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Meredith Lowry @meredithlowry.bsky.social · 1h

This chyron in any other age would have the general populace screaming.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Meredith Lowry @meredithlowry.bsky.social · 1d

It's Tuesday and while the government may be shut down, the Patent Office is still open and churning out a new 1,381 design patents for our enjoyment and critique, including D1096067 issued for a pocket tie.

The disclaimed fireworks are a nice touch.

#DesignPatents

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last vixen on the left @liberalvixen.bsky.social · 1d

IP litigator, Patent Prosecutor, Trademark Attorney

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 2d

for the first time ever wishing our current electeds would ask themselves: what would an angry Daley do

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 3d

What Chicago looks like where there are no feds. Thousands of people having fun buying beer, cider, and donuts at the Apple Festival.

Photo of a crowd milling around in a street festival under blue skies

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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 3d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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beautiful women updates @aoife.bsky.social · 4d

"One doesn't ask of one who suffers: what is your country and what is your religion? One merely says, you suffer, this is enough for me, you belong to me and I shall help you."
-Louis Pasteur

'Servant of Humanity'
Erected by the people of Chicago, 1928

a statue ft a bust of pasteur on top of on obelisk

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 5d

We had an '80s middle school assembly where Elvis's (supposed) cousin talked about doing drugs with him and a bunch of women. The lesson was that this is bad?

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 8d

US Patent No. 12426648, issued today for an outdoor garment.

Patent drawing of two hands pulling open an opening in a garment.

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 8d

Utility patent drawing without context:

utility patent drawing showing a man with either lego-like hair or a helmet wearing some kind of eyewear. curving lines leading to number labels flare off of both sides of his face, giving the vague impression of butterfly wings. patent 10928052

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 9d

Border Patrol currently doing another expensive sightseeing tour over Wrigley Field and the Chicago lakefront.

ADS-B flight tracker map showing a CBP Black Hawk circling Wrigley field before heading south along the Chicago lakefront.

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 10d

Lol reading this after waiting 30 minutes for a #9 north

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Hermione, Texas Granger @misterfungi.bsky.social · 12d

not true. they literally wrote a song about it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Trump: "We're gonna take care of Memphis. You can't walk a block without getting shot."

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 13d

Luggage with cupholders. Patented this week.
US 12419396

Patent drawing of a rollaboard suitcase with circular recesses on top to hold cups.

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 13d

W🏳️

Photo of Wrigley Field bleachers, with fans and mascot Clark flying the W.

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 15d

A homebuilt printing press for publishing after the rapture without drawing the attention of the Antichrist.
Patent Application Publication US 2012/0279405

Hand-drawn figure of a simple printing press.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
I am a born again Christian. The Bible says that there will be a certain event known as the rapture, when born again Christians will be taken to heaven as Christ returns to take them away. There will then be a time of peril upon the earth known commonly as the tribulation period. During this time, the AntiChrist will rule, and claim to be the Christ. You will not be able to buy or sell without the number of the beast which is 666. The gospel will be greatly hindered. Anyone giving out the gospel will be beheaded, and those who trust Christ as their Savior will not be able to buy tracts or have them printed in any way. There will no way to give out the gospel anonymously, and yet many, in times of peril, will be seeking the Lord.

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 16d

A hinge that turns a pair of leaf rakes into giant tongs.
US Patent 12317779

Patent drawing of a pair of regular leaf rakes pivoted together halfway along their handles.

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 16d

Doubly proud to have finished my fastest 5k of the decade while being soundly defeated by my own daughter.

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 17d

"I don’t have any cars, so I got rid of all my cars. I’m more into art nowadays."
- Lewis Hamilton

metro.co.uk/2025/09/20/l...

Lewis Hamilton explains why he sold his entire £13m car collection

metro.co.uk

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 19d

My sister was driving around Hermosa and she says normally packed parking lots are empty, businesses empty. Our Latine immigrant community is being driven away from the public eye due to fear.

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 21d

I mistype the word "embodiment" at least a couple of times a day. The typing pattern is LRLRLRRLRL but each hand starts doing its own thing halfway through.

Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 21d

Hello, I'm a professional author and I can never spell permanently or camouflage on the first try.

Come, make me feel better and share your nemesis words.

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 21d

Simulate alternate history sporting events.
US Patent 12415130 (issued yesterday)

Patent drawing of a basketball game with the caption "Simulate LeBron vs MJ"

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 22d

Yeah, I wonder if this patent was done cheaply just for fun. I can't imagine the system actually working.

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 22d

Protect your home from wildfires with a turret-mounted laser weapon that shoots embers out of the sky.
US Patent 12415107 (patented today)

Patent drawing of a house with a laser weapon on the roof and embers from a nearby wildfire arcing toward the house.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 24d

New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social:

ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.

Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.

Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:

What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez

Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.

unraveledpress.com

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