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@jamesweir.bsky.social
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ann arbor mi | burlington vt | shanghai ch | aa again birds, tennis, native plants, more housing, china, news and law, etc. volunteer (board and bird walks) with washtenaw bird and natural alliance he/they/any www.jamesrichardweir.com

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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
one nice consolation if sausage zverev clinches the laver cup vs tien is that it doesn't matter at all and ultimately he will be remembered as a vile stain on the sport
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Guy who is obviously on drugs: I built a supercomputer that is God and now I need subsidies
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Ben Rothenberg @benrothenberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A remarkable moment on Sunday’s broadcast.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour
A bare bum with music written on it. Someone is pointing at it all 'look! Arse music!'
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
normally not in favor of booing for double faults but sausage zverev in a grand slam final is the extremely obvious exception
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Ben Rothenberg @benrothenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ticket prices to see the Zverev-Khachanov semifinal are PLUMMETING, now as low as $19 on Stubhub.
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Amy @blessamysheart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Why is no one talking about my favorite Francis Tiafoe moment?!
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
i completely understand why michelle obama would choose to be emotionally closed/quiet when she is so public at the us open but i would LOVE to see her cheer with her whole heart
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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Zverev sets a record for most consecutive grand slam semifinals reached after having to pay to settle a domestic violence case to prevent an adverse court finding after being issued a penalty order. Some are saying that's a record that will never be challenged.
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
with deep regret i have learned that the sausage cooked. let's hope he explodes out of his casing in the semis
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
i’m not watching the match but i hope sausage zverev is having a bad time
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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The reason AI might kill everyone is not because it will be super-intelligent, but because it will be extremely fallible, but we will give it control over stuff that can kill us anyway. A dog is not super-intelligent, but it will kill you if you let it drive you to work.
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
i’ve been saying that lego carlos is set for a generational run with with real-hair toupee he has going rn
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
just Logging On and seeing a lot of alcaraz-shelton posts. is bluesky a sports app now
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
a prediction: alcaraz’s 2026 us open mullet will feature in his hall of fame montage
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
shout out on the us open camera guy and producer who, after 4-5 tries, finally threw to kevin hart when he wasn’t slumped in his seat and staring vacantly at his phone
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James Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Is Gea vs van de Zandschulp the biggest “letters in your last name” gap in sports history?
Gea vs van de Zandschulp
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
just turned on the us open and immediately presented with the existential question of whether or not anyone in history has wanted to hear coco vandeweghe’s opinion
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.
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mary worth is lit @wilburwurthless.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
still the best to do it
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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jay @yourpaljay.biz · 18/08/2026
wow she must be really old
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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
the “dobby’s grave” landmark is just a small dead guy who died on the beach a few days ago. he’s not even buried, someone just saw him and said “that’s dobby” and everyone started piling harry potter merch on him. a sad end for lindsey graham
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
the more you read about agentic ai that is poorly deployed (or nefariously so) and the more it sounds like a cartoon virus from 1990s tv and something to be squished by a big punk rock boot in its larval stage
wired.com
OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.
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acab rangoon @mid-skeets.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
smokin on that karlboro
package of a chinese cigarette brand with karl marx on the front of the pack
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mr pussy (prison arc) @nat.haus · 05/08/2026
Abdul meme: it's time to vote blue no matter who, habibi
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
just watched a guy stop and smell the flowers in my neighbor’s garden
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brandon @dimcheff.wtf · 27/07/2026
they should replace the golf course with housing until we can figure out what's going on
wsj.com
A Mystery Consumes a Michigan Golf Course: Who Turned the Grass Orange?
The University of Michigan’s course, designed by the architect behind Augusta National, had all 18 greens and a practice putting surface attacked.
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
i think it’s cool that u-m is hosting concerts at the big house now but imo they should book good artists instead of artists who suck ass. just my two cents
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
this wee cornus canadensis (creeping dogwood) is the eighth native dogwood species i have growing in my yard, and completes the set of all native dogwoods to MI. pictured with cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood)
a hand holding a small plastic container with a very small plant growing in the center. the background is green leafy dogwood tree
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
is there any research about why the sound of lawn care bullshit is so specifically annoying
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'll also add that in Ann Arbor, I'm surrounded by an overwhelming front of superdads who are super successful, cheerful, and super there for their kids, unfortunately. Annoying. Compare and despair. Abdul looks to be top-tier dad even for Ann Arbor. Girl dads need representation in the Senate.
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Abdul and his daughter go rock climbing🧗‍♂️
YouTube video by Abdul El-Sayed
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
the red-tailed hawk neighbors have a lot of work to do. far too many bunnies imo
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
this is concerning—yesterday i was informed by a yousef rabhi canvasser that he had passed a law banning ICE from the county. looks like the taylor machine hired ICE consultants to line their pockets during art fair. shameless stuff #a2council
a commercial ice chest in a bike lane
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
there is a lot in this article that makes me mad and for the sake of my sanity i'm going to focus on the least consequential (inconsistent use of the oxford comma) www.mlive.com/environment/...
mlive.com
Michigan OKs key permits for Enbridge Line 5 tunnel under Straits of Mackinac
Whitmer administration agencies say the project meets environmental requirements despite impacts to wetlands, rare plants and cultural resources. Opponents vow to fight.
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
i realize they’re saying heart attack but imo lindsey graham died shitting himself from rfk’s diarrhea outbreak
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Ricky Dimon @dimonator.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Jannik Sinner's last 87 service games against Alexander Zverev: Hold (H) or Break (B) H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My favourite thing about Haaland is that he spent 1.3 million ​Norwegian kroner of his football money on a rare 1594 edition of Viking chronicles - a record book sale for Norway - and then donated it to his regional library. www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ha...
reuters.com
Haaland trades goals for sagas with record-breaking Viking book
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has donated a rare 16th-century manuscript of Viking ​sagas to his home municipality in ‌Norway.
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BUG-EYED CAT @californiahorst.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
when i was young they had these people called “investigative journalists” who could find out stuff like if a senator was dead or not
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one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 07/07/2026
If the point of the critique is that economic inequity and an entrenching plutocracy have frustrated the U.S. from achieving its full potential, well, there’s a metaphor there.
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Schatzi Page @schatzipage.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Don’t send a man to do a woman’s job
The four time World Cup winners the USWNT
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
genuinely shocking that this man is on stage in front of other human beings as someone ostensibly worth listening to rather than the subject of a mental illness intervention by those who love him
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
does this mean alexi lalas will go back to his coffin until 2030
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james @jamesweir.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
soccer flop culture 🤝 gop sore winner culture
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