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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social

I just looked up a town in Michigan and it is described as a "human settlement". I...have questions.

aug 28, 2025, 12:00 pm • 133 11

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Shawk @shawk.bsky.social

‘Human’ Homo sapiens above the age of 7

aug 29, 2025, 2:01 am • 1 0 • view
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belle @romancereader.bsky.social

As opposed to moose maybe? Or Canada geese? There’s enough of them for a settlement…

aug 28, 2025, 11:58 am • 3 0 • view
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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social

I have no idea. But the existence of human settlements implies the existence of...inhuman (superhuman?!) ones?

aug 28, 2025, 12:03 pm • 4 0 • view
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Jordan @jordansbrock.bsky.social

Bigfeet, maybe?

aug 28, 2025, 12:01 pm • 2 0 • view
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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social

I KNEW IT.

aug 28, 2025, 12:04 pm • 2 0 • view
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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social

It makes me want to know where the Neanderthal settlements are...

aug 28, 2025, 12:10 pm • 5 0 • view
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rosebrier @rosebrier.bsky.social

Neanderthals have not been detected in the Americas to date. Closest is Altai Mountains over 1000 kms from the land bridge in Siberia, but likely unable to get across due to ice sheet thickness. They are a kind of a human since people outside of sub-Saharan Africa have 1 to 4% of their DNA.

aug 28, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social

My writer brain cannot afford to be distracted but I'm so fascinated! (My aunt and uncle lived in Yale, MI long ago, and I have happy memories of visiting their farm. We would drive across the border to Canada [no passports!] and eat delicious Chinese food in a basement.)

aug 28, 2025, 12:16 pm • 3 0 • view
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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social

My memory tells me that I've seen the phrase "human settlements" previously, but no later than high school (so not in the past 40 years, at least). I never questioned why it was "human settlements" instead of "settlements," but now I suspect it was due to not attributing it to a specific country.

aug 28, 2025, 12:57 pm • 2 0 • view
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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social

So either native american, or by unknown settlers.

aug 28, 2025, 12:57 pm • 2 0 • view
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Beckett @northwyndewhisper.bsky.social

As opposed to the inhuman settlement of Washington DC?

aug 28, 2025, 12:04 pm • 3 0 • view
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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social

Do I laugh or cry? I feel so hard for the people who are just trying to live their lives there.

aug 28, 2025, 12:09 pm • 4 0 • view
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rosebrier @rosebrier.bsky.social

Something tells me it is vaguely racist.

aug 28, 2025, 7:54 pm • 2 0 • view
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CyberGriffin @cybergriffin.bsky.social

We proud citizens of Person Town welcome all visitors. Mayor Hugh Mann would give you the key to the col... town.

aug 28, 2025, 12:02 pm • 10 0 • view
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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social

Do not ask about the unusual size of our feet.

aug 28, 2025, 12:09 pm • 3 0 • view
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Schraderopolis @schraderopolis.bsky.social

“Why are you asking questions, Ann?”

aug 29, 2025, 2:29 am • 5 0 • view
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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social

Yale, Michigan Human settlement in St. Clair County, Michigan, United States of America Yale is a city in St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,955 at the 2010 census. Yale is considered unofficially as the Bologna Capital of the world...

aug 28, 2025, 12:02 pm • 12 0 • view