Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 5hThe Tech Oligarchs built something without the infrastructure to run it to a society that doesn't want it and people who won't use it. 010
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026When I buy meat now, I put it in the freezer for a month while I wait for possible recall announcements. 010
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The dog we watched over the weekend just went home, and our pets are content to have the house back to normal. 030
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 17/07/2026We have just laughed our way through the Trump lie speech. What's going on in your house? 010
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Checked the AirNow gov site. Chicago metro, July 16, at noon: 020
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Three summers ago I joined the local pool and began water walking. I hid under a size 18W swim dress. This year: Size 14! I go every day in summer that's not raining. 010
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Listened to my son's advice to bait the mouse traps with peanut butter. Now I have ants in addition to mice. 310
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Went for a walk in the woods for Migratory Bird Day today. Used the Merlin app to help identify all the sounds. Results: Birds listed by Merlin: 8 Birds seen: 2 I either need better binoculars or more patience. 010
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I hate the South probably more than I should, but not as much as it deserves. 000
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Chicago: We see your seagulls on a soccer field and raise you one rat on a baseball diamond. 052
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 12/04/2026When I see a black (or female) pilot, I figure they are the MOST qualified because they succeeded in an environment that makes it harder for them. 010
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 28/02/2026It's Saturday morning, 2/28/2026. Somebody please post cats, dogs, rabbits, or cute children immediately to help in saving my sanity. Much appreciated. 121
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 26/02/2026After “locker room banter” with Trump in 2005 (divulged in 2016), Billy Bush lost his career with NBC. Members of the US men’s hockey team were recently in more “locker room banter” with Trump. The joy for this team’s win has faded with me. 031
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Just did a little re-arranging of furniture in my living room so I have space to dance to Bad Bunny. #cannotwaitforhalftime 042
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I will give the southern states the same amount of sympathy for the ice on their streets as they give me for the ICE on mine. 041
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 08/01/2026ICE Accountability Project in Chicagoland now open. reporticenow.comreporticenow.com 065
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Is the Minneapolis Police Department trying to bring the shooter in for questioning? I would think the local Police would get a warrant and pursue criminal charges. 031
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Am I supposed to hate people with drug addiction now that they've caused the U.S. to be at war with Venezuela? 021
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 06/12/2025This is Riley. He turned 3 years old yesterday. 2101
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Remember when we had 'government cheese' in the 1980s? Why don't they consider making government tofu today? 061
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Since 2022, Texas has sent 32,500 migrants to Chicago. Now, they've sent Border Patrol agents to take undocumented migrants into custody. WTF? They already HAD them and could have processed them in Texas in the first place. 053
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 30/10/2025#31DaysofGraves "Color" Gravesite of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. The background is a burst of colorful fall foliage. 1242
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 29/10/2025It's National Cat Day today! (29 October) Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr. (nod to Big Bang Theory) 031
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 29/10/2025#31DaysOfGraves "Occupation" Grave marker of William Ambrose Hulbert (1832-1882), one of the founders of baseball's National League. He was also president of the Chicago White Stockings team. 3234
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 28/10/2025#31DaysOfGraves "Column" A column is nice, but 16 are even better. Grave of Palmer family. The two sarcophagi are for Potter Palmer (1826-1902) and his wife Bertha (1850-1918). Three generations of Palmer descendants are buried in the floor. Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. 0161
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 27/10/2025#31DaysOfGraves "Tree" This grave in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, marks the resting place of George S. Bangs. While serving in the administration of Ulysses Grant, Mr. Bangs developed the railroad mail car. This achievement is memorialized in the base of the stone tree. 2629
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 26/10/2025#31DaysOfGraves "Figure" This statue casually sits atop the gravestone of Dr. Christopher Manuel who died suddenly while riding his bicycle along the lakefront (presumed coronary failure). He was only 40 at his death. Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. 1372
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 25/10/2025#31DaysOfGraves "Ornament" This Laredo Taft sculpture, called Eternal Silence, stands over the plot of Dexter Graves' family in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. It is commonly referred to as the Statue of Death. 0132
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 22/10/2025#31DaysOfGraves "Landscape" Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. It is also a certified arboretum with fifty varieties of over 2,000 trees. 2212
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 07/10/2025#31DaysOfGraves Peter Schoenhofen (1827-1893) Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. It features the unlikely combination of an Egyptian pyramid structure, flanked by a sphinx on the right and a typical Victorian era angel on the left. Suggested that he may have been hedging his bet on the afterlife. 0130
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 03/10/2025#31DaysofGraves Stanley Tigerman, Chicago architect. His dates of birth and death are inscribed on the gold cube, his name is on the south and west interior sides. People visiting the cemetery interact with this by moving the smooth stones at its base onto the walls and inside the sculpture. 2304
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Thugs looking for trouble or just 'tourists' on a Sunday stroll downtown? Somebody tell them Chicago is not a border city. They have no business here. 031
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 03/08/2025The question I ask voters regarding Administration jobs in the government: Do you want someone competent, or do you want a Republican? 060
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Kitty is very interested in the sparrows visiting the bush outside the window. 0101
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Our cat turned a folded blanket into a little cave for herself. Happy #Caturday! 080
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 08/07/2025The shock of disbelief “seeing a familiar landscape transformed by the addition of the unfamiliar, living among everyday sights suddenly made bizarre, no longer feeling at home in places they had known all their lives.” LA in 2025? No, Paris 1940. (quote from Historian Ian Ousby) 011
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 04/07/2025In Iowa on July 3 Trump said: “[Democrats] wouldn’t vote only because they hate Trump, but I hate them, too, you know that? I really do. I hate them.” Happy 4th of July to my compatriots hated by the president of the United States. 021
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 22/06/2025The bear cams started streaming this week at Katmai. Here's Grazer and her yearling Biggie. 050
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 28/04/2025If you have pet life insurance on your cat, your claim will be denied 8 times before they pay out. 010
Constance @constancereid.bsky.social · 14/04/2025I have short-term memory loss, but it's okay because I never remember I have it. 050
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