Henderson the Purple Rain King
@ericksoen.bsky.social
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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The resolution to this shitpost only took 777 days and ~1500 miles but I somehow did it.
I’ve now biked to all 81 Chicago Public Branches in reverse chronological order (by year constructed). LFG.
I’ve now biked to all 81 Chicago Public Branches in reverse chronological order (by year constructed). LFG.
Round around in front of Dirksen to support the Broadview 6.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Round around in front of Dirksen to support the Broadview 6.
Here’s a link to his legal defense fund (due to IL state law re: “gifts” to candidates, the only permissible way to donate is via his campaign fund).
secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here’s a link to his legal defense fund (due to IL state law re: “gifts” to candidates, the only permissible way to donate is via his campaign fund).
secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
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.
Brian Straw (one of the Broadview Six) has been a big advocate for improving bike infrastructure in our community.
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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.
Brian Straw (one of the Broadview Six) has been a big advocate for improving bike infrastructure in our community.
Putting this on my career vision board.
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Putting this on my career vision board.
Causabon and Cadwallader mentioned.
Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Causabon and Cadwallader mentioned.
Common Wrightwood W.
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Common Wrightwood W.
Boom. Biked to all 81 Chicago Public Library branches and took some pictures along the way
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
The main problem with Bluesky is that some of you aren't posting enough Chicago content. This is the premiere Chicago-centered social website, please act accordingly.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Boom. Biked to all 81 Chicago Public Library branches and took some pictures along the way
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
Gonna be heartbreaking to discover that this place does NOT sell hot dogs.
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Gonna be heartbreaking to discover that this place does NOT sell hot dogs.
Chicago
Nita would be a beautiful name for the second daughter of a transit-oriented couple who had a first child named RTA that has been a huge disappointment
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Chicago
A blue bike sped past me at the corner of Grand and Laramie. Possible @nova999999.bsky.social sighting?
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A blue bike sped past me at the corner of Grand and Laramie. Possible @nova999999.bsky.social sighting?
ChatGPT-ass presidency.
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
ChatGPT-ass presidency.
High schooler 1: is that a house?
High schooler 2: that’s a home. You wouldn’t know anything about what it takes to make a house a home.
lmao.
High schooler 2: that’s a home. You wouldn’t know anything about what it takes to make a house a home.
lmao.
A trick-or-treater just asked what we paid for our house
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
High schooler 1: is that a house?
High schooler 2: that’s a home. You wouldn’t know anything about what it takes to make a house a home.
lmao.
High schooler 2: that’s a home. You wouldn’t know anything about what it takes to make a house a home.
lmao.
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.
Easily one of my favorite nights of the year.
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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.
Easily one of my favorite nights of the year.
LFG! Filled mine out. Should take less than 5 minutes.
It’s witness slip time! 🚨
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
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Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
LFG! Filled mine out. Should take less than 5 minutes.
I unfortunately can’t make @chicritmass.bsky.social due to a family conflict, but my cargo bike with a treasure chest and skeleton say what’s up!
Really need to get a pirate flag for next year…
Really need to get a pirate flag for next year…
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I unfortunately can’t make @chicritmass.bsky.social due to a family conflict, but my cargo bike with a treasure chest and skeleton say what’s up!
Really need to get a pirate flag for next year…
Really need to get a pirate flag for next year…
Gonna go Tim Walz on this and say that people think this is a scandal are weird and we shouldn’t listen to them.
October 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Gonna go Tim Walz on this and say that people think this is a scandal are weird and we shouldn’t listen to them.
Does anyone have a rough estimate for how the hard the Chicago History Museum is to heist?
More or less difficult than the Louvre?
More or less difficult than the Louvre?
This racing sweater for the National School Boy's Inter-City Ice Skating Championship of 1922 goes hard af. 11/10. Would wear.
📸 CHM, Costume & Textiles Collection
📸 CHM, Costume & Textiles Collection
October 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Does anyone have a rough estimate for how the hard the Chicago History Museum is to heist?
More or less difficult than the Louvre?
More or less difficult than the Louvre?
Can you ride a bike? Can you blow on a plastic bag to help a sharpie marker dry faster?
This could be the perfect way for you to get involved (today was my first time).
This could be the perfect way for you to get involved (today was my first time).
As ICE continues to terrorize our communities, kidnapping our neighbors, 9 cyclists came together this morning at 6am to buyout 5 vendors and donate the food to a local shelter. They went home safe, hungry ppl were fed, this is #BikeChi ✊🏽
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Can you ride a bike? Can you blow on a plastic bag to help a sharpie marker dry faster?
This could be the perfect way for you to get involved (today was my first time).
This could be the perfect way for you to get involved (today was my first time).
I will say this is true and also has forced me to be a more creative parent.
Kids are fighting and not getting along? Stop and try to find a park to give them some space!
Still not getting along? Pull over to the side and walk for a bit.
When I’m driving I just…idle threat?
Kids are fighting and not getting along? Stop and try to find a park to give them some space!
Still not getting along? Pull over to the side and walk for a bit.
When I’m driving I just…idle threat?
Under-discussed negative of the parenting cargo bike is when your kid is throwing a tantrum, everyone you bike past gets to hear and see and give you a look.
October 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I will say this is true and also has forced me to be a more creative parent.
Kids are fighting and not getting along? Stop and try to find a park to give them some space!
Still not getting along? Pull over to the side and walk for a bit.
When I’m driving I just…idle threat?
Kids are fighting and not getting along? Stop and try to find a park to give them some space!
Still not getting along? Pull over to the side and walk for a bit.
When I’m driving I just…idle threat?
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Thanks to everyone who called, texted, or otherwise checked in.
Yes, we were disappointed to never be interviewed for this article.
Yes, we’re as committed as ever to a career as an unpaid, cargo-bike influencer!
www.npr.org/2025/10/18/n...
Yes, we were disappointed to never be interviewed for this article.
Yes, we’re as committed as ever to a career as an unpaid, cargo-bike influencer!
www.npr.org/2025/10/18/n...
Why more parents are riding cargo bikes, skipping the minivan
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
www.npr.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Thanks to everyone who called, texted, or otherwise checked in.
Yes, we were disappointed to never be interviewed for this article.
Yes, we’re as committed as ever to a career as an unpaid, cargo-bike influencer!
www.npr.org/2025/10/18/n...
Yes, we were disappointed to never be interviewed for this article.
Yes, we’re as committed as ever to a career as an unpaid, cargo-bike influencer!
www.npr.org/2025/10/18/n...
Reposted by Henderson the Purple Rain King
[Serenely smiling as I run a red light and plow into a preschool] I just want to acknowledge that I’m driving drunk on former Potawatomi land
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
[Serenely smiling as I run a red light and plow into a preschool] I just want to acknowledge that I’m driving drunk on former Potawatomi land
If anyone knows of anything in the Berwyn to Franklin Park area, HMU!
October 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If anyone knows of anything in the Berwyn to Franklin Park area, HMU!
Remember bike friends: if you bike to all 81 Chicago Public Librsry branches, you can quickly clock which ones are used as the cover image in news articles.
Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.
In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services
Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…
www.urban.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Remember bike friends: if you bike to all 81 Chicago Public Librsry branches, you can quickly clock which ones are used as the cover image in news articles.