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SoberDad in Kzoo

@kalamazoan.bsky.social
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Plant Biologist / Molecular Geneticist (PhD, Cal Berkeley) Born and raised in Kalamazoo. Dad of 3 teens. Progressive/dem socialist, atheist, grateful recovering alcoholic. 2SLGBTQ+ ally. #Pro-choice #sobersky #alcoholism #atheist #kalamazoo #BLM

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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This 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…
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I 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 #bunypi
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The Bunyip Song - Dot and the Kangaroo(1977)
YouTube video by DanielChannel57
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Never heard of this song until today. Tried to make it through the music video. I couldn’t. This is elevator music for MAGAts.
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wow. 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
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
$7 #Diesel in #Kalamazoo, MI. 22 Sept 26
Gas prices. $7 diesel, $4.90 unleaded
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
While 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 🥲
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The federal government is actively monitoring *erections* now, but yeah, Democrats are the pro-Big Government party FFS
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#Gas in #Kalamazoo Michigan today. I have no words. #VOTE !!!! ✊
Gas prices on a speedway gas station sign. Unleaded 4.99.9, diesel 6.79.9
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NICE! Still waiting for my starting word to be the word of the day Wordle 1,916 2/6* 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As 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.
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
National strike NOW Every hour I work I’m funding genocide. I feel sick. And rage. RAGE!!! 😡
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My last minute #caturday contribution… StreeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeetchy kitty. 💯 Accepts belly rubs #cats #catsofbluesky
Domestic shorthair tabby kitten twisted with arms outstretched while stretching on top of cat tree
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’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
A message from an AA app indicating I’ve been sober for 2 years, 1 month, 24 days, or 785 days #OneDayAtTime. Sobriety birthdate 07/16/2024
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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/ranchers
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From the LeopardsAteMyFarm community on Reddit: “Why Does It Matter Who I Voted For?”: Jack Explains This Perfectly & What Farmers Could Do to Make It Right
Explore this post and more from the LeopardsAteMyFarm community
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If 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??
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I 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?
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
1/ 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
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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
Heat map of US indicating I have a strong Michigan accent
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just 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
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
1/ 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.
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
1/2 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
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Abortion ON DEMAND and WITHOUT apology NOW! #prochoice #abortionrights
theguardian.com
US doctors describe three patient deaths that could have been prevented with abortion access in new study
Doctors in states with abortion bans say patients were not told of abortion care as option for fear of legal consequences
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We 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
Our Tuxedo cat “Juniper” has adopted our new kitty “Camaraderie”. They are cuddled together in a cat tree. They have not left each other’s side
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Weird. 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…
Zoomed out Google Maps says Lake OntarioZoomed in Google Maps says Lake America
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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
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dear 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
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hakeem 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.
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I 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
Photo of #AOC and #Mitch #McConnell with the following quote from AOC: “I understand that people have a right to medical privacy to deal with their issues, but we do not have the right to disappear from our jobs without explanation …...I don't think any American has ever experienced the ability to just leave your job for over a month with no explanation to your employer.”
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
‘Big Bang Theory’ by a mile. Any modern sitcom with canned laughter is insufferable.
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Second 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)
24in northern pike. Caught on a dock. Black jig lure in its mouth. Released safely
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Finally 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?
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Did someone say, “bug!”? #catsofbluesky #companions
Tabby house cat named Spooky looking startled on a cat tree
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Day 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!
Assorted fossil shark teeth
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Smoky 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
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I 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
Alcoholics Anonymous chip celebrating 2 years of continual sobrietyScreenshot of the Everything AA app showing my sober date: July 16, 2024. I’ve been continually sober for 2 years, or 730 days “one day at a time”
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What in the fresh hell is this bullshit? #Wordle 1,852 5/6* 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Miss Loretta is extra fluffy this evening. Don’t be deceived, though— that belly is a trap of teeth and agony #catsofbluesky #caturday
Long hair house cat named Miss Loretta stretching on a bed
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Having 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
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I 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!
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Democratic 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
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Got 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
Chili Palmer from ‘Get Shorty’Spooky my house cat, lounging on a remote
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Nina 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
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
701 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
Screenshot of AA app indicating I have been sober for 1 year 11 months, or 700 days. One day at a time. Sober date July 16, 2024
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Happy #Caturday! Our newest family member, Juniper! AKA, June, Junebug, Bug, Whiskers Van Peeples, Montague St. Mittens
Tuxedo kitty yawning showing teethJuniper, the tuxedo kitty
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
9:45pm tonight you say? Bring it on. Yesterday’s storm sucked. If we don’t lose power or trees, it’s not a storm
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Same
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Excited!!! I love this so much. They are on their way! Bring on the storms!!! #kalamazoo #thunderstorm
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
When 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
From the daily reflections (AA literature). These are the words that lead into the Twelve Steps. In their direct simplicity they sweep aside all psychological and philosophical considerations about the rightness of the Steps. They describe what I did: I took the Steps and sobriety was the result. These words do not imply that I should walk the well-trodden path of those who went before, but rather that there is a way for me to become sober and that it is a way I shall have to find. It is a new path, one that leads to infinite light at the top of the mountain. The Steps advise me about the footholds that are safe and about chasms to avoid. They provide me with the tools I need during the many parts of the solitary journey of my soul. When I speak of this journey, I share my experience, strength and hope with others.
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I 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
Author Kurt Vonnegut on telling his wife he's going out to buy an envelope:
"Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up.
And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is we're here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance anymore”
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SoberDad in Kzoo @kalamazoan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Followed! @news.abc.net.au
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