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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The most basic thing you've ever said?

Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can't believe how hard it is to communicate to a team of people in a way that they all understand it in the same way. I have a lot more sympathy for times when I've gotten the same message in 12 meetings, texts, emails, training handouts, etc.

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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 · 22/09/2026

This is probably my favorite long term result of the pandemic emergency measures in Michigan. Everyone gets free school meals they want it.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congrats on completing! Getting my first on Thursday.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If by last second, you mean negative time, yes. It's a pretty big deal.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I was in Spartan Stadium that day, hearing the cheers as the UofM game was updated.

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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 · 23/08/2026

Theoretically, a billion possible numbers shouldn't be depleted... I knew there was no longer any geographic assignment, but I thought we wouldn't have any reuse for a few more decades? Interesting, and potentially horrifying.

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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 Worse

Album 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 · 30/07/2026

So you are saying Gianni is going to have trouble getting insurance?

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

That was "child 2" of our 1 to 2 child "plan". Going from 1 to 3 is hard.

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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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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The Swiss at least get to beat the Canadians in group play this time :)

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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

YouTube video by VICE TV

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I would like to invite them to join the Great Lakes Division. They'd love it.

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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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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I think the first time I actually heard this song was Primus' cover of it. Made me get into XTC.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

He absolutely takes pictures with artists he's a fan of. Al was kind enough to pose with him.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We have them at my work, and they are free and maintained by a highly competent maintenance staff, and I should probably not sit next to one 5 days a week.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Who knew keeping junk mail from under the bed would be so vital 15 scenes later.

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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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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

That's amazing. Coincidentally, this is an amazing restaurant:

A street level picture of the exterior sign at mabel gray restaurant in Madison Heights, Michigan.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is accurate. And going from 1 to 3 is probably hard enough without the second two being at exactly the same stage of development.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I live by "never put anything in writing anywhere you would be embarrassed to read at your deposition" and just assume someone somewhere has saved it.

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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 · 22/04/2026

It was an intentional shibboleth by the town elders to change it to the now Michigan pronunciation. I think in the 50s? Definitely when it was still a sundown town.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The percentage of women computer science grads peaked around 1984, which is wild, but that's also around the time comp sci switched from primarily academic to primary commercial in application. My mother was the first person in our household to program.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Wait... That's not what they are called?

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Anytime you attempt to parody a 21st century right of center position, the adherents of those policies will rush to assure you that they are in fact far worse than that.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

That was an interesting and very good match to watch in person.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Sitting in Pontiac Michigan right now... I should probably go get my titers checked.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

No owners arrived with pizza in the net. Very disappointed.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

For sure. For what it's worth, you posting the last time about your upcoming book caused me to actually do the pre-order, and I appreciated the reminder.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I feel like the concepts of "doing a thing well" and "being commercially successful doing a thing" have almost completely decoupled for most any "thing". That doesn't mean you shouldn't pursue what you are passionate about, but know what you want out of it.

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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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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I'll just be happy if humans can manage to land on the moon in my lifetime, so I can match the experience of my great grandfather.

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Clearly a very serious article

Clip from the article: "Her campaign strategy is identity-based, biography-based and 'anti-Trump', which has been the Democratic playbook since 2016."

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

So we're a Boston Bruins trade away from having the first goalkeeper in that club!

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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

It's so funny everytime I see a bunch of people I follow interacting with something that says "this account muted" because if I ever look, it's something that confirms why I muted that account.

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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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Zach Blagg @blagg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Elliptic geometry constructions were some of my favorite High School math activities. Glad to see people still doing them by hand!

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