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ericksoen.bsky.social
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.
My 11-year old pulled “Grey’s Anatomy” for our family game of Charades.

…so of course we re-enacted the elevator surgery scene 😭😭😭
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Yeah I still ride on the sidewalk sometimes. What of it?
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
There’s an alt universe where the Pope also coined this banger on a Reddit thread.
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Goalposts moved for Ja’Mal Green…
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Am I too late?!?
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Haha bitches, I got a new scooter” is such a micro-mobility bar.
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Rosemont! A place that’s somehow uniquely bad for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists all at the same time!
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Missed opportunity for the Economist to settle the “Best Tern color” once-and-for-all with a photo of your bike!
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 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)
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Round around in front of Dirksen to support the Broadview 6.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 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.
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Can we do a #BikeChi roll call for who is at the Tortoise show tonight?
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The day the bus for Ja’Mal Green’s senate campaign gets stuck is going to be one for the ages on here…BlueSky gonna do World Series like numbers.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Whispers…you can also put kimchi on a hot dog (similar to the way sauerkraut is used)…life changing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The George C. Hall branch is particularly magnificent.
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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
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.
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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…
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
All store fronts along the pedestrian stroad that is Plateau Mont Royale are now empty and derelict.
October 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Me when I bike from Oak Park to Beverly and see a “Chicagoans who Bike” sticker
October 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can just be booping around on your bike in Chicago and suddenly find yourself looking at one of the installations for now MacArthur Genius Tonika Lewis Johnson.
October 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Biking to O’Hare would certainly be less impressive if it had its own bike lane like Dublin does.
October 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Grateful for my EV…
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM