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#immigrants
Im listening to Donald Trump yell at me. I cant keep track of all the details.
But immigration is ok. Lets just legalize it as it is. Its fine.
I had dinner with the fam at the Yemen Cafe in Hamtramck recently.
Delightful. All kinds of people show up. We can live like that.
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I will survive
(Breaker turned off)
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Your last saved pic is your philosophy
September 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#MusicChallenge
#FirstNameInSong

Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way?

The Mavericks do a great version of Waylon Jenning's classic

youtu.be/WDjwosWmnZE?...
The Mavericks - Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The Mavericks
youtu.be
August 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#FirstNameInSong
#MusicChallenge

First names in song, but two of 'em.
The great Panch and Lefty by the great Emmylou Harris

youtu.be/l3LQeRqTBK4?...
Emmylou Harris "Pancho and Lefty"
YouTube video by catman916
youtu.be
August 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Slightly diminish some bands:

Prince and The Course Correction

Tom Petty and The Disappointers

Led Zeppelin
Slightly diminish a band: boygoodeffort
Slightly diminish a band: Huey Lewis and the Social Media
August 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#Michigan

Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer continues to dissapoint. She is accomodating the biggest utility, DTE, at the expense of consumers.
I am getting involved with a ballot initiative (Michiganders for Money Out of Politics) which is largely motivated by DTE

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Michigan’s governor replaces clean energy advocate on utilities board with ‘industry ally’
Critics say Gretchen Whitmer deposed Alessandra Carreon at the behest of state energy supplier DTE Energy
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The native false sunflowers host the aphids. Native ladybugs (not the invasive orange lookalikes) feast on tbe aphids. They seem to crawl up, snatch one, and crawl away.
Meanwhile the City of Ypsilanti, Michigan, has decide to go to war with me and my neighbors who have native gardens.
July 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Mississippi schools have improved since they have made many changes in their public schools. A few years back I read that they began requiring phonics-based reading pedagogy. This is proven to be the best. Meanwhile Michigan schools continue to rank very low.

www.bridgemi.com/talent-educa...
Mississippi turned around its schools. Its secret: Tools Michigan abandoned | Bridge Michigan
Once at the bottom, Mississippi has made massive strides teaching children to read. They’ve got literacy coaches, a high-stakes third grade test and lots of teacher training. What can Michigan learn f...
www.bridgemi.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I just saw the new movie Eddington. My favorite part was when there was an actual dumpster fire.
July 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Reposted
In all for rebelling against the monoculture but don’t be a dork about it
July 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A bunch of native plantings on Bluesky today. Its not all pretty flowers. Lets dont forget compost piles, piles of wood chips ready when needed, and just green stuff.
July 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
1/n
No Kings rally and march in Detroit. I went with an old friend and we had a lovely and tiring day of it. Not to diminish the era-ending danger we are in, we enjoyed our time together. Memo to younguns, hold on to what you got.
There was a long rally with speakers we couldnt hear.
June 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
As Israel attacks Iran over Iran's nuckear program, let's recall that Obama and European allies had a deal with Iran that kept them from developing nukes.
Trup unilaterally killed it during his first term.

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/m...
Iran deal: Trump breaks with European allies over 'horrible, one-sided' nuclear agreement
President says he will impose ‘highest level of economic sanctions’ on Iran as Tehran vows: ‘We won’t allow Trump to win’
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
What's the economic/political deal with undocumentrd immigrants?
@miriamposner.com lays out what is, I do believe, simply the case, plus an interesting take on how Trump sorta stumbled into the worst thing he has done, the mass deportations.
I laid it out as clearly as I could. Sorry it’s so long.
June 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Here is a suggestion for anyone who ever puts together a candidate questionaire, like for a voter guide.

"Explain your understanding of these two terms, and their difference:
- Law and Order
- Rule of Law
"
June 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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It's literally the main party PR platform, but okay, glad for your irrelevant input, nobody.
June 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A banger not in English by Natalia Lafourcade

youtu.be/IKmPci5VXz0?...
June 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Joni Ernst is getting a lot of attention for her "we're all going to die" explanation for why only affluent people deserve health care.
This from her Wikipedia entry as of 1:20 pm on June 1, 2025
June 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If anyone is wondering what SE Michigan looks like, its all cupp plants, goldenrod, milkweed, beardstongue, and such, as far as the eye can see.
But shit, that flag is still upside down. All is calm but in totall distress
May 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Chris Murphy gives a thorough indictment of the incompetence and immorality of how Noem runs DHS.

Or: Sen Chris Murphy rolls Kristi Noem in a blunt and smokes her.
Every administration official should be grilled like this, every time. Think like you're creating a record for future Nuremberg Trials. youtu.be/EwZWCk1ytPU?...
Murphy To Secretary Of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: Your Department Is Out Of Control
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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nteresting news here in Michigan. Some U of M students were arrested during the pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Local prosecutor decided to drop the chareges. Ok but the Regents were unhappy and wanted convictions. So they called up their friend and ...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Michigan AG drops all charges against seven pro-Palestinian protesters
Dana Nessel acts after Guardian report detailed her extensive links to university regents calling for prosecution
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Hakeem Jeffries sent me an email with the subject line

"please read. don't delete."

Yeah. Deleted it. Did not read it.
April 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM