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As Halloween is round the corner we thought we’d share some medieval bats. A thread… 🧵 🦇

Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...

This dog was quite put out when I took his dirt mound away. Killed a prime sun baking spot, I did.

Rooster Saint Joe, IN

and look - I’ll take a boy who has mildly annoying takes on modernist novels, noise bands, and Leonard Cohen over a boy who cares for no one and nothing but meme stocks and anabolic steroids ANY day

Today’s surprise joy. (I hadn’t looked in the direction of this bed in a few days - so hadn’t seen this one bloomed.)

Yesterday’s joy. #garden

Today’s joy. #garden #nativeplants

It may be 89F at 9pm, but the backyard has a healthy dose of lightning bugs bouncing about. I’ll take that as a win.

When the world gets you down, just remember the wonderful variety of dumplings out there...

Semi-regular reminder: Baby open-ocean octopuses sometimes ride on jellyfish like little hats. 📸 Songda Cai bit.ly/2ZmNZZH 🧪🪼🐙🦑🌿

three minutes and thirteen seconds of a single 70° bike ride along the lake: CHICAGO IS THE GREATEST CITY CONCEIVED BY MAN. DANIEL BURNHAM WAITED 70 YEARS FOR ROBERT MOSES TO DIE TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM IN THE AFTERLIFE

In the North Carolina General Assembly, Carla Cunningham, Nasif Majeed, and possibly Shelly Willingham, all conservative Democrats who have voted to overturn Josh Stein's vetoes, are on track to lose their primaries. Look at God.

I know $$ is tight, & many groups need support rn. But I think the kids at H.A. Brown up in Kensington should have a school covered in art just like the Fishtown kids do, & we could all use a joyful project rn. Learn more about the project, and support us here: givebutter.com/KenzoMural

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, or as it affectionately referred to in Orion household...

Alice & Martin Provensen - from The Iliad & the Odyssey (1956). #wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “It depends.” “Why are they door dashing for bagels???” “What does the budget say is allowed?”

IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS: THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI

feeling angry or depressed? why not fix yourself a cup of tea? then you can be angry and depressed while also holding a cup of tea

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

I enjoy watching the nation duck this man like they are me ducking him in a Dominick’s c 2010.

A Chicago Municipal Device (a "Y" inside a circle), spotted in the Gage Park neighborhood.

I appreciate the sentiment here, but it is only honest to say that the United States will never be the same again. The U.S. that led the world in scientific research in so many disciplines is done. It may be possible someday for some to be rebuilt, but why would any other country trust us again?

These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.

I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead. It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut. No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.

Now, more than ever, check out a novel from your public library, get yourself some snacks, and READ for pure joy. You deserve it.

Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines. The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy. But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk. Get 'em at SquidFacts.net

This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end! It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍

every once in a while i remember this door

"You’ve lived through several waves of feminism, and they’ve culminated in two women who were among the most qualified candidates in US presidential history losing to the same misogynistic con artist." #McSweeneysTop25of2025

2026's First Light. This morning's sunrise in Chicago to start off the new year.

I was watching the beavers in Lincoln Park’s South Pond (a Christmas tradition?) when Greg happened to walk up.

I’ve been frustrated for at least a year because I want to read and just can’t focus on words on a page. I finally, somehow, broke through my inability to focus on audiobooks and it’s unlocked something. It’s such a relief. Here’s hoping it sticks and I’ll get lots of knitting and listening done.

Wow!

why not put count von count into various vampire scenes: thread

very googly grotesque

“WTF?! I know you saw me running! Couldn’t wait 30 seconds?!”

I’m going to guess, like most things, they’d also charge us the same price or more for the privilege of a smaller plate.

Sledding amongst skyscrapers in #Chicago on an incredibly snowy Novemeber day

fuck you the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh

the Appalachian mountains are so ancient they predate the evolution of bones.