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hey folks! we've got another at://chicago meetup today it won't be that spooky, but we'll have convo and drinks! bring a friend or two!

two lightning talks locked for the 22nd and room for one more 10 minutes. no slides required. it does not have to be finished, or good, or even directly about atproto dm us, reply here or just tell us at the event 🎤

FreeMix is launching soooooon! Come celebrate with us in Chicago after the next @chicago.at meetup. There will be great music, great people, and free pizza. Free! freemix.fm/launch-party

Thursday the 22nd, back in the cellar at Beermiscuous Lakeview 🍺 5:30 happy hour 6:30 lightning talks @freemix.fm launch party after two talks locked, room for 1-2 more, and we'll introduce them over the next few days 👀 #atproto

And @democracybookclub.bsky.social has launched! On Tyranny is this month, with The Nerd Reich by @gilduran.com, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times @skyeperryman.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social on the docket for future months. Anyone want to be a book club lead? Let me know. #booktok

this is happening in an hour! it’s raining :/ but Marz is nice and dry!

Graphic designer, Natalie Bogucka, pulled inspiration from Polish folk art, schoolbooks, children's literature, and the experiences of Polish immigrants in Chicago to create artwork that connects the Polish community to the CTA.

surprise! We have some VODs from talks at our community day thanks to @stream.place and @iame.li. here's a quick thread of the VODs we got:

that's a wrap on august! thanks to everyone who came out, to @ntm.bsky.social and @joe.germuska.com and @zzstoatzz.io for the talks, and to @cartridge.dev for sponsoring the space at @beermiscuous.bsky.social post your photos and tag us, we want to see them 📸 september is already in the works 👀

Thanks @ntm.bsky.social , @zzstoatzz.io , @trezy.codes, and everyone else for organizing a great @chicago.at meetup! It was a lot of fun and great to see what everyone was working on!

posting live from @chicago.at will it go disastrously wrong?

First and most important next thing @atproto.berlin needs... is a banner with gustopher goodstuff. 🪿

🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/chicago.at Nate: atproto Spaces - at://chicago August Meetup

🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/chicago.at Joe Germuska: Making the Meme Museum - at://chicago August Meetup

🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/chicago.at at://chicago - August Meetup

🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/chicago.at at://chicago - August Meetup

we kick things off in an hour! come early, grab a beer, meet the people behind the handles. talks start at 6:30 2812 N Lincoln Ave 👋

Tomorrow! Where you at??? Also: I’ll be DJing the after party at Life On Marz Community Club.

I think atmo.rsvp may have it as well, but I have a little web app to serve the ICS file for all your events you RSVP to on the atmosphere whenslunch.app

tonight! 🍺 🎤 Lexicons in Julia by @ntm.bsky.social 🎤 Meme Museum by @joe.germuska.com 🎤 Permissioned Data by @zzstoatzz.io 5:30 happy hour, 6:30 talks beermiscuous lakeview, 2812 n lincoln just show up. rsvps are cool but not required

reminder that atmo.rsvp doesn't send reminders if you're coming Wednesday, hit "add to calendar" on the event page right now future you will be grateful

getting to us wednesday 🟤 Beermiscuous Lakeview, 2812 N Lincoln Ave 9 min walk from Diversey on the brown line it's a craft beer bar. we'll be in "the cellar" 👋

today is Tuesday. the meetup is Wednesday. you should probably RSVP.

you do not need to know what a lexicon is to come on Wednesday artists, journalists, researchers, people who just like Bluesky and want to know how it works - y'all belong in this room too Beermiscuous Lakeview, 5:30

we've got three lightning talks locked for Wednesday and room for maybe one or two more 10 minutes. no slides required. it does not have to be finished, or good, or even directly about atproto reply here or just tell us at the door 🎤

full details for Wednesday: 📆 Wed, Aug 26 🕠 5:30 happy hour 🎤 6:30 lightning talks 📍 Beermiscuous Lakeview, 2812 N Lincoln (9 min from Diversey) RSVP + add it to your calendar now

everyone posting from @atproto.nyc yesterday made us want to build something immediately good news if that's you too: at://chicago is Wednesday 🍺 📆 Wed, Aug 26 · 5:30pm 📍 Beermiscuous Lakeview

the next Chicago atproto meetup is less than a week away! this time in Lincoln Park - see the link for details tell your friends!

🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/chicago.at at://chicago - July Meetup

Today is the day, @trezy.codes will be speaking about @happyview.dev, a framework for bootstrapping a complete AppView, followed more discussion, and then a DJ set by @joshuaiz.com, with drinks available of every persuasion at Life On Marz.

The first meetup was great...looking forward to this one. I will be djing after the talks!

We are back next Wednesday next week for the monthly AT Protocol gathering. Much to look forward to and talk about. 📆 5:30 PM, Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 (export a reminder to your calendar after you RSVP) 📍 Life on Marz (Western on the CTA Blue line O'Hare branch) atmo.rsvp/p/chicago.at...

first at://chicago meetup is a wrap! special thanks to @ntm.bsky.social for venue coordination, @joshuaiz.com for a killer dj set and the bsky team via @esb.lol for covering some costs! was great to get the ball rolling, looking forward to the next one!!

Last call for attending tonight. Party starts in 30 minutes. @zzstoatzz.io is bringing a check in system, and @joshuaiz.com will be DJing later. At our unofficial gathering last week, we used @youandme.at to connect.

Tonight! Our first official meetup, featuring talks from @joshuaiz.com and @ntm.bsky.social, and pizza and drink tickets (alcoholic, NA, and cannabinoid) from @bsky.app, followed by a live DJ set. 🗓️ Jun 23rd, 5PM - 9PMish 🗺️ Life on Marz Community Club (near Western 🟦🚆) atmo.rsvp/p/chicago.at...

Our very first at://chicago meetup is tomorrow! Have some pizza, check out the lightning talks, enjoy the DJ set, and join us for cocktails after. We'll be at Life on Marz Community Club @ 5 PM. Last chance to RSVP. We don't send reminders, so make sure to add it to your calendar now! #atproto