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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you see this, post a flower.

Luscious ruffled pink peony on a background of shiny green leaves.

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@chicagovtfloor.bsky.social, have you ever seen anything like this in Chicago?

Mosaic floor of a narrow building entrance with TELEPHONE spelled out in rust-colored tiles against a light gray background. Background is the bottom of a white door with a red sign.

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Read the whole thread. Brilliant!

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Inspired by the example of @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social, here are two from Bath, Maine. I thought the medallion and ribbon detail on the second one was extra-special.

Trapezoidal entrance to an ice cream shop with a cream tile floor bordered in a lovely Greek key pattern. There is a weathered wooden door, with young children visible through the window.

Tile floor entrance laid in a circular pattern with a stunning center medallion of a green laurel leaf ring with a AGP monogram. There are four rose-colored ribbons surrounding the ring.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Spotted a cool spider this morning. Identified it as a yellow garden spider.

Spider with dramatic yellow and black markings, in the middle of a web extending from a mugs pine. Thistle blossom and leaves in the left foreground, gray shingled cottage with window in background.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Debbie Dingell, from the logo

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This is horrifying. Are you paying attention, Democratic Party leaders?

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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optimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Trump's actual quotes in 2020 about covid:

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Bruce F. Singer @drawnandquartered.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The White House wants warning signs outside the #Smithsonian because it claims Americans are being misled about their own history. So I put one where it belongs. #PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #TheWhiteHouse #Satire #DrawnAndQuartered

Editorial cartoon of the White House viewed from the front lawn. In the foreground stands a temporary warning sign with the heading “WARNING” in red. The sign reads: “THIS ADMINISTRATION cannot be trusted to tell America’s story honestly and in a way that is inspiring, unifying, and worthy of our great republic.” The White House stands quietly in the background behind the sign.

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Sam Fortier @sam4tr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Was a national civics competition for high-school kids ... Rigged? Biased? Botched? I followed one family through Trump's patriotic contest and found a remarkable story about our age of suspicion. For @notus.com: www.notus.org/national/ame...

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Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest

America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hate it when I don’t get Wordle!

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Just a reminder that patriotism isn't holding a bible and wrapping yourself in the flag while you violate the Constitution and plunder the country. Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!!

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Post a random picture or everything else will go bad in July.

Power strip with one outlet that got burned and melted when a transformer blew. This is something that went wrong in June.

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Carramooch @carriekit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

here is a link to an easy way to make a comment. thanks to the League of Women Voters www.lwv.org/take-action/...

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Oppose Proposed Mail-In and Absentee Ballot Regulations | League of Women Voters

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...

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Mail-in voting is under attack. Here's what you can do

The USPS is proposing a rule that would require states to share information about voters who request mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections.

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Bless him, he seems like the real deal! Geriatric politicians aren’t always bad.

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This is exactly what’s happening!

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Visited the Intuit Museum recently. Loved the artwork on the exterior art.org/exhibitions/... as well as the exhibits. @dmercer.bsky.social, I thought with those large ground-floor windows and the location on Milwaukee, these must have originally been retail buildings. What do you think?

Three three-story red brick buildings, each with three windows on the second and third floors. Windows have some ornamentation (terra cotta?) over the windows and some interesting brick detail near the roofline. Two buildings on the left are embellished with artwork reflecting the museum collection. Building on the right looks forbidding and possible vacant, with a security gate over the entrance. One and a half cars are visible in the foreground.

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Even though I’m boycotting Starbucks, it’s ok to pick up a free sample from their counter, right?

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Dr. Art Garfunky @chimpvsdog.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A democracy is being dismantled before our eyes and only cartoonists, comedians, and independent journalists are covering it. threads.com/@jeffkoterba

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This New Yorker cartoon is accurate but a gut punch.

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 14/05/2026

The Obama Presidential Center in B&W

A dramatic black and white image of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The sky is a dark gray and the angular, geometric granite building juts brightly into the dark negative space. Trees line the plaza in the foreground

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Wordle 1,784 5/6* ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Honestly, all the words they say aren’t likely to be the answer, and they use this one?

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

@chicagovtfloor.bsky.social, what do you think? This kind of floor was everywhere in my long-ago youth, but this building is being remodeled, so I thought I should get a snap.

Section of floor with tan, brown, and light blue square and rectangular tiles. If there is a pattern, I can’t discern it. There is a floor mat to the right, terrazzo on the bottom, different terrazzo and the bottom of a door to the left, and the bottom of another door on top.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/04/2026

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

How tragic that you could publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish a cartoon like this over and over again...

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Saw some splendid Victorian-era monuments at a Vermont cemetery. The steps were hand-cut by a Civil War veteran! Extraordinary detail on the little girl, especially the eyelet trim of her dress.

A flight of steps, slightly curved, hand-cut into granite. A marker at the bottom says 1897. Background includes grass, trees, and a cloudy sky.

Highly detailed granite monument depicts a pensive girl in old-fashioned clothes. She is leaning on a horizontal log propped up in two other logs with climbing flowers. “Margaret” is inscribed on the horizontal log.

Carved granite monument of a nice-looking dog on a base which is inscribed Ned. Background includes other monuments, grass, and a cloudy sky.

Bronze monument of a mournful looking seated woman (?) swathed in cloth. This is surrounded by granite. There are shells, stones, and a purple hair tie on her lap.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The University of Michigan has been measuring consumer sentiment since 1952. We just got the first Iran-afflicted measure for April, and it's at the lowest level ever recorded.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Muriel Rukeyser, always but especially today. Full text at www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/...

Text of "Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars)" by Muriel Rukeyser. Text is online at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/poem-i-lived-in-the-first-century-of-world-wars

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/04/2026

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Your April Fools' Day Reminder that trickle-down economics is the greatest trick of all. It's nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich at your expense. Don't fall for it.

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

My family’s first house was this suburban MCM, built in 1961. It was fun to see it again, and good to know that’s it’s being well maintained. I thought my mom was calling it a “wreck” room because we didn’t put our toys away.

Builder’s flyer for a suburban MCM split-level house, with drawing, floor plan, and text.

Photo of tan brick split level house with large tree in right foreground.

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Aging women are covered in a cloak of invisibility sometime around age 50. Used wisely, it can be a superpower.

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

EVERYONE takes pictures of the Rookery, so I’ll spare you mine, with a couple of exceptions. One is dedicated to @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social, from whom I’m learning to look down. The other is an almost-hidden civic device on the bottom of a sconce next to the elevator from the 1931 renovation.

Intricately patterned floor tile border, making an obtuse turn.

Civic device at the bottom of a cylindrical wall scone. Art deco elevator and white ornate ceiling in background.

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

reshare for alt text, republicans and rich people who want to privatize mail have been lying about the USPS and trying to push this narrative longer than I've been alive, and imposing massive financial burdens on it to make it "insolvent"

Facts You Should Know
The USPS is not in debt
The USPS is not losing money
The USPS costs taxpayers exactly $0
The USPS has always been self-sustaining
The USPS is the largest employer of veterans
The USPS employes over 500,000 people
The USPS is explicitly authorized by the Constitution

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

There was a new whimsical touch in Produce today:

A bright Caution/Wet Floor sign in the shape of a banana, with open peels forming legs on the bottom, on a grocery store floor. Produce displays are in the background.

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MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

“You know what’s particularly scary about this?” Scarinci asked. “This conversation is about a coin. They have reached into coins.”

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