Also, happy Caffeine Awareness Month! @sprudge.bsky.social sprudge.com/march-is-caf...

This is a really stupid question, and probably more appropriate for Threads (I don't use Threads), but when did people stop saying "please" in work-related contexts (or any probably)?

normal dog, switzerland, 15th century

Current* conditions near Gary, IN:

Never change, AI.

My latest coffee guide is to some of the sweetest spots in my hometown of Chicago, over at @sprudge.bsky.social. Please check it out if you want to drink some coffee in Chicago. sprudge.com/the-sprudge-...

Adams got to Old City Hall from Times Square in 15 minutes? Really?

Current* conditions near New Buffalo, MI:

Did everyone else already know about "fluid bear painting"? Is this trend a hoax?

@jon.wprb.com Maybe this guy would like to be on the Christmas show: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Tig loves Formula 1

Aurora Forecast Update for 2025-11-12T02:04:01Z Additional Details Here.

Heading downstairs for a sec anyone need a drink or snack or massive kick in the head

@chiosse.bsky.social Decatur Playground appears not to have been weeded all summer. Currently the weeds are coming up through the benches. Can anybody come work on this please? Yes we’ve all called 311.

Can't make this up, but my USPS stamps celebrating "20 Years of Delivering" (with art by Chris Ware) appear to be lost in the mail.

Just recognized the irony of using online thesaurus to find another word for "synonymous".

You love to see this happen to a guy who is absolutely parked in a bike lane right now

For people tired of bougie shit, may I recommend always misreading the word "curated" as "cursed" as I just did, you're welcome.

My latest in Sprudge's hallowed pages: a shiny new NYC Upper Manhattan guide.

PDFs of knitting 🧶 patterns need to be printer-friendly. (It'd be ideal if I didn't print 'em at all, but I need to make notes.) Just bought a pattern for a piece that's trendy rn, it is 6pp with 2 nearly full-page images, color pics every page. Instructions take up 500 words tops. Who is this for??

Happy Pride! And happy release day for A Trans Person Made Your Puzzle, a crossword collection supporting transgender charities (organized by @adanicklmao.bsky.social), written and edited entirely by trans and nonbinary puzzlemakers (including me)! Check it out here: sites.google.com/view/transxw...

The vanished icon of Atlantic Ave. was the relic of a secretive family who grabbed buildings from immigrant owners across the booming borough. www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/19/s...

Part of my fun in solving Connections is trying to figure out what Wyna’s category names will be but wow dude

Don’t rank him. Just don’t!

Hokay I realize for every NYT xword solver outside of Chicago that may sound like downtown but noooo.

May 11th is Mother's Day! Tell mom she's the best by getting her a nice gift and making sure she has a working carbon monoxide alarm on every level of her home.

BTW a good mental heatlh tip I learned is to leave the Bsky app open to one of the #Cats feeds so that when I reflexively open it looking for some kind of random negative dopamine hit, I am first greeted by Lulu, Spiffy, Binx, and Mr. Oogie Boogie. Then I can usually just close the app.

My latest is a fun historic tromp with @lamarzocco.bsky.social through NYC espresso history, accompanied by a gorgeous map from my talented friend the Milwaukee-based illustrator Aly Miller! home.lamarzoccousa.com/the-history-... ☕️

So all of the pollen count apps suck, right? That’s the deal?

Gov Hochul is attempting again to ban masks in NY. Please call Governor Hochul and your NY State Senator and Assemblymember and urge them not to ban masks! More info: covidadvocacyny.org/stopmaskbanny #NoNYMaskBan #StopMaskBans gothamist.com/news/gov-hoc...

From The Archives: Columbia University Gives Students Option To Finish Classes From Prison

Connections categories starting to verge on early-Wedding-Present-song-title-level awkwardness.

Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them." It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.

I know people don’t think it matters, but everyone needs to increase their contact with republican congress. Keep harassing them.

Masking is awesome! Taking responsibility for your health while also protecting others is badass! Not caring if other people think you’re weird to do those things is also badass!

BREAKING: Ontario has lost the 2025 provincial election

Keep it going

“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me. No fear.” —Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933

Other former Chicagoans also always try FRANGO in the Spelling Bee? No, just me?

Decaffed myself this morning so that's going great.

*Well actually*, NYT, it’s a tisane…

Greetings from Canada! Behold Buckminster Fuller’s USA Pavilion on a postcard for Expo 67 in Montreal.

Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up: Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief. If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.

My latest, a guide to North Brooklyn’s best coffee.

One thing I've found in recent weeks is that replacing big box/online shopping is easier than I expected for many things. Make a list of what you used to get (needs, not the fun extras) and see what you can order directly from manufacturers. I'm finding price and shipping totally competitive.

Check out the moon and Venus right now 🌙✨

Today was a day of mass censorship. Sending love & solidarity to all the amazing career scientists in government. For the rest of us: Now is not the time to self-censor or comply in advance. More than ever we need to stand by the principles of our profession and always keep speaking truth to power.

hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo. short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵 
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

It's 2025, is it really necessary for MacOS to move my hard drive randomly around the screen for its own entertainment anymore?