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ericksoen.bsky.social
Henderson the Purple Rain King
@ericksoen.bsky.social
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E-bike hive member since 2020. Biked to all 81 Chicago Public Library branches as a shitpost. Pro-Chicago til the day I die.
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4000 miles in the last year yesterday. #ChristmasTreeByBike today.
A man stands behind a black Tern GSD with a 9-foot Frasier fit attached to the back rack.
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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4000 miles in the last 357 days. Can someone who is good at math tell me if I rode my bike a lot?

#BikeChi
Day = 0 (12/20/2024) A black Tern GSD parks in the foreground with a colorful Senrock mural in the background. The pannier bags have two tires in them. Day = 357 the odometer on a black Tern GSD shows 4000 miles. A bar mitt cover is visible on the left of the frame.
December 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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I regret to inform you that the Skeleton Lord continued to wage war against the elves and Christmas and this morning they succumbed to their injuries.

The war on Christmas is over. All hail Skeleton Lord!
A skeleton towers over deflated elves.
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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How do you feel about this approach?
A giant skeleton towers menacingly over some holiday elves
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Incredible things happening on the Green Line today (this one was NOT close).
A truck fails to clear a bridge underneath the CTA Green line and misses by a wide margin.
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Is there a chance that—despite meeting him—this is who Trump thinks the leader of Ukraine is?
A picture or Lord Voldemort
November 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Is the cure to the male loneliness epidemic riding the @chicagocta.bsky.social holiday train with your friends? Time will tell.
A child in a pink har stands in front of the CTA holiday train
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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My 11-year old pulled “Grey’s Anatomy” for our family game of Charades.

…so of course we re-enacted the elevator surgery scene 😭😭😭
George from Greys Anatomy performs a surgery in an elevator.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Yeah I still ride on the sidewalk sometimes. What of it?
The chariot wheel from the film Ben Hur with a sharpened axel designed to shatter the wheel of other chariots
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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There’s an alt universe where the Pope also coined this banger on a Reddit thread.
Reddit thread that begins, “does anyone know anyone named Sheldon IRL” and ends with “When God sings with his creations, will a turtle not be part of the choir?”
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Goalposts moved for Ja’Mal Green…
A single bus is stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Am I too late?!?
A Christmas tree on the back of a bicycle
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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You, I would die for you, yeah
Darlin', if you want me to
You, I would die for you, wow!

You're just a sinner, I am told
Be your fire when you're cold
The pope croons into a mic.
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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“Haha bitches, I got a new scooter” is such a micro-mobility bar.
An image of the article of the Baltimore man who chases ICE agents on his electric scooter. The highlighted text shows his response as to why he can now keep up with them after upgrading his scooter.
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Rosemont! A place that’s somehow uniquely bad for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists all at the same time!
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Missed opportunity for the Economist to settle the “Best Tern color” once-and-for-all with a photo of your bike!
A blue Tern GSD parked in the snow after a beer run.
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Is the cure to male loneliness shouting “puppers” when you’re on a bike and see a dog with their snouts out the window? (10/10 would do again)
Two dogs with their heads out the window next to a bike lane.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Round around in front of Dirksen to support the Broadview 6.
A Strava map of 2.7 miles up and back on a singular city block in front of the Dirksen federal building.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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If you see this bike around Chicago, feel free to say hey.

Brian Straw (one of the Broadview Six) has been a big advocate for improving bike infrastructure in our community.
A bike with the Straw for Oak Park sign locked next to the Dearborn Ave Bus lane.
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Can we do a #BikeChi roll call for who is at the Tortoise show tonight?
The stage at the Tortoise show at the Auditorium.
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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The day the bus for Ja’Mal Green’s senate campaign gets stuck is going to be one for the ages on here…BlueSky gonna do World Series like numbers.
The bus for Ja’Mal Greens mayoral campaign stuck in a traffic circle.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Whispers…you can also put kimchi on a hot dog (similar to the way sauerkraut is used)…life changing.
A hot dog with kimchi, scallions, and sesame seeds
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The George C. Hall branch is particularly magnificent.
A photo of the entrance to the George C Hall branch of the Chicago Public Library system
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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A blue bike sped past me at the corner of Grand and Laramie. Possible @nova999999.bsky.social sighting?
A TernGSD with a cooler full of tamales.
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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We invite our neighbors over to a Halloween bonfire with walking tacos and hand out candy from a large treasure chest with a skeleton inside.

Easily one of my favorite nights of the year.
The remnants of the pirate’s booty. The gold coins (note the one in the skeletons mouth) were particularly popular with kids.
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM