Ralph Wiggum ass president

I don’t make it out to concerts as much as I would like, but seeing Texas is the reason, Ted Leo, and Slow Joy last night was the joy I needed. I bought my Texas is the reason LP in high school so to finally see them 25 years later was a bucket list goal accomplished.

One of the best parts of our block party was bounce house child fight club. And in said fight club my 8yo daughter bodied a 10yo boy. #prouddad #feminism #girldad #freerangeparenting

Fine. If you’re going to make Labor Day not on May Day, then we just need to celebrate two labor days.

I used to mix up which holiday was Labor Day and which one was Memorial Day until @perchperchson.bsky.social taught me his mnemonic device, which is precisely what Kaitlin says here, that Labor Day was moved far from May Day to sanitize its radical labor roots.

Happy Labor Day from Detroit!

#nowspinning flowers of devotion by Dehd. 2019. Perfect for a lazy late Sunday afternoon. Flood, I am a flood for you.

Nature is healing.

#nowspinning Do you know who you are? By Texas is the reason. 1996. It’s getting cold all over again.

Another day, another “pass” during a PD go-around.

Doing an old NYT crossword reprinted in the Sunday press with @perchperchson.bsky.social and that’s how I learned that “Marisa Tomei” is an anagram for “It’s a me, Mario.” This feels impossible, correct, and like an Italian American hate crime all at once.

The long con paid off: finally getting to read The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander with @erindwyer.bsky.social and our daughter for our family book club.

Thanks to my phone for reminding me that 8 years ago today I was walking around Copenhagen with @perchperchson.bsky.social and we saw this graffiti that said “Fuck marriage, we want revenge.”

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Thinking of guidelines for my students and AI. In most cases I would prefer them to not use it at all. But assuming usage will happen. 1) you are at the gym. Is AI lifting the weights for you or acting as a spotter? Who is doing the intellectual lifting? #edusky #teachersky

Detroit, let’s not do this, please. I did my part to keep it from happening.

Voter number 33 at around noon at my precinct in Detroit. I saw some other people coming on as I was leaving. Hopefully there’s a large number of absentee and early voters so the turnout will be up.

Our house painter has FUCK SCAB LABOR painted on the inside cover of his truck toolbox. Swoon.

The Brazil tariffs are going to hurt a lot of espresso blends. If you want to read more about it from my favorite coffee roaster. www.craigs.coffee/blog/how-tar...

My july book list. If you want a relatively accessible entry to post Soviet Russian literature, read Omon Ra. Great themes and a wild twist. TJ Klune just isn’t for me. I’ve read two books now. It doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t like it. 📚👀 #booksky

#nowspinning Ghetto Supastar by Pras. 1998. There’s an ebullience and swagger to this record that makes it a fun listen on a hazy summer day. And bonus: the vinyl version doesn’t have all three congratulatory interludes. Found used at Detroit Music Center.

Riding my bike on a three-lane one way road. I’m in the middle of the he middle lane as the outer lanes are in rough shape. It’s me and one car o te road. That’s it. The he car buzzes me because she thinks she deserves the middle lane. You literally have two other lanes to choose from.

I have a beard during the school year and shave it off in the summer. Twice this summer on group rides people didn’t recognize me until they were behind me and recognized my pedal stroke. #bikelife

At times I was dubious, but Mrs. Davis is worth the watch. youtu.be/_CuiYhHyBaI

Trade deal: you get my beat up car. If get dynamite and acces to the huge piece of elbaite.

Hibachi restaurant. Mistakes on the order. The thrown food doesn’t land in the mouth. They sing happy birthday. Is it 1995 or 2025? The wormhole is stable.

Remco “Ricky Bobby” Evenepoel: “If you ain’t third, you’re last” #tdf #tourdefrance

While I’m tagging along to @erindwyer.bsky.social ‘s conference, the call of the green line in providence was too strong. I decided I’m going to do the Independence Trail in its entirety. Yesterday the daughter gave a hard no, so I got up early this morning to do it.

🚨Remco just got into the team car🚨 I hope he is all right. I don’t like to have to see anyone have to abandon. I also hope he didn’t just quit over frustration, but maybe to race the Vuelta.

Green Day live in concert.

Scorpion bowls and scallion pancakes. Damn, it’s good to be back in New England.

Cycling and cyclists are the absolute happiest people on the planet. (From @escapecollective.bsky.social twice-weekly newsletter from Tuesday about Monday’s Tour de France stage)

chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group 1) you are the audience, giving it prompts 2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt 3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And 4) it has the factual accuracy of improv 5) it does not understand comedy

A collective decision to wait for Tadej. Good on Jonas, Matteo, and Healey.

The announcers shitting on Jonas for waiting on Tadej after that crash is such bullshit. We should celebrate the sportsmanship not talking about how Jonas might regret waiting. #tdf #tourdefrance

An average speed of 31.5mph. No wonder why a break is just barely surviving. This is a nuts pace! #tdf #tourdefrance

Pogi’s glasses > Remco’s glasses. I can’t wait for the visor phase to pass. #tdf #tourdefrance

The local training race had the USA junior national road champion and the Croatian national road champion in it. The speed was hottt. I managed to be there at the end. I’ll take it.

I assume tadej finishing the TT second behind remco and putting a minute-plus into jonas is all part of visma’s strategy

I have a really tough time with football, Abbott illustrates why. The only reason this bullshit deflection works is that this mindset is ingrained in football culture: There’s no reason to publicly reflect and admit wrong. Championship teams just “man up” and win! Thanks, toxic masculinity

Operation replace all are cheap unattractive light fixtures continues. Our entryway now has a centerpiece. I had to solder on some wire extensions to get it to work and find the appropriate hardware to hang it. So worth it.

Some day the break will have a chance. That day is not today. GC teams are here to play. Another exciting day. Also great to see Almeida being a team player. #tdf2025

The Yamaha CR-1020 was starting to die. The right channel had gone out. The tech said this would happen eventually. I found a great deal on a yamaha R-N1000a. I’m digging the modern amenities and it sounds fantastic. I have some more dialing in to do but Dirty Mind by Prince is hitting right.

More libraries, less jails. If you’re in Detroit. It is definitely worth doing this tour!!

Welp. The 10 year old MacBook died. I tried to bring it back to life but they make those things un-fucking-serviceable. Do I switch to a windows based laptop? Or just get a MacBook Air and suck it up?

My bike club’s Tour de France league this year has forbidden picking Jonas or Tadej for GC picks (otherwise everybody would). It makes for a much more exciting top 3. I’m thinking Remco, Lipowitz, and who else do you think will do well in the GC??? #tourdefrance #TdF

Even in chemistry class, a move to paper has helped with student engagement. When it comes to paper writing, I wholeheartedly agree with this assertion: “So I battled plagiarism the old-fashioned way, requiring a handwritten first draft that ensured students produced original work”

"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'." MBA-brain is real.

The garden is still bumping. Critters be dammed. Our first bug radish harvest is in. Hopefully with this heat wave the peppers will start to really grow.

Sirens is by far the most literary show I’ve seen this year. Well worth the watch.