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Ben Place

@bp313.bsky.social
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Lifelong Detroiter, software engineer, aerospace nerd, DPS/UM/NYU grad. Worse half of @amandahiber.bsky.social he/his

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 4h
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/10/2026
Do my eyes deceive me, or does this article that mentions the assassination of Charlie Kirk, who was not an elected official, not mention that Rep. Ilhan Omar was physically attacked less than 10 months ago?!?!?!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h
off the fucking rails. a rogue government.
apnews.com
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Diana Joy @dianajoy.bsky.social · 7h
Like @prisonculture.bsky.social keeps saying, fascism isn’t coming, it’s already fucking here. This is textbook.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 7h
Full Federal Fascism... as I said on here a couple of days ago, whatever lines people have been waiting for to be crossed, there are no lines.
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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Geese are insane: Example #2,987,304
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Glad it worked out, I haven’t been to Madcap, but I agree the pressing plant tour is great!
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
For real? Once again glad I went to the Detroit Public Schools in the 70s and 80s.
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My favorite Prince record.
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Albumism @albumism.com · 08/10/2026
Prince released ‘Dirty Mind’ 46 years ago on October 8, 1980 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/PrinceDrtyMnd
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Hudson Cafe’s worth a look. Cannelle might be too, or maybe just Iggy’s Eggies. See you tomorrow night!
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s a 10, so is Dirty Mind.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
If you would like to bypass Substack, you are welcome to donate directly here:
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Done and dusted.
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I would subscribe to Volts anywhere but Substack and X.
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Or more precisely, the road to the home airport.
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ah, home!
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
One of the best things about being a Michigander is that we don’t have capital punishment here. In fact, it is part of our state’s identity.
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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Graphic of Rahm’s head and shoulder.

I covered up the police murder of a Black teen.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
theguardian.com
Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>
nytimes.com
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028.
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Maybe MAGA’s not doing so well in Michigan? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Michigan CEO loses job after posting AI-made image of her family in ‘Lake America’ sweaters
Jane Smith reportedly used ChatGPT to edit photo to show name Trump ordered US agencies to use for Lake Ontario amid trade war with Canada
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Love this one, and it put Blondie’s version in a new light for me
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.
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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE stole a Detroit Mom away from her 4 year old kiddo w autism and sent her up to Baldwin. 💔🤬 Neighbor of a Twitter mutual who is heartbroken. Please help if you're able, not even at $400 for legal costs yet, if you can't please share. gofund.me/7507fc4dd Thank you. ♥️ Fuck ICE.
Tweet @emeliyeehaw

ICE arrested our neighbor 😡 took her away after she dropped her son at school. FUCK ICE.

her sister is taking care of her son now and she came to ask us and other neighbors to write bond support declarations. we cried together. im crying again.

Tweet our neighbor was abducted by ice after dropping off her 4yo son at school. they dont have many people to ask for help with legal funds so im sharing this in as many places as possible. my heart is breaking for their family, please help if you can or share:Go fund me screenshot they've raised $395 of $2.4k. English next pic.

Hola me llamo Yelitza Gonzalez hermana de Yesica Gonzalez quien fue detenida x ice y estoy buscado manera de conseguir para su fianza y ayudarla a estar de nuevo con mi sobrino un niño con condición autista que la nesecita mucho cada granito de arena cuenta porfavor ayúdameHello, my name is Yelitza Gonzalez. I am the sister of Yesica Gonzalez, who has been detained by ICE. I am trying to raise funds for her bail so she can be reunited with my nephew—a child with autism who needs her very much. Every little bit helps; please help me.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As a pragmatic centrist, I read the Niemöller poem differently. After each group mentioned I pencil in what percentage of the population they are, and if it’s a small number I cross off their names as disposable. Poetry is fine but math wins elections!!
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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LET THE MUSIC PLAY SHANNON
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Amanda Hiber @amandahiber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I fucking love riding Amtrak. While waiting for the bathroom, had a delightful convo with an elderly white dude wearing an Abdul for Senate pin; at every stop, the little girl in front of me loudly asks “ARE WE THERE?”; and the conductor just came on the mic to wish “Miss Naomi” a happy 9th birthday
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Who said that?
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Amanda Hiber @amandahiber.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Woot! So well deserved!
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Jesse Myerson @jessemyerson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
25 years ago today, Barbara Lee cast the House’s love vote against the Afghanistan AUMF, to this day perhaps the most courageous act I have ever seen an elected official perform.
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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’m sorry but the idea that Democrats will prosecute people later over actions they won’t even loudly criticize now is absurd.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Mike Rogers left his home in Florida to try to get to Michigan and somehow ended up in Dallas...let's help him out!
comehomemike.com
Come Home, Mike
Help Mike Rogers find his way from Florida back to Michigan. He hasn't managed it yet.
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sharonpoppyseed.bsky.social @sharonpoppyseed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So frustrated with news media. Why is R convention “above the fold?” It isn’t news. Where is Senator McConnell? Who’s paying for the ballroom? Is Congress doing anything? News, please, not amplification.
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I enjoyed the Public Market in the Third Ward.
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Remembering Michael K. Williams 💙🕊(November 22, 1966 – September 6, 2021) #5Years
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/09/2026
Let me say as loudly as I can to all the Europeans on here who have been rightly appalled watching the Trump regime’s third-country removals: Your government has been watching, too, and they like what they see.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The only reason DTE gets away with failing us like this while raising our rates EVERY year is because they buy off corrupt politicians like Mike Rogers. In his case, it’s $64,000.
mlive.com
Over 347K without power across Southeast and Mid-Michigan
A severe storm brought winds up to 60 mph, knocking out power to over 347,000 homes and businesses across Southeast and Mid-Michigan, with DTE and Consumers Energy deploying thousands of workers to re...
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Ben Place @bp313.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My idea is to not cover up cop murders.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lake America. So weak. Absolute loser shit. So embarrassing and small and foolish. The sort of idea a drunk asshole has right before he falls off the roof and onto a picket fence.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So Mike Rogers can be just like daddy🌴
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's amazing how quickly the revisionism starts after someone's death.
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Amanda Hiber @amandahiber.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I took notes during last week’s Detroit Board of Police Commissioners meeting for @detdocumenters.bsky.social
detroit.documenters.org
Board of Police Commissioners Meeting - August 20, 2026 | Documenters.org
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Albumism @albumism.com · 25/08/2026
Prince released "I Wanna Be Your Lover" as the lead single from his eponymous second studio album 'Prince' 47 years ago on August 24, 1979 album.ink/Prince1979
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Gary4362 @gary4362.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Today is African Landing Day — marking the 1619 arrival of the first enslaved Africans at Point Comfort, VA. As that history faces active erasure in classrooms and public life today, we recommit to telling it truthfully, on stage and off. #AfricanLandingDay #BlackHistory
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Chauvin was, in fact, the cause of Floyd’s death. He used a technique that MPD and most other agencies have banned, specifically because it causes death. And the crime for which he was convicted is unintentional second-degree murder, which by definition does not require intent to kill.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
People need to have realistic set of options explained that moving in descending order: (a) possibilities for the House in 2027; (b) possibilities for the House and Senate in 2027; and (c) possibilities for a trifecta in 2029. And, (c) is only possible if the Democrats do (a) and (b) well.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Republican Rep. Tom Barrett running an ad decrying "politicians cozying up with Big Tech billionaires to force data centers on our communities" shows how toxic the politics of this issue have become. But he can't escape voting for data center tax breaks and AI regulatory relief. From me:
prospect.org
MI-07: Tom Barrett Scrambles to Bury His Data Center Past - The American Prospect
The Republican incumbent voted for massive tax breaks for data centers in the Big Beautiful Bill. Now he’s saying Washington shouldn’t decide on the facilities.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
universities are not run by leftist profs they are run by corporate profiteer board members siphoning public $$ to tech partnerships "An Inside Higher Ed analysis of SEC filings turned up dozens of presidents paid handsomely for sitting on corporate boards." www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
the 10 presidents in Inside Higher Ed’s analysis who earned the most from outside board service in 2025.
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