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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 1h

“The trust cliff is just as abrupt as the fiscal one” - Rep Kam Buckner to the RTA

Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 19h

Hey Springfield! Let’s talk #transit

#transitisessential #climateaction @abundanthousingil.bsky.social @accessliving.bsky.social @elpcenter.bsky.social

Lena smiles in a selfie with the Illinois capitol building in the background

Lena smiles with Ben from Abundant Housing and Laura from Access Living as they disembark from the Amtrak train in Springfield

Governor Pritzker’s mansion in Springfield has a plethora of pumpkins out front

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 1d

Saaaaame, wtf is this OP on about

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 1d

Ill be joining ya tomorrow! @amtrak.com for the win

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 3d

I didn’t know he was a chef at one of our favorite local places. So heartbreaking, he was part of our community and they treated him like nothing

In protests Chicagoans now chant “somos todos Silverio”

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

Silverio Villegas Gonzalez

www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US

An agent shot Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, father of two, during a massive immigration sweep.

www.reuters.com

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 3d

Heartless fucking monsters

Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 4d

#bikechi

Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 4d

Save on streetcar fares, Chicago 1873

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 5d

Here's the TOTAL budgets of some other agencies that are being cut so the Admin can send $20B your tax dollars to their ideological friends:

- EPA (clean air and water): $9.1B

- NOAA (weather forecasts, warn if hurricane coming): $6.8B

- DOE EERE (energy efficiency & renewable energy): $3.4B

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · Sep 6

stand for the flag / kneel for the cross

The flag of the City of Chicago with three white stripes, two light blue stripes, and four red six pointed stars in the middle

The Chicago municipal device in black and white, a shape of the letter Y inside a circle, with a wave pattern inside it

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Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 5d

Not as powerful as cans of soup, depending on the volume, but in the right hands. 📚

American Library Association poster against censorship Books are weapons in the war of ideas.

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 5d

It wouldn’t be hard to rebuild the walkway to connect Ogilvie with the green line Clinton stop
RETVRN

Passengers walk between the Ogilvie platform and the Cta Clinton green line station in a protected tunnel with red carpeting and fluorescent lights, windows overlook the Metra tracks in the background

Sketch of the “northwest passage” connection between the Cta Clinton station and the Chicago and northwestern station (today Ogilvie) showing a covered walkway above the street level at Lake wrap around to the platform level on the east side of Clinton

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 5d

Ain’t that the truth

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 6d

www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

Brewers Express-themed Amtrak takes fans from Milwaukee to Chicago for NLDS Game 3

The 8:05 a.m. Oct. 8 Amtrak Hiawatha train was decked out in blue and yellow, with mascots onboard, to transport Brewers fans to Wrigley Field.

www.jsonline.com

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 6d

lol all those stairs!
Good thing my 73-year-old mother-in-law, who lives on the 7th floor of a high-rise in Chicago, is built like a horse otherwise she’d never get home!

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 6d

My mom’s been a #fiberartist in the neighborhood for decades so it’s really exciting to see such a community now flourishing all around. You can check out her art next weekend at the west loop arts fair!

www.lourdesguerrero.com/exhibitions

www.westloopartexpos.com

Lourdes Guerrero smiles as she points to a tapestry on display in a Michigan art gallery

Lourdes demonstrates as she finishes off a weaving project to a group

Lourdes’ gallery and new bike rack from the street

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 6d

And the newest on the stretch is Inclement Craft! Just this week I discovered they do yarn dyeing, craft nights, and spinning workshops! East of Elston, just west of Kimball at Bernard

Inclement fine fibers and handcrafts Indigo club. Learn to dye like a pro! Every month you’ll learn a new resist dyeing technique (think tie dye, but more specific) as well as the history and chemistry that goes into one of the world’s oldest and most important dyeing traditions. All materials provided and no experience necessary! Just bring yourself, and wear something you don’t mind getting a little messy in. Smiley-face

Stitch n bitch @ night. Come stich! Come bitch! We’ll bring the wine and tea, you bring your hottest gossip and your latest project to our new space at 3436 W Irving park rd. See you there, bitches!

Spindle support: a monthly social spinning group (with experienced support on hand). Got a spindle? Got a wheel? Been a minute? Come get back into spinning and meet new fiber friends in a chill and welcoming environment :)

BYOS bring your own shirt. Your new favorite fiber arts shindig! Bring your own shirt, yarn, fabric, etc. to dye in our community indigo vat! We’ll have dye-able stuff available as well

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 6d

Across the highway, check out the professional artist’s work on display, fiber among other arts, at Stola Contemporary Art Gallery between Ridgeway and Hamlin, next to the new hot dog place

stolacontemporary.com

Crowds of people mingle and look at artwork on the walls at Stola art gallery in Chicago

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 6d

Down the road, just west of the blue line stop in Old Irving is the Chicago Weaving School at Keeler. Learn to weave in this dope mid-century pink tile building on the corner

www.chicagoweavingschool.com

Google street view image of the Chicago weaving school in a pink tile building on the corner with maroon tile striped accents

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 6d

Starting on the west end of our tour: The Bloomin spindle yarn shop in Portage Park is at Long Ave, just east of Central Ave and the park. They carry locally-dyed yarn and host events and classes too

www.thebloominspindle.com

Brightly colored array of yarn skeins wrapped in shiny paper at the Bloomin spindle yarn shop in Chicago’s portage park

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 6d

Chicago’s Irving park road is becoming a real hub of fiber arts these days! #knitting #weaving #spinning #dyeing studios, galleries, and more. When the world is full of horrors we need community & the arts more than ever. Check out some of these new spots

Map of Chicago’s Irving park road on the northwest side shows a dot near kimball on the east end and a dot on long to the west, with the route 80 bus connecting them.

View of the author beginning to knit from a white ball of yarn in front of a green woven table cloth and a coffee mug

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 6d

Fortunately the city is (finally!) installing the long-promised set of stationary public stationary monitors, which should have data available to the public sometime next year.
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...

www.chicago.gov

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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 6d

Yes. Even this last time around they didn't lower it as much as public health experts and environmental advocates wanted, but it is still better.
elpc.org/blog/stronge...

Stronger Soot Standards would Protect more Chicagoans | Environmental Law & Policy Center

Air quality monitoring data highlights communities that are overlooked by current PM2.5 standards, ELPC calls on EPA to improve air protections.

elpc.org

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Audrey Wennink @awennink.bsky.social · 7d

The transit reform bill gives communities more tools to shape their communities around their transit stations. We need more people living and working near transit so more people can ride it. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/o...

Juan Sebastian Arias: Transit reform bill strengthens local decision-making on development

This is not about taking control away from communities. It is about giving them more tools to shape growth around transit.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 7d

I love living in a city full of immigrants and tons and tons of people who are not at all like me and not like each other. It makes us all better and it makes our city better. I know I’m preaching to the choir by saying this on the lib app but I sometimes just get so overwhelmed by how special it is

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🏳️‍🌈🚲Cole🚄🐶 @regimepup.bsky.social · 7d

There are 284.6 million registered cars in the US alone. I don’t think it is worth talking about something that has 0.17% of the impact.

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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