Henderson the Purple Rain King
@ericksoen.bsky.social
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.
I’ve now biked to all 81 Chicago Public Branches in reverse chronological order (by year constructed). LFG.
My 11-year old pulled “Grey’s Anatomy” for our family game of Charades.
…so of course we re-enacted the elevator surgery scene 😭😭😭
…so of course we re-enacted the elevator surgery scene 😭😭😭
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My 11-year old pulled “Grey’s Anatomy” for our family game of Charades.
…so of course we re-enacted the elevator surgery scene 😭😭😭
…so of course we re-enacted the elevator surgery scene 😭😭😭
Tag yourself. I’m the bicycle that just says “Austism”
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Tag yourself. I’m the bicycle that just says “Austism”
There’s an alt universe where the Pope also coined this banger on a Reddit thread.
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There’s an alt universe where the Pope also coined this banger on a Reddit thread.
Goalposts moved for Ja’Mal Green…
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Goalposts moved for Ja’Mal Green…
Call me Charlie Brown.
You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Charlie Brown?
You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Call me Charlie Brown.
You, I would die for you, yeah
Darlin', if you want me to
You, I would die for you, wow!
You're just a sinner, I am told
Be your fire when you're cold
Darlin', if you want me to
You, I would die for you, wow!
You're just a sinner, I am told
Be your fire when you're cold
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
You, I would die for you, yeah
Darlin', if you want me to
You, I would die for you, wow!
You're just a sinner, I am told
Be your fire when you're cold
Darlin', if you want me to
You, I would die for you, wow!
You're just a sinner, I am told
Be your fire when you're cold
“Haha bitches, I got a new scooter” is such a micro-mobility bar.
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Haha bitches, I got a new scooter” is such a micro-mobility bar.
Guns don’t kill people. Dogs with guns do (yes I know that no one died).
Was hoping the story would include a mutt shot.
Dog Accidentally Shoots and Injures a Pennsylvania Man, the Police Say
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Guns don’t kill people. Dogs with guns do (yes I know that no one died).
Is the cure to male loneliness shouting “puppers” when you’re on a bike and see a dog with their snouts out the window? (10/10 would do again)
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Is the cure to male loneliness shouting “puppers” when you’re on a bike and see a dog with their snouts out the window? (10/10 would do again)
Round around in front of Dirksen to support the Broadview 6.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Round around in front of Dirksen to support the Broadview 6.
Here’s a link to his legal defense fund (due to IL state law re: “gifts” to candidates, the only permissible way to donate is via his campaign fund).
secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here’s a link to his legal defense fund (due to IL state law re: “gifts” to candidates, the only permissible way to donate is via his campaign fund).
secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
If you see this bike around Chicago, feel free to say hey.
Brian Straw (one of the Broadview Six) has been a big advocate for improving bike infrastructure in our community.
Brian Straw (one of the Broadview Six) has been a big advocate for improving bike infrastructure in our community.
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you see this bike around Chicago, feel free to say hey.
Brian Straw (one of the Broadview Six) has been a big advocate for improving bike infrastructure in our community.
Brian Straw (one of the Broadview Six) has been a big advocate for improving bike infrastructure in our community.
Putting this on my career vision board.
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Putting this on my career vision board.
Causabon and Cadwallader mentioned.
Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Causabon and Cadwallader mentioned.
Common Wrightwood W.
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Common Wrightwood W.
Boom. Biked to all 81 Chicago Public Library branches and took some pictures along the way
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
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.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Boom. Biked to all 81 Chicago Public Library branches and took some pictures along the way
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
Gonna be heartbreaking to discover that this place does NOT sell hot dogs.
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Gonna be heartbreaking to discover that this place does NOT sell hot dogs.
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
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Chicago
A blue bike sped past me at the corner of Grand and Laramie. Possible @nova999999.bsky.social sighting?
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
ChatGPT-ass presidency.
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.
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
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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.
High schooler 2: that’s a home. You wouldn’t know anything about what it takes to make a house a home.
lmao.
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.
Easily one of my favorite nights of the year.
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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.
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.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
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.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
LFG! Filled mine out. Should take less than 5 minutes.
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…
Really need to get a pirate flag for next year…
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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…
Really need to get a pirate flag for next year…