Democratic leadership would get bamboozled by a guy wearing a wallet inspector t-shirt.

Waxbar is quickly becoming one of my favorite spots in Ypsi

Chicago is undefeated.

A man here is passing around Italian beefs to people protesting Border Patrol.

Multiple organizers I trust who have been a regular presence at Broadview are advising folks not to protest there tonight. For a number of reasons, they are worried that fatal force could be used against protesters tonight. They are calling for folks to regroup and return Friday morning.

Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."

if anyone needs a way to remind their friends, here you go. please don't ask me how many times I got yelled at for sending this; the point is it worked. shitposting x public health 🫡

I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵

#OtD 27 Sep 1936 1000 uniformed fascist Blackshirts led by Oswald Mosley in Leeds, UK, were confronted by 30,000 anti-fascist locals who attacked them, pelted them with stones, hitting Mosley, and drowned out speeches by singing The Red Flag stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9965...

Well don't I feel stupid

See you tomorrow morning Ypsi!

Our enemies are cowards, and we are going to defeat them.

It's time again, for a coffee social! If you're new to HVDSA with some questions, looking to get involved, or want a space to talk politics with people who see your perspective? Then join us for our coffee social on Sat. Sept. 27th from 2-4PM at Vertex Coffee! RSVP Here: forms.gle/QVYLV2zhb21S...

We’ve only crossed the “billion” threshold 1X before, in Oct. 23'. Last night, we rejoined the Billion Bird Night Club in spectacular fashion. Migration soared past 1.2 billion, marking the largest single night of bird migration ever recorded by BirdCast. Learn more: birdcast.info/news/a-new-r...

"The Global Sumud Flotilla has said it expects an “imminent” Israeli attack now that it is nearing Gaza. Israel itself has said it will “not allow any vessel to enter the active combat zone” and breach its naval blockade of Gaza" www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

Today was another reminder that everything worthwhile is done with others. We celebrated the release of a tool that over 450 people contributed to making. We celebrated 4 years of REBUILD & all of the people who have been supported through the program. etc etc etc... Together we can make things.

Congratulations to @dylanflesch.bsky.social, @apricity.black and all of the 450 volunteers who made the new library board database possible. It happened because of your labor, time and commitment. And with no money, lol. Thank you all. data.librariesforthepeople.org

USDA is ending future Household Food Security Reports AND the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement–our most comprehensive source on food insecurity in the U.S. For approximately $1 million a year, it informs over $100 billion in nutrition programs. Cutting it means cutting evidence.

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

New Post! The Vigil creating.care/p/the-vigil A reflection on how I do birding a bit differently than others, how it's led me to learn more about particular places, and the story of my encounters with this plucky family of trumpeter swans thriving in a place everyone is surprised to find them 📸🪶🧪

Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration

New resource alert - learn about including service dogs in accessible birding events from @birdability.bsky.social www.birdability.org/blog/service... #NationalServiceDogMonth

Remember when posting, you do not, in fact, have to hand it* to them**. *evidence for a RICO charge **cops

"fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said" what the fuck

The more you learn about data centers, the more you see it is a program of multi-prong violence against the working class.

Our research on Microsoft’s data centers is out and it’s 😬 💡Huge energy demand (as much as New England by 2030!) 
⛽️ Fossil fuel reliance (most data centers in states with ≥50% FF grids) 
🏫Local impacts (data centers used to justify more gas) Learn more and take action: stand.earth/microsoft-ai

Native American tribes are fighting to protect their lands and treaty rights from Line 5, an oil pipeline that runs through a reservation and threatens culturally significant waters. A water policy and politics analyst explains:

Come join my two favorite organizations @ypsilibrary.org and @birdswashtenaw.bsky.social this Saturday! I will be helping with this walk in Ypsilanti to look at our fall bird residents. I hope I get to meet some new people out there! ypsilibrary.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=211...

Irruption.

Getting reverse raptured and waking up naked because my clothes were taken, leaving my body behind.

ICE agents held a man’s five year old autistic daughter and taunted him with “Is that your daughter” in an attempt to get him to come out of the house. They were rebuffed but two days later took him from his car.

I regret to inform you that Gwar has pushed the boundaries of good taste.

do we think it's good that entire economy is based on the same entities passing money back and forth on speculative investment without anyone making anything that someone outside the loop is buying

I've been trying to understand why this isn't generating as much fury as it should, and i think it's because there is a fundamental belief among many americans that the military can pretty much do whatever (which isn't entirely inaccurate.) that said, what the actual fuck.

Fun story this morning. I spoke with Curtis Evans, the retired Marine in the viral photo below who took part in the anti-ICE protest at Broadview. He's a thoughtful guy, well read and with a dry sense of humor. Story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...

Making work travel plans for next month, and I have been completely blind to air travel prices. These are a scam!!!

Rep. Jim Himes: "Having the Defense Department kill alleged drug runners in the Caribbean is illegal...These folks are committing murder — murder defined as killing without a legal basis. I am mystified over why the rest of the chain of command is quite comfortable with it."

FDR won 42 states in 1932, it wasn't by pandering to Hoover voters. Then Republicans called him a socialist for 4 years. Then he ran for reelection and won 46 states

What is "the best card in your collection." We're almost to 400 new library cards this month! Keep them coming: www.ypsilibrary.org/services/bor....

UPDATE: Huffpo is reporting the Trump administration "plans to evacuate" the Broadview facility in the wake of recent protests. If you have info about where ICE's processing operations will be happening in the Chicagoland area after this move, I am KMHChi.01 on Signal.

Convinced the proliferation of data centers in the Midwest is an attempt to violate the Great Lakes Compact. If they can’t directly take the water, they will take secondary resources that need the water to produce.

given the number of people necessary to make this happen I guess we have our answer regarding whether airmen or their officers would refuse illegal orders

Good morning it’s their day

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

With the help of hundreds of volunteers and two years of data collection efforts, For the People created the first-ever nationwide database of public library board governance information. (2/4)

Ran into the anti democracy petition folks in Ypsi. $3-5 a sig to try to disenfranchise Michiganders and take away right to vote, so that's fun. Also said they had support from the Secretary of State? 🤨 Decline. To. Sign. And tell others the truth bc... they leave. votersnotpoliticians.com/dts/

This guy with a "LICK MY BUTTHOLE FEDS" sign has been standing on top of his car this whole time. Confirmed at least one protester snatched by ICE in the chaos.

CS canisters litter the street.