University Of Michigan Alumnus in search of a kinder world. Opinions are my own and not anyone else's. Any resemblance between me and anyone, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Subscribe to my blathering - https://democracybesieged.wordpress.com/https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlypo2wig225ICYMI... [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlypo2wig225https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlyofsuewc25In other news, my daughter is having way too much fun with Tomodachi Life on the Switch 2. Summoning circles, characters in what can only be described as bizarre fetish-based relationships, Miis trying to start cults around random objects..... We're still proud.16 May 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyofsuewc25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlyo7m3us225Between rapidly declining health and probably being told to get bent by Xi, I am not at all shocked. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyo7m3us225https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlynt5p5sk25I haven't seen a commercial for this organization in Michigan for a while now. Word might be getting around, but I had heard that this one was perennially on the list of charities where very little of the money went to the supposed focus of the charity. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlynt5p5sk25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlygr66ats25ACTUALLY....we don't have Apple. They Chinese do because much of Apple's line is made there. As for the NBA and Sydney Sweeney, if there were ever better evidence of our decline, these are included. So, what are we talking about now? [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlygr66ats25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlygbzfsfs25ICYMI... [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlygbzfsfs25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlyfxttfqc25I like that Ann Arbor has a lot of bike lanes, some separated physically from the street, some by bollards, some by a big sign telling you you'd be an asshole to drive in it (which is true), and still others only by a mindset and a desire to bicycle to your destination. Yes, we could do better. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyfxttfqc25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlyf6hawn225From what I understand, the critical mass for HEU is about 50kg, which is not a very big sphere as it is so heavy. The military would need to be able to build and maintain a way to transport it without blowing themselves and everything around them to smithereens. It is a very stupid plan indeed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyf6hawn225https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlyczmhki225A badly rendered Detroit in MS Flight Simulator. Windsor is visible as well.16 May 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyczmhki225https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlycgc2ii225I guess what I want this district to answer is - why do you believe it is improper or inappropriate to know that millions of Americans are the descendants of peoples who were stolen from their own lands and brought here to work the lands of others under brutal and violent conditions? [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlycgc2ii225https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlyaebnfzs25This was an interesting piece. The media spends a lot of time playing the zero-sum game of American politics and skipping what this really is about - https://presswatchers.org/2026/05/its-black-disenfranchisement-not-partisan-warfare/16 May 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyaebnfzs25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mly6l2aimc25Heads up, SW Ontario: A lot of rain just came through Michigan, so be mindful.16 May 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly6l2aimc25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mly6iatlrs25I did not realize that using a straw was not sufficiently masculine in Mr. Burchett's world and that's pretty stupid, if you ask me. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly6iatlrs25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mly5su4lgs25I don't think we can always say the "non-violent" means "less harm" just because the harm is not necessarily physical. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly5su4lgs25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mly3ita4bk25ICYMI... [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly3ita4bk25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlxwnoerjs25"Everybody agrees." [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxwnoerjs25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlxwlytdhc25ICYMI... [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxwlytdhc25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlxwkomhw225Last night's twilight flight up the coast of Chile:16 May 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxwkomhw225https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlxvb6zks22rDefinitely construction season16 May 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxvb6zks22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlxungriz22fI walk in the living room and WDIV Detroit is interviewing my sister @katiecandraw.bsky.social at Motor City ComicCon.16 May 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxungriz22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlxteb3ap225There is no good thing here. Attacking another nation's sovereignty and plundering their resources for profit is not a good thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxteb3ap225https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlxorp2esk25TODAY: Why are we even talking about this? Wait, I am talking about it too, but with deserved snark. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxorp2esk25https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlxls6es4g2kIt’s Over When You Hear The Order To Fix Bayonets The other day, the Associated Press lived up to every stereotype which exists about the relative banality of mainstream news media when it ran a short video story about guns. No, this story was not about the glaringly obvious problems we have with… https://democracybesieged.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/its-over-when-you-hear-the-order-to-fix-bayonets/16 May 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxls6es4g2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlwoqh2ad226Trump's very presence among humans is an eyesore. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwoqh2ad226https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlwolggll22fThe ads write themselves yet again [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwolggll22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlwnoedxbk2uICYMI... [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwnoedxbk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlwll7a2422616 May 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwll7a24226https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlwf45gavs2yBugling is a problem, true.15 May 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwf45gavs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlwaxe3fo226ICYMI... [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwaxe3fo226https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mlw4dtzfw226We're not going to talk about the elephant in this room, eh?15 May 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw4dtzfw226