi ✊🏽
All store fronts along the pedestrian stroad that is Plateau Mont Royale are now empty and derelict.
I will say this is true and also has forced me to be a more creative parent.

Kids are fighting and not getting along? Stop and try to find a park to give them some space!

Still not getting along? Pull over to the side and walk for a bit.

When I’m driving I just…idle threat?
Under-discussed negative of the parenting cargo bike is when your kid is throwing a tantrum, everyone you bike past gets to hear and see and give you a look.
Me when I bike from Oak Park to Beverly and see a “Chicagoans who Bike” sticker
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Love the subtle “Lakeview East” flex visible via the bike rack 😍