">900 people in Washtenaw County, MI, have been sickened with cyclosporiasis since mid-June. Linda Kim, a public health nurse, has called >100 of them. Almost everyone has said the same thing: It’s excruciating, and one of the worst illnesses they’ve experienced." kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

Nurses Chase Cyclospora, Aided by Interviews, Fast-Food Receipts — And the Messy Details - KFF Health News

Yes, they’ve heard all the poop jokes. Public health staffers are painstakingly tracing the sources of this massive outbreak, combing through fast-food orders and lettuce purchases as they listen to p...

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I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

My first visit to Ann Arbor was as a boy. Raised by a single mother in poverty, I found even making the trip from the south side of Jackson to be a struggle. But arriving here, I was struck by the beauty, community, and simple fact that other kids were thriving in ways I was not. 🧵 #A2Council

#a2Council endorsements: There is still time to vote. If you want a more sustainable and more affordable Ann Arbor, vote for Taylor. www.damnarbor.com/2026/08/elec...

Election Endorsement: Reelect Mayor Taylor for a Progressive Future

The short endorsement In recent months, rents in Ann Arbor have declined faster than the national average. Via: Realpage . Housing and affor...

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The kids are out here getting looks mogged when they could be getting books mogged, is what I’m saying

just said this on another post but it bears repeating: the thing about continuing to give money to any jk rowling properties or the nyt is not that they’re shitty about trans people, which they are. it is that both of these entities MATERIALLY CONTRIBUTE to the legal challenges to trans rights

Finally did what I always mean to do every time @mostlybree.kitrocha.com has a sale: Stocked up on cute fidgets for birthday presents! No more running out during the party to pick up random crap. Now my kids’ friends will receive only the highest quality 3d printed rainbow cupcake clickies.

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Hey folks! Rent is due again and the lawyers need more money to try to get us back our original money, we live in a society. (lol) (cry) Welcome to ETSY THREAD!!! Everything in the shop is 20% off for the next 48 hours, enjoy the nerdy shopping! thebrokencircle.etsy...

Cheryl Reeve, winningest coach in WNBA history, defends transgender athletes against sports bans. “Exclusion is never the answer. Separate isn’t equal. Trans lives matter.” 💗🏳️‍⚧️💗🏀💗

I keep saying that data centers are Democrats’ issue to lose, especially here in Michigan where the tax incentives passed last year sent us from almost none to dozens in the pipeline almost overnight.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm in northern Michigan and Perry Johnson, the MAGA candidate for Governor who promises to eliminate both income and property taxes has signs up declaring his opposition to data centers.

Haley Stevens is going to be Kyrsten Sinema in the Senate. Don't say you weren't warned.

“Fascism is on the rise in the US. Here’s why you should be concerned.” <substack link>

uh oh I’m emotional about the 72nd St. Q train mosaics again

More Neighbors A2 president @gmatthews.bsky.social spoke to @cbsdetroit.bsky.social about why this project benefits everyone in #AnnArbor. Our city should welcome people of all incomes. Projects like this mark important progress in making our vision a reality. #A2Council youtu.be/hWXFEvTtoWY?...

Tax breaks approved for Ann Arbor affordable housing development

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MLive@mlive.com · 2w ago

Ann Arbor officials have OK’d tax breaks for a large affordable housing development on the city’s west side.

eliminating public transportation systems forced most American families to buy a second car. that was a government decision made for you before you were born.

Peter Norton@norton.bsky.social · 2w ago

Car dependency was not a choice. It was and is the deprivation of choice.

It’s nearly the same unholy alliance that came together to insist on keeping an empty parking lot in the middle of downtown instead of building a vibrant new library with housing above. We beat them last year and I deeply hope we can pull it off again this year. #a2council

🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 2w ago

Taylor's opponent is turning that progress against the Mayor, creating an unholy coalition of NIMBYs, MAGA, and good-hearted Bernie Backers who just saw the endorsement. He'll disappoint them all as Mayor. Here's why...

Always reassuring when professional politics-knowers come to the same conclusions we did on Ann Arbor AF. Vote Christopher Taylor for mayor! annarboraf.com/episode-84-p... #a2council

Episode 84: Primary Election 2026 #1: Show Your Work - Ann Arbor AF

Today is the first of two conversations preparing for the August 2026 primary election in the City of Ann Arbor; we help you do your homework for the ballot proposals and city races. We let you know h...

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🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 2w ago

I want to make a case to my Ann Arbor neighbors to reelect Christopher Taylor, even though his opponent's politics are closer to mine. We’ve progressed so much since 2016 under Taylor's leadership. We built much more housing and are bringing more people into this sweet community.

"Voting for a candidate is not a marriage proposal, it’s a bus ticket. Pick the bus that gets you closest to your destination." No matter who ends up sitting at the #A2Council table in 2027, we will advocate for our vision. But who sits there does matter. Bus routes can be direct or meandering. 2/8

Watching Mario Galaxy for movie night, the kids and I had a very earnest conversation about Yoshi’s pronouns. Concluded the only possible answer is yoshi/yoshi.

In a less deranged version of our country, skies full of smoke would inspire us to bold climate action. There’s an American majority that loves blue skies & air we can breathe more than fossil fuel profits.

If anyone in Ypsi needs a mask today, reply below. Don't DM I don't have notifications on bc the spam is still kinda ridiculous. But I can probably help you out with a KN or N95 at least.

A friend just dropped off a MERV 13 furnace filter for me, and I just put out a bin of toddler and little kid KF-94s that I posted to the local mutual aid discord. You know. Normal apocalypse stuff.

Megan Rapinoe losing out on a world cup advertising brand deal for being an outspoken trans ally as a result of AI decision making underlines how these tools function as mechanisms for censorship and blanding culture into nothingness.

Because apparently socialism in Ann Arbor means hanging out with library haters, NIMBYs, and rich people who live in the townships? #A2Council

People ask me: "Dr. Commish, won't the Blue Line displace me or push people out of my neighborhood?" This is a real concern. It's why the Blue Line Extension is the first transit project in the nation to build anti-displacement directly into the project itself. 🧵

This has a glorious dreamlike quality to it. I don't know if this took a lot of takes or our magnificently weird guy here is exactly this effortlessly confident, but *wow.* Anyway, something about this makes me laugh repeatedly.

Will it Pasta: WHITE MONSTER?!

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Also re library funding, since I go to Ann Arbor so much for healthcare I’ve been doing their summer reading as well as my own library’s. And good LORD it has been my introduction to what a truly well funded library can be. Jesus christ. Everywhere should have that! Including Ferndale and Oak Park

The only other award that comes close (also for water infrastructure) is Carsonville, a similarly sized but significantly less wealthy village. IMO this is a scandal. Barton Hills is the last municipality that should receive a subsidy from the rest of the State!

MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS: If you have already voted for Mallory McMorrow and wish to change your vote, you can contact your local clerk to have your ballot spoiled and a new ballot issued. 🗳️

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We need to recognize what happened to Scott Wiener at the San Francisco Trans Pride March as antisemitism, and finally purge this poison from left wing movements. A new opinion piece by Evan Urquhart, @evanurquhart.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Scott Wiener’s Viral Harassment is What Left Antisemitism Looks Like - Assigned Media

An opportunist at the Trans Pride March in Sanfrancisco harnassed suspicion and hatred of Jews for his own purposes.

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