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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Hey media - Referring self-described misogynist pimp and child pornographer Andrew Tate a "social media influencer" is like referring to Ed Gehn a "BBQ aficionado".

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scot ross @rossacrosswi.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Derrick Van Orden is so drunk in this video, I had to ask my AA sponsor if me watching it is considered a relapse.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The war is part of Stephen Miller's cunning plan to increase the US birthrate.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Agreed. My comment was more to the sad state of my state.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Unfortunately if it happened in Wisconsin, the word is "misdemeanor".

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Agreed. Prosecute the criminals. Institute systemic change to make sure it doesn't happen again.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Well, the population of Wyoming is less than 600,000. I'd have added "and two representatives per district", but bsky won't give me more characters per post.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Add instituting the Wyoming Rule - Expand the size of the House. Everyone gets 1 rep for each multiple of the smallest state (Wyoming). Evens out the undue power of small states in the House & the Electoral College. Expand SCOTUS to # of districts (13). National ranked choice voting.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Please tell me you're not omniscient. I mean there's gotta be some role for free will from SOMEONE to keep this from happening...

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Trout lily blooming in my yard, Nikon Z7ii/Z 105mm macro lens, f5.0.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Sometimes you nail the shot on the first try.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Banning student walkouts? Is mandatory attendance at conservative events next?

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I had a class where the students banded together: "none of us are doing the work, you can't fail all of us". Oh. Yes. I. Can. Another class, a decade later, did the same thing. When administrators leaned on me - "we have a retention crisis" - that's when I heard retirement's siren song.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

But still NYTimes being NYTimes. 'But there may be political latitude for it with his base. “There is an element of American politics..., particularly within the G.O.P., that likes this style of leadership... What can be more anti-establishment than someone who is willing to be out of control?”'

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I'm holding out for "As part of establishing the Trump Avignon papacy, the DOJ is investigating the White Sox pope hat 'conspirators' under RICO".

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Our "great Military"('s) ... next Conquest" has me worried.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Yes he did. That doesn't change that he's not MAGA. We had two good candidates for mayor. Everyone should be so lucky, for every race up and down the ballot.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I know them both, they both live within 3 blocks of me. Dan Toland might be a Republican, but you wouldn't know by talking to him. He's definitely not MAGA. He's been extremely nonpartisan.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

As a resident of River Falls who knows both Alison Page and Dan Toland - Dan is not MAGA. He's pretty nonpartisan. Ms. Page has run for office in the past as a Dem. I could recommend either of them.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Give us Cheeseheads some credit. In the previous 3 state supreme court elections, the liberal won by +10. The last time a conservative won was 2019, and that was by 6000 votes (0.5%).

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

As a resident of River Falls, WI who knows both Alison Page (my neighbor) and Dan Toland, the incumbent- Dan's not MAGA. He's routinely defended the city's flying the Pride flag in June. He got slammed 'cuz the local Republican party endorsed him because Ms. Page is a Democrat.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Same. It's been 15 years of nonstop politics.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Oh yeah. Waukesha county racing in to save the day. 🙄😾

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

People like me who insist on paper ballots? 😉

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Your solution, in its details, is far better than mine.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I had a student once come to me and say, "Dr. ***, you need to change your FB settings. Everyone can see everything you write." I replied - "That's intentional. I don't say anything online if I'd be embarrassed to say it publicly." Him - "Oh - I suppose that works..."

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I was going to say "Golden calf", but it looks more like a golden ass to me.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Article I, Section 4, Clause 1: The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Buh bye, Joe. Your stripes haven't changed.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

's alright. Our language is one of the richest in the world, with one of the largest vocabularies, and yet it defies our attempts to describe what's happening.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Just to be clear - my comment was meant to highlight the amount of money being handed out in our capitalistic prison-industrial complex.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Oh I completely agree - and the basic requirements for jails are low. My comment was meant to highlight the high number of $$$$ at stake in the private incarceration industry. My apologies that texts never seem to deliver the level of sarcasm intended.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Integrity is the only thing that you take with you to the grave. It cannot be taken from you. It cannot be stolen from you. But you can sell it, or give it away. Thanks to Anderson Cooper for realizing this.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The number is reasonable*. That's what my county had to pay nearly a decade ago to house jail prisoners offsite when our jail was too small. *OK, not "reasonable", but approximates the going market rate. We can't expect reasonable to be compatible with late stage capitalism.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This is M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, or more correctly M51a and M51b. It is 31 million lightyears away from Earth. You'll notice several other more distant galaxies in the picture. Picture(s) taken from my backyard here in River Falls WI, a total of several hours of accumulation.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Meantime, the vast cosmos doesn't care. Two galaxies are in the process of merging, moving back and forth through each other over the course of hundreds of millions of years, reforming a new galaxy by expelling thousands (millions?) of their stars into the void.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

They just want the job to be done well.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I did just that, after Scott Walker. The only thing I would suggest is this - first, talk to the person you want to run against. You might find that they’re on your side. And/or, they’ve been waiting for someone to pass the mantle to. Many local electeds I know aren’t in it for their own power.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

It's the big thing you push around with your groceries at Costco.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Not *just* Reagan. Let's remember that he was a racist extremist, giving a speech in Mississippi extolling the virtues of "state's rights". For you young folk, that's dog whistle for "let's keep the n***ers down". The rot comes from the modern Republican party, which followed him and his extremism.

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"Roasting and eating babies - Dems take the extreme view this is wrong." Chuck Schumer looks for middle ground - is it ok to roast the babies but not eat them?

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Michael Kahlow @makahlow.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"No, you may not look at my phone. No, you may not look at my tablet. I want to talk to my lawyer." Although it is within my First Amendment rights, I suppose it is not advisable to ask my questioners "did you get this job after you were fired as a mall cop".

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