American Cruise Lines will bring passport-free Great Lakes cruising in 2026. Three all-U.S. itineraries on the 130-guest American Patriot, May-Aug, with hotel night, free domestic airfare, Wi-Fi, gratuities, and excursions included. Details:

Some Bavarian comfort food here. Goulash which is very spicy because I had a really rogue Fresno hot pepper that was smoking hot and that's served over mashed potatoes accompanied by blaukrout which is a side dish of braised red cabbage. 🍽️

Epstein’s contacts: “ far-right Silicon Valley billionaire and Trump supporter Peter Thiel, former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, and on-and-off-again Trump supporter and mogul Elon Musk” www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...

Let's talk US time zones. Michigan's Upper Peninsula is a mess with time zones. The 4 counties that border Wisconsin are all on central time and the rest of us are on Eastern time which extends west to Ontonagon. I live in the EST but 20 miles south and 20 miles west are in the CST.

MAGA "christians" voted in a serial pedophile. Pedophiles Trump & Epstein sexually abused her when she was only 13! She called trump "sick and twisted" and there are no lies detected!

WTF 🤬 US DOJ sues Michigan, five other states in quest for PRIVATE voter data www.dailypress.net/news/local-n...

Finally a democrat fighting back against the insanity! ‘Enough is enough’: Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens has announced that she will introduce articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.uppermichiganssource.com/2025/09/26/e...

Download! Here's your TGIF Yooper sunrise from the northwest corner of Lake Michigan. #906Life #PureMichigan

Come work with us at UW-Green Bay! We're hiring an ecologist with a strong statistical background. 🧪🌍🪶

This is an extremely irresponsible waste of taxpayer dollars. And this fascist federal government is trying to intimidate American citizens just going about their lives. Outrageous 🤬

Fascism in 2025 America. #FascistGOP #RepublicanFascists

Egret chicks are quite adorable and fluffy #egret #chick #reiher #fischreiher #nature #photography #photographersofBlueSky #bird #vogel

Wow this is huge, the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) 20-member executive committee is set to vote to suspend Israel over war in Gaza to suspend Israeli national and clubs teams from playing in international competitions including next year's World Cup. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Republicans whined during Biden's presidency about government weaponization because they hate accountability for their criminal actions. THIS is what real government weaponization is. There is a picture in the story that shows a conspiracy to weaponize government. --> www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

I'm north of the 45th parallel, and almost exactly between the equator and the north pole and live along a major flyway. This time of year is always interesting with all the migrators. Still seeing migrating monarch butterflies and hummingbirds daily here in the first days of autumn. 🐥🦋 #birds

Climate change is creating new hybrid species. #birds 🦜 Strange Bird Spotted in a Texas Backyard Is the First Known Hybrid Between a Blue Jay and a Green Jay www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

Cool story. The Curious Case of ‘Old Thom,’ an Orca Traveling Alone in the North Atlantic www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared despite having a valid permit. Thin skinned orange pedoman big mad. #EpsteinPapers www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...

Here is Voyageur II arriving to pick us up from Isle Royale NP. Its a 2 hour ride across Lake Superior back to Grand Portage, MN. I hiked 31 miles in 3 days with a 20 pound pack, and slept outside in my hammock. My reward? Memories. #hiking #backpacking #nationalparks

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others. See what changes are in store for your county 👇

Another interesting read for those who are epicurious. The Murky, Salty Mystery of Worcestershire Sauce🍽️ getpocket.com/explore/item...

One of the worst things to come out of this regime being in charge is that they are making corruption great again. Indiana sheriff and his wife refuse to resign after stealing over $300,000 from the prison commissary. www.wthr.com/article/news...

⬇️ Everything he says and does is a distraction from what really matters. MAGA voted in a pedophile crook.

This is a heck of a read. How Pre-Prohibition Drinking Laws Led New Yorkers to Create the World’s Worst Sandwich getpocket.com/explore/item...

It's a fifty shades of gray kind of day toda up here on northwest Lake Michigan. #906Life #PureMichigan

Sailors in Canada host a brutal race that cracks boats, leaves competitors vomiting. Boat from Detroit takes home a trophy. "It was a terrible night." Fast Tango crushes a 100-nautical mile race course on Lake Ontario in 18 hrs, 55 mins, 26 secs. phoebewallhoward.substack.com/p/12-foot-wa...

Holy crap this is the most unsportsmanlike thug move I have ever seen in football at any level. This Kalamazoo, MI JV player should be banned from the game. www.uppermichiganssource.com/2025/09/23/h...

Canada is the second largest country on the planet and I am generally confused about why Canadian mining interests aren't mining their country's wealth, but are sliding across the border and wanting to trash Michigan and Wisconsin? www.wpr.org/news/mining-...

A little pre-sunrise sky drama this morning from the northwest corner of Lake Michigan. Those bright lights on the right side of the horizon are the Victory 2 Great Lakes cruise ship tucked in along the Stonington Peninsula waiting for the bustling metropolis of Escanaba to wake up. #906Life

Check this out! Lake Superior Mountain--Rising 300 metres from the lakebed, Superior Shoal is an underwater mountain in the heart of *Lake Superior*, the world’s largest freshwater lake. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKB_...

AI is out of control. This should horrify every sane person in the country.

Campbell's Soup Company -knowingly- polluted the Great Lakes over 5,400 times! They are owned by an oligarch old wealth family of billionaires and have no care for the environment. #BoycottCambellsSoup

Officials with Parks Canada are reporting a blue-green algae bloom in Pukaskwa National Park on Lake Superior (again — after one in August). Here's our story about these blooms — or cyanobacteria — and why they're showing up in the north now, too: thenarwhal.ca/lake-superio...

New convention added: Great Lakes Comic & Anime Fest 2026 April 18-19, 2026 A comic convention with anime programming in New Baltimore, Michigan, USA

Postcard picture perfect first day of fall here on the northwestern corner of Lake Michigan. #906life #PureMichigan

Still getting nice bounties from my garden here on the first day of fall, including a yellow pepper that I actually planted from the seeds in a store-bought yellow pepper. #906Life #PureMichigan

Did you know that Escanaba is home to one of the world's finest Chocolaters? They also have a bunch of Upper Peninsula merchandise if you are looking for that kind of stuff and ship worldwide. www.saykllys.com

Thinking of planning a waterfall trip to the U.P.'s 300+ waterfalls? Here is a great resource on where they are and how to get to them. #906Life #PureMichigan www.uptravel.com/outdoors-rec...

I'm hoping to add pie baking play sets to my PreK classroom🥧 Through dramatic play, children develop communication skills, explore & express their ideas & feelings, solve problems, collaborate, & many more! Anyone who can help out a PreK teacher?💛 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Enjoying the last day of summer here on the northwest corner of Lake Michigan where the trees are starting to turn colors, but the flowers are still blooming and I'm still seeing monarch butterflies and hummingbirds migrating through daily. #906Life #PureMichigan

"If it can happen to someone as wealthy and powerful and visible as Jimmy Kimmel, think about what they're willing and able to do to any average American."

Dinner is mini gnocchi with baby bello mushrooms and sun sugar.l yellow tomato cherry tomatoes in my heirloom tomato sauce. 🍽️

Come to the best place on Earth to enjoy the #FallColors while they are here! Book your #UpperPeninsula stay with via our #linksinbio or or via our new website: www.cabinfeversup.com #Fall #colors #PorcupineMountains #waterfalls #PureMichigan #LakeSuperior #hotel #lodge #chalet #lodging #Michigan

So states rights when it benefits red states, federal rights when its a blue state? All to allow a Canadian company to move the filthiest tar sands oil from western Canada to eastern Canada. Fuck that, shut down Line 5 now! #906Life #MyMichigan www.dailypress.net/news/local-n...

USA Today’s 10 Best list of Best Destinations For Fall Colors ranks the Upper Peninsula of Michigan No. 1. For the second year in a row. #906Life #PureMichigan www.mlive.com/life/2025/09...

Seeing a lot of campers being pulled north on M35 and US2 in my area. Fall tourism is thriving in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. #906Life #PureMichigan

These guys are all over my sunflowers right now. There must be 70 or 80 of them 🐝

This is not ok! These radicalized right-wingers want to make it illegal and criminal for us to protest their fascism, criminality and authoritarianism. 🤬

Here is Friday's TGIF Yooper cat's eye sunrise from the northwest corner of Lake Michigan. #906Life #PureMichigan

I am so sick of corporate welfare for big polluters 🤬 “It’s really unfortunate that tax dollars did go to bailing out a corporation that didn’t continue to be responsible for what they were supposed to be doing,” www.wpr.org/news/former-...