A siege-breaking snowstorm followed by the strongest aurora in living memory is proof that Chicago has the Mandate of Heaven and its enemies will die by her sword

Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?

Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes

The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event

Wowow, northwest from Navy Pier at 9:15p

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Do you guys wanna see a dead body

I also had the horrifying realization today that in just a few years, thrift store T-shirt racks are going to be full of horrible GenAI imagery from people's family reunions, failed small businesses, and local sports teams rather than the lovable, idiosyncratic, personal designs that dominate now.

Here's a view looking over the limb of Enceladus with Saturn in the background, made from images captured with Cassini's narrow-angle camera on December 19, 2015 from a distance of about 25,000 km (15,534 miles)

It has snowed in Chicago and YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! Time to remind everyone that we light our train tracks on fire to prevent the switches from freezing.

Not a "skeet" fan BUT the collective noun "design skeeter" — liking the sound of that

Chicago tied houses

...and collaborated with Weird Al on a lesser-known Peter and the Wolf (a la Switched-on Bach) ❤️

I lived in Berlin for years and never felt compelled to buy this terrifying German classic kid’s book, but it found me today in a little free library here in South Pasadena and I finally relented.