God, Meta sucks. techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/m...

Meta drops out of a major clean energy pact as its natural gas buildout accelerates | TechCrunch

Meta has made significant investments in natural gas over the past year. Now it's dropping out of an industry renewable energy group.

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"With no rationale of any kind, the Trump administration has weaponized a routine federal review process in order to stall clean wind energy projects,” said Attorney General Nessel #wind www.michigan.gov/ag/news/pres...

Who uses short-term parking at an airport? You're either there to drop somebody off, pick somebody up, or fly somewhere. Do people still wait in baggage claim like it's an 80s rom-com??

How can a 351 Exchange possibly be legal? You can literally erase unlimited capital gains from your tax liability. What in the huh? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

The Tax Strategy for People Suffering From Stock-Market Success

If big gains on stocks have locked you in place, here’s one way to break free.

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Per the MPSC, MI had 8.3 GW of renewable energy capacity installed at the end of 2025. Google wants to build 1.6 GW of solar and 480 MW of battery storage JUST TO POWER A SINGLE #DATACENTER. Y'all, this is literally insane. www.mlive.com/news/2026/03...

IEA recommends citizens (not US war-makers) reduce #energy demand due to #oilshocks -Work from home -Reduce speed limits -Encourage public transport -Increase car sharing -Adopt efficient driving practices -Avoid air travel -Switch to modern cooking solutions www.iea.org/reports/shel...

Summary – Sheltering From Oil Shocks – Analysis - IEA

Sheltering From Oil Shocks - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

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Gotta love how the DOE's Office of Science Realignment has a new org chart that isn't even a PDF or png, you can't zoom in and you can barely see the new organizational structure. So much for transparency! #energy content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USD...

Well THIS is depressing. If you haven't taken a look at the UK's National Security Assessment on Global Ecosystems, it's, um, STARK. #climatechange www.gov.uk/government/p...

gotta hand it to #AI, not sure any other tech would be able to so quickly and with so many resources generate absolutely nothing. Songster AI's drum tab for Barry Can't Swim's When Will We Land. Super helpful. Luckily I still have a human drum teacher (and ears)

Meet Coral Hart who has tons of AI generated garbage on Kindle Unlimited. 🤬

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fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...

The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.

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One of the most important papers I've read in a long time: Fossil energy minimum viable scale: what happens to this giant "network of networks" of fossil-fuel infrastructure as demand begins to decline? Amazing work by @gruberte.bsky.social and @jlappen1.bsky.social emilygrubert.org/wp-content/u...

New details emerge about Deep Green's #datacenter in Lansing. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/l...

New details emerge about proposed Lansing data center

The Lansing City Council could vote later this month on whether to approve a 24-megawatt data center in downtown as more details have emerged.

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Even #MAGA voters like #solar (if made in the US--gee whiz who was trying to incentivize that....who was it again...) www.axios.com/2026/02/04/t...

Exclusive: Majority of Trump voters back solar power, poll finds

Trump officials are moving against renewables on several fronts.

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Nothing like grading an assignment that I've done for a few years, one that year after year about half the class does correctly (and then we go over it in class and they can resubmit it) and yet this year, NEARLY EVERY SINGLE STUDENT GOT IT PERFECT. Hm, I wonder how that could be... #AI

Could somebody point me toward the Elon Musk Museum of Modern Art? I can’t find it or literally anything remotely like it on my map.

Huh. Singapore now owns roughly 5% of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. www.mlive.com/news/2026/02...

In a year, foreign investors bought another 71,000 acres of Michigan agricultural land

Michigan ranks among the top states for foreign ownership of agricultural land, with most of the acreage being Upper Peninsula forests.

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This is some of the most vile shit I can imagine, picking up parents while they drop off their kids (who are US citizens) at school. #ICEOUT of Ypsilanti, Michigan and the rest of the US. 😡 PASS SB508, 509 and 510. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Multiple parents of Ypsilanti students detained by ICE, school says

The arrests happened near school property, officials said.

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1,000,000% in support of posting median grades in course transcripts or university imposing limits on grade distribution. Yes yes yes. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A+ Grades.

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Omg. If you’re over 45 and havent read @shamblanderson.bsky.social’s Colonscopies LOR, do yourself a favor. It’s amazing. “I achieved a literal flow state.” 😂😂😂 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...

Sam Anderson (@shamblanderson.bsky.social)

Staff Writer, NY Times Magazine writing: www.shamblanderson.com drawing: www.instagram.com/shamblanderson podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/animal/id1749201553

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2026 does it again. This is truly sad. Catherine Ohara was a legend, and a legit hero amongst my friends and family, and a dead ringer for my mom. She will be missed. people.com/catherine-oh...

Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71

Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...

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Critical legislation up for debate in Michigan regarding #ICE: No masks; NO enforcement in sensitive locations, and NO (illegal) sharing of information. PASS SB 508, SB509, AND SB510!!!!! Please @sarahanthony.bsky.social!! www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/p...

Indirect cost rate (IDC)) cap no longer in play for DOE! www.energy.gov/management/p...

PF 2026-30 Indirect Cost Rates, Policy Flashes and Financial Assistance Letter No Longer in Effect Due to the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment App...

Indirect Cost Rates, Policy Flashes and Financial Assistance Letter No Longer in Effect Due to the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations...

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What exactly is a shitshow and how much are tickets?

Congrats to @michigantech.bsky.social for gaining R1 status and joining the URC, which, wait for it, “supports defense-related, health sciences and other vital research to drive American competitiveness.” Yesss that’s what we work on, those three things. 🙄 urcmich.org/2025/03/mich...

Michigan Technological University joins Michigan’s University Research Corridor - University Research Corridor

The University Research Corridor, a driving force for innovation and economic growth in the state and Great Lakes region, is expanding to include Michigan Technological University, our state’s newest ...

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A nice, positive, hopeful story about the significant return on investing in community #solar!

Deerfield strives to show rural Wisconsin towns a solar-powered future

Since 2018, “climate change philanthropist” Cal Couillard and his wife have funded around $2 million in solar projects at the village east of Madison.

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Just your daily reminder that data centers, specifically the work of training large-learning models, constitute the largest single source of increasing power demand. Could #AI firms move their demand to off-peak hours? Sure. But they won't.

One way data centers can help the grid? By being flexible

Data centers could help slash costs and grid-upgrade times by easing off of utility grids during peak hours and finding ways to provide their own power.

canarymedia.com

Opinion: Look to rooftops, brownfields, policy reforms to capture #solar savings in Michigan www.bridgemi.com/guest-commen... via @bridgemi.com

Opinion | Look to rooftops, brownfields, policy reforms to capture solar savings | Bridge Michigan

Using rooftops, community lots and distressed lands allows solar to flourish with fewer conflicts, greater local benefits and stronger community support.

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#Electricity demand to increase 4% (the consumption of Japan) annually til 2027. US demand to increase by a California each year. Why? Industrial expansion, air conditioning, EV's, and explosion of data centers, much in the developing world. electrek.co/2025/02/13/i...

IEA: power use to soar through 2027, but renewables will keep up

The IEA's newly released "Electricity 2025" report predicts that global power use will jump nearly 4% annually through 2027.

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Great reporting on community support for & opposition to the Grange #solar project in Ohio. Note the Good Neighbor Agreements. Would love to check Open Road's analysis! @canarymedia.com dis.puc.state.oh.us/ViewImage.as...