We can't sustain this intensity of housing price pressure in Chicago, not without losing the fundamental thing that makes this city work for people.

#Tuftpostbot Tuftie: True(1.0000). Photo by jmvohs.

Anne Waldman

(to anyone who sees this while drinking a beer) Cheers champ

Fishing hole (2023)

Montrose (Chicago) was bananas today with some running event (should have checked the calendar), but once you got away from that, the sanctuary was quiet. Good peeps on the beach. 🪶

The Fern Cat https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19635

mad how the defining cultural image of Steamboat Willie is Mickey whistling and driving the boat, and not the bit where he plays a pig's nipples as a musical instrument while it shrieks in pain

Heat pumps solve the AC discourse. Need to heat your home in the winter and don't have AC, what if I told you there was a heater you could run backwards to cool your home when it's too hot? Chalk up another W for heat pumps

friend at a big tech co just told me that her company's chatbot and their client's chatbot have been caught in a mutual support loop for several days that has generated nearly 20k emails

It's so satisfying when something is named right. So you'll know how happy I am to say this is the GLORIOUS FLATWORM, Pseudobiceros gloriosus, native to the benthic zone of the Indo-Pacific. They lack internal organs: no heart or blood vessels, no gills. But /reproduction/ is where it gets WEIRD.

Van Jones and Kyrsten Sinema should start a podcast together, we'd never run out of insane things to get mad at them about

I especially love this diagram.

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This beautiful, delicate ornament in the shape of a bee – just 12cm long and made in gilded copper by Moche artisans in northern Peru in the 6th or 7th century CE (The Met) 🗃️

This is the phone you have to use to phone bank in IL9. It costs 12 million dollars.

james carville rn

GUY WHO INVENTED SPRINKLES: they're sweet and great for lots of stuff! I'm going to call them sprinkles because you sprinkle them on, heh. yours are neat too! what are you going to call them GUY WHO INVENTED NONPAREILS: *flicking cigarette* you are a fucking joke

JB Pritzker is so rich he could get shrimp at Culver's 3 times a day

Shrimp story: At first nobody could figure out how to breed them in captivity. The breakthrough came when someone tried putting them in a circular pool with a circular current. Turns out the female shrimp would rub against the wall of the tank, which removed one eye and this made them able to do it

It’s #pollinatorweek! 🐝 Looking to add some #nativeplants to your garden to support pollinators? Add plants in a range of colours that bloom from spring-fall. Some suggestions for eastern Canada ⬇️ Early spring: trees (e.g., maples, poplars, ashes, serviceberries) 1/3

time to post my absolutely favorite meme

This week on Civ VII my team of historians took some time to do an AMA of player questions this week! They had a lot of fun answering; you can check out the Reddit link to the full AMA on Steam here

So true sticker on a bike rack

Peek-a-bat! Duchess the western mastiff bat is always very curious. 🦇 #bats #arizona #cuteanimals

"I can't stand these libs, constantly bragging about how they know how to properly eat shrimp..."

I took the hip new "describe my politics" quiz: Correct |x----|-----| Wrong Stupid |-----|----x| Smart Cool |x----|-----| Square Brave |x----|-----| Cowardly

And both have redheads with eyepatches.

Central banking simulator

We all have that one follower whose Like feels like this:

they're the same picture

Omg I just discovered there are four scissor-tailed flycatcher fledglings learning to fly in a nearby tree. Look at these fluffy little cuddle buddies! 😭 #Photography #Birds

He has style. He’s into fashion

yub nub delilah what's it like in ewok city

06/25/2026 return to the sea

He coulda been the Chicago Mamdani fr 😞

labia majora's mask

when I say "bring back shame" this is what I'm talking about

🕸️ Histoire naturelle des fourmis, . Paris, De l'impr. de Crapelet, 1802.. [Source]

Why is eating a flaky croissant so embarrassing like oh sorry I’m getting my buttery flakes everywhere

The Reason for the Season. #makeaterriblecomicday2024

call that a Tequila Mockingbird

When I see that stupid fucking bulldog logo painted all big as fuck on apartment buildings in Uptown