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Tim Gloege
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Historian of reigion and Platform Administrator at the Grand Rapids Public Library. Author of Guaranteed Pure (UNC Press) and other things; tech tinkerer; local information; hopelessly Midwestern (he/him).
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I am so confused. Please send help.
Ad with headline "Eat Like the Apostles" "40 days 12 ingredients 1 transformation" "Printable meal plan." There are four very white people depicted eating.
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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No Kings Grand Rapids. Hands down the largest protest I've seen in our 15+ years here. Plus Garfield!
October 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Everything that's wrong with chatbot ai in one paragraph.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
Here is where A.I.’s agreeability — so crucial to its rapid adoption — becomes its Achilles’ heel. Its tendency to value short-term user satisfaction over truthfulness — to blow digital smoke up one’s skirt — can isolate users and reinforce confirmation bias. Like plants turning toward the sun, we lean into subtle flattery.
August 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Best malapropism ever.
Screenshot with the following text from a CNN article: “I’m in close contact with the CDC. They have about what, 13,000 employees, 13,000 employees at the CDC. In the last couple years, those probationary people, which is about 10% of their employee base, about 1,300 people, which you’re referring to. A lot of the work they do is duplicitous with AI,” McCormick said. The mention of AI led to “no’s” and murmurs from the crowd, leading the Republican representative to say, “I happen to be a doctor. I know a few things.”
February 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Christmas in the desert.
Sunrise in Yucca Valley
December 25, 2023 at 3:44 PM