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Emily Chicago, IL she/her emidly.08 on Signal

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The whole barrel is so beyond spoiled that the saying has become moot

10.03.2026 17:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 17:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
10.03.2026 17:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still gotta figure out what Iโ€™m doing for my birthday in April assuming it isnโ€™t fully WWIII by then

10.03.2026 17:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As A Woman, I know the only path to equality is sacrificing my principles for the ambitions of a lady who would hate me if she knew I existed

10.03.2026 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will say I had an easier time telling apart the thing and the deliberate imitation of the thing with kinds of writing I regularly read/generally find compelling. For stuff I donโ€™t really care for or seek out, both options seemed kinda mid.

10.03.2026 16:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That tracks. Iโ€™ve got a nephew whoโ€™s a college freshman and he does have classmates heading down to Ft. Lauderdale but Iโ€™m not sure he actually even understands the concept of spring break.

10.03.2026 14:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

my posts are made the old-fashioned way (being insane)

10.03.2026 11:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 178 ๐Ÿ” 62 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I gas up about once every month or two so I kinda keep forgetting this isnโ€™t going to be a price fluctuation I can wait out

10.03.2026 14:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With each passing day, itโ€™s a dumber and dumber decision to let my car sit with only half a tank

10.03.2026 14:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s clear somethingโ€™s changing. Itโ€™s hard to tell if the rock n roll olds like me are just no longer the audience, or if the festival has lost track of how to recruit audiences at all

10.03.2026 14:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

been working on this story for a (very) long time. thereโ€™s been a ton of change at sxsw, now owned out of california, over the past year. lot of people who left the company think itโ€™s doomed. current staff insist itโ€™s about to enter a renaissance. i tried to understand how they can both think that.

10.03.2026 14:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love this. I think it also goes to a thing I saw in grad school, how deeply studying something is itself an act of love.

10.03.2026 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 55 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

10.03.2026 14:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 9662 ๐Ÿ” 2201 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 78 ๐Ÿ“Œ 195
View east from Aon Center with a low, thick layer of fluffy white and grey clouds hiding the lake and shoreline. Tall buildings pop through the clouds in the foreground, and the sun peeks through a line of higher clouds to the right.

View east from Aon Center with a low, thick layer of fluffy white and grey clouds hiding the lake and shoreline. Tall buildings pop through the clouds in the foreground, and the sun peeks through a line of higher clouds to the right.

clouds forever, problems for now

10.03.2026 13:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The US bombing of schoolchildren in Iran is the biggest single US massacre of civilians since My Lai. The Israeli bombing of Tehranโ€™s oil storage constitutes the biggest single act of chemical warfare against a civilian population in history. Grotesque new depths of barbarism.

10.03.2026 13:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 517 ๐Ÿ” 201 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

I'm sorry I will never be this cool ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

10.03.2026 13:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One in every 1,257 American residents.

10.03.2026 13:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 144 ๐Ÿ” 59 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was a lot of fun to say. And now I have two snoring cats pressed against my leg

10.03.2026 04:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s increasingly his namesake

10.03.2026 04:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh the upstairs neighbors have a pitbull with social problems and the folks across the hall have a very young cat who is also a criminal

10.03.2026 03:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh damn the drop can incorporate recordings of actual cats knocking shit off the counter

10.03.2026 03:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The answer was both of them so now Iโ€™m sternly repeating โ€œGoose, donโ€™t menaceโ€

10.03.2026 03:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 27 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Inside them are two wolves

10.03.2026 03:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For real. The sugar canister landed sideways on the heat vent.

10.03.2026 03:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I shouldโ€™ve fed him sooner is all there is to it

10.03.2026 03:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope my neighbors canโ€™t hear me say stuff like โ€œwho wants to stop being a fuckshit tom cat and come be a little bedtime boyโ€

10.03.2026 03:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 218 ๐Ÿ” 26 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heโ€™s so proud of himself

10.03.2026 03:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gonna need a sealed bin for the cat food

10.03.2026 03:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0