Late last night, under cover of darkness, members of a white supremacist group called the Patriot Front appear to have painted over the large “Black Lives Matter” mural in Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park. This, apparently, is something that this particular organization — a group which splintered away from the neo-Nazi organization Vanguard America after 2017’s “Unite […]
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White supremacists deface “Black Lives Matter” mural in Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged angry white men, black lives matter, domestic terrorism, driving while black, George Floyd, Heather Heyer, murals, Nazi, Patriot Front, public art, racial injustice, racism, racist, Southern Poverty Law Center, street art, Thomas Rousseau, Unite the Right, Vanguard America, white ethnostate, white power 9 Comments
On the occasion of my son turning nine
My son Arlo turns 9 years old today. This (above) is what he looks like these days. This was taken a few days ago on one of our long, late morning walks around Ypsilanti between his two online class periods. I suspect, at some point, he’ll tire of hanging around with me, but, as of […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged Arlo, birthdays, book ideas, hawks, pandemic, public health, sledding 8 Comments
Fishing by drone in the Huron River
I’m tempted to write about Trump’s big white power friendly rally of insanity in Florida tonight, but, instead, I think I’ll just share this footage I shot yesterday evening of someone fishing by drone in the Huron River. Watch, and be amazed. Yesterday, for the first time, I encountered someone fishing by drone in Ypsilanti’s […]
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 20 Pound Carp, bass, decathlon, deer, deer cull, Donald Trump, drone fishing, drone hunting, drones, fishing, fishing by drone, fishing license, hunting, hunting by drone, hunting by robot, hunting season, Huron River, Jason Tallant, MAGA, Michigan Open Carry, open carry, Orlando, political rally, robots, slippery slope, The Future, white nationalism 16 Comments