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On Coyier Lane, a little elbow grease goes a long way. Almost a year ago, Bikes for Kids Wisconsin, a nonprofit dedicated to giving Wisconsin residents access to bicycles and education about bike maintenance and traffic safety, shed its national affiliation, branching off from Free Bikes 4 Kidz. Executive Director Kristie GoForth will tell you that independence has come with its own challenges, but it has also given the nonprofit room to grow. And grow it has. Bikes for Kids gave away 2,518 bikes this year, smashing its previous record of 2,126 in 2022, for a grand total of 12,609 bikes given away since 2017. “I would say overall (going independent) has been fantastic. I actually haven’t seen any negative consequences of making that move,” GoForth said. “This year we’ve had just an incredible demand for our services, and we’re hopeful that someone’s going to be really awesome to us and gift us a seven-figure gift.”

This weekend there is a planned "MAGA Boat Parade" across Lake St. Clair to celebrate Donald Trump's birthday. Some local Libertarians, in honor of nominating the gayest presidential candidate in American history, want to give them a nice friendly Detroit welcome with Chase Oliver's Big Gay Boat Ride.

Would you like to help out?

Do you have a boat(s) that would like to host such a big gay ride?

Can you help out with: 1. Rainbow Flags and Decorations: Adorn the boat with rainbow flags and other LGBTQ+ symbols to make it stand out and convey a message of pride and inclusion.

Music and Dancing: we want upbeat music and to encourage dancing. A legit DJ would be awesome

Drag Performers?: Any local drag queens and kings to perform. This would be fabulous ha

Inclusion and Unity: We want to Make sure to emphasize messages of love, unity, and acceptance and Have signs and banners that promote these values.

Safety? PFDs and other safety gear are always welcome

Things to Avoid: [A.] Confrontation: We want to focus on creating a positive and joyful experience.

[B.]Exclusion: We want to Make sure the event is inclusive and welcoming to all, even if you are not Libertarian, or don't want to vote for Chase Oliver, we want everyone to have a good time regardless of their political views or backgrounds. EVERYONE WELCOME #NoNazis

Looks to me like more people just being freighted of Modi.

A good over view on recent organizing failure. It all sounds easy stuff we learned in OT101 but it's so easy to fall for something shiny.

If you are old enough to remember CM Punk's hey day you probably remember his "controversial" LiveJournal back when Social Media was new and people where still figuring out how to be themselves and be professional online.

In 2002 LiveJournal was THE PLACE TO BE on the internet. What many people may not know is that LIVE JOURNAL STILL EXISTS. And in fact in the part of the world that Cyrillic languages (mostly former USSR) are common practice it is still the largest daily accessed user created content site. In Russia proper I think it is surpassed by OK (Russian YouTube) & Vk (Russian Facebook) but I digress. If you had a LiveJouranl account you can still login and start up again, or be crazy and like me and sign up for the first time in the 2020s from a Latin language country.

Anyway, I said that to say this. If CM Punk ever wanted to get my respect, not that its worth much of anything, and get me to stop booing "the best in the world" logging into to LiveJournal and just start posting like its 2002 again, that would be how to do it.

Otherwise F*** CM Punk.

“Tax the rich” is an all too common refrain on the left which, thanks to left unity, has even been echoed by many self-proclaimed anarchists. “Taxation is theft” on the other hand is a slogan many anarchists are hesitant to repeat due to its association with right-libertarians despite it being far more consistent with anarchist ideals. When taxation is the main funding source for the military police state with only crumbs going towards an extremely inadequate welfare plantation system, why would anarchists want any more funding to go towards that no matter who’s fronting the bill?