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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Woot! Little victories make life sweeter. 500-game Wordle streak achieved!

A screen shot of my Wordle stats, which shows that I completed a 500-game streak.

Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Margaret Hamilton famously suffered second-degree burns to her face and third-degree burns on her hands thanks to a malfunction of the mechanized trap door/lift, which was supposed to quickly let her disappear (while red smoke concealed her exit) before the flames appeared. So incredibly painful!

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I spotted this beauty nestled on some dahlias last week.

An orange-and-black monarch butterfly perched on a pink dahlia.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it? 😭 Billy Elliott: “She was just me mam.”

A very young Jamie Bell in the film “Billy Elliott.”

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Fellow third-floor Rogers Park residents here. We see them all the time, ever since my husband installed a bird feeder last October. Birds by day, flying squirrels by night.

A handsome tuxedo cat sits on a windowsill, watching a flying squirrel in the bird feeder on the other side of the window.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's always exciting to watch my secret second husband narrate the primary election returns on his Kornacki Cam. Explaining a state's electoral history! Crunching voting data on the fly! Parsing the granular details of demographics, county by county and district by district! DAMN I love a hot wonk.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Batman nails my sentiments about our country on its 250th birthday.

This old DC Comics PSA (from the 1950s, I am guessing, based on the art style) features Batman saying: "DON'T BELIEVE THOSE CRACKPOT LIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP DIFFERENTLY, OR WHOSE SKIN IS OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, OR WHOSE PARENTS COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. REMEMBER OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY!"

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

You’re not kidding. That’s literally Mickey’s nemesis, Bad Pete.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The vibes feel impeccable here at the Obama Presidential Center. Before the grand opening ceremony begins, the warmup playlist takes the crowd on a fun journey: Talking Heads, “Once in a Lifetime”; Bill Withers, “Lovely Day”; Bad Bunny, “Nuevayol”; Beyoncé, “Texas Hold ’Em.”

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We don’t usually see each other’s headers. Here’s mine: David Lynch, photographed in Chicago 20 years ago, underneath the Belmont el tracks. I interviewed him while he was in town doing press for “Inland Empire.” Quote-skeet with your header (if you feel like it)

David Lynch, standing beneath the el tracks with a cigarette dangling from his lips.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Love this fun Landsat tool from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey.

The letters W E B, spelled out in three separate satellite images of the earth.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Incredible work from photographer Nicole Hester of the Tennessean: Attempting to attend a Senate Committee meeting about redistricting affecting his own city, state Rep. Justin Pearson is denied entry by the Sergeant at Arms, May 6, 2026.

TN state Rep. Justin Pearson, a Black man representing Memphis, is denied entry to a state Senate committee hearing about redistricting. Standing in his way, just a foot apart from Pearson, is a white man wearing a badge.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I scrolled quite a ways and didn’t see this. I’m sure someone has posted it but honestly it should be Top Five.

An original 1960 movie poster for Alfred Hitchock’s “Psycho.”

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Still thinking about last week’s Survivor episode, the Zac Brown debacle, and Dee’s hilarious reaction. #Survivor50

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Always a great reminder. Also, I believe this is something written/said by Dan Savage in the context of the MAGA era. Whether one likes Dan Savage or not, his full quote is worth citing for its reminder to keep hoping, fighting, and dancing:

A quote from writer/activist Dan Savage: “During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for. It didn't look like we were going to win then and we did. It doesn't feel like we're going to win now but we could. Keep fighting, keep dancing.”

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Well, it’s a neo-Western, but: Johnny Guitar.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

This past week, I visited St. Raymond of Peñafort Catholic Church. (The suburban church hosted the funeral for a beloved 95-year-old, who passed peacefully in her sleep.) I don’t know when it was constructed — the ’60s? early ’70s? — but its relatively modern stained-glass windows are true stunners.

The enormous main stained-glass window of a church in Mt. Prospect, featuring a thin white spiral design swirling through ribbons of color, all illuminated by bright sunlight. Photo taken January 2026.

Part of a long wall of stained-glass windows of a church in Mt. Prospect, illuminated by sunlight on a bright January day.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Another beautiful winter sunset in Chicago.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I just scrolled down two posts from yours to find this one. Seems like Grindr users ought to send this asshat CEO a few thousand news links.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

You will be visited by three spirits.

Detective Hawk, Sheriff Truman, and Agent Cooper from “Twin Peaks.”

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Autumn is the best! Here’s one of my favorite trees here in Rogers Park, just steps away from Lake Michigan.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Enjoyed some lovely public art along/near The 606 in Chicago on Sunday. This city remains glorious and its people joyous.

“There’s No Place Like Home” mosaic, in honor of Oz creator L. Frank Baum.

A house alongside the elevated 606 trail, painted with a multicolored honeycomb pattern.

A long structure alongside the elevated 606 trail, painted with large portraits of dogs and a hummingbird.

A man and his black Labrador peer at the camera from behind a large sculpture along the 606. The sculpture is a lattice of multicolored eyeballs.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Death on the Nile has its flaws, but I’ll always love it for the killer cast (on location in Egypt!). Angela Lansbury deserved an Oscar nom for her hilarious scenery chewing as the alcoholic romance novelist: “Barman! This crocodile has lost its croc!”

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

This sunrise over Lake Michigan in Chicago.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I caught it from the Morse el platform at the tail end of sunset.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

If you see this, post a DC Comics cover you love.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

My obscure thirst trap player, who’s got the potential to be a smart strategist on his second chance — he’s certainly got unfinished business: Reynold from FvF2. #survivor50

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

What’s a line delivery you think about A LOT?

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Too late for the recap, but what the hell was up with Logan’s freakout when Miles stole an idol that wasn’t hers and then sent PD home?! #SurvivorAU

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Taken at dusk, February 1: The crescent moon dances with Venus.

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Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

It’s a frigid -5 in Chicago at daybreak today, with vapor rising off Lake Michigan. Still beautiful.

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