#michigan
Your #guide to the 2023 #GreatLakes #Bay #Pride #Festival and #AfterParty #DragShow.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Michigan #Pride #PrideMonth #Representation #Culture
I'd like to thank #PatRobertson for inspiring me to do a "snow covered grave in hell" edit of this photo I took forever ago.
Elmwood Cemetery, #Detroit, #Michigan, January 5, 2004
#ThrowBackThursday #TBT
#MastroArt #Photography #FujiFilm #FujiFilmS2Pro
The misinformation shared on Twitter is out of control https://www.rawchili.com/2923803/
#Detroit #DetroitLions #Football #Lions #Michigan #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceNorthDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL
[Tom Pelissero] The #Vikings and four-time Pro Bowl RB Dalvin Cook are parting ways, per source. One of the NFL’s most dynamic playmakers, Cook is coming off a fourth straight 1,000-yard season and has 52 career TDs. Now he’ll be a free agent at age 27 and will have multiple suitors. https://www.rawchili.com/2923630/
#Detroit #DetroitLions #Football #Lions #Michigan #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceNorthDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL
![[Tom Pelissero] The #Vikings and four-time Pro Bowl RB Dalvin Cook are parting ways, per source. One of the NFL’s most dynamic playmakers, Cook is coming off a fourth straight 1,000-yard season and has 52 career TDs. Now he’ll be a free agent at age 27 and will have multiple suitors.](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/cache/media_attachments/files/110/509/523/181/437/968/small/88e1c7a647679d58.jpg)
In final year of contract, Jonah Jackson hopes to retire a Detroit Lion https://www.rawchili.com/2923462/
#Detroit #DetroitLions #Football #Lions #Michigan #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceNorthDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL
The latest installment from awood40, Lucas Raymond Season Highlights https://www.rawchili.com/2923449/
#Detroit #DetroitRedWings #hockey #IceHockey #Michigan #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #NHLEasternConference #NHLEasternConferenceAtlanticDivision #RedWings
Yikes. I think I’ll keep the house closed up today. Stay healthy, everyone! 😷
Like the #NFL, not for long if this new #theofascistic board has their #christofascist way.
#OttawaImpact
#OttawaCounty #Michigan
Sean McVay tiptoes through the minefield of talking about Jared Goff’s improvement https://www.rawchili.com/2923210/
#Detroit #DetroitLions #Football #Lions #Michigan #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceNorthDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL
Give EA $70 and you can see this face on your 70 inch tv everyday! https://www.rawchili.com/2922936/
#Detroit #DetroitLions #Football #Lions #Michigan #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceNorthDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL
Anyone who watched have an update on how Cossa and Lemonator did for the Walleye? https://www.rawchili.com/2922930/
#Detroit #DetroitRedWings #hockey #IceHockey #Michigan #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #NHLEasternConference #NHLEasternConferenceAtlanticDivision #RedWings
We’ve seen LaPorta’s, but here is Hendon Hookers logo. It looks like the old school one. https://www.rawchili.com/2922766/
#Detroit #DetroitLions #Football #Lions #Michigan #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceNorthDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL
Late Tuesday night smoky Moon. The pictures are great. The reasons are terrible.
June 7, 2023, 1:28 am. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
#Moon #astronomy #astrophotography #naturephotography #michigan #puremichigan #fire #fires #wildfire #wildfires #smoke #canadianfires
Jamo with yet another body catch today https://www.rawchili.com/2922582/
#Detroit #DetroitLions #Football #Lions #Michigan #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceNorthDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL
[Former Wing] Blackhawks Extend Andreas Athanasiou https://www.rawchili.com/2922564/
#Detroit #DetroitRedWings #hockey #IceHockey #Michigan #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #NHLEasternConference #NHLEasternConferenceAtlanticDivision #RedWings
![[Former Wing] Blackhawks Extend Andreas Athanasiou](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/cache/media_attachments/files/110/505/701/241/348/245/small/e7016f5d8e29c030.jpg)
Game Thread: Tigers @ Phillies – Wed, Jun 07 @ 06:05 PM EDT https://www.rawchili.com/2922507/
#Baseball #Detroit #DetroitTigers #MajorLeagueBaseball #Michigan #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueCentral #Tigers
1. Walked to the local farm shop and got some local milk and local asparagus.
2. Then walked to the local creamery and got some amazing, full fat, delicious ice cream (chocolate covered cherries for my husband, and orange cream for me)
3. Just bought tickets for me and a girlfriend to see Ann Patchett at the Michigan Theater on August 9th. And her new book, "Tom Pane" set in Northern Michigan, is thrown in as a bonus. Excited!!
Detroit Red Wings NHL Draft Party Wed June 28 6PM https://www.rawchili.com/2922377/
#Detroit #DetroitRedWings #hockey #IceHockey #Michigan #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #NHLEasternConference #NHLEasternConferenceAtlanticDivision #RedWings
"In the 48 years they've been keeping weather data at stations throughout Michigan, Department Natural Resources officials have seen extreme wildfire conditions like this only once or twice before — and perhaps never this bad."
Nearly all of Michigan faces 'extreme' fire danger.
Michael Luchies on Twitter: @JeffRisdon’s understanding of the Jameson Williams betting incident is that he bet on a college football game from an app while in a hotel room in another state. Since it was a “team hotel,” it wasn’t allowed. How many players actually knew this wasn’t allowed? 10%? https://www.rawchili.com/2922211/
#Detroit #DetroitLions #Football #Lions #Michigan #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceNorthDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL
[Khan] Red Wings interested in Pius Suter, Alex Chiasson among their own UFAs https://www.rawchili.com/2922194/
#Detroit #DetroitRedWings #hockey #IceHockey #Michigan #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #NHLEasternConference #NHLEasternConferenceAtlanticDivision #RedWings
![[Khan] Red Wings interested in Pius Suter, Alex Chiasson among their own UFAs](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/cache/media_attachments/files/110/504/623/935/486/132/small/8ec3ecc99bce6061.jpg)
Photo I got of Tahquamenon Falls
Paradise, #Michigan, September 4, 2016
#WaterfallWednesday #MeerMittwoch
#MastoArt #Waterfall #Photography
Tigers are batting .123 (19-for-155) as a team thru 5 games in June. According to research on baseball-reference, it’s Detroit’s lowest batting average over any 5-game stretch within a season since the 2003 Tigers batted .109 (16-for-147) over their first 5 games that year. https://www.rawchili.com/2922134/
#Baseball #Detroit #DetroitTigers #MajorLeagueBaseball #Michigan #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueCentral #Tigers
Photo I took of the beautiful rock shoreline of #LakeSuperior
Near Grand Marais, #Michigan
Labor Day weekend 2016
#EastpointeHighSchool Update:
#Eastpointe HS is on lockdown after a #threat was made on #SocialMedia.
"Local and regional police departments are currently at the school and have decided to go classroom to classroom to search all students and classrooms," said Eastpointe Community Schools in a statement early Wednesday afternoon. "Students are currently safely locked down in the building. There is no threat to any other district schools."
Heavy police presence at #EastpointeHighSchool
Roughly a dozen police officers from multiple depts across #MacombCounty #Michigan are at #Eastpointe HS.
The incident started around 12:30PM EDT Wed. The school is at 15501 Couzens Ave. At one point, two police officers were posted at one of the school's entrance w/their weapons drawn.
Eastpointe PD declined to provide details. Officers from Eastpointe, Warren & St. Clair Shores are on scene.
Canadian company Highland Copper wants to build a copper sulfide mine which will extract minerals directly beneath Porcupine Mountains State Park, the largest old growth forest in the midwest, and risk contaminating the Presque Isle River and Lake Superior with acid mine drainage
Air quality info for Detroit and Hamtramck as of 10am as the wildfire smoke is hanging around.
Most of the media coverage of this around here has just observed that it is making things hazy. But this air is *bad for you to breathe,* and there are recommended precautions to take to avoid being harmed by it. I'd add, you probably want to wear your respirator or mask if you're outdoors while it's like this
Michigan House Elections Committee advances national popular vote legislation
Michigan’s Democratic-led House Elections Committee voted 6-2 along party lines Tuesday to advance legislation that would commit the state to awarding its electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.
#USPol #Politics #Michigan #Elections #ElectoralCollege #NationalPopularVote #Vote #Voting #News
There is a #trilobite exhibit at a local #science museum! Well I'm just all excited this morning. If you live in SE #Michigan you should check it out! The Cranbrook Institute of Science is a treasure all on its own.
Staying inside today with the air filter on.
According to the Air Quality Index map at https://fire.airnow.gov/ , southeast Michigan air is rated unhealthy.
https://www.axios.com/2023/06/06/air-quality-northern-us-plummets-raging-wildfire-smoke
The air quality was 134 earlier. Now it’s 76. Out of? I guess 500? Anyhow, blue sky, white puffy clouds, and mild temperatures. I suppose it’s all about wind direction now. Unless the lower peninsula also bursts into flames. Had a red card alert, which was a first for me, had to look it up. #AirQuality #Michigan #today
Elijah McCoy passed away on October 10, 1929, in Detroit, Michigan. He left behind a legacy of innovation and numerous patents. Despite facing challenges and financial constraints, Elijah’s contributions to engineering and invention have been recognized and continue to inspire others to this day.
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A prolific inventor, Elijah held nearly 60 patents, mostly for lubrication systems. His genius extended to diverse areas, including an ironing board, a lawn sprinkler, and other machines. Despite recognition, his name rarely adorned his creations, as he sold patent rights due to limited funds for large-scale production.
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Man accused of supporting foiled plot to kidnap Michigan governor set to change not-guilty plea
I Am Considering a Move to #Michigan Because Being a #Trans Person in #Ohio Is #Scary
The #queer #fear of #living in #America is very real right now
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Immigration #PoliticalAsylum #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
#MotorCity #Pride kicks off this weekend.
The event dates back to June 1972 — over half a century — when the first #march was held downtown, calling for #LGBTQ #rights and #equality
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Michigan #Pride #PrideMonth #Representation #Culture
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/motor-city-pride-kicks-off-this-weekend/
#Michigan #COVID19 Weekly Forecast 6/6
👀 Detroit has moderate Local Prevalence maxing at 14 /area and declining 📉
🤞Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Flint are moderate at under 10 /area and stable
Real time updates & FAQ at: https://my.hubbubworld.com
Today in Labor History June 6, 1937: A general strike by 12,000 autoworkers and others in Lansing, MI shuts down the city for a month in what was to become known as the city’s “Labor Holiday.” A judge had recently imposed an injunction on workers, making it illegal for them to picket, blockade or interfere in the operations of Capital city Wrecking Company. The workers ignored the injunction were arrested, including the wife of the auto workers local union president, leaving their three children at home unattended. In response, they called a General Strike. Flying squadrons of out-town workers came in solidarity to support the General Strike. They were successful in forcing negotiations that got all the prisoners released. However, the strike continued in East Lansing, where anti-labor university students battled with workers, dumping some of their cars into the river.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #strike #union #sabotage #GeneralStrike #prison #solidarity #autoworkers #michigan
How a simple shipping error poisoned most of #Michigan in 1973 (and they're still cleaning up)
#pollution #environment
https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/4033903-how-a-simple-shipping-error-poisoned-most-of-michigan/
#AshiaDavis, a #black #trans #Woman Found #Dead in #Michigan #motel from a gunshot wound, marking a tragic start to #PrideMonth in Metro #Detroit
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Transphobia #SayHerName
https://pridesource.com/article/trans-woman-ashia-davis-found-dead-in-michigan-motel/
Snow peas and lettuce survived with watering 2x/day, morning & night in the early heat wave in #Michigan when we hovered in the low 90s the last days of May into June. My small urban garden is an 'accidental' microclimate--the birds planted a crabapple in the corner which gives some nice natural shade for the plants that need it. Still, this heat was extreme (we don't see a stretch of 90s until July typically) and plants have barely had a chance to get established. #ClimateCrisis #foodsecurity
One of the many flowers at our public library pollinator garden.
Not sure what flower it is.
#3GoodThings #AnnArbor #Michigan
1. Had brunch with my husband this morning at an Ann Arbor institution—Angelo’s Restaurant. Hurry if you’re nearby, they’re closing in December 2023 after nearly 70 years. There’s even a song about Angelo’s written and performed by the wonderful Dick Siegel. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0FNmgpP01w
2. Perfect weather for weeding. So, I did.
3. Leftover sticky coconut rice and chicken with sauteed mushrooms on the side for dinner. Super yummy.
Directly to the east on Bagley, we have the #Michigan Building (Michigan Theatre Building).
Believe it or not, the once-beautiful theatre floor and main seating areas had been torn away and replaced with an indoor, multi-level parking garage in 1977 - which is how it functions today.
This property is owned by notorious #Detroit slumlord, Dennis Kefallinos.
The office part of the building is likely a wreck and how the city has not sued Kefallinos for the state of this property is beyond me.
#Pridefest Was An Overwhelming #Success.
#KeweenawQueers, a small local #LGBTQ+ #group put together a #familyfriendly #Pridefest.
#Michigan www.keweenawreport.com/featured/pridefest-was-an-overwhelming-success/
Good.
Plans chug along to boost rail service in west Michigan, Kalamazoo to Pontiac.
What a great sign for a local bookstore. Saturn Booksellers was the name.
I'm glad I took a picture because the sign is now gone.
Downtown Gaylord, #Michigan, 2017.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=eaVu-ukUiUE&feature=share
⚡️🇺🇦Everyday War in Ukraine: Unveiling the Human Side of War | Interview with Dr. Greta Uehling, Ph.D., Univ.
Of Michigan (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Michigan #NATO #Press #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
Now is a good time to check out the strawberry moon in southeast Michigan.
I went to our local grade school playfield a few minutes ago to see the moon in the southeast sky. Amazing to see moon details with binoculars.
Yikes.
Look, I am not trying to be ageist here, but we need fresh ideas in this state like yesterday.
And while seasoned political experience is valuable in backing this thing, it should have far younger leadership pulled from long-neglected communities.
There are just different perspectives there and we need those on the top of the table.
That's the reality.
https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/06/02/gov-whitmer-task-force-michigan-population-growth
If you live in #Michigan or #Detroit, please consider sending a pre-written letter to key state representatives in support of increased #transit funding here: https://www.detroittransit.org/boost-mi-transit-funding/
Also, if you are able, consider donating: https://detroittransit.networkforgood.com/projects/180291-transform-transit-in-2023
It is absolutely vital that local and regional transit improves significantly and it is downright perplexing that the leaders of this state have yet to realize how it kills the attractiveness of this state.
Threads like this make me think about how the lack of public transportation in #Michigan, secured over a century by the auto industry, has made it so difficult for the state to draw new investment and new industry.
And that includes tourism.
I can see, right now from the Transit app, that tomorrow's bus service will have similar issues.
I hope that the powers that be at the #Mackinac Policy Conference put regional transit in their Thinking Caps because if you want to talk about a top population and economic vibrancy killer... this is it.
Bus service **needs** to be complemented by intracity and regional #rail for a population center this size (and one in which we hope to grow).
No other way to do it.
I’m out here at #pride in #ypsilanti. Enjoying the vibes. This is a pretty decently sized event for a town this small.
Photo I took through a shop window where some #pride was on display :)
Main Street, #AnnArbor, #Michigan
Best wishes for #PrideMonth my friends.
:heart_pride:
#WindowFriday #FensterFreitag
#MastoArt #Photography #LGBTQIA
Bill in the #Michigan legislature would require schools to teach 'Christian Foundations of the United States' in history and civics classes. It is unlikely to move forward over the issue of religious coercion, which the courts have already forbidden. Polluting history instruction with fairy tales serves no legitimate interest of government https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/bill-would-add-christian-foundations-to-history-civics-classes-in-michigan-public-schools
Apparently, the report cited above is private… presumably only for the eyes of the #Mackinac Policy Conference attendees.
What the hell is that about?
We going to get serious here by putting all hands on deck, or are we going to continue to construct narrow-sighted policy amongst the few behind closed doors?
I am going to be really disappointed if everyone at this #Mackinac Policy Conference left without recognizing the need to aggressively diversify #Michigan’s economic base away from #automotive #manufacturing.
Next was a great talk by Stephan Lemmer on #robot learning from poor human instruction at the University of #Michigan. This is an important problem, as people naturally make mistakes when trying to give feedback, and Lemmer presents some promising approaches for dealing with it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8nLycdODP4 (6/8) #robotics
Checked out the bookstore in the Soo today before heading to the farmer's market. Going to start this tonight. Should be some good local reading. It took me a long time to pick just one book.
Someone down the block is having Maple Tree issues. Too much sun on the trunk I think. The photo looks nice, though :)
🖤🤍
#ThickTrunkTuesday #DogWalkPhotos
#MastoArt #Monochrome #Photography
#Suburbia #Ypsilanti #Michigan
I am very happy to say that I moved to Michigan by choice. Detroit’s revitalization continues to impress me. But, there is more work to be done. | Detroit’s population slide challenges vision of revitalization - BridgeDetroit https://www.bridgedetroit.com/detroits-population-slide-challenges-vision-of-revitalization/ #Detroit #Michigan
Memorial Day remembers and honors American military personnel who died in service of our country.
For the past few years, one of our nearby businesses commemorates the day with a flag display in front of their building.
Air quality alert on Tuesday, May 30 for southeast Michigan counties, including Wayne, Macomb, Oakland, Livingston, Monroe, St. Clair, and Washtenaw.
All counties are expected to have elevated ozone levels.
For the millionth time… editors, the #media and #journalists… a #Tesla vehicle is, **at no time**, capable of “self-driving”.
There is no “self-driving mode”.
Publishing these terms and descriptions only serve to advance Tesla’s and #Musk’s lies and are an immense public safety hazard.
Drag Event Defended from Proud Boys in Portage, MI
"Debating love-based approaches to handling bigots is best done when not immediately physically defending a queer event from bigots who don’t tolerate queer existence."
"... a scuffle broke out, with proud boys throwing the first punches, but being handily dealt with in return. ... one of the proud boys was cuffed and taken away. No antifascists were detained or arrested"
https://unsalted.noblogs.org/post/2023/05/28/drag-event-defended-from-proud-boys-in-portage-mi/
Good on the Peter White Public Library Board of Trustees and their supporters in Marquette, Michigan.
Looks like conservative christian’s, forcing their beliefs on everyone, are finding out the hard way that the constitution, that gives them rights also gives satanists and all other religions the same rights. Satanists 🤣 #michigan #politics #satanists #Constitution https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/politics/michigan-politics/satanic-temple-west-michigan-supports-ottawa-county-constitutional-county/69-9af8d6df-2e0a-4693-8d17-955db21af9ed
Michigan bill would ban cat declawing as cruel and unnecessary
#FreePress #Michigan #CatDeclawingBan #AnimalRights #PetCare #CrueltyFree #NoMoreDeclawing #Politics #News
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/education/safety-info/fire
Put out your fires when you are done.
One of the gorgeous Japanese tree peonies in bloom at Nichols Arboretum peony garden in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Only a few herbaceous peonies are blooming. I suspect next week's hotter weather will bring more blooms.