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junkyardcrawler.bsky.social
Pokey
@junkyardcrawler.bsky.social
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architecture, dead mall, train, car enthusiast Chicago-based takes too many photos non-binary but like it's complicated and I'm working on it, I swear Website/Blog: https://etaoin-shrdlu.net/ RIP COHOST - EGGBUG FOREVER - KEEP EM POSTING IN OUR HEARTS
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h
We all need to channel this Chicago man’s utter contempt
peternickeas.bsky.social Peter Nickeas 🎃 @peternickeas.bsky.social · 10h
Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 6h
My two favorite Halloween costumes I've seen;

Little kid dressed up as a Metra locomotive (drawn on all sides of a box he was wearing with suspenders)

Couple(?) wearing Mike and Sully onesies; their very small dog was wearing a Boo monster outfit outfit
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 7h
I would love to use Transit more if stopped RANDOMLY CLOSING while trying to use it. Yes I gave it unrestricted battery usage and all that jazz
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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · Oct 31
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Audrey Wennink @awennink.bsky.social · 20h
Illinois transit is going to be bigger and better than ever! SB2111 passed!!!
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 1d
Ill probably just start doing it again in a few weeks once my supervisor has stopped paying attention but its done a good job of reminding me to save up some money so I can leave this job
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 1d
I hope whoever narced to my supervisor at work that I was wearing an earbud wakes up with wet socks forever. I can't wait to "enjoy" nothing but hvac buzz, air compressor hiss, and some jackass wailing on an impact drill for 8 hours tomorrow and now the foreseeable future
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 1d
I DID buy this pair of vintage pepper mills
a pair of red, blue, yellow, and green pepper mills
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 1d
I am unfortunately a simple creature, with a very small apartment but a wide definition of "neat", so thrifting is always a battle lol
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 1d
things i didnt buy at the thrift store
A black mug with an angular handle. It has a printed design of weirdly colored balloons, branded with "INVANZ" A miniature boombox radio A dog shaped chia pet, sealed new in box two sets of vintage Sargent brand watercolor paints
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HAL @hal-monitor.bsky.social · 1d
‼️🏳️‍⚧️ Anniversary Comic (1/6) 🏳️‍⚧️‼️
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 1d
strangely atmospheric google streetview of an Indiana Kmart
A blocky storefront at dusk, backlit by the interior lights
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 2d
doing film camera crimes (replacing a light seal with gaffer tape and cutting it with a kitchen knife)
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 3d
this one's my favorite because it reads like a senator armstrong meme
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 3d
give those photos the uncompressed upload they deserve
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 4d
its really cool how every hurricane season we just lose another island nation and no one with the power to fix this cares enough to even acknowledge it's happening
stevebowen.bsky.social Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 4d
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 4d
Cicero Life, July 12th, 1940
Chicago Tribune, March 22nd, 1987
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 4d
Newspapers indicate the address was once home to the Chicago (Lead) Smelting & Refining Corporation, built 1940. Went to an IRS tax sale in 87. By 2005 most of the building didn't have a roof, by 2007 it was demolished except this front office and the back wall.
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 4d
I feel like there's a good photobook to be made out of Chicago's junk & scrap trucks
A dated red pickup truck. The bed has been replaced with a black flatbed, augmented with sides made of chipboard sheets with hand drawn text on them advertising junk removal.
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 4d
Ive also never heard vacco in my life but I have heard someone use 'bando' in casual real life conversation in Chicago for whatever it's worth
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 4d
I remember when unmarked black government helicopters were the realm of only the most lost in the sauce extreme far right wing cranks. Yet now, it's day to day reality.
michealpodgers.bsky.social Micheál Podgers @michealpodgers.bsky.social · 4d
Unmarked black helicopter flying very low over Edgewater at approximately 12:30pm on 10/27. Heading north parallel with the lakefront. Not showing on air traffic monitoring apps. @the48thward.bsky.social @leniann.bsky.social
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 4d
Got a solid nugget of cheese in my Ritz bits
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 5d
my understanding is they're a rolling locker room for welding and other maintenance crews. The CTA used to have a lot more but they're rarer these days as the CTA's responsibilities have shifted and more duties are taken over by the industry standard service bed F-series
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 5d
probably not far off from what they're used as, I think it's basically a break/locker room for the CTA maintenance crews. Certainly a strange scene to come across unaware, though.
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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 5d
this weekend's downtown work brought out one of the CTA's work buses. Converted from buses retired out of the everyday transit fleet, they're a fairly rare find 'in the wild'. This one is a 2005 New Flyer D40LF, formerly 1011 in service.
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