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Abby Klionsky
@abionsky.bsky.social
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Teacher of littles ~ year-round #biker ~ indoor climber ~ improv w/ @whimsypc.bsky.social ~ Chicago native + lived in NJ, MS, & CA ~ mostly posts about #bikechi, transit, & the Point
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10/10 recommend taking transit to a wedding on a snowy night so you can be winter on the outside, black-tie on the inside. (And also having that wedding be at the cultural center so you can be on a Metra home within 7 minutes of deciding to call it quits for the night)
A leg wearing a legging and winter boot, with a coat visible. The leg is sticking out over the floor of the bus A person wearing a strapless gown and heels standing between the seats of an empty train car
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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OMG I think it's happening??? 🤞❄️🙏

But also anyone can explain why the snow on the ground is in chunks? Like big clumps that look like they were actually ice they slid off a roof or something?
Street through a window of a snow-covered street with car tire tracks in it, lined by parked cars covered in snow. There are also clumps of snow on the ground surrounding the cars.
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Looks like the WB 55/172 stop at 55/Lake Park is one of the 20 stops selected for digital sign pilot! (Screenshot from UChi Transit Instagram page)

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Screenshot from uchitransit Instagram story showing a digital/e-ink bus stop sign mounted on a pole with physical bus stop sign. There is a tag indicating that it's located at 55th & Lake Park
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Why are the Sunday metra headways distributed like this? Alternating between 30 minutes and 90 minutes. Wouldn't hourly be better, and still be the same total number of trains?
Sunday afternoon train timetable for Metra Electric line showing trains departing Hyde Park at 2:02, 2:32, 4:02, 4:32, 6:02
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Two sets of connected bike racks coming to replace two of the existing sets at Kimbark Plaza in HP.
2 sets of connected bike racks with white trash bags taped over them and a green sign from the City of Chicago indicating "removal and replacement"
November 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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There were at *least* 7 distinct ones visible from the south side of the Point in a 5-minute time span this afternoon around 4:30. Three in this photo alone
View of the partially cloudy sky and the lake. There are three red circles around the three helicopters that appear in the image.
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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A mirror and her muse
Behind three rows of train tracks is a tall, cream-colorer high-rise, the reflection of which is visible in the mirror-windowed highrise to the right. Power lines run through the top right corner of the photo. The sky is blue with plenty of wispy white clouds
October 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Hyde Park TJ's needs more bike parking -- and TJ's says they have more! But landlord (UChicago) won't give permit to install. All 3 racks are often full. If full today (chilly, windy, rainy), all the more on a warm, sunny day. Squeezed 9 bikes on 3 racks: one with 4, one with 3, one with standard 2.
One bike rack with three bikes locked to it. One of the bikes is sticking far out into the walkway, because it is wedged in between the other bike on that side and the rack. Three people holding their bikes next to completely full bike racks. There is another bike propped against the racks that are completely full. 9 bikes locked to three bike racks. There is also one e-scooter nearby (it is not locked to a rack, nor is it blocking access to the rack)
October 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Screenshot of UChicago office of international affairs message, posted to Facebook. IDK if this was an email or is posted on a webpage somewhere
October 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Email from Kenwood HS admin reports confirmed ICE this morning in Hyde Park (along 53rd, and near Kenwood hs, which is at 51st/Blackstone).

Be alert, keep your whistle on hand: quick blasts for a sighting, 3 long blasts for someone getting detained. BE LOUD. Gather a crowd. Record if you can.
Federal Agents Confirmed And Hyde Park Good morning, The safety of our students is my top priority. I am writing to notify our community that ICE presence has been verified in the Hyde Park community. They have been active on 53rd street and close to the school. We are instructing students who go outside for off-campus lunch today to please exercise caution. They are to go out in groups and not engage any federal officer. They are not to talk to them. However, if they try to talk to students, we are instructing them to say, "I do not have to speak with you." as an extra precaution, teachers and staff are voluntarily walking around with admin and security during their lunches and planning periods to monitor students. Please contact us with any questions or concerns. Sincerely, Principal Calloway
October 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Anyone recognize silver bike on right? @ climbing gym w Save the Point sticker & 2 @bikegridnow.org stickers; are they my bashert? (Mine is blue bike on left w bike grid sticker; Save the Point sticker added since time of photo).

Can you introduce us?? 🤞

Just came across this photo from 1 yr ago
Blue bike with Bike Grid Now sticker in the color scheme of the NASCAR logo. Next to it is a silver bike with 2 bike grid now stickers (one the same, on with red text in black background) and a blue SAVE THE POINT sticker
October 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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I *knew* I kept this extra carabiner clipped to my bike bag for a reason*!

*The reason: when the helmet buckle mysteriously disappears between arrival at destination and departure for home 🤷🏻‍♀️
A selfie of a woman (me!) wearing a blue helmet. She is holding onto a blue carabiner, which is clipping the two helmet straps together to keep it closed.
October 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Get you a Chicago Public Library branch manager who keeps spare bike chain lube on hand
Blue bike leaning against a metal library book return box. There is a hand visible hiding a green bottle of bike chain lube. In the background, there is a neoclassical stone building with T.B. Blackstone Memorial engraved in the stone (it is a library).
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Any ideas what this guy was doing at 11:58pm last night sitting on (and blocking) the LFT right at the NB beginning of the curve around the aquarium? Did not even pretend to move as I biked towards him. Wrong answers only.
It is pitch dark out. There is a black car with headlights on sitting orthogonally across the pedestrian and bike paths. The car's license plate is FQ46269
October 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Moon in hiding
Dark sky with a few clouds; one cloud is brightly lit by the moon behind it. In the photo's foreground are prairie grasses, a paved path, and more grass.
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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@whimsypc.bsky.social on the front page of the Hyde Park Herald! Catch our next show, Tues 10/27 at Jimmy's/Woodlawn Tap, 8pm.
Screengrab of an article in the Hyde Park Herald with the headline WHIMSY PLANNING COMMISSION REVIVES IMPROV IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT STARTED IT ALL
October 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Drenched.
A wave a water droplets split the photo between sky and water+rock. It is sunrise, and the reflection of the orange sun is visible on the rocks. The sky is bale blue with clouds, and a gradient turning orange at the horizon.
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Lately the lake has been so placid I've been able to bring my phone into the water with me. (Photo from yesterday afternoon)
The sky is blue with fluffy white clouds. Smooth, flat water meets the sky just above the horizontal mid-line of the photo, and the sky and clouds are reflected in the water. On the right side of the photo is a rocky wall topped by trees in various states of fall colors.
October 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Lake forever, summer for now.

Am I doing this right?
Full moon rising in a pastel sky over the lake. There are large rocks in the foreground.
October 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Agree (she's here too, you just have to look)
Big limestone rocks along the lake, with people sitting on them. The sky in the background is a pastel gradient shortly before sunset. The nearly full moon is visible in the sky
October 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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South
Big limestone rocks along the lake, with many people in various states of undress to get in the water and sun on the rocks
October 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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(for reference, yesterday at 8:25am it looked like this)
Dark green opaque monarch chrysalis -- the textured outline of the abdomen is visible through the chrysalis. Near the top there is a gold-like ring bear the top. The chrysalis is hanging from a yellowing tigerlily leaf
September 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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As do the Monarchs! Chrysalis at 8:42am-->emerged butterfly by 11:41am
Translucent chrysalis of a monarch butterfly hanging from a yellow/brown tigerlily leaf, surrounded by other greenery Orange and black monarch butterfly standing, with wings folded, on a green tigerlily leaf, with other dirt and greenery in the background
September 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Free improv from @whimsypc.bsky.social at Jimmy's/Woodlawn Tap this Tuesday (and every last Tues of the month) at 8pm. Free show, Cash bar. See ya there!
September 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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@bikegridnow.org folks have been to 18th St Distillery in Hammond!
BIKE GRID NOW sticker on a black bike rack
September 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM