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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Whoa, one of the pedophiles responsible for the GOP's political power just died. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other wgntv.com/news/chicago...

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84

Former U.S. House Speaker John Hastert has died at the age of 84 from natural causes.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This piece by Colson Whitehead is one of my favorite things ever written. I've shared it many times with folks over the years. It was published two months after 9/11, and I believe it's one of the greatest things ever put to pen about grief, memory, and time. www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/m...

I started building my New York on the uptown No. 1 train. My first city memory is of looking out a subway window as the train erupted from the tunnel on the way to 125th Street and palsied up onto the elevated tracks. It's the early 70's, so everything is filthy. Which means everything is still filthy, because that is my city and I'm sticking to it. I still call it the Pan Am Building, not out of affectation, but because that's what it is. For that new transplant from Des Moines, who is starting her first week of work at a Park Avenue South insurance firm, that colossus squatting over Grand Central is the Met Life Building, and for her it always will be. She is wrong, of course -- when I look up there, I clearly see the gigantic letters spelling out Pan Am, don't I? And of course I am wrong, in the eyes of the old-timers who maintain the myth that there was a time before Pan Am.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The year is 3000. Everything is on fire. There is no ice. Sea levels are 200 feet higher than they used to be. On a TV floating in the new Mid Asiatic Ocean, James Carville is asking for 5 dollars

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Excel: The cup is January 2nd.

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 16/08/2026

Current* conditions near Grand Haven, MI:

View looking north over Grand Haven beach and its iconic lighthouse and pier jutting into Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2026-08-16 07:06:05 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: earthcam.com/usa/michigan/grandhaven/lakemichigan/?cam=lakemichigan // Current Temp in Grand Haven: 73 F | 23 C // Precip: few clouds // Wind: SSE at 5 mph | 7 kph // Humidity: 94%

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 18/07/2026

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Rotating view from the top of the Shedd Aquarium where Chicago meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2026-07-18 02:06:04 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: fox32chicago.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 86 F | 30 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: W at 4 mph | 6 kph // Humidity: 72%

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francis wolf @franciswolf.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

fine whatever taco bell can be the government now who cares

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Linden @emilytheslayer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hey so real quick during the heat wave I've seen people recommending Liquid IV and it's good stuff! Don't have more than one of that brand in particular per day or you can end up with electrolyte toxicity. We've had people end up in the ER during camping events from it.

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Sara @m4ler.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

a chicago story in three parts. 1. whiraway! 2. mexico wins! 3. malört all around! 3a. love this city!!

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Today let's not worry about the interesting map showing the distribution of hogs in the USA but let's appreciate the comments underneath the map...

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Lake Erie! Live! @lake-erie.live · 27/06/2026

Current* conditions near Cleveland, OH:

View looking north from Forest City Yacht Club overlooking Lake Erie. // Image captured at: 2026-06-27 04:24:03 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: forestcityyachtclub.com // Current Temp in Cleveland: 67 F | 19 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: E at 4 mph | 7 kph // Humidity: 80%

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

it was then i realized: perhaps the real scaffolding was the friends we made along the way

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 08/06/2026

Current* conditions near Mackinaw City, MI:

Northern view of the Mackinac Bridge traversing the Straits of Mackinac with Lake Michigan on the left. // Image captured at: 2026-06-08 02:06:02 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: mackinacbridge.org // Current Temp in Mackinaw City: 63 F | 17 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: SE at 7 mph | 12 kph // Humidity: 87%

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natalia barbour @nataliabarbour.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Hey Siri, show me madness.

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Anton @anton.beauty · 27/04/2026

a ballroom has a core strategic weakness: the man in the back saying “everyone attack”

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

South Loop Sunset. This evening on the Chicago River.

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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

was once New Amsterdam.

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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com

Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 02/04/2026

I can't believe Katherine Johnson used to do these sorts of calculations and simulations BY HAND. I'm flabbergasted.

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I went back to capture what the astronauts said in full when the clock was stopped at T-10 minutes and they were asked if they were go for launch: This is Victor. We are going for our families. This is Christina. We are going for our teammates. This is Jeremy. We are going for all humanity.

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al-boo @captainacabairbud.myatproto.social · 02/04/2026

if edgar allen poe wrote the show: murder, she quoth

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Sara @m4ler.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

You quickly learn how effective your noise cancelling headphones are once inside a crowded terminal. #momentofpeace

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

this is cute af, so pure

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

happy the fugitive trying to blend into a parade day to all who celebrate

Harrison Ford as Richard Kimble in The Fugitive (1993). He’s wearing a green bowler hat and marching in a St Patrick’s Day parade in Chicago.

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 11/03/2026

i will say that i got this pretty great shot of the pre-storm river earlier, the eerie light and fog were Doing Something

foggy chicago downtown, the light cast on the river and the way it’s blocked by some of the buildings are creating a cool effect

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Some days I just feel like this Edward Gorey bird gets it.

An Edward Gorey drawing showing a morose looking black bird on a branch. He (and this feels very much like a he) is pointing downwards with one scraggly wing, and looking straight ahead with debt-filled eyes. His beak is long and sharp, like winter on the Great Plains. He is pointing with his right wing, but this means he is pointing to your left. Your wicked, sinister side. This is no accident. The Bird makes no such mistakes. But he is talking, and the text tells us that he is saying, "Beware of this and that."

Honestly, you feel his message in your bones.

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Mike Schuster @mcs212.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics

Image of the Yeti in the skiing Windows game SkiFree eating the player

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

staying awake is a ploy by big munchies to sell more munchies

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 16/05/2023

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Jesus. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then arrest workers
Federal agents detained three workers from a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar yesterday, hours after four agents ate lunch there.

It was not immediately clear what the immigration status of those detained was, or whether the people detained included the restaurant’s owners or only workers.

An eyewitness who declined to give a name for fear of retribution, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that four ICE agents sat in a booth for a meal at El Tapatio a little before 3 p.m. Staff at the restaurant were frightened, said the eyewitness, who shared pictures from the restaurant as well as video of the arrest.

The arrest happened around 8:30 p.m. near a Lutheran church and Willmar Middle School as agents followed the workers after they closed up for the night. A handful of bystanders blew whistles and shouted at agents as they detained the people. “Would your mama be proud of you right now?” one of the bystanders asked.

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Caleb Bryant Miller @calebbryantmiller.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I found this amazing website for that exact query recently: www.bookseriesinorder.com

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Book Series in Order

A List of Characters and Authors and Their Books

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Sara @m4ler.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

cheez-its are the best its

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Pride Ott 🦦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Maybe if we had more content about how every small town is run by like 8 tyrants the locals love maybe we’d romanticize them less

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Was talking to a kid and she’d never heard of cooties. What a lucky generation. All those cooties shots worked.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 23/12/2025

my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)

a red original Mini Cooper parked between two Tesla Cybertrucks

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 12/12/2025

A Chicago is a correct unit of city measurement.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”

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Interactive AIDS Quilt

The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

A bunch of you have been asking if there was going to be another Open House. Save the date.

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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 24/11/2025

God speed ye taco bell scientists 🌮 🧪

Screen shot of newspaper article. It reads:
A Team at Taco Bell has been working for nearly a decade, to invent a taco shell made entirely of cheese....

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amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

man, share the memories you have about your people now. don't wait; just, like make that a regular thing. tell them why they matter to you all the fucking time. and tell them beautifully, poetically, the way you would reminisce about them. because that beauty is important.

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Feminist Proper Gander @dappergander.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

editor: did you make that infographic for the epstein emails graphic designer: sure did boss, real spermy just like you asked editor: what

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 14/11/2025

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

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