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Liz - High and Inside @lizzierie.bsky.social · 5h

Schwarbs being a transit guy is elite stuff

Screenshot of Kyle Schwarber’s instagram story of him on a septa train and text reads

Top 5 Reasons
Riding SEPTA is a Pro Move
Phillies
1. It's $2.90
2. No traffic
3. No parking
4. Center City to South Philly in 11 minutes
5. Kids ride free

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 3h

In beautiful southwestern Michigan, a person is judged righteous if they can walk barefoot to the end of the south pier at Saugatuck Harbor and back and remain untouched by guano

Color photo of a concrete pier extending into Lake Michigan. A red and white beacon is at the end of the pier. A green and white beacon is visible on a little strip on the far right. Concrete is splotched with seabird guano.

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Jake Schoolman @jake.school · 8h

I love strapping my taco bell into the divvy basket.

A Taco Bell paper bag sitting inside a blue bicycle basket at night, illuminated by the bike's front light.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I got to see a special screening of Tenzing last night and -- 10/10. Beautiful film. Cannot recommend more highly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkYC...

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Tenzing — Official Trailer | Apple TV

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.

A photo of my dog photo-bombing Devil's Tower. My dog, a husky/malamute/wolf with black and tan fur is sitting in front of the towering rocky pillar with a large smile and tongue hanging out.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just got an email from a former student who took my class a decade ago, asking me for the reading list because she enjoyed the course so much and wants to revisit the texts. And she *apologized* for making the request. Are you kidding me?

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Sad Old Man Crying

ALT: Sad Old Man Crying

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

visited Artists of the Wall today

A photo of a painted section of low wall formed into a bench. The design shows a variety of colorful shapes with different cartoon-style facial expressions ranging from surprise to anger to happiness. A caption says "Todos somos vecinos"

A photo of a painted section of low wall formed into a bench. The design shows Mister Rogers surrounded by diverse images of people with dogs below. Around the figures it says "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor, would you be mine? could you be mine?". And at the bottom by the dogs it says "We (heart image) Rogers Bark"

A photo of a painted section of low wall formed into a bench. The design shows an elevated Red Line train with arches below

A photo of a painted section of low wall formed into a bench. The design has some different colorful portions around a Chicago flag that says "hands off our Chicago neighbors"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026

desperately want to break the hold that slim, tapered, low rise pants have on my generational cohort

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TomTom @tomtomchi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was biking through Devon recently and it was crazy bustling with people and music everywhere, cars with plates from all over North America. It hit me how underrated it is, not just as a South Asian enclave, but as a super vibrant Chicago community generally. blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/18/y...

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Your Guide To Devon Avenue: Where To Eat, Shop And Spend The Day

Though commonly known as "Little India," the West Ridge street is a hub for a diverse swath of South and Southeast Asian immigrant communities that continues to grow.

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 10/09/2026

I don't disagree! bsky.app/profile/lizt...

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just before sunrise, bats were flying around above the bridge over the Chicago River’s North Branch in LaBagh Woods.

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Karl Schamotta @karl-schamotta.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

God-level badassery: Canadian Constable Sukhvinder “Suki” Singh Sunger, Drum Major of the Vancouver Police Pipe Band making history at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-o...

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"The frogert is also cursed"

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Because I have followed Mr. Simon for quite some time, my brain briefly processed this as "Perhaps if you elucidate, fucker." Language processing is a funny thing.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just an awesome park. If you want a top-shelf "touch grass" experience without leaving the city, go here. I recommend pairing with a visit to Steelworkers Park and Park 566. Followed by smoked shrimp and whitefish at Calumet Fisheries. Go now. I might.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is soul nourishing. The pivot from impact driver use while prone and upside down (which is hard), to an amused "OMG the kitten just fell out like the skid plate was a trap door!" to gentle, calming/caring/paternal concern.. "It's OK little buddy" is just lovely. Followed on Insta.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My wife and I reference this at least a couple of times a month and have done so for as long as we can remember. (We Remember! We Remember!) I feel genuinely blessed to have grown up during the golden age of the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop).

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I will say, to my audience of no one, that Sunday long runs with @rprc.bsky.social are the secret Goldilocks un-simulated combination of these two.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Finnish nature photographer Lassi Rautiainen followed a female grey wolf (Canis lupus) & a male brown bear (Ursos arctos) for 10 days. They played together, shared meals, napped together. Both were young adults. They appeared to be... friends? (📷: Lassi Rautiainen, www.wildfinland.org)

A brown bear and a grey wolf on a green grassy plain, both looking in the same direction, with strange wispy trees out of focus and concealed in fog in the distance. The suggestion is of a land of magic where bears and wolves are friends.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“Goose Exclusion Fence”

A paper sign in a plastic cover is posted on a fence in front of a lagoon, trees, and grass, with text saying: “New grass establishment in progress. Goose exclusion fence is temporary.”

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

the Field of Dreams game has reminded me to once again watch John Mulaney presenting the Academy Award for sound

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 13/08/2026

just want to say 3 things 1. this is absolutely correct, I narrowly avoided colon cancer by getting a colonoscopy on time 2. YOU CAN ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR PREP IN PILL FORM. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE LIQUID 3. the anesthetic hospitals prefer, propofol, can be substituted for a sedative

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

* Enjoying this debate from the flat-lands of Chicago....

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/08/2026

Published estimates of AI energy use per prompt (~0.3 watt-hours) appear reassuring small. But they are increasingly disconnected from how we actually use AI. Modern agentic tools use around 600 times more energy per prompt, as I discuss in my latest over at The Climate Brink www.theclimatebrink....

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

He was a cruel man. Cruel but fair.

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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Bikes on Metra is old enough to drink

A bike on Metra Bike Car 1.5 green rack with little seatbelt

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 28/06/2026

If we build enough clean power and grid capacity to accommodate winter peaks from electrification of space heat in colder climates (like most of Europe and North America), we'll have more than enough capacity for carbon-free air conditioning for all. If we win heat, we get AC pretty much for free.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Why such a big.... Spock?

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

AC Discourse Attempt: In many heating dominant climates, AC energy usage is almost trivial vs. heat. Attached: last 4 years of heat pump energy usage for our fully electrified, 130 year old, insulation retrofitted Chicago home. (CC: @johnsmillie42.bsky.social who I believe has similar data) 1/n

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/06/2026

this is a great illustration of one of the fundamental insights of democracy — that there is no such thing as "the people" and that majorities are elusive and ever shifting. no election, no decision, is final and treating an election as a final decision is profoundly undemocratic.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Memorandum of Misunderstanding? (Does this have legs?)

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Josh Kantor @jtkantor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Scottish soccer fans in town for the World Cup made a side-trip to Fenway on Sunday and brought actual magic with them. It was such a delight and honor to get to accompany their singing.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

My wife just very deliberately clapped back "Fabio level?" as I tried to explain the Fable 5.0 model. Mockery!

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Ken Shirriff @righto.com · 07/06/2026

The IBM 604 Electronic Calculating Punch was introduced in 1948. Not quite a computer, it was a programmable calculator that became very popular due to its low price of $550/month, and over 5600 were produced. I have a vacuum tube module from this system, so I powered it up... 1/N

Black and white photo of the IBM 604 Electronic Calculating Punch behind a Type 521 Card Reader/Punch. The IBM 604 is about the size of two refrigerators. It's a dark gray box with art deco-ish chrome trim. The Card Reader/Punch is slightly smaller but the same style. It has a hopper on top for inserting a stack of punch cards.

A thyratron tube module from the IBM 604 Electronic Calculating Punch.
The module consists of a vacuum tube in a U-shaped metal frame with pins at the bottom. The vacuum tube is a glass cylinder with a peak at the top and some metal inside. Some resistors and capacitors are mounted between the tube and the pins. The U-shaped frame functions as a handle so the module can be pulled out and replaced.

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Mx. Fee @mxfee.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

DON HERTZFELDT, in this the year of our oversized spoon 2026, has uploaded a HD version of Rejected to his YT channel?!?!?! OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS I'M SO HAPPY HIIIIII

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REJECTED by DON HERTZFELDT

YouTube video by don hertzfeldt

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Steven Nelson @stevenel.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Continuing the theme from the last episode on the energy transition and the ethical balancing act we have before us, I spoke with @jmijin.bsky.social to zoom out to the bigger picture of what we should each be focusing on to ensure a just transition for all. Have a listen!

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DIY Democracy: Another World is Possible, and We Can Build It Together

Continuing the theme of the previous interview with Dr. Thea Riofrancos, I spoke with Dr. Mijin Cha about the ethical concerns that come with trying to transition away from fossil fuels and to a clean...

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I have a few canned lines to explain where I live when I'm at a north side event and somebody, inevitably, doesn't know where my neighborhood is. But I've recently comprehended that for some of them, my explanation is their first realization that the south side is much larger than the north side.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Our canonical "long run" turnaround for @rprc.bsky.social is Baháʼí House of Worship. We start at Touhy (7200N) and Sheridan so not quite the northern-most extent. The out and back is a bit over 11 miles. (Soren's quoted thread is about the unappreciated-by-north-side-folk scale of the South Side.)

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Related Onion Content - theonion.com/old-mans-son...

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Old Man's Son Also Old Man

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