Fun fact: Last week I tried to apply for a different, more socially responsible credit card, and I couldn't because Experian was somehow inoperational because of the government shutdown. So I didn't, and I just canceled my other credit card anyway. I wonder if anyone else is having this experience.

Reconnecting the Frontenac Arch: How Wildlife Crossings Can Heal a Fragmented Landscape ->Ontario Nature | More from Lil' Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

This stone is actually at the FDR Memorial. Even so, I hope the next lawfully elected president, should we ever have another, pursuant to and in accordance with a statute duly enacted by a functioning Congress, should we ever have another, will have it permanently displayed in the Oval Office.

At our village council meeting last week, our county commissioner repeated a comment he heard from an unnamed ex CIA officer who spoke at the MAC conference that because of all the terrorists around, people should think sbout carrying weapons. open.substack.com/pub/elbertaa...

BDS

A video of Michigan prison officers in riot gear confronting a caged and handcuffed inmate and twice spraying him with chemical agents has become a central issue in a federal court lawsuit. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Can we not get a hard-on for military guys? Being a lefty is hard. being working class is hard. Ok being a lib dem wine mom college kid? if you're also a veteran, maybe that's ok, for balance. But if you're a working class person you don't also have to be a fucking former mercenary for cred

STOP HIM

Free speech does not mean mandatory listening.

"a deep, aghast disquiet"

No Nazis. No Nazi pictures, and no Nazis. Moving on ...

Just finally deleted my spotify account. Feels excellent.

[Gestures multidirectionally] Off the record!

He's literally tearing down our house. What firm is he using? They all need to be doxxed and shamed.

oh god i didn't know this.

me not using any Amazon products

Excellent turnout in Traverse City for No Kings.

me likey

This meme made me laugh.

The Nobel Peace Prize jumped the shark when they gave it to Obama. It shouldn't even be reruns on UHF anymore if people are thinking about giving it to Orange Hitler.

Look at her go! #invertebrates 🌿

Twenty-three Malaysian activists who were aboard the intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla carrying aid bound for Gaza arrived in Kuala Lumpur.

$225 for the Covid shot at Walgreens

How do you know when to leave and when to stay and “fight from inside”? One indicator is whether you’re energized or enervated by your location. Maybe you can fight harder and smarter from the outside because you’re not fighting your instinct and conscience.

I do not reject global health goals.

Just when I thought I couldn’t get more bummed out about the news. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/n...

It’s bad and scary enough when you get piled on for having any opinion about that incident of 9/10. But how long before we get piled on for not actively voicing the official correct opinion? I bet that’s coming. For now, I’m enjoying exercising my right to STFU.

I’ve been petitioning for #rankedchoicevoting in Michigan and have gotten a lot of positive response! We need to get this on the November 2026 ballot! wdet.org/2025/09/04/t...

We cannot shrug anything off anymore, or let these idiotic proclamations go unchallenged.

Things I Would Mandate If I Actually Ran English: • A factoid is a popularized false fact. It is not a cute little fact. • No one would ever write "begs the question" in any of its meanings. It's just gone. • People in Ingrid Bergman's predicament are not gaslit. They're gaslighted.

Not to brag, but I’m not eligible for the covid vaccine. But I might be after I get a bad case of Covid. My doctor might give it to me but they say they won’t have it until mid/end-October, which is after I have to do some air travel.

What am I going to do with the time I save not being allowed to get the covid vaccine before I lose a bunch of time being supersick with covid.

The ads on this Oren Cass op-ed ... I don't know whether to congratulate the sales team or commiserate with them. Here they are:

AI email summary/previews are completely worthless (totally wrong in many cases) in addition to being annoying and bad for the planet. And no, I'm not going to help make them better.

Well, if I had a time machine I would definitely go back to that environmentalist group event in college when I shook hands with RFK Jr.

in the olden days, the circus came to town and then it left.

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Endorsed.

You go, girl, eh!

#Environment Rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On August 5, the Iowa City Council unanimously voted to boycott and divest from Israel bonds and all companies complicit in the Gaza genocide and occupation of Palestine. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/iowa...

Don’t know who made this but thank you

The new Cracker Barrel logo was so lame that I think it was designed specifically to present an opportunity to look like they were kowtowing.

I wrote about the lost world of alt-weeklies, papers that loved cities *as* cities, for my splendid local alt-daily, Daybreak. “The first time I saw a stranger’s corpse was one summer night, 1992…” news.daybreak.news/p/enthusiasm...

Dog-day cicada, male, retrieved from kitty :( put on cherry tree. Hope it did its bidness.

whoa