UPBeachBum
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In the age of information, ignorance is a choice. I am a democracy loving, virulent anti-fascist and an outright heathen. #yooper #fuckice
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UPBeachBum
@upbeachbum.bsky.social
· May 25
Have yourself a little sliver of the Moon and some Venus early morning action. #906Life #mymichigan
I got introduced to 1970's jazz fusion in the 1980's and have been listening ever since. Here is a Mahavishnu Orchestra jam session from 1972.
🎶 Mahavishnu Orchestra 8-23-1972 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD36...
🎶 Mahavishnu Orchestra 8-23-1972 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD36...
Mahavishnu Orchestra 8-23-1972
YouTube video by Funkamedic
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February 15, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I got introduced to 1970's jazz fusion in the 1980's and have been listening ever since. Here is a Mahavishnu Orchestra jam session from 1972.
🎶 Mahavishnu Orchestra 8-23-1972 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD36...
🎶 Mahavishnu Orchestra 8-23-1972 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD36...
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
A heavy fog enters the picture. #906Life #mymichigan
February 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
A heavy fog enters the picture. #906Life #mymichigan
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison in Russia after being poisoned with a deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuadorian dart frogs, the UK and other allies have revealed. news.sky.com/story/navaln...
Russia killed Alexei Navalny with dart frog poison, UK and allies say
The frog's poison is 200 times stronger than morphine, with Germany's foreign minister saying 'victims suffocate in agony'.
news.sky.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison in Russia after being poisoned with a deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuadorian dart frogs, the UK and other allies have revealed. news.sky.com/story/navaln...
There is some #uglydogs mushing action a little north of me today. Upper Peninsula 200 2026 Live Tracker - trackleaders.com/up200-26 #906Life #PureMichigan
Upper Peninsula 200 2026 live tracker by trackleaders.com
Live tracking event map for Upper Peninsula 200 2026 - 200 mile dog sled event along the southern shores of Lake Superior. Includes leaderboard coverage, race flow, replay and links to individual trac...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM
There is some #uglydogs mushing action a little north of me today. Upper Peninsula 200 2026 Live Tracker - trackleaders.com/up200-26 #906Life #PureMichigan
Beautiful tiger muskie caught through the ice in upstate New York www.wired2fish.com/news/giant-4...
Giant, 41-Inch Tiger Muskie Landed Through The Ice
A 3-day guided trip to New York’s Theresa Chain of Lakes area yielded a muskie pushing 20 pounds, plus 5-pound bass, pike and steelhead, too.
www.wired2fish.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Beautiful tiger muskie caught through the ice in upstate New York www.wired2fish.com/news/giant-4...
Sliding into the weekend with Saturdays sultry Yooper sunrise from the northwest corner of Lake Michigan. #906Life #PureMichigan
February 14, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Sliding into the weekend with Saturdays sultry Yooper sunrise from the northwest corner of Lake Michigan. #906Life #PureMichigan
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Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
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There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 AM
There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
Epstein accountability is coming. (I'll add on to this)
Gifts and soup from ‘Uncle Jeffrey': The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler’s run at Goldman Sachs
apnews.com/article/epst...
Gifts and soup from ‘Uncle Jeffrey': The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler’s run at Goldman Sachs
apnews.com/article/epst...
Gifts and soup from 'Uncle Jeffrey': The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler’s run at Goldman
Kathy Ruemmler's resignation as Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer comes after emails show she stayed close with Jeffrey Epstein long after his conviction on sex crimes.
apnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Epstein accountability is coming. (I'll add on to this)
Gifts and soup from ‘Uncle Jeffrey': The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler’s run at Goldman Sachs
apnews.com/article/epst...
Gifts and soup from ‘Uncle Jeffrey': The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler’s run at Goldman Sachs
apnews.com/article/epst...
🤬 The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, architect of Project 2025 and head butcher of this criminal regime. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM
🤬 The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, architect of Project 2025 and head butcher of this criminal regime. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
Spinach and ricotta stuffed ravioli along with my superb and enhanced tomato sauce. 🍽️
February 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Spinach and ricotta stuffed ravioli along with my superb and enhanced tomato sauce. 🍽️
Having our first 40°F day of the year here in the central UP of Michigan. It is putting a good melt on the snowpack and refreshing Lake Michigan's watershed. #906Life #PureMichigan
February 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Having our first 40°F day of the year here in the central UP of Michigan. It is putting a good melt on the snowpack and refreshing Lake Michigan's watershed. #906Life #PureMichigan
Terrible. Her body was found less then a mile from where I used to live in Menominee county. 😢 www.uppermichiganssource.com/2026/02/10/m...
UPDATE: Missing Marinette woman found dead in Menominee County
Gabriella Cartagena, the 24-year-old woman who was last seen at around 5 p.m. on Feb. 4, has been found dead.
www.uppermichiganssource.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Terrible. Her body was found less then a mile from where I used to live in Menominee county. 😢 www.uppermichiganssource.com/2026/02/10/m...
They are absolutely right. The current AG of the DOJ is protecting powerful pedophiles and putting their victims in jeopardy. Just despicable. Pam Bondi must be disbarred for being so dishonest and then charged for crimes when this regime is done.
BREAKING: Multiple Epstein victims tell NBC News that Pam Bondi intentionally un-redacted their names and other victims' names as a way to threaten them into silence!
“I think we all realize now that [the DOJ] really wanted to silence us, and thought that could scare us by putting our names out.”
“I think we all realize now that [the DOJ] really wanted to silence us, and thought that could scare us by putting our names out.”
February 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
They are absolutely right. The current AG of the DOJ is protecting powerful pedophiles and putting their victims in jeopardy. Just despicable. Pam Bondi must be disbarred for being so dishonest and then charged for crimes when this regime is done.
AI researchers are sounding the alarm on their way out the door.
“The world is in peril,”
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/b...
“The world is in peril,”
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/b...
AI researchers are sounding the alarm on their way out the door | CNN Business
“The world is in peril,” warned the former head of Anthropic’s Safeguards Research team as he headed for the exit. A researcher for OpenAI, similarly on the way out, said that the technology has “a po...
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
AI researchers are sounding the alarm on their way out the door.
“The world is in peril,”
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/b...
“The world is in peril,”
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/b...
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Good morning my frosty friends, here's a couple of 'chilling' stories for you!
What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes' future | Grist - grist.org/science/grea...
What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes' future | Grist - grist.org/science/grea...
What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes' future
Using old records, scientists created a new dataset on ice cover since 1897. It's already being used to study a declining fish species.
grist.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Good morning my frosty friends, here's a couple of 'chilling' stories for you!
What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes' future | Grist - grist.org/science/grea...
What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes' future | Grist - grist.org/science/grea...
44 year old Yooper Nick Baumgartner, from Iron River, Michigan just advanced to the semi finals of snowboard cross country in the Olympics. #906Life
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
44 year old Yooper Nick Baumgartner, from Iron River, Michigan just advanced to the semi finals of snowboard cross country in the Olympics. #906Life
Here's Thursdays 's fine Yooper sunrise from the northwest corner of Lake Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. #906Life #PureMichigan
February 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Here's Thursdays 's fine Yooper sunrise from the northwest corner of Lake Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. #906Life #PureMichigan
Bay City & Saginaw Michigan's very own ? & The Mysterians, The band members were children of Mexican migrant farmers who settled in Michigan.
🎶 96 Tears 1966 - "Swingin' Time", Detroit 🎶
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🎶 96 Tears 1966 - "Swingin' Time", Detroit 🎶
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Live Broadcast: 96 Tears - ? (Question Mark) & The Mysterians, 1966 - "Swingin' Time", Detroit
YouTube video by SwingMan1938
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February 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Bay City & Saginaw Michigan's very own ? & The Mysterians, The band members were children of Mexican migrant farmers who settled in Michigan.
🎶 96 Tears 1966 - "Swingin' Time", Detroit 🎶
youtu.be/xS7qvxm3FbM?...
🎶 96 Tears 1966 - "Swingin' Time", Detroit 🎶
youtu.be/xS7qvxm3FbM?...
Is anyone aware of an up to date tally of all J6 rioters who were pardoned and have re-offended? These people are sick and rotten to their core.
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
n.pr
February 12, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Is anyone aware of an up to date tally of all J6 rioters who were pardoned and have re-offended? These people are sick and rotten to their core.
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While some folks downstairs are still complaining about a sporting event and languages they don’t understand. Up here in Canada, the CBC is showing Olympic hockey with play-by-play in Inuktitut. It’s the Canadian experience I didn’t know I needed. ❤️🇨🇦 #olympics #inuktitut
February 11, 2026 at 10:29 PM
While some folks downstairs are still complaining about a sporting event and languages they don’t understand. Up here in Canada, the CBC is showing Olympic hockey with play-by-play in Inuktitut. It’s the Canadian experience I didn’t know I needed. ❤️🇨🇦 #olympics #inuktitut
The current Attorney General of the Pariah States of America is suffering from extreme trump derangement syndrome and is the most unfit and partisan hack AG in American history. And that was a high bar to clear after Bill Barr! Just pathetic with these freaking clowns.
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The current Attorney General of the Pariah States of America is suffering from extreme trump derangement syndrome and is the most unfit and partisan hack AG in American history. And that was a high bar to clear after Bill Barr! Just pathetic with these freaking clowns.
When this criminal regime has run its course and we have responsible leadership once again, we need to go scorched earth against the corruption and criminality that these people have done in betraying the country. I trust one man to be the Attorney General of the United States.
February 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
When this criminal regime has run its course and we have responsible leadership once again, we need to go scorched earth against the corruption and criminality that these people have done in betraying the country. I trust one man to be the Attorney General of the United States.
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.