Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 2hAt WestConn for opening night of “Dante Vaghi: UFO Pioneer.” Vaghi, who died in 2011, was an outsider artist and UFO enthusiast from Bethel, Connecticut, who claimed to have been visited by extraterrestrials many times over decades. This is the first comprehensive exhibition of his work and papers. 181
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 14/10/2026This post is even better when you know a little dog named Soup 0100
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 14/10/2026There’s that Jens Lekman quote about how he tried to become Jonathan Richman but he failed just like Richman failed to become Lou Reed. But I’d say he comes pretty close sometimes 060
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Oh to be a 12-foot skeleton at the Amtrak station 0110
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 12/10/2026A curious question on the work whiteboard I can confidently say I’ve never before considered 2273
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Loudest I’ve ever heard Citi Field. Amazing night 250
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They froze mulled cider and blended in Fireball. Hartford’s world famous Upstate Lounge and Cafe must be stopped before they become too powerful 1151
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In John Brown’s hometown of Torrington, Connecticut, so naturally I had to stop in at the post office to see the massive John Brown mural 6304
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The sections of the Wikipedia entry for Fat Bear Week made me lol. STOP THE COUNT 030
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026My landlord and a friend of mine have extremely similar names and this is not the first time I’ve accidentally texted one instead of the other but it’s the first time I’ve decided to double down 1130
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Mine’s also the dog with a cool rock formation 0181
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026People on Hinge will put the most absolutely depraved things on their profiles 2140
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Dog update: he just jumped up to join me in the hammock, which he’s never done before 2111
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When we lived in Utah, Trout loved the trout guy at the farmers market because he’d always give Trout little scraps of trout. 0111
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I have the best upstairs neighbor in the game 3210
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Her name is Soup and I was babysitting her and she’s a very good girl. 3300
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This other bear, meanwhile, is named Knucklehead. 051
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Did I just find a murder weapon in the middle of the street 3100
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Governor of Tennessee on capital punishment earlier this year, via this @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social story: kffhealthnews.org/health-indus... 042
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Found an old video of teen me playing a Postal Service cover on an ukulele in my childhood living room, wondering how it could be that a kid as undeniably cool as this couldn’t get dates back in high school 1120
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There are funnier Onion heds but this one definitely passes through my head the most, every time I, a catty bitch from New Jersey, gossip 1171
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Connecticut spiders, welcome to the war on lanternflies 0130
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I like this ad that suggests to me this company will shrink me down and feed me to a horse 1151
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026First picture I ever took of him at home after we got home from the shelter, nine years ago today. He was just a little guy 2231
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A Granby, Connecticut, man has been criminally charged after allegedly shooting and killing a black bear he claims killed his chickens and goats. Statement from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 131
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Wurlitzer band organ at the Bushnell Park Carousel in Hartford has “9 to 5” 1229
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The sort of sky you could really shine out in the wild kindness to 151
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Everything in West Hartford turned pink for a few minutes there. And this rainbow tried its best to be a rainbow 4405
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Pastor Adrienne Armes of First Church in Windsor, Connecticut, reads a letter from senior minister Rev. Ned Parker: “Christian nationalism is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is Caesar masquerading in the costume of a cross. … Intolerance is not a legitimate expression of Christianity.” 282