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VinegarMike
@vinegarmike.bsky.social
mock me with praise/Chicago/fully krausened naturally carbonated/🏳️‍🌈

Likes: Doctor Who, soaps, Kylie Minogue, karaoke, mysteries, trains, defunding police, being queer, puzzles
Dislikes: bringing bad vibes to social media - imagine a better world
Signs can tell me what to do
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Well played Chicago Humanities Festival for leading me to believe that these two were doing an event together almost 20 years after their divorce. I certainly opened that email.

(they are both doing events at the same place, just two days apart)
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"...Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young
man laughs,
Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has
never lost a battle,
Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse,
and under his ribs the heart of the people,
Laughing!"
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
November 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"They really do get a lot of stuff you're gonna like and put it on Criterion" - Ian's understated but correct response to seeing this
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Looking at this map of the different transit agencies in Illinois and seeing that where I grew up is right in the middle of the largest blocks of No Rural Transit even for the elderly and disabled, and putting together a bit of my socialism origin story,
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Spoiler: Roughy lives.

(Grandma doesn't)
October 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Thinking randomly about Nell Carter tonight.

"I love you brother. You don't believe me? Just watch."

youtu.be/iOBgOXjpw4I?...
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Forgot that I took this related picture last night
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Good morning
October 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Also even though I am bad at crosswords, I did show up in the first crowd shot of WBEZ's coverage of the tournament.

(Pic was taken between rounds while there was a non-competitive Midwest trivia puzzle while the judges scored and I'm proud to say I kicked ass)

www.instagram.com/reel/DPmejBW...
October 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I'll love you forever Chicago.
October 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Am I wearing my Kylie Minogue Vegas t-shirt to complete in the Midwest Crossword Tournament today because Kylie loves crosswords and I love Kylie? You better believe I am.
October 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And the crowd is chanting "Bus bulb! Bus bulb! Bus bulb!" over their excitement at the new bus bulbs on Ashland.

(I'm crowd)
September 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I love her so much
September 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Inside you there are two wolves
September 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
To be more accurate, the Barbara Stanwyck hooded ensemble in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" last night was actually more of a whispered 'oh my god' prayer
September 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
*Old Reese's Peanut Cup commercial voice*

"You got your 'woman's film' in my 'film noir'"
"You got your 'film noir' in my 'woman's film'"

Me:
September 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In my happy place. #HandsOffChicago
September 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
quotepost with a character that would make an excellent shitposter
September 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Me Halloween 2019 (you can probably guess what I'm singing)

(The insignia isn't the right color because it was a last minute costume because I had the blonde wig and a previous year's Mork costume)
July 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I was doing a bit
May 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Sorry that it just occurred to me that on Hacks, Jimmy's assistant-now-partner is named Kayla which became a more popular name because of Days of Our Lives which Jimmy's mom 'Deidre Hall' starred in.
May 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I'm out
May 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
May 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM