Conrad
@thelummer.bsky.social
Product at @foreignpolicy.com (not a journalist). Ex- bangordailynews.bsky.social. Board games, records, Lions/Rays. Fmr expat 🇬🇧 🇪🇪 🇯🇴 🇮🇹 🇩🇰, now in downtown Grand Rapids, MI. Lauren's spouse. Passionate globalist & materialist. Zero patience with autocrats.
Frankie the Chihuahua says good morning from #GrandRapids!
November 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Frankie the Chihuahua says good morning from #GrandRapids!
This is Rosa Parks Circle where I walk my dog and a little bit of the Ecliptic, where everyone in town gets together when the weather is nice, a place I'm supposed to be utterly terrified of according to white people from the suburbs on Reddit
October 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is Rosa Parks Circle where I walk my dog and a little bit of the Ecliptic, where everyone in town gets together when the weather is nice, a place I'm supposed to be utterly terrified of according to white people from the suburbs on Reddit
This is the contemporary art museum a block away
October 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is the contemporary art museum a block away
Those of you who have never been to my beloved Grand Rapids, in case you assume I live in some dreary post-industrial hellhole where we all sit around cooking meth to bad Springsteen ripoff bands, this is my neighborhood
October 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Those of you who have never been to my beloved Grand Rapids, in case you assume I live in some dreary post-industrial hellhole where we all sit around cooking meth to bad Springsteen ripoff bands, this is my neighborhood
Both of our animals follow me around pretty much all day because I'm here all day. The hilarious thing about that is their abject loathing for each other. Today, Garbo has the lap for the first time in ages, and she's giving Frankie a look that says, "Warriors, come out and plaaay"
August 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Both of our animals follow me around pretty much all day because I'm here all day. The hilarious thing about that is their abject loathing for each other. Today, Garbo has the lap for the first time in ages, and she's giving Frankie a look that says, "Warriors, come out and plaaay"
Lauren finally joined me! And naturally, because we are nothing if not a man and woman of the people, we went to the northernmost #McDonalds on Earth. I had the vegan Mac and half a box of snacks. The chili cheese nuggets here are no joke and they should sell them stateside.
July 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Lauren finally joined me! And naturally, because we are nothing if not a man and woman of the people, we went to the northernmost #McDonalds on Earth. I had the vegan Mac and half a box of snacks. The chili cheese nuggets here are no joke and they should sell them stateside.
This is the face of an idiot who just spent $22 on an open faced shrimp sandwich at the airport that any idiot could've made for $3. Once I get on this plane in Oslo, it'll be leg 5 of 5 to get to the northernmost city on Earth.
July 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is the face of an idiot who just spent $22 on an open faced shrimp sandwich at the airport that any idiot could've made for $3. Once I get on this plane in Oslo, it'll be leg 5 of 5 to get to the northernmost city on Earth.
Some pictures of #Copenhagen, including the small street that I used to live on near Nordhavn Stn. Not pictured: the Brugsen where I bought lakrids og rom kugler so I can be a bad diabetic
July 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Some pictures of #Copenhagen, including the small street that I used to live on near Nordhavn Stn. Not pictured: the Brugsen where I bought lakrids og rom kugler so I can be a bad diabetic
I went to school here 34 years ago. Now it's owned by the Catholic Church, but I loved my school when I was a kid, and walking toward this mural made me so happy. #copenhagen
July 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I went to school here 34 years ago. Now it's owned by the Catholic Church, but I loved my school when I was a kid, and walking toward this mural made me so happy. #copenhagen
Thank you for this note. I came to Denmark anyway, where this lovely plaza near Trianglen is reminding me that there are sane corners of this world.
July 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Thank you for this note. I came to Denmark anyway, where this lovely plaza near Trianglen is reminding me that there are sane corners of this world.
Leg 1 of 4, GRR>DET, is done. Now for DET-AMS, then AMS-CPH, a 24 layover in my favorite city on Earth (so far), then CPH-TOS. My pilot @lumminous.bsky.social is still recovering from a possible COVID infection in GRR, so unfortunately, I'm on my own for the first couple of days.
July 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Leg 1 of 4, GRR>DET, is done. Now for DET-AMS, then AMS-CPH, a 24 layover in my favorite city on Earth (so far), then CPH-TOS. My pilot @lumminous.bsky.social is still recovering from a possible COVID infection in GRR, so unfortunately, I'm on my own for the first couple of days.
At GRR, starting the first leg of a very, very long trip. If I'm lucky, I'll be looking out over the Barents Sea inside of 96 hours.
July 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
At GRR, starting the first leg of a very, very long trip. If I'm lucky, I'll be looking out over the Barents Sea inside of 96 hours.
What did I do this weekend? Why, I spent part of it in Detroit with Amy Taylor, Tina Halladay, and their friends. What can I say, I'm a lucky guy.
May 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What did I do this weekend? Why, I spent part of it in Detroit with Amy Taylor, Tina Halladay, and their friends. What can I say, I'm a lucky guy.
We are learning #galacticcruise. My God, it's full of icons #boardgames
March 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We are learning #galacticcruise. My God, it's full of icons #boardgames
This was quite something to spot in my Google news feed
December 21, 2023 at 11:31 AM
This was quite something to spot in my Google news feed
I love a lot of things about my spouse, but one thing I love a lot is that I bought #DetroitLions season tickets on a lark when she moved here last spring, and she went from not knowing whether going to a bunch of #NFL games would be for her to this
December 16, 2023 at 10:58 PM
I love a lot of things about my spouse, but one thing I love a lot is that I bought #DetroitLions season tickets on a lark when she moved here last spring, and she went from not knowing whether going to a bunch of #NFL games would be for her to this