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Too many things to do, and not enough time or energy to do them all well.

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 2d

Sunrise as seen from the Sangamon Valley Trail, northwest of Springfield, IL, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 7:10 am CDT.

Sunrise over the Sangamon Valley Trail on 10/8/25.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 5h

Born and raised on the grid of Grand Rapids, Michigan, my 20 years in non-gridded (is that a word?) SF were frustrating on a daily basis. Love Chicago first and NYC second, and their grids are significant to my admiration and appreciation. Urban life is so much easier when it’s logically ordered.

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 5h

My office view for nearly 20 years. ‘Twas a banger! Alcatraz not quite visible to the upper left. Much happier to be in Chicago, though.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 17h

I'm watching Mr. Klein on The Criterion Channel

Mr. Klein

Directed by Joseph Losey • 1976 • France Starring Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé Neglected for decades, this chilling existentialist mystery has reemerged as one of director Joseph Losey’...

www.criterionchannel.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17h

Concord is well known as the home of Walden Pond, made famous by the writer Henry David Throreau, but the small town’s wider geography was crucial to the origins of the American Revolution, Robert A. Gross and Robert M. Thorson argue: https://theatln.tc/7IM93J1s

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 18h

Making a proper Jägerschnitzel (Bairischer Art) when I finally get home tomorrow. May even put on my good Lederhosen.

We only live once!

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Germania on the Potomac

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

Press pool: “On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial”

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Cars. Ruin. Everything.

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

www.bloomberg.com

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

What in the holy hell?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Pete M @gripecat.bsky.social · 1d

There are five ‘stilt’ houses in Roydon, Essex. They back on to the river and you can see them from the train.

themodernhouse.com/sales-list/d...

For Sale: Ducketts Mead II, Roydon, Essex | The Modern House

Ducketts Mead is one of five astonishing stilted houses built in the late 1960’s, positioned in a peaceful location on the edge of the River Stort in the pretty village of Roydon. Whilst offering easy...

themodernhouse.com

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus H. Christ!

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

I biked past that last month. It’s a beauty!

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

A story indistinguishable from those depicted/dramatized in all the WWII / Holocaust movies and plays and novels we grew up with

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

So….how did that work out for you? 🍹😎

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

We all have central air, so it’s a mystery to me!

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

He’s still an asshole, I see

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

This photo was from last month, but I couldn’t resist reposting it. I do not open my windows during allergy season, so I am innocent as charged!

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · Sep 8

The view from my lobby right now, showcasing the unmitigated joy of courtyard living, in full passive-aggressive yet minimalist candor….😆

Handwritten note, taped to the exterior of my building lobby from a neighbor in an adjacent wing of the building, asking for anyone snoring to please close their window. Disclaimer: I can’t leave my windows open at night due to allergies and nocturnal noise, so this request must be for another neighbor. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

For our neighbors and friends

Donate to Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund, organized by Street Vendors Association of Chicago

Support Chicago’s Street Vendors We are the Street Vendor… Street Vendors Association of Chicago needs your support for Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund

www.gofundme.com

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine what they could/would do to someone who happens to be on a bike which they consider to be a hindrance? <<shudder>>

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

Some rather beautiful Art Deco enamelling from the foyer of the Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society building on Bothwell Street in Glasgow.

#glasgow #enamelling
#colours #design #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowarchitecture #interiorsdesign #artdeco #architecturephotography #enamel

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

Joan Stavo-Debauge @jostavodebauge.bsky.social · 2d

Surprise 😲

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Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 1d

Beach safety cartoon in German, Chicago 1906

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Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 1d

Carson’s ad in German, Chicago 1906

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the original, medieval flying buttresses on the south side of Winchester Cathedral. A well-traveled passageway leading to and from the Cathedral Close, it was on this side of the Cathedral where William Walker performed his incredible underwater feat of shoring up the Cathedral’s foundation.

My photo from February 2024 of the flying buttresses on the south side of Winchester Cathedral in the UK where I traveled and lived for three months in early ‘24.