i am getting 2-3 political surveys a day here in SE MI

Since this is growing some legs, it’s probably a good time to point out that you have a food bank near you, and it’s better to donate money than canned goods- they can stretch your dollar way further than you can. And they always need volunteers, for those of us who have more time than money.

Volunteering at the food bank this morning and we had to discard 4 cases of Taylor Farms salad bowls that were donated by a local grocery chain a couple of days ago. They gave us recalled food knowing it was contaminated, and wrote it off as a donation. 🤬

my other grouse is that someone asked if they could borrow a large pipe wrench & the former president of the neighborhood association countered with "home depot rents tools" and "have you tried the tool library?" (which has been closed for 2 years now). let people help their neighbors ffs

yo la tengo hanukkah tickets go on sale tomorrow! yolatengo.com/schedule/

the neighborhood facebook group is now at "i saw a young man walking down the street, just be aware" and i can't even yell at them because most of the people in it are in agreement that Greenlight is a good program. (i am only on FB for this group bc it's the only way to get info about my area)

i want the president to point out lebanon on a map

Fifteen years ago, SPIN did a "dance issue" and I wrote a historical timeline for it, which proved helpful to my book even though it didn't really make it in. michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc191-a-da...

also i'm not saying anything about vini lopez bc there are too many fans who think knowing vini is their way into meeting bruce & will defend him endlessly lol at "i left the band bc i was too jazzy" ROFL

at least this fuckwit listened to the lyrics to BITUSA: “You were born in the USA, weren’t you, dude? So act like it… But even that song, if you look at the lyrics, I mean, it’s a kind of a diss to our country.”

my favorite way to enjoy the feed is to cast it to the big tv after dinner & watch it with the cats, who are fascinated by water sound / birds / fish jump but seem nonplussed at the actual bears

there's a great story in today's Detroit News (online only) about what's really going on with Ghost Light/Planet Ant. a little loss of grants, a lot of ppl just not having money to go out like they used to. archive.is/r8wWa - gift link h/t @melodymalosh.bsky.social

Tipping comes out of the New Deal where Southern lawmakers would only sign on if there were specific carve outs to ensure that formerly enslaved Black people would not earn the new minimum wage. They created carve outs for professions disproportionately held by Black people including waiting tables

If you live in California and you want to take advantage of the state-run portal that tells all registered data brokers to delete your data instead of having to send an individual request to every single one, here is what you need to know: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

13/ In the meantime, the practical advice is straightforward. If you live in one of the 27 states included in the recall, avoid shredded iceberg lettuce. If you're pregnant, 65+, or immunocompromised, I'd also be extra cautious around produce with lots of crevices until investigators know more.

It’s a ASPCA telethon in here with the reproachful looks from two cats who have full bowls of food not far out of frame!

Murdering tourists is just as bad as murdering citizens. ICE does both.

This was helpful

i don't know who i follow/follows me who is a wikipedia editor, but if you care, perhaps you can help make lenny kaye's wikipedia page not a dumpster fire: "Kaye formed an artistic partnership with the singer Patti Smith, producing her debut single and contributing to several of her albums" AYFKM

R. Kelly asks President Donald Trump to commute 30-year sentence for sex abuse of minors www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/14/r...

"We don’t have to roll over for machines used by capital interests, or let them feast on our bones until we are gone. To say it’s inevitable is begging to be replaced and forgotten." @nikostratis.com is always good, but this essay is particularly rousing.

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This is an incredible story. Writing, visuals, shoe-leather reporting, public stakes, and stunning large-scale absurdity — it’s got it all.

Do we know any lefty sports writers in Chicago? 👀 Asking for a friend!

This guy thinks he can put this in new York city and that microphone won't be replaced by a giant dick within minutes. He's going to have to have 24 hour security. Also, the statue looks terrible, but he really captured what a doofus he was.

Help we are so hungry, no our mom did not just feed us squishy food tonight, can’t you see we are starving

I need an IV drip of these videos to keep me going until November.

I went to the Detroit Festival of Books and found a book for $2 that was on my running list of books I want to buy, I got two music books I wanted at a deep discount, & finally met @motherslug.bsky.social in person. For a day I didn’t want to leave the house this is a win

Also shoutout to that time L7 played Letterman and destroyed the equipment RIP Jennifer Finch m.youtube.com/watch?v=5miC...

Shoutout to that part of Ariel Schrag’s Awkward where she has a crush on a boy who wears an L7 t-shirt before she figures out that she’s queer RIP Jennifer Finch

The night Purple Rain came out, for some reason my bf & I decided to go see it in a theater off of Times Square. It was PARTICIPATORY.

Godspeed and farewell to Jennifer Finch of L7. A true punk rock force and legend on bass. Thank you for the riffs and the attitude. #RIPJenniferFinch

Have me your on your podcast to fill any dead air!

The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco. www.koat.com/article/chac...

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Polymarket, Kalshi, and all those prediction market sites should be shut down permanently and their CEOs sent to prison This shit is sick; it's abhorrent, antisocial behavior that should make anyone engaging in it a total pariah

I was supposed to go canvass for Abdul this morning but can’t take a chance with the smoke but apparently Jake Lang showed up www.instagram.com/reel/Da8TI3i...

Clara Ester, a civil rights activist who was one of the last remaining witnesses to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, has died

I wonder where voters could be getting the idea that Obama endorsed Stevens from? All the ads I’ve seen in support of her lately are like this

Pretty scary: If they can do this to someone this rich & well-connected… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Democrats who are skittish about reforming and regulating the Supreme Court need to get with the times. The public sees the Roberts Six for what they are.

30 Years Ago (July 18 1996) The members of The Who bring "Quadrophenia" to Madison Square Garden. Audio from Westwood One Radio. #TheWho www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ssz...

It’s an actual Dream Come True for me! Today I am driving a Muni Bus wearing the iconic Landor Livery, the true colors Muni is meant to display, designed by the great Walter Landor in 1975, introduced alongside the greatest logo in transit history, the Muni Worm.

I never saw Saturday night fever in the theater bc some parent in the area was outraged so the theaters all said “if you’re a minor a parent has to buy your ticket” & my mom had 4 kids/my dad traveled 4/days a week & she couldn’t be arsed so

literally someone a few houses from me is running a leaf blower and it is definitely a gas-powered one

WHO IS DOING YARDWORK IN DETROIT RIGHT NOW COME ON

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