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Wolverinethad (Boo Thad)

@lettersfromthewasteland.org

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Democratic Socialist, LFC diehard, Michigan Man, deconstructing Christian, occasional web developer, and front-end/SQL support engineer. I parent two furbabies with my wife. lettersfromthewasteland.org

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Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · Nov 17

RFK Jr is a threat to humanity.

Mikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social · Nov 17

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0

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Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 13h

At least you went for a more nuanced opinion than Bret Easton Ellis earlier today.

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 13h

Last week against Michigan when they didn't try to stop the clock, it was perplexing. It feels like Fickell himself is absolutely checked out.

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Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 13h

Just not gonna call the PI, apparently. McCauley was spun around, no call. I'm so pissed off right now

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 13h

It's not a huge mistake. There was a hold there! Jesus.

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 13h

INTERCEPTION! Maiava made a mistake! Thank GOD.

#MICHvsUSC

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 13h

If Bryce is going to be running, that line needs to create a damn hole for him. They need to block like they care, dammit!

@MICHvsUSC

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 13h

I want to know how this was possible.

obnoxiously pitt ghoul 👻 🎃 👻 @opg.bsky.social · 14h

commentator just said the two minute timeout was 32 minutes ago and I could not prevent the JESUS FUCKING CHRIST that just burst out of me

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 13h

at least the Tigers game, save the weird bunt call, wasn't filled with officials creating calls where none existed.

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 14h

The crew for Michigan and USC is just inventing calls against both teams. It's AWFUL.

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 16h

My wife is collecting signatures for a sweet ballot measure in Michigan that would tax income over $1,000,000 to reduce class sizes while recruiting and retaining great teachers.

But they're way behind.

So she was tasked with bringing in someone who could help gather signatures.

Could it be you?

Invest in MI Kids

Putting kids first. Building a stronger Michigan for everyone.

investinmikids.org

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Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 14h

His software sucks ass and so does he. Just another coward looking to bootlick.

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 14h

How do you give that up on 3rd and 22? Christ, we deserve to lose if we're going to do that poorly on defense.

#MICHvsUSC

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 14h

I won a fight in sixth grade when I put a Sharpshooter on the other kid.

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 14h

These refs want to be famous tonight, clearly. Just calling a shit game all around.

#GoBlue
#MICHvsUSC

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 14h

Update.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

Or as the New York Times puts it: “Mr. Trump's budgetary maneuvering appeared unorthodox…”

Mr. Trump's budgetary maneuvering appeared unorthodox, even though it may spare more than 1 million active-duty service members from the financial hardship of missing a paycheck next week. It was not clear how much money the administration had at its disposal, and how long it could rely on accounting moves to pay troops during the shutdown.

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🎃 Trick or Pete 🎃 Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 17h

The most frustrating part of this is that a federal judge literally made a finding of fact of the evidence presented by the administration, a judge appointed by Trump, and that judge called the narrative untethered to facts, and the narrator, unreliable.

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 14h

My wife is a special ed teacher. She's been sick today, so I haven't told her yet. I imagine her version is going to sound much like yours.

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 14h

Respect to Miller on the spin-o-rama move. Respect.

#GoBlue
#MICHvsUSC

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 14h

TOUCHDOWN BIG BLUE!

#GoBlue
#MICHvsUSC

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 16h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 14h

Underwood just threw that DB down from USC. NICE.

#GoBlue
#MICHvsUSC

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 15h

Fuck ICE and their Gestapo bullshit.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 17h

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Wolverinethad (Boo Thad) @lettersfromthewasteland.org · 15h

Fascist Keystone Kops.

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error