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Capt. Jack Sharrow
@sharrows.bsky.social
We are all we’ve got. We are all we need. ✊🏽

Community Organizer 🚲 @cyclingxsolidarity
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We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

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What’s the opposite of a shopping haul? The Burrito Brigade Chicago bike team passed out 250 burritos, water, Gatorade, and gift bags galore to spread a little joy as we head into the holidays. 🫶🏽🌯🚲✊🏽
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Monday. Monday. Monday. Online learning opportunity.

Mutual aid in Chicago - A cycling group shares their "how to."
While we might be taking a breath in Chicago, our friends in Charlotte and beyond are suffering. Join us Monday 7p CST as we host a webinar to give a broad overview of our efforts to support street vendors these past few months. RSVP link below.

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November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Why do I have stacks of candy? Bc I was meeting up with another organizer in the loop and spotted a candy vendor. Like spring flowers blooming, this is a great sign nature is healing. So we bought her out. ✊🏽
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
While we might be taking a breath in Chicago, our friends in Charlotte and beyond are suffering. Join us Monday 7p CST as we host a webinar to give a broad overview of our efforts to support street vendors these past few months. RSVP link below.

forms.gle/RxgCoarvNL1w...
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Saturday saw us buyout 8, Sunday was 10 and we swarmed a local bakery. Over $4,000 from the community, to vendors, food to the community. Thursday is our next home buyout, Saturday our last tour, bonfire that night to celebrate, Sunday Burrito Brigade. #BikeChi persists. 🫶🏽✊🏽🙏🏽
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It’s time to ride bikes and buy out street vendors…and I’m all out of gum. 😎 #BikeChi I’ll see you at Chinatown Square Plaza at noon 🤙🏽
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hey BLU, I got a USPS hat trick on my ride home today. What do I win??? 🎩 🧢 👒 🎓🪖⛑️🤠🥳

@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social #BikeChi
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
While yall were out chasing sky lights, me and the homies were rocking bike lights to pickup 20 dozen tamales and passing them out to the community. But go off 🙄
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Sometimes…sometimes a neighborhood Facebook group post makes me proud 🥰
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
We sold out 2 tamale vendors, bought out 2 more vendors, and absolutely swarmed a family owned bakery. It was a good day with some the very best of #BikeChi 🥰 for the 4th installment of the Street Vendor Bike Tour. We persist. ✊🏽
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Friends in my phone, CxS is adopting 9 members from ELLAS, a group of Latina breast cancer survivors to cover November grocery costs due to SNAP cuts. We’d like to raise $3,600. Donation info in the comments. Link to their website to learn more about them.
Ellas
www.ellastrp.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Tonight was the inaugural ride of our new home buyout program. We connect with vendors too scared to be out, and we purchase from them at home. Tonight we bought 250 tamales, divided into 3 teams to deliver all over the city to folks on the street, Love Fridges, and a youth shelter.
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Fuuuuuuuuck ICE. We bought out 5 vendors this morning in Little Village and ICE is out there terrorizing the community. We also pass out whistles thanks to a supporter who 3D printed a ton for us. We keep us safe. ✊🏽
I just spent an hour chasing these ICE jagoffs through Bridgeport. They detained and questioned two old Chinese ladies (clearly dangerous criminals) then let them go. They are terrorizing the entire neighborhood. There have been people abducted this morning. I'm beyond enraged.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What if I told you that if you know talented people, the possibilities are as endless as your imagination.

@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
#BikeChi
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sometimes I’m transporting 250 tamales on my cargo bike to feed a village. Sometimes it’s 3 tamales to feed myself. The most important thing is that your tamales make it home safe. 🫔😍 #BikeTamale
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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cc Chicago
can we get a socialist mayor next plz
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Last night we had 8 members attend Cycles of Support, our unemployment support group where we had a career coach present to us. One new member was a federal employee facing difficult times. Whether it’s vendors in the street or people in the job market, we provide support where it’s needed. ✊🏽
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Saturday the team bought out 7 vendors, Sunday we bought out 9 on our tour. #BikeChi continues to show up!! Saturday we’re heading to Belmont Cragin x Hermosa for a cross community classic!
It was a beautiful day to ride around Chicago's Southwest Side and get some great food and drinks from Chicago's fantastic street vendors, with the CyclingXSolidarity Street Vendor Bike Tour!

Follow @sharrows.bsky.social to see more opportunities to support your community on a bike 💪
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨 CTA has announced, in a move to rival cities like Paris and Tokyo, 2min headways on all transit lines, 7 days a week. Smoking, however, is still permitted.
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Halloween Mass, Bison Ride, Street Vendor Tour, oh my!! I may be on my bike more than on my feet this weekend. Get in where you fit in and let’s ride!! 🤙🏽 #BikeChi
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Love this pic. Food security is up to us. For those who don’t know The Love Fridge -> www.thelovefridge.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Uhhh our lil bike tour is reaching lowercase critical mass. 🫣

@chicritmass.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Cash from supporters ➡️ cash to vendors ➡️ safety of their home ➡️ food to the community. This is mutual aid. This is #BikeChi
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM