Melanie Bolen
@geekyfit.bsky.social
🏋️♀️Personal Trainer 🏃♀️Functional Fitness Specialist 🧘🏼♀️Yoga Instructor 🎮 Geek/Nerd 🎶 Music Lover ♊️
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Remove the commercial real estate vacancy tax breaks that create an artificial floor for rents and Michigan Avenue will have 100% occupancy overnight.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Remove the commercial real estate vacancy tax breaks that create an artificial floor for rents and Michigan Avenue will have 100% occupancy overnight.
What have you been up to lately, Mel?
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
What have you been up to lately, Mel?
Jeebus, @hasbropulse.bsky.social, how many more Wolverines do we need? 😵💫
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Jeebus, @hasbropulse.bsky.social, how many more Wolverines do we need? 😵💫
You may wonder why I’m sharing this. It brought me a laugh b/c it’s based on an actual ad we had on display at Henry Ford Museum that was trying to promote, of all things, use of carpools. Original ad posted in comments.
But also, f*** generative Ai.
But also, f*** generative Ai.
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You may wonder why I’m sharing this. It brought me a laugh b/c it’s based on an actual ad we had on display at Henry Ford Museum that was trying to promote, of all things, use of carpools. Original ad posted in comments.
But also, f*** generative Ai.
But also, f*** generative Ai.
Me: Yay! Two of my EBay items sold!
*packs items up and goes to make shipping labels*
*sees weird names/addresses & decides to Google to inquire*
*sees people talking about how those addresses are often used for fraud*
Me: Damn. I could’ve used that money.
*cancels sales*
*packs items up and goes to make shipping labels*
*sees weird names/addresses & decides to Google to inquire*
*sees people talking about how those addresses are often used for fraud*
Me: Damn. I could’ve used that money.
*cancels sales*
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Me: Yay! Two of my EBay items sold!
*packs items up and goes to make shipping labels*
*sees weird names/addresses & decides to Google to inquire*
*sees people talking about how those addresses are often used for fraud*
Me: Damn. I could’ve used that money.
*cancels sales*
*packs items up and goes to make shipping labels*
*sees weird names/addresses & decides to Google to inquire*
*sees people talking about how those addresses are often used for fraud*
Me: Damn. I could’ve used that money.
*cancels sales*
Me: why is a crowd of people screaming cheering at 1am?
*thinks* Oh, right… pack of coyotes.
*thinks* Oh, right… pack of coyotes.
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Me: why is a crowd of people screaming cheering at 1am?
*thinks* Oh, right… pack of coyotes.
*thinks* Oh, right… pack of coyotes.
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biblically accurate cat
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
biblically accurate cat
Little Caesar’s pizza is 100% better in Detroit than anywhere else.
October 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Little Caesar’s pizza is 100% better in Detroit than anywhere else.
A bonus to doing things by yourself… easy to get a better seat for things when there is just one of you.
October 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A bonus to doing things by yourself… easy to get a better seat for things when there is just one of you.
The Ballad of Wallis Island was just true delight in so many ways…
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The Ballad of Wallis Island was just true delight in so many ways…
Then/Now - Foster Kitties Foggy & Murdock
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Then/Now - Foster Kitties Foggy & Murdock
Welcome to Derry pop-up…
October 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Welcome to Derry pop-up…
Apparently I’m in my “only watching Halloween themed baking competition shows” era.
October 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Apparently I’m in my “only watching Halloween themed baking competition shows” era.
Love the textures on this…
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Love the textures on this…
Define “Perfect Ending”?
October 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Define “Perfect Ending”?
I’m a silly nerd for not assuming I already own something made by McFarlane Toys.
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’m a silly nerd for not assuming I already own something made by McFarlane Toys.
The way that so many people just absolutely suck at parallel parking…
a man with his eyes closed and the word schitts creek on the bottom left
ALT: a man with his eyes closed and the word schitts creek on the bottom left
media.tenor.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The way that so many people just absolutely suck at parallel parking…
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The Antiphibian of Portland is gearing up to be an iconic symbol of resistance
October 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The Antiphibian of Portland is gearing up to be an iconic symbol of resistance
When you forgot how early it gets dark now and you missed your dog walking window. My poor boys 😔
(We get coyotes in my ‘hood, so I’m not comfy taking them out after dark on my own)
(We get coyotes in my ‘hood, so I’m not comfy taking them out after dark on my own)
October 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
When you forgot how early it gets dark now and you missed your dog walking window. My poor boys 😔
(We get coyotes in my ‘hood, so I’m not comfy taking them out after dark on my own)
(We get coyotes in my ‘hood, so I’m not comfy taking them out after dark on my own)
Kudos to casting on Blood of My Blood… particularly with any of the younger versions of existing characters from Outlander. Jocasta is a particular fav.
October 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Kudos to casting on Blood of My Blood… particularly with any of the younger versions of existing characters from Outlander. Jocasta is a particular fav.
This isn’t the first capture I got… but I’m ambitious, so I kept going…
October 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This isn’t the first capture I got… but I’m ambitious, so I kept going…
Go, @jimlee.bsky.social, go!!!! 🙌
Jim Lee promises that DC will never use AI, saying "AI doesn't dream, feel, or make art."
Iconic Artist Jim Lee Takes Firm Anti-AI Stance at DC Comics
nerdist.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Go, @jimlee.bsky.social, go!!!! 🙌