semillama
@semillama.bsky.social
I'm a dad, husband, birder, music lover, and fan of the Detroit Lions. I practice progressive politics and vote in every election.
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What I don't get about American history is during the Revolutionary War period everyone was named things like "John Adams".
But when the Civil War comes around everyone is named things like "Jedediah Hotchkiss" and "Ambrose Burnside".
Then we just went back to normal names? What was going on??
But when the Civil War comes around everyone is named things like "Jedediah Hotchkiss" and "Ambrose Burnside".
Then we just went back to normal names? What was going on??
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What I don't get about American history is during the Revolutionary War period everyone was named things like "John Adams".
But when the Civil War comes around everyone is named things like "Jedediah Hotchkiss" and "Ambrose Burnside".
Then we just went back to normal names? What was going on??
But when the Civil War comes around everyone is named things like "Jedediah Hotchkiss" and "Ambrose Burnside".
Then we just went back to normal names? What was going on??
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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What exactly is it that babies find so funny about "peekaboo"? It's hardly even a joke. No subtly, no satire, no political commentary. It's nothing.
Stupid babies.
Stupid babies.
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What exactly is it that babies find so funny about "peekaboo"? It's hardly even a joke. No subtly, no satire, no political commentary. It's nothing.
Stupid babies.
Stupid babies.
People talk about Aiden Hutchinson as a DPOY candidate and rightly so. However, I would love to see him win the Walter Payton award. #DetroitLions
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
People talk about Aiden Hutchinson as a DPOY candidate and rightly so. However, I would love to see him win the Walter Payton award. #DetroitLions
Amon-ra St. Brown on a light cycle? Yes please. #DetroitLions
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Amon-ra St. Brown on a light cycle? Yes please. #DetroitLions
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Everyone talking about how leftists were gleeful about Charlie Kirk dying, but it's weird how no one is talking about how the right was…also gleeful.
When they post about how they finally get to take off the mask and destroy leftism – that is glee. That is them being very happy this happened.
When they post about how they finally get to take off the mask and destroy leftism – that is glee. That is them being very happy this happened.
September 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Everyone talking about how leftists were gleeful about Charlie Kirk dying, but it's weird how no one is talking about how the right was…also gleeful.
When they post about how they finally get to take off the mask and destroy leftism – that is glee. That is them being very happy this happened.
When they post about how they finally get to take off the mask and destroy leftism – that is glee. That is them being very happy this happened.
Pork loin on the grill tonight.
September 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Pork loin on the grill tonight.
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La reproduction interdite, by René Magritte, 1937, 📸 via @BleacherReport
August 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
La reproduction interdite, by René Magritte, 1937, 📸 via @BleacherReport
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This is the greatest video I have ever seen. Sound up.
Grace just sent this me this tok of a woman accidentally recording her cat in slow motions, and I am SOBBING from laughing so hard
August 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is the greatest video I have ever seen. Sound up.
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Hmmm.
This crossword puzzle is tough!
For example, "What's a ten-letter word for garbage?"
Oh!
It's "Transphobe."
Easy!
This crossword puzzle is tough!
For example, "What's a ten-letter word for garbage?"
Oh!
It's "Transphobe."
Easy!
August 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Hmmm.
This crossword puzzle is tough!
For example, "What's a ten-letter word for garbage?"
Oh!
It's "Transphobe."
Easy!
This crossword puzzle is tough!
For example, "What's a ten-letter word for garbage?"
Oh!
It's "Transphobe."
Easy!
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:
Bloodywood
DEVO
The Damned
Dweezil Zappa
Korpiklaani
Bloodywood
DEVO
The Damned
Dweezil Zappa
Korpiklaani
August 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:
Bloodywood
DEVO
The Damned
Dweezil Zappa
Korpiklaani
Bloodywood
DEVO
The Damned
Dweezil Zappa
Korpiklaani
Damn, hope Morice Norris is going to be ok.
August 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Damn, hope Morice Norris is going to be ok.
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Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless
Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless
SACRAMENTO, CA—Promising his podcast listeners an engaging and enlightening conversation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly sat down Tuesday with a serial killer who targets the homeless populat...
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July 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless
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Here’s a thread of cheese fries you can get at soccer stadiums in the U.K.
July 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Here’s a thread of cheese fries you can get at soccer stadiums in the U.K.
they tore down a parking deck and put up a park. Houghton, Michigan.
July 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
they tore down a parking deck and put up a park. Houghton, Michigan.
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The New York Times has basically two consistent opinions that it sticks to no matter what:
1. Politicians should be working for the interests of the wealthy business class, not the people.
2. War is good.
1. Politicians should be working for the interests of the wealthy business class, not the people.
2. War is good.
July 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The New York Times has basically two consistent opinions that it sticks to no matter what:
1. Politicians should be working for the interests of the wealthy business class, not the people.
2. War is good.
1. Politicians should be working for the interests of the wealthy business class, not the people.
2. War is good.
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The true American Dream is to dress up in spandex and fight supervillains, and no one can convince me otherwise.
May 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The true American Dream is to dress up in spandex and fight supervillains, and no one can convince me otherwise.
I'd like to think this visitor is partly here due to my attempts at providing better habitat in my meager Columbus yard.
April 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I'd like to think this visitor is partly here due to my attempts at providing better habitat in my meager Columbus yard.
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Using the word "philistine" to mean "uncultured person" is pretty racist when you think about it. Philistine was a whole country with, I'm sure, a variety of people.
Imagine if in 1000 years "American" was a word meaning "idiot". Well ok...that would make sense. Bad example, but you get the idea.
Imagine if in 1000 years "American" was a word meaning "idiot". Well ok...that would make sense. Bad example, but you get the idea.
April 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Using the word "philistine" to mean "uncultured person" is pretty racist when you think about it. Philistine was a whole country with, I'm sure, a variety of people.
Imagine if in 1000 years "American" was a word meaning "idiot". Well ok...that would make sense. Bad example, but you get the idea.
Imagine if in 1000 years "American" was a word meaning "idiot". Well ok...that would make sense. Bad example, but you get the idea.
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I refer to growing up in the acid rain/ quicksand/impending nuclear conflict era as being "classically trained" in generalized anxiety
April 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I refer to growing up in the acid rain/ quicksand/impending nuclear conflict era as being "classically trained" in generalized anxiety
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I wake up every day hoping that aliens don't suddenly land on Earth. It would be such a profoundly embarrassing time to show them around.
March 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I wake up every day hoping that aliens don't suddenly land on Earth. It would be such a profoundly embarrassing time to show them around.
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The president of the United States is upset that he doesn’t look pretty enough in his new portrait, but please tell me more about how women are petty and emotional.
March 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The president of the United States is upset that he doesn’t look pretty enough in his new portrait, but please tell me more about how women are petty and emotional.
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Never forget that in 1861 Charles Darwin wrote in a letter to a friend…
“But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything"
…because this is my favorite reminder that we can do great things even if we don't always have great days
“But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything"
…because this is my favorite reminder that we can do great things even if we don't always have great days
March 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Never forget that in 1861 Charles Darwin wrote in a letter to a friend…
“But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything"
…because this is my favorite reminder that we can do great things even if we don't always have great days
“But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything"
…because this is my favorite reminder that we can do great things even if we don't always have great days
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let my story be told: in 2022 Hollywood mogul Terry Bradshaw sold me authentic cuban cigars that turned out to be Really hard pieces of poop
March 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
let my story be told: in 2022 Hollywood mogul Terry Bradshaw sold me authentic cuban cigars that turned out to be Really hard pieces of poop