RDS (formerly shawphd)

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Former historian, current indexer. She/her, cis. Cats, nature, crafts, sci fi/fantasy. Covid aware. Chicago parent. GenX. West Coast ex-pat. I block and mute freely.

Need an index for your scholarly book in the humanities or social sciences? Contact me.

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It’s #caturday ! Post a cat in a box

This is an old photo but still a pretty great #caturday in a box.

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Pamela Dean

This is Balien Touch him or talk to him, and he *will* make noise I adore it (He also taught by example our previously quiet but extremely clever tabby the power of well-placed meows)

Can you tell which day was Fireworks Day?

Air quality: garbage Okay cool, i will try to avoid going outside today bc of firework pollution.

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lacey

My people!

Go into your photo roll or whatever and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud. (I am a squizzly yarn squirrel, fwiw)

Go into your photo roll or whatever and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud.

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Alyssa Harad

There’s definitely gaps in the data Chicago is definitely not “minimal”

If you see this you have to post a picture from your phone but dont explain it

I’m a Western/Californian raised by Midwesterners who lives in Chicago so this is about right (Wished I could select more than one answer for some, like sow bugs/pill bugs/roly polies)

not bad. grew up in roanoke, family’s from lynchburg. i get a more southern result if i use “coke” instead of “soda,” which i did interchangeably growing up www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Brandon

The belly is not a trap

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Faith Erin Hicks

I have one of those!

Here’s Chicago, spiking sharper than this time last year

Seeing some crazy high/spiking SF-Bay Area-Silicon Valley covid wastewater levels right now. Very sharp increases and far, far higher than this time last year -- like many places around the world it's not been this high since 2022. Mask up that pretty face please.

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Sunny Moraine

This is one of the ones I saved from last time

#MakeATerribleComicDay2024 My rendition of our recent visit with my parents and nephew

#makeaterriblecomicday2024 wow it’s that time of year again!

Kiddo’s contributions to #MakeATerribleComicDay2024

#makeaterriblecomicday2024 wow it’s that time of year again!

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RDS (formerly shawphd)

Velcro kitty

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RDS (formerly shawphd)

This is the text one of our local aldermen proposes. There is no exception for medical masks. It is intentionally broad and vague to enable its easy deployment at the whim of any judge who wants to add additional punishment against persons they want to make an example of