Baby great blue herons at Oak Woods Cemetery

if you didn’t know her, honoringnori.gay

introduce yourself with ten bands you've seen live: mount eerie destroyer lianne la havas fka twigs sudan archives little simz empress of goldie portishead joanna newsom

I think that’s cheating

I've been watching this domestic mallard in Montrose Harbor for the past six years. I call him Dom. Others call him K.C. or Prius. He has many monikers. (At least, I think it's a he?) For the past couple of springs, he's been buddying up with a male mallard. Here are some of their recent adventures.

feeling this re: substack learning how to wield power and influence from the destruction of gawker w/ @anildash.com + @anamariecox.com + @mike-eagle.bsky.social:

TIL a baby loon is called a loonlet

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We got Cy Twombly over here etching these cues

EVERYTHING DOPE ABOUT THIS STUPID COUNTRY FOR JERKS COMES FROM CHICAGO

rest in Pride Juniper Blessing 🏳️‍⚧️ you deserved a long and happy life 💜 we will not forgive and we will not forget

the days pass by too quickly, in spring

i know she’s fine, she’s just a very long, differently-textured cat

the cover art on this radio nederland series is so good

we can become so obsessed with our own personal mythologies, and the different versions of ourselves we’ve been, but absolutely nobody else is thinkin about all that. they’re worried about themselves. it would be weird as shit if they WERE that invested in you

a thing i wish i’d known when i was younger: most people do not give a shit about you, and it is wonderful

steal steal steal, steal from corporations (“now”)

thank you, wife

I’m also a big fan (of my wife)

chicago moots! my friend can’t make it to MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) (sold out) at the music box tonight so i have an extra ticket. dm me if you want to come!

It’s too late. I’ve already depicted you as the shrill histrionic male tree swallow and myself as the calm & reasonable female tree swallow. It's over.

romcom idea: non-poster gf trying to get her phone back

David Reed, #3, 1972 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137799

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

TIL

that’s my wife!!!!!!

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

the 14th Amendment was meant to be universal: all those born in the United States are citizens of the United States. All. It’s one of the moral victories of Reconstruction we still have.

please feel free to ignore Supreme Court coverage that lies about the citizenship case being “legally complicated”… www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/u... (via @katz.theracket.news in theracket.news/p/breaking-s...)

Black People Making/Taking Space - www.instagram.com/reel/DWhBRm3...

The way I’m visible and trans on this day is that you can hear my piece “Falling Together” performed by the String Orchestta of Brooklyn tonight at Roulette along with music by Penderecki, Brendon Randall-Myers, and Johnny Greenwood. Insane show, come if you can! roulette.org/event/the-st...

I don't think there is any point in creating anything for any reason other than "I want this to exist." Good art comes from audacity. All of the art that means the most to me is unhinged and terrifying and took years to find an audience. I should be so lucky. Anyways, hope to hear back soon! ♥️

post a non-religious picture you think of as holy

An American kestrel perches on an "IMPORTANT BIRD AREA" sign in the Montrose Beach Dunes.

if we lived in a society that wanted to function we'd make being an air traffic controller the job with the best support in the world with plenty of rest time and deep coverage for every role instead we have underpaid people working 60+ hour weeks

the US is having people die in completely avoidable incidents because it is run by people who have made a wholesale abdication of any notion of doing anything right or the public good

We've officially made it to spring - happy vernal equinox!

I have seen the flying squirrels of Uptown! Here's a 50% speed video of them in action tonight.

“O New Day, I’ve broken my own heart.” fourwayreview.com/trans-is-aga...

she’s perfect

I’m winding down with two clients I’ve been working with since January, which means I’ve got some availability for new work opening up soon. If you need a designer who thinks deeply about systems, teams, and users, AND who will ooh+ahh over an especially pretty serif, I’d love to chat with you!

Full details of our Trans Filmmakers program on the Criterion Channel can be found below. We're very excited to bring these movies to a wider audience and we hope that everyone has a good time with this series. www.criterion.com/current/post...

Katherine Porter, I am an American... Uneasy Dreams, 1981 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135057

i’ve spent the last eight years chasing the high of the moment watching mad max in theaters when i first saw the guitar guy

We've seen another morning of increased ICE activity with DHS helicopter out and about in Chicagoland. Feds have taken people from Humboldt Park and Ravenswood. Vehicles also seen in Rogers Park. ICE watchers are asking north side neighbors to get outside and keep an eye on landscapers & laborers.

The King of the Crows conferring with his political advisors, a page from the Arabic version of Kalila wa dimna, dated 1210 CE.

check out this great shirt fundraiser from sandy of TRUTHLIZARD, which supports Neighbors Helping Neighbors! many of my favorite shirts are TRUTHLIZARD shirts, and there’s a pickup option at Bench Pressed next month 🌞