Linnaeus
@linnaeus.bsky.social
Midwestern nerd, weird animal person, dad, things of that nature. he/him
Seen in the Hyatt parking lot. In fairness if we’re talking about Denny’s that might have been one of his better options.
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Seen in the Hyatt parking lot. In fairness if we’re talking about Denny’s that might have been one of his better options.
@furfest.org’s charity for this year is dog and cat rescue MCP Chicago, represented here by Vera Lynn and the very accurately named Happy. Happy in particular is happy to absorb all the pets you have to offer.
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
@furfest.org’s charity for this year is dog and cat rescue MCP Chicago, represented here by Vera Lynn and the very accurately named Happy. Happy in particular is happy to absorb all the pets you have to offer.
It’s cold out and the snow we got isn’t going anywhere for a while. Anyway I bought some fleecy lounge pants at a convenience store. They have a rooster and owl from a commercial 7-Eleven ran in the early ‘60s, representing the duality of extended hours convenience stores. I just think they’re neat.
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It’s cold out and the snow we got isn’t going anywhere for a while. Anyway I bought some fleecy lounge pants at a convenience store. They have a rooster and owl from a commercial 7-Eleven ran in the early ‘60s, representing the duality of extended hours convenience stores. I just think they’re neat.
Not sure if the green furry guy in this commercial is the officially licensed Grinch or a legally distinct Grink. Pretty sure the proper Grinch wouldn’t have a “No Soliciting” sign, but just something like a straightforward “Scram”.
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Not sure if the green furry guy in this commercial is the officially licensed Grinch or a legally distinct Grink. Pretty sure the proper Grinch wouldn’t have a “No Soliciting” sign, but just something like a straightforward “Scram”.
21°F and windy this morning, so Giant Dog wore her winter coat to the forest preserve dog park. She didn’t seem to mind the cold, but she’s practically furless and doesn’t communicate discomfort by rubbing her paws together & blowing on them or anything, so I kept it relatively short.
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
21°F and windy this morning, so Giant Dog wore her winter coat to the forest preserve dog park. She didn’t seem to mind the cold, but she’s practically furless and doesn’t communicate discomfort by rubbing her paws together & blowing on them or anything, so I kept it relatively short.
Some nice portraits of various animals by photographer Greg Murray. www.boredpanda.com/animail-port...
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Some nice portraits of various animals by photographer Greg Murray. www.boredpanda.com/animail-port...
The cover art for positive hardcore band Good Clean Fun’s 2006 album “Crouching Tiger, Moshing Panda” features a dancing panda with straightedge ‘X’es on their paws, which is something you can also probably see in a hotel ballroom in Rosemont in a couple of weeks.
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The cover art for positive hardcore band Good Clean Fun’s 2006 album “Crouching Tiger, Moshing Panda” features a dancing panda with straightedge ‘X’es on their paws, which is something you can also probably see in a hotel ballroom in Rosemont in a couple of weeks.
The holiday shopping season is upon us, and here’s a gift idea for the Chicago transit enthusiast in your life whose eye you’d like to make twitch.
Honestly not sure if this was hallucinated by AI or designed by someone with a largely vibesy approach to transit maps.
Honestly not sure if this was hallucinated by AI or designed by someone with a largely vibesy approach to transit maps.
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The holiday shopping season is upon us, and here’s a gift idea for the Chicago transit enthusiast in your life whose eye you’d like to make twitch.
Honestly not sure if this was hallucinated by AI or designed by someone with a largely vibesy approach to transit maps.
Honestly not sure if this was hallucinated by AI or designed by someone with a largely vibesy approach to transit maps.
In one ad they play cards with a faun and a gryphon.
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In one ad they play cards with a faun and a gryphon.
A poster in a Trader Joe’s bathroom in a Chicago suburb showing the CTA L system. I wonder what foamer they got the map from, as it includes non-existent but deeply wished for features like a Brown Line extension to Jeff Park and north-south lines along what looks like Western and Cicero Avenues.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A poster in a Trader Joe’s bathroom in a Chicago suburb showing the CTA L system. I wonder what foamer they got the map from, as it includes non-existent but deeply wished for features like a Brown Line extension to Jeff Park and north-south lines along what looks like Western and Cicero Avenues.
The Hammer Brothers might be my favorite Mario Bros enemies, because you have to imagine at some point Bowser or someone said “So we’ve got guys who throw hammers up in the air? Yeah…we should probably have them wear helmets.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Hammer Brothers might be my favorite Mario Bros enemies, because you have to imagine at some point Bowser or someone said “So we’ve got guys who throw hammers up in the air? Yeah…we should probably have them wear helmets.”
Water bottle for sale at a Daiso store invokes Mister Bones’ Wild Ride.
“Since the road is continuing eternally, let's drive forever!”
“Since the road is continuing eternally, let's drive forever!”
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Water bottle for sale at a Daiso store invokes Mister Bones’ Wild Ride.
“Since the road is continuing eternally, let's drive forever!”
“Since the road is continuing eternally, let's drive forever!”
Giant Dog has a stuffed llama toy with a squeaker inside, and it’s her job to get to that squeaker no matter how much polyfill ends up in her mouth in the process.
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Giant Dog has a stuffed llama toy with a squeaker inside, and it’s her job to get to that squeaker no matter how much polyfill ends up in her mouth in the process.
I didn’t take pictures because it was an art exhibit and I’m not a jerk, but here’s a piece that’s very much of the zeitgeist that I saw along Cicero Ave by Penny Pinch, a Chicago street artist who had a piece in the show.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I didn’t take pictures because it was an art exhibit and I’m not a jerk, but here’s a piece that’s very much of the zeitgeist that I saw along Cicero Ave by Penny Pinch, a Chicago street artist who had a piece in the show.
Franksville, Harlem & Addison in Chicago IL. I should probably visit this place at some point after seeing their epic hot dog locomotive sign for decades. I think the sign looks better in daylight when it’s unlit and the engineer’s face doesn’t have quite as much of a lunar white pallor.
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Franksville, Harlem & Addison in Chicago IL. I should probably visit this place at some point after seeing their epic hot dog locomotive sign for decades. I think the sign looks better in daylight when it’s unlit and the engineer’s face doesn’t have quite as much of a lunar white pallor.
“What’s wrong, babe? You haven’t touched your thanksgiving pizza.”
It’s the green beans and “gravy drizzle” where they lose me. This strikes me as an aggressively awful idea, but in all honesty I’d try it.
It’s the green beans and “gravy drizzle” where they lose me. This strikes me as an aggressively awful idea, but in all honesty I’d try it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“What’s wrong, babe? You haven’t touched your thanksgiving pizza.”
It’s the green beans and “gravy drizzle” where they lose me. This strikes me as an aggressively awful idea, but in all honesty I’d try it.
It’s the green beans and “gravy drizzle” where they lose me. This strikes me as an aggressively awful idea, but in all honesty I’d try it.
It’s not much, but we do now have snow. The dogs were unimpressed.
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It’s not much, but we do now have snow. The dogs were unimpressed.
Shout out to everyone who puts up outdoor Thanksgiving decorations, helping maintain a buffer zone between Halloween and Christmas. You’re the real ones.
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Shout out to everyone who puts up outdoor Thanksgiving decorations, helping maintain a buffer zone between Halloween and Christmas. You’re the real ones.
There are now bananas that have Zootopia 2 character stickers on them. Just letting you know in case any of you are fans of the franchise and are in the market for a banana.
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
There are now bananas that have Zootopia 2 character stickers on them. Just letting you know in case any of you are fans of the franchise and are in the market for a banana.
Giant Dog & I went to the forest preserve off leash dog area Saturday & walked about a 2 mile loop. She enjoyed it except for the parts that were just a trail though tall grass, when another dog and their person came from the other direction it made her nervous and she had to press up against me.
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Giant Dog & I went to the forest preserve off leash dog area Saturday & walked about a 2 mile loop. She enjoyed it except for the parts that were just a trail though tall grass, when another dog and their person came from the other direction it made her nervous and she had to press up against me.
Spider bread, spider bread
Does water a spider bread does
Does water a spider bread does
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Spider bread, spider bread
Does water a spider bread does
Does water a spider bread does
We only had one kid in a K-Pop Demon Hunter themed costume visit the house (Rumi), but one neighbor had a lovely Derpy Tiger Jack-o-lantern. Extra points for the knocked over flower pot next to it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We only had one kid in a K-Pop Demon Hunter themed costume visit the house (Rumi), but one neighbor had a lovely Derpy Tiger Jack-o-lantern. Extra points for the knocked over flower pot next to it.
An Amazon deep discount site had sales offering screen protectors for cybertrucks, a gold plastic dollar sign pendant, and a bunch of Punisher skull decals, all for a penny each. Somewhere I guess there’s someone I probably wouldn’t have a lot to talk about with who got their shopping done for 3¢.
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
An Amazon deep discount site had sales offering screen protectors for cybertrucks, a gold plastic dollar sign pendant, and a bunch of Punisher skull decals, all for a penny each. Somewhere I guess there’s someone I probably wouldn’t have a lot to talk about with who got their shopping done for 3¢.
