John Teets
@suenitos.bsky.social
Elderqueer (he/him) out since the '70s. Former Chicago newspaper guy, from copy boy to editorial board via points between. Friend of facts, foe of fascists. At home in Key West, missing my late husband after 38 years together. 🌈
Have a sprig of cordyline to brighten your day. Heaven knows, anything is worth trying.
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January 4, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Have a sprig of cordyline to brighten your day. Heaven knows, anything is worth trying.
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Keys sunrise.
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January 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Keys sunrise.
📷: Lynne Bentley-Kemp
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"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' " — Isaac Asimov
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January 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' " — Isaac Asimov
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In an attempt to counteract temperatures in the 50s, this ginger plant tried looking warm. Noble, but futile.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:47 AM
In an attempt to counteract temperatures in the 50s, this ginger plant tried looking warm. Noble, but futile.
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“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” — E.M. Forster
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January 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” — E.M. Forster
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“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need to do is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” ― Thomas Merton
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January 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need to do is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” ― Thomas Merton
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Yesterday's post was an end-of-year Easter egg. Out of 3,000+ followers here and on Bluesky, only one, an art connoisseur friend from Palm Springs, was sufficiently sharp-eyed to have found the anole hiding in plain sight. Well done, Joseph! @gayfineart.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Yesterday's post was an end-of-year Easter egg. Out of 3,000+ followers here and on Bluesky, only one, an art connoisseur friend from Palm Springs, was sufficiently sharp-eyed to have found the anole hiding in plain sight. Well done, Joseph! @gayfineart.bsky.social
"One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me." — Louis Pasteur
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December 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me." — Louis Pasteur
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Trying not to be judgmental here, but when Licualas want to reproduce, they get kinky.
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December 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Trying not to be judgmental here, but when Licualas want to reproduce, they get kinky.
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"When life is turning upside down, how do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?" — Rumi
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December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"When life is turning upside down, how do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?" — Rumi
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I subscribe to a nifty little daily newsletter about language — wordsmith.org — and the guy who runs it is smart in many ways. Today's installment was "nutation," from the Latin word for nodding, which has uses in physics, botany and physiology. The examples he cited gave me a laugh....
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I subscribe to a nifty little daily newsletter about language — wordsmith.org — and the guy who runs it is smart in many ways. Today's installment was "nutation," from the Latin word for nodding, which has uses in physics, botany and physiology. The examples he cited gave me a laugh....
Monochrome Monday.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Monochrome Monday.
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength." — St. Francis de Sales, who died this day in 1622
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December 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength." — St. Francis de Sales, who died this day in 1622
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A fitting metaphor for 2025. We're probably lucky they come on at all.
December 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A fitting metaphor for 2025. We're probably lucky they come on at all.
“If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side. Instead of changing the world, all we'll achieve is a reflection of the one we want to destroy." — Jean Genet
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December 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side. Instead of changing the world, all we'll achieve is a reflection of the one we want to destroy." — Jean Genet
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Jamaican caper isn't particularly associated with the holidays, but I think it looks festive enough to usher in a new year with a bang. Choose your explosives wisely.
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December 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Jamaican caper isn't particularly associated with the holidays, but I think it looks festive enough to usher in a new year with a bang. Choose your explosives wisely.
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"Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty." — Louis Kronenberger
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December 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty." — Louis Kronenberger
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Lord, give me a sine: Its points, lines, angles and planes make me think every geometry class should flirt with botany and study licualas.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Lord, give me a sine: Its points, lines, angles and planes make me think every geometry class should flirt with botany and study licualas.
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“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present and the Future. The Spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach." — Ebenezer Scrooge
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December 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present and the Future. The Spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach." — Ebenezer Scrooge
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“In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again.” — James Agee
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December 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again.” — James Agee
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Too many Chicago winters leave me with but one thought when I see a concentrated spot of yellow in an expanse of white. Here's to Chico, Nessie, Sam and Cookie, who all put up with Christmasy (but warm) doggy togs for walks to do their business in the snow.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Too many Chicago winters leave me with but one thought when I see a concentrated spot of yellow in an expanse of white. Here's to Chico, Nessie, Sam and Cookie, who all put up with Christmasy (but warm) doggy togs for walks to do their business in the snow.
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"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere." – Ursula K. Le Guin
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December 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere." – Ursula K. Le Guin
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Rusty sends his best.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Rusty sends his best.
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"Though my faith is not yours and your faith is not mine, if we are each to light our own flame, together we can banish some of the darkness of the world." — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
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December 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"Though my faith is not yours and your faith is not mine, if we are each to light our own flame, together we can banish some of the darkness of the world." — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
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