Reposted by A with a heavy balloon old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 11hjames todd strawberries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1914 06012
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Respect to my first humans today and always on Indigenous Peoples Day. 🌊🌊 130358
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Brian Reed @brihreed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026As David Ellison rings the opening bell on Wall Street and people smile and cheer on the new Skydance, here's what an expert from Hungary on media capture told me he makes of the merger. 1178
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Lake Huron! Live! @lake-huron.live · 08/10/2026Current* conditions near Alpena, MI: 052
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026gregor samsa awoke one morning to discover he had been transformed into a sickass beetle. fuck yeah he said scuttling all over the walls and ceiling like no dumbfuck traveling salesman could ever do. this is the best day of my life he said 373639870
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026None of all of any of us are good or bad or whatever-- there are some extraordinarily great ones of us (whatever "us" is) and some really fucking evil ones of us (ditto) and most of us in any group are kind of a mixed bag but we're all in this together, kids. best to try not to pretend otherwise. 21306
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 05/10/2026University of Michigan's proposed partnership with Los Alamos isn't just a disaster for community relations and public trust. It will also hurt academic research at the *public* university, says historian and #umich public policy professor Joy Rohde.michigandaily.comUMich’s Los Alamos partnership threatens research enterpriseFor at least a year, the University of Michigan’s administration has been trying to convince a skeptical public that its plan to build a $1.25 billion computing facility with Los Alamos National Labor... 196
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Its not quite time to really tell people what’s happening, plainly, because they’re still caught in the midterms fever but someone credible has to emerge soon to do it or it’s a wrap. 726743
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Lake Erie! Live! @lake-erie.live · 30/09/2026Current* conditions near Lambton County, ON: 0157
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 38591642865
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 30/09/2026Current* conditions near Bayfield, WI: 1349
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026it really needs to be more openly discussed that all the people advocating for “we should be fine with losing basic skills if we get more systems thinking” are men, meaning socialized to expect to be able to offload basic tasks of daily living onto a wife as part of their compensation for existing 201324509
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh. 322235586
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Simple Sabotage Field Manual @simple-sabotage.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Cry and sob hysterically at every occasion, especially when confronted by government clerks. 01010
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon The Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026New Study Shows That Bones Are Incredibly Cool 2073094
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon 🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026And furthermore—all of the things he’s destroying or trying to destroy are paid for by the taxpayers. He doesn’t get to come in as a private person and just decide all on his own to fucking destroy OUR shit!!! That’s OUR fucking shit!!! 1134
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Lake Ontario! Live! @lake-ontario.live · 18/09/2026Current* conditions near Toronto, ON: 041
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’ll stay awkward, thanks 711712
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon 🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it. 6672972107
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 15/09/2026Swing by YDL today to register to vote, submit absentee ballot forms, and get nonpartisan election info. The deadline to register online or by mail is October 19, ahead of the November 3 general election. 🗳️ YDL-Whittaker: 11am–2pm 🗳️ YDL-Superior: 4:30–6pm 022
A with a heavy balloon @partiallycutpages.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Well, I watched the Catherine O’Hara tribute from last night, so I’ve had my morning cry 010
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 13/09/2026UPDATE: @wonkette.bsky.social has added an editor's note to my feature after one of the actual Nazis reached out in the comments to specify his bigotry. 1221155
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. 07224
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 12/09/2026All of the history of gender segregation of sports revolves around men being beaten by women at things and then tricking everyone by saying "well women need their own special place to compete so they have opportunities :)" 91022171
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon 🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess. CHESS. It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia. 9153091742
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026andrew what do you think about trans kids playing high school sports? “i actually dont think about childrens genitals, what a bizarre question” 171994343
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of a galaxy? I don't know if our life has a purpose and I don't see that it matters. What does matter is that we're a part. 08737
A with a heavy balloon @partiallycutpages.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Ugh. Fine. I did a 30 minute basic workout. Better than nothing. At least using Zombies, Run! keeps it entertaining. 000
A with a heavy balloon @partiallycutpages.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I need to have words with the neighborhood animal that keeps trying to fight the local skunk. I have been woken by the smell far too many times this summer. 010
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Lake Ontario! Live! @lake-ontario.live · 07/09/2026Current* conditions near Toronto, ON: 021
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 06/09/2026lemons, painted by james marion shull, 1910 2399
A with a heavy balloon @partiallycutpages.bsky.social · 06/09/2026As evening draws on, I keep moving to turn on a lamp, forgetting that my power is still out (since Thursday) and isn’t expected back until tomorrow. But it isn’t quite dark enough yet for candles to make a difference. 000
A with a heavy balloon @partiallycutpages.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Power out since Thursday afternoon and not expected back until Sunday. I am incredibly grateful for my library right now, as it’s the only third space left that doesn’t require spending money. 000
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hasan Piker isn't part of the Abdul El-Sayed campaign. Lorenzo Sewell is a member of the Mike Rogers campaign. And he's a proper extremist and bigot who the media isn't covering. I brought receipts in the Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 8160471899
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 31/08/2026kooch peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1908 0498
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 29/08/2026royal anne cherries, painted by james marion shull, 1935 15611
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026so how is everyone uhhh doing anything these days 471967
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I’m telling you - the default position of this administration is fear. Fear of questions, fear of transparency, fear of being found out, and fear of the American people.nytimes.comTreasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance MeetingSpecific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C. 1173090890
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 28/08/2026University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Lab are working together to build a $1.25M computing facility. Prof Joy Rohde argues that it poses grave intellectual, institutional, and ethical challenges, based on the history of similar partnerships since World War II. #umich #scipolicy #techpolicystpp.fordschool.umich.eduWhat happens when universities partner with weapons labs? Implications of the University of Michigan/Los Alamos computing facility 41611
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026“Unpredictable decisions about funding prompted Seth Guikema, a professor in civil and environmental engineering, who has specialized in natural hazards modeling at the University of Michigan, to look elsewhere. His work focuses on how climate hazards inequitably affect communities…” 17610
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026More brain drain: “Twenty-one universities in Canada announced on Thursday the hiring of dozens of researchers to join their top academic ranks, poaching the majority of the recruits from the United States. Of the incoming 64 researchers, 48 will leave American campuses…”nytimes.comCanada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities (Gift Article)A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north. 551535533
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Lake Ontario forever 🌊🌊 13463110
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚 106143425748
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon spooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026 35138233984
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 24/08/2026What if we... 7033941125
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 24/08/2026Current* conditions near South Haven, MI: 0161
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 566281248624
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon 🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The media is missing a huge red flag in MI: Mike Rogers got 122,956 fewer votes than Trump in 2024—a drop-off 16x larger than John James in 2020 (7,619). In MI, 100k+ Trump voters went out of their way to reject Rogers as Trump won big. And this is the guy only running because Trump told him to.thefarce.orgYour Analysis of the MI Senate Race Should Note That Mike Rogers Is a Losing LoserMichigan Republicans have to import flailing Floridians just to lose a little less. 46816
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22/08/2026It matters that the White House is a house and not a palace. 142005222
Reposted by A with a heavy balloon Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026ICE just arrested a 5-year-old on his way to a soccer game in Austin. His name is Liam, just like the little boy from Minnesota. He should be in kindergarten this week. Instead he's in a trailer prison in the desert. Release Liam. Release these kids. Close the Dilley children’s prison. 19243642258
