Reposted by MKF
ICYMI - The Michigan Public Service Commission unanimously approved DTE Energy’s power contracts for a massive Saline Township data center on Thursday despite overwhelming community frustration and calls for transparency from Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Story from @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
Story from @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
Public Service Commission approves DTE data center contracts – with strings attached • Michigan Advance
Amid calls for transparency from the Attorney General’s Office, environmental activists and thousands of residents from across the state, the Michigan Public Service Commission met on Thursday to cons...
michiganadvance.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
ICYMI - The Michigan Public Service Commission unanimously approved DTE Energy’s power contracts for a massive Saline Township data center on Thursday despite overwhelming community frustration and calls for transparency from Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Story from @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
Story from @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
Reposted by MKF
it’s hard to think of a bigger grift than the claim that predictive text aka gAI is ‘conscious’ and thus “deserve rights” like the ability to vote
December 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
it’s hard to think of a bigger grift than the claim that predictive text aka gAI is ‘conscious’ and thus “deserve rights” like the ability to vote
Reposted by MKF
I missed the AP story when it ran earlier this month. It included this photo of Jo Ann taken by Bethany Mollenkof on the day she and I sat at her table in her LA home in 2019.
I was working on a project interviewing those who desegregated America’s schools. Not the laws, the people.
I was working on a project interviewing those who desegregated America’s schools. Not the laws, the people.
December 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I missed the AP story when it ran earlier this month. It included this photo of Jo Ann taken by Bethany Mollenkof on the day she and I sat at her table in her LA home in 2019.
I was working on a project interviewing those who desegregated America’s schools. Not the laws, the people.
I was working on a project interviewing those who desegregated America’s schools. Not the laws, the people.
Reposted by MKF
Reposted by MKF
If you want to take one thing away from the art of the New Deal it is - in my humble opinion - that throwing money at *NORMAL* artists to decorate public buildings makes the world a much nicer place, particularly if you charge them with making the decorations evoke the history of where they are.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
If you want to take one thing away from the art of the New Deal it is - in my humble opinion - that throwing money at *NORMAL* artists to decorate public buildings makes the world a much nicer place, particularly if you charge them with making the decorations evoke the history of where they are.
Reposted by MKF
This gets fucking stupider every time I see it
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This gets fucking stupider every time I see it
Reposted by MKF
"Tiffany Cogell, executive director of the Boston Cyclist’s Union, told Mass Street Blog that the new bike lanes are “reducing crashes, improving predictability, and expanding mobility options without increasing congestion.”
“Protected bike infrastructure works,” she said. "
“Protected bike infrastructure works,” she said. "
Bostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is Down
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bostonians-wanted-more-bike-lanes-now-they-have-them-and-traffic-is-down/ #goodnews
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bostonians-wanted-more-bike-lanes-now-they-have-them-and-traffic-is-down/ #goodnews
Bostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is Down
Mayor Michelle Wu's ran on more protected bike lanes around the city to satisfy a perceived demand for better cycling infrastructure.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Tiffany Cogell, executive director of the Boston Cyclist’s Union, told Mass Street Blog that the new bike lanes are “reducing crashes, improving predictability, and expanding mobility options without increasing congestion.”
“Protected bike infrastructure works,” she said. "
“Protected bike infrastructure works,” she said. "
Reposted by MKF
They are all the same bsky.app/profile/numb...
Musk promised to sell his Tesla stock and solve world hunger if United Nations World Food Program would describe exactly how $6B would be used.
When WFP did exactly that - he didn't do jack squat. Musk is incredibly full of shit.
When WFP did exactly that - he didn't do jack squat. Musk is incredibly full of shit.
December 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
They are all the same bsky.app/profile/numb...
Reposted by MKF
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Reposted by MKF
I have two transgender kids… and in my family… we do Christmas… a little differently.
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I have two transgender kids… and in my family… we do Christmas… a little differently.
Reposted by MKF
there's no shortage of pain in these awful times that we inhabit, but none of it comes close to losing our Leader six months ago.
I'm so grateful to @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for getting to know Melissa, and for writing about HER.
I hope you'll read it, and get to know her, too.
I'm so grateful to @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for getting to know Melissa, and for writing about HER.
I hope you'll read it, and get to know her, too.
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
there's no shortage of pain in these awful times that we inhabit, but none of it comes close to losing our Leader six months ago.
I'm so grateful to @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for getting to know Melissa, and for writing about HER.
I hope you'll read it, and get to know her, too.
I'm so grateful to @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for getting to know Melissa, and for writing about HER.
I hope you'll read it, and get to know her, too.
Reposted by MKF
Worth reiterating that this is the normal position.
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Worth reiterating that this is the normal position.
Reposted by MKF
13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
13 years ago today.
Reposted by MKF
It is literally life and death if you speed
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It is literally life and death if you speed
Reposted by MKF
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
Reposted by MKF
Referring to the fall of Al Franken as a "lynching" is quite a tell, almost as much a tell as referring to him as a progressive warrior. Also, "weaponize a joke photo" lol, lmao. At least 8 women came forward to accuse Franken of harassment.
Sorry, no….its not. Many of us will never forgive her for lynching Al Franken. That was a contrived right-wing hit job pushed by a disingenuous partisan hack former model who decided to weaponize a joke photo from decades ago. We lost a progressive warrior because of Dem self flagellation.
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Referring to the fall of Al Franken as a "lynching" is quite a tell, almost as much a tell as referring to him as a progressive warrior. Also, "weaponize a joke photo" lol, lmao. At least 8 women came forward to accuse Franken of harassment.
Reposted by MKF
Larry Summers’s co-teacher at Harvard:
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Larry Summers’s co-teacher at Harvard:
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao