Davey
@detroitgoose.com
Keep your head on a swivel and watch out for your people
A bsky block goes a long way, but it's a "hammer" and it only works on the one "nail." I really like the option of muting a word or phrase for a week or month to avoid popular discourse that I have no interest in. Highly recommend! This post brought to you by news of English royalty moving home
I sure do love @nodered.org With a few API calls and function nodes, I'm syncing a free-tier scheduler with a @home-assistant.io calendar... something that would require the average person to pay for two different subscriptions starting at over $200 a year. Now I can automate around client visits!
My 10-year-old niece said, "You're chill" and I'll take that to my grave
I think I've figured out why replying "Stop" to political texts doesn't do anything. They reply, "You will no longer receive messages from this number" WHICH IS NOT THE SAME AS, "You will no longer receive messages TO this number." So they just change the number they text from and keep sending.
Actually, the Nile* is a river in Africa
National Security Counselors 🕵@nationalsecuritylaw.org · last mo.Denial's a helluva drug
Todd Brdak of the Detroit port authority who oversees riverfront development:
Amelia Benavides-Colón@ameliacolon.bsky.social · last mo.Hot mic just caught one of the board members asking if someone "was an illegal"
I've been wanting to make one of these for a while now due to now yearly wildfire smoke. In a little over an hour and running on the lowest fan setting, the indoor air quality has greatly improved. I bought cheap filters. You don't need to worry about MERV ratings like the graphic suggests.
Canadian wildfire smoke is likely to reach Metro Detroit late Wednesday, adding to health risks for vulnerable residents already dealing with high temperatures. Read more about what to expect and how to stay safe: https://planetdetroit.org/2026/07/ontario-wildfire-smoke-detroit-heat-wave/
"... we’re looking forward to the Sadie Ann getting young folks out on the water and finding out how much interest there is in lake science."
UW-Superior’s new floating classroom is (almost) set to sail toward its Great Lakes home
The Sadie Ann — a 65-foot vessel described as a floating classroom — will be used for both research and instruction.
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You've heard a lot about the Moroun-owned Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, and the efforts to block the opening of the new bridge to Canada. Here's what's going on with another Moroun-owned company ... It decided that the best place to plunk a concrete plant right in a residential neighborhood.
Left in the Dust: How a Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant Took Over a Detroit Community
After a Moroun-owned company erected a concrete plant in a quiet neighborhood with the aid of the city, residents began battling clouds of dust and other problems. They say local and state officials h...
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Oh wow, someone who I’ve never heard of said something awful on a website I left because I was sick of seeing people say so many awful things? Thank you for sharing it with everyone here! What a useful contribution to the discourse you’ve made.
This is one of my favorite internet memes. If you've never experienced a spontaneous miss-correction thread, click below!
lunch lord dirtside@dirtside.bsky.social · 2mo agothey're called greebles, a true patriot would know this
I just told EGLE to stop Enbridge from dumping wastewater into the Great Lakes – deadline is June 30! Add your voice before it's too late. 🌊 www.miclimateaction.org/take-action/...
Stop Great Lakes Wastewater Dumping – Michigan Climate Action Network
On May 19, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced its intention to move forward with a water quality permit for Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 tunnel. The permit ...
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Maroun family fucking with international politics again, no doubt
Detroit Greenways Coalition@detroitgreenways.bsky.social · 2mo agoBREAKING NEWS: "Canada and the United States have agreed to delay the opening of the bridge, taking the necessary time to resolve any outstanding issues. As such, the event on June 12th will not be proceeding." Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
BREAKING: Gordie Howe Bridge ribbon-cutting to take place Friday, sources say 📷 by Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Hasn’t the weather been lovely recently? You should get outside! Volunteer to help whip a greenhouse into shape. Take a Black history-themed walking tour of downtown. Or, fix your wheels at a bike pop-up shop so you can ride all summer long. Here’s how to *not* spend your summer in the house.
Detroit jobs, opportunities and more ways to get involved
Apply for Detroit job listings or volunteer at a greenhouse, plus more ways to get involved.
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who called it the United States engaging in self-harm by forcing Americans to only buy worse US-made cars and not auto-asphyxiation
CNBC@cnbc.com · 3mo agoCanada is allowing 49,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles to be imported for retail sales annually at a tariff rate of 6.1%.
This is a really cool project. Worth following if you want to know what's going on in council meetings (and more!)
Detroit Documenters@detdocumenters.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe’re training and paying residents to monitor their local government. Attend next week’s orientation to become a Detroit Documenter. Plus, apply to work at BridgeDetroit, learn how to make public comment or take a workshop to track where that rent money goes. Tap in!
Detroit area people!! 🌸 If you want to sign the Michigan Money Out of Politics petition, they have it at Walking Lightly in Ferndale until the 13th! This is an effort to stop DTE Energy from buying politicians!! More opportunities to sign by the 13th here: mopupmichigan.org/action/find-...
Sign the MMOP Petition - Michiganders for Money Out of Politics
You have options to sign the petition! Select which option below works best for you for more information.
mopupmichigan.org
Sad to learn that the incomparable Bobby Murray has passed away. He was probably best known as Etta James' guitar player of 20 years, but the local Detroit music scene knows him as one of the kindest people on the planet. I'll miss seeing his smiling face around town, but I'll always remember.
The most sane response to EV discourse today:
Technology Connections@techconnectify.bsky.social · 4mo agoPeople be talking about EVs today and that's like my whole thing so here's what I've identified as The Problem: The idea of being inconvenienced AT ALL overrides the average person's ability to consider whether a small inconvenience in one context might be outweighed by upsides in other contexts.
Don't get it twisted, "Bobby Romeo" is about the furthest thing from Detroit rock. I used to run into him + posse at 5th Avenue in royal oak watching real Detroit musicians. He was always a pompous pos
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 4mo agoA reminder that Kid Rock was born Robert James Ritchie, to a family that owned multiple car dealerships in Michigan. The 5,600 sq ft colonial mansion on 6 acres where he grew up had stables, apple orchard, tennis court & a 5 car garage. He cosplays "Trailer Park", but is literally 'Ritchie Rich'.
Every time a storm blows in, we have to worry about power being cut off. Michigan has one of the worst rankings for utility reliability in the US. Accountability legislation went nowhere. But $$$ did go to our politicians. Let's get DTE and Consumers out of MI politics. MopUpMichigan.org
I took some classes this past semester after a 6 or 7 year hiatus. It's a little nutty how pervasive ai use has become with both professors and students (each side having its own notable amount of resistance). This post really put into words a feeling I hadn't been able to
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 4mo agoOne thing that sucks about AI is how it has degraded trust between students and professors.
It's a bit funny (derogatory) that Trump can't stay awake and the result is "Joe Biden" is currently trending #1 on bsky because of the hypocrisy.
The Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority approves a 12-month moratorium on supplying water to data centers, blocking service to facilities including a planned $1.2-billion University of Michigan project. @planetdetroit.org
Ypsilanti utility OKs 12-month ban on supplying water for data centers
Ypsilanti's water utility approves 12-month ban on water for data centers, potentially affecting University of Michigan facility's development.
planetdetroit.org
