Jeff Spakowski

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Born at 319.65 ppm, so angry it's already going past 419.44 ppm today Nov 13, 2024. Also on IG: Would rather be reading. An actual book. Always from an independent bookstore or my library.

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Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· 21d

How do you know a candidate fears unscripted interactions with the public? They don't advertise their events. #statusquo #haleystevens

Photo of Haley Stevens' web page which shows no event with the public.
Of course, our Abdul El-Sayed invites the public to all his events.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· 22d

From www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/u... @rephaleystevens.bsky.social, eager to stand with genocide, "the day that Mr. Biden ended his re-election campaign in July 2024, she hosted an event for him in the morning and then, after he dropped out, stumped for Vice President Kamala Harris in the evening."

Text from New York Times article about Haley Stevens' candidacy for Senate in Michigan, "Ms. Stevens, 43, has worked in and around politics since she graduated from American University in 2005. She has been such a supportive Democrat that, on the day that Mr. Biden ended his re-election campaign in July 2024, she hosted an event for him in the morning and then, after he dropped out, stumped for Vice President Kamala Harris in the evening.

“I’m on the team,” she said in the interview.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/us/politics/haley-stevens-michigan-senate-israel-aipac.html

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Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· 23d

Forte is no "mom and pop". It's a multinational company w/offices all over the world yet you paint them as a Michigan company. Given MI voters hatred of AI and datacenters...why are associating with a company that wants AI in schools so our kids don't learn to think and write on their own?

photo from https://www.ourforte.com/blog/ai-shaping-classroom-technology on Forte's website touting their desire to put AI in classroom. It has a young female teacher and several students.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· 26d

Describe your favorite movie as boring as possible: Introvert proves humans not alone in universe, regrets it.

Image contains smaller images of movie posters. Text overlaid it says "Describe Your Favorite Movie As Boring As Possible".

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· 27d

We had to cut our camping short due to air quality at Orchard Beach State Park along Lake Michigan just north of Manistee. just imagining the air quality for those experiencing the wildfires directly. 2 years in a row at this park. Nowhere is unaffected by Climate Change.

Wildfire smoke on Lake Michigan at Orchard Beach State Park

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Jul 13

While I appreciate lifting the paywall, there's more passive voice b.s., this time in photo caption "Daniel Boucher lives in Biddeford in an apartment at the intersection of Pool and Hill streets, where a shooting happened on Monday". How about "...when ICE agents shot a man".

photo from this link: https://www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/biddeford-witness-saw-gunshot-victim-bleeding-from-head-2/

it reads "Daniel Boucher lives in Biddeford in an apartment at the intersection of Pool and Hill streets, where a shooting happened on Monday. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)"

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Jul 9

Amy Westervelt's new book "Brought To You By" coming out in September.

Image of the front cover of "Brought To You By", written by journalist Amy Westervelt. Red background, black text, with parts of a tentacled beast.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Jul 7

Literally everyone sees through your B.S.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Jul 7

Evidence says otherwise. #MoneyOutOfPolitics

Picture contains FEC filing data of Stevens' accepted campaign contributions from DTE.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Jul 6

So Emily's list is pro-women except for Palestinian women who can be bombed, raped, denied health care, education, clean water...got it. Stevens even voted to honor Charlie Kirk. #VoteAbdul for Senate. (And he polls better against Rogers:) wdet.org/2026/06/30/p...

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Jun 30

Look what I found in our yard today! When #mossdinspace arrived my family put it out for me to discover in its more natural habitat. I had to start reading it right then and there in 100f heat under our grasses. Congrats Rebecca Thorne!!!

Photo of the novel Moss'd In Space by Rebecca Thorne resting in our wild "lawn".

Photo of my left hand holding Moss'd In Space while I lay on my back reading with tall grasses and blue sky in the background.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Jun 22

A lovely Solstice together with my love today....mostly joy, some not (waves at the world). All is tempered tonight by the delight of receiving a quite silly trophy for dancing at today's @pinkmartiniband.bsky.social concert with our Detroit Symphony Orchestra. As we end our day...quiet rain falls.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Jun 19

My idea of a beach read….

Photo of a book called The Price Is wrong with a lake in the background.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Apr 27

Among so many other aspects, what a breath of public fresh air to be in attendance of our library’s celebration of Arab American culture and hear Palestine unapologetically, rightfully, being referred to as a country. #LibrariesAreForEveryone

Our speaker tonight for the Arab American Month’s celebration of Arab American culture.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Apr 26

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Apr 22

On not living outside of nature but accepting the truth that we are all one.....

“What a marvelous cooperative arrangement - plants and animals each inhaling each other's exhalations, a kind of planet-wide mutual mouth-to-stoma resuscitation, the entire elegant cycle powered by a star 150 million kilometers away.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Apr 22

On libraries and the freedom to read.....

“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species. I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Apr 22

A few Carl Sagan quotes on Earth Day, especially given the state of our politics...

Text from Carl Sagan from his book The Demon-Haunted World":

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark"

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Apr 19

A serious upgrade in the making for U of M Regent. Out with Ackerman’s genocide support l. #VoteAmirMakled

Photo of Amir Makled who is running for U of M Regent to replace the genocide enabling Jordan Acker.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Apr 19

Here at the Michigan Democratic Convention and great to see so many anti-Acker signs. #NoVotesForGenocideEnablers

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Apr 17

No surprise that these companies value sucking up to Trump enough to have their names up on freedom250.org Utterly disgusting.

Screen capture of the corporate sponsors of the fascist "Freedom 250" event happening in 2026. The company names are Exiger, ExxonMobil, IndyCar, January AI, John Deere, Lockheed Martin, Mastercard, Oracle, Palantir, Penske, Phorm Energy, Scotts Miracle-Gro, UFC, United Airlines.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Apr 14

The perfect metaphor again from Mr. Merchant:

Text written by Brian Merchant in his 4/14/26 issue of Blood In The Machine, "Near the end of his blog post, Altman writes,

My personal takeaway from the last several years, and take on why there has been so much Shakespearean drama between the companies in our field, comes down to this: “Once you see AGI you can’t unsee it.” It has a real “ring of power” dynamic to it, and makes people do crazy things. I don’t mean that AGI is the ring itself, but instead the totalizing philosophy of “being the one to control AGI”.

It seems to have slipped Altman’s mind that in the very metaphor he’s making—he’s comparing AI CEOs rushing to win the AI race to the men striving to wield the rings of power in the Lord of the Rings—the only way to ensure evil doesn’t triumph is to chuck the One Ring itself into Mount Doom"

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Apr 10

Thank you to Wellesley Books for getting this signed copy of Dr. Prescod-Weinstein's latest! Read science by non-white authors! #ReadNonFiction #EdgeOfSpaceTime

Photo of a book called The Edge of Space-Time by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. The left side is in black and white while the right is in color. It lays upon a concrete table top.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Mar 24

From the newsletter....it's all connected and the systems of power behind the fossil power systems are still playing a single note, over and over.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Mar 11

This site needs a break. Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative. 1) The smell of fresh bread baking. 2) Talking with friends after a library event. 3) Fun arrangements of Spring vegetables.

Photo of green onions, eggplants, and a single avocado arranged as a flower in a silver bowl on a concrete kitchen table.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Feb 28

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some Zen to the feed

Photo of some of the books I read during a Read For Palestine event.

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Feb 19

And *now* I'm ready to head to #WinterInstitute2026. Thank you @ridgecrestbooks.bsky.social (and thank you Heather Fawcett for a cozy cat shelter story at the end of each day!) #Pittsburgh #PittsburghWithSnow

Photo of my cement top kitchen table with a black tote bag with Ridgecrest Books printed on it, a sticker from the same store, and a signed copy of Heather Fawcett's Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Feb 3

Senate Dems will cave with b.s. "body camera" and "ICE promises to be nice" later this month. When the funding bill the Senate passed went to the House today, House Dems could have withheld their votes to force something stronger. Nope, 21 broke ranks to save ICE. clerk.house.gov/Votes/202653

Jeff Spakowski@jeffspakowski· Jan 31

2 very different books this week. From City Lights Publishing, Little Red Barn by Will Potter was a tough read about factory farms and fascism. Ne'er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti was a quick romance read to cleanse my palate, made more interesting with the woman-pwned lending library subplot.