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/3mtpt6ttss22hIt's amazing that they would have the arrogance to even propose this when, at least regionally in the US, bilingualism is similarly non-negotiable though there are no specific federal protections on it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpt6ttss22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpozwhgzc23My wife has curly hair, so I know more than I should about rollers. I was further schooled just now, in fact.23 Aug 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpozwhgzc23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpmm2vkl223While I live in the US, I am proud to say that my family fought to keep the it British. I am first generation, in fact (although from Canada). I personally was not there, of course. I was in elementary school when disco died. I do blame myself for that. As for collective accountability, yeah, 100%. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpmm2vkl223https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpksclplc23NEW RELEASES:23 Aug 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpksclplc23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpgfnr22s23If I am going to be in a Starter Pack at all, it needs to be labelled "????" or "People Who Have Never Been In My Kitchen" in honor of Cliff Clavin's Final Jeopardy answer.22 Aug 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpgfnr22s23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpf67xjyc23ROFL.22 Aug 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpf67xjyc23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpexmcyck23233 posts and 181,941 words for the year so far on my blog. If any of them have made a difference, that's something.22 Aug 2026 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpexmcyck23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpdofimps23DO-IT-YOURSELF SOLUTIONS: We have a box fan in the family room with a bad bearing, so the solution has been to turn up the TV rather than turn off the fan because apparently turning off the fan is not allowed. This is DIY in action. Simply turn up the television.22 Aug 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpdofimps23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpcznhjzc23I am 100% sure that if my parents praised me endlessly, I would have been a rotten human being. Fortunately, my father had the good sense to constantly refer to me as "bozo" no matter how much I achieved. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpcznhjzc23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpbtvvsuc23I need to write an entry - AGAIN - on why people here in the US need to stop trying to differentiate themselves from others based on voting preference. No one cares. This attempt at standing apart from collective responsibility has to stop. It is unseemly at best, and pathetic at worst.22 Aug 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpbtvvsuc23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpbarevek23TONIGHT'S LESSON: Certain rice brands should say "25 minutes to 3 years"22 Aug 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpbarevek23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtpb5czkgs2fThe US, at no point, has been victimized. This is an attempt to distract and obscure the issues at hand. Negotiated with a whole nation like you were trying to buy it to build condos is not only insulting to them, but it isn't even the right methodology, but that is no never mind to you, Jamie. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpb5czkgs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtp7vcmbvs23A lot of smaller utilities with no generation would be fucked. The larger ones would be left with substantially fewer options on high demand days. ...and Canada knows this. It is indeed a warning. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp7vcmbvs23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtp7r5n4uk23How is it that we're just guests and people are crashing out about this wedding tomorrow?22 Aug 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp7r5n4uk23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtp6gk5kvs23LAST POST: I learned Standard French. I realize this is to my detriment in Quebec.22 Aug 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp6gk5kvs23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtp62w5syc23I heard about the resources shit, but not stopping the protections on French language and culture. Yikes and a half. Pardon me, for my French sucks, but: L’histoire coloniale française est aussi étroitement liée au Canada qu’à l’histoire coloniale anglaise. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp62w5syc23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtp44oages2wTrump (center) at Cabinet meeting:22 Aug 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp44oages2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtp3fy2e7k23ICYMI... [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp3fy2e7k23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtp3a7nk2223One of the reasons I will not interact with AI is because I want my creative product and my writing to be so Lorne that it makes people ill. AI won't achieve that. Lorne will. Lorne is great at making things so Lorne that people are sickened by it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp3a7nk2223https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtp2z4hu5s23The very founding premise of the United States is that no one has to be anything except what they are or what they choose to be. That the evangelical right wants everyone to be Anglo-Saxon and Protestant too is not only silly but dangerous and bigoted and supremely anti-American. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp2z4hu5s23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtozeqkcnk23I say again - we need to grapple with the possibility - nay, near certainty - that she might be, in some capacities, the effective head of state. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtozeqkcnk23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtovzl3zps24Lakeside parking22 Aug 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtovzl3zps24https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtoupymwfk23SCTV and Toronto's Second City troupe started so many careers. This is "Night School High Q", with Eugene Levy doing Alex Trebek: https://youtu.be/fy8oUxxTH3A?si=5NvuxMX3dfiU5nto [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoupymwfk23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtotcjsqys23Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Theoretical physicist: The cup exists as one of several cups inhabiting the same space, regardless of its contents. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtotcjsqys23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtosbryyu22uThat's because Canada is showing the world what it takes to defend democracy and sovereignty against dangerous individuals and governments. Trump is showing the world what happens when a mental cabbage fails upward and no one says a damn thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtosbryyu22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtoruoos222uIf Hoekstra must return via Michigan, don't drop him at a bridge or tunnel. Drop him at a pier. He can walk across the water. His arrogance should stick out above the surface just enough that he should be visible to recovery efforts later. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoruoos222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtopklqx3c23HEARD EARLIER: "What are they serving at this wedding tomorrow?" "I don't know. Someone said they would bring pasta salad." "Oh, good. Do I get to choose which noodle and tomato or cucumber then?"22 Aug 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtopklqx3c23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtop6hlduk23I just saw some of the details and what the US offered was to blame Canada for our own homegrown US bullshit, among other things. Thank you for walking away from that, PM Carney. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtop6hlduk23https://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtony543r22uIt might rain, folks. We definitely could use it.22 Aug 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtony543r22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsaclassof2000.bsky.social/post/3mtonql3kks23I like to tell people that I am an extraordinarily self-interested voter, and because my interests are best served by a healthy community, state and nation, that's the most compelling reason to never vote GOP. It is in my self-interest that all do well. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:mxjbcbgtc7gitfrd2r7kejyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtonql3kks23