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Alex Nelson
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The real infrastructure is the friends we make along the way. Free Palestine. She/Her.
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Alley art.
A painted garage door. On the left is a colored landscape with a bright red circle in the center. On the right is a blue line painting of a house and surrounding topography. On the left and right sides there is also a flower that acts as a frame to the whole piece, but they seem to be almost color negatives of one another.
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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This is far and away the craziest captcha I have ever encountered.
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Every now and then I go out on my balcony to admire my perfectly shoveled sidewalk and feel morally superior. And yes I am the reason the bus stop down the way is cleared as well. 😇
My shoveled, clean sidewalk stands out on a block with snow on the ground. There's also a cleared bus pad that is visible further down the way.
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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A true Chicago 'Welcome Home.'
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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I don't like that Lyft knows I'm on an airplane.
A push notification from Lyft that reads "Ready when you land. Schedule your airport pickup and skip the scramble to find a ride. Your driver will be ready when you are."
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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What a cute lil' guy.
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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I don't care what the US Treasury says, the Penny is priceless!
Penny the dog. She's got a brindle coat with a copper color base and dark brown stripes, the color spectrum of a Penny.
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Everyone's getting these beautiful Aurora shots and this was the best I could do. 😭
Looking NE from my rooftop. There's a little bit of green visible.
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Transportation, infrastructure, and urban design are some of the most effective tools for long-term Progressive power building.
A tweet from NY times economic reporter Lydia DePillis that reads "the new political map of NYC shows some stark dividers: Very wealthy, very white and very Hasidic parts of the city went for Cuomo. Young, Black and Hispanic voters went for Mamdani. But the biggest divide? Transit vs. cars. Mostly public transit commuters, Mamdani +29. Mostly car commuters, Cuomo +23"
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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With an incredible quote from Rep. Kam Buckner.
This isn't just another transportation bill. It's a transformation bill. For 50 years, Illinois has been trying to fix transit one piece at a time. No other state has ever attempted a reform this large. No other state has had the courage to say 'we're going to fix this and not just patch it anymore.' This bill creates a unified system that will replace fragmentation with coordination.
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Not to be outdone, the canvassing leads group chat is also popping off.
Text box 1 "the opposition is a lot of police." Text box 2 "the opposition can chortle my balls."
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Not everyone in my yoga girlie group chat filling out transit funding witness slips. 😭💖

Be like the hot yoga girls and fill one out tonight!
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Instructions on filling out a witness slip
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Chicago over everything.
The Chicago skyline in the distance as an from my rooftop. There's a light pink sky from the sunset, and a tree with bright red leaves
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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I went as a bat
A selfie of me wearing a bat costume, tights, and boots.
October 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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"nothing bad can happen! it can only good happen!"
A hand painted banner hanging off a second floor balcony with my caption as the copy.
October 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Feel free to meet us at LaSalle and Van Buren at 11am. And if you haven't yet, call your legislator through our tool at savetransit.org
A photo of the English side of our palm cards that shows some text about the fiscal cliff, our QR code, and a picture of the Metra train.
October 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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They escalated the situation! Local, state, and federal cops will always choose one another over the people. Or you, for that matter.
October 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Great work @jbpritzker.bsky.social, you're making Broadview more dangerous for protestors.
October 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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@jbpritzker.bsky.social your Illinois State Police are escalating tensions at Broadview. Call them back.
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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"one rub, please"
Penny the dog on the ground flipped over awaiting a belly rub.
September 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Is today the day? Is this really happening?
An empty space in my wall/cabinets where my fridge belongs. There's a work cloth covering the kitchen counter with tools and cabinetry pieces on it.
September 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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These poor cupcakes have seen war (an 8-mile Divvy ride)
Cupcakes fallen over in their traveling pack with frosting everywhere.
September 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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And my own sign, which generated more conversations with strangers than I expected. A few different older Jews at the march told me they supported one side and took umbridge with the other.
My sign, side one which reads "Jews Against Facism." My sign side two which reads "Free Palestine. Abolish ICE. Black lives matter."
September 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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My ability to show up to a protest exactly as the march is starting is second to none. Anyways, some clutch signs from today.
A sign that says "Fuck ICE. Chinga la migra." The font is similar to what you would see on an ICEE machine at 7-11. A man in a Pikachu mask and a meh sweatshirt holding up a sign that says "you come for Chicago you best not miss." A sign with a snow plow on it that says "I'm Chicago we proudly name our ICE removal equipment Gesta-plow" A sign that says "ICE out of Chicago" with a hand drawn skyline.
September 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM