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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 2m

Went for what I’m pretty sure will be my last stretch of the legs by the lake before winter descends.

Lake Michigan on a clear day. Concrete walkway in the foreground and to the right. A woman squats next to her pup at the edge of the walkway in the foreground. A silhouette of the Chicago skyline off in the distance.

A calm Lake Michigan on a clear day with boats in the distance, the sun reflecting on the water, and the concrete walkway/seawall in the lower right foreground.

Marina extension of Lake Michigan filled with sailboats, lush green trees on land wrapping around behind the boats. The suns reflection piercing the photo, a two-way walkway with a metal fence in the foreground. The Hancock Center in the distance, to the right, peeking over the trees.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 3h

it’s nuts to see this guy looking like every dad at a Chappell Roan concert

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 21h

EC doin’ what he does best. 🥰 youtu.be/Pm7j1sYD-mM?...

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Town Cryer

YouTube video by Elvis Costello - Topic

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 22h

I fear that poor owlet will grow up to be terrified of squirrels. Either that, or any squirrel in its proximity better run and hide.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 22h

He needs to go back to playing clubs.

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Someone on a group chat commented that while it’s good Mamdani is filling potholes, there is so much more to be done and, yes, I had a word w said commenter. No one minimizes the hard work from that man since DAY ONE in my presence. And I live in Chicago (home of the invisible mayor).

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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“This is for my boy Paul mthrfkr!”

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Daisy, Duncan & Kirby @ddkpups.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We have a bone to pick with the latest addition… 😉

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Remembering Stevie Ray on his birthday. I was in school in Chicago when his helicopter went down. I heard the announcement on the radio while getting ready for class, and I froze in utter disbelief and heartbreak. Such an irreplaceable talent, and nice, humble guy. RIP 💔 youtu.be/3c_8VUL5jks?...

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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Riviera Paradise (Live From Austin, TX)

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𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎 🕸️ @waggingtale.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Crisp October morning, brilliant sunshine and crystal-clear skies. A perfect fall day in New England. 🍂🧡

Vivid orange and yellow maple leaves against a brilliant blue sky bearing a waning moon.

Sunlight kisses the top of a green maple tree just starting to change color to a vivid orange.

A stand of maple trees on a hill slipping into their colorful golden yellow robes for the season.

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NPR @npr.org · 03/10/2026

The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States. n.pr/3VNx83v

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Theaster Gates bets on fine china

The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States.

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Friday wind down… What a freaking endless week. youtu.be/uB89sotCQx4?...

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Stewart's Coat

YouTube video by Rickie Lee Jones - Topic

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 02/10/2026

Chicago folks: we might not have 287(g) agreements to push back on in Illinois, but we're surrounded by a growing number of local PDs + sheriffs' offices in Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri that participate. Make sure your friends and family in those states understand what's at stake.

Map of the midwest, centered on Illinois, showing hundreds of dots across Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, etc. representing 287(g) participating agencies. For more (including the data) see here: https://www.tituslegaldesign.com/immigration-101/287g-program

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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird completely ignored me in Central Park's Conservatory Garden as it pushed deep into a purple salvia blossom. I was able to get a nice series as it pulled out and then stared me down! 😂😂😂 #Hummingbird #CentralPark #birdsseenin2026

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Guess who turns seven years old today.

A scruffy blond golden doodle rests his chin on a table.

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Mark & The 🐾 Crew @markandthecrew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The dogs enjoyed a 2nd breakfast of apple and a second walk this morning. I thought you might enjoy this little video of the dahlias we get to see so often when we venture out to the lake.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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Juni! 🥰 @literallyjustadog.online · 30/09/2026

looking into the sunset from thirty nine thousand feet

picture of a beautiful red, orange, yellow, blue sunset with a mountain in the middle. juni doesnt know exactly which mountain, but its north of the plane when It was east of San Francisco

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Other states besides Texas with voter registration deadlines over the next 7 days: Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you will be rewarded with: - uncomfortable silence probably - maybe you will lose that friend idk is that such a big deal

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At the hospital for my treatment today. I always try to make the folks who attend to me laugh. Nurse (asking the usual questions): “Do you use nicotine, alcohol, or recreational drugs?” Me: “It’s not 1987, so we’re good.” Mission accomplished. 😁 (Chicago skyline still breathtaking from here)

View through a window of the Chicago skyline far off in the distance. There is a large grey building to the left, and a smaller brick building in the lower right foreground. There are trees surrounding the brick building.

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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cascade performing on a 'Chapman Stick'🎸 🎶'Little Wing' #bluesmusic

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Mark & The 🐾 Crew @markandthecrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It was a peaceful walk this morning. I hope you can get some time outside today.

Samson, a black, white and tan German Shepherd mix and Ruby, a red coated Boxer mix dog sniffing some morning scents on Pleasant Street

There were plenty of interesting smells for the three mixed breed dogs to sniff this morning. Here, Ruby, Gideon and Samson all sniff a patch of grass on iur way to the lake

Clouds and blue sky above reflect on a calm lake surface in the cool fall mirning air

More clouds reflecting in the surface of Lake Garda with tall trees along the lakeside edges

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A friend went to Beaver Creek for her birthday last weekend. I do miss the fall colors in Colorado. …and my beloved hikes.

Hiking path with wood railings on both sides, and lined by trees in their fall splendor - a few evergreens here and there as well.

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tough to tell who gets more excited about these walkies, Indy, Kell, Darby, or me.

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I had lunch in my (now retired to Switzerland) boss’s office the other day. Swiss boss and I had such an easy, decades-long camaraderie. The boss who is still here…polar opposite dynamic. Anyway, Swiss boss’s wife sent me a photo of a sunset from their terrace. I’m so happy he’s happy. 💜

View from an office building of Millenium Park in Chicago. Lush, green trees. Skyscrapers on the left, Pritzker Pavilion and the Cloudgate sculpture (aka “The Bean”) peek out above treetops. The sky is blue, cloudless. There are blinds in front of the office windows, and a windowsill below.

An orange and yellow sunset above low-lying mountains and a large lake. There are trees and bushes in the foreground, and a railing between the photographer and the view.

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Annie Forest @annieforest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My morning walk with a friend had sun streaming through the trees and it stopped us both in our tracks. So beautiful.

A path through a forest preserve that shows rays of light coming through the tree branches.

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

How about some light in these dark times…✨ youtu.be/8dlzOGeq3C0?...

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Wonder - Natalie Merchant - 1996

YouTube video by Jiggs111

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The whole point of my first Rolling Stone subscription at 16 (besides reading the politics and features) was discovering music I was never gonna hear on the radio

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What we have going for us this time around is that reality is front and center in everyone’s day-to-day, from the gas pump to the grocery store. So, his fantasies play like the musings of an old man in the throes of dementia. Still infuriating that any news agency treats him as coherent, though.

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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I spotted a lovely little Palm Warbler perching on a Nutter's Battery branch this week. Stopped by Central Park on its way south from Canada to Florida/Caribbean. Safe travels! 🥰🥰🥰 #Warblers #CentralPark #birdsseenin2026

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TFW very busy and important BSKY accounts don’t acknowledge people’s - respectful - replies. Not even a “like.” I realize a follow-back is a bridge too far for those accounts, but someone took the time to reply to your post in a thoughtful way. Get over yourself.

Supermodels Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss sitting together on a bench-like thing, smoking cigarettes and shooting a nasty look your way. The text of the meme reads, “You can’t sit with us.”

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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This Great Blue Heron was describing how big the fish he nearly caught in Central Park's Loch! 😂 But, seriously, that wingspan! 🩶💙🩶 #Herons #CentralPark #birdsseenin2026

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here’s one! If anybody wants to welcome this sweet South Carolina pup into their home, I will personally deliver her to you at no charge: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Daz...

A skinny light brown hound girl with a purple bandanna

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.

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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 26/09/2026

Hey Indy, did you hear about the guy who stole a farmer’s hay? He was released on bale!

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Steph @hollygl11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Friday walkies are back!! 🥰

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