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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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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · Oct 31

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Audrey Wennink @awennink.bsky.social · 9h

Illinois transit is going to be bigger and better than ever! SB2111 passed!!!

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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 15h

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

Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 16h

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 · 16h

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 · 16h

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 dog shaped chia pet, sealed new in box

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HAL @hal-monitor.bsky.social · 1d

‼️🏳️‍⚧️ Anniversary Comic (1/6) 🏳️‍⚧️‼️

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Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 1d

doing film camera crimes (replacing a light seal with gaffer tape and cutting it with a kitchen knife)

Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 2d

this one's my favorite because it reads like a senator armstrong meme

Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 2d

give those photos the uncompressed upload they deserve

Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 3d

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

Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 3d

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.

Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 3d

Cicero Life, July 12th, 1940
Chicago Tribune, March 22nd, 1987

Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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