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lefttheprairie.bsky.social
Em, spookily 👻
@lefttheprairie.bsky.social
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Emily Chicago, IL she/her
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · Nov 15
Looking for Chicagoans on Bluesky? Pin this list to your feeds to read posts from locals. Want to be added or see someone from #chicago missing? Tag me (or honestly just like this post) and I’ll get right on it. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 10h
I can’t say any details, but I have stumbled upon an amazing story in Broadview and am so grateful you guys have helped me stay here longer! You’re gonna lose it when you read this.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d
I hate panhandling here, but if you'd like to help me return, I have CashApp (cash.me/pancakesmmm), Buy me a Coffee (buymeacoffee.com/noturtlesoup17), and PayPal (www.paypal.com/paypalme/pan...). I also have an account with every major airline if you would prefer to send miles!
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Arlan Skellington (scary) 🦇 @thehell.zone · 3h
it is The Posting Hour, when the true posters rise from their moldering bogs
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3h
You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 14h
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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ceej @ceej.online · 3h
caught my vampire neighbor creeping through my front door. he claims my saying “for sure dude, we should definitely hang out sometime” the other night counts as an invitation, but I disagree. we’re on hold with the etiquette hotline
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 3h
Aw yay! I check a few local LFLs and I see other people’s zines in there all the time! Thanks for publicizing the idea in a way that helped more of us run with it!
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 3h
It’s one of those books I got later on, when I was directionless and traumatized and just wanted to be the guy who kept someone safe. I don’t need to ever reread it though
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slop enjoyer @slop.guru · 3h
god gave me free will and i used it to scroll for six consecutive hours
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 3h
Oh I mean we do not need to discuss the squalor I allow myself to live in, but I do try to keep it largely contained to my bedroom
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 3h
We’re all building on each other’s ideas and efforts!!!
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 3h
Oh yeah this was someone sharing the Pilsen Arts & Community House zine link after posting they were dropping zines and whistles in Little Free Libraries and I was like “oh hey I could do that too!” and now I have a weekly night at my local bar folding zines and handing out whistles
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4h
These bitches are going to have to declare the whole city antifa
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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 5h
antifa descending en masse upon (Communist) Party City
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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 8h
“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”
Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago
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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 8h
“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”
Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago
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Former Brundlefly @thatguywasfly.bsky.social · 8h
One thing I want you to take from videos like this is the absolute cacophony of whistles and screams of "GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD" from people in the streets and in buildings. And more and more people are at that point every day.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 8h
ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 5h
Making some forward progress but I still need to do 3 loads of laundry, write 4 Instagram posts, and run to Costco before the end of the day tomorrow
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 13h
Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.
FORM A CROWD STAY LOUD PROTECT EACH OTHER CODE I: ICE NEARBY BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM: PRE-PRE-PRE! → ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA. ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS • A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS. • LOUD. RECOGNIZABLE. IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. • OUR VOICES ARE STRONGER TOGETHER. WHISTLES GUIDE PEOPLE TO: • FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS • CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD • ALERT NEIGHBORS TO JOIN IN NOISE = VISIBILITY. CODE 2: CODE RED BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS: PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE! → ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE. FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD. DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT. WHY IT WORKS • INSTANT ALERT SYSTEM • FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA • TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY ACTION ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY: WHAT YOU CAN DO • WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK TEACH FAMILY EIGHBORS TH CODES • USE IT WHEN ICE IS SPOTTED • PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD. THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY: PROTECT RP • @PROTECTRP_
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 10h
Imagine, if you will, fifty protesters in inflatable animal costumes converging on ICE agents while blowing Aztec Death Whistles

youtu.be/x12hyuonfFI?...
Aztec Death Whistle: The Sound That Terrifies
YouTube video by Aztec Death Whistle
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 5h
I’ve just been getting whatever I can from Amazon, which probably isn’t the most sustainable plan
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 6h
If you like music, I’d love if you could help spread the word about my event next weekend. Sale code is still good, along with $5 off of single days with the code “CARDIGAN”
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 3d
Just over a week away!

Windy Pop Weekender is a two-day twee and indie popfest and other revelry, October 18-19 at Cole’s Bar

Through Sunday, weekend passes are $50 with the code “SWEATERWEATHER”

www.windypopweekender.com
A CHICAGO INDIE / TWEE POPFEST & OTHER REVELRY SAT 10/18 IDLE RAY THE GARMENT DISTRICT TAMBOURINA THE FEEDERS MODERN CULTS GENTLE BRONTOSAURUS MONOGAMY @ COLE'S BAR (21*) 2338 N MILWAUKEE AVE- SUN 10/19 JULIA STEINER (of Ratboys) HUMDRUM HOLY PINTO NECTAR EMILY JANE POWERS FULL DETAILS ON REVELRY: WINDYPOPWEEKENDER.COM $60 WEEKEND PASS & TOTE | $32 SINGLE DAY A CHICAGO INDIE / TWEE POPFEST & OTHER REVIELRY @COLE'S BAR (21+) 2338 N MILWAUKEE AVE- Closing Party * Sun 10/19 WITH CHIRP DJS FULL DETAILS ON REVELRY: WINDYPOPWEEKENDER.COM A CHICAGO INDIE / TWEE POPFEST & OTHER REVELRY @ COLE'S BAR (21+) 2338 N MILWAUKEE AVE. CraftFair Sun 10/19 12pm - 3pm MAIL ART & STATIONERY MINIATURES NEEDLE-FELTED HOME GOODS POTTERY & MORE FULL DETAILS ON REVELRY: WINDYPOPWEEKENDER.COM
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 6h
I could drop some off to you during the day tomorrow if you’re anywhere on the NW side. Message me on signal: emidly.08
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 8h
I honestly can’t believe they have the temerity to fuck with us
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"soft wood" bitch mahogany™ @dommedeluise.bsky.social · 8h
im not patriotic for America at large because like, look at it, but you'd better fucking believe I'm jingoistic as fuck about chicago, the cold weeds out the people who don't deserve it
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 9h
Yeah it’s like “sorry you don’t live in a community, but we’re doing fine.”

Of course there are still problems and not everyone has enough to go around, but we have the smartest and most compassionate people alive working on it, and honestly all they really need is more money and more helpers.
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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 9h
People have asked me if they can use the whistle zine I’m using and I’m like “buddy, I don’t even remember whose post about leaving whistles in Little Free Libraries I first got it from.”

It was probably your post, hahaha
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d
You can, in fact, just do stuff. No permission needed. Have an idea? Execute it.
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