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Detroit, Michigan should be in the Central Time Zone.

Why does Ann Arbor for Public Power feel the need to lie? They could have said how many #a2council public commenters they got (an impressive amount!) without lying.

Ann Arbor for Public Power Facebook post in which they claim "most public commenters at A2 city council in at least 15 years." https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1415023567429642&id=100067660353861

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 20/09/2026

This is Toozie, a beloved South African housecat in the greater Johannesburg area around 1970.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 20/09/2026

Oppressive Morning People are the ones who want you to get up before the sun so you can have the "privilege" of going to sleep before sunset too.

Tweet meme:

God: To make you all safer, I've made sure 50% of humanity is alert in the morning and 50% in the evening
Humans: We'll make the other 50% also get up in the morning
God: holdon
Humans: Not getting up at 5am is a moral failure

God: No, plz stop
Humans: society demands it, you bum

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 10/09/2026

My younger cat, Cara, plays fetch with me while I'm working. Get some pipe cleaners and string and make some spiders with them, and see whether your cat will play fetch. Cats are normally crepuscular, but maybe you can make yours a bit more diurnal than nocturnal.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 02/09/2026

No, I don't remember when they were cool. Nor when they made good products. Pictured: the only Apple product I've ever owned that hasn't died within 2 years.

An Apple-branded mug (not made by Apple).

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 31/08/2026

I would highly encourage anyone who's interested in nature to visit the Karoo if possible. Here are some bat-eared foxes I saw while I was there in June!

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 31/08/2026

I'd like to thank the staff of Karoo National Park for helping out with this year's #AnnArbor @aadl.org summer game through their winter.

Screenshot of my lawn code in Karoo National Park, which was placed behind the counter at reception. It was redeemed 3,354 times.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 30/08/2026

In French, from a Canadian IP address:

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 30/08/2026

In fact I just used a fresh browser in fr-CA, from a Canadian IP address to grab this:

Screenshot of Google Maps in Canadian French, featuring État de New York, Lac Erie, Lac Huron, and lAkE AmErIcA

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 26/08/2026

The Pulitzer board specifically states in their FAQ that discourage anyone from saying they were "nominated" for a Pulitzer because someone submitted an entry. www.pulitzer.org/page/frequen...

A screenshot from the linked FAQ, stating:

Nominated finalists are selected by the nominating juries for each category as finalists in the competition. The Pulitzer Prize Board generally selects the Pulitzer Prize winners from the three nominated finalists in each category. The names of nominated finalists have been announced only since 1980. Work that has been submitted for Prize consideration but not chosen as either a nominated finalist or a winner is termed an entry or submission. No information on entrants is provided.

Since 1980, when we began to announce nominated finalists, we have used the term "nominee" for entrants who became finalists. We discourage someone saying he or she was "nominated" for a Pulitzer simply because an entry was sent to us.

The Public Service Prize is always awarded to a news organization, not an individual, although an individual may be named in the citation.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 24/08/2026

Former city attorney Bruce Laidlaw and local conspiracy blogger Elizabeth Nelson are accusing the city of some sort of unclear conspiracy theory about the death of Margaret Poscher. One of the absurd claims Laidlaw makes in his blog is pictured.

"Much of the importance of the bodycam videos is what does not appear. There is no sign of locating anything that could have contained hydromorphone. There is no indication of anyone touching, fingerprinting, or taking samples of the contents of the drinking glasses. We do not see a police officer sipping from a glass to determine whether it contained vodka."

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 23/08/2026

Let's not forget that the same attorney who's accusing the Ann Arbor police of wrongdoing because they wouldn't sip from a glass of potential poison at the scene of someone's death was also let go by the city back in the 90s and is clearly still bitter about it. #a2council

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 15/08/2026

One from (probably) a different continent.

Vergelegen dog stick library, and drinking fountain for humans and hounds

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 04/08/2026

I wished Dave Zeglen's campaign manager a great day. He did not feel the same way. #a2council

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 03/08/2026

I can't believe they'd sell me cereal that's been expired for 99 years!

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 03/08/2026

Hey Google, shut up it's #a2council crunch week.

Google Health telling me that I might be over-extending myself with the cardio I've done this week.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 02/08/2026

It's a reference to this joke.

Man sits by me on train.
MAN: Loads of psychopaths around here
ME: Really?
MAN: Loads mate
ME: How'd you know?
MAN: There's signs aren't there?
ME: I guess?
MAN: I love them

(47 minutes of awkward silence.)

Man leaves train, he has a bike. I realise he was saying 'cycle paths'.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 01/08/2026

Compromise idea: we do either but school buses are required to run sirens until 30 minutes after sunrise.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 31/07/2026

Kroger: hAnG tIgHt In YoUr CaR My "car":

A cargo bike waiting in a pickup spot at Kroger

Filled cargo bike after getting party supplies

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 28/07/2026

Well apparently some of Rabhi's supporters can't tell the two of them apart...

Screenshot from the infamous Ann Arbor Politics group on Facebook, in which former city council member Jack Eaton misattributes two endorsements of El-Sayed to Rabhi.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 26/07/2026

#a2council needs this reminder on a regular basis.

"¾ of disabled people don't drive. Stop using us as an excuse for car dependency." - Anna Zivarts

Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 26/07/2026

I got a wonderful reward on my way home from knocking doors and poll greeting for #a2council candidates.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 11/07/2026

Lol. Lmao even. Potentially rofl.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 26/06/2026

🫩 This is entirely the wrong time for my AC to die.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 26/06/2026

#a2council I can't believe the mayor personally came and dug a hole in my street! This is why I'm voting for Yousef.

A picture of road work being done on my street, with Mayor Christopher Taylor elegantly and perfectly edited into the hole being dug for sewer replacement.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 25/06/2026

After careful consideration and sleeping on it, I have determined that this image is probably the best meme summary of last night's #a2council mayoral debate.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 20/06/2026

In news that will surprise absolutely nobody who doesn't work at @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social ...

Two back to back episodes of the BBC Global News Podcast. Yesterday's is titled "Israel and Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire." Today's is titled "Israeli strikes reported in Lebanon, despite Hezbollah ceasefire."

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 20/06/2026

If only there were some here that he could share his housing policy to answer such questions as "how can the city better protect renters and ensure they have safe, dignified, and stable living conditions?"

Question 3 from the More Neighbors A2 candidate questionnaire: How can the city better protect renters and ensure they have safe, dignified, and stable living conditions?

Ryan Bartholomew did not respond.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 19/06/2026

He didn't respond, but it's not like ward 3 #a2council candidate @ryanbforward3.bsky.social has anything in his platform about housing or transparency, right?