There’s a squirrel at the park who has been hurling small branches to the ground for hours, and I like the idea that he’s working on an “open-concept tree.”

This is one of the most quietly revolutionary things any city can do to improve kids' lives & outcomes. If you genuinely care about kids having access to education or safe after school spaces & activities, then fund your libraries, staff your libraries, & make every public school ID a library card.

I truly cannot stop thinking about this.

haters are one of Chicago’s most vital exports. they don’t grow them like that anywhere else. if you have been hated by someone from Chicago you never forget it. Leo talks like a guy who has to call up his confessor twice a day to yell about some new Truth Social post that’s making him see knives

Today, I watched someone run a red light and then turn into the DMV parking lot, and I'm deeply disappointed that the parking lot didn't magically split open to swallow them whole.

This man is a certified cutie, and I cannot wait to watch this movie 😍

Found some cuties at the park today. 🤍

I opened Bluesky to distract myself from how nervous I am about a job interview this afternoon, and I will be closing Bluesky forever now, thank you

cancelling all of my commitments today to spend more time looking at photos of tiny hedgehogs wearing tiny hats. please understand.

I’m winding down with two clients I’ve been working with since January, which means I’ve got some availability for new work opening up soon. If you need a designer who thinks deeply about systems, teams, and users, AND who will ooh+ahh over an especially pretty serif, I’d love to chat with you!

“The Awakening,” by Kate Chopin 🌊

Hot damn, the rest of us Rachels have a lot to live up to. 😍

new pen day 🌸

i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact

Nature valentines. This comic is now available as a set of 6 Valentines cards: topatoco.com/collections/...

More from the Cactus Wren nest 🪶

If I could rip the defensive talking mechanism out of the brains of every writer I have ever worked with I would, and install this operating chip instead ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I didn’t expect to end the year at a hockey game with friends, but honestly, it was pretty great. Cincinnati crushed Indy, the indoor fireworks were actually cool, and the creepy mascot stayed far away from me. Happy New Year, Bluesky cuties! 🪩✨

merry hot chocolate season ✨

this phrase will haunt me for the rest of my life

I am pleased to announce I’ve won the NHL award for Best Picture.

Happy Thanksgiving! 🍂🍁

yes, i have been saving this screenshot for six months, just so i could wish you a lovely thanksgiving that is free from any obblegobblegations

“Heated patio” DOES make more sense to put on a roadside sign, but I was really enjoying the ten seconds when I thought it said “heated potato.” 🥲

[Dad at kitchen window with coffee cup observing rain voice] we needed this

Canada celebrates The Rapture in October

The Selena Gomez Oreos slap. Thank you and good night.

live your life so that when you die everyone talks about how hot you were and not how you were a hateful bigot

i dare the innovative minds at apple to find a word other than “innovative”

A car across the intersection let out a little honk today, and the best way I can describe the sound is "shy bagpipe." I'm obsessed.

*breathe in* I am not a dumpster fire. *breathe out* I am a dumpster phoenix.

Watched a man take a very hefty paperback book into the local Taco Bell, like he was preparing to be there for quite some time and had resigned himself to this fate. 🫡

photos of hedgehogs wearing tiny hats

I’d like the option to submit a bug report without then being drafted to the app development team for the next two to forty business days

May I offer you a small duck in these trying times?

Your mom sent me a thank you card for wasting part of my one wild precious life with her dusty son

hey panera can we have the lemonade that kills us again

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Sometimes in life you just need to stop and yell in a basket on the sidewalk. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Have you ever wished the browser would look at a background color and pick black or white for the text — whichever one provides more contrast? Now, the `constrast-color()` function in CSS does just that. webkit.org/blog/16929/c...

Concurrently terrifying and erotic Goodnight

Getting whacked on the inner ankle by a Skip-It would fix me

"I'm a slut for coasters" is a real thing I just said, and before you ask, yes, I am in therapy for many reasons 😌

Commas, like people and ducks, are often found in pairs. Read all about it in our latest post—which includes links to five related posts, all newly updated. Only at CMOS Shop Talk.

I am powerless to make the internet better but I can absolutely make it worse

thank you to craig for another year of being the dork and the hot one. may your hair always be perfect in this life and the next #wwdc