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Sarah

@writesaidsarah.bsky.social
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I post about my cats ⭐ Chicago-based, frequent traveler ⭐ Movie/book reviews and other passing thoughts here: www.howsmyliving.com

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leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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💀your friend corrigan.🥀 @hereliescorri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I feel like there's a cohort of us who got on the internet before "social media" and made all sorts of healthy friendships through forums or livejournal or what have you and thus, while everyone's like SOCIAL MEDIA FUELS COMPARISON AND MISERY we're like, but that's just where my friends live.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 29/09/2026
* HARMONICA SOLO *
Squirrel holding paws up to face
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution. SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
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After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botches the execution
SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Do you ever think about the British English names for music notation and get scared
The list of British names for note value: breve, semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, and demisemiquaver
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"with Claude, we will no longer need lightly stoned weirdos who work at record stores because they are neurodivergent as hell and some band you've never heard of but is about to change your life is their special interest" these tech bros really hate anyone who was cooler than them in high school
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Norin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 30/09/2026
giant pikachu 🐁⚡️ #art #pokemon
Illustration of a gigantic pikachu in the middle of a city
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
until chicago pope i don’t think i ever truly understood that the pope is like a guy
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
A long horizontal sign based on the ones at CTA stations that tell what stop you’re at. It’s gray with red, purple, and brown bands at either ends. Four pigeons are perched on the sign in various pigeon poses as a sunrise is seen in the background. The sign itself reads, ‘Maybe It will happen today’
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Sadly Rutschman @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh shit the White Sox are literally on a mission from God
Letter to Jerry Reinsdorf from the pope

I was pleased to receive the kind letter that you
sent
following the game that took place at Rate Field on August 11, 2026. I am most grateful for this thoughtful gesture.
As I have noted,
"sport can truly become a school of life,
where all can learn that abundance does not come from victory at any cost, but from sharing, from respecting others and from the joy of walking together" (Letter Life in Abundance, 6 February In this spirit, it is my hope that the White Sox will
continue to foster bonds of friendship and solidarity people, and thus bear hopeful witness to the possibility of living and working together in peace.
With
these sentiments, I willingly invoke the Almighty's
abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones.
From the Vatican, 9 September 2026
Leo PXIV
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azure ☃️ @zurrr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
good names on petfinder today
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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
One great thing about having grown up watching Wishbone is that I can't read classic literature without picturing the show at least once. You're neck deep in Frankenstein, a story about a guy stitching body parts together, and you think "Awww, and he's stitching them with his widdle paws."
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Sarah @writesaidsarah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh sure this happens NOW after I don't work at the lab anymore www.reddit.com/r/chicago/s/...
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From the chicago community on Reddit: Full video of F-16 intercepting a Cessna over Argonne Lab Today
Explore this post and more from the chicago community
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3455 prefers the classics
Two bunnies are standing near a record player, and one starts to play their preferred record, "Something Else" by the Kinks. Next to him, the second bunny is miffed that she can't play her preferred record, "Room On Fire" by the Strokes.
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Kathleen @burritomadness.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think Oregon should just pass a bill saying the back of the flag is the front of the flag now. I love him, your honor
The back of the Oregon state flag,a yellow beaver on a blue background
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petfinder names @petfindernames.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
a Petfinder screenshot of an adult male guinea pig named "crop top"
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Harvest Moon rising behind Chicago Harbor Lighthouse on Saturday evening in Chicago.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 26/09/2026
If you own 20+ flashlights, at a certain point you're probably running an unregistered lighthouse but we're not the lighthouse safety commission so keep up the good work.
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 26/09/2026
They shouldn't have wasted the name Skye Rizzy on some drug that does whatever it does. That was meant to be the name of a teen celebrity who's famous for reasons I understand as little as I understand that drug
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McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pour some out for the steamers Philip R Clarke & Arthur M Anderson, some of the oldest freighters on the Great Lakes, now in long-term layup in Toledo, neither expected to sail again. The Anderson was the last ship in contact with the Edmund Fitzgerald. Photos by Lou Gerard & Altafest.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is one of those stories that drives home just how horrifying the current administration and its immigration policies / enforcement tactics are. It’s heartbreaking and stomach turning.
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Nire Bryce @nirebryce.breadthcharge.net · 26/09/2026
yeah this guy is one of the top preventing-nuclear-war saints, followed closely behind by Renfrew Christie and co and a few handfuls of others, many we'll never learn about either due to secrecy or safety of their freedom
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 26/09/2026
queen victoria told me the northwest passage keeps eating her poorly planned expeditions so i asked how many expeditions she has and she said she just goes to the royal academy and gets a new afterwards so i said it sounds like shes just feeding ships to the ice and then prince albert started crying
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Sarah @writesaidsarah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Chicago pals, I have an extra ticket to see Top Gun Maverick with live score performed by the Chicago Philharmonic on Saturday night (at the Auditorium Theatre downtown) if anyone would like to watch the zoom zoom movie plus violins with me ✈️
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: I came across a bookseller who was afraid that a mysterious company trying to buy some of his rarest books was going to use them to train AI models. I went down the rabbithole with him, and was confused and altogether existentially weirded out by what I found www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books
Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?
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Sarah @writesaidsarah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
RIP boots that were already falling apart anyway, you still didn’t deserve what Riot Fest did to you, you lived a worthy life
A pair of short lace up boots in a plastic bag. The boots are technically black but they are like 95% covered in mud.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s…
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
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Mr. Moo Sky @bricebowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Disable gambling ads:
Discord Settings. "Sponsored Content" button is pressedSponsored Content settings. "Manage Sponsored Content" button is pressedManage Sponsored Content settings. "Real Money Gambling" radio switch is "off" (disables gambling content)
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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026
this may literally be the maddest I have ever seen a judge
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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026
"my schedule controls now" is bars, this whole order is incredible
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 22/09/2026
Amazing. Also--you never know what will make an impact, no matter how small it seems.
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Sarah @writesaidsarah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Usually I look forward to the post music festival shower but man I was so disappointed to have to get underneath water again
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
other things found in an old photo folder: this remarkable headline about the time the Mets went all-out for one special fan
newspaper headline: "Mets Blow a Save and Fan 18 Times in Opening Loss"
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Sarah @writesaidsarah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I just think that if you weren't alive when Jagged Little Pill came out, that you shouldn't have been allowed to shove your way in front of me at the Alanis Morissette set.
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Sarah @writesaidsarah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I don't think I'm ever going to be dry again
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Tyler @electriceden92.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As there is a new cat, so is there a new mouse. The cycle is unbroken
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fuck man he even addressed the top shortage
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P @intothejunction.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
People always talk about the Cubs winning the World Series in 2016 and shifting us into the parallel hellverse, but you hardly ever hear anyone mention how the Blues winning the Stanley Cup in 2019 brought about COVID-19
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PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Seed Shanty
Song birds sing a sea shanty aboard a schooner boat loaded to the deck with bags of seed: “Seed, Seed, Seed! All the seed we need!”

Captain Robin Cornwallis has seen something through his spy-glass which causes him grave concern, even as the singing continues (“On this we are agreed…”)Spyglass view: A pirate ship approaches. At every level of the ship, it is crawling with scurvy, rascally squirrels, each with their eyes aimed at the bird’s ship. “Seed, seed, seed!” the crew continues.
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Sarah @writesaidsarah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
CIFF schedule: managed; I am excited to see Several Weird Movies
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 18/09/2026
dudes rock www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
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Can Two Friends Complete a Game No One Has Ever Finished? (Gift Article)
The Campaign for North Africa, a staggeringly complicated World War II board game, has stymied players for decades. Now two guys in England are giving it a serious go.
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Sarah @writesaidsarah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
With CIFF member tickets going on sale tomorrow, I'm jotting down notes about the movies on my long list of ones to see, and my note for Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors just reads "151 minutes of Lav Diaz" which is, truly, all I need to know
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Republican Project for literally my entire life has been to warn us that the Federal Government was Too Powerful and Overreaching and would Strip Our Freedoms and now they have gotten into lockstep behind this loon who's like "I might fuck around and ban muffins"
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An update on the 48th Ward rat wall
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Happy National Hamburger Day @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do you ever feel like maybe you died a decade ago and have been living in a coma world that’s trying to give you subtle clues that your family back home is crying and telling you to go towards the light
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