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Wendy Wetzel

@wendymwetzel.bsky.social
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Welcome to the unedited adventures of a witty wordsmith. Opinions my own, unless I'm faking it. Detroit vs Everybody.

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Nick Baumgardner @nickbaumgardner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Words to live by from Dan Campbell. If you’ve got a kid who plays sports, doesn’t matter what it is — find them a coach who talks to the team like this and they’ll be influenced forever
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh my goodness! What a saga.
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Ben Raven @ben-raven.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
MLive's Jake May killing it with the up close and personal postgame photos of old pals Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Happy first day of the rest of your life. 🥴
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 17/09/2026
This is what USAID invested in: knowing where hunger was headed before families began skipping meals. FEWS NET now warns that parts of Malawi could reach Crisis levels by October. USAID built this system to turn data into early action, before hunger became catastrophe.
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Malawi Food Security Outlook Update: Crisis (IPC Phase 3) expected in the south as purchasing power weakens, August 2026 - January 2027 - Malawi
Analysis in English on Malawi about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Drought; published on 9 Sep 2026 by FEWS NET
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s terrific. I blurbed it: …transforms our understanding of money, sex, power, and gender in U.S. history…. Startling, heartbreaking and terrifying, Live Laugh Love is a key volume in the new history of how we come to this contested moment.
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Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I tell you what it is stressful having pretend sons playing in the NFL
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
September weather. Lions on. Game food. The good life.
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Jessica DuLong @jessicadulong.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Great Boat Lift — the largest maritime evacuation that rescued 500,000 stranded people from Manhattan — began seconds after American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into 1 World Trade Center at 8:46 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Saying farewell to a coworker today. 😞
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So, friends, every day do something that won’t compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When Trump took office, most of the people ICE arrested were convicted criminals. Today, only about 1 in 5 are. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-summe...
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh, I think your truth-telling deserves considerable credit!
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Back to school. ❤️
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I don’t know, but I know my husband recently had head-to-pelvis MRIs (technically it’s 3) that according to the insurance estimate of benefits cost $18K + anethesia. Fortunately his disability Medicare picked it up. It’s like magic compared to group insurance—yes, I wish for Medicare for all!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This looks sweet!
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WIRED @wired.com · 11/08/2026
Americans’ increased familiarity with generative AI coincides with negative attitudes about it, according to a recent poll. Brands are also seeing a growing rejection of generative AI in marketing.
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The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Sign me up!* *and give me the money
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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 05/08/2026
There are reasons almost all indexes are created by actual human beings Hire an indexer; save yourself some grief
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My daughter goes to school in DC and I SWEAR if that happened…!!! 🤬🤬🤬
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New AI metal band name idea: Sandbox Suicide
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Marlena Graves MDiv, PhD @marlenagraves.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Coming here again. I was told there is a particular section of #NewOrleans which does not have any food pantries close by. Many people are hungry but cannot access a food bank. Looking for churches/good human beings that can help me help people on the ground get food. Can you/locals help? I'm in NY.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Help us get Weird Al to headline the Super Bowl halftime show! Imagine the cameos!
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Marlena Graves MDiv, PhD @marlenagraves.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I skimmed it real quick for us: Walmart, Amazon, App based delivery services, Fed Ex, the variety of Dollar stores, and McDonald‘s are the top employers in most states whose working adults depend on SNAP assistance. Then particular sectors: home health care, early childhood, hospitality, food serv.
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Seems low.
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Weird Al Lyrics @weirdallyricsbot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
pausa de hidratación
UHF movie scene where Stanley is telling the cowboy hat kid in front of the crowd he get's to drink from the firehose
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Can you make an exception for accessibility uses, though?
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It's so icky!
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Blessings!
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
pausa de hidratacion
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/07/2026
"Every one of these children had a name. They had dreams, loves, and futures. Their lives were as valuable and special as your child’s or mine. They were loved, and somewhere, their families grieve for them."
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Yes, the Cuts to USAID Have Killed
Elon Musk dismisses the human toll of the Trump administration’s gutting U.S. foreign aid—but it’s real and it’s measurable.
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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o...
Large language models are not reasoning machines. They’re plausibility engines. It’s not just that they don’t test their outputs to make sure they’re correct or logical, or that they fail to do so in certain instances. They can’t, and they’ll never be able to on their own. They can only assess which answers are probable, based on the data on which the models have been trained. And that holds true whether they’re trained on the full breadth of human output or only on peer-reviewed scientific articles. It’s baked into the way they operate.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
Google basically say: it's all worth it. But is it? Google now has to burn 1.5x as much energy to make the same $1m in revenue. Compared to 2021, are you getting 2x the value out of Google's services, to justify 2x the climate disasters they'll cause? Is this a good trade-off, to you?
Google now has to burn 1.5x as much
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of the loudest applauses in the entire Google keynote:
ishtha put on the new Gentle Monster + Gemini glasses, tapped the
"de to summon Gemini, and ALL in one prompt said "take a photo and
a cartoon blimp in the sky that says Google IO 2026" and within
onds, the preview of the edited photo from nano banana appeared
her watch.
want to spend less time on screens.
really is coming everywhere. And so much is driven by voice Al as the
nteraction mode.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Oh.
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Marlena Graves MDiv, PhD @marlenagraves.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Lawyer friends and other experts, all who know, please advise us. What can we do about the most recent Supreme Court Ruling on TPS? Local laws? Call our representatives?
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
What’s worse, the true believer (Trump himself) or the one who knows better and props him up anyway for his own gain? Vance’s level of cynicism enrages me.
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I love that we’re doing this so so much. Too many good choices this year!
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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 18/07/2025
Friendly tip to writer ppl who don't know: Share your shit shamelessly on here. It's super easy to miss bc of chronological feeds. The algorithim ain't gonna do the work for you, your work deserves enduring the slight embarrassment of reposting. If people judge you for it, that's not a fair critique
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.
Man yelling into bored woman's ear in nightclub meme captioned 

I can summarize that for you
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21/05/2026
Trump negotiating with Iran.
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
New money—>Old guy money
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Love this!
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
“The bill also allows school districts to classify coaches as administrative staff, enabling them to negotiate salaries up to the highest-paid school administrator in the district.” Wait, what?
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/05/2026
As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.
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Erin Tinsman @erinjoy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
1000% going to use "circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so" as my reason for not attending various events.
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Wendy Wetzel @wendymwetzel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
YUM! What a fun experiment!
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