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Aaron Lisec

@aml61.bsky.social
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lover of dogs, socialism, archives, history, Chicago, southern Illinois, Bach, Muddy Waters, mid-century modern and brutalism

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that.
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A Marsh Wren singing while doing the splits.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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Ann LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
friday is for kafkaposting
tumblr post poem by kleinergeist

I don't care if Monday's stressed
Tuesday, Wednesday, Kafkaesque
Thursday, feeling like a pest
It's Friday, I'm a bug
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker. n.pr/4yxyPR7
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What is the pneumonic plague?
The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 06/10/2026
"As we've said before, the bar for removal under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment is quite high. One little remark about approving the deaths of tens of millions of Americans at the hands of a foreign power shouldn't warrant such a severe response." buff.ly/utv8fhC
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Relax, We Can’t Invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment Every Time a President Offers to Let an Enemy Bomb an American City
“As we’ve said before, the bar for removal under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment is quite high. One little remark about approving the deaths of tens of millions o...
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Aaron Lisec @aml61.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When only the best grapes will do.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 01/10/2026
Thou sayest the King grows mad, I’ll tell thee, friend, I am almost mad myself.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/09/2026
"When my guests come over, it’s gonna be like BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables, assholes. Guess what season it is—fucking fall. There’s a nip in the air, and my house is full of mutant fucking squash." buff.ly/pykYN6f
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026
Parrot Lying
Parrot Lying
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 04/09/2026
4 Americans died at Benghazi and we got a decade of Republican hearings about it
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The Onion @theonion.com · 31/08/2026
Commentary: When I Die, Feed Me To Something Majestic. By David Attenborough. theonion.com/when-i-die-feed-me-to-…
Commentary: When I Die, Feed Me To Something Majestic. By David Attenborough.
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Aaron Lisec @aml61.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Mischka refused to walk further or look at me because I wouldn’t let her have a dead cicada.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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God @thegodshow.com · 25/08/2026
Welcome to Heaven, Dolly. Thou shalt bring her book club to every state.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/08/2026
NEW: For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical treatment as their children die. At least five sets of parents have lost multiple children.
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These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.
For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of tr...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/08/2026
Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath.
Paychopath
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We have reached Peak Reality Indistinguishable from Mid-level Satire
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
For New City, Chicago architect Dirk Denison offers up a great introduction -lots ofphotos - of highly influential Cranbrook, originally designed by Eliel Saarinen, who had emigrated to America with the $20,000 he won placing second in the Tribune Tower competition. art.newcity.com/2026/08/21/c...
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Cranbrook For Life: How a Farm Outside Detroit Became an Art, Design and Education Mecca
Well-designed space heightens our awareness and sparks curiosity, not only academically, but also toward our growth and that of our community.
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PETA @peta.org · 21/08/2026
Chelsea is gone, but her story shouldn't be forgotten 💔
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hey Jon Ossoff, you got Melania to come out of hibernation by mentioning Natalie Harp. Can you get Mitch McConnell to reappear? 
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Unspeakably disgraceful. Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor. With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BOSTON…😕 ✈️
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Our great great grandparents would be so fucking mad. We had nearly eradicated measles deaths and now we're one executive order away from bringing iron lungs out of retirement. foxsanantonio.com/news/nation-...
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CDC: U.S. kindergarten vaccine exemptions hit record high as coverage falls nationwide
Vaccine exemptions among U.S. kindergarteners hit a new high in the 2025-2026 school year, rising to 4.2%.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is, bar none, the stupidest fuckung thing I’ve ever heard. And the idea that there’s nobody in the chain of command - civilian or military - with enough courage to say so is a disgrace.
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Navy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferences
The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more resemble those from World War II. Such a change could cost billions.
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QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan in the studio for the Nashville Skyline sessions.
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 10/08/2026
Today’s executive order puts protections for kids and communities in the crosshairs. States don’t have to follow that lead. Take action to protect strong vaccine policies and keep preventable diseases out of our schools and communities. www.vaccineadvocacy.org/campaign/ActNow
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Defend Our Families from the Anti Vaccine Agenda
Disease Doesn't Care About Politics
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The doctor who tried to save lives during Covid is being treated like a villain. The traitors who beat up cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6 are being treated like victims or heroes. It's American madness.
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Live updates: Senate committee to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress | CNN Politics
Sen. Rand Paul, a longtime Fauci foe, announced the vote after the retired scientist invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during a committee hearing last week.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Marsh wren is a tiny, active AGILE songbird 12 cm lives in freshwater and saltwater wetlands across North America, eating mostly insects and spiders. Found during the summer breeding season across much of southern Canada and the US migrate south to winter along coastal regions of southern US.
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Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Dogs are the best. Do we need to say more? Dr. Jane once said that dogs were her favourite — "because dogs have taught me so much, and dogs are so faithful, and dogs give unconditional love." And as you can see here, she made sure to give them that same love.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Geez, next thing you know we’ll be finding out the Reflecting Pool algae was a naturally occurring phenomenon and not a form of aquatic chemical warfare launched under cover of darkness by a team of highly trained, radical antifa frogmen.
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Eric Levi @drericlevi.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I remember the day I had to run to the ICU to do a slash tracheostomy at 1 am on a COVID positive patient with multi-organ failure and airway obstruction. I remember the fear and confusion. I remember the helpers and the teamwork.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 31/07/2026
Chicagoans Over 25 Urged To Shelter In Place Until Lollapalooza Over
Chicagoans Over 25 Urged To Shelter In Place Until Lollapalooza Over
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 01/08/2026
Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?
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God @thegodshow.com · 31/07/2026
oh, so no 350 foot slit then?
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
BREAKING: STATEMENT ON DOJ’S DISMISSAL OF CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST DAVEY HEARN
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The Cleric @thecleric.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Sometimes when doing genealogy research you stumble upon stuff that leaves you speechless.
A gravestone marked as follows with a picture of a semi truck above it and a small black dog to the left of it.

SPEARS
LEONARD

MAY 2, 1943 KAZABAZUA, QUEBEC
MAY 3, 2013 OTTAWA, ONTARIO

BORN ON A MOUNTAIN RAISED IN A CAVE, TRUCKIN' AND F___IN'S ALL HE CRAVED
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
You can't make this up: the Trump administration is arguing in court that even a cancer diagnosis isn't enough to claim an exemption from his draconian new Medicaid work requirements. Sickening — and all to fund even more tax cuts for the ultra-rich.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
All the Fauci stuff is a modern day version of the POW/MIA stuff after Vietnam - a way to try to rewrite the history of a huge failure of conservative ideology to be instead a story about how liberals and foreigners stabbed us in the back.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
After today's shameful display of medical McCarthyism, imagine the next pandemic. Imagine that world's foremost expert on infectious diseases considering jumping in to help millions of people. We are in a deeply dark and disturbing place for the future of science. And for the future, period.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
the oval office looks like it was molested by liberace’s bedroom.
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Illinois Traffic Cameras @iltrafficcams.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Jane Byrne Interchange (I-90/94/290) 🕒 5:00 PM - 5:03 PM CT (10x speed) 🌡️ 71°F | Clear 📍: 41.879900,-87.654500
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Disgraceful
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?"
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Good morning
The sun is a pink dot in a yellow-gray sky above a brick apartment building.
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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
16th July 1969, During recordings at Abbey Road studio's in London The Beatles worked on two new George Harrison songs, 'Here Comes The Sun' and 'Something.'
Harrison was inspired to write 'Here Comes The Sun' when taking a day off from Apple business and spending the day walking around the garden at Eric Clapton's house.
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