Long shot, but if anyone in North #Oxford has lost a tortoise with a surprising turn of speed in the heat, do get in touch..

Fifth most liked post on Bluesky yesterday. No escaping the fucking AI liars.

Royce Lewis delivers the first walk-off win for the Twins this season

sorry but I am honestly just fixated on "CANADIAN KETCHUP, MADE WITH CANADIAN TOMATOES" here

The hot weather is following Dylan’s path

www.axios.com/2026/06/26/h... Cities from Minneapolis and Chicago to Nashville and Atlanta will be under extreme heat risk next week, NOAA says. Such conditions affect "anyone without cooling/hydration as well as health systems, industries, and infrastructure."

Billy bragg in the rain. #solidsound

Cormorant posting? Here are a lot of Cormorants roosting after dark on cables crossing the South Saskatchewan River. They all face in the same direction. Bonus moonlight reflection 🪶

I've had a couple authors tell me recently that their favorite interviews have been with me. It means a lot to me.

I like songs with no discernible chorus

Obligatory

The cast of The Odyssey has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

Did you see this @chrissteller.bsky.social?

"Subpoenaed in Wisconsin, sequestered with shrimp"

If the next Hold Steady album is *not* titled “Fast Casual,” I will eat my hat.

THE UNDEFEATED CAPE VERDEANS ADVANCE AHEAD OF URUGUAY

Key Cities in Wisprawnsin/Shrimpsconsin: Prairie du Crustachien Prawnceton Ostrakosh Shrimpboygan Oprawnonmowoc Roever Falls Chippewa Trawls Markeseine

May have to read every word Liebling ever wrote.

My David Byrne cover band dress as hobbits. We're called Tolkien Heads.

Independence Day is a Christmas movie

Progression from drawing to mini print of three South Side two-flats on the 8000 block of S. Rhodes in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago #printmaking

So we're a 😎 crustacean nation (I'll show myself out)

At least as big as the giant orange moose in Black River Falls. www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1426?off...

What is the carbon footprint of Wisconsin shrimp?

just finished my design for a shrimp powered air conditioner. now to take a sip of coffee and check out bluesky

Counterpoint: Loitering is actually one of the best parts of going around the National Mall.

for the love of god make this part of the World Cup

@chrissteller.bsky.social will find this relevant www.reddit.com/r/Music/s/Kv...

An ill-advised close reading of selected portions of today’s state-flag op-ed. What does this lede really say? The writer engaged the neighbor, the neighbor said the old flag didn’t offend him. We’re told there are “connections to native heritage within his family.” “Apparently” means “she made up.”

I don’t have any opinions about Culver’s. Or thoughts, really.

For tattoo alteration I think the best option is SNAZZY Words with NAZ Merriam-Webster share.google/Rh0xXc04U5Pc...

They have packaged the last brew of Schlitz at Wisconsin Brewing Co. in Verona Wisconsin. They used a 1948 recipe. It's released this weekend. Looking forward to receiving the 2 cases I have ordered!

I’m in NYC for night two of my four night gig run! Going with my daughter to see the Moldy Peaches, about whom I wrote this—possibly the most fun I’ve ever had writing! stereogum.com/2158243/the-...

Aside from everything else, Bob Stinson is wearing a Prince “1999” shirt in the photo.

We lived behind a methadone clinic in Eugene Oregon and every morning, 5 days a week, while waiting for it to open at 7am, a guy with a guitar would be singing Band on the Run, and that line was the only line he knew. Over and over and over and over

I’m sitting outside a bookstore and a guy with a guitar is singing Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright.

“Unafraid”: The moment The Replacements truly became The Replacements

Only thing I wanna hear from the Atlantic is the cheerful trill of a porpoise

Multiple local ice cream places failing inspections within a month is a bit of an eek

Gracie the Giraffe has been found after days-long search through Texas Hill Country www.khou.com/article/news...

Every city has at least one ominous megastructure. Some of them have a few.

This piece from 2016 by @shannonmattern.bsky.social is excellent. Read it! Related to it, I need HELP! I want to assign as a primary source Altman & Cheung's blog post on "New Cities"...but it's gone and Wayback Machine was no help. Did anyone save a copy? placesjournal.org/article/a-ci...

A couple strange things in this statement from Lavender's CEO. 1.) Double spaces between sentences. 2.) "The goals for Lavender’s founders have been achieved. It is now time to say goodbye as we have achieved the purpose for which we were created." lavendermagazine.com/featured-hom...

Taking in the sights aboard a Metro Transit 3M ad-wrapped Kris Lindahl train car!

Do Ya want to order take out on the Telephone Line?

Some cities have two Ominous Megastructures.

The McKnight Foundation hopes this will be the first mural in a "rotating" public art series.

"Almost Argentina" is my favorite extended Wilco jam.

i'm running out of generations to blame