PSA: please do not drive if you are sick with COVID. Risk of crash is "comparable to driving under the influence of alcohol at legal limits or driving with a seizure disorder" You are endangering yourself, and others.

Well damn, that was quick! Not even a week between this post & holding all the STFU about Chicago stickers I could ever want in my greedy little hands! Fantastic stuff, @harebrained.bsky.social !!!

NEW — What we know so far today: • Federals seen on a residential block in Chicago Lawn • "F–cking asshole," a woman yells after feds arrest a man in Pilsen and leaving his car abandoned on the street. • Trump says Kirk’s last words to him were “save Chicago” thetriibe.com/2025/09/live...

Outside the Broadview ICE facility this afternoon. Not a ton of movement at the moment, but have seen a few masked agents coming and going. This black Jeep was spotted by rapid responders earlier today during an arrest in McKinley Park.

Do we have a new anthology project in mind? Oh yes! Find out more here: www.kickstarter.com/...

To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Chicago River at Wolf Point is all grown up.

I feel increasingly confirmed in my belief that most if not all of this man’s actions can be attributed to him being enraged that he has chronic illness and can’t privilege his way out of it So he hates his family & hates the medical establishment for putting him in this position and not fixing him

and also, if you’re not protecting yourself from covid, you are greatly increasing the chances that you yourself will *become* “disabled people” a lot sooner than you otherwise might have. #MaskUp because #CovidIsntOver!

Look at this perfect autumnal friend ☺️🍁

#pixel #pixelart

“It gives the illusion I was standing as some lone warrior in a cloud of gas,” Evans said. “It just happened to be the way the photo was framed. But people got hurt, people were hurt purposefully.”

Brontosaur Totem 🦕✨ Originally, I intended on having this be another scrunchie-saur to protect one's scrunchies and hair-ties, but I forgot to dunk them in clear glaze before cooking 😂😂😂 This friend is still available here: shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/... #art #pottery #SciArt

There is really no such thing as a universal digital service and the illusion that there is wastes a huge amount of policy time and money. Services should start with people, not technologies.

This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)

Co-sign. My local pantry has gotten a monthly donation from me for a while, but it’s even more necessary now.

I liked it better when the fbi was threatening me at the beginning of every movie instead of farming twitter for aura points

Ooo Got $37.95 today for being screwed over by a giant multinational corporation

All right. Starting up the ol' APPLE RANKINGS machine again this season -- and this time keeping track of them and doing some re-reviewing. We begin with the much-maligned (er, by me) HONEYCRISP. terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...

Mpox is on the rise in Chicago, but you can get vaccinated now, including at these free clinics at Center on Cottage Grove (the first one is today!)

I’m no fancy politics guy, but i’d say any country where you can’t put a man in prison for accepting a literal bag full of cash in exchange for favors from the government is not, in fact, a functioning state.

ice is active in chicago's southwest side this morning. confirmed sightings in the chicago lawn and gage park neighborhoods. there looks to be at least one arrest so far. it seems to be a quieter morning, though, overall, so far.

Made a quick trip to the mountains on the weekend. Spent some quality time with this Hoary Marmot who was quite happy to pose for photos. #wildlife #marmot

If the Rapture is tomorrow, we should all get the day off. For practical reasons, like a snow day. You don't want people on the road when folks are getting Thanos snapped by Jesus

that's exactly right 🎨

Fixating on the beliefs of every shooter to find the ideological smoking gun to use as an indictment of elements of culture that displease you most isn’t a path to problem solving. It’s an exhaustive exercise in gaslighting. An attempt to satisfy preexisting notions. Harms the entire justice system

81 Mpox Cases Reported In Chicago In 6 Months Health Officials Urge Vaccination - Block Club Chicago blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/22/8...

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

Untitled The first rain in weeks begins tapping on the roof at dawn. Then it's here in a rush, the bone-dry leaf duff rattling into a roar.

Monday vibes 🪶☀️🌵 Black-crowned Night Heron

I'm back to sharing new Brazil photos this week... A rainforest canopy tower experience is a very cool way to see birds at eye level, but getting close mammals is uncommon. At this tower, I've had multiple monkey encounters, including endangered white-cheeked spiders this year. Very special!

Cardinal Delivery - needle felted #ornament with a #holiday greeting. #art #sculpture #needlefelt #fiberart #artYear #cardinal #bird #birdArt #anthropomorphic #EastCoastKin

Daily bunny no.3085 is heading into town

log on, see misinformation, see prominent chicago left account posting "Actually asking 'Source?' is offensive and rude" and I just.... honey-pumpkin, we are in this entire situation BECAUSE people stopped caring about sources. your comrades asking for sources on big news events are not your enemy

Post a random Star Trek image

I’m waiting

Shoutout to @thewhn.bsky.social for putting together an excellent, science-based Q&A on why many of us are still masking😷 "Yes, We Continue Wearing Masks—Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered." whn.global/yes-we-conti...

Selections from some of my pen and black ink drawings ... frogs from the CLM Archives 🐸

This is a good reminder to get offline and make cool stuff.

Our story about treatment delays and life-threatening incidents in ICE facilities is cited by ~30 US senators in a letter to Noem, urging her to "cease detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women absent exceptional circumstances." www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

We appreciate being in conversation and community with y’all. From Chicago to LA ✊🏾

"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."

‘1 thing I did learn in Russia is there is no way to make this feel “less bad.” You are not crazy for feeling terrible, & no amount of perfect habits will make a legitimately bad time feel less bad. All you can do is find some balance by increasing the dose of good. This is where art comes in, too.’

ruining the day of everyone at the function by teaching them what bald eagles *really* sound like

come watch a bug breathe with me

It’s really gratifying to see a client citing a book you also indexed #AmIndexing

PSA: Your period should not 🩸last > 7 days 🩸interfere with your life 🩸happen consistently > than monthly 🩸require product changes more than every 2 hours 🩸have clots larger than a quarter 🩸cause debilitating pain 🩸require double product coverage 🩸make you anemic

We did it! @annkingdom.bsky.social and I speaking on ‘Humour and bias in indexing’ at @indexers.bsky.social #SIConf25 conference. I got @alaughinstockport.bsky.social and @murderinccomedy.bsky.social in there. 😀