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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

22 September 2026 - the first day of the new year 235 in the French Republican (revolutionary) calendar. Bonne année à toutes et à tous ceux/celles qui la célèbrent!

An image of the UniCal application showing today’s date in the French Republican calendar. The text shows that it is 1 Vendémiaire, Year CCXXXV.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Way to go, Delta Airlines and its map provider Flightpath3D

A photo of a map of three Great Lakes (Ontario, Erie, and Huron). The photo is of an airplane’s seatback flight-tracker map, showing an airplane at Detroit Metro Airport. Lake Ontario is circled in red marker.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The new Gordie Howe Bridge seen from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. You know, Ontario, like the lake. #GordieHoweBridge #Ontario

A photo taken on the Gordie Howe Bridge, which connects Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. The view is of an empty multi-lane highway under a massive set of supporting cables that descend from a tall concrete tower. The sky above is covered with billowing grey clouds.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are maize and blue… @umich.edu

A photograph taken Wednesday, August 26, 2026. A picture of a rainbow that appears to be emerging from within the University of Michigan stadium, “The Big House”. The rainbow is rising into a grey cloud which hovers over Stadium Boulevard.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

See Stop. Move Stop, move! Stop! Stop Stop, stop! 🤔 #linguistics #dickandjanebooks

A placard at a bus stop. The placard reads “STOP MOVED”. There is an arrow under the words that point ahead to where the bus stop is.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I just got this message that contains emdashes. That must mean it was AI-generated 🤔 ·· — / ·— — — — — ··— ·— ·· — ·· / — ··· · / — · ·· — ·— · · / ·· ··— · / ·· — / ·— — · ·— · · / — ···· ·— — / · ·— ··· — ·— —

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Central Yellowstone is in a caldera from a volcanic eruption 630,000 years ago. Magma is closer to the surface here, creating many steaming vents, geysers, and hot springs. Bear and bison live here, too, not including the humans who stop by to visit.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Road trip! The Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota. #spam #spammuseum

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trick-is-a-treat-kat @trickykat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

pretty sure sisyphus and möbius would have been BFFs

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The people of Paris storm a data center, July 14, 1789 #fetenationale #bastilleday

A painting of a Paris crowd storming the Bastille

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The brilliant Mya Gosling at the AADL Comic Arts Festival! Morning workshop - how to draw Shakespearean stick-figure cartoons. Part of the AADL Summer Games. I’m a total fan! @aadl.org @goodticklebrain.bsky.social

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

First Friday in June - National Donut Day (U.S.) International friends - feel free to celebrate wherever you are!

A poster showing a plate of donuts - chocolate covered, strawberry covered, sugar frosted. Text in the image says "National Donut Day - Friday - June 5, 2026. Celebrate the sweetest day of the year! Support LOCAL donut shops in your community!"

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Physics seeks to understand BlueSky : "Bubbles are ubiquitous in nature and of great significance..." (pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/arti...) #bubbles

A screenshot of an article from "Physics of Fluids" published 28 March 2023, titled "A unified theory for bubble dynamics". Five authors are listed, with their academic affiliations, followed by an article abstract.
The abstract begins:
"In this work, we established a novel theory for the dynamics of oscillating bubbles such as cavitation bubbles, underwater explosion bubbles, and air bubbles. For the first time, we proposed bubble dynamics equations that can simultaneously take into consideration the effects of boundaries, bubble interaction, ambient flow field, gravity, bubble migration, fluid compressibility, viscosity, and surface tension while maintaining a unified and elegant mathematical form."

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Time for our annual celebration of Olympe de Gouges, born on this day in 1748. Author of the Déclaration des Droits de la Femme et de la Citoyenne, abolitionist, and playwrite. “A woman has the right to mount the scaffold. She must possess equally the right to mount the speaker's platform.”

A painting of Olympe de Gouges, a woman with grey hair wearing a white shawl, looking directly at the viewer.

An image of the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Citizen, in French. It begins with "Déclaration des Droits de la Femme et de la Citoyenne."

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Enough Met Gala. When's the Yankee Gala? #AmericanLeague

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

David Zinn is a chalk artist in Ann Arbor. His works are short-lived and precious - they disappear every time it rains. Seen today in the wild. @davidzinn.bsky.social

A photo of a drawing in chalk. The drawing is off a small creature with a tiny dog at the end of a leash.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Walking tour of the architecture of Detroit, led by the Alliance Française de Détroit. A bit of the same architectural style as Chicago if not as grand, but Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac would be proud of the city he founded.

A green copper sculpture of a muscular figure. The figure is sitting, cross-legged. In one hand he is holding a small golden image of a family. In the other hand a radiant sphere. This is just outside Detroit City Hall.

An image of a colorful fountain in the atrium of a building in downtown Detroit. The fountain is formed by a series of nine triangular shapes.

An image looking up through a skylights at a multistory tower, which is the Dime Building in Detroit.

An image of the interior of the Guardian Building in Detroit. A massive doorway in wrought iron holds a Tiffany glass clock.

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Jordan Running @jrunn.ing · 26/04/2026

I made something, mostly for my own amusement, but maybe y’all will like it: treacheryof.pics Make your own Magritte-style “Treachery of Images” image.

Image in the style of Magritte’s “Treachery of Images” but the pipe is replaced with a pile of plums and the caption says “Ceci n’est pas the plums from the icebox.”

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

An outstanding site - try it! And if you haven't tried Libby (or Overdrive), try it, too! I *love* the Ann Arbor District Library, but this opens up whole new worlds.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Idolatry, bearing false witness, adultery *and* murder... in *this* economy?

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

“If you want to know who we are we are gentlemen of our clan with many a dirk to spar with many a tartan grand…” The MacAdo, Or The Town of Ballydew … a Scottish setting of The Mikado. Brilliant! Encourage your local G&S players to put this on!

A photo of a theater playbill announcing “The MacAdo or The Town of Ballydew” at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater at the University of Michigan, with an image of a flower on the cover.

Photo with this text: “Director’s Note: The Mikado. The music brings joy to many. For some, it was the first Gilbert and Sullivan show they ever saw that led to a lifelong journey into the G&S canon… In fact, it was the first show the University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan society ever produced. But it is also a show that many associate with appropriation of Japanese culture and the trivialization of Asian identities…Which is why UMGASS has not performed a full staged version in over 8 years. We are so glad that Gilbert and Sullivan Austin produced a rollicking rendition of MacAdo set in Scotland and encourage groups across the country that want to share that idea to join them.”

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

As the father of a middle schooler I have seen the rebellion against AI forming there — even using “that’s AI, bro,” not indicating something is literally AI, but that something is metaphorically so — it’s sus, it’s bullshit, it’s bad weird

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026

Oh this is great: there’s now an #Artemis II Lunar Flyby Gallery on the NASA images site: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna... (thx @dpmanchee.bsky.social for pointing it out)

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

No Kings, Ann Arbor Michigan 🇺🇸

Image of a crowd at a No Kings rally, in the foreground an American flag and a sign with a crown crossed out with an X.

A large crowd under a bright blue sky for a No Kings rally

A sign reading “A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a TYRANT is unfit to be the ruler of a FREE PEOPLE”

A sign reading “Bring down the powerful from their thrones and lift up the lowly”

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Time, like an ever-rolling stream bears all our cheese away…

A photo of three packages of cheese in a supermarket cart. The packages are labeled “Baby Swiss”, “Swiss”, and “Aged Swiss”.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 15/02/2026

ai;dr AI; didn't read.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

The Second Law of Thanks-o-dynamics: Entropy increases over Thanksgiving weekend

A photograph of about 20 slices of white bread, piled neatly on a wooden cutting board. The image is labelled "Before..."

A photograph of two containers of turkey stuffing. The photo is labelled "...After"

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all who wander are lost. Server refused the connection: Port 22 no route to host.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

On this college football Saturday, finally figured out a math puzzle. The Big “10” is simply using base 18! As teams come and go, the conference just has to change radix. Brilliant move. 🎓🧠🏈

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Stuart Douglas @stuartdouglas.com · 30/10/2025

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works but don't use them to train Generative AI, FFS.

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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Someone should give the Pope a Chicago basketball uniform that says Papal Bulls.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I AM OZYMANDIAS, KING OF KINGS THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Well hidden, but useful! There's also UX lesson in here, but I can't find it... :)

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

A strange, interesting historical trip today. The U.S. maintained 54 Titan II missile silos on 24 hour readiness. One silo, underground launch room, and missile remains, open to the public as a museum, In Sahuarita, south of Tucson. After a simulated launch, the guide asks "now how do you feel?"

A photograph of the outside of the Titan Missile Museum with a sign in the foreground reading "Watch for rattlesnakes". The museum is a blue metallic structure.

A photo of a wooden sign inside the Titan Missile Museum showing a plaque of a Titan II missile being launched, with the slogan "Custodes Pacis" (in Latin) underneath.

A photo of the launch room for a Titan missile. There are banks of early 1960's electronics under fluorescent lights.

A photo of a deactivated Titan II missile, seen looking down from the ground-level opening from which it would have launched.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

“Eventually consistent” Rapture It did happen yesterday, but it’s not visible in every universe yet.

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Is the first day of fall "equinoxious"?

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 21/09/2025

Today is Primidi the 1st of Vendémiaire in the year 234. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate grapes. #JacobinDay More information on grapes

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David Barbrow @dbarbrow.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Road Trip from Michigan to Arizona: Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. The “Louvre Effect” - when you’ve seen a few dozen masterpieces, you have to take a break so that the next dozen masterpieces don’t seem ho-hum. The Colorado Plateau: plate tectonics+rain+time has the last word.

A photo of gray bulbous rock formations. Some pine trees are in the background.

A photo of towering red rock formation rising out of a deep canyon under a blue sky studded with puffy white clouds.

A photo of a circular hole in a red rock wall. A forest of pine trees appears through the hole in the canyon beyond.

A photo of red rock towers under a blue sky streaked with clouds.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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