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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 18/10/2026

Visited a cemetery we’ve never been in before and it is full of slightly unsettling beauty

Two trees curving towards each other such that they seem to form a passageway to another world

The base of one of the trees has grown up and around several gravestones

A shrouded urn stands on the ground next to a traffic cone

A gravestone covered in ivy stands among some large trees in the afternoon light

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 08/10/2026

You don’t want them (See other picture in thread)

Package of the pizza things, with a completely deceptive picture of what they are like

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 26/09/2026

Not too big? About a thumb joint across

Two potholders hanging from their loops on round knobs

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 08/09/2026

Good morning from the Winnemac Park pocket prairie on Chicago’s north side

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 07/09/2026

It’s amazing stuff I spray it on the gross bits, turn on the fan, and when I come back later it’s all clean! It’s not as amazing on silicone but absolutely works on grout and tile

Bottle of Clorox Clean-Up cleaner + bleach

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 28/08/2026

I’m a total heathen and bought a squeezer specifically for the purpose I also use PG Tips, let it steep for an hour or more, and usually have to heat it in the microwave before adding milk to it ::rubs hands villain-style::

A hand holding a tea squeezer, which looks like metal tongs ending in two round, slightly concave parts, one of which is perforated. In the background a tea pet in the shape of a cat holding a pot smiles approvingly.

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 24/08/2026

He’s not actually that dim but his brain is highly specialized His interior world is pets, food, bugs, and avoiding strangers

A pale orange cat stares up from a bed with one eye squinting

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 24/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it)

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 14/08/2026

You have some really beautiful cracks to work with there I didn’t push the envelope far enough on my own attempt

A small blue and white bowl with cracks and stretch marks around the middle

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 10/08/2026

Here’s his conclusion: basically the subtext is that we need it to force Congress to be bipartisan, which…. HAHAHA

Clip of the final two paragraphs:

Are the partisan majorities working, even for the base of each party? In a June column, I cast doubt on the durability of many of Trump's apparent accomplishments in the last two years. But one might equally wonder how much of what Biden achieved via partisan majorities and executive orders is going to survive.
Ending the filibuster is a beguiling idea because it is the next logical step in the partisan escalation of recent decades. The filibuster is an artifact of an earlier era. That is what makes it valuable.

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 10/08/2026

I regularly think of this old Garfield comic at moments like this:

Jon is sitting in a chair with Garfield on his lap. Garfield rubs his face on Jon’s face.

Next panel, while Garfield is burrowing his face in Jon’s sleeve, Jon says, “I love it when you cuddle up to me, Garfield”

Final panel, Jon happily continues, “What a warm and wonderful gesture” while Garfield looks at him and thinks, “My nose was wet”

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 03/08/2026

“Their trees are all gross” Chicago, IL

Pedestrian mall in Chicago, with lots of trees and gardens

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 27/07/2026

This was what our high school “computer class” was like

Photo from the 1970s or 1980s of a bunch of high schoolers learning to use typewriters

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 20/07/2026

I have one with the same shape He has the bones for it, at least

A sturdy pale orange cat sleeps on a chair

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 13/07/2026

“Verify your age” This was my booster seat when I was little

A vintage plastic booster seat in avocado green. It has swoopy chrome legs and a mid-century modernist aesthetic. It does not look particularly safe, however.

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 09/06/2026

This cuddle cat is TOO FUZZY for such a hot and humid day

A pale orange tabby looks sleepily up from the chair where he jumped in hopes of snuggles

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 02/06/2026

This is a cat checkpoint. Relinquish your most recent cat pic

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 14/05/2026

Lots of ambient street noise here, unsurprisingly

Sound graph of ambient noise picked up by Merlin app

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 12/05/2026

UC San Diego’s humanities building was an interesting variant The wood grain from the concrete forms was left to work with the grey color to evoke an ancient tree, supposedly

A tall, rectangular building made of light grey unfinished concrete. Its upper two thirds have grids of vertical fins emphasizing its height while the bottom is grounded in a base of heavy slabs. It is about eight stories high and dwarfs the eucalyptus trees growing around it.

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