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Joel
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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moma.bsky.social
László Moholy-Nagy, Z II, 1925
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134598
Gift of Mrs. Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
joelflaxman.bsky.social
Nice brick diamond.
everylotchicago.bsky.social Every Lot Chicago @everylotchicago.bsky.social · 26d
1016 North Leclaire Avenue
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1604408035: 1016 North Leclaire Avenue
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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clipart.bsky.social
KEYBOARD.BMF
An AI-generated image of a man playing keyboard. It took 45 tries for @DOGEBROMOMO to get it exactly right and he now considers himself a fully qualified Prompt Engineer. Man, nobody can do what he does with AI art.
October 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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moma.bsky.social
Victor Vasarely, Ondho, 1956-60 #artbots #moma
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134584
Gift of G. David Thompson
September 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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clipart.bsky.social
STAPLER1.BMF
A rare red Swingline stapler. It formerly belonged to Major General Potter Ash, commander of the United States Army Military Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca. One day it up and disappeared. Every subsequent stapler Ash’s aides requisitioned likewise disappeared within days. Where did they go? Where does anything go when it disappears? Into the Hollow.
August 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Bossangoa Restaurant; FCRX+5WF, RN 1, Bossangoa, Central African Republic https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=6.490441400000001%2C17.44978799999999&query_place_id=ChIJaXJa-_63wxARNE5fyzoXi1w
July 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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moma.bsky.social
Victor Vasarely, Capella 4B, 1965 #artbots #moma
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135765
The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
July 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
joelflaxman.bsky.social
Yabba dabba doo.
everylotchicago.bsky.social Every Lot Chicago @everylotchicago.bsky.social · Jun 27
1432 North Hamlin Avenue
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1602111031: 1432 North Hamlin Avenue
June 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
joelflaxman.bsky.social
Nice.
everylotchicago.bsky.social Every Lot Chicago @everylotchicago.bsky.social · Jun 15
908 North Washtenaw Avenue
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1601417044: 908 North Washtenaw Avenue
June 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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908 North Washtenaw Avenue
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1601417044: 908 North Washtenaw Avenue
June 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
joelflaxman.bsky.social
Lots of good signs in Evanston this morning.
Hands holding a sign at a protest that says, “THE ONLY KING WE CROWN IS ELVIS” under a picture of the King himself.
June 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Another flyer has appeared! Someone in Chicago is making protest flyers that mimic the design of handbills that contractors put on people’s garages. Many contractors are undocumented so they will see these. This showed up on my block today. I haven’t had time to see if it has been posted more widely
An 8 1/2 x 5 1/2“ flyer posted on the side of a garage in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. It calls for ICE to be abolished and is designed in the style of contractor flyers. These flyers are a common site in many Chicago neighborhoods and you can see from other flyers in these photos how similar this design looks. An 8 1/2 x 5 1/2“ flyer posted on the side of a garage in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. It calls for ICE to be abolished and is designed in the style of contractor flyers. These flyers are a common site in many Chicago neighborhoods and you can see from other flyers in these photos how similar this design looks. An 8 1/2 x 5 1/2“ flyer posted on the side of a garage in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. It calls for ICE to be abolished and is designed in the style of contractor flyers. These flyers are a common site in many Chicago neighborhoods and you can see from other flyers in these photos how similar this design looks. An 8 1/2 x 5 1/2“ flyer posted on the side of a garage in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. It calls for ICE to be abolished and is designed in the style of contractor flyers. These flyers are a common site in many Chicago neighborhoods and you can see from other flyers in these photos how similar this design looks.
June 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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3241 W. Montrose (1949), one of many Jewel grocery stores built after WWII with this design.
Color photo of a 1-story retail building clad in white terra cotta under a smokey sky. Large windows at street level. Most of the facade is plain white blocks, with fluted pilasters at the edges. The parapet has slightly more decorated blocks with diamond shapes in the center and blocks at the end with a curve at the corner. A sign by the door says SURGE. On the windows: "Play Time."
June 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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everylotchicago.bsky.social
1143 North California Avenue
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1601400021: 1143 North California Avenue
June 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
joelflaxman.bsky.social
The worst people anyone knows are making some great points today!
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point - Wikipedia
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June 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
joelflaxman.bsky.social
Everything is so stupid, but at least today’s stupid thing made me think of Kristen Schaal is a horse.
Kristen Schall is a Horse! | Comedy Shuffle | BBC Studios
YouTube video by BBC Studios
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June 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
joelflaxman.bsky.social
Saw this rise and grind excavator in Seattle this weekend.
An excavator on a construction site with the words NOBODY CARES, WORK HARDER written on it.
June 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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dmercer.bsky.social
This is so good. Wood and Haddon, Chicago
Brick cottage with stone quoins, stone window trim, and stone steps and railings. There is a small round turret at the corner of the second floor with a conical roof. The windows on the turret are protected by wooden awnings that are a bit too big and sort of comical. There is a creepy oval shaped window in the side of the concrete/stone? steps that opens on to who-knows-what. There is also another random oval window in the first floor brick wall. The whole thing screams fairy tale.
May 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Maquette for "Miró's Chicago" https://www.artic.edu/artworks/100666/
Gift of William E. Hartmann
May 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
joelflaxman.bsky.social
One of my favorite pieces of public art. This sucks.
May 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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sk-76.bsky.social
Elvis with designer Nudie Cohn (1957)
Photo: Micky Moore Collection, Pepperdine University
A middle aged man stands next to and facing a young man who is wearing a shiny suit and bow tie.
May 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
joelflaxman.bsky.social
I thought I was already tired of Chicago Pope coverage, but this got a laugh.
Cover of the Chicago Sun-Times with a picture of the Pope and the headline, “Da Pope!”
May 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
joelflaxman.bsky.social
But what if it didn’t?
blockclubchi.bsky.social Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · May 3
The heart of Lincoln Square is expected to reopen to cars next week. buff.ly/MkZmn0m
May 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM