How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome

The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.

It's a Chicago holiday

em dashes are the perfect way to textually represent dramatically putting on/taking off my glasses

Amidst the chaos, a little smile for #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social

[Stephen Hawking's] disks are now part of a project at Cambridge University Library to rescue hidden knowledge trapped on floppy disks. The Future Nostalgia project reflects a larger trend in the information flooding into archives and libraries around the world. buff.ly/5FfQU3H

This is the first day in forever that my feed was full of joy and wit instead of an unspeakable new horror every three hours.

This isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, but if a sentence starts with ‘per’ it’s usually a bummer.

Every day I am like well THIS is the craziest thing to have happened so far. And then the next day happens.

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A lot of you don’t have this cut out and taped near your computer or TV and it shows

New ship of Theseus just dropped, but now it has conscious thought

Throwback from Andorra for #ManholeCoverMonday @rogersparkman.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social

With the Trump Administration about to roll its ugly occupation into Chicago, I wanted to write a little lyrical love letter to the city. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Pure joy

I don't understand why we only get superman and spiderman movies when there are like 100 muppets and every single one of them has leading man/woman potential

Architect Louis Sullivan was born #onthisday in 1856. When he first arrived in Chicago in 1873, the city was still in ruins after the Great Fire w/miles of shanties. Yet he saw potential in its reinvention. “There was stir, an energy that made [me] tingle to be in the game…THIS IS THE PLACE FOR ME!”

“Film things you see happening…Be loud for America” is quite the rallying cry.

Miles O'Brien fan club assemble.

Today at the Bike the Drive in Chicago.

How Beer Benefits. Chicago 1910

We know there is A LOT going on but access to history is important too. If you were a fan of the late Dennis McClendon, his Sanborn site is now only available via the Wayback Machine: web.archive.org/web/20241227...

This job might get the most applications in the history of job ads.

Also noting for the record that the "National Design Studio" logo includes a US flag without the stars. TBH, removing the symbols representing individual states is a little too on the nose for this administration

When there’s a desire path long enough and permanent enough to show up on satellite, maybe it’s time to invest in something more formal

Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

I'm sorry, but I need you to see this rock that looks like a sandwich that I just found on Instagram.

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

Benedetta Ristori, abandoned Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope, Orgov, Armenia, built between 1975 and 1985; active between 1986 and 1990.

Saturday market shopping #ManholeCoverMonday @jjtindall.bsky.social @a3minutewonder.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @spark1emark.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @oldandslow.bsky.social @giegerj.bsky.social @thedavesquared.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social

Detour to ol' St. Joe's for #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social

end of an era. AOL is discontinuing its dial-up internet next month

Funny how you just need to break some angles to turn kitchen environment into a spaceship.

JR East #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social

The Internet Archive has rolled out an extremely effective new tool for searching for old Geocities GIFs. I'd apologize for what I'm about to do to this website as a result, but that would be a lie, because I won't feel sorry at all gifcities.org

Forced to spend so much time in "conversational" chat spaces (Teams, Slack, etc.), the em dash and ellipsis are small marks of humanity I find myself using more often these days

Dots in Vienna for #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social

duolingo recently declared they are now an AI-first company. well, here at The Museum of English Rural Life, we pride ourselves in being EI-first. EI EI O

A dusty #manholecovermonday from Kanazawa @robertloerzel.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social

Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss

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

A simple Bavarian #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social

Jumping back in with one from Osaka for #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social