Toscha
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Lover of lovely things, problematic takes, and my rescue dog. Hater of Illinois Nazis.
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Lake forever, problems for now.
about 2 months ago
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Top Five Fave Documentary Genres 1. US history chapter narrated by Peter Coyote over 20 hrs 2. Lives of the rich & famous modernists 3. The Plague 4. Emotionless description of an atrocity committed by the government last year 5. Is this famous landmark haunted by ghosts, or our collective shame?
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about 10 hours ago
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I need cliffhanger shows like Stranger Things to stop "dropping" episodes in clumps. You can't look forward to watching one episode a week OR binge it on a holiday weekend? If they need to eek out multiple months of a Netflix subscription for it, airing it weekly over 8 weeks would do that.
about 12 hours ago
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 16 hours ago
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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ceej
about 16 hours ago
The bloody ghost of my ancestor Lt. John Bacon, shot dead by a redcoat musket during the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19th, 1775, appeared at the side of my bed last night and said anyone can be American as long as they arenβt English
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This has happened 3 days in a row now at the same time of day, and with what appear to be different hawks or raptors, though I honestly have no idea how to identify them. Seem to be many more this year though.
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about 15 hours ago
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More of that neat style of painting I got into watching Ken Burns' The American Revolution.
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about 17 hours ago
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Slept ten (only once interrupted) hours and Christmas is over and the weather is strange and dreary. Three gifts I'm quite grateful for. That and I've no need to turn on the oven for ages. Peace and relaxation...
about 18 hours ago
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Susie M
about 20 hours ago
Dachshunds like sledging.
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The Met: Costume Institute
about 22 hours ago
Gloves
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/1381730
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Jon Amadeus Markley
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Another Christmas come and gone to remind me I am much too sensitive and sentimental for this world.
1 day ago
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Rose Ruane
1 day ago
Late walk in the embers of Christmas, owls piping flute notes into a night so crystal sharp the chill was almost ringing, stars in decadent, wild abundance: the consoling beauty of insignificance, a godless almost prayer for human things that matter all the fiercer for feeling small inside the vast
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1 day ago
"Thatβs my Middle West β not the wheat or the prairies or the lost Swede towns, but the thrilling returning trains of my youth, and the street lamps and sleigh bells in the frosty dark and the shadows of holly wreaths thrown by lighted windows on the snow."
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Hyde Park Trish
2 days ago
1921 Christmas Greeting from the Newberry Library archive.
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Coffee, presents, mimosas, cinnamon raisin bread eggnog French toast, bacon, clementines, and honestly now back to bed. Merry sleepy Christmas.
2 days ago
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The Met: Costume Institute
2 days ago
Dance dress
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/100698
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Dean Frey
2 days ago
Andy Warhol Christmas Tree, 1957
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Staying up late watching this local guy drop some truth bombs at his Christmas show in Vat City.
2 days ago
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This is the Christmas content I am here for.
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2 days ago
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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE
2 days ago
Polar Bears drinking Christmas Wine, Postcard, United Kingdom, 1902
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Shout out to all the ladies who, having checked everything off their holiday to-do list, have retreated to a gloriously scented steaming hot bath.
3 days ago
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It worked. I'm ready to dive into the Bailey's, cheese plate, chex mix, and cookies. Happy Christmas Eve, Bluesky.
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3 days ago
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Christmas Eve freak reverse sunset tonight (bright pink over the lake, dark to the west.)
3 days ago
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πLaurelLeavesπΏ
3 days ago
Neighbors: "ICE had chased someone from a nearby Walmart into the neighborhood, where the person then drove a truck between two houses while agents followed" and "ICE agents began firing from their vehicle" and "the shooting [was] brazen given that there could have been children playing outside"
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I am "drinking a green kale protien smoothie because my body is unhappy about all the sugar and carbs and cholesterol I have been consuming since Friday" years old.
3 days ago
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Brandon
3 days ago
This guy is selling Fireball Whiskey shots on the red line and turning the redline train into an unofficial Christkindlmarket.
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Rachel Deering
3 days ago
The Flower Fairies of Winter, The Christmas Tree Fairy, Cecily Mary Barker, 1928.
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Baseball Enthusiast
4 days ago
I don't care for that game of trying to not hear "Last Christmas." It's a blessing to hear George Michael. You should be grateful to have GM in your ears!
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music π timothy
3 days ago
"elf" with will ferrell is horrible. It is excruciating to watch. he is inconveniencing so many people and I get very upset watching it. I think he is rude and insensitive and the fact that he was raised by elves is no excuse
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Levi Stahl
3 days ago
Nothing he did was ever illegalβbut as soon as heβd got on to it, you had to have a law about it. βAgatha Christie, Crooked House
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Microplastics Sommelier
3 days ago
time to resurrect the victorian xmas card quoteskeet thread happy quahogmas one and all
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Bill Savage
4 days ago
Rogers Park, a magical place where you can look East and still get a spectacular Sunset.
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God Rest Ye! Merry Gentlemen
4 days ago
The sky is heavenly right now
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Shout out to whichever news station has given us neurotics this little treat! π
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4 days ago
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This is the second time a large hawk has swooped down over us when I am walking Dorothy. She's much too large to be prey, but I do wonder if she looks like a snack from afar. Or maybe it's just a friendly bird who wants to say hello...
4 days ago
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Gorgeous day for a walk so of course there is a military helicopter patrolling the lakefront.
4 days ago
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Merry Christmas π
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4 days ago
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4 days ago
Christmas Tree Decorations by Studio ManassΓ© (1920s)
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Checks out. This is my dog's favorite song and she is a little fat creature simply living her best life.
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4 days ago
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Lake Michigan! Live!
5 days ago
Current* conditions near Evanston, IL:
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Another "What the adult world sounded like when I was little" song. Still listen to this one on the reg. RIP.
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Chris Rea - Fool If You Think Its Over (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Chris Rea
https://youtu.be/3aZBqrHs4qo?si=nxGwxOdYCL-ZHbnq
5 days ago
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I would like to see more voices of women, the elderly, the disabled, and people of color in the public transportation discourse please and thank you.
5 days ago
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Thinking of my grandmother, a lifelong Democrat, real life Rosie the Riveter, and general badass. On Sunday evenings she would make a pallet for us in front of the TV and watch 60 Minutes as we nodded off to the iconic ticking clock. That and the Grand Ole Opry were the only things she watched.
5 days ago
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Anna Bower
5 days ago
Per NY Timesβs Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsiβs email to her β60 Minutesβ colleagues in full:
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Ann G
8 days ago
It's almost time for
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
. Feed below if you'd rather use instead of the #
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(giant) puppies of the sea!
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6 days ago
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Happy Solstice to everyone but the low flying Blackhawk helicopter over my apartment this morning and the small plane that has been circling over in its wake.
6 days ago
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The Met: Costume Institute
6 days ago
Evening wrap
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/99077
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And what do you think They have hidden away In the cabinet cold of their hearts?
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6 days ago
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Rachel Deering
7 days ago
βWe are all apt to think too much of Christmas, to try too hard to be merry, and to forget that for many, it is a time of loneliness and regret.β ~ Anthony Trollope, The Mistletoe Bough.
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πΌοΈ The Christmas Tree, Jennie Walsh, 1916.
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