Any Mastodon folks at #icms in #kalamazoo ?

#Kalamazoo #Michigan is standing up to fascism today!

#protests #50501movement

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJNCOnByQXL/

#EAS #WEA for Allegan, #MI; #Kalamazoo, #MI; #Van Buren, #MI: National Weather Service: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING in effect for this area until 5:45 PM EDT for DESTRUCTIVE 80 mph winds. Take shelter in a sturdy building, away from windows. Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Source: NWS Grand Rapids MI ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

This is what #DEI does to a company. #Costco in #Kalamazoo. This place is jammed packed. No parking at all, and a waiting line for shopping trollies. I find this wonderful. Yes. This is what DEI does. If only shareholders could see, anything at all beyond their bigotry and hate. Mmmm money, does that aroma entice you?

well then. I got my ukulele cases into my walk-in closet *and* in the process found the missing black Snark tuner (of Oregon State Fair fame). bonus!

I tested it out and it didn’t even require me to use up my last 2032 lithium battery.

still waiting for a gig in this musical wasteland, though.

you localish? I happily do #HouseConcerts.

Ah.. the white death. What a glorious age we live in.

#JohnGreen warned us Everything is TB.
#tuberculosis #kalamazoo #michigan #health #healtcare

https://wwmt.com/news/local/tuberculosis-case-confirmed-at-kalamazoo-school-health-officials-launch-investigation-health-community-services-department

A new #Turkish restaurant opened in #Kalamazoo, right on #WMU’s main campus, next to the FedEx office, called Ayasofya. Went for dinner, it was lovely! I had their namesake kebab, @youngavenger had the Sujuk Pide. Had a lovely time. The restaurant is big, very clean, and really bright inside. The staff are soft spoken but patient and kind. If you’re in #SW #Michigan, it’s really worth a visit.

Kzoo.to is a community Mastodon server for the Kalamazoo area in Michigan, USA:

https://kzoo.to

You can find out more at https://kzoo.to/about or contact the admin @notsle

started a #wikipedia article on US cellist Lillian Pringle Baldauf (1880-1964): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Pringle_Baldauf @wikiwomeninred #WomeninMusic #Chicago #Kalamazoo #Cello

There's pervasive #racism in most of rural America in part because so many racists fled cities and close suburbs as they became more integrated, starting ~50 years ago.
Ending formal housing and educational discrimination had the perverse side-effect of concentrating the most virulent racists in places close enough to commute to a town which is more integrated than Klanners can tolerate.
And Klanners sure do breed...

#michigan #portage #kalamazoo https://kzoo.to/@notsle/113688362109419567

This is sick...
We live in Michigan, in 2024. These kids did not just become racist, it is learned behavior.

https://www.metrotimes.com/news/go-pick-cotton-black-children-relentlessly-harassed-at-michigan-middle-school-lawsuit-claims-38128365

Did you know you can track and see photos from plow trucks clearing the roads in #Kalamazoo and all of #michigan
https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/MiDrive/map?plows=true&lat=42.27124025176576&lon=-85.66290569125734&zoom=10

…#MichelleObama didn’t hold back, & her speech in #Kalamazoo might go down as one of the most powerful of this entire #election.

She began by pointing out that #KamalaHarris was being held to a #DoubleStandard, asked “to dazzle us at every turn,” as Obama put it, versus #Trump, from whom, she said, “we expect nothing at all: no understanding of #policy, no ability to put together a #coherent argument, no #honesty, no #decency, no #morals.”

#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-obamas-campaign-for-kamala-harris

"No more Gaza war!"

Kamala Harris gets booed and called a “piece of sh!t” during last night's Kalamazoo, MI rally.

#Présidentielleaméricaine2024 : dans le #Michigan, les électeurs démocrates tiraillés entre « l’espoir et l’effroi »
#KamalaHarris s’est affichée avec #MichelleObama lors d’un meeting, samedi, dans cet Etat-clé. Les partisans de la candidate démocrate scrutent avec inquiétude les derniers sondages qui la donnent toujours au coude-à-coude avec #DonaldTrump.
#harriswaltz2024 #LeMonde #Gillesparis #Kalamazoo
@KamalaHarrisWin
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/10/27/presidentielle-americaine-2024-dans-le-michigan-les-electeurs-democrates-tirailles-entre-l-espoir-et-l-effroi_6360824_3210.html

Fmr FLOTUS #MichelleObama is speaking at #KamalaHarris’s rally in #Kalamazoo, #Michigan.

She opened her remarks by invoking the rallying cry she issued at the DNC: “Do Something.” "It's too close for my liking," she said of the race. “I came out here to Michigan because I am someone who takes her own advice to heart. I know that if we want to help this country finally turn the page on the #politics of #hatred & #division. We can’t just sit around & complain. No, we’ve got to: #DoSomething!”

Today is the last day I go to work for a week. Tomorrow in the early morning I’m hitting the road, from #Kalamazoo to #RockHill #SC. Going to do my #Executor task for my departed mother’s estate. It’ll take twelve hours to get there by car. These trips always suck. Thankfully this is the last trip I have to make for this, having the car because I cannot trust UPS or FedEx with fragile items. After this, flying. #today

Part two of my story on riding a bicycle in #Detroit

#Michigan #BikeTooter #bike #BikeTouring #Kalamazoo
https://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/Detroit-at-the-speed-of-bike-Part-two.082924.aspx