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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 3h

Quirks of having parents who were strict about what movies and TV we could watch but didn't really care about inappropriate music

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 3h

That and my dad, who is a normie small town straight man, had the rocky horror soundtrack in his CDs to play in the car rotation long before I was old enough to process that it was from a movie I wasn't allowed to see

lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 3h

The community theatre in my home town puts on a production of it. Damn near every queer person in the tri-county area is affiliated with the theatre in some way or another, so it attracts a decent crowd

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 3h

What's the point if they don't allow props?

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 3h

The community theatre in my home town puts on a production of it. Damn near every queer person in the tri-county area is affiliated with the theatre in some way or another, so it attracts a decent crowd

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 19h

I was absolutely making faces on the bus as I was reading it

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 19h

Read Tender is the Flesh basically in one sitting today. It fucking whips

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 21h

Dudes rock

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

Miss Major is an incalculable loss for the trans community and a reminder that our movement is always led by Black trans women. Always.

May we all prove to be worthy students of her example.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 23h

I hate how close my guess was

Screenshot from a group chat
Lumberjack Wharfie: oh we got a live one. 220 reposts but they're ALL quotes; 9 likes.

i'll give you a few seconds to Disc Horse Bot in your own head before i reveal the dogshit post. your hint is that it's from GQ

Me: Pete Hegseth fashion spread?
Lumberjack: MIGHT AS WELL BE
[link to post]

lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 23h

Holy ratio, batman

GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

Is Nick Fuentes Winning Over Women on the Left?

There are the Tumblr “Nickstorians” and sincere fanfics. But are young, liberal, possibly irony-poisoned women fetishizing or even falling for the hard-right streamer with the “groyper” following? Wri...

www.gq.com

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 1d

The jacket is another recent thrift shop find. It's warmer than I expected it would be

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 1d

Feeling bruh-coded

Bathroom selfie wearing a long army green jacket, a black t-shirt with red lettering, and a silver braided chain. I have visible facial hair

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Chicago 🏳️‍⚧️🌱 @chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social · 1d

The Broadway upzoning passes the land use commission 15-2. Loud cheers break out

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1d

Every time RFK says some stupid shit about autism we get hotter, he can stop this at any time

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 1d

Most of our cat distribution system finds approached him first

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 1d

He's a cat whisperer

Ź🖤🥀 @lalaspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

What’s ONE green flag about your father?

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Kyle Whitehead @ktwhitehead.bsky.social · 1d

The Illinois legislature's veto session starts today; here's what you need to know about the transit fiscal cliff from
@rtachicago.bsky.social mailchi.mp/rtachicago.o...

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 1d

Is the immediate follower in the room with us now?

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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Chicago Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards Day for all those who celebrate

Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 7d

Your attendance is requested at City Hall!

At 10am on October 14th, the Zoning Committee will vote on the Broadway Land Use Framework, allowing thousands of new homes to be built next to four brand-new Red Line stations. 🏘️🤝🚇

Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

www.eventbrite.com/e/1769724907...

Tell the Zoning Cmte. to Support 1000s of New Homes in Uptown & Edgewater

City Council's Zoning Committee will take up the Broadway upzoning ordinances on 10/14/25.

www.eventbrite.com

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 2d

signing up for the hot new linguistic dating site

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 1d

A Franklin's gull at Montrose Beach

A Franklin's gull stands on sand near water, with a ring-billed gull in the background.

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 1d

Not me feeling sorry for the cat who gets less screentime in a two instagram cat household

She may not be as talkative as her brother, but she's still cute!

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 1d

Casey Kasem’s head would have exploded.

Taylor Swift Updates @ts-updates.swifties.social · 2d

📈| Taylor Swift occupies the entire Top 10 of the Hot 100 for a 3rd time in her career! No other artist has achieved this once.

Billboard Hot 100 chart dated October 18, 2025, showing all 12 songs from the album charting simultaneously. The top five songs are 'The Fate of Ophelia' at number 1, 'Opalite' at 2, 'Elizabeth Taylor' at 3, 'Father Figure' at 4, and 'Wood' at 5. The right side of the image features a photo of Taylor Swift lying in a bathtub of pale blue water, wearing a sparkly, silver, bustier-style top

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 2d

Eyebrows and pantaloons!

Horned Lark on the protected beach at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago. 10.12.2025
#Birds

Horned Lark strutting on sand beach in front of wave detritus

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 2d

The plan to send in unaccountable agents to kidnap your neighbors *might* have overplayed its hand when they've lost the people on the "I Saw A Person I Didn't Recognize In My Neighborhood And I Want The Cops To Come Take Them Away" social media app.

Super Nintendo Chalmers @snchalmers.bsky.social · 2d

It’s happening on Nextdoor too

lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 2d

soooo my Chicagoans, has anyone else's neighborhood facebook group gone from desperately apolitical (regarding federal politics) to at least 40% about ICE/DHS activity and organizing against it? like it's hard to overstate this shift

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