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Ted Weiland
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Community College Chemistry Prof and outdoor enthusiast. Believer in community service. Occasional poster of long thoughts. Captive Iowan who hails from Wisconsin.
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Happy National Coffee Day!
A picture of a beaker mug with both mL and Oz measurements on it. It is full of black coffee with a small amount of foam on the top.
September 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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If you see this, post a concert picture that you took.
Yellow light streams from the stage at the Bon Iver concert near Chicago in October of 2019.
September 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Their Neighborhood Beer has become a favorite.
A picture of a 16 Oz can of Big Grove Neighborhood Beer. The top 2 inches is green and the bottom 6 inches is white.
September 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Happy International Dog Day to Chloe!
A picture of a red Shiba Inu eating a very large pup cup from Dairy Queen. There is a red spoon sticking out of it.
August 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Also, this closer captures why I continue to do this work.
Quote from the article. “In a society that has become increasingly isolated, transactional and angry, community colleges embody respect for everyone on a daily basis. They assume that talent comes in every flavor and that everyone deserves a chance. They operate on shoestrings, but they provide lifelines. I missed that. And I’m thankful to be a part of it. We’ve always had students to teach. Now we have an entire culture to teach by example.”
August 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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quote with your favorite anti-fascist film

Hard to beat Porco Rosso.
A scene from Porco Rosso. Porco, who is dressed in a fedora and tench coat with a pig’s snout, is sitting in a movie theater eating popcorn next to his friend in the Italian military. He tells his friend, “Better a pig than a Fascist.”
July 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball.
America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.”
A welcome distraction from all the news as of late.
Picture of a local Single A baseball game from behind the dugout. The players are watching the pitcher throw the ball to home plate. It’s dusk and the lights are just turning on.
June 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Chloe volunteers as tribute.
A picture of a red Shiba Inu staring at the camera and has the high ground. Tail and ears are at attention, and she is clearly focused on the future.
April 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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A pie chart that is entirely one color (orange). The title is “what you love.” The legend identifies the orange color as “to see it.” It’s all a play on the phrase “you love to see it.”
April 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Face plant and a pup cup.
A photo of a red Shiba Inu in a dog bed with its face planted into the side of the bed. She is sound asleep. A picture of a red Shiba Inu with her face buried in a cup of Culver’s custard. She is relentlessly licking the cup to get every last morsel.
March 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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My plans for the evening are slowly sliding into a carbohydrate induced coma since I found paczki today.
March 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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This sign is in my front window from a protest a few years back. As an educator, letting students know they are valued is a critical part of my job.
A picture of a sign in a window that says “we love our trans youth.” The sign is in the same colors of the trans flag.
March 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Merry Christmas from Chloe to all who celebrate.
An up close photo of a red Shiba Inu wearing a festive red plaid bow tie.
December 25, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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Merry Christmas you filthy animals.
Calvin, from Calvin and Hobbes, standing in front of a Christmas tree and while holding a present states “Ha ha! Acquittal on all charges! Complete exoneration! Ha ha ha!” To the right of the image is a parent saying “Merry Christmas to you too, dear.” A window behind Calvin shows that it is snowing. Hobbes is in stuffed form and is looking at presents while sitting up.
December 25, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Graphic drawing of a dump truck with writing on the side: Whole Man Disposal Services. There are outlines of men poking out the back and one on the ground. The caption says “Yes, the entire man.”
December 17, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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A meme with the Taco Bell logo and the phrase Snitches Get Stitches adjacent in the same font.
December 11, 2024 at 3:40 AM
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One of my favorite reactions to do this time of year.
A picture of a silver ornament being held in the left hand of a white man and you can see his reflection in the ornament. The background shows a chemistry lab.
December 9, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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Bundling up is the way. Rest well.
A photo of a red Shiba Inu on a green dog bed covered by a light brown blanket and looking at the camera.
December 1, 2024 at 5:32 AM
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Have dog, will travel.
A photo of a red Shiba Inu attempting to smuggle itself in my luggage on one of my weekend trips.
November 28, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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In the paraphrased words of @modestholdings.com, what kind of ratfucking nonsense is this?
Source:
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
On Saturday, Julia Terruso of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that a woman in a Philadelphia suburb received a letter that looked like an official document from the fake “Pennsylvania Congressional Office of Immigration Affairs” telling her that she was expected to provide living space to five migrants under a program “written into Law by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.” As Terruso wrote, “No office exists, nor does such a government-mandated housing program, but the letter, doctored to look like an official government document, provided specific details designed to mislead someone less attuned to a scam—and laid the blame for the fake program at the feet of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris during a heated and close election in which immigration has increasingly become a focal point.”
September 30, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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We are all Matt Gertz today.
A screen shot from Twitter of Matthew Gertz simply saying the words "oh no"
September 20, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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Patio pups represent.
Chloe taking a nap in her favorite outdoor chair.
An image of a red Shiba Inu napping in a wooden patio chair with red and striped gray cushions. The patio is cement and the grass behind is green.
September 20, 2024 at 4:25 AM
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What’s your “no one but me remembers” game?

Lethal Tender: A first person shooter video game that had some interesting innovations, including the option of taking an enemy soldier’s uniform as a disguise.
A screen shot from the video game Lethal Tender. Screen shows an enemy soldier in a brown uniform with a red beret. Player is holding a machine gun. The HUD has a lot of data including alternative weapons, injured places on player, and a map.
September 15, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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It’s Friday the 13th and one of our Shibas is channeling Children of the Corn.
A picture of a red Shiba Inu dog sitting on the grass above a retaining wall with its eyes weirdly glowing from the flash. It is an evening photo. A tree is to the left of the dog. A chain link fence and a white house are behind the dog.
September 14, 2024 at 1:57 AM
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Enjoying what may be my last game of the season.
A picture of a baseball field with players on it.
September 5, 2024 at 11:55 PM