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Sarah B (she/her)
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I'm an engineering librarian at the University of Michigan and a maker of pies. Forever a Bay Stater and now a Michigander (〽️) too!
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Not to brag (jk I’m totally bragging), but I won one of the awards (best overall soup!!!) for our building’s Souoer Bowl and got this totally rad trophy!

🍜🏆🍜
February 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
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Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women. Women whose paid and unpaid labor are toggled up or down depending on the whims of the men who engineered and profiteered our DIY society.
Roughly half a million women in the US exited the workforce in 2025, and 42% of those who voluntarily left cited their caregiving responsibilities as the main reason, according to a recent survey from Catalyst.

www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
42% of women are leaving the workforce over lack of caregiver support
In a tight employment market, employers that offer less flexibility risk losing working caregivers, according to a Catalyst report.
www.hr-brew.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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Have you seen the new library building? It's a proper skyscraper. Now some would say that's too many stories, but I think it's just right.
February 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
High stakes summer camp sign up number one is coming up in 5 minutes followed closely by high stakes summer camp sign up number two in two hours and five minutes 🫠🤞
February 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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Great advice for filming ICE. Also for filming anything.
February 2, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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There is so much corruption in this one story. Not even mentioned in the summary, the $500M investment in World Liberty Financial came before the UAE won access to U.S. AI chips
In the days before the presidential inauguration, an Emirati sheikh paid $187 million to entities controlled by Donald Trump’s family to take a major stake in one of the president’s crypto companies, World Liberty Financial.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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The most important part of the Rehmet campaign (in my humble opinion as a local political scientist whose opinion nobody asked for) is that Rehmet ran as a union man.

Rehmet is a union president, and this was an unapologetically pro labor campaign.
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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OMG. Rehmet further increased his lead and has won!
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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Breaking: Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset.
Democrat wins special election for red Texas Senate seat
With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.
www.texastribune.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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Free them all.
BREAKING:

A federal judge just ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father from immigration custody — condemning their removal from Minneapolis as unconstitutional.

Judge Fred Biery condemned "the perfidious lust for unbridled power" and "the imposition of cruelty."
January 31, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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❤️
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Pedro Pascal has paid tribute to Catherine O’Hara after her tragic passing

“Oh, genius to be near you. Eternally grateful. There is less light in my world, this lucky world that had you, will keep you, always. Always ❤️

The one and ONLY Catherine O’Hara”
January 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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There are Senate Democrats who loudly support defunding ICE—which is a reminder that the ones making weaker demands could ask for more too.

Keep calling! As we’ve seen in Minneapolis, a lot of momentum can build in two weeks.
January 30, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Love seeing David Zinn art in the wild. Sometimes I think it’s hard to see how tiny some of these are, so I zoomed out to show the scale. 🎨
January 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Fun tool for UK-based researchers to assess the cost/benefit ratio of grant applications.
January 29, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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The emergence of Nadine and her stormy-weather friend:
January 28, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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This is Minneapolis.

Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.

This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Your regular reminder that civil service protections are generally popular because they result in better service delivery! Nothing is more wasteful than poorly run patronage systems!
There is a push for making public sector employees at will, i.e. they can be fired for any reason by politicians. Trump shows how such powers will be abused. This report does a great job of debunking claims that at will employement is working at the state level.
ourpublicservice.org/publications...
At-Will Employment: What the Federal Government Can Learn from States
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.
ourpublicservice.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Lot of @umnlawschool.bsky.social at tonight's @cnn.com townhall asking questions of city leaders.
January 29, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.

It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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“There are no words to fully capture the pain, fear and disruption this causes for our scholars and their loved ones,” Zachery-Ross said. “To see our families targeted in this way is a violation of the sense of safety that every member of our community deserves.”
Multiple parents of Ypsilanti students detained by ICE, school says
The arrests happened near school property, officials said.
www.mlive.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:32 PM