I was a bit late on my brakes at a red light in Evanston, Ill., and a man in the crosswalk wearing a tweed jacket and scarf looked at me and wagged a finger. It was Mikhail Baryshnikov, in town for his daughter’s graduation from Northwestern U.

Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Movie mavens Max and Finn loved Flow. Paws crossed it wins the #oscar for best animated film.

Every act of resistance matters, however small.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice
1st published 28 January 1813

These women didn’t sit down, stay quiet, or ask for permission—they broke the rules and changed the world. Role models.

We should add Bishop Mariann Budde to the list.

Pitch perfect.

Yardsticks. Their only real use is for under-the-furniture sweeps.

Helpful hotlines today:

1-800-BUTTERBALL - for your Turkey

1-800-662-3263 (Ocean Spray hotline) - for your cranberry sauce

1-800-CALLFBI - for your annoying insurrectionist cousin

Happy Thanksgiving.

So chocolate shakes can be delicious, inspiring, and a tax write-off? Perfect!

I knew I liked you!!!

I bet he was excited! Winters are meant to be snowy, and it’s bliss to have actual accumulation in November.

By next week, the yards will be dull and brown and my unraked leaves will emerge to mock me, but right now I just love #Chicago and its autumn wonderland.

A tale as old as time. 😉

A tale as old as time.

Looking very grown up.

Thank you!

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😂 Safe spaces have their limits, right?

Yes, a common question for me too.

Thanks for creating this group, Abigail!

This site feels like twitter when twitter was fun and weird and cool.