Michelle the Voweler
@michellebird.bsky.social
Globalist, midwesterner, parent, underachiever, reader, democrat-socialist, gig worker, cross-stitcher, civ player, she/her
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faith leaders are starting today’s program outside the broadview ice detention center with song.
the crowd sings, “a world without cages is at the tips of our fingers and the palms of our hands.”
the crowd sings, “a world without cages is at the tips of our fingers and the palms of our hands.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
faith leaders are starting today’s program outside the broadview ice detention center with song.
the crowd sings, “a world without cages is at the tips of our fingers and the palms of our hands.”
the crowd sings, “a world without cages is at the tips of our fingers and the palms of our hands.”
Also it's like super hard to tell chipmunk sounds and bird noises apart
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Also it's like super hard to tell chipmunk sounds and bird noises apart
Back in MY day, mid November wasn't too early to pack away your summer shorts in the Midwest USA.
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Back in MY day, mid November wasn't too early to pack away your summer shorts in the Midwest USA.
This Rick Steves audiobook made my drive across Missouri so much better. He's in my top 5 favorite humans and I hope he's doing well. And I still need to get his memoir.
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
This Rick Steves audiobook made my drive across Missouri so much better. He's in my top 5 favorite humans and I hope he's doing well. And I still need to get his memoir.
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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it’s also notable how the techbros of today really don’t read *books* anymore - this was really not the case for the Tech Guys of earlier generations, far as I’ve been able to tell
certain things associated with intelligence like math and chess get so weirdly fetishized by small minded people who cannot see the forest for the trees
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
it’s also notable how the techbros of today really don’t read *books* anymore - this was really not the case for the Tech Guys of earlier generations, far as I’ve been able to tell
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certain things associated with intelligence like math and chess get so weirdly fetishized by small minded people who cannot see the forest for the trees
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
certain things associated with intelligence like math and chess get so weirdly fetishized by small minded people who cannot see the forest for the trees
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A sincere thanks to @theonion.com for spotlighting a huge and growing problem with America's broken Veterans Affairs system.
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A sincere thanks to @theonion.com for spotlighting a huge and growing problem with America's broken Veterans Affairs system.
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
"Once they were done scraping the carcasses up with a skid steer loader..." Totally normal thing to overhear while out for lunch in Iowa
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"Once they were done scraping the carcasses up with a skid steer loader..." Totally normal thing to overhear while out for lunch in Iowa
Oh my gosh it's Veterans' Day happy Veterans' Day we love our Veterans thank you ALL!
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Oh my gosh it's Veterans' Day happy Veterans' Day we love our Veterans thank you ALL!
I spent 26 hours on a single task for work. I never want to hear about Greece again. On the other hand, I gave an LLM a prompt requiring 40 steps of research and analysis and it came within an INCH of getting the right answer in the end. I was expecting it to be much further off. Nuts. Tired. Balls.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I spent 26 hours on a single task for work. I never want to hear about Greece again. On the other hand, I gave an LLM a prompt requiring 40 steps of research and analysis and it came within an INCH of getting the right answer in the end. I was expecting it to be much further off. Nuts. Tired. Balls.
Apparently there was a very dramatic and quite publicized attempt to rescue a cat from a tree in Le Mars, Iowa. Citizens and local businesses made a coordinated effort, but the cat simply went further up the tree. Volunteers looked at the cat and the nearby power line and said 'fuck it' (probably)
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Apparently there was a very dramatic and quite publicized attempt to rescue a cat from a tree in Le Mars, Iowa. Citizens and local businesses made a coordinated effort, but the cat simply went further up the tree. Volunteers looked at the cat and the nearby power line and said 'fuck it' (probably)
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That was FAST. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s gambit is working.
BREAKING: 1st Circuit denies Trump administration request to stay judge's order forcing full payment of SNAP for November. Opinion by Rikelman (Biden), Joined by Barron (Obama), Gelpi (Biden). Order remains on hold for 48 hours per Justice Jackson. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
RISNAPCA1Opn110925
www.documentcloud.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
That was FAST. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s gambit is working.
It's the airplane queues that made the senators cave, isn't it. Someone important had to wait in line, didn't they.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It's the airplane queues that made the senators cave, isn't it. Someone important had to wait in line, didn't they.
Give us what we want and I swear we may or may not get you back in the future. As a token to hold you over, here is jack shit. Jack shit and a maybe -- deal? That sound like a deal, @schumer.senate.gov ?
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Give us what we want and I swear we may or may not get you back in the future. As a token to hold you over, here is jack shit. Jack shit and a maybe -- deal? That sound like a deal, @schumer.senate.gov ?
Nothing gets you hyped up for an upcoming election season quite like a dinner buffet at a midwest Pizza Ranch. By the time I hit the cactus bread I'd already submitted a form to volunteer for @robsandia.bsky.social for Iowa Governor HOORAH.
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Nothing gets you hyped up for an upcoming election season quite like a dinner buffet at a midwest Pizza Ranch. By the time I hit the cactus bread I'd already submitted a form to volunteer for @robsandia.bsky.social for Iowa Governor HOORAH.
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BAD COMPANY
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BAD COMPANY
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
Oh no. It snowed. It has snown.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Oh no. It snowed. It has snown.
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I love how slow Wikipedia moves during controversy. For YEARS after the "GamerGate" harassment campaign, editors refused to give up the URL of the *original* meaning of the word: A gamergate is a kind of ant.
Without a consensus to the contrary, the ants keep it.
Without a consensus to the contrary, the ants keep it.
Gamergate - Wikipedia
web.archive.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I love how slow Wikipedia moves during controversy. For YEARS after the "GamerGate" harassment campaign, editors refused to give up the URL of the *original* meaning of the word: A gamergate is a kind of ant.
Without a consensus to the contrary, the ants keep it.
Without a consensus to the contrary, the ants keep it.
"y'all better save 'cause you've got 3 more years under me and things are gonna get reeeeeal shitty"
Trump on SNAP: “Our country has to remain very liquid because of problems, catastrophes, wars… We have to remain liquid. We can’t give everything away.”
REMINDER: Trump just have $40 billion away to Argentina.
REMINDER: Trump just have $40 billion away to Argentina.
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"y'all better save 'cause you've got 3 more years under me and things are gonna get reeeeeal shitty"
Has there ever been a less transparent government organization than the Sioux City, Iowa school board? Maybe in like North Korea.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Has there ever been a less transparent government organization than the Sioux City, Iowa school board? Maybe in like North Korea.
Uuggghhhhhhhh. Not inspiring.
Democratic Presidential Polling:
Newsom: 25%
Harris: 10%
Buttigieg: 9%
AOC: 3%
Shapiro: 3%
Pritzker: 2%
Beshear: 2%
Sanders: 2%
Emerson / Nov 4, 2025
Newsom: 25%
Harris: 10%
Buttigieg: 9%
AOC: 3%
Shapiro: 3%
Pritzker: 2%
Beshear: 2%
Sanders: 2%
Emerson / Nov 4, 2025
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Uuggghhhhhhhh. Not inspiring.
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This is my all time favorite video ever. I'm not usually a fan of the whole laughing in the middle of your post but that's exactly what made this clip so good. You can't not lose your shit watching it
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is my all time favorite video ever. I'm not usually a fan of the whole laughing in the middle of your post but that's exactly what made this clip so good. You can't not lose your shit watching it
I switched my NPR station to New York this week and I learned it's a very windy city
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I switched my NPR station to New York this week and I learned it's a very windy city