Eric Paul Dennis
@ericpauldennis.bsky.social
Public infrastructure, built environment, and supporting resilient community.
Policy analyst at crcmich.org.
#PureMichigan
Policy analyst at crcmich.org.
#PureMichigan
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I'm committed to posting on BlueSky because I do think it's important for progressive intellectuals to see photos of my dog.
Hey so I was doing chores and threw a movie on to play in the background.
I chose the John Candy doc, "I like Me."
Ended up sitting down and crying for over an hour.
I chose the John Candy doc, "I like Me."
Ended up sitting down and crying for over an hour.
January 2, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Hey so I was doing chores and threw a movie on to play in the background.
I chose the John Candy doc, "I like Me."
Ended up sitting down and crying for over an hour.
I chose the John Candy doc, "I like Me."
Ended up sitting down and crying for over an hour.
What I'm getting from this is that after deportations we will no longer have the expertise to build or maintain technology such as digitally-controlled cars or tsunami warning networks.
They want to wipe out almost a third of the country. It’s got nothing to do with illegal immigration.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
What I'm getting from this is that after deportations we will no longer have the expertise to build or maintain technology such as digitally-controlled cars or tsunami warning networks.
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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the correct way to end the year, especially this year, is the ritual burning of xmas trees in the street in south philly. every time one finished burning, the crowd gleefully chanted, “ONE MORE TREE! ONE MORE TREE!” until, as if summoned, someone else came , parting the crowd & dragging another tree
January 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
the correct way to end the year, especially this year, is the ritual burning of xmas trees in the street in south philly. every time one finished burning, the crowd gleefully chanted, “ONE MORE TREE! ONE MORE TREE!” until, as if summoned, someone else came , parting the crowd & dragging another tree
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This is very disconcerting.
Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is very disconcerting.
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Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
OMG - f*ck AI for ruining the em-dash for writers. I use them all the time. Of course, what a shock that AI uses them since they were trained off my voice and other authors' voices.
I'm a writer who has specifically been directed *not* to use em-dashes because "they mean it was written by AI." I can detect AI writing, but it is not simply a matter of the punctuation used.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
“after signing this there will be no changing y’all two’s minds and to never contact again.”
www.syracuse.com/us-news/2025...
www.syracuse.com/us-news/2025...
Couple sentenced after trying to sell baby for 6-pack of beer and $1,000
A letter of custody was signed at a campground where they met a stranger, court records show.
www.syracuse.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“after signing this there will be no changing y’all two’s minds and to never contact again.”
www.syracuse.com/us-news/2025...
www.syracuse.com/us-news/2025...
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They knew. Replacing buttons with touch screens was actually cheaper and consumers thought it looked high-tech. The auto industry is collectively sociopathic.
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
They knew. Replacing buttons with touch screens was actually cheaper and consumers thought it looked high-tech. The auto industry is collectively sociopathic.
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Super low hanging safety fruit. US regulators have had a decade plus to get manufacturers to make safe door handles and still they haven’t.
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
China Is Banning Tesla-Style Retractable Door Handles Over Safety Concerns
From 2027, cars sold in China must have manual door releases after electronic handles failing during crashes. Tesla and other brands will need design changes.
www.autoblog.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Super low hanging safety fruit. US regulators have had a decade plus to get manufacturers to make safe door handles and still they haven’t.
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
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"What is not widely recognized is that intercity buses are the most cost-effective, least subsidized, and most fuel-efficient mode of long-distance travel."
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/23/t...
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/23/t...
This Holiday Travel Season, It’s Time to End the Stigma Around Intercity Buses — Streetsblog USA
"The future of travel is not about choosing one mode over another. It is about building a balanced, interconnected system where buses, trains, planes, and cars complement each other."
usa.streetsblog.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"What is not widely recognized is that intercity buses are the most cost-effective, least subsidized, and most fuel-efficient mode of long-distance travel."
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/23/t...
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/23/t...
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A significant amount of safety research has existed for decades on Human Machine Interfaces proving exactly this. It's exhausting to watch money and effort wasted in a tech hype cycle to constantly undo and redo what we already know in safety engineering.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A significant amount of safety research has existed for decades on Human Machine Interfaces proving exactly this. It's exhausting to watch money and effort wasted in a tech hype cycle to constantly undo and redo what we already know in safety engineering.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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Big Tech these days in a nutshell
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Big Tech these days in a nutshell
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Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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🤌🤌🤌
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🤌🤌🤌
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It's not as if we weren't warned.
December 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's not as if we weren't warned.
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A russian Shahed drone got caught on power lines in Kyiv and crashed.
I’ve been staring at this video for good several minutes. The more I look at it, the more surreal our lives feel. Drones in the cities, people not even trying to run, that fearless doggo…
I’ve been staring at this video for good several minutes. The more I look at it, the more surreal our lives feel. Drones in the cities, people not even trying to run, that fearless doggo…
December 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A russian Shahed drone got caught on power lines in Kyiv and crashed.
I’ve been staring at this video for good several minutes. The more I look at it, the more surreal our lives feel. Drones in the cities, people not even trying to run, that fearless doggo…
I’ve been staring at this video for good several minutes. The more I look at it, the more surreal our lives feel. Drones in the cities, people not even trying to run, that fearless doggo…
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Transit boosters often dislike discussing cost containment, fearing they’ll give ammo to enemies.
But agencies need to address endlessly rising expenses. It’s inexcusable that new buses cost ~2x in the US what they do abroad (largely bc of excess customization).
But agencies need to address endlessly rising expenses. It’s inexcusable that new buses cost ~2x in the US what they do abroad (largely bc of excess customization).
Why US Cities Pay Too Much for Transit Buses
A new paper argues that lack of competition, demand for custom features and “Buy America” rules have driven up costs for transit agencies in the US.
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Transit boosters often dislike discussing cost containment, fearing they’ll give ammo to enemies.
But agencies need to address endlessly rising expenses. It’s inexcusable that new buses cost ~2x in the US what they do abroad (largely bc of excess customization).
But agencies need to address endlessly rising expenses. It’s inexcusable that new buses cost ~2x in the US what they do abroad (largely bc of excess customization).
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An online creator in Illinois who struck and killed a pedestrian with her car during a livestream she was hosting on TikTok was charged this week with two felonies, the police said.
Driver Livestreaming on TikTok Is Charged After Fatally Striking Pedestrian, Police Say
The driver, who is known to her followers as Tea Tyme, was charged with two felonies in connection with the crash last month, the police in Illinois said.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An online creator in Illinois who struck and killed a pedestrian with her car during a livestream she was hosting on TikTok was charged this week with two felonies, the police said.
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RIP
The Inventor Of The Little Arrow That Tells You What Side The Fuel Filler Is On Has Died - Jalopnik
The idea came to Moylan on a rainy day in April 1986 when he hopped in one of Ford's employee fleet cars to drive to a meeting at another building.
www.jalopnik.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
RIP
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I think people today don't understand just how dramatically the night sky has changed - it looked like it does in super remote areas *everywhere* before the invention of electric lighting, and light pollution that obscures the sky has gotten dramatically worse in the last 25 years.
If you ever have the experience of seeing a night sky out in the deep countryside you can understand this; it really is a fundamentally different experience, and I can't imagine it not being formative to people.
December 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I think people today don't understand just how dramatically the night sky has changed - it looked like it does in super remote areas *everywhere* before the invention of electric lighting, and light pollution that obscures the sky has gotten dramatically worse in the last 25 years.
The triple point of H2O at atmospheric presure is 32.018 F. At this temperature, water, ice, and vapor can coexist in equilibrium.
It's also the shittiest weather.
It's also the shittiest weather.
December 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The triple point of H2O at atmospheric presure is 32.018 F. At this temperature, water, ice, and vapor can coexist in equilibrium.
It's also the shittiest weather.
It's also the shittiest weather.