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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
This is actually hell, right?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Election balloting can be ornate and complex, but I've checked with the League of Women Voters and in every state, it is permissible to take a guide into the voting booth with you. I hope this can be of some assistance:
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s…
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump inherited the world’s safest asset, the world’s reserve currency, and deepest, best-regulated capital markets — and is destroying all three.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump is a world-historical villain who's putting us all in extreme danger, so put him at the center of this story. Dems can highlight how Trump is actively using DOJ and EPA to help AI data centers steamroll communities, and vow that a Dem majority will stop it. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2154...
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Canada’s Carney Doubles Down on Pivot Away from the United States www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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Canada’s Carney Doubles Down on Pivot Away from the United States
With tariffs on U.S. goods in effect and high-profile international engagements coming up, the Canadian leader keeps moving toward his goal.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
At least 75 career federal officials who’d played important roles in elections have left, been fired or been reassigned. In their place are roughly two dozen people Trump installed in positions that could affect elections. Ten of them actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote. (Published April)
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2026
“Humanity has never faced a more deadly carrier of disease and bacteria than children, and their total removal is a massive medical breakthrough and a milestone in the management of illness in this country,” — Jane Christiansen, CDC spokesperson
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CDC Successfully Eradicates Children
ATLANTA—Hailing its success as a major victory for the public health and safety of all Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that it had successfully eradicated ch...
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The definitive reax:
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Anne Muntean @annemuntean.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
1. We are not invading. 2. We are not withdrawing. 3. We will continue doing what we've been doing until Infrastructure Week.
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head of vulture hospitality jaunte @jaunte.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Ann Telnaes cartoon:
Seven SCOTUS justices sit greyly upright en banque as Thomas and Alito, standing on the backs of their padded leather chairs, show off a high kick dance move holding MAGA hats and canes.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/01/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Nick Clegg was VP and then president for global affairs at Facebook for seven years.
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
"I didn't see it." "I'm not following it." "People should listen to me." All three are false.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2025
really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield
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Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw @bicyclealliance.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Learn bikepacking from someone who decided to compete in a marathon without knowing how to swim. bicycleallianceofwashtenaw.substack.com/p/episode-19...
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Episode 19: Bikepacking is the perfect adventure — with Tracy Berman
Tracy Berman co-hosted our seminar about how to start bikepacking, which can be as elemental, as autonomous, and as physically and mentally challenging as you want it to be.
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
If we've learned anything over the last 48 hours, any person or media entity that launched their hot takes before Kirk's shooter was in custody is not worthy of your trust or attention.
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Wu-hoo!
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AFC Ann Arbor @afcannarbor.com · 16/08/2025
On August 24, we're coming together as a community for our second annual Soccer Tournament Fundraiser! Our purpose is to raise funds for campaigns of families in Gaza and mutual aid funds. Sign up individually or as a 7-player team below! bit.ly/goalsforgaza...
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GOALS FOR GAZA 2025
We're coming together as a community for our second annual Soccer Tournament Fundraiser! Our purpose is to raise funds for campaigns of families in Gaza and mutual aid funds. By participating you will...
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Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw @bicyclealliance.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
On the Wheelie Good podcast: Garret Potter, a driving force behind maintaining Ann Arbor Bike Parks, talks about the therapeutic power of catching filthy air. bicycleallianceofwashtenaw.substack.com/p/episode-18...
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Episode 18: The therapeutic power of catching air — with Garret Potter
Building bike parks was a constant during Garret Potter's itinerant early life, and now he works (and jumps) regularly at Ann Arbor Bike Parks, in part to help kids develop the same passion he has.
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Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw @bicyclealliance.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Molly Kleinman talks about the $5,000 Kickstarter that launched Common Cycle, biking from Philly to the Jersey Shore and back, and why unsafe roads need a "full Dutchification." (Also, Props A and B came up.) bicycleallianceofwashtenaw.substack.com/p/episode-17...
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Episode 17: The origin story behind Common Cycle — with Molly Kleinman
AADL Board President Molly Kleinman has been hooked on bikes ever since her family cycled 150 miles from Philadelphia to the Jersey Shore and back. And then they did it again and again.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/07/2025
Fucking Weirdo Really Good At Something That She Not Trying To Capitalize On theonion.com/fucking...
Fucking Weirdo Really Good At Something That She Not Trying To Capitalize On
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
saw this while walking the dogs and same, neighbor, same
a window in san francisco with a handmade sign that says I AM A LITTLE UPSET
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
From @ericabriggs.bsky.social: A succinct guide to Propositions A and B, and why she supports them. www.ericafora2.com/news/aug5202...
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Your Guide to Ann Arbor's Proposal A and B. — Erica Briggs
Learn more about Proposals A and B. This summer you have the opportunity to Vote Yes to enable the City to partner with the Ann Arbor District Library to create a new downtown library, with more ameni...
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I miss John McCain's right thumb.
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Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw @bicyclealliance.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
John Roos has followed his instinctive choices and cooked all over the world. Now he's back home, biking and running RoosRoast, because "drinking coffee and biking go hand in hand, you know?" bicycleallianceofwashtenaw.substack.com/p/episode-16...
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Episode 16: Coffee and bikes and go-go-go — with John Roos
John Roos has followed his instinctive choices and cooked all over the world. Now he's back home, biking and running RoosRoast, because "drinking coffee and biking go hand in hand, you know?"
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
If I still lived in NYC, I would be proud to have a mayor younger than my REM concert t-shirts.
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MaTT FLaMMaBLe @mattflammable.com · 23/06/2025
An entire generation of “manly” Republican men being triggered by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the warm blanket that tucks me in at night.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/06/2025
One month apart.
A screenshot of a Wired article by Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra, published May 14, 2025, with the headline: "CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers."
A screenshot of a Wired article by Lily Hay Newman, published June 16, 2025, with the headline: "Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets' Addresses."
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
👏👏👏
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Valor Media Network @valormedianetwork.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
USMC Ret. Lt. Colonel Joe Plenzler deployed with the same Marine battalion now heading to Los Angeles. Marines training for war are now being deployed against American citizens. This crosses a dangerous line. Brothers, remember your ethos, #RememberYourOath.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
SHARE this as a reminder to EVERY member of our military: “We don't take an oath to a King." "We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator” “We take an oath to the Constitution." #FreedomToDissent #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw @bicyclealliance.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The @aadl.org Summer Game has begun, and our badge is live! Learn how to stay current with cycling news, volunteer with advocacy groups, and find your people, rides, races, repairs, workshops, and so much more! aadl.org/node/642559
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
On Saturday, I'll be marching in support of his flaccid poll numbers.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
More people should be talking about the utter freak that is Stephen Miller and his white nationalist worldview. He's the architect behind most of this chaos as Trump is golfing, falling asleep during meetings, making money of memecoins and tripping while climbing stairs.
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Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw @bicyclealliance.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Patria Vandermark quit her engineering job to build her life around cycling. And after 14 years at Seven Cycles, she cautions that once you ride around on bespoke spokes, you might never go back. bicycleallianceofwashtenaw.substack.com/p/episode-15...
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Episode 15: How to design the perfect Michigan bike — with Patria Vandermark
Patria Vandermark quit her engineering job to build her life around cycling. And after 14 years at Seven Cycles, she knows that once you ride around on bespoke spokes, you might never go back.
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Talks like this one with @eli.aadl.org @mollyak.bsky.social @jessicaletaw.bsky.social are why I'll be campaigning for Proposals A&B in the August special election: annarboraf.com/episode-79-n...
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Episode 79: New Downtown Library: Getting Informed with Eli Neiburger - Ann Arbor AF
Today we are talking about proposals A and B on the August 5th ballot - yes, we have an August ballot! - and plans for a new downtown library. With us, we have Eli Neiburger, director of the Ann Arbor...
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Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw @bicyclealliance.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Amid the Office of Sustainability and Innovation's final preparations for A2ZERO Week (June 1-7), director Missy Stults radiates enough energy to charge a whole town's worth of e-bikes. bicycleallianceofwashtenaw.substack.com/p/episode-14...
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Episode 14: A2ZERO 2030 reaches the halfway point — with Missy Stults
Amid the Office of Sustainability and Innovation's final preparations for A2ZERO Week (June 1-7), director Missy Stults radiates enough energy to charge a whole town's worth of e-bikes.
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Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw @bicyclealliance.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
United voices were heard! Thanks to the "ABC Caucus" for meeting with us before the unanimous vote. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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Street safety advocates convince Ann Arbor on $500K for quicker improvements
Pedestrian and bicycle safety advocates reiterated calls for Ann Arbor to make streets safer during another demonstration outside city hall.
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Yes, he's an idiot. But don't let that overshadow his talent as a completely unprincipled liar.
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Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw @bicyclealliance.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
After a bad collision with a delivery truck, here's how Christopher Becker managed to get his life back. bicycleallianceofwashtenaw.substack.com/p/episode-13...
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Episode 13: Advocate for yourself after a crash — with Christopher Becker
In 2022, a bad collision with a delivery truck left Christopher Becker in a world of hurt. Aided by useful advice from friends and strong legal counsel, here's how he managed to get his life back.
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Welp. Coffee is up $1.50/pound. And that's just the generic brand at Trader Joe's. #magaflation
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Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw @bicyclealliance.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Unfortunately, Ann Arbor's Vision Zero is still just a vision. Join us at City Hall tomorrow night to push for the reforms we need to make transportation safer for vulnerable road users. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
An image of cycles and riders strewn across a roadway to protest deaths among vulnerable road users.
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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Just incredible
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Dear god let this man cook.
Pritzker: It’s time for us to be done with optimism about their motives. Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research… Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society don’t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in his car. Our military service members don’t deserve to be told by a washed-up Fox TV commentator, who drank too much before being appointed Secretary of Defense, that they can’t serve their country simply because they are Black, gay, or a woman.
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
He backed Trump all the way out of office.
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Doug French @mrdougfrench.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
See, Jeff? There's no "partial" obedience. You should have defied him early and gotten it over with.
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