Tulip City
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Blogging from the indigenous lands of the Odawa, the Bodwewadmi, and the Peoria
Read all about it at https://tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/
Blogging from the indigenous lands of the Odawa, the Bodwewadmi, and the Peoria
Read all about it at https://tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/
Bill Huizenga (MI-02) isn't going to vote yes on the discharge petition.
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Bill Huizenga (MI-02) isn't going to vote yes on the discharge petition.
West Michigan Hot Takes:
-Grand Haven is overrated
-Grand Rapids is underrated
-Muskegon is exactly rated where it's supposed to be
-Holland is cool but with no culture
-All my homies that went to GVSU or Ferris still hang out with their high school clique. Even GRCC breaks up "the bubble" a little
-Grand Haven is overrated
-Grand Rapids is underrated
-Muskegon is exactly rated where it's supposed to be
-Holland is cool but with no culture
-All my homies that went to GVSU or Ferris still hang out with their high school clique. Even GRCC breaks up "the bubble" a little
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
West Michigan Hot Takes:
-Grand Haven is overrated
-Grand Rapids is underrated
-Muskegon is exactly rated where it's supposed to be
-Holland is cool but with no culture
-All my homies that went to GVSU or Ferris still hang out with their high school clique. Even GRCC breaks up "the bubble" a little
-Grand Haven is overrated
-Grand Rapids is underrated
-Muskegon is exactly rated where it's supposed to be
-Holland is cool but with no culture
-All my homies that went to GVSU or Ferris still hang out with their high school clique. Even GRCC breaks up "the bubble" a little
It's always a weird one reading the Reddit job hunting advice boards and seeing how much AI is recommended for job hunting - the justification is "the companies use it, so AI is the only way to beat ATS-type programs and get that interview"
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's always a weird one reading the Reddit job hunting advice boards and seeing how much AI is recommended for job hunting - the justification is "the companies use it, so AI is the only way to beat ATS-type programs and get that interview"
Counterpoint: She was a cop
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Counterpoint: She was a cop
Pretty sure this is the same Dr. Mihalopolous that taught at Northern Michigan University while I was an undergrad there...how many guys named Bill Mihaloplous are there on earth who are doctors of Eastern Asia studies? What an unexpected discovery to find his writings on BlueSky!
"What was at Stake in the Maria Luz Incident"?
In this new blog Bill Mihalopolous, explores the key points about the context and ramifications of the court case made in his recent article for the journal, and considers it's resonance into the 21st Century
pastandpresent.org.uk/what-was-at-...
In this new blog Bill Mihalopolous, explores the key points about the context and ramifications of the court case made in his recent article for the journal, and considers it's resonance into the 21st Century
pastandpresent.org.uk/what-was-at-...
What Was at Stake in the Maria Luz Incident - Past and Present
by Dr. Bill Mihalopoulos My recent article “Liberty, the Maria Luz Incident and the liminal legal status of Chinese indentured labourers and Japanese licensed prostitutes” in Past & Present No. 268 (A...
pastandpresent.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Pretty sure this is the same Dr. Mihalopolous that taught at Northern Michigan University while I was an undergrad there...how many guys named Bill Mihaloplous are there on earth who are doctors of Eastern Asia studies? What an unexpected discovery to find his writings on BlueSky!
Heh, I've blogged about this too. After getting in a heated argument with a Discord server, I wrote a diatribe about how art (including cartoons/TV shows) were made in a specific societal context, and how we can learn from what the creator(s) were trying to tell us in the future.
Still rocks me that Looney Tunes did a better job of handling this history than 99% of politicians, textbooks, and media
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Heh, I've blogged about this too. After getting in a heated argument with a Discord server, I wrote a diatribe about how art (including cartoons/TV shows) were made in a specific societal context, and how we can learn from what the creator(s) were trying to tell us in the future.
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Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/2024/06/was-... +1. Using the words of the man himself, the German Nazis were *proudly* far-right.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/2024/06/was-... +1. Using the words of the man himself, the German Nazis were *proudly* far-right.
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"Mad Men" wasn't a period piece about how the world was profoundly different just a few decades ago. It was the story of how a bunch of guys in one tiny corner of NY created the US culture of consumption and greed by convincing ordinary people that material possessions are the key to happiness.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"Mad Men" wasn't a period piece about how the world was profoundly different just a few decades ago. It was the story of how a bunch of guys in one tiny corner of NY created the US culture of consumption and greed by convincing ordinary people that material possessions are the key to happiness.
In the Josh Gracin song, "Favorite State Of Mind," there's a multitude of voices emphasizing the point of each state he lists in the chorus of the song. I've been listening to this song for 20 years and have seen the dude in concert, and only *just* noticed this while listening to Spotify this week
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In the Josh Gracin song, "Favorite State Of Mind," there's a multitude of voices emphasizing the point of each state he lists in the chorus of the song. I've been listening to this song for 20 years and have seen the dude in concert, and only *just* noticed this while listening to Spotify this week
The American Experiment, ladies and gentlmen.
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The American Experiment, ladies and gentlmen.
My "favorite" tidbit about Zuckerberg is that his wealth alone shifted the median net worth for the whole Millennial generation higher than it would've been otherwise. Remove the outlier (Zuck) and the median net worth normalized for persons born between 1981 and 1996.
Wait a minute..are you telling me that the guy who created an app to make fun of a girl who didn't want to date him, is violating people in order to make money? I don't believe it.
Fuckerberg has always behaved so admirably 🙄
Fuckerberg has always behaved so admirably 🙄
Leaked Documents Expose Meta Making Billions From Scam Ads — The Daily Beast
Harry Thompson | Published 11.06.25 12:15PM EST Harry Thompson Published 11.06.25 12:15PM EST Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta makes around 10 percent of its revenue from fake advertisements and blasts 15 billi...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My "favorite" tidbit about Zuckerberg is that his wealth alone shifted the median net worth for the whole Millennial generation higher than it would've been otherwise. Remove the outlier (Zuck) and the median net worth normalized for persons born between 1981 and 1996.
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Nancy Pelosi should be in jail for insider trading. Prosecute Bill Clinton for any and all sex crimes. Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama were all war criminals. Trump should've been impeached and removed on day 1 of his first term under the anti-emoluments clause.
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Nancy Pelosi should be in jail for insider trading. Prosecute Bill Clinton for any and all sex crimes. Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama were all war criminals. Trump should've been impeached and removed on day 1 of his first term under the anti-emoluments clause.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Trying to get myself back into writing semi-recently, so I squeezed this little soft-ball article in this morning tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/2025/11/2025...
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Trying to get myself back into writing semi-recently, so I squeezed this little soft-ball article in this morning tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/2025/11/2025...
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ABBY WON!!!!!
Byrd, Sól unseated by Klomparens, Marroquin on Holland City Council
Abby Klomparens, Tim Vreeman, Tim Marroquin and Scott Corbin have earned four-year terms on Holland City Council following an election Nov. 4.
www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/p...
Byrd, Sól unseated by Klomparens, Marroquin on Holland City Council
Abby Klomparens, Tim Vreeman, Tim Marroquin and Scott Corbin have earned four-year terms on Holland City Council following an election Nov. 4.
www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/p...
Byrd, Sól unseated by Klomparens, Marroquin on Holland City Council
Abby Klomparens, Tim Vreeman, Tim Marroquin and Scott Corbin have earned four-year terms on Holland City Council following an election Nov. 4.
www.hollandsentinel.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
ABBY WON!!!!!
Byrd, Sól unseated by Klomparens, Marroquin on Holland City Council
Abby Klomparens, Tim Vreeman, Tim Marroquin and Scott Corbin have earned four-year terms on Holland City Council following an election Nov. 4.
www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/p...
Byrd, Sól unseated by Klomparens, Marroquin on Holland City Council
Abby Klomparens, Tim Vreeman, Tim Marroquin and Scott Corbin have earned four-year terms on Holland City Council following an election Nov. 4.
www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/p...
I will stand by the statement that Russ' OG/classic burger absolutely blows Mr. Burger out of the water. Where my West Michiganders at? Who wants to argue about this?
#fastfood #burgers #docsdiner #mrburger #hollandmi #tulipcitydispatch
#fastfood #burgers #docsdiner #mrburger #hollandmi #tulipcitydispatch
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I will stand by the statement that Russ' OG/classic burger absolutely blows Mr. Burger out of the water. Where my West Michiganders at? Who wants to argue about this?
#fastfood #burgers #docsdiner #mrburger #hollandmi #tulipcitydispatch
#fastfood #burgers #docsdiner #mrburger #hollandmi #tulipcitydispatch
One thing about me is that I was handpicked by Cheney's Secret Service detail to work parking while he gave a speech at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids in 2013 or thereabouts. He was a LOT shorter when I saw him than I ever imagined.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...
Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies | CNN Politics
Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, accordin...
www.cnn.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
One thing about me is that I was handpicked by Cheney's Secret Service detail to work parking while he gave a speech at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids in 2013 or thereabouts. He was a LOT shorter when I saw him than I ever imagined.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...
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Along the shoreline of Green Bay about 20 miles south of me sits Michigan’s largest Yooperlite rock. www.mlive.com/life/2025/11... #puremichigan
U.P. park has Michigan magic on its shorelines: See the state’s largest Yooperlite
An earlier sunset is great news for Yooperlite hunters illuminating the shorelines. Michigan's largest shining stone is hard to miss.
www.mlive.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Along the shoreline of Green Bay about 20 miles south of me sits Michigan’s largest Yooperlite rock. www.mlive.com/life/2025/11... #puremichigan
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it sure would be a shame if “horseglue” by ekko astral randomly went viral on a sunday ohoho
Ekko Astral - "horseglue" [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Ekko Astral
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November 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
it sure would be a shame if “horseglue” by ekko astral randomly went viral on a sunday ohoho
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This guy is not actually in control.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This guy is not actually in control.
Ya watch *one* monster truck or tractor pull video on Youtube, and all the sudden you're inundated with evangelical MAGA redneck content.
What? Nooo. The platform that’ll direct you to white nationalist content if you watch any European history documentaries? Nooooooooo.
woof
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ya watch *one* monster truck or tractor pull video on Youtube, and all the sudden you're inundated with evangelical MAGA redneck content.