Tessera

illuminated

a tortoiseshell tabby cat, who is very ready for dinner (good dinner, not the kibbles still in her bowl) sits on a dark brown desk in front of a computer monitor (showing just the new tab page on a Firefox window). she is illuminated by setting sunshine from the window out of frame. her expression is so serene and patient. she is the Saint of Stop Working Already and Prepare My Delicious Wet Food With Medications Please

Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth@leniann.bsky.social · 4d ago

lake forever data centers NEVER

Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes

I wish browser dev tools had an option to warn before closing a tab bc I keep accidentally hitting cmd-w to close a file in the sources/debugger pane and it closes the whole ding dang tab

Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 6d ago

the bakery we got my mom's birthday cake from understood the assignment w/r/t carrot cake: cream cheese frosting. tons of it.

The Harvest Moon rising behind Chicago Harbor Lighthouse on Saturday evening in Chicago.

Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 4d ago

thinking about becoming a watch guy. are there any good watch stores in Chicago?

when you see a giant empty parking lot that should be housing

A NYTimes screenshot with faces:

Erica, 40, Republican, Latino, customer service Bad.
Pam, 66, Republican, white, retired Amoral.
Becky, 51, Democrat, white, retail Disgusting.
Robert S., 52, Republican, Latino, human resources Two words: morally corrupt.
Hitesh, 57, Republican, Asian, looking for work

Laurie! Live!@laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 5d ago

This week Chicago City Council unanimously passed a resolution honoring Chicago's rapid response networks and other Chicagoans who stepped up to respond to Operation Midway Blitz

WHEREAS, on September 8, 2025, the Trump Administration launched “Operation
Midway Blitz,” unleashing a militarized immigration enforcement campaign across Chicago and
the surrounding region that brought masked and heavily armed federal agents into our
neighborhoods, workplaces, schools, commercial corridors and public spaces; and
WHEREAS, during Operation Midway Blitz, federal agents conducted warrantless
arrests and discriminatory stops, deployed chemical agents in residential neighborhoods,
engaged in dangerous vehicle pursuits, used extreme physical force, and carried out
enforcement operations that spread fear and chaos throughout Chicago; and
WHEREAS, federal agents operated in masks and military-style gear, traveled in
unmarked vehicles, and used tactics that made parents afraid to take their children to school,
seniors afraid to seek medical care, workers afraid to report to their jobs, families afraid to shop
for groceries, and residents afraid to simply walk the streets of the neighborhoods they call
home; and
WHEREAS, in the face of this campaign of fear, Chicagoans refused to surrender their
communities or their values; and
WHEREAS, across communities throughout Chicago, residents built rapid-response
networks to bear witness to the actions of federal agents; and
WHEREAS, Rapid Responders woke before dawn and stayed out late into the night,
lawfully patrolling neighborhood streets, monitoring federal activity, staffing hotlines and
communications networks, verifying reports of immigration agents, documenting enforcement
actions, and recording badge numbers and license plates; and
WHEREAS, in communities across Chicago, residents transformed the simple act of
blowing an orange whistle into a declaration that no Chicagoan would be taken from our streets
without their neighbors bearing witness; and
WHEREAS, Rapid Responders and community members continued this work even as
observers, protesters, journalists and res…

WHEREAS, Chicago's resistance did not end at the boundaries of our City, as the
whistles, rapid-response networks, school escorts, neighborhood patrols and other strategies
developed and strengthened here became a model for communities confronting unlawful
immigration enforcement across the country; and
WHEREAS, Chicago is a city built by immigrants and working people, and our immigrant
neighbors are not outsiders to be feared or political pawns to be exploited, but our coworkers,
classmates, congregants, business owners, caregivers, friends and family members who make
Chicago the city that it is; and
WHEREAS, at a moment when cruelty was intended to produce fear and fear was
intended to produce silence, Chicago's Rapid Responders chose courage, solidarity and action;
and
WHEREAS, Rapid Responders represent the best of Chicago— a city that protects its
communities, stands up to injustice, refuses to be divided by race, birthplace or immigration
status, and understands that our collective safety depends upon our willingness to fight for one
another; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of
Chicago, assembled this 23rd day of September, 2026, honor and express our profound
gratitude to Chicago’s Rapid Responders and the thousands of residents, community
organizations, faith institutions, legal advocates, neighborhood businesses and mutual-aid
networks that lawfully protected and supported immigrant communities during Operation
Midway Blitz; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Chicago recognizes the extraordinary
courage of those who put their own safety at risk to bear witness, sound the alarm, document
abuses, accompany their neighbors and ensure that immigrant families knew they were not
alone; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we commit to remembering not only what was done
to Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz, but what Chicagoans did for one another i…

public universal reply guy @llkats.com · 5d ago

maybe I'll go find the south end of the LFT

public universal reply guy @llkats.com · 7d ago

thinking about how a lap is a body part you only have sometimes

Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 7d ago

Maybe I should have led with this photo from the end of the carousel. Don't want anyone to miss it. Punk AF.

Phineas@phineas.bsky.social · last wk.

I don't see Green Herons at Heron Corner nearly as much as Great Blues and Black Crowns, and if I do they are never being photographically cooperative, but today was a rare exception and this one decided to strut around in the sun for me. 🪶

one ragged feather: aw someone's molting lots of nice feathers: crime scene

Robert Loerzel@robertloerzel.bsky.social · last wk.

Edgewater Beach Hotel really standing out among the blues

A great blue heron this morning at Montrose Beach

A great blue heron stands at the edge of a lake. Across the water, buildings are visible on the horizon.

denim jacket weather :)

got a recruiting email for position at an evil company at an insultingly low rate. sorry, but this soul won't get sold for anything less than a cool mil/year

my coworker came into the office today

a tortoiseshell tabby cat laying in her cat bed on a desk with her right foreleg outstretched and head leaning over the side, eyes closed. there's a perforated rug pad over the desk for additional padding/nonslip cat walking

Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 2w ago

three days of cloud cover have rendered me fully incapable of getting out of bed on time. this is gonna be a rough winter

update: if you are in the Chicago area and want a small gray tabby kitten maybe 8-10 weeks old, dm me (don't congratulate me on our new cat, we have four cats already, we are not keeping this one)

a gray tabby kitten in a cat climbing tree

Anthony Moser@anthonymoser.com · 2w ago

i am not generally the kind of person who can diagnose car problems from the sound the engine makes. but it's easy when the sound is incessant meowing

a kitten hiding in the engine block of a car

chat, is that good?

a scrabble bench with the letters T, J, V, S, S, K, and D

I guess it's time to get the SAD lamp out of the closet

beauty can bloom anywhere

a large sprawling plant with spade-shaped green leaves growing in a pile of potting soil on the concrete of an alley. one star-shaped white flower is blooming