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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 25/09/2026

was able to push tfr back to 1959. hard to wrap your head around.

graph showing the total fertility rate for chicago from 1959-2023. 1959 was in the baby boom and trf was nearly 4. it fell sharply to about 2.1 (replacement levels) in the 70s and then had another much smaller boom in the 90s. it has been decreasing fairly steadily since the late 90s.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 18/09/2026

we are on track to be pretty similar to 2023. notes.labordata.bunkum.us/2021/12/11/p...

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 01/09/2026

hell yeah. breadandpuppet.org/tour#Ypsilanti

a flyer image for a Bread+Puppet tour date of September 30, 7pm at Riverside Park, Ypsilanti

https://breadandpuppet.org/tour#Ypsilanti

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 28/08/2026

that’s the john j boland departing the presque isle ore dock for all you sickos

a great lake freighter full of iron ore leaving marquette

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 04/07/2026

not a lot of electricity left in southeast michigan right now. slownews.bunkum.us/2025/04/01/d...

DTE outage map showing huge outages in southeast michigan

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 24/06/2026

jack skellington ass charger

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 19/06/2026

thanks to glpk.js, i can now make this chart, which i've been curious about for a few years

a chart showing the relationship between the number of ingredients and the number of cocktails you can make. mainly linear but flattening out at around 100

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 13/06/2026

here's the longer series.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 13/06/2026

it's up almost everywhere, but look at the chicago and oakland regions.

annual increase in unfair labor practices against unions by region

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 13/06/2026

what's going on with all these ULP cases filed against labor unions. new tactic? observablehq.com/@fgregg/peti...

chart showing the rate of "CB" cases started accelerating in 2025 and now 2026 is on track to set a new record.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 11/06/2026

civictechbook.club has upgraded to french listservs

screenshot for a page for the google group "civictechbookclub" with a prompt for whether to delete the group.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 30/05/2026

this statement of support for the wikipedia workers united is good. if you have an wikimedia account, consider adding your name. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with Wiki Workers United and
affirm our willingness to engage in collective action if called upon by WW, up to and including staging an editorial strike. Editors participating in the collective action would be able to use normal Wikipedia consensus-building methods to establish the action's terms and, if desired, to establish further demands of our own in addition to WWU's demands.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 26/05/2026

here's what the rule looks like

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 20/05/2026

new report by @epi.org and @laborlab.bsky.social estimates that businesses spend $1.5 billion annual to fight against workers forming unions. www.epi.org/publication/... some of this data comes from labordata.bunkum.us

a table showing that a few law firms specializing in anti-union work made hundreds of millions in 2024.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 19/05/2026

mediawiki's link shortener would not let me shorten this link because the link was too long.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 16/05/2026

what did they know and when did they know it?

a screenshot of two posts:

@lenazun.bsky.social • 26m in some countries/regions we use "color de perro corriendo", to mean an undefined color that eludes description at the time

@rnrkd.bsky.social • 27m The semantics of "unrecognizable" modifying "looks" is something of a puzzler

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 16/05/2026

botsford recreational preserve

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 13/05/2026

from @eads.bsky.social's latest recoveredfactory.net newsletter. "the work is figuring out how to do journalism well in the venues you actually have, not the one you wish you had."

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 12/05/2026

every safety regulation is written in blood

a homemade sign that says "no more homemade belay devices"

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 10/05/2026

this is where i post from

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 15/04/2026

kuebler langford nature area is *the* place for skunk cabbages. mark your calendars for next march.

a huge patch of bright green skunk cabbage on a creek bank in kuebler langford nature area

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 15/04/2026

you can really see the storm tracks in the outage map observablehq.com/@fgregg/dte-...

maps out power outages in southeast michigan. linear outages west to east through jackson, washtenaw, and wayne counties

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 14/04/2026

the boys are back in town

yellow trout lilies in bloom. close up. mottled green leaves and little yellow flowers

a carpet of yellow trout lilies on a hill

bloodroot with bright white blossoms and yellow centers

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 10/04/2026

let's get a hell yeah for 2,000 on the cargo bike

the odometer on an urban arrow ebike clicking over to 2,000 miles

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 18/02/2026

links to bsky on pypi will now have a 🦋. (it might take a while for your project to show a change because of the CDN cache). example: pypi.org/project/enri...

A list of project links from https://pypi.org/project/enrichmap/ that shows a bsky link with the bsky icon next to it.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 01/02/2026

he said this on facebook:

We are aware of reports yesterday that ICE conducted enforcement operations in Ypsilanti connected to school pick-up and drop-off. Although our knowledge of this incident is limited to what has been reported by YCS and the Sheriff's Office, what has been reported is deeply disturbing. No parent should fear dropping their child off at school. Nor should families be deterred from accessing educational or medical services, or seeking help if they are in danger. That is why it is imperative that our Legislature quickly act on SBs 508-510, which would restrict civil immigration enforcement at schools, hospitals, courthouses, places of worship, and facilities that serve victims of crime. Forty-four years ago, in Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court ruled that a state cannot deny educational access to non-citizen children. To do so, the Court emphasized, would place children "at a permanent and insurmountable competitive disadvantage, for an uneducated child is denied even the opportunity to achieve." For the same reasons, our state must act to keep schools a protected space that all can access. After all, educational services can't be accessed if a child is kept at home. And learning can't take place in an environment of fear. I urge our legislators to act quickly on this important legislation, and to expand these bills to encompass school pick-up and drop-off as well.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 22/01/2026

if they made a lava-lamp-like device that was just tqdm bars, i probably wouldn't buy it, but i would watch it for hours.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 18/01/2026

in 1982, milton bradley saw so far

stock certificate from 1982 edition of milton bradley's game of life

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 13/01/2026

statement from washtenaw county sheriff @alyshiadyer.bsky.social on a police officer shooting and killing a suspect during a traffic stop in ypsilanti. reposted from mastodon.social/@bondurant@a...

WASHTENAW COUNTY OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF

EST. 1823

ALYSHIA M. DYER, SHERIFF

January 13, 2026 In the early morning hours of January 6, 2026, We can confirm WCSO deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call-for-service involving a suspect vehicle that was reportedly involved in a felonious assault in Ypsilanti Township. It was then reported that deputies located the suspect vehicle in the immediate area with no headlights on and attempted to make a traffic stop. A vehicle pursuit followed and then an officer-involved shooting occurred. The shooting resulted in the suspect's loss of life. Radio traffic from deputies on the scene during the incident communicated that the suspect had a firearm. Upon further investigation, it can now be confirmed that there was not a firearm found in the vehicle. There are still details unknown to us at this time due to calling for an independent criminal investigation in alignment with best practices for officer-involved shootings. The criminal investigation is being led by Michigan State Police. The deputies involved were placed on leave following the incident and we are cooperating fully with the ongoing criminal investigation. We recognize the gravity of this incident and the profound impact that any loss of life has on the community, the impacted family, and first responders. We will continue to share necessary information as it becomes available while also ensuring the integrity of the ongoing criminal investigation. Respectfully, AliphinDyer Sheriff Alyshia M. Dyer

FOLLOW-UP STATEMENT AND UPDATE ON THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING ON JANUARY 6, 2026

"TOGETHER, WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING A SAFER, MORE JUST AND COMPASSIONATE WASHTENAW COUNTY FOR ALL."

2201 HOGBACK ROAD • ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48105-9732 • OFFICE (734) 971-8400 • FAX (734) 973-4624 • EMAIL SHERIFFINFO@WASHTENAW.ORG

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 07/01/2026

and getting less and less large.

graph showing monthly, weekly, and daily users of bksy. general decline since late 2025.

source: https://bskycharts.edavis.dev/edavis.dev/bskycharts.edavis.dev/bsky_users_total.html

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 04/01/2026

grandma dropped this off for the eldest

the book /solidarity with children: an essay against adult supremacy/ by madeline lane-mckinley

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