CJ
@worriedkoala.bsky.social
No clue what I'm doing
AuDHD | trans | lesbian | poly | communist | nerd | stereotype
Settler on Potawatomi land (Chicago)
Profile pic is a photo of a white woman with long brown wavy hair facing away, wearing a floral corset top and long pink skirt
AuDHD | trans | lesbian | poly | communist | nerd | stereotype
Settler on Potawatomi land (Chicago)
Profile pic is a photo of a white woman with long brown wavy hair facing away, wearing a floral corset top and long pink skirt
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me: "big crowds, loud sounds, and flashing lights are overstimulating"
also me: "I might die if I dont go back to the basement club with flashy lights, music so loud I cant hear my own thoughts, and so many gay people I can barely move"
also me: "I might die if I dont go back to the basement club with flashy lights, music so loud I cant hear my own thoughts, and so many gay people I can barely move"
December 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
me: "big crowds, loud sounds, and flashing lights are overstimulating"
also me: "I might die if I dont go back to the basement club with flashy lights, music so loud I cant hear my own thoughts, and so many gay people I can barely move"
also me: "I might die if I dont go back to the basement club with flashy lights, music so loud I cant hear my own thoughts, and so many gay people I can barely move"
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Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow
chicagoshovels.org
chicagoshovels.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow
chicagoshovels.org
chicagoshovels.org
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Saw my first e-ink bus arrival time pilot at Grand & St. Clair!
www.transitchicago.com/cta-announce...
www.transitchicago.com/cta-announce...
October 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Saw my first e-ink bus arrival time pilot at Grand & St. Clair!
www.transitchicago.com/cta-announce...
www.transitchicago.com/cta-announce...
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Looking forward to attending Pilsen Zine Fest this weekend!! Find it at 1002 W 18th St, Saturday December 13 & Sunday December 14, from 2–6 pm.
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Looking forward to attending Pilsen Zine Fest this weekend!! Find it at 1002 W 18th St, Saturday December 13 & Sunday December 14, from 2–6 pm.
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
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A swear jar, but for saying “so it goes.”
A swear jar, but for saying "I'll live."
A swear jar, but for saying "I'll be fine. I always am. :)"
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
A swear jar, but for saying “so it goes.”
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Wherever I’m With You (Putnam 2027), a co-created graphic novel by Suzanne Samin and me, follows two former best friends from the Bronx: Aran, a Syrian American teen, grappling with his mother’s death,
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Wherever I’m With You (Putnam 2027), a co-created graphic novel by Suzanne Samin and me, follows two former best friends from the Bronx: Aran, a Syrian American teen, grappling with his mother’s death,
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
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Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
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Photo of a snowy owl without the benefit of a telephoto lens
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Photo of a snowy owl without the benefit of a telephoto lens
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fashion victim (2024)
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
fashion victim (2024)
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Snowy owl at undisclosed location
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Snowy owl at undisclosed location
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Same shot different day
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Same shot different day
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The CTA Holiday Train's trek thru the city begins today. You'll see the train on the Orange and Green Lines.
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The CTA Holiday Train's trek thru the city begins today. You'll see the train on the Orange and Green Lines.
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here's one of my teammates scoring 4 on 1
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
here's one of my teammates scoring 4 on 1
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Has this pairing ever been flipped? Where a man falls in love with a monster?
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Has this pairing ever been flipped? Where a man falls in love with a monster?
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I'm by no means a property tax expert, but I compiled 8 reasons why your Chicago property tax bill (that you received last week) might have gone up
www.stevencanplan.com/2025/11/reas...
www.stevencanplan.com/2025/11/reas...
Reasons why your (a Chicagoan) 2024 property tax bill went up
The second and final installment property tax bill for 2024 was mailed to Cook County property owners on Friday, November 14. Social media was abuzz as many people opened their mail (or checked the…
www.stevencanplan.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm by no means a property tax expert, but I compiled 8 reasons why your Chicago property tax bill (that you received last week) might have gone up
www.stevencanplan.com/2025/11/reas...
www.stevencanplan.com/2025/11/reas...
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A bunch of new @divvybikes.bsky.social stations dropped in the last two weeks while I was offline.
Here are two, one by Hampton House and one by Cafe 53
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Here are two, one by Hampton House and one by Cafe 53
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Chicago's 2 newest Divvy stations at Shore/53rd and Dorchester/53rd in Hyde Park! The 10th and 12th busiest Divvy stations last month were in Hyde Park. Look forward to more cracking the top 20!
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A bunch of new @divvybikes.bsky.social stations dropped in the last two weeks while I was offline.
Here are two, one by Hampton House and one by Cafe 53
🧵
Here are two, one by Hampton House and one by Cafe 53
🧵
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These I draw every year I teach algebraic geometry (to be honest, for the ring I use C instead of R because the students must learn to draw R and see C)
![A series of six drawings, in green and black on whiteboard. Each includes a ring, of the form R[x,y] modulo some generators, and a drawing of the coordinate axes in black and of a no reduced scheme in green. The six generator sets & drawings
x ², y & a short horizontal segment center ed on zero on the x axis
x ³, y-x ² & a short, but less short, segment of the parabola y-x ²=0 centered at the origin
x ²,y ² & a tiny square centered at the origin
x ²,y ²,xy & a tinier square centered at the origin and rotated by 45°
(y-1) ² & a thickened line y=1
(y-1)((x+2), (y-1) ² & the line y=1 and a tiny vertical segment sticking out at (-2,1)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7jy6uix2a4zqcurzoxpxok4m/bafkreibdh5nnqmppeabeqwiheb3q7cw5xjlm7xcziarrikwfg7u3e4ue74@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
These I draw every year I teach algebraic geometry (to be honest, for the ring I use C instead of R because the students must learn to draw R and see C)
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If I had a nickel for how many times I’ve done art that somehow sees into the future like this I’d have two nickels but it’s kind of weird.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If I had a nickel for how many times I’ve done art that somehow sees into the future like this I’d have two nickels but it’s kind of weird.
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Filing this under: man, I love graded rings
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Filing this under: man, I love graded rings
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November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Yikes, unfollowing now. Was interested in the competitive knitting show hosted by a professional diver; didn't know about its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting & negative attitude towards steeking.
The new British competitive knitting show hosted by Olympic diver Tom Daley has been denounced by the knitting community of the Shetland islands for its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting and negative attitude toward a technique known as steeking
Shetland knitting group ‘shocked and saddened’ by representation in Channel 4 show
A GROUP protecting Shetland’s knitting heritage has criticised a new Channel 4 show for spreading “negative misconceptions about Fair Isle knitting...
www.shetnews.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Yikes, unfollowing now. Was interested in the competitive knitting show hosted by a professional diver; didn't know about its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting & negative attitude towards steeking.