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Maralyn Maralyn

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💙 Lover of Chicago, architecture, travel, art, restaurants, books, movies, fashion, justice, 💙 my fam, animals ( I eat 🌱) and live music. Background actor. 💙! ( Deactivated Twitter when Muskface took over) 🚫MAGA🚫NO BIO 🚫NO CRYPTO 🚫NO POSTS=No follow

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · Aug 23

I've said it before and I will say it again. The same people that want you to work until you're 75 won't hire you after 50.

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 6h

A bus stop that could use some TLC or maybe it's just fine the way it is. I love the Ivy growing out under the bench and the graffiti smeared windows. Just adds to the ambience.

Bus stop on Clark Street in Chicago. A beautiful bench with Ivy growing underneath windows from graffiti removal.

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I Should’ve Been a Cowgirl @seizeday.bsky.social · 6h

#stayloud
#epsteinfiles
#mikejohndonisatool
#pinks💕
#bluecrew

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 6h

chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...

Open House Chicago returns next weekend. Here are the top 5 must-see sights.

This year's event includes 30 new places to gawk at, and while all of them are pretty good, there's a few worth checking out.

chicago.suntimes.com

Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 8h

Truly noble.

NPR @npr.org · 10h

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

n.pr

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 9h

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 17h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 11h

Our governor has lost some weight!

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

THESE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES FROM ANTIFA, GOVERNOR

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 13h

From old to new, tombs of yesterday.

I think they called us an obelisk tombstone?

Beautiful old crypt built right into the hill

Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 14h

Beautiful sun, lowering in the west over the cemetery. #gracelandcemetary #chicagoheroes

The sun is lowering in the west over at Graceland

Some really elaborate stones from back in the day

These folks said they did not want to be in the ground.

Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 14h

Went to Graceland cemetery to locate the people who lived in my brownstone for the first couple of decades after it was built. He was the chairman of the Chicago stock exchange, and there is nothing at his gravesite to indicate that historical fact.

Joseph Wilkins gravestone with birthdate and death

I must've spun around in 50 circles looking for this, and it was hidden under this big bush. I expected the stones to be so much bigger and elaborate.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 14h

Truth. #gracelandcemetary

Photo of myself in front of a senior citizen sign

Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 18h

I chuckle at people who are working with me at a conference and say that they "got 5000 steps in today"... yesterday was just an average day for me. No car, walk far.

Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 18h

I don't know how anyone can shop anywhere else. This place has the best coupons and rewards program of any other drugstore.

Copy of my savings at CVS this morning and my annual savings so far

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has previously said...that government shutdowns are on the president and all you need to do is get everyone in a room and have a serious conversation. And they're refusing to do that. They are holding people's healthcare hostage."

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 18h

It was a wonderful event. We were just named the best city in the world again for like the ninth year in a row. People are fleeing to come here.

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 18h

... so he says to me "it's because all the illegal aliens are taking up all the hotel rooms"... I turned my attention back to the jazz and never said a word more. He attempted to buy my drinks at the end of the evening, ( chivalry is not entirely dead I guess) and I politely declined.

Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 18h

So the jazz club I went to last night has little tiny tables and if you are solo, sometimes they will put someone else at your table. A man from Long Island, who I thought was lovely, joined me at my table. I told him I was thinking about going to New York next week, but hotel rooms are crazy $$$..

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 18h

Bullshit!!! And what do they care about new spending?!? Gold in the old office, gold ballrooms, unnecessary arches?

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Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 18h

This is a beautiful spot in Chicago and one I enjoy going to and taking a book with me.
#showmeyourhellhole #warzone
www.wbez.org/architecture...

Need a cool spot to watch fall colors? Try the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Public park spaces like the lily pool, where Chicagoans can pause to catch a breath and experience some of nature's beauty, are well worth preserving and protecting.

www.wbez.org

Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 18h

Bummer

Maralyn Maralyn @maralynmaralyn.bsky.social · 18h

This!!

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d