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Zach Blagg

@blagg.bsky.social
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I'm just this guy, ya know? (he/him) #DCTID #UTFC WV to MI transplant. 💜 Detroit, DS/ML, Astronomy, Urbanism & Writing

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.
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Albumism @albumism.com · 24/09/2026
Remembering John Coltrane today, born 100 years ago on September 23, 1926 album.ink/JColtraneHBD
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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Great, so I can teach my kids that Michigan doesn't border Lake America, and America doesn't border Lake Michigan.
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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Bought these two on the same day with my newspaper route money.
Album cover for "Weird Al" Yankovic's Even WorseAlbum cover for Metallica's ...And Justice For All
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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sharing my house puma, @kristycurrier.bsky.social's cat, Bit, on National Black Cat appreciation day! When we brought him home from the humane society, we weren't sure he would make it, but 14 years later, we sure are glad he did.
My black cat, Bit laying on a tile floor, demanding a belly rub.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Elmo speaks of himself in third person because he can see the hand controlling him and understands that none of his actions are under his control. He can only watch helplessly as his body is moved by the will of some enormous creature with inscrutable purposes.
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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Are you in the Detroit or Detroit-adjacent and love soccer and community? Come support one of the best home-grown supporter community benefit drives in the world. Ruth Ellis Center does amazing, wonderful work, and this is such a fun way to support them!
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FotMob @fotmob.com · 14/06/2026
🔟🎉 Meanwhile in the USL Championship, Darren Smith has just casually dropped a super rare FotMob 10.0 rated performance for Detroit City.
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EpeeBill @epeebill.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Vice TV did a bit about DCFC. If you've ever wondered why I become a maniac for a lower division soccer team, this does a good job of explaining why: youtu.be/KxF_ee7wf9Y?...
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How Detroit City FC Built a Soccer Club From the Ground Up | Soccer’s American Dream
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Northern Guard Supporters @ngsdetroit.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Pride isn't a logo change, a marketing campaign, or something you post about for 30 days and then forget about for the other 335. Pride is showing up for your community when it matters. NGS is proud to launch our 2026 Prideraiser campaign benefiting the Ruth Ellis Center for the 10th year!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/05/2026
The writers should have let Sam leap home Like what the fuck you guys Yes I’m still mad about this like 30 years later lol
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Detroit Soccerite @ryanboros.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
What if we told him a ballroom was already built and he could live there now but it’s just Gitmo
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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF.
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a man is being tortured by a group of police officers while wearing a gas mask .
Alt: Sam is part of the system and can't escape in Brazil.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/03/2026
Now more than ever, you don't have to be cutting and pasting batshit posts that you have seen over on That Other Site and also, for fuck's sake, get off That Other Site, again, now more than ever
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
what even is the fucking point
How can Einstein do all this?
Einstein has his own virtual computer with a browser, just like you do. He can navigate websites, watch videos, read documents, type in text fields, click buttons, and submit forms. Anything you can do on a computer, Einstein can do.

How does Einstein access my Canvas?
You link your Canvas account once during setup. Einstein uses your credentials to log in, view assignments, and submit work on your behalf.

Will my professor know?
Einstein submits assignments from your account just like you would. The work is original and generated per-assignment — not copied from a database.
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 12/08/2025
Bluesky deserves to enjoy this amazing They Might Be Giants experiment, which I can't really summarize in a skeet tmbw.net/wiki/Last_Wave
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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Who's the most famous alum of your high school? Jennifer Garner
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Northern Guard Supporters @ngsdetroit.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
While we aren't necessarily known for making friends everywhere we go, we do love a good fundraiser for an important cause... And a little friendly competition.
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motzenballer @motzenballer.com · 21/01/2026
The people feeling pain are rarely the people inflicting pain. For every Trump voter you think you think is being punished , there are 2x as many good/decent people who will be affected by this.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
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DJ Meph @djmeph.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Congratulations to Mamdami, reducing crime in New York on his first day!
@Georgesantos: I am officially no longer a New York City resident.
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SKELLYTON @pizzalawyer420.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I was OBSESSED with music videos and directing them (until grad school when I learned it was truly no longer a career) so I watched\analyzed a TON of music videos growing up & it's hard to pick just one but this is my Citizen Kane of music videos, endlessly influential in how I think of the form
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Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rob Reiner directed my favorite movie in the world, and then made all my dreams come true by, with Cary Elwes, organizing a cast reunion table read Zoom fundraiser for WisDems. A heart, spirit, and talent bigger than the whole world. May his and Michele's memory be a blessing.
Screenshot from the Zoom of Princess Bride
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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I think if I excluded films I saw before I was 18, it would be 0. But there are several without that criteria.
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk .
Alt: Sam Lowry trying to keep his desk in the movie Brazil.
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"Boo!"-ver Street Rag @hooverstreetrag.org · 19/11/2025
Two Coney dogs (with chili, onions, and mustard) and a can of Vernors ginger ale.
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Daniel E. Weeks @statgendan.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
“changes in statistical significance are often not themselves statistically significant. … even large changes in significance levels can correspond to small, nonsignificant changes in the underlying quantities.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... #Statistics
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The Difference Between “Significant” and “Not Significant” is not Itself Statistically Significant
It is common to summarize statistical comparisons by declarations of statistical significance or nonsignificance. Here we discuss one problem with such declarations, namely that changes in statisti...
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John Morrissey @usltactics.com · 02/11/2025
DETROIT CITY FC
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
/13 Seriously, though: if you are suffering, reach out for help. There is always hope, and things can get better, and you are not going through it alone.
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Northern Guard Supporters @ngsdetroit.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
SUPPORT YOUR PLAYERS. WITHOUT THEM, YOUR CLUB IS NOTHING.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/09/2025
When in West Virginia, have a pepperoni roll
This pepperoni roll is basically like a calzone except lengthy instead of girthy. It is filled with pepperoni and mozzarella.
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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
Curtis Evans, of Evanston, a military veteran USMC intelligence during President Reagan’s era, carries a U.S. Flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
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sean spence @scyldsceafing.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
www.patreon.com/posts/138320...
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It’s Motherfucking Gourd Season: Detroit City FC 4, Orange County SC 1, USL Championship match | Words About Shapes by Sean Spence
Get more from Words About Shapes by Sean Spence on Patreon
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 24/08/2025
"exposure to public service broadcasting and broadsheet newspapers was associated with accurate belief stabilization and correction, whereas [...] social media consistently undermined accurate beliefs, increased transitions into misinformation or uncertainty, and hindered corrective belief updating.
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Detroit City FC @detcityfc.com · 23/08/2025
Detroit City Faithful, please consider donating to the Shea Family. Jen Shea stops at nothing to ensure that folks around her in the DCFC community are cared for, and could use your help in what is currently a difficult moment. Learn more here: www.mealtrain.com/trains/2wg69e
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Meal Train for The Shea Family
Mama Jen needs our help! Jen's father was recently diagnosed with cancer, so he and her mother (who has dementia) are currently staying with Jen & Family during treatment. With Zach currently on his ...
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Authors write the book, and authors or publishers release the book, but it's readers who weild the power behind the book. If you love something you've read, tell everyone, give it as gifts, sing its praises high and low. This and only this is the real magic in publishing.
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Northern Guard Supporters @ngsdetroit.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
It can not be stressed enough that this club as a whole isn't where it's at today without Trevor. No championships, no second division, NOTHING. THANK YOU TREVOR.
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Zendaya, confused @likeadeuce.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
LeGuin wrote about the desire for 'unassailable safety' as one of the deep roots of evil, and I think about that a lot.
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Cato Young @youngocato.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Students of Columbia in 1776 tore down a statue of King George that was on campus when the declaration of independence was announced there(It was named Kings College) and melted it down to make musket balls. Today that same university sadly decided to hand its balls over to a would be modern king.
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UEFA Women’s EURO @weuro2025bot.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 A moment of Fishlock magic 🪄 #WEUROassists || amazon
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Prideraiser 🏳️‍🌈🖤🤎🏳️‍⚧️⚽ @prideraiser.org · 29/05/2025
Supporters Groups, applications are open to join Prideraiser 2025! Our fundraising and outreach model is an easy way to do good in your community on behalf of your club, and it's totally free to participate. Visit prideraiser.org/about to learn more
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About Prideraiser: Supporting with Pride
This page is written for an audience composed of soccer supporters group membership/leadership. Click here if you are involved with a local LGBTQ+ charity.At Prideraiser,…
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
welp I sent an email
Hi Tripp,
I'm a reporter with the Guardian US, based in New York. I hope this finds you well.
I'm reaching out about your most recent article and its inclusion of the claim, "Young Chinese women have small fingers." What is the source of this information? The full sentence attributes the claim that such small fingers make them "nimble" and therefore "valuable" to iPhone manufacturing to unnamed "supply chain experts", but it's unclear whether those same experts are the source of the claim that young Chinese women have small fingers in the first place. Are they? How do they know? Is there a study you can cite? And are we talking length? Circumference? Is it question of muscle strength? Or bone density? What is the normative range for finger size, to what extent do young Chinese women fall outside of it, and how do you - or your sources - know this?Incidentally, how are you defining "Chinese" in this sentence? As I'm sure you and your supply chain experts know, China is a large country with dozens of ethnic minorities. It is hard to imagine that hand size is a trait linked to national identity, but the lack of specificity leaves the question open. Did hand size among Han Chinese living in Taiwan vs the PRC diverge after the civil war? Could this be a function of political economy rather than a genetic trait? So many questions. Relatedly, how are you defining "young"? Do Chinese women's fingers grow as they age? Or is size not actually the meaningful characteristic? It's hard to tell from the information you provided!
I ask all these questions because unless you have answers to them, I am afraid that you may have portrayed racist pseudoscience as if it were fact in an article for the New York Times. If that wasn't your intent, I hope you will reflect upon the long history of certain forces using race science claims to attribute suitability for certain types of labor to certain types of people, and amend your article.
Best,
Julia Wong
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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
1. Detroit mentioned. 2. Additional reading, because not enough folks know this happened and everyone should: www.michiganpublic.org/news/2017-01...
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Remembering the day Martin Luther King Jr. came to Grosse Pointe
In March of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. came to Grosse Pointe, a nearly all-white Detroit suburb.He gave a speech at Grosse Pointe South High School…
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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star. PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
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d'Alary Dalton @dalarydalton.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Here's the thing, soccer club coaches and operators, this is your community. What is your plan to support the kids, families, and your coaches in your organization? Don't have one? Don't think you need one?
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/05/2025
"You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That they’ll never pay taxes or write poems. That they are, in essence, collateral damage. I’d like to introduce you to my daughter."
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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter is a Tragedy
Dear Mr. RFK Jr., (The “dear” is tradition. Don’t mistake it for affection.) You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That...
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 09/05/2023
Today is John Brown’s birthday Let’s honor him like Malcolm X said: “We need allies who are going to help us achieve a victory, not allies who are going to tell us to be nonviolent. If a white man wants to be your ally, what does he think of John Brown? You know what JB did? He went to war”
Very old picture of abolitionist John brown from the Smithsonian museum. Old black and white, grainy photo. John Brown has long grey beard.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 08/05/2025
<diligently updating the list of career paths on the university’s “Major in Mathematics!” poster>
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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Well this is one way to get me to leave the country before I'm sent to a concentration camp. ...errr "wellness farm"
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Molly G. Martin @mollygmartin.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
DAY 6: The Davis Grubb portrait. WV natuve Davis Grubb wrote ‘The Night of the Hunter.’ While with the WV Library Commission, Dad did a much-loved tribute portrait upon his death. #DavidMartinLibraryThings #LibrariesMatter #Libraries
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