Yesterday I learned that “chick-a-dee is a sort of battle cry that ralles other birds to mob a predator” and “The more dangerous a chickadee perceives a threat to be, the more dees it tacks onto the end of its call.” (Andy McGlashen, Audubon magazine, Fall 2026.) So our word for them is their word for us, and they’re not fans. #TIL #birds

Maybe it’s just me but it seems like the latest MIT Alumni News issue cover is a tribute to UK glam band Sweet’s 1978 album _Level Headed_ (featuring “Love Is Like Oxygen”).

While waiting for the train at Magoun Square station, I noticed that the natural-looking bricks on the wall are identical so must be concrete from a mold. #SomervilleMA #mbta

I will be taking part in the Somerville Yart Sale today with @marywordymary , selling postcards of our art! We’re on Summer Street between Porter and Linden. Come visit - we’ll be there from noon until we get tired or sell out. #SomervilleMA #YartSale #watercolor