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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 4h

Rolling up to the function in the 3-story giant costume from "Das Reingold"

Giant giant from the Lyric Opera's 2026/2017 "Das Reingold"

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Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 5h

Happy to have three haiku up in @havehashad.com today!

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Laura Kelley @lauraakelley.bsky.social · 5h

Butterfly wing patterns in flight create illusions that misdirect predator attacks 🦋 www.nature.com/articles/s41... with @grahancock.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @scienceanna.bsky.social @esbriolat.bsky.social

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 6h

the pigs' revenge

Let’s show these
farmers what’s
what! Start a
trending topic,
hogs!

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 6h

these river otters are blissfully unaware the Cuyahoga has 13 fires in its history

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Lauren @beavisetc.bsky.social · 6h

Rainy day in Chicago, let’s get gloomy folks youtu.be/AFQETve1wS0?...

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The Rainbow (1997 Remaster)

YouTube video by Talk Talk - Topic

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Logical Frank @logicalfrank.com · 6h

If all the music you listen to is generated just for you, telling people about what you've been listening to will be more boring to them than you telling them about your dreams.

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 6h

Since we're talking about AI music and cultivating music taste I highly recommend this book. Turns out there has been a lot of money in trying to get people to listen to slop even before GenAI! chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...

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Mood Machine — Chicago Public Library

Mood Machine — Pelly, Liz, — Drawing on over a hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, music journalist Liz Pelly examines the inner workings of today's hig...

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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 6h

Comic I drew back in January... www.noncanon.com/comics/2026-...

PANEL 1: A duck and a dog are listening to music. DUCK: "Whoa! Is this a demo or alternate cut of this song I know well?" DOG: "Nope! Just my LP PAL!"

PANEL 2: The record player and receiver with an inobtrusive smiling box wired to it. DUCK (off panel): "HELPY PAL?" DOG (off panel): "No, LP PAL--it's the fun and friendly box that sits between my stereo and speakers!"

PANEL 3: Diagram of the line out flowing through the LP PAL then to audio out. DOG (off panel): "As it receives any audio input, it processes it using an A.I. trained on all recorded music ever, then it produces new verses, new solos, sometimes whole new tracks--all optimized to human engagement metrics!"

PANEL 4: We return to our duck and dog. DOG: "So now EVERY album is an ACTUAL WORLD OF SOUND!" DOG: "It's an experience of reality that I pay a machine to mediate FOR me. So I can get back to doing WHAT REALLY MATTERS!"

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 8h

the sad part is that survivors fought like hell to even get expulsion for rapists on the table. when I was an activist > 10 years ago, administrators were *shocked* that we wanted expulsion as a disciplinary option.

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 11h

The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 15h

We will need this rain

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 17h

MY BRAIN: hey here's that time you were thoughtlessly rude to a friend. remember that embarrassing gift you gave to your first girlfriend. once you ran into someone ME: please..I am begging you. Can we remember some fucking French. why did I come into this room MY BRAIN: nope. once when you were 4

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 21h

Me talking about someone I've posted with on the same social media site for a long time but never actually met

Still from the television show What We Do in the Shadows showing Laszlo speaking. Text reads "he's my best friend, he's my pal. He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese, my good-time boy."

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 20h

I think this is basically correct and would really love to see more of this kind of engagement with LLMs from "the left"

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 29/09/2026

Well it's good to finally have this settled, I'll miss saying octopodes nyctographa.substack.com/p/the-plural...

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The Plural of Octopus

The plural of octopus is octopi.

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“The destruction inflicted on the Palestinian people is decimating the guardrails that protected us all. Private sovereignty is advancing steadily, while national sovereignties—Venezuela, Cuba, and Lebanon—are undermined and others—Palestine—are preempted from being realized at all.” Noura Erakat:

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Exit and Exception

The Board of Peace’s model for governing Palestine reflects designs for a new world order.

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Thoughtful Skeleton @dqspider.bsky.social · 23h

GIVE 👏 LINA 👏 KHAN 👏 A 👏 GUNDAM 👏

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 29/09/2026

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Rotating view from the top of the Shedd Aquarium where Chicago meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-29 12:06:04 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: fox32chicago.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 75 F | 24 C // Precip: few clouds // Wind: N at 6 mph | 9 kph // Humidity: 59%

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 29/09/2026

Well it's good to finally have this settled, I'll miss saying octopodes nyctographa.substack.com/p/the-plural...

nyctographa.substack.com

The Plural of Octopus

The plural of octopus is octopi.

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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Neon Genesis Evangelion Episode 9 Mind, Matching, Moment Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 29/09/2026

Nice hecatombs. Holy?

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Greg the Sorcerer @gregthesorcerer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

My scheming vizier when I start to cough after taking a swig of wine from my goblet

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 29/09/2026

Me when I'm in a bad mood at the Museum of Science and Industry genetics exhibit

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 29/09/2026

In addition to the symbolism, this is notably the first performance of the national anthem I've heard in a decade at least that wasn't a totally overwrought unlistenable piece of shit.

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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A rising Luna with wave soundtrack from the northwest corner of Lake Michigan in Michigan's beautiful and scenic Upper Peninsula. #906Life #PureMichigan

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Terry Nunn 📷 @terrynunnphoto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the coolest wildlife encounters I have ever had. Sitting on some rocks in a bay on Lake Superior taking shots of some ducks when all of a sudden these otters came up on the rocks and were very curious about me. #Wildlife #Otters #NatureLovers

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have unironically been listening to this on a loop for way too long today.

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 28/09/2026

I caught probably a one-in-a-million shot of Air Force 1 leaving Chicago yesterday.

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Documenting for posterity: I repeated the full text 3x and have yet to met with a terrible fate. I CANNOT speak to what happens if each affirmation is repeated thrice, individually.

Note created 11:39am on September 28, 2026:
I will be running this state someday. I have something BIG on the horizon. My decisions are TBD

I will be running this state someday. I have something BIG on the horizon. My decisions are TBD

I will be running this state someday. I have something BIG on the horizon. My decisions are TBD

I will be running this state someday.
I will be running this state someday.
I will be running this state someday.

I have something BIG on the horizon.
I have something BIG on the horizon.
I have something BIG on the horizon.

My decisions are TBD.
My decisions are TBD.
My decisions are TBD.

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Chicakō @chicago-seasons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sep 28–Oct 2: Goldenrod finale Late species carry the banner as others fade; pollinator traffic remains high on warm days.

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Me, toasting my sister and her new husband on a lifetime of happiness at their wedding: This is the water and this is the well. Drink full and descend. The horse is the white of the eyes and dark within.

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babski @babski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

oh no! A giant mantis is attacking the Sears tower!

A big green praying mantis on a dried bit of plant that ive placed in front of the skyline of Chicago so as to make it appear as if the mantis is massive ans attacking the beautiful city by the lake and it's iconic Sears Tower

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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

maybe someone can ask the mayoral candidates what they would do to stop this slow motion disaster. it's heartbreaking to read the interviewees say they don't see a future for Black Chicago

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

~the eeeevil migrant caravaaans~ dude you won't even walk to the store, this guy just walked a hundred marathons so that his kids might someday be Costco members. what are you talking about

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 28/09/2026

For anyone who was a child then or just forgot: Lincoln Chaffee was like the Joe Biden of the 2016 primary

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 28/09/2026

For anyone who was a child then or just forgot: Tim Pawlenty was like the Lincoln Chaffee of the 2012 primary

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

more of this worm. he reminds me of a convenience store or gas station logo

three flat color drawings of a long bodied worm or snake like fantasy creature with six wings and a body that is striped with black on top, then blue, then red, and then yellow on the underside. it appears to be crying.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 28/09/2026

The big thing on the horizon

Ja'mal green campaign bus stuck in the mud

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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Quite a powerful beam of light

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Carrie @cooler-by-the-lake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Went kayaking on the river today and I captured a bucket list Chicago-y sight

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