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@cynicalgrrl.bsky.social

Still libraries, websites, Ann Arbor politics, college sports (mostly Virginia and Michigan with a newly-added parental interest in Nebraska). You know, the usual. XML alchemist.

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I can only hope that someone was obsessed enough to be feeding posts into the Wayback Machine. This is the sort of cultural content they were designed to preserve.

31.10.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A whopping $350 a month. I have a son in college. Let me tell you how long that would last at our house.

30.10.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who are they?

30.10.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agree. I root for them against ACC opponents just because of the mascot.

30.10.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฎ

30.10.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Chanticleers!

30.10.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Standard time forever!

29.10.2025 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We called our neighbors' Aunt Ruth Aunt Ruth when we were growing up (she was over there all the time and she did not hesitate to treat us exactly like her nephews, for good or for ill).

28.10.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm very sorry.

28.10.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am guessing that Patreon or something like that is not allowed under the terms of your visa?

28.10.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beautiful but surprising -- not so bare yet here in Ann Arbor

28.10.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

THANK YOU! Aunt Gloria is my sister's godmother, but no blood relation at all. Her husband, Uncle Bill, is one of my dad's oldest buddies. That is normal in Virginia.

28.10.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's lawn clippings

26.10.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Otto the Orange is up there, though

26.10.2025 02:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope it's a real patch and not just AI

25.10.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The architect whose name is attached to the project -- James McCrery -- went to THE Ohio State. I'm just saying.

25.10.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You reversed the curse! I donโ€™t have to text โ€œChokiesโ€ to my sister now.

25.10.2025 03:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A happy two-year-old in glow-in-the-dark skeleton jammies and a light-up pumpkin necklace

A happy two-year-old in glow-in-the-dark skeleton jammies and a light-up pumpkin necklace

Not quite a baby

24.10.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My son had that skunk costume 18 years ago! He loved it so much he planned to wear it to a family friend's wedding (unfortunately it was summer and just too hot).

24.10.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My two sisters still in the state are doing their best over the past couple years! And my SIL has always been a hardworking politico but sometimes the native complacency of "well it's always been this way" is hard to overcome.

24.10.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So much the same for us, though my husband would prefer a bigger city. It is a crying shame but also not as much of a shock as one would hope.

24.10.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think itโ€™s that pumpkins are like big hair

24.10.2025 03:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Everyoneโ€™s on my anti-WF bandwagon now?

23.10.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, what would increase demand? Or is it always in high demand? Iโ€™ve never had trouble buying it before. Some downstream effects of โ€ฆ all this โ€ฆ hitting dairy farms? I didnโ€™t go to Arbor Farms this weekend so havenโ€™t seen the signs yet.

23.10.2025 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dudeโ€™s a Canadian. So maybe dudes, maybe Canadians.

22.10.2025 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I work at the University of Michigan. There have been lifts around our campus art museum all semester. At first I was thinking, "No one noticed that??" indignantly this morning. Then I got to campus and realized, maybe that's the way it is around the Louvre too.

21.10.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

THANK YOU. Iโ€™m a mere 63 and was thinking the same thing.

21.10.2025 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I canโ€™t say when the last time I saw one of those in Scott Stadium was either

19.10.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

17, not counting Oakland (where I lived ages 2-4 and pretty much only remember our house and yard and the Childrenโ€™s Fairyland park)

19.10.2025 01:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Biscuit jokes never get old

18.10.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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