Isaac Chotiner has invited me to sample some delicious Amontillado wine and I don’t know guys but I think I’m going to come out of this interview seeming like *quite* the wine expert

CHOTINER: And you didn’t know this person - what did you call him again? CELEBRIMBOR GREATEST OF THE ELVEN SMITHS: Right, his name was Annatar but CHOTINER: And you taught him to create a ring harnessing all his malice and cruelty? CELEBRIMBOR: Well I mean I was deceived CHOTINER: So you’ve said

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Hello Sunshine is a horror mystery GN about a boy who comes back from bible camp to find out that his secret boyfriend, Alex, is missing after a very public mental breakdown. #comics Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...

the perfect wall clock doesn't ex......

Fall time is truly here, go grab yourself a pumpkin beer 🎃🍺🌳🍁🌳🧟‍♂️🙀🧙🏾‍♂️🥚🥚🥚

happy new year, repent your sins, apologize to people, eat a lot

I would watch a feature-length documentary about the origins, history, and usefulness of the classic Ikea bag.

What’s the sweet spot of fame where you get to go apeshit in the Criterion Closet? I have so many tote bags. I am ready.

Not only don't I think this is a crank theory, I think it's obviously true almost at the sun-rises-in-the-east level.

My weekly must-reads list and my thoughts on witnessing care and courage amid clouds of tear gas Friday night. "Almost 550 people across Chicagoland have been arrested by ICE during Operation Midway Blitz. It is a campaign of terror focused on a city that our president feels profound contempt for."

Do not attempt a topless sexy dance to The Mariner’s Revenge during the “Find him, bind him…” part It’s too powerful

I made avgolemono with from-scratch chicken broth and eating the leftovers is restoring much-needed hit points. #food

oh my god they released Mecha-Hildegard

This is fantastic:

In Chicago residents are turning to the oldest of old-school tools to alert their neighbors of nearby ICE agents: whistles. “People could hear that noise, and if they don’t have legal status, go the other way.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/17/i...

It’s 4am do you know where your cats are Mine are a) parading up and down the hallway with the special favorite wand toy, screaming at the top of her lungs b) kneading my bladder like it’s challah day in the GBBO tent and then taking breaks to purr into my faceholes with his little kitty mouf

@suzietownsend.bsky.social is the best. ♥️

Tfw you catch* the big ball *nap next to

Alt text: A Freddie Mercury doll in a doll house. In image 1 he is hiding from a real life cat, who is peering through the door. In image 2 he is running away in terror as the cat sticks it’s paw through the door to try and grab him

i want a girl with a short dirk and a looooooooong dagger *sick beat guitar riff*

Hey there, Delilah Can you hear me through the floorboards Below which my dismembered corpse Provides the only records Of your crime? A long way back from hell I've had to climb Now I speak in rhyme

I am advocating for you to be killed but I am using my inside voice you must debate me this is called democracy

These bundles are MOVING, come get yours if you want one!

you guys #filmsky 📽️

I got yer timeline cleanse right here, folks. A whole clutch of teeny tiny snapping turtle behbehs emerged one at a time from their underground nest and crossed the gravel road while I and a couple other humans watched and made sure they were safe from anyone else coming along.

Social animals be socializing!

I took myself to the Art Institute for the evening and it was a good mood-booster.

lmao i saw a meme about thresher sharks and i thought "they can't possibly look that panicked" but they DO

The Gentleman Contemplates The Day Ahead: Whither The Brain Cell?

DELIGHTFUL!

I wish there had been someone like Plaster Caster but for character actor's noses.

Goddamn but Chicago is pretty

Getting down on one knee to ask if you would do me the honor of making things weird

Q: but what if a full Epstein investigation also takes down Bill Clinton????? A:

🚨📢 raising $ to cover bills, as I’m still on the job hunt and preparing to leave this relationship. my (soon to be former) partner is already hemming and hawing about what they’re going to cover. I need $300 by 9/16. sayheylenee @ gmail on all $ platforms.

Daniel Jason Mendoza Striped Tiger, when I sing along to Wig In A Box while making full eye contact before he’s had his breakfast

ATS searchlight operators, north London — Lee Miller, 1943

David Lynch’s High School Musical

Bus bunch thrice over The timid 155 Pack-only travel #transithaiku

My dearest Gwendolyn, it is day 25, we remain encamped in the Jewel-Osco parking lot. I have once again awakened to the sound of dripping water, for my bivouac lay beneath a large AC unit. Pvt Carson has passed, his agony concluded. The terror we felt as those beef sandwiches flew…

Sending love to everyone who's doing what they can, where they can, across Chicago right now. I love y'all. ❤

REMINDER: You can submit a written comment or sign up to provide an oral comment to the CDC's immunization committee that RFK Jr has stacked with antivaxxers. The deadline is Sept 13. Written submission link: www.regulations.gov/document/CDC... Oral sign up link: www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...

Being an adult means promising yourself you’ll get on a better sleep schedule every day until you die

I was able to grab an appointment at CVS for Saturday with no issues.