SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is why I stopped donating to NPR. They are still playing the “let’s not upset the right” game. I’ll never forget listening to NPR on my rush hour commute in late October 2024. While maga ‘news’ stations were scaring grandmas to the polls with threats of jail for going to church… 110
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I dare anyone to find a more terrifying scene in a children’s movie than The Bunyip Song in the 1977 Aussie film Dot & The Kangaroo This still keeps me up 50 years later #scary #halloween #bunypiyoutu.beThe Bunyip Song - Dot and the Kangaroo(1977)YouTube video by DanielChannel57 000
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Never heard of this song until today. Tried to make it through the music video. I couldn’t. This is elevator music for MAGAts. 011
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wow. This would be a sight to behold- “Justice requires something more: that these prosecutions [of war criminals] take place in the courtrooms of a free Palestine, before Palestinian judges and a Palestinian jury.” #genocide #Netanyahu 032
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026While I’m busy working in the bedroom, my girlfriend is watching a comedy movie with my kids in the living room. The sound of her laughter is one of the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard 🥹☺️ My kids have had a hard couple of years. She is helping to heal their trauma. I am beyond grateful 🥲 170
Reposted by SoberDad in KzooSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The federal government is actively monitoring *erections* now, but yeah, Democrats are the pro-Big Government party FFS 83624176
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#Gas in #Kalamazoo Michigan today. I have no words. #VOTE !!!! ✊ 1113
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026NICE! Still waiting for my starting word to be the word of the day Wordle 1,916 2/6* 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 120
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026As a 2+ yr sober recovering alcoholic, I agree 100%. When I smoked weed I’d sit outside, stargaze, read, do art work, listen to music, or watch a movie. When I drank I would drive drunk, steal, cheat, lie, fight, and sleep away entire weekends. One drug is legal, the other is not. 260
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026National strike NOW Every hour I work I’m funding genocide. I feel sick. And rage. RAGE!!! 😡 042
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My last minute #caturday contribution… StreeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeetchy kitty. 💯 Accepts belly rubs #cats #catsofbluesky 0273
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’ve been sober for almost 2 years and 2 months. I was very sick in August. Since then, I’ve had dozens of excuses (and opportunity!) to drink. It was the strongest test of my recovery I’ve faced so far. I did it. And better yet, I had no desire to pick up. #sobersky #recovery #alcoholism #AA #ODAAT 280
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026#LeopardsAteMyFarm I don’t know what the etiquette is for sharing Reddit posts, but this thread is delicious. This clip especially… When I can find and support blue dot farmers (including some local orchards), I do. NO sympathy & NO support for MAGAt farmers/ranchersreddit.comFrom the LeopardsAteMyFarm community on Reddit: “Why Does It Matter Who I Voted For?”: Jack Explains This Perfectly & What Farmers Could Do to Make It RightExplore this post and more from the LeopardsAteMyFarm community 000
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If I’m wrong, please correct me. But, I have yet to hear a SINGLE prominent dem PUBLICLY promise to reverse all name changes when dems take office. Why has no Dem said something to the effect of, “We will reverse ALL of this nonsense on day 1 of a democratic administration.” What is the hold-up?? 000
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I don’t understand the #bluesky algorithm. Me: “I’m two years #sober today! Here’s why my life is so much better!” (7 likes) Some random account with same # of followers: “I ate a potato for lunch” (3.5K likes) I don’t post for ‘likes’, but… seriously? 130
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 08/09/20261/ Menudo made! No pics- it was devoured. My youngest son and daughter didn’t care for it, but they tried it. My eldest boy went back for huge seconds. It was delicious. Recipe below (with permission from the Mexican restaurant owner who taught me 30 years ago)”: #menudo #mexican #traditional 100
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🎯Accurate. Born & raised in Kzoo. “SIR-up” (syrup), “pop” (soft drinks), and “tennis shoes” are three hills I’ll happily die on. I’m surprised the quiz didn’t ask what you call the garbage bin you wheel to the curb. It’s called a “Herby-Curby”! #Kalamazoo #Michigan native 000
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Just like brain damage turned my kids’ (fmr atheist) mother into an evangelical xtian overnight*, brain damage turned Fetterman into a zionist anti-progressive conservative. Remove him now *Literally overnight. She woke up in a psych ward weeping for Jesus and then spent $1000 on bibles and crosses 121
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/09/20261/ My renter’s insurance is through #Progressive (cheapest quote). They canceled my policy in Aug due to nonpayment [my premium bounced when I was in the hospital- in a coma]. I called them yesterday and was told they first needed approval from underwriting to renew my policy- a days-long process. 100
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 02/09/20261/2 Making homemade #menudo this week! I was taught by a Mexican cook at a tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant about 30 years ago. I was the only white kid to order it. After a few visits the cook came out to meet me (prob out of curiosity, lol). He took me into the kitchen and showed me how to make it 110
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Abortion ON DEMAND and WITHOUT apology NOW! #prochoice #abortionrightstheguardian.comUS doctors describe three patient deaths that could have been prevented with abortion access in new studyDoctors in states with abortion bans say patients were not told of abortion care as option for fear of legal consequences 000
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026We adopted the most loving stray kitten last week. My daughter named her Camaraderie. Juniper (our tuxedo kitty) immediately assumed the role of mommy and they have not left each other’s side. It’s adorable #catsofbluesky #cats 081
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Weird. Zoomed out it still says #LakeOntario. Only when you zoom in does it say Lake America. Regardless, fuck #Google and fuck Google Maps. Need to check Apple now… 311
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“A mangy mutt and his vagabond bitch team up to warn the police about a sinister plot to murder a dead mother’s children” #movies #review #disney 000
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dear Canadian Friends, I pledge you my full support in renaming Lake Huron “Lake Epstein-Trump”. Signed, A native and current Michigander #Canana #Tariff Trump #Epstein #LakeHuron 021
Reposted by SoberDad in KzooMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner met today to see what they have in common. It turns out to be only one thing: A stupefying fear of progressive Democrats accomplishing lots of things that will help people. 24849471158
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I am currently on FMLA for pneumonia that required 4 days on a hospital ventilator. Within an HOUR of waking up from a coma (AND STILL INTUBATED) I texted my employer. They emailed me forms which I had to give to the doctor to sign. That’s the only reason I’m still employed. Fuck you, #mcconnell 010
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026‘Big Bang Theory’ by a mile. Any modern sitcom with canned laughter is insufferable. 110
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Second cast on my first evening of vacation in the #UP of Michigan and I caught this northern Pike. Haven’t caught one in 36 years. (I was completely unprepared. Didn’t expect to land a fish. Had to handle more than I like to get the hook out. But he was released safely without trauma or incident) 020
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Finally saw #project #hailmary. As a biologist I’ll assert Dr Grace intentionally misbalanced the centrifuge. You don’t get a PhD in mbio and not know how to load. Which means that was an act of rebellion. An FU to an old TA perhaps? 010
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Did someone say, “bug!”? #catsofbluesky #companions 1140
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Day 4 of our first ‘blended family’ vacation in #Venice FL. (girlfriend & her daughter + me & my kids) Visited #Caspersen Beach for some Shark tooth hunting. Did not disappoint! This is like 10% of what we found. Not lying- at least one tooth in every scoop! 020
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Smoky skies. Kalamazoo, MI (16 July) 10am and 5pm. It’s gotten worse as the day’s gone on. The worst part is the smell. Like someone burning garbage #wildfires #smoke #haze 000
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I was offered a new life on this day, 2 years ago. I woke up with a choice: drink myself to death or ask for help. Crazy as it sounds, it was not an easy choice. For that reason, I cherish today more than my ‘real’ birthday. #recovery is possible #SoberSky #gratitude #AA #alcoholism 370
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026What in the fresh hell is this bullshit? #Wordle 1,852 5/6* 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 120
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Miss Loretta is extra fluffy this evening. Don’t be deceived, though— that belly is a trap of teeth and agony #catsofbluesky #caturday 080
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Having a really hard day and feeling down. I believe Juniper (aka Juju) knows it. She spent the day with me, occasionally giving me gentle love nibbles #catsofbluesky 110
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I was so happy to learn that Borgess was done. I was born at Bronson but occasionally had to resort to Borgess over the years, including a mental health/alcohol detox emergency. They were the worst. Nurses, doctors, billing… Good riddance! 020
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Democratic leaders need to stand in solidarity RIGHT NOW and publicly promise that all military members will receive a FULL and UNCONDITIONAL PARDON (with restitution) for any actions they take in opposition to this regime 010
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Got jumpscared at 2am by my TV blaring. I grabbed the nearest weapon (a bottle of shampoo) and crept into the living room. The villain was exactly who you’d think it was. Go ahead, guess. You’ve got two shots #ChiliPalmer #caturday #catsofbluesky 082
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Nina is going to apologize to Alito? This milquetoast “high road” bullshit is exhausting. Join the goddamn fight already, #npr p.s. #Alito can snarf a ripe shit 000
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026701 days ago I surrendered my kids to the state and actively planned to drink myself to death. I had thrown away everything for alcohol. A future seemed hopeless. For some reason I picked up the phone and asked for help… and my life today is more beautiful than I ever thought possible #sobersky #AA 2140
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Happy #Caturday! Our newest family member, Juniper! AKA, June, Junebug, Bug, Whiskers Van Peeples, Montague St. Mittens 062
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 11/06/20269:45pm tonight you say? Bring it on. Yesterday’s storm sucked. If we don’t lose power or trees, it’s not a storm 000
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Excited!!! I love this so much. They are on their way! Bring on the storms!!! #kalamazoo #thunderstorm 000
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026When my homegroup is relieved to see me, I know I’m not going to enough meetings. 686 days sober, but I can already sense early warning signs of a relapse- complacency and missing meetings. Going to a meeting tonight! #sobersky #aa #alcoholism 020
SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I have never placed a pickup/doordash order for grocery shopping or sundries. Ever. Friends/family give me such a hard time- “Why don’t you just make a pickup order???”, they scold. “It will save you so much time!” THIS is why. I don’t want to “save time”. Convenience is not a primary motivation 070