I love how fucking with the river is a civic pastime in Chicago. From rubber ducks to painting it green

They should call it inconvenience fee instead

this is what we see when we sit on the back patio in the evening

Dinner is a Jollibee sandwich

RE: https://wandering.shop/@silvermoon82/117051399582434933

WHATEVER YOU DO DO NOT BRING HIM INSIDE YOUR WALLS

Starfish chonkiness scale

some friends and I spent the last few days in the Gros Ventre Range. my route was a little too ambitious and the first day sort of killed us and we spent the rest of the trip recovering. who could have predicted that 50-somethings with office jobs might not be bringing their A game??

Parasitic Zombie fungus is vegan now

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/parasitic-zombie-fungus-thrives-in-mosses-too/

(not, despite the name, ramen for Miso)

Fledgling dark-eyed junco! Look how fast he sprints over to dad at the merest hint of food being found.

#birds

Every Indian street cart is basically this but with curry leaves, chilies, and sometimes even cilantro/lemons.

You just need to buy enough in veggies and they’ll throw it in

CATTAX

Diva alert

Why is it so sharp

There’s a life lesson there, if your key doesn’t work with a lock, reprogram the lock

And they can just change something in the lock to fit my key!

Theyre replacing the locks with code enabled locks in my building and they had the wrong cuts for my key.

And I’m learning so much about locksmithy.

Apparently they maintain the record of every key and lock and had the wrong numbers for mine

mark what robustness is there