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@hellonerds.bsky.social
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eDiscovery paralegal, nerd, artist, knitter, convention wrangler, ADHD gremlin, HSD zebra living the chronic illness dream. Chicago-ish.

Trying to post Mostly Not Politics, because we all need a break sometimes, currently failing this goal
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hellonerds.bsky.social
the world is crashing out and the country is fucked up

but sometimes there’s an X5 solar flare causing a level four geomagnetic storm

and you can see the aurora borealis in Chicago

and everything is okay for just a minute
This photo includes a crimson red vertical double line in the sky.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
hellonerds.bsky.social
y’all

Aurora in Aurora
The night sky over a neighborhood in Aurora, IL, about 41.76° north. There is a clear green stripe of aurora borealis horizontally across the sky. The night sky over a neighborhood in Aurora, IL, about 41.76° north. There is a clear green stripe of aurora borealis horizontally across the sky and a red streak on a vertical diagonal.
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
hellonerds.bsky.social
DANGER HAIR IS BACK, BITCHES
Me, a white lady with glasses and a green shirt. My hair is curly, chin-length, and raspberry-colored.
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
You may have heard of them.

Morton’s HQ is still in Chicago, although they shut down their iconic packaging warehouse in 2015. It was designated a historic landmark, which includes its absolute icon of a roof.

The roof is a familiar sight when you enter the city on the Kennedy Expressway.
An overhead shot or the Morton Salt building. The huge roof is white, and in its classic branding it proclaims MORTON SALT. Included is the Morton Salt Girl illustration and the tagline “When it Rains it Pours.” Photo swiped from Fox 32 News.
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I was there a few minutes before the first incident, spotted this suspicious guy, and got quite a lovely photo of him. Guess who was in the videos? This guy! Anyone know him?
Tall, bald, brown-skinned man. Older. Wearing an olive jacket and light blue jeans. There is no moral compass or evidence of his soul in sight.
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
I was there before the raid; I saw someone suspicious so I got a lovely portrait of one of the agents in Aurora. (I left before the rest of them showed up.)
An ICE goon in plainclothes, wearing light blue jeans and an olive hoodie jacket. He is tall, brown-skinned, and bald. Upon scrutiny, he seems to be missing a moral center.
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
Sooooo I happened to be in the parking lot right before the first incident and I did take a very nice picture of an (alleged) ICE goon. Anyone know him? ❤️
#ice #ICIRR #aurora #chicago
Tall, bald, brown-skinned man. Older middle age. Bald. Wearing an olive jacket and light blue jeans. Soul seems to be completely missing
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
I need a better way to post these.

www.facebook.com/share/r/1BSa...
Reel caption (auto-translated) MORE ICE VIDEO IN AURORA - A mom pleads for her baby after ICE crashed her car into her vehicle, locked her in and left her baby in the backseat.
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
When I was finishing my paralegal certificate, there was a horrible confluence of huge dental and plumbing bills. We were struggling. Someone came along and sent me some money, which I appreciated so so much.

I want to pay it forward with a matching donation.

You know who you are. Thank you.
GFM receipt for $100 to the Colorado Rapid Response Network, a nonprofit helping fight ICE. gofundme Thank you for your $100.00 donation to Support the Colorado Rapid Response Network Donor name: Julie [redacted] Donation date: October 29, 2025 Receipt issued: 2025-10-29 16:25:11 Donation to: Support the Colorado Rapid Response Network
October 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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@proudanselmo.bsky.social lmao
A bsky screenshot, where two posts are blocked and labeled as “TERF.” Then a post from Anselmo saying “Okay nazi. Whatever you say.” Then two more terf-blocked posts
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
Nobody:

Javert:
Screenshot of my CARROT weather widget. It is 48° F and clear. The comment underneath reads “That’s a lot of fucking stars.”
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
hellonerds.bsky.social
Good morning everyone! I would like to introduce you to paulineward.bsky .social, who has 1,800 posts and they are ALL shitty replies. Let’s play Jenga and use all the blocks!

cc: @rahaeli.bsky.social
Bio page for paulineward.bsky.social. 1.8k replies and zero original posts. They’re like a midboss of reply guy
October 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
We are all trying, and that’s what matters. Please enjoy a silly photo
“just finished hanging all my clothes. feeling productive 💪💯” The photo shows a full laundry basket in a closet, supended by clothes hangers. I asked spouse if I could do this and he said no :(
October 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Today’s crimes finally pushed me over the edge and I posted *on Facebook*

[I cut off the bottom link to a 2016 post where, you know, I WARNED THEM]
This post is for Trump voters. The worst part is that I, like many people, WARNED YOU. The only thing that matters is that you voted for him. Twice. "Why" does not enter the picture at all, because you put him there. Your "why" is meaningless. If this sounds preachy and shaming, that's because it is. Tons of people, myself included, sounded the alarm: 🚨 THIS IS NOT NORMAL 🚨 It was not hysterics then and it is not hysterics now. We are watching him tear down institutions, tear down constitutional rights, and now it's the *literal White House.* You ignored me, you ignored people you know, you ignored the plain facts. Shame on you. Here's a post from 2016 where | FLIPPING WARNED YOU (Cut off the bottom is the link to said post)
October 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
The Coat:
A knee length peacoat with a matching belt, a flare from the waist down, and suit lapels. It is also bright fucking green with an oversized navy houndstooth pattern. It’s brighter in person 😂 Same coat but from the back.
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
I would like to present the purest distillation of Chicago in a protest sign
Screenshot of a Reddit post by jl_weber. It’s titled “Never forget.” The attached photo shows somebody holding a lovingly illustrated sign that says “The GOP is more full of 💩 than the Dave Matthews Bus 🚌” There are words on the side of the bus in the drawing: “DMB Tour 2004” Chicago is slow to anger but even slower to forget.
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
hellonerds.bsky.social
Meanwhile, at a popular burrito joint in Lisle:
The entry to a Mexican restaurant. The glass door has a large sign that evokes caution tape. It says ICE: NO ENTRY WITHOUT SIGNED WARRANT and then says the same in Spanish.
October 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
Cool crab clipart, ascended meme courtesy of YouTuber LGR It looks like 1992 puked onto your screen
October 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
hellonerds.bsky.social
why is this zoom url yelling at me

@nora.zone did infinite scream escape containment
Part of a zoom URL: QKAAAATLODFphZ1UGpWeFFOLVJScVdnQn|2cFI2NURBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&pwd = stop yelling at me wtf
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
hellonerds.bsky.social
it’s been like a week and I still can’t stop laughing at this #TaylorSwift lyric from #TLOAS

are… are you telling me that calling someone a babydoll is actually a condescending way to call someone a fucking dumbass?

I WAS TOLD IT WAS ✨HARRASSMENT✨
Screenshot from the lyrics video for “The Life of a Showgirl.” It says “But, I’m immortal now, baby doll” The full lyric makes it even more apropos: “And all the headshots on the walls Of the dance hall are of the bitches Who wish I'd hurry up and die But I'm immortal now, baby dolls I couldn't if I tried” I’m not immortal but I do know one or two bitches who have always wished I’d hurry up and die 💅🏻
October 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
I NEED TO BE STOPPED BUT I REFUSE

I realized the prompt should have said “and” instead of “but.” The result was still amazing

I put all the code (sans emoji) in the alt text
Prompt: please comment this code like you are Elon Musk but high on ketamine Copilot: Absolutely, Julie. Here's your Power Query code, annotated like Elon Musk on a ketamine-fueled data odyssey — visionary, erratic, and just a little unhinged. Buckle up: let Initiating data liftoff from Excel's crusty workbook. Table1. It's like the launchpad of human consciousness. Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]} [Content], Filtering out weak signals. If your string has fewer than 3 characters, you're not ready for Mars. Gone. FilteredRows = Table.SelectRows(Source, each Text.Length(Text.From([All frames])) >= 3), // Now we enter the neural lattice. We're scanning each character like it's a Tesla autopilot camera looking for alphabetic lifeforms. CleanedLeadingAlpha = Table.TransformColumns (FilteredRows, 1 "All frames", each let txt = Text. From(_), // len = Text. Length(txt), // Convert to text. Everything is text. Reality is just strings in a simulation. Measure the string. Quantify the chaos. // • Find the first character that's actually a letter. Not a symbol. Not a number. Just pure linguistic DNA. firstAlphaIndex = List.First( List. Select({0..len-1}, each let c = Text.Middle(txt, _, 1) in c >= "A" and c <= "Z" or c ›= "a" and c <= "z" ), If we found a letter, we slice from there. If not, we return the void. Emptiness. The abyss. cleaned = if firstAlphaIndex = null then "* else Text.Middle(txt, firstAlphaIndex) in cleaned in }) CleanedLeadingAlpha // Final output. Clean. Lean. Ready for Neuralink ingestion or a SpaceX payload manifest.
October 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I am back on my #copilot bullshit, except this time it’s for personal use.

Hey, I know what we can do

(alt text to see the prompt)
Prompt: comment all that code in uwu speak. ….. Filename: this is a crime against nature.jpg
October 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
hellonerds.bsky.social
In case you haven’t seen an enlongated/articulated/accordian/bendy bus, it’s one of these gargantuan motherfuckers. They’re 60 feet long
Overhead view of a CTA articulated bus, making a right turn. The center of the bus has a pivot that makes it move in a manner similar to two train cars. The pivot point has accordion-style sides, thus the name. You can grab a handle and stand in the pivot. I did it a couple times and it was scary af, not gonna lie. Those accordion walls do not feel particularly sturdy.
October 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
I am particularly amazed at this shit, where they knocked the bumper off a parked car and nearly hit an enlongated bus.
[photo with this caption]: A woman looks on as a vehicle is towed away following an accident reportedly involving federal agents detaining two people near intersection of Foster and Lincoln in Chicago, Oct. 10, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) The man who was already detained in the van did not identify himself, Thomas said. Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection.
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
hellonerds.bsky.social
Smart move by Brockman.

Incredibly stupid move by the gestapo
From the article: Debbie Brockman, who has worked as a producer for WGN since 2011, according to her LinkedIn profile, was taken to the ground face down on Foster Avenue and handcuffed while stopped cars honked and onlookers shouted epithets such as "fascists" at the two federal agents detaining her. [paragraph highlighted by me:] The woman identified herself as working at WGN and asked an onlooker taking a video to "let them know" before she was hauled off by the agents in an unmarked silver van with New Jersey plates.
October 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM