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Sven Gustafson

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Healthcare writer and guerilla gardener. Likes cities, music, futbol, food, cats, native plants. Hates fascism, AI. aka Treelock Detroit, Earth. 🇺🇦 https://8woodblog.com

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 1d

timeline cleanse
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The Most Illegal Move in the History of Wrestling

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 1d

This is sad. "Voodoo" is an all-timer LP www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...

D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 1d

I often say that Trump scares me a lot less than what he has unleashed and empowered www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 2d

OpenAI with another 10 GW deal ...

To remind, 1 GW costs $60 billion to deploy.

OpenAI has made deals for 26 GW over the past two weeks.

So ... that's a $1.6 trillion commit for a company that had H1 revenue of $4.3 billion.

This. Is. A. Bubble.

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 2d

📌 Yes • More of this please ‼️

Brava George • You rock ‼️🐥

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 1d

timeline cleanse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xIY...

The Most Illegal Move in the History of Wrestling

YouTube video by Aiakos

www.youtube.com

Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 2d

I can get behind a lot of this www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...

Opinion | How to Save Beer

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 2d

💥 "The MC Five" 💥

Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 2d

1966

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 4d

Regarding that Qatari air force base, Idaho has a strong track record of welcoming outsiders.

Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 4d

REALLY wish he had never recorded a song with kid rock tho

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to generative AI, there is now growing aversion to using the em dash — which is ironic, because it's appropriate and already underused. Everyone worries it will make people think you used chatgpt.

My son is freaking out because I edited a couple into his college essay.

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 5d

Robin's nest fell out of my tree. Notable that there appears to be no plastic or other man-made material used.

A robin's nest lies atop fallen leaves underneath the hackberry tree where it raised a family of young birds.

Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 5d

Bummer www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/f...

Ferndale restaurant Coeur to close - Detroit Metro Times

After a little more than two years in business, Ferndale’s Coeur is shutting down later this month. In a Facebook post published Wednesday, the acclaimed New American eatery cited rising prices, writi...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

New in PN: The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland

"Trump’s confusion isn’t just darkly comical (and a troubling reminder of the president’s growing senility) — it’s a stark illustration of the whiplash-inducing disconnect between his rhetoric and the reality on the ground."

The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland

It'd be hilarious if he wasn't the commander in chief.

www.publicnotice.co

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 5d

Or a baseball cap at the table. I'm always like, what would your mom say right now?

Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 6d

It says a lot about the state of the news media that no one has reported on this yet.

The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak has told subscribers it is ending operations. Last edition will publish Oct. 30.

Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 6d

Corporate America loves the verb "drive" — as in, drive adoption, drive revenue, drive results. It makes me die a little inside each time I read it. Who wants to be reminded of driving when you don't have to actually do it?

In sum, we must destroy capitalism and abolish ICE.

Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 6d

The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 7d

Dems can just clip the "we took the freedom of speech away" and make an ad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 7d

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 7d

Which praise and worship band would Mike Johnson prefer to do the Super Bowl halftime show, wrong answers only

Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 7d

Granted, my evidence is entirely anecdotal and may be biased by being in Detroit, but I'm sensing an undeniable revival of Deee-Lite 🕺💃 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD71...

DEEE LITE - What is Love

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

“It’s true, all of it… it’s all true.”

Daily Beast: lol Republicans’ polls suck

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Sven Gustafson @sveng.bsky.social · 9d

During his follow-up Q&A with reporters, Johnson said the “rightwing in this country wants a rematch of the Civil War.”

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Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order establishing ‘ICE-free zones’ • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 9d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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