Liz B

Wait, are we reading the same chapter of Moby Dick right now?

Perfect reusable sign

I love Alex Falcone, no matter what topic he discusses, but this is gold.

Sad times, in a world where the text inviting me to steak dinner at someone’s house (from “sender is not in your contact list”) is probably a scam. Or maybe just a wrong number. But I would have eaten that steak.

What is “safety”? It’s luck, people. Not controllable.

I bought one of my (favorite!) bikes from this organization. Good stuff!

I’ve been meaning to ask you about how to adjust your bike after a long absence…. For no particular reason.

I have all the ingredients at home today! Gonna be a weird lunch!

Yo Kalamazoo

Yeah, Joann’s is going out of business (thanks hedge funds!) so the usual very underpaid sign spinner was out (across the street from
us). Unintentionally hilarious and sad at the same time.

I tried to start a chant to support the guy with the Joann’s closing 20-50% off sign, but nobody joined in. 😢

YouTube video by Nate Hartmann (DJ Homebody, sok) Hands Off Protest Portage MI Kalamazoo County Michigan Westnedge April 5 2025

Aerial video of "Hands Off" Protest in Portage MI April 5 2025

youtu.be/Pqmv8IfXmwQ

A second complaint: the AI folders view on Yahoo in desktop is now literally unusable.

Which is a bummer, because they used to filter spam pretty effectively.

Screenshot of my junk folder showing unsolicited email newsletters with headlines about Trump and Musk

Perhaps this is more about over reliance on freemail than anything else, but anyone else getting bombed with “news” about Trump and Musk in their Yahoo box? I keep moving it to junk/marking as spam but their AI doesn’t seem to catch on…

George Washington’s desk with quills and candles faces Ben Franklin’s ladder back chair (note glasses in the table) at Independence Hall in Philadelphia PA

The park service volunteer who did the presentation at Independence Hall (in Philadelphia) on Thursday brought tears to my eyes. Government of the people by the people for the people is such an important concept. We have to get a handle on this.

Are We Actually Making Trump Stronger? The secret strategy that fuels MAGA—and how to break it.

open.substack.com/pub/karintam...

Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.

How about a filter that prevents you from seeing reposts that you’ve already seen? I swear that would fix like 80% of all platforms’
enshittification issues.

Chain stores will always let you down.

So, who’s got a good democracy reading list? Do I have to read the Federalist Papers again (we did that in grad school, it was actually very inspiring)?

I keep taking at-home tests to get a name for my style of cough and fever but so far it’s just yucky. (My coworker who started coughing at the exact same time as me got an Influenza A positive, so I could probably assume it’s that.)

Aren’t we though?

In full agreement with this take, yep. “Cringe” is life, my darlings, so get comfortable cringing.

I frequently think about how we learn how life should work through movies (and stories overall). Hoping there’s someone else watching today.

Post script - logged back in to see if my data was ready and TikTok asked me to use my Facebook account to validate my identity. Ugh, absolutely not. I guess you can keep that data!

I am feeling the same. I actually requested the download of my data Saturday but when I realized it was going to take 3-4 days I thought maybe they’d just email it to me. But this is sooooooo icky I do not even care. A chance to run while the purse-snatcher is distracted, I’ll get a new purse fine!

I am hoping to use the inconvenience of a TikTok ban to break the spell, not moving towards some other way of hitting the video highs.

Wow, it’s like you can see how each app has it’s own little society of unwritten rules right in this comment thread! Wow

Whereas for today’s Meijer visit, it was pretty clear everyone was sitting in their cars smoking weed.