Henderson the Purple Rain King

Roadside monument from Franklin Park IL next to where ICE murdered Silverio Villegas-González.

From Franklin Park to the Twin Cities: Ride bikes Fuck ICE.

Three photos of Alex Pretti, Silverio Villegas-González, and Renee Good at a roadside monument decorated with candles and flowers. Each photo is vaguely in the style of a lotería card or icon. The photos from left to right each have a single word: “El Pueblo UNIDO”

Pic from my bike commute home past the roadside memorial next to where Silverio was murdered by ICE.

#ElPuebloUnido

A roadside monument to a man shot by ICE early in Operation Midway Blitz

For example…

This roadside monument is a few blocks from one of my usual routes when I bike commute.

Their children likely attend one of the schools I pass by (kids love a cool cargo bike BTW).

Undeniably correct. It also has the potential to reset your perceptions of neighborliness.

THEM: you bike through the west side. Isn’t that dangerous?

ME: never had an issue. It’s not uncommon for kids to shout “I like your bike”. And people will even chat you at a light if the weather is nice.

It has to suck so much having her perspective and then see the NFL explicitly target international audiences with games in places like Mexico, Brazil, and Spain… lmao

Privacy concerns aside…it doesn’t seem like this is very effective (by their own math).

10 MM pets go missing a day…our services help reunite more than one with their family…that’s not great?

Thought this was latte art for a minute NGL.

Thank you for riding your bicycle 🫡

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This design from @tomflood.bsky.social is basically that principle (but for safe routes to school).

It is me. I am the person who spends more time at city hall than home some weeks.

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A Montessori School line-time bar.

DVD title card for the adventures of buckaroo banzai across the eighth dimension

Obviously

I assume this means, “a movie your dad introduced you to?”

If so, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension definitely fits the bill.

It took more than two years to visit the libraries! And most of the fun was in the journey. Gonna take my time with this one.

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I once biked to all 81 CPL branches as a shit post and this skeet suddenly has me wanting to pick 81 different taco spots across the city and bike to them.

Also…don’t sleep on the massive multi-story sculpture by Richard Hunt in the Special Collections area of said library (titled Jacob’s Ladder)

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I know the Peoples Lobby hosted an event at the West Loop target last Friday.

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This book about women’s wartime role in WII is EXCEEDINGLY good…like Nobel prize winning good.

Plus a translation from the team of Pevear/Volokhonsky 💙💙💙

one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party

A group of cyclists gather at the entrance to the 606 trail for the start of the Alex Pretti memorial/protest ride

Who from #BikeChi has the pictures of @babski.bsky.social in the fly-as-hell Minnesota coat he was wearing for the ride yesterday?

For example, we had cards with photos from our Kidical Mass ride that said “thank you for keeping our streets safe”.

We had them for kids to sign at one of our rides and then presented them to the voting body at one of the public comment periods.

We pulled this off in my local community for Vision Zero and a new bike lane.

Shifting our advocacy to the school board level now

Interestingly, I think safe streets topics are such a slam dunk for youth involvement.

Organizing kids to speak at school board and local govt meetings about their “close calls” is such a powerful tool.

“I was hit by a driver in the crosswalk next to me school 🤬🤬🤬”

A cyclist with ski goggles and a red cap faces the camera. His scarf is covered in snow. A pink and neon yellow bag is visible in the lower left corner.

My bike bag twin 💙💙💙 (also rode yesterday with the Chicago group).

It was VERRRRY cathartic for me. And she’s definitely heard worse!

My 11-year old (pictured in the bottom right in the purple hood): Am I supposed to say the Fuck word?

Me: you’ve heard me say much worse to drivers!

Does anyone who is good at math know if 3K cyclists in the middle of winter is a lot?

I thought no one bikes in the winter?!?

All I’m saying is that my botanical fruit platter with eggplant, almonds, pumpkin, and squash raises a lot of eyebrows when I bring it to a party.

Amazing what they’ve done with State Street since I was there for college in the early 2000s.