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Ah, the his of discovering you have either zero or five of any given tool or supply at the rent's house because they get put away in arbitrary and disparate places Today's haul: three modular jack crimpers, zero cable hook clips

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Bears-Eagles game had a mariachi band play the national anthem - and boy oh boy, amongst the players and staff there were *so many* sour faces. I hope they do this more often. (The performance, FWIW, was great and the crowd loved it)

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy autumnal equinox (or spring for the upside-down folks)! I will celebrate by complaining about my feet being cold for the next six months

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Anyway, despite not caring for the opening act, Pink Breath of Heaven was great and me and the other forty people in the club had a good time

Pink Breath of Heaven performing in a tiny club area, maybe 40 people tops. A light is shining on the vocalist; the other three band members are hard to make out. The vibe is shadowy, which is probably appropriate for shoegaze

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On my way to see Pink Breath of Heaven at Subterranean; have verb pleasantly surprised at the transit trackers' accuracy

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Welcoming committee, post vcfmw and Johnnie's Beef (boy, was he interested in the latter)

A smiling white dog, relaxing on a cooling mat. He is very cheerful and content; he may have obtained some errant french fries

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Saved myself from buying a bunch of retro tech at #vcfmw by having forgotten to go to the ATM prior Seems like it might be showing younger (a good thing) but still too many beards, not enough catgirls

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I think the dialect map thing shows that I speak "General American", pretty much; most similar at 51% and least similar at 46% strikes me as within margin of error of each other (I'm also not convinced Californian ain't just the average American vocab, given how many people move there)

Cities most & least like you

Interpolated from the nearest survey responses.
Most similar

San Francisco, CA (51%)
Los Angeles, CA (51%)
Philadelphia, PA (51%)

Least similar

Oklahoma City, OK (46%)
New Orleans, LA (46%)
Nashville, TN (46%)

a whopping 5% difference between most and least similar, eh

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's 99F at 5pm and the only people in the park are me and Elwood and the other two guys with their dogs The dog park is pretty much entirely in the shade and has a filled kiddie pool, which helps

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

in very rough chrono order: chocolate milkshake, Zephyr's, Chicago steak bomb, Love's, Boston steak tampiqueno, Mercado Juarez, Denton cheeseburger, Clarke's, Mountain View green beans, Red Pepper, HK tonkatsu, Imoya, Tokyo full english fry-up, S&M Cafe, London I remember my travels by food

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

happy bandcamp friday to all those that celebrate

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Dog's at the groomers so we're having Korean cheesesteak and hot dogs at Budacki's

The Budacki's Drive In building, which looks like it dates to the 1920s. Is about as traditional a Chicago hot dog stand as you can get

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Went to Kashgar Uyghur Dining/Uyghur Cafe this evening; it's still in the squooshy opening/shaking-things-out stage. That said: the hand-pulled noodles are great; the laman is wonderful. (They currently don't have lamb, which was a surprise. Also, the acoustics are ass; the place is *loud*.)

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Hear me out: this is even wilder than it looks. Out in the ag world, Taylor Farms was THE instigator for a lot of the big food safety moves for lettuce over the last 20 years. That's a legacy that just should NOT have ended up like this.

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

nothing like a surprise "go to parents and re-flip their circuit breakers after dad is befuddled, and then build them a Corsi–Rosenthal Box" on like four hours of sleep. got Burt's Place pizza out of it, though

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

it's always fun donning a respirator to go walk the dog and still being able to taste the air

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

librarian: I suspect I'd be fine; I worked at the library long before my sis did law prof: if I could crib my bro's notes and lesson plans, might be able to fake it; not sure - but given some of the law profs out there, I could hardly be worse

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

You know what's crazy is this video had a whole section about "Hmmm, do news editors have squishy feelings about farmers because of Nepo Baby Solidarity?" but then I cut it bc it was too long & kinda mean. It seems folks have smelt what I was cooking anyway 🤔

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

a reminder to sports-enjoyers in the US: Telemundo has way better coverage of soccer games than the English-language stations

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

And it's why the biggest internet safety advice I give parents of teenagers is to make crystal clear that they will never blame their kid for being the victim, because that is the ONLY way they will ever know there's a problem. bsky.app/profile/raha...

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

looks like the worst of the storms are past chicago, woo

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Somebody's enjoying the warm weather

A small fluffy white dog on a green lawn sits in the shade. It is 87F/30C, but pleasant. The dog does not seem concerned about the weather or the planes incessantly flying overhead

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Amazing things happening at Montrose Harbor today

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Des Plaines has gotten way more interesting since I was a kid, at least in culinary terms - you can get jibaritos at Jibarito Time, decent-if-pricey ramen at Chicago Ramen, Polish groceries and the pierogi bar at Shop & Save, etc

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

So @jvl.bsky.social once called this one of the most important pieces ever published at @thebulwark.com Of course, this essay is built on the preeminent work of people like @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social and @angiemaxwell.bsky.social But I think it is especially relevant today.

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Boy, am I glad my dog doesn't freak out at helicopter noise

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

He's exactly the same kind of genius as Elon Musk, i.e. he simply buys something created by someone else

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Bowl of Lentils @bowloflentils.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

NHK World just released a fascinating documentary about the 50 year history of Comiket. Definitely give it a watch before it is taken down on May 3rd. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... My favorite part has to be the moment where they show a guy selling doujinshi about baseball umpires. Love that guy.

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Somebody likes the weather

A Korean Jindo on a field of grass and dandelions. He is smiling and looking directly at the camera. He's a good boy.

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Found out today that almost all of Swedish Covenant's healthcare is covered by my HMO... *except* for SCH's pathology. WTF.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

Margie's Candies, Chicago, IL, 2015. All the pixels, open late, at www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/211… #photography

Exterior of an old-school sweets shop at night. A neon sign above the windows reads "Margie's Candies" in a stylized script. A small line of people wait at the door at the corner, at left.

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Tamsin the Sword ⚔️ Mother @tamsin.reimaginedgirl.com · 16/04/2026

This is the single funniest thing I have ever seen Bluesky staff do.

BEAT @beatskelton.bsky.social • 1h
I THINK WE'LL KNOW THE SITE IS FULLY BACK ONLINE WHEN HE FINALLY CAN LOG IN LONG ENOUGH TO DELETE THIS.
• Removed by author

Karl Olson 🌸 Ultraklystron
@karlrolson.com
Good thing i screencapped it

BEAT @beatskelton.bsky.social
I THINK WE'LL KNOW THE SITE IS FULLY BACK ONLINE WHEN HE FINALLY CAN LOG IN LONG ENOUGH TO DELETE THIS.

Why @why.bsky.team • 8d
Looking forward to what the "ai sucks ackshoeally" crowd has to say about this one.

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

today's technology fun: the color photocopier at the Niles library utterly refused to make a color copy of my grandfather's NM death certificate

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

in 2010 I visited both Budapest and Kyiv; here's to hoping I'll be able to visit them again in the not overly distant future

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Ariel Waldman @arielwaldman.com · 02/04/2026

Fun update! PBS released the first episode of LIFE UNEARTHED WITH ARIEL WALDMAN on YouTube for a limited time! Check it out here and then stream episode 2 on the PBS app (available on Apple TV, Roku, etc) next Wednesday! youtu.be/XFXHwz8PgcY?...

youtu.be

Antarctica's Mysterious Lifeforms | Full Episode | Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman | PBS

YouTube video by PBS

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Cressa Maeve Áine @beeragon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Hi! I don't think Toho has a bsky so I'll post it - my first commissioned work for all the official Godzilla channels and I handmade everything that isn't a toy. Enjoy xo

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Things are terrible, so dogposting

A small white fluffy dog is stretched out on a bed, facing the camera. She is a sweet little puppy, yes she is

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

note that Twitter was originally a SMS-based microblogging service - and that @-ing somebody and hashtags were all user innovations, not something that Twitter Inc thought up Twitter's big strength was they were willing to go with the flow

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Yep, that's what I want from a videogame: "radiation-free"

an image from aliexpress: "Transparent, Enlarge Screen, Radiation-free, Eye-friendly". A hand is holding a "Brick Game" LCD handheld game that suspiciously resembles Tetris. Batteries are Not Included.

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moof @antimoof.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A reminder for my Chicago peeps: Ward Site early voting is open, and open 9-6 on weekdays, 9-5 Saturdays, and 10-4 Sundays. (Also: don't forget to let the election judge initial your ballot before putting it into the reader!) chicagoelections.gov/voting/early...

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