Taotally John
@taotallyjohn.bsky.social
📍Chicago (basically)
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Sharing my best life
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Isn’t the debt problem republicans like talking about caused by things like long term borrowing practices? Like, oh, idk 50 year mortgages?
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Isn’t the debt problem republicans like talking about caused by things like long term borrowing practices? Like, oh, idk 50 year mortgages?
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Shortly after Zohran Mamdani was anointed the mayor-elect of New York City on Tuesday, he strode onto the stage of a cavernous theater in Brooklyn and delivered a victory speech that celebrated New York’s immigrants, working class and young people. Follow live: nyti.ms/3X9h35I
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Shortly after Zohran Mamdani was anointed the mayor-elect of New York City on Tuesday, he strode onto the stage of a cavernous theater in Brooklyn and delivered a victory speech that celebrated New York’s immigrants, working class and young people. Follow live: nyti.ms/3X9h35I
Me: omg I wish I wasn’t so reactionary to things
Also me: omg people need to stop being so reactionary to AI
Also me: omg people need to stop being so reactionary to AI
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Me: omg I wish I wasn’t so reactionary to things
Also me: omg people need to stop being so reactionary to AI
Also me: omg people need to stop being so reactionary to AI
Breathing deep; seeking peace. #dinotopia
October 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Breathing deep; seeking peace. #dinotopia
Signs I am unwell: consistent gymming, hair goes long.
September 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Signs I am unwell: consistent gymming, hair goes long.
Somewhere out there someone though this lid for star anise would be appropriate. And somewhere out there, management agreed.
September 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Somewhere out there someone though this lid for star anise would be appropriate. And somewhere out there, management agreed.
This has @searke.bsky.social vibes.
September 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This has @searke.bsky.social vibes.
Friend, then: I’m going to move to NYC
Me: why? You’ll hate it there.
Friend, now: I hate it here why did I move?
Me: look! Birds!
Me: why? You’ll hate it there.
Friend, now: I hate it here why did I move?
Me: look! Birds!
September 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Friend, then: I’m going to move to NYC
Me: why? You’ll hate it there.
Friend, now: I hate it here why did I move?
Me: look! Birds!
Me: why? You’ll hate it there.
Friend, now: I hate it here why did I move?
Me: look! Birds!
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When the US Government Commissioned 7,497 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World (1886)
When the US Government Commissioned 7,497 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World (1886)
A picture is worth 1000 words, especially when you are a late-19th or early-20th century horticulturist eager to protect intellectual property rights to newly cultivated varieties of fruit.
Or an art...
www.openculture.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
When the US Government Commissioned 7,497 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World (1886)
People who keep up with magazines, one question: how?!?
September 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
People who keep up with magazines, one question: how?!?
So threads won, right? And society lost?
August 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
So threads won, right? And society lost?
I want the blogger of the early 2000s to come back.
August 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I want the blogger of the early 2000s to come back.
Okay hear me out - More to Lose came on and I went “oh! I didn’t know Natasha Lyonne sang…”
August 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Okay hear me out - More to Lose came on and I went “oh! I didn’t know Natasha Lyonne sang…”
Growing up my father told me the world was difficult. He wasn’t wrong. I just wish my father wasn’t the reason basically everything else in life is easier to deal with comparative.
August 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Growing up my father told me the world was difficult. He wasn’t wrong. I just wish my father wasn’t the reason basically everything else in life is easier to deal with comparative.
Me: I don’t do horror
Bookclub: 3 horror books so far this year
😑
Bookclub: 3 horror books so far this year
😑
August 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Me: I don’t do horror
Bookclub: 3 horror books so far this year
😑
Bookclub: 3 horror books so far this year
😑
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Can’t say why exactly, but the phrase “once again refused a pierogi” made me laugh out loud.
August 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Can’t say why exactly, but the phrase “once again refused a pierogi” made me laugh out loud.
I’m actually starting to like when businesses call themselves families - I am perfectly okay cutting family out of my life and not talking to them - glad I can do that in corporate!
August 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m actually starting to like when businesses call themselves families - I am perfectly okay cutting family out of my life and not talking to them - glad I can do that in corporate!
I truly don’t get enough credit for the things I hold back from saying.
August 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I truly don’t get enough credit for the things I hold back from saying.
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Curious City on the history of Chicago’s Chinatown: Along the way, we met many of the people who have had a direct hand in shaping how the neighborhood became what it is today and what it might become for generations to come. https://trib.al/ij8vFsL
What happened to Chinatown's family associations
Family associations and social groups were the backbone of social,
economic, and political organization for the early days of Chicago’s Chinatown.
Is that still the case today?
trib.al
July 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Curious City on the history of Chicago’s Chinatown: Along the way, we met many of the people who have had a direct hand in shaping how the neighborhood became what it is today and what it might become for generations to come. https://trib.al/ij8vFsL
It is so uncomfortable being hit on via LinkedIn.
July 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It is so uncomfortable being hit on via LinkedIn.
What’s funny about anti-establishment movements is that moment when they realize they are now in fact established.
July 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What’s funny about anti-establishment movements is that moment when they realize they are now in fact established.
Wait Benson Boone isn’t a gay artist?! Wow, marketing and branding is doing a job.
July 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Wait Benson Boone isn’t a gay artist?! Wow, marketing and branding is doing a job.
My most boomer quality: ending texts with a period… and enjoying being in the office.
July 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My most boomer quality: ending texts with a period… and enjoying being in the office.
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Colbert comes out swinging. Gonna be a fun 10 months...
July 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Colbert comes out swinging. Gonna be a fun 10 months...
My neighbors hate the state of my yard, but also won’t let me put in a privacy fence (which is already on 3/4 sides of my yard)… just, why?!
July 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My neighbors hate the state of my yard, but also won’t let me put in a privacy fence (which is already on 3/4 sides of my yard)… just, why?!