We get fewer, but I think better quality, apples in off years.

At what age did you grow out of having to celebrate your birthday ON your birthday? Never is also a valid answer.

I saw something that really resonated "Being hyperindependent as a child has caused me to be irrationally angry at any adult that needs their hand held through a task" Truth. So much truth.

On our way to see the Odyssey at the Music Box. I read the Odyssey once, 30+ years ago, but I have seen O'Brother Where Art Thou several times, so I'm pretty sure I'll get the gist.

Lots of memes floating around the interwebz about spotting Mitch McConnell at Lollapalooza. I'm here for them all.

Holy squash

I was at the local grocery store and realized I forgot my debit card. I didn't have enough cash and was going to put some things back. A woman behind me in checkout gave me $10.

☀️@stel.energy · 4d ago

quote this with a time a bystander helped you out

I'm so glad there's still shredding events in the area. I don't know what I would have done with all these campaign mailers.

Me, when someone includes "Married" to a list of reasons why they're qualified for a political office:

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Interesting day at the gym. A young George Michael lookalike and overhearing a man saying that his teenage son has antisocial personality disorder. Oof.

I can tell this is going to be an interesting day for allergies. The roof of my mouth is itchy.

I am full of a whole lotta IDONWANNA today.

So they're about as accurate as Shot-Spotter...

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d ago

Is that a lot. www.businessinsider.com/flock-camera...

I'm oy judging from the first half hour or so, but the Nick Cage Bad Lieutenant sequel is awful.

One of my younger coworkers mistook a Mogwai for a Furby and now I feel ancient.

Shocking

Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · last wk.

Police are so corrupt and violent that accountability measures just result in massive investigation backlogs in offices too overwhelmed to connect the dots. There’s no reforming this.

Good night

Just a block and a half from us. Back in October.

Arin Arcady@rnrkd.bsky.social · last wk.

Oh so they finished making the movie about my block www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

I would much rather be outside enjoying the gorgeous weather but, instead, I'm laying in bed with a headache. Not sure if it's weather/pressure or what, but it stinks.

JJ would like to sing you a song

Episode I'm watching now takes place at a competition in Georgia. This is the first time any Confederate flags have been seen on screen. Shocking.

Laura 🍸 Elizabeth 🍷@lauralizk.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm watching a show about competition bbq and am struck by the near complete absence of Black people. I can think of lots of reasons for this, for sure. It's just interesting.

This Thursday: do you live on the NW side and want to know more about non-police crisis response? RSVP: bit.ly/4vZqEvU

As petition season starts tomorrow for Chicago municipal elections: If you sign a petition for someone and then sign another for someone else running for the same seat, whoever notorized the petition first is who you help. 1/2

And rain like this, An umbrella was just a prop

And she has a mild UTI. Pill or liquid 2x a day for 2 weeks or a one-time injection that lasts 2 weeks. Guess what we chose?

Laura 🍸 Elizabeth 🍷@lauralizk.bsky.social · 2w ago

Stella has a very mild heart murmur, so now we need to decide whether we want to stress her out again for an echo. Oh, also she has a small yeast infection in her ear. Trying to get ear drops in her ear is fun. I love her but I miss having a normal fucking cat.

Always interesting talking to long-time neighbors. One guy, who is in the process of moving to Portugal but was in town for the block party, used to be a Cook County probation officer and, apparently, our area was damn near like The Wire 25-30yrs ago.

Saw a post on FB about "what's the saddest death of a TV character" and more than a few people, myself included, said Seymour, Fry's dog, in the Jurassic Bark episode of Futurama.

Our amazing local neighborhood bar! We are so grateful for it. #1 on our list of needs for our realtor 10 years ago was "walking distance from at least one non-douchy bar." Nighthawk opened the day we closed on our house. www.npr.org/2026/07/15/n...

What do a bar and a Muslim community organization have in common?

Artists create, even during times of chaos. In response to Trump policies and ICE's incursions, arts organizations are leaning in to new ways of fostering community in ways large and small.

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Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · last wk.

"More than 80 children and adolescents have been hospitalized this year for measles complications like pneumonia or brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities. There are no treatments for measles..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...