Catherine Bannister
@cbannister.bsky.social
Contumacious and curious, an avid follower of useless information.
To learn more about the Smithsonian Campaign for Our Shared Future, go here: oa.si.edu
To help #EndALZ please visit alz.org
To protect our beautiful National Parks, npca.org
To learn more about the Smithsonian Campaign for Our Shared Future, go here: oa.si.edu
To help #EndALZ please visit alz.org
To protect our beautiful National Parks, npca.org
Saw a preview of “Miss Julie” tonight at Court Theatre. Not my favorite, tbh. A slow, strange soap opera with unlikeable characters and stilted dialogue, oddly staged behind circular netting. At least it was short! 🥴
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Saw a preview of “Miss Julie” tonight at Court Theatre. Not my favorite, tbh. A slow, strange soap opera with unlikeable characters and stilted dialogue, oddly staged behind circular netting. At least it was short! 🥴
February 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I could’ve used one of those cool Italian silver puffer coats last week in Chicago’s polar vortex
February 7, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I could’ve used one of those cool Italian silver puffer coats last week in Chicago’s polar vortex
For no particular reason… il duomo di Milano
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
For no particular reason… il duomo di Milano
Laura Pausini! That’s who I was thinking should’ve sung instead of Mariah - and here she is 😊
February 7, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Laura Pausini! That’s who I was thinking should’ve sung instead of Mariah - and here she is 😊
Is Mariah Carey really popular in Italy? Why is she opening the Milano-Cortina ceremony?
February 7, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Is Mariah Carey really popular in Italy? Why is she opening the Milano-Cortina ceremony?
I’ve spent all week scanning in old photos (still only about half done) and came across this shot from
the cross country odyssey I shared with my mom in the early 90s.
@goodport.bsky.social I knew I remembered the horses!
the cross country odyssey I shared with my mom in the early 90s.
@goodport.bsky.social I knew I remembered the horses!
February 6, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I’ve spent all week scanning in old photos (still only about half done) and came across this shot from
the cross country odyssey I shared with my mom in the early 90s.
@goodport.bsky.social I knew I remembered the horses!
the cross country odyssey I shared with my mom in the early 90s.
@goodport.bsky.social I knew I remembered the horses!
February 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Tonight’s @goodmantheatre.bsky.social production makes me want to watch the 1938 movie bc I kept imagining Cary Grant and Kate Hepburn and how great they’d be
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Tonight’s @goodmantheatre.bsky.social production makes me want to watch the 1938 movie bc I kept imagining Cary Grant and Kate Hepburn and how great they’d be
And this would be bad?
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
And this would be bad?
February 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Really appreciate Seth Rogen - not just for bringing back The Muppet Show, but for helping found Hilarity for Charity to #EndALZ
wearehfc.org/about/
wearehfc.org/about/
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wearehfc.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Really appreciate Seth Rogen - not just for bringing back The Muppet Show, but for helping found Hilarity for Charity to #EndALZ
wearehfc.org/about/
wearehfc.org/about/
It’s time to play the music…it’s time to light the lights!
February 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
It’s time to play the music…it’s time to light the lights!
2026 is shaping up to be an embrace of “life’s too short for boring books” - DNFed 2 already!
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
2026 is shaping up to be an embrace of “life’s too short for boring books” - DNFed 2 already!
I’m honestly totally psyched to watch a new Muppet Show tonight!
a brown teddy bear is playing a piano with a sheet of music on it
Alt: Rowlf is playing a piano with a sheet of music on it
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I’m honestly totally psyched to watch a new Muppet Show tonight!
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
February 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I’ve been self-soothing with West Wing reruns for a week. It helped during the Bush2 years to imagine a sane, smart prez. It’s taking more work now.
Just got to CJ’s “The Jackal”.
Just got to CJ’s “The Jackal”.
February 3, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I’ve been self-soothing with West Wing reruns for a week. It helped during the Bush2 years to imagine a sane, smart prez. It’s taking more work now.
Just got to CJ’s “The Jackal”.
Just got to CJ’s “The Jackal”.
Can’t wait!
Noah Kahan has added a Wrigley Field stop to his stadium tour. blockclubchi.co/4tfkXZx
February 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Can’t wait!
February 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
❤️ Bad Bunny tambien
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 AM
❤️ Bad Bunny tambien
I ❤️ Bruno Mars
February 2, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I ❤️ Bruno Mars
February 1, 2026 at 2:58 PM
“With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike.”
Here's the whole of Judge Fred Biery's scathing order, compelling the release of 5-yr-old Liam & his father. Well worth a read.
Particularly noteworthy that Biery attached a picture & Bible verses at the end... "Suffer the children..." and "Jesus wept."
Particularly noteworthy that Biery attached a picture & Bible verses at the end... "Suffer the children..." and "Jesus wept."
February 1, 2026 at 1:26 AM
“With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike.”