Decorative Gourd
@jaredsnyder.bsky.social
He//him, Chicago, bikes
We could turn soldier field into a new Tower of Babel
February 19, 2026 at 11:29 PM
We could turn soldier field into a new Tower of Babel
I cannot believe I found a meme for this, on fucking Instagram of all places
February 19, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I cannot believe I found a meme for this, on fucking Instagram of all places
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Thrilled to have three micros in @wigleaf.bsky.social!!!
new new: THREE MICROS, by Elena Zhang: wigleaf.com @ezhang77.bsky.social
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
wigleaf.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Thrilled to have three micros in @wigleaf.bsky.social!!!
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A Cooper’s hawk at Montrose Point Sanctuary
February 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
A Cooper’s hawk at Montrose Point Sanctuary
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Kingfisher of the Day:
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Near Threatened
📷 Vincent Wang
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Near Threatened
📷 Vincent Wang
February 19, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Kingfisher of the Day:
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Near Threatened
📷 Vincent Wang
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Near Threatened
📷 Vincent Wang
Got an avocado with a really tiny pit, felt like I won the produce lottery
February 19, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Got an avocado with a really tiny pit, felt like I won the produce lottery
When this passes I'm gonna become a real estate developer tearing down single family homes west of Broadway and building 6 flats in their place. I'll sell them at cost. Schadenfreude Real Estate Corp.
I am excited to see Edgewater Neighbors for Responsible Development's take on allowing 4-6 units per lot...gasp...west of Broadway
There’s a lot to love in Pritzker’s “Building Up Illinois Developments” (BUILD) plan!
ADUs allowed statewide 🏘️
Up to eight homes on large residential lots 😏
Middle Housing exempt from parking mandates 🅿️
Standardized impact fees & review timelines 💰
capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzke...
ADUs allowed statewide 🏘️
Up to eight homes on large residential lots 😏
Middle Housing exempt from parking mandates 🅿️
Standardized impact fees & review timelines 💰
capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzke...
February 19, 2026 at 3:36 AM
When this passes I'm gonna become a real estate developer tearing down single family homes west of Broadway and building 6 flats in their place. I'll sell them at cost. Schadenfreude Real Estate Corp.
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I am excited to see Edgewater Neighbors for Responsible Development's take on allowing 4-6 units per lot...gasp...west of Broadway
There’s a lot to love in Pritzker’s “Building Up Illinois Developments” (BUILD) plan!
ADUs allowed statewide 🏘️
Up to eight homes on large residential lots 😏
Middle Housing exempt from parking mandates 🅿️
Standardized impact fees & review timelines 💰
capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzke...
ADUs allowed statewide 🏘️
Up to eight homes on large residential lots 😏
Middle Housing exempt from parking mandates 🅿️
Standardized impact fees & review timelines 💰
capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzke...
Pritzker to propose statewide zoning laws to spur homebuilding, limit local control
Gov. Pritzker’s BUILD plan proposes statewide zoning laws to legalize granny flats and expand multi-unit housing.
capitolnewsillinois.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I am excited to see Edgewater Neighbors for Responsible Development's take on allowing 4-6 units per lot...gasp...west of Broadway
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Corvallis OR, 6:08 AM #photography #fujifilm
February 19, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Corvallis OR, 6:08 AM #photography #fujifilm
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Graceland Cemetery coyotes
February 19, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Graceland Cemetery coyotes
I'm a PMC-Vanguardist House Sparrow
I’m an aristocracy penguin.
im a monetary fancy pigeon
February 19, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I'm a PMC-Vanguardist House Sparrow
"Why does He make us feel the questions if He isn't going to give us any answers?"
February 18, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"Why does He make us feel the questions if He isn't going to give us any answers?"
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How it feels to go from the one block of protected bike lane on Clarendon to the painted lanes and sharrows on Halstead
November 8, 2024 at 2:36 PM
How it feels to go from the one block of protected bike lane on Clarendon to the painted lanes and sharrows on Halstead
A Serious Muppet
Muppets (Jaws 1978)
No Country for Old Muppets
February 18, 2026 at 11:50 PM
A Serious Muppet
Today is the peak of fools spring but it is sleigh on the calendar ........ what does it mean ............
Today is Décadi the 30th of Pluviôse in the year 234.
Pluviôse is the month of rain.
Today we celebrate the sleigh.#JacobinDay
More information on the sleigh
Pluviôse is the month of rain.
Today we celebrate the sleigh.#JacobinDay
More information on the sleigh
February 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Today is the peak of fools spring but it is sleigh on the calendar ........ what does it mean ............
Albuquerque
you are all fools the REAL music question that will cause intergenerational warfare on bluesky is actually: what is weird al's signature song?
February 18, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Albuquerque
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[in the same genuinely appreciative voice that E-40 says he did a song with Fred Durst] I did a comic with @bransonreese.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 1:36 AM
[in the same genuinely appreciative voice that E-40 says he did a song with Fred Durst] I did a comic with @bransonreese.bsky.social
This is on every one who claims to be "on the left" but starts looking like a trapped animal when I get past the 10 minute mark talking about heat pumps and how much I love them
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM
This is on every one who claims to be "on the left" but starts looking like a trapped animal when I get past the 10 minute mark talking about heat pumps and how much I love them
Negative polarization only now, voting for the IL9 candidate whose opponents I find most annoying
February 18, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Negative polarization only now, voting for the IL9 candidate whose opponents I find most annoying
mfw IL9 primary discourse is happening here
February 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
mfw IL9 primary discourse is happening here
Ja'Mal Green/Paul Vallas
Most Cursed Ticket go
Buttigieg/Bennett
Buttigieg/Bennett
Pre-litigating 2028 so that I'm ready when I'd disappointed
February 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Ja'Mal Green/Paul Vallas
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Got my emacs setup just how I like it.
February 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Got my emacs setup just how I like it.
Junebug does not agree that oranges are a lucky food for new year
February 17, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Junebug does not agree that oranges are a lucky food for new year
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Absolutely, sir. This is a normal thought.
February 17, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Absolutely, sir. This is a normal thought.
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same but for bikes. drive to Costco or whatever. bike everywhere else.
there's a line of argumentation i keep hearing on tiktok: "if the only thing keeping you from being vegan is cheese, then be vegan except cheese, or vegetarian except bacon. just do that, if it's the only thing stopping you" and i think that kind of flexibility should be encouraged
February 17, 2026 at 8:52 PM
same but for bikes. drive to Costco or whatever. bike everywhere else.