Another great typeface design for #manholecovermonday @jjtindall.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social

My favorite Chicago cover design, for #ManholeCoverMonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @slucy.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @jlempieri.bsky.social @giegerj.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social

The brick patterns of Chicago, as a quilt www.instagram.com/lizbarrrr

[X] marks the spot #manholecovermonday @jjtindall.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social

tavern, seward, nebraska, 1980

Dark Matter filled a coffeemug-shaped hole in my soul when I was new to the neighborhood...with unicorn blood.

2727 West Chicago Avenue

"we had something so great and so cool and we just gave it up, why"...you mean like an amazing interurban rail network?

⬛⬛⬛⬛ grid #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social

Nothing says Friday like thirty 1950s bus tickets from Milwaukee. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/g... A typographic carnival.

introducing Bluesky's new "Do Not Disturb" mode. now available to everyone

Margaret Hamilton is a queen! You probably have listened to “13 Minutes to the Moon” from BBC? She’s so proud of writing the first software that ran on the moon.

What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

Where the sidewalk ends #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social

Typography on Pencils, parts 1-6. For it is National Pencil Day. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/t...

State of the art #manholecovermonday @jjtindall.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social

good news the dogs are still good

TIL that flight attendants aren’t paid during boarding and that had simply not crossed my mind as a thing that was possible? what the actual fuck

Since it's opening day, why not read my story about how the Cubs were once called the Microbes? medium.com/@robertloerz...

Boxed in #manholecovermonday @jjtindall.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social

this is not the reminder you are looking for

It's a thing of beauty

dang, the final lost MST3K episode was JUST found at a garage sale, and now it's on YouTube for all to enjoy. watch and be astounded that a 38-year-old VHS recording held up so nicely: youtu.be/u_Z4hnagGLE?...

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Any event with even a nametag/sticker, even from my own institution -- walking out the door, that thing is off

"seek shelter in here!"

Seto-kun is a mascot from Seto City and is based on a historical ceramic guardian dog from there. He plays a mean sax.

Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967) 1942 More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111628

Today is MAR 10, aka Mario day. It is also extremely close to the spring equinox. This implies a cycle of Wario Day (fall equinox), Luigi Day (summer solstice), and Waluigi Day (winter solstice).

Think Planet Money Tshirt, but hear "Fear the Boom and Bust" rap battle

The distribution of letters in English words.

Weinbrennerei u. Likörfabrik

Once you see the Hotel Guyon in person, there's just something about it that will not let you go. It is hauntingly beautiful, even in its current state. These pics are from 2023, before they put up the scaffolding. Architect: Jens J Jensen, 1927

Freiburg #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social

Important terms for World Book Day Abibliophobia: fear of running out of reading matter Tsundoku 🇯🇵: letting books pile up without reading them Librocubicularist: a person who reads in bed Déjá-lu: you’re reading something you have already read Bibliobibuli: someone who reads alot/drunk on books

Considering forcing all my systems to stop auto-correcting -- into — just so people know it’s me who is typing.

Antunnacum+2000 years=Andernach #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social

Eisenhower

📷 A view to the east showing conditions of the northern approach to the Loomis Street bridge over the South Branch of the Chicago River on November 13, 1902. 📽 Learn about the work of the #MWRD on our YouTube channel ⬇️ https://youtu.be/__yXMrBYek4#MWRD🏗💧💩🧪🧫🔬🌊🌞

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.

🚨 DarkSky creators with new weather app 🚨 acmeweather.com/blog/introdu...

Self-locking #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social

Raymond Trowbridge going hard AF with this photo of the Chicago Temple Building looming over an older city streetscape. (Batman's parents being murdered a few steps away, presumably) 📸CHM/Raymond W Trowbridge, 1924ish

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Every Lego catalogue, in full, from 1966-2015. At the link brickset.com/library/cata...

If only they were...*sigh*

ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org