Anne Petersen

@apetersen.bsky.social

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Hello (including you, trolls 👋). Lead and sole full-time staff @ U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) [government / civic]; past 18F, UIC. People first. Not for you. Views mine. None of this is endorsement. South side Chicagoan. Singular (th).

Screenshot of @john_attridge’s tweet (in a sans-serif font) saying “It’s nice but do you have any sans-seraph fonts?” with a photo of a winged angel kneeling, supporting a basin

Simpsons character Rainier Wolfcastle in a spotlight on stage, saying “that’s the joke” into a microphone

A thinking-pose classical statue in neon with the text “philosophers only want one thing and it’s fucking discussing”

Screenshot of Google Maps featuring a red stretch of highway with a red accident icon and “+33 min” right after a yellow snowflake icon highlighted and defined as “Unplowed road reported ahead”

animated gif with the label "Computer recommend" with options "GO" and "NO GO" with "GO" flashing green

Form entitled Information we need for the Death Certificate, with the field called Full Name of Deceased filled in with Anne Petersen

A bust of the vampire Count Orlock from Nosferatu in an exhibit at the Field Museum about bloodsuckers. The walls and background of the exhibit label are red.

Three dudes in all black except a white shirt (one with a red tie) walking down a city sidewalk in a dining-heavy neighborhood.

Poem in red text reading:

BLESSED ARE THE SISSIES BLESSED ARE THE BOI DYKES BLESSED ARE THE PEOPLE OF COLOR MY BELOVED KITH AND KIN BLESSED ARE THE TRANS BLESSED ARE THE HIGH FEMMES BLESSED ARE THE SEX WORKERS BLESSED ARE THE AUTHENTIC BLESSED ARE THE DIS-IDENTIFIERS BLESSED ARE THE GENDER ILLUSIONISTS BLESSED ARE THE NON-NORMATIVE BLESSED ARE THE GENDERQUEERS BLESSED ARE THE KINKSTERS BLESSED ARE THE DISABLED BLESSED ARE THE HOT FAT GIRLS BLESSED ARE THE WEIRDO-QUEERS BLESSED IS THE SPECTRUM BLESSED IS CONSENT BLESSED IS RESPECT BLESSED ARE THE BELOVED WHO I DIDN’T DESCRIBE, I COULDN’T DESCRIBE, WILL LEARN TO DESCRIBE AND RESPECT AND LOVE  AMEN
“Litanies to My Heavenly Brown Body" by Mark Aguhar

A sunset from the south side of Chicago, looking north up the river to the skyline, including the Sears Tower and a defunct bridge near Ping Tom Park

Screenshot of Wired paywall subscription modal

A set of nine vintage-styled photos, the top right of which is a selfie of me in a hoodie and sunglasses

Post 1: “are you a finger guns bisexual or an awkward thumbs up bisexual” Post 2: “everyone keeps saying ‘both’ and I suddenly feel regretful I asked a bunch of bisexuals to make a choice”

“Riding away from your bullshit like” (illustration of cat on a scooter) “toodoo mothafuckaaaa”

Six or so different types of houseplants in pots on wall shelving, plus one in a pot directly attached to the wall, among other art and wall-mounted things.

Gif of a kid making a celebratory fist on a colorful meme-y background