AndyT in Detroit
@emceeandyt.bsky.social
Artist, educator, curator, & musician in Detroit, MI. Good cook, decent gardener, over active sense of humor... LEO Lecturer @ UM-Ann Arbor
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So let’s take away the chairs for all White House offices. And Congress. 🤷🏻♀️
October 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
So let’s take away the chairs for all White House offices. And Congress. 🤷🏻♀️
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Vote NO on Michigan Midterm Proposition1 to stop a Constitutional Convention from messing with women’s reproductive rights, voting rights, environmental protections and more. Vote NO on Prop 1 in the Michigan Midterm Election 2026. @votingaccessforall.bsky.social @notpoliticians.bsky.social
October 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Vote NO on Michigan Midterm Proposition1 to stop a Constitutional Convention from messing with women’s reproductive rights, voting rights, environmental protections and more. Vote NO on Prop 1 in the Michigan Midterm Election 2026. @votingaccessforall.bsky.social @notpoliticians.bsky.social
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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
September 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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We know AI isn’t even a little bit sentient because it is a computer program. That question is not more complicated. Computer programs are not the basic building blocks of sentience. It’s not the kind of thing we have to wait to see what happens first before we can really say one way or the other
September 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
We know AI isn’t even a little bit sentient because it is a computer program. That question is not more complicated. Computer programs are not the basic building blocks of sentience. It’s not the kind of thing we have to wait to see what happens first before we can really say one way or the other
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I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️
September 19, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️
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AI companies’ best case scenario is putting us all out of work.
Union workers deserve high paying jobs they can count on, not six month contracts building data centers for corporations’ unemployment machines.
Union workers deserve high paying jobs they can count on, not six month contracts building data centers for corporations’ unemployment machines.
September 19, 2026 at 11:50 PM
AI companies’ best case scenario is putting us all out of work.
Union workers deserve high paying jobs they can count on, not six month contracts building data centers for corporations’ unemployment machines.
Union workers deserve high paying jobs they can count on, not six month contracts building data centers for corporations’ unemployment machines.
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The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour.
This is the statement they published on Instagram:
This is the statement they published on Instagram:
September 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour.
This is the statement they published on Instagram:
This is the statement they published on Instagram:
Disintegration Loops for my 9-11 remembrance: youtu.be/qYOr8TlnqsY?...
William Basinski - d|p 1.1
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September 12, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Disintegration Loops for my 9-11 remembrance: youtu.be/qYOr8TlnqsY?...
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trump's feds are going after the grad student union at U of M and it appears to just be about cracking down on pro-palestine activism www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
Feds demand GEO membership, financial records in subpoena
The University of Michigan’s Graduate Employees’ Organization received a federal grand jury subpoena Aug. 11.
www.michigandaily.com
September 12, 2026 at 1:12 AM
trump's feds are going after the grad student union at U of M and it appears to just be about cracking down on pro-palestine activism www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
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Police use reverse warrants to demand the identity of everyone who used a search engine to look up a particular word or phrase — without any evidence they've done anything wrong.
Delaware's ban on these dragnets should be celebrated and replicated across the country.
Delaware's ban on these dragnets should be celebrated and replicated across the country.
🚨In a MASSIVE data privacy win, Gov. Meyer has signed HB 145 into law, making Delaware the first state in the nation to enact a near BAN on reverse keyword warrants! 📣
September 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Police use reverse warrants to demand the identity of everyone who used a search engine to look up a particular word or phrase — without any evidence they've done anything wrong.
Delaware's ban on these dragnets should be celebrated and replicated across the country.
Delaware's ban on these dragnets should be celebrated and replicated across the country.
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Don't forget: Starbucks is boycotted. The company has received hundreds of NLRB rulings against it and still has 550 cases pending. Corporate is refusing to finalize a fair contract. Meanwhile, their CEO makes $14,900/hr. Baristas are asking for $17.
No contract? No coffee.
No contract? No coffee.
August 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Don't forget: Starbucks is boycotted. The company has received hundreds of NLRB rulings against it and still has 550 cases pending. Corporate is refusing to finalize a fair contract. Meanwhile, their CEO makes $14,900/hr. Baristas are asking for $17.
No contract? No coffee.
No contract? No coffee.
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Same. This was a craven act of capitulation that should be embarrassing for everyone involved.
Never forgiving Apple or Google for participating in this bullshit.
August 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Same. This was a craven act of capitulation that should be embarrassing for everyone involved.
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The workers who operate JTRAN buses in Jackson, Mississippi get thousands of people to work and home to their families. After more than a month of solidarity while on strike, they won a new contract.
Congrats to our @atucomms.bsky.social Local 1208 union family! ✊
Congrats to our @atucomms.bsky.social Local 1208 union family! ✊
JTRAN strike comes to an end after drivers picket for more than a month
A JTRAN bus strike has ended after drivers and workers stood the picket line for more than a month.
www.wapt.com
August 21, 2026 at 11:10 PM
The workers who operate JTRAN buses in Jackson, Mississippi get thousands of people to work and home to their families. After more than a month of solidarity while on strike, they won a new contract.
Congrats to our @atucomms.bsky.social Local 1208 union family! ✊
Congrats to our @atucomms.bsky.social Local 1208 union family! ✊
I love my future senator!
Watters: You think it’s ok to slash a ding-a-ling off
El-Sayed: Do you really want to have this conversation? Are you circumcised?
Watters: Yeah
El-Sayed: Then you probably want to move on.
El-Sayed: Do you really want to have this conversation? Are you circumcised?
Watters: Yeah
El-Sayed: Then you probably want to move on.
August 25, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I love my future senator!
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Why are we supposed to be impressed that a robot beat Bolt's running record? There are millions of machines that can go faster than any human alive. There's so many of these machines, the traffic they cause frequently keeps them from moving at all.
Where's the "reverse climate change" machine?
Where's the "reverse climate change" machine?
August 25, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Why are we supposed to be impressed that a robot beat Bolt's running record? There are millions of machines that can go faster than any human alive. There's so many of these machines, the traffic they cause frequently keeps them from moving at all.
Where's the "reverse climate change" machine?
Where's the "reverse climate change" machine?
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15,903 "illegal ballots" became 185, and they still haven’t shown that those 185 people cast any ballots. Gifted article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
August 21, 2026 at 8:05 PM
15,903 "illegal ballots" became 185, and they still haven’t shown that those 185 people cast any ballots. Gifted article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
Mike Rogers is a liar who claims El-Sayed wants to get rid of “fireworks, football, and the Fourth of July” so I really can’t take his claims that Abdul is a “fringe extremist” seriously. 🙄
Will Michigan voters support a progressive Muslim candidate who is the son of Egyptian immigrants or a former congressman who is backing an unpopular president
In Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, it’s ‘Trump sock puppet’ versus ‘fringe extremist’
Will Michigan voters support a progressive Muslim candidate who is the son of Egyptian immigrants or a former congressman who is backing an unpopular president
www.mlive.com
August 23, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Mike Rogers is a liar who claims El-Sayed wants to get rid of “fireworks, football, and the Fourth of July” so I really can’t take his claims that Abdul is a “fringe extremist” seriously. 🙄
“Michigan’s most well-paid educators have continued to be in the state’s most populous districts, while educators in more rural or isolated areas are paid far less despite similar student-to-teacher ratios.” MI also ranks 45th in terms of starting pay 🤦♂️
A new Michigan State University analysis found inflation-adjusted teacher salaries have fallen more than those of any other state in three decades despite widespread support for educators.
Michigan teacher pay down 29% since 1995, creating ‘uphill battle’ for schools, study says
A new Michigan State University analysis found inflation-adjusted teacher salaries have fallen more than those of any other state in three decades despite widespread support for educators.
www.mlive.com
August 23, 2026 at 11:46 AM
“Michigan’s most well-paid educators have continued to be in the state’s most populous districts, while educators in more rural or isolated areas are paid far less despite similar student-to-teacher ratios.” MI also ranks 45th in terms of starting pay 🤦♂️
Accurate
I cannot begin to count the amount of technology tools I have been told in the last 20 years that I need to teach my students how to use because they were the future.
95% of them are gone.
A tool is a tool.
95% of them are gone.
A tool is a tool.
there is no rhyme or reason to an entire “AI” department, much less an AI school. There is no curriculum, as such, because AI is not a school of thought. It has no theory, no method. It’s just a tool. Two or three courses, max, if someone is obsessed with it should suffice.
August 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Accurate
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I got sooo many text messages about sending money to Vindman's campaign, living here in Michigan, and I was like, "Has he ever run for public office before?!" "How long has he even lived in Florida!?" Same thing when Hill Harper ran against Slotkin in MI Senate race. It feels very carpetbagger.
I got sooo many text messages about sending money to Vindman's campaign, living here in Michigan, and I was like, "Has he ever run for public office before?!" "How long has he even lived in Florida!?" Same thing when Hill Harper ran against Slotkin in MI Senate race. It feels very carpetbagger.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Angie Nixon wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida special primary election.
August 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
🙌
I got sooo many text messages about sending money to Vindman's campaign, living here in Michigan, and I was like, "Has he ever run for public office before?!" "How long has he even lived in Florida!?" Same thing when Hill Harper ran against Slotkin in MI Senate race. It feels very carpetbagger.
I got sooo many text messages about sending money to Vindman's campaign, living here in Michigan, and I was like, "Has he ever run for public office before?!" "How long has he even lived in Florida!?" Same thing when Hill Harper ran against Slotkin in MI Senate race. It feels very carpetbagger.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Angie Nixon wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida special primary election.
August 19, 2026 at 12:17 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Angie Nixon wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida special primary election.
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On the left: Oliver North, convicted for his role in illegally selling missiles to Iran during the Reagan administration. On the right: Fox News “military analyst” Oliver North, who thinks Iran shouldn’t have missiles. Same guy. Same Oliver North.
August 19, 2026 at 1:10 AM
On the left: Oliver North, convicted for his role in illegally selling missiles to Iran during the Reagan administration. On the right: Fox News “military analyst” Oliver North, who thinks Iran shouldn’t have missiles. Same guy. Same Oliver North.
This!
If lawmakers are serious about protecting children, they should roll back age-verification policies and start targeting the systems that incentivise mass surveillance.
Read my latest print piece for The Guardian 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Read my latest print piece for The Guardian 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
June 20, 2026 at 12:53 PM
This!
Yikes! Ben-Gvir is such a monster
This is absolutely deranged. He is promising genocide in Lebanon to ‘avenge’ the death of an illegally-invading soldier.
June 20, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Yikes! Ben-Gvir is such a monster
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"These are my politics—the girl in the Biggie t-shirt at the King’s Theater socialist rally. The rest of America can come along with us." @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social covers it better than I could.
Embrace Left Wing Machine Politics
Time to get excited about the DSA electoral era.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
June 19, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"These are my politics—the girl in the Biggie t-shirt at the King’s Theater socialist rally. The rest of America can come along with us." @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social covers it better than I could.