John Winkelman
@johnwinkelman.bsky.social
Instructor for www.sifulee.com.
Blog at www.eccesignum.org.
In a wonderful relationship with a wonderful partner (gallafe.com).
Our cats run our lives.
Blog at www.eccesignum.org.
In a wonderful relationship with a wonderful partner (gallafe.com).
Our cats run our lives.
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Classes for Saturday, 8 November, 2025:
Tai Chi Jeung, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
At the YWCA West Central Michigan. Class information here:
www.sifulee.com/school-infor...
#KungFu #TaiChi #Qigong #ChiKung #CCKTCPM #MartialArts
Tai Chi Jeung, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
At the YWCA West Central Michigan. Class information here:
www.sifulee.com/school-infor...
#KungFu #TaiChi #Qigong #ChiKung #CCKTCPM #MartialArts
School Information – Master Lee's School of Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu and Tai Chi Jeung
www.sifulee.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Classes for Saturday, 8 November, 2025:
Tai Chi Jeung, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
At the YWCA West Central Michigan. Class information here:
www.sifulee.com/school-infor...
#KungFu #TaiChi #Qigong #ChiKung #CCKTCPM #MartialArts
Tai Chi Jeung, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
At the YWCA West Central Michigan. Class information here:
www.sifulee.com/school-infor...
#KungFu #TaiChi #Qigong #ChiKung #CCKTCPM #MartialArts
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The countdown is underway! 83 days until the start of Magical ConFusion on January 30. Pre-registration rates are available until December 31, after which you will need to pay at-the-door rates for your membership. Details here: 2026.confusionsf.org/registration/
#ConFusionMI #MagicalConFusion
#ConFusionMI #MagicalConFusion
Registration – ConFusion 2026: Magical ConFusion
2026.confusionsf.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The countdown is underway! 83 days until the start of Magical ConFusion on January 30. Pre-registration rates are available until December 31, after which you will need to pay at-the-door rates for your membership. Details here: 2026.confusionsf.org/registration/
#ConFusionMI #MagicalConFusion
#ConFusionMI #MagicalConFusion
Let OpenAI fail. They built their business on theft. Let them crash and burn.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/call...
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/call...
Call Your Congresscritters: OpenAI Laying the Groundwork for Massive Federal Bailout | naked capitalism
AI is not just coming for your job. Industry leaders plan to pick your pocket on a massive scale via a bailout.
www.nakedcapitalism.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Let OpenAI fail. They built their business on theft. Let them crash and burn.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/call...
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/call...
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ConFusion 2026: Magical ConFusion starts three months from today in the Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel! We still have some convention-rate rooms available, and we are looking for more volunteers and staff members. Sign up today! #ConFusionMI #ConFusionSF #MagicalConFusion
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2026.confusionsf.org
ConFusion 2026: Magical ConFusion – January 30 – February 1, 2026 in Novi, Michigan
2026.confusionsf.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
ConFusion 2026: Magical ConFusion starts three months from today in the Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel! We still have some convention-rate rooms available, and we are looking for more volunteers and staff members. Sign up today! #ConFusionMI #ConFusionSF #MagicalConFusion
2026.confusionsf.org
2026.confusionsf.org
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Gerald has a brilliant eye. Your stories will thank you. And so will readers who would otherwise have dragged you with good cause.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Gerald has a brilliant eye. Your stories will thank you. And so will readers who would otherwise have dragged you with good cause.
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my name is Oz
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
Ozyman, Ozyman-
dias does what no mortal can
and his works? are they there?
no, but maybe still despair
dias does what no mortal can
and his works? are they there?
no, but maybe still despair
This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
October 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
my name is Oz
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
Trump just demolished the East Wing, and now he has ordered the FBI to search for Jimmy Hoffa-related records. I wonder if the construction crew found something...
October 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Trump just demolished the East Wing, and now he has ordered the FBI to search for Jimmy Hoffa-related records. I wonder if the construction crew found something...
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The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.
Get the names of every MAGA, DOGE, or ICE "person". Dox them. Make sure everyone knows their name. And then, once the Trump regime is gone, sue the shit out of them and give the money to people who will be going hungry in November because of the MAGA shutdown.
October 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Get the names of every MAGA, DOGE, or ICE "person". Dox them. Make sure everyone knows their name. And then, once the Trump regime is gone, sue the shit out of them and give the money to people who will be going hungry in November because of the MAGA shutdown.
Take video of them walking for gait recognition. Get audio of them talking for voice recognition. Take photos of any identifying marks - tattoos, scars, even moles. If you see their eyes get photos for retinal verification. Permanently make ICE agents the most identifiable people on the planet.
big tough guys deploying tear gas to protect us from inflatable dinosaur Halloween decorations
October 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Take video of them walking for gait recognition. Get audio of them talking for voice recognition. Take photos of any identifying marks - tattoos, scars, even moles. If you see their eyes get photos for retinal verification. Permanently make ICE agents the most identifiable people on the planet.
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When people glorify ‘Tough On Crime’ they are just saying that they are gleefully punitive & nothing more.
Being tough on crime isn’t the same as addressing crime. We know that the largest predictor for reducing crime is addressing need.
Reducing benefits increases crime, endangering everyone.
Being tough on crime isn’t the same as addressing crime. We know that the largest predictor for reducing crime is addressing need.
Reducing benefits increases crime, endangering everyone.
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
When people glorify ‘Tough On Crime’ they are just saying that they are gleefully punitive & nothing more.
Being tough on crime isn’t the same as addressing crime. We know that the largest predictor for reducing crime is addressing need.
Reducing benefits increases crime, endangering everyone.
Being tough on crime isn’t the same as addressing crime. We know that the largest predictor for reducing crime is addressing need.
Reducing benefits increases crime, endangering everyone.
Everyone who supports ICE (or MAGA, or DOGE, or the GOP in general) does so because they feel pleasure when things like this happen.
“Medical staff did not give her any food, water, or pain medication for several hours. Much later that evening, after a significant loss of blood, Lucia was transported to an emergency room approximately an hour away, with her arms and legs shackled.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say
The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.
www.nbcnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Everyone who supports ICE (or MAGA, or DOGE, or the GOP in general) does so because they feel pleasure when things like this happen.
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I am begging the mainstream media to talk less about the East Wing & more about the loss of SNAP funding for the next few days.
The East Wing is gone. We can’t change that.
We *can* help people prepare for the loss of SNAP.
We can urge folks to donate to food banks.
We can give them warning.
The East Wing is gone. We can’t change that.
We *can* help people prepare for the loss of SNAP.
We can urge folks to donate to food banks.
We can give them warning.
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am begging the mainstream media to talk less about the East Wing & more about the loss of SNAP funding for the next few days.
The East Wing is gone. We can’t change that.
We *can* help people prepare for the loss of SNAP.
We can urge folks to donate to food banks.
We can give them warning.
The East Wing is gone. We can’t change that.
We *can* help people prepare for the loss of SNAP.
We can urge folks to donate to food banks.
We can give them warning.
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darkly funny that the GOP is desperately trying to weaponize shootings against the left but they spent 40 years actively training americans to move past them instantly so everyone has forgotten charlie kirk even existed already
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
darkly funny that the GOP is desperately trying to weaponize shootings against the left but they spent 40 years actively training americans to move past them instantly so everyone has forgotten charlie kirk even existed already
By the power vested in me by the Supreme Soviet of ANTIFA, I hereby declare MAGA a terrorist organization and call for the immediate capture of its leader, the Goa'uld Blathoxi, currently animating the mindless, gibbering vessel Donald J. Trump.
NO KINGS! NO OLIGARCHS! NO SYSTEM LORDS!
NO KINGS! NO OLIGARCHS! NO SYSTEM LORDS!
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
By the power vested in me by the Supreme Soviet of ANTIFA, I hereby declare MAGA a terrorist organization and call for the immediate capture of its leader, the Goa'uld Blathoxi, currently animating the mindless, gibbering vessel Donald J. Trump.
NO KINGS! NO OLIGARCHS! NO SYSTEM LORDS!
NO KINGS! NO OLIGARCHS! NO SYSTEM LORDS!
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OpenAI is following a trend we’ve known about for years: There are endless theorized applications of AI, but in the real world many people want to use LLMs for sexual gratification.
🔗 www.404media.co/openai-sam-a...
🔗 www.404media.co/openai-sam-a...
OpenAI Catches Up to AI Market Reality: People Are Horny
Just two months ago, Sam Altman acknowledged that putting a “sex bot avatar” in ChatGPT would be a move to “juice growth.” Something the company had been tempted to do, he said, but had resisted.
www.404media.co
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
OpenAI is following a trend we’ve known about for years: There are endless theorized applications of AI, but in the real world many people want to use LLMs for sexual gratification.
🔗 www.404media.co/openai-sam-a...
🔗 www.404media.co/openai-sam-a...
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This is probably the least important thing about all this but if the US government were to seriously undertake reconstruction work on the White House I can only imagine the level of security required to make sure the building wasn't filled with bugs
I have no confidence any of that is being done
I have no confidence any of that is being done
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is probably the least important thing about all this but if the US government were to seriously undertake reconstruction work on the White House I can only imagine the level of security required to make sure the building wasn't filled with bugs
I have no confidence any of that is being done
I have no confidence any of that is being done
Having worked in tech for over 25 years, I say Fuck the grind, and fuck everyone who glorifies it. Buncha goddamn capitalist bootlicks.
The grind culture that birthed many Big Tech companies from Google to Amazon is back.
As the AI race heats up, startups are promoting hardcore cultures like “996,” or working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week.
As the AI race heats up, startups are promoting hardcore cultures like “996,” or working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week.
Why these companies insist on a 72-hour work week
Start-ups are promoting hardcore cultures such as “996,” meaning working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week, as they race to compete in AI.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Having worked in tech for over 25 years, I say Fuck the grind, and fuck everyone who glorifies it. Buncha goddamn capitalist bootlicks.
When the time comes for these assholes, we're going to need a long wall and a lot of blindfolds.
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The Prison Industry Corporate Database
The prison industry is comprised of over 4,000 corporations that profit off of incarceration. These corporations have a vested financial interest in expanding the reach of our carceral system and wors...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
When the time comes for these assholes, we're going to need a long wall and a lot of blindfolds.
data.worthrises.org?_gl=1*1llrqy....
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Is there a current website or service which lists locations of all the bunkers wealthy people are building to ride out the impending societal/economic/ecological collapse? Seems like that would be useful information to have publicly available.
October 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Is there a current website or service which lists locations of all the bunkers wealthy people are building to ride out the impending societal/economic/ecological collapse? Seems like that would be useful information to have publicly available.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.