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gender/queer chicagoan artist & designer. talk to me about birds and museums and live music and good films and bad movies. fanzines & art books at justchrispress.itch.io and generally in whatever bag I’m carrying

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i’ve spent the last eight years chasing the high of the moment watching mad max in theaters when i first saw the guitar guy

12.03.2026 17:12 👍 518 🔁 35 💬 23 📌 2

We've seen another morning of increased ICE activity with DHS helicopter out and about in Chicagoland.

Feds have taken people from Humboldt Park and Ravenswood. Vehicles also seen in Rogers Park. ICE watchers are asking north side neighbors to get outside and keep an eye on landscapers & laborers.

12.03.2026 16:32 👍 958 🔁 496 💬 3 📌 25
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The King of the Crows conferring with his political advisors, a page from the Arabic version of Kalila wa dimna, dated 1210 CE.

12.03.2026 00:53 👍 61 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 1
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FUNDRAISER: SOMEONE IN MINNEAPOLIS LOVES ME T-SHIRT A belated Valentine to the city I am proud to call my home. The past 10 weeks here have been scary and intense for me and more so for many of my fellow residents. While many people have joined in resi...

check out this great shirt fundraiser from sandy of TRUTHLIZARD, which supports Neighbors Helping Neighbors!

many of my favorite shirts are TRUTHLIZARD shirts, and there’s a pickup option at Bench Pressed next month 🌞

10.03.2026 19:59 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

stolen valor!!!!!!

09.03.2026 15:36 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
paprika and charnuskha both loafing on the bed, perfectly aligned

paprika and charnuskha both loafing on the bed, perfectly aligned

cat stack

08.03.2026 18:51 👍 61 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 4

emily!! moving your body regularly in ways you enjoy will feel good in your brain and bod :)

05.03.2026 14:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest and The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection (both by exchange)

Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest and The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection (both by exchange)

Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1970
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135693

05.03.2026 10:30 👍 81 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 0
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Cook County prosecutors dismiss 21 cases against ICE protesters, including suburban moms arrested in sit-in Cook County prosecutors dismissed 21 cases that were filed against protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview.

www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/04/c... [gift link]

04.03.2026 18:49 👍 328 🔁 88 💬 3 📌 0

Greg Davies: Great task, well done. Didn‘t eat a thing.

Persephone: Thank you.

Alex Horne: Ah. Well. Let’s take another look at that pomegranate.

03.03.2026 17:17 👍 1120 🔁 237 💬 8 📌 46

oh wow! this is so beautiful and soothing (two things desperately needed right now)

02.03.2026 16:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A bald eagle flying

A bald eagle flying

Two bald eagles flying near each other. One is mature (with white feathers on its head and tail), and the other is juvenile.

Two bald eagles flying near each other. One is mature (with white feathers on its head and tail), and the other is juvenile.

A juvenile bald eagle flying

A juvenile bald eagle flying

Two bald eagles flying near each other. One is mature (with white feathers on its head and tail), and the other is juvenile.

Two bald eagles flying near each other. One is mature (with white feathers on its head and tail), and the other is juvenile.

A few photos of the bald eagles over Big Marsh Park.

02.03.2026 14:26 👍 28 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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I saw these bald eagles soaring over Big Marsh Park on Sunday morning.

02.03.2026 14:21 👍 76 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 2

Woooo!!

01.03.2026 18:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

THESE ARE TWO OF MY ALL TIME TOP TIER FAVES FOREVER

01.03.2026 18:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I haven’t peeked at it yet ☺️

28.02.2026 16:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Burt Glinn, 1957.
Helen Frankenthaler and David Smith in Frankenthaler's studio.

28.02.2026 15:33 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Lynda Benglis (in action, 1969)

28.02.2026 15:33 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Bridget Riley, 1963
Current - 1964
Cataract 3, 1967
at work, 1964

28.02.2026 15:33 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Helen Frankenthaler in her studio 1957.

28.02.2026 15:33 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
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Helen Frankenthaler with Alexander Liberman, in her studio, New York City, 1967.

28.02.2026 15:33 👍 22 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Lee Krasner in her studio, The Springs, Long Island, 1962.

28.02.2026 15:33 👍 79 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 2

I’m so sorry Alex! hoping for a lighter, easier year for you ♥️ excited to turn the page on our lynch calendar

28.02.2026 15:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

🗣️🗣️🗣️

26.02.2026 17:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trans Continental Pipeline Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado

Colorado borders Kansas. Here is a Colorado non-profit that helps trans people relocate, Trans Continental Pipeline.

Please share.

tcpipeline.org

26.02.2026 01:53 👍 1012 🔁 811 💬 7 📌 28
1 Screenshot from the tv show "Twin Peaks" (1990): First, a man driving holding up a tape recorder. Subtitles: "Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks"

1 Screenshot from the tv show "Twin Peaks" (1990): First, a man driving holding up a tape recorder. Subtitles: "Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks"

Feb 24th 1989 - Laura Palmer was murdered in the early hours of the morning. Later that morning, her body was discovered down river. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper was assigned the case.

📺📅 Twin Peaks (1990) #TwinPeaks #TwinPeaksDay

24.02.2026 14:36 👍 132 🔁 69 💬 0 📌 5
A crow whistles to itself on a bright winter day. It's scratching at the snow with its foot. It sees something blue and plastic sticking out of the snow and says "Hello what's this". It reaches to pick it up with its beak and yanks it out with a "shing!"

A crow whistles to itself on a bright winter day. It's scratching at the snow with its foot. It sees something blue and plastic sticking out of the snow and says "Hello what's this". It reaches to pick it up with its beak and yanks it out with a "shing!"

The thing is revealed to be a blue bic pen. The crow holds it triumphantly above its head. There is a magic light emanating from the pen which is creating a blue crosshatching effect on the sky.

The thing is revealed to be a blue bic pen. The crow holds it triumphantly above its head. There is a magic light emanating from the pen which is creating a blue crosshatching effect on the sky.

The crow holds the glorious pen and the words "I AM ARTIST" frame the image.

The crow holds the glorious pen and the words "I AM ARTIST" frame the image.

The Artful Corvid #oldknees

23.02.2026 17:02 👍 5517 🔁 1672 💬 19 📌 15

yeah i’m into BDSM

Birds
birDs
birdS
& More birds

23.02.2026 17:55 👍 28 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.

24.02.2026 01:30 👍 167 🔁 75 💬 1 📌 7

something abled people don't get is you can have just one day a week where you are too sick to work, and that's enough to disqualify you from nearly all full-time jobs. it doesn't take a lot

22.02.2026 00:20 👍 4746 🔁 1837 💬 54 📌 62