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David Panian
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Reporter at The Tecumseh Herald in Tecumseh, Michigan, covering local government, education, business and public safety. Formerly worked at The Daily Telegram in Adrian, Michigan. University of Michigan alumnus; Detroit sports and Star Wars fan; Chemic.
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Why is Emperor Palpatine sitting next to Marlins Man at the Yankees-Blue Jays game?
A man wearing an oversized, dark-colored hood and sunglasses gestures with both hands as he sits next to Marlins Man who is wearing a bright orange Miami Marlins pullover jersey and sun visor behind home plate as the New York Yankees play the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 4 of their American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium. A man wearing an oversized, dark-colored hood and sunglasses smiles as he sits next to Marlins Man who is wearing a bright orange Miami Marlins pullover jersey and sun visor behind home plate as the New York Yankees play the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 4 of their American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium.
October 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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I guess this is a pretty good collection of some of my favorite players from this century.
September 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Sing to the colors that float in the light;
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

Fire up … It's Saturday! Go Michigan! Beat Los Lobos! Go Blue!
August 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Though I’m not a Pennsylvania native — I’m related to PA natives, and I’ve spent a lot of time in Washington and Bedford counties — I agree with all of this closing to the article.
SO, ABOUT THAT TRUMP ENDORSEMENT... As a PA native, it’s been a long time since I’ve been able to drink a Yuengling without the off flavors of their family’s exploitations coming through in the finish. To some extent, I’m comfortable with the idea that capitalists will be capitalists. But the context of Yuengling busting unions in Pottsville where so many of our historical labor battles were fought was a bit much. Dumping pollution into the Schuylkill and leaving it for someone else to clean up was a deal breaker for me—my experience of PA's natural beauty is what aches in my bones. But tax evasion that holds a city’s budget and critical services hostage as you protect your billions and watch your competitors pay up, and claim it's part of some higher ideal you hold the world to. Yup, that there is the stuff of Trump.
August 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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I didn’t get to see Ryne Sandberg play in person, but here he is in the Hall of Fame parade July 28, 2018, during Induction Weekend in Cooperstown, New York. RIP to a baseball legend.
Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg, wearing a cream-colored sport coat and a red-and-white gingham check shirt with a red tie and sunglasses, waves to the crowd from the back of a pickup during the Baseball Hall of Fame parade July 28, 2018, in Cooperstown, New York. The parade is part of the Induction Weekend festivities. Ryno’s wife is to his right, wearing a light-weight, white sweater and sunglasses.
July 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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This is brilliant satire. mamdanitimes.com
Mamdanitimes.com satirizes New York Times coverage of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani with headlines such as, “Mamdani’s use of Oxford comma raises questions amid no record of attendance.”
July 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid
June 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Reminds me of collages like this showing Harrison Ford pointing.
Actor Harrison Ford is shown pointing his index finger in several scenes. Via https://x.com/dannydutch/status/1055779590067703809?s=46&t=VzsrasAX2pB8lLb-WC6h0Q
June 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know:
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...

Ummm…OK?
Any Antsler from "Booksmart" Radar O'Reilly from "MASH" Cameron James from "10 Things I Hate About You" Jared Dunn from "Silicon Valley"
May 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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What happened to you GenX? You used to be cool.
30-something Bart Simpson, wearing a red Hawaiian shirt with green flowers on it and with sunglasses hanging around his neck, addresses an older, balding Chinese man. In the original scene, Bart is an underemployed, freeloader who is trying to help his sister Lisa, who is now president of the U.S., with countries that want the U.S. to pay back its debts. To the Chinese representative he says, “What happened to you China? You used to be cool.” The Chinese rep replies, “China still cool. You pay later!”
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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For context, the original scoreboard had “Comerica Park” lettering on the green border around the video board as did the second version. The third version, which is all video boards with no physical borders, lost the physical Comerica lettering and the bank’s name was not always displayed.
The original Comerica Park scoreboard is pictured with the “TIGERS” lettering arched across the top and the “Comerica Park” lettering placed on the top of the green border around the central, monochrome video board. Photo from Wiki Media: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comerica_Park_Scoreboard.JPG The second version of the Comerica Park scoreboard is pictured. It has large, lighted, script “Tigers” lettering arched across centered across the top and “Comerica Park” lettering placed on the top of the green border along the top of the center video board. The third version of the Comerica Park scoreboard is pictured. It has large, lighted, script “Tigers” lettering across the top. The scoreboard is made entirely of video panels and does not have any permanent “Comerica Park” lettering.
March 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Oh, he did it twice.
Christopher Plummer as Capt. Georg von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” movie tears a Nazi flag that had been hung on his home near Salzburg, Austria.
January 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Now we know where to get this clarinet.
December 4, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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lawyers who are more qualified to be AG than Matt Gaetz
Arnie Linson, attorney at law/credit to creator
November 16, 2024 at 4:25 AM
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Has @saltedjosh.bsky.social found a use for green peppers?
August 26, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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February 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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C’mon, Lions, let’s answer Monte Clark’s prayer with a comeback!
Detroit Lions head coach prays for a game-winning field goal in a playoff game at San Francisco in 1983.
January 29, 2024 at 2:21 AM
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December 13, 2023 at 2:16 PM
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In honor of Miguel Cabrera's retirement, here are photos from the two games I was at that he won in walkoff fashion: a 10th-inning homer against Cleveland on Aug. 5, 2012, and an 11th-inning, bases-loaded walk against Toronto on July 16, 2017.
October 2, 2023 at 1:18 AM