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Fedi.Garden 🌱<p>BigShoulders.city is a Hometown Mastodon server for Chicagoans, current, former and future. All sexualities, gender identities, races, levels of mobility and ages are welcome. A community of friends and neighbors across the Windy City.</p><p>:Fediverse: <a href="https://bigshoulders.city" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bigshoulders.city</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Find out more at <a href="https://bigshoulders.city/about" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bigshoulders.city/about</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or contact the admins <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bigshoulders.city/@moderation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>moderation</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dads.cool/@alex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alex</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedServer</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Chicagoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicagoan</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Chicagoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicagoans</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Hometown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hometown</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/HometownMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HometownMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FreeFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeFediverse</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chicagoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicagoans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/outraged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outraged</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a> imposes new <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/limits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>limits</span></a> on this year’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parade</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/officials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>officials</span></a> going to reduce the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scale</span></a> of this year’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Parade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parade</span></a> even more after already announcing an approximately 37% <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reduction</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/floats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floats</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/performances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>performances</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mayor</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/advisorycouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advisorycouncil</span></a>'s says it has not been <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/included" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>included</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/conversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conversations</span></a> about the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/proposed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proposed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/changes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>changes</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NoPoliceAtPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoPoliceAtPride</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/lgbtq-chicagoans-outraged-as-city-imposes-new-limits-on-this-years-pride-parade/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/lgbtq-</span><span class="invisible">chicagoans-outraged-as-city-imposes-new-limits-on-this-years-pride-parade/</span></a></p>
Fedi.Garden 🌱<p>BigShoulders.city is a server for people from Chicago, current, former and future. Bigshoulders.city welcomes all sexualities, gender identities, races, levels of mobility, and ages.</p><p>:Fediverse: <a href="https://bigshoulders.city" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bigshoulders.city</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This server runs on Hometown Mastodon, a special version of Mastodon with extra features.</p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://bigshoulders.city/about" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bigshoulders.city/about</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bigshoulders.city/@moderation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>moderation</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedServer</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Chicagoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicagoans</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Chicagoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicagoan</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ChicagoIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChicagoIL</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FreeFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeFediverse</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>An <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ContentCreator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContentCreator</span></a> Keeps the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holidays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gay</span></a>. </p><p>How a local <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/personality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personality</span></a> helps <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chicagoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicagoans</span></a> find their <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/spaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaces</span></a>. Plus her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/recommendations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recommendations</span></a> for the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/season" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>season</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holidays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/a-queer-content-creator-keeps-the-holidays-gay/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chicagomag.com/arts-culture/a-</span><span class="invisible">queer-content-creator-keeps-the-holidays-gay/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>‘A <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a>’: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chicagoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicagoans</span></a> find <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>joy</span></a> in finding and starting <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>families</span></a> ‘in spite of’ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tribulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tribulations</span></a>. </p><p>Members of the transgender community find <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/affirmation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affirmation</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> from those closest to them despite <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rifts</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/relatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relatives</span></a> over their <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/identities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identities</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hateful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hateful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> targeting them. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChosenFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChosenFamily</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/7/7/23775640/trans-chicagoans-families-transgender" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/2023/7/7/</span><span class="invisible">23775640/trans-chicagoans-families-transgender</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>For <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicagoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicagoans</span></a>, the mayoral election is about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/communitycontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communitycontrol</span></a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a><br><a href="https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/4/3/commentary-black-chicagoans-mayoral-election-about-community-control-police" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fightbacknews.org/2023/4/3/com</span><span class="invisible">mentary-black-chicagoans-mayoral-election-about-community-control-police</span></a></p>
Geoff Hing<p>I thought this story did a good job of not painting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chicagoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicagoans</span></a> with a single stroke and capturing the deep ambivalence around <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> that I saw when I lived in the city.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/us/black-voters-chicago-mayor-policing-crime.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/03/15/us/blac</span><span class="invisible">k-voters-chicago-mayor-policing-crime.html</span></a></p>
Elizabeth N.<p>Even if you aren’t from the Chicago area, these snowplow names should still probably make you laugh as much as I did! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/snowplows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>snowplows</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/snowplow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>snowplow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chicagoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chicagoans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cute" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cute</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/socute" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socute</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lol</span></a></p>
Alex<p>I have found that, at least for the time being, I’m so much less active on here than I was in the other place, but I plan on becoming more active and following more people especially <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Chicagoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chicagoans</span></a> </p><p>So much to do offline I feel like I have a life almost 👀</p>
Lizzie B. :verified:<p>Hey all! I'm looking to talk with current or former <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chicagoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicagoans</span></a> about the DIBS system when the weather turns nippy &amp; the streets start to fill with objects to protect your parking spots.</p><p>Anyone have stories or thoughts on the system?</p><p>Comment &amp; tell me! It might end up in WBBM's January Courier Pigeon pod episode! <a href="https://c.im/tags/journorequest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journorequest</span></a></p>