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@xbleeple.bsky.social

created July 6, 2023

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Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I lived in Jefferson Park for a hot second and it’s literally as close to the edge as they can get 🥴

30/8/2025, 6:29:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

:blink: He and George Lucas are the REASON they cost so much. He needed a whole fucking new computer to render Avatar!

28/8/2025, 11:21:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I was amazed at how much I was nodding along

26/8/2025, 11:32:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

When I primarily would go to a dispensary in Wrigleyville I had to check the schedule during baseball season just to make sure I timed everything right 😂

26/8/2025, 11:29:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Now see this would be a hilarious 90s political comedy - presidential candidate slipping the consultants and PR people for the whole campaign

25/8/2025, 4:37:35 PM | 36 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

She is 😮‍💨🫠 what the fuck?

24/8/2025, 2:54:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

My kind of resume

22/8/2025, 8:33:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

He just heard about Sprints but doesn’t know how they work

22/8/2025, 6:38:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s so goooooood. I legit evil clapped in the theater when I recognized it in Sinners

22/8/2025, 3:20:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

then you need to admit that internet is a utility that people have a right to access at low costs!

20/8/2025, 1:38:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Wrangle? *Any* of those yahoos?!

18/8/2025, 10:40:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I wanna believe in the 77, I really do 😂

15/8/2025, 10:41:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

omg they figured out one of the primary reasons i hate my stepdadddddd 😱

13/8/2025, 7:41:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

13/8/2025, 3:30:25 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

Aldermanic prerogative is another thing, driven by meetings filled with rich old people who think THEY should be the only 30 floor building on the block. Both are issues, but the smaller guy *is* actually somehow worse in this situation in this context

11/8/2025, 5:45:18 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

“Whisper words of Xyzal allergiesssss”

11/8/2025, 4:35:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

It took me a second 😂

11/8/2025, 11:58:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (@cpsc.gov) reposted

If it sounds like someone fell off a ladder, someone fell off a ladder.

8/8/2025, 3:29:01 PM | 360 38 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ceej (@ceej.online) reposted

one thing that's making me feel particularly insane lately is how there is no longer any limit to the amount of wrong you can be

8/8/2025, 4:39:19 PM | 3824 705 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

*They’re* hoping that it’s cerulean, *I’m* hoping it’s Juicy across the ass

1/8/2025, 9:28:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Ok iced coffee in the nose hurts 😂

1/8/2025, 9:03:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

1/8/2025, 1:14:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I smell a raygun shirt 😂

31/7/2025, 11:09:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

amy why weren't you teaching your kids to read instead of being spicy wendys?!

31/7/2025, 12:51:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

And that still buys you a candy bar of mild quality these days

29/7/2025, 6:47:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Imani Gandy (@angryblacklady.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I swear to god, some of you have already given up. You're already giving up on human rights for a marginalized and relentlessly attacked group of people because maybe the guy you might like in 2025 is gonna run for president 3 fucking years from now. PUSH YOUR FAVE TO BE BETTER. Now is the time.

29/7/2025, 5:08:00 PM | 305 30 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

These Epstein distraction attempts are getting to be a bit much 🥁

28/7/2025, 7:48:50 PM | 57 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

Like a true millennial I have a joke for this: "Of course the sea levels are rising, you took the ground water out and made it surface water!" (But also this is bad)

28/7/2025, 1:00:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

generational trauma so deep it still hasn't been unpacked, gotdamn

27/7/2025, 2:52:07 AM | 121 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

Oh this is a sexy score 🥵

26/7/2025, 1:28:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

So…do they get to hire a new Leader that can actually make that content?

24/7/2025, 3:05:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

YOU CAN SAVE 50£ PER PERSON!

23/7/2025, 5:54:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s awesome! I definitely feel the Chicago influences in the final design. I “see” those buildings every day!

23/7/2025, 5:49:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m disappointed Chicago only put up a -29, we can do better!

23/7/2025, 5:46:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

balitmore w-orioles

23/7/2025, 4:37:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aprile529 (@aprile529.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

The Jetsons had it right, get the robots to do the menial things like cooking and cleaning so you can still use your own brain to write and think and communicate. These guys want the machines to think so we have more time to do mundane things we hate doing?

23/7/2025, 1:27:28 PM | 250 42 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) reposted

“did u finish the work on the terrifying dread kraken to strike fear in the hearts of men” “sure did boss just like u asked made him goofy as hell all googley eyed and waving his lil tentacles up in the air’ “wait wat”

23/7/2025, 12:56:21 AM | 3673 516 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Joke: was he wearing an Iowa State shirt? Real: maybe someone there was a warrant out on already? And they just happened to find him? Doesn’t explain six cops but… Yeah curious situation

23/7/2025, 12:34:51 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Where does the pizza come in tho? 🤔

22/7/2025, 7:47:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anthony Moser (@anthonymoser.com) reposted

we need 24 hour cooling centers. the heat will not clock out at 5pm

21/7/2025, 4:11:20 PM | 80 23 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

THIS!! I wasn’t joking when I said I like learning 😩

21/7/2025, 11:45:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Fuuuuuuuck I forgot about themmm those little pancakes are so good 😩😩😩😩

19/7/2025, 7:41:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Were you ever really in school if the teacher didn’t tell you to shut up and let someone else answer at least once?

10/7/2025, 8:49:28 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Bananahammock Cucumberpatch obviously

5/7/2025, 2:30:34 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Falling or “falling”?

5/7/2025, 12:00:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

There was a simple explanation this whole time?!

4/7/2025, 5:08:59 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

They literally don't know how to read anything, let alone a room, do they?

4/7/2025, 12:26:30 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/7/2025, 11:24:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Having a friend who isn't "chronically online" is very eye opening as to how much the average person consumes news. It also shows how control of the news cycle and how quickly stories move in and out is important, they were completely unaware of what happened recently in Minnesota

2/7/2025, 1:48:36 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

collusion obviously (it's been a while since we heard that word)

29/6/2025, 1:23:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I asked if the everything seasoning had fennel or caraway seeds in a coffee shop in NYC one time and the cashier looked at me like I was crazy 😂

29/6/2025, 1:23:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Right next to his crusade tattoo 🤢

29/6/2025, 1:25:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

I'm gonna start using this in work meetings

28/6/2025, 7:34:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

So you’re saying Chicago has a case against the Gary/Chicago International Airport

28/6/2025, 1:40:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

How silly of us to think a donation the size of a house as a declaration of enthusiasm instead of what it actually is, which is worse imo, playing the field...in an election...for favor

26/6/2025, 3:06:30 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social) reposted

he's right and he's right to say it

screenshot of a Facebook post by Corey Robin, which says:
25/6/2025, 1:14:52 PM | 34275 6562 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

"are we poor?"

26/6/2025, 3:02:34 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

We have ended up here because the party has not and will not support who is best for the job because they’re afraid of losing control of the marionette strings. If you cannot be realistic about VISIBLE and AUDIBLE change, you’re not a leader. You’re a coward.

25/6/2025, 2:29:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I would love to see you guys dig in on generic efficacy

24/6/2025, 2:02:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

The way he has ruined simple language is definitely one of the chips on my shoulders

24/6/2025, 1:12:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I think he's more the type to yell at both of you while simultaneously reaching back to slap the shit out of both of you, and the eyes are probably coming off the road when he does

24/6/2025, 12:53:01 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I already hate seeing graduated retirement articles in general, but about CONGRESS?!

22/6/2025, 11:29:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Tanning with beef tallow probably

20/6/2025, 3:20:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

THEYRE THE SAME THING CHUCK!

18/6/2025, 4:08:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I literally just woke up and already want to go drag this person into the parking lot with some “DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU’RE TALKING TO?!” 💀

18/6/2025, 12:10:09 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I need this gem on a shirt tbh

17/6/2025, 9:41:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

It’s the best dopamine hit when you get final Jeopardy right when none of the contestants do 😂

17/6/2025, 9:01:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

My eye is twitching at the visual, my ear is twitching at the beeps that make me want to ice pick myself when it randomly decides I have passengers until I pull over and click all the seatbelts in

16/6/2025, 8:11:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Chicago sitting over here like we're not in the Prairie State or Heartland

16/6/2025, 2:40:43 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

This is bordering on how bad that one Chicago Fire redesign a few years ago was cause “what?!”

14/6/2025, 12:22:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

You should tell them how tall you are 😂

12/6/2025, 5:29:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

every year i'm more and more surprised Iowa hasn't repealed their can return program

10/6/2025, 11:51:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted

If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487

9/6/2025, 9:08:05 PM | 22570 11493 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

ohhhhhhmygod i want one of those. i found my ICPL ones while i was cleaning recently!

7/6/2025, 1:03:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

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6/6/2025, 12:26:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

I didn't have to be that close, but I had to be able to hear them yell my name which was just about damn near as close 😂

6/6/2025, 2:18:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gabe Ortíz (@tusk81.bsky.social) reposted

Gov. Walz: “I’m just going to say it, shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus for thinking they’re going to get elected.” www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz...

4/6/2025, 10:42:20 PM | 2569 505 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

*two SELFISH AS FUCK men

4/6/2025, 10:43:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Are those...Swedish tacos?

4/6/2025, 3:03:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

...then there's something in the bill that would affect the midterms

4/6/2025, 2:53:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken Jennings (@kenjennings.bsky.social) reposted

Game-changer for you @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social fans under 70! variety.com/2025/tv/news...

3/6/2025, 7:38:36 PM | 706 54 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aubrey Jones (@aubreyjones.bsky.social) reposted

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales Husband of Jonathan Joss My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done. Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic. When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw. While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life. Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future. He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other. I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved. To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family. My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together. If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband. Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built. Tristan Kern de Gonzales
2/6/2025, 7:10:31 PM | 34554 13962 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Slow clap for the Register

1/6/2025, 1:29:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Well then -_- that’s just silly. I wouldn’t want the house for an hour without insurance let alone a weekend! I’ve seen that King of the Hill episode where Hank forgets to mail the check 👉

30/5/2025, 11:23:43 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Do they think it can be relatively instant like car insurance?

30/5/2025, 11:20:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Always courting controversy, Charlotte! 😂

30/5/2025, 8:23:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

✍️make…bingo…card…

29/5/2025, 3:51:42 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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29/5/2025, 1:26:04 AM | 19 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Heather Vogell (@heathervogell.bsky.social) reposted

In 2022, @propublica.org found landlords were using RealPage software to raise rents — potentially in violation of laws against collusion. Cities then moved to ban such pricing algorithms. But now, @wsj.com reports that House Republicans are seeking to “muzzle” those local efforts. THREAD

28/5/2025, 9:12:29 PM | 524 242 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Your Tiny Journalist Friend. (@thewayoftheid.bsky.social) reposted

👇🏾

27/5/2025, 3:35:43 PM | 82 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s interesting! I can’t quite put my finger on the flavor but it’s good

23/5/2025, 10:07:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

During the campaign when I couldn’t just walk into work and say how wild it was that a presidential candidate spent 20 minutes talking about Arnold Palmer’s dick…it’s so fucking backwards

22/5/2025, 11:16:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Real ones know 😭

22/5/2025, 6:02:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

lmao i learned about this from you and i was like "Noooo the knees"

21/5/2025, 4:31:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, how many librarians does CPL staff that could probably provide a summer reading list at damn near the drop of a hat?

20/5/2025, 3:21:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

also @chicago.suntimes.com @cstguild.bsky.social any comment on this? Considering your profile tagline on this site is "The hardest-working paper in America" I would hope there's some big apology about how this was meant to be placeholder text or something

20/5/2025, 1:55:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social)

This is wild for the Sun-Times to do instead of, you know, reaching out to the library who excels at this stuff and probably already has a list ready to go!

20/5/2025, 1:49:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

So is the city trying to use pedestrians as bollards? Jfc just put the sidewalk in the street at that point

20/5/2025, 12:46:57 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan (@jacketdan.bsky.social) reposted

This is so fucking good

19/5/2025, 12:01:46 PM | 17467 5782 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mercedes (@xbleeple.bsky.social) reply parent

🧐there’s something there with crypto and sports betting too

19/5/2025, 2:45:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view