Two years ago hiking through the forest preserves, and one kid noticed a lattice of sticks at the base of a tree, obviously human-made. Let’s look! On closer inspection, in the hollow of the tree we found a small statue. Some kind of shrine in the woods. I assume that the small child is

They could surely rebrand for St. Patrick's day

Bari Weiss, meet Barbra Streisand.

@annelibby.bsky.social @junkyardmessiah.bsky.social Sounds like it *could* be an insect or some type of caterpillar, and I gave it a shot, but nope.

@jwomack.bsky.social Nope. Not today, not ever.

fyi these cups are fluorescent. (At least the orange parts, not sure about the red but probably, just less so than the orange).

In a way, not surprising at all. Public officials like Dr. Birx (who was actually a respected expert on AIDS before Covid) and Fauci often restrained Trump's impulses and Trump hated it. He believes Covid cost him the election (and it did). His new appointees are a revenge against public health.

Fox. From “Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language.” (1909). Bit torn here and theee. On display in a bookstore. Massive. 2700 pages, 400,000 words and phrases.

My wife is giving all the hats she knitted to a school for a fundraiser. I’m glad for the funds, but I’m also sad to see them go, as they have become a kind of growing fixture stacked neatly on this countertop as she’s knitted them out. So, I had to document them in photos. This one’s her favorite.

Day #215: Fritos (1975)

I see you, NYT Spelling Bee

The Apostle Islands ice caves are open to the public for the first time in 11 years. Visitors must walk 2 to 6 miles on top of frozen Lake Superior to access the caves. 📸: Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune

@boursier.bsky.social Forever going forward when I see these jars I’ll always remember that one time you said “Gefilte fish is a trick we use to throw gentiles off of the trail so there’s more smoked herring for us.”

@annelibby.bsky.social And I promise not to bring up Stan’s Donuts every time I see it but this is kind of local newsworthy because now it seems like Stan’s makes pączki doughnuts (though I can’t imagine them being as good as the Polish bakeries).

@jwomack.bsky.social I promise this will be the last about Dubai chocolate for a while but fyi the heart-shaped box of them is now 50% off, and…

Another death due to ICE

“Streets, cars submerged as flash flooding hits Los Angeles County.” ktla.com/weather/sout... via @nf1nk.bsky.social

Curling Bisbee, ND

Wirecutter | Five toilet seats you’d be proud to snort cocaine off of.

I would rock that

“backpack”

Just one left. Basement of McCormick Place convention center (1971).

oddball photo for the week

At the car show

Tornadoes are back already

Salmon sold at BJ’s recalled for possible listeria #usnews

(I feel they should give you at least one honorary point for finding both the given name and the surname for the same guy).

(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

Free whistles at @raygunsite.com. They were dual-tone and LOUD.

paging @gammacounter.bsky.social hwhaaat -- also they had those tiny cans of Dr.Pepper Zero at the Roblaws so that's what I was drinking for fun last week

I’m in Dixon, Illinois. (Not for long).

If you think times are stupid now........Explore this gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

Love this.

You made it. You are now an Ascended Master praise be

Love the old Volvo.

The giant Stephen King cardboard cut-out in this. bookstore is pretty intense.

@colinpeters.bsky.social My hotel room yesterday. Not even close to a prime number. Needs 15 more ones

“Ski warfare is first recorded by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus in the 13th century. During the Battle of Oslo in 1161, Norwegian troops used skis for reconnoitering. They were also used in 1452 in Sweden, in the 15th-17th centuries by various other Scandinavian countries. Norwegian Captain

Fast food restaurant along the Interstate

Tools of the craft. I had no idea what this was and had to ask. A circular razor blade enclosed in a brass housing, with radial slots for cutting yarn. With a loop for wearing it around your neck, should you want to. Like a knitter’s shuriken pendant. Pretty damned metal.

And I just wanted to let all you guys know that you are the substrate to my enzyme ❤️

I didn’t scan the code, and not sure what “get involved” entails, but I wonder if they’re talking low-level mob violence

Water molecules at room temp are in motion. And motion requires energy. If you take, let’s say 20cc of water & seal it in a glass capsule & wait for millions & millions or maybe billions of years or whatever, will the water eventually run out of energy & the molecules stop moving? If not, why not

MAHA

always thought it was a little bit evil when they did this to us