tom brandt
@twbrandt.net
PC(USA) elder, deacon. Retired software engineer. UMich grad. He/him. Jackal (IYKYK). Dearborn, MI. Technical Canadian. 🏳️🌈 “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” — Anne Lamott https://twbrandt.net/about/
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
Back from a trip to the Grand Traverse Bay area. The weather was perfect - mostly sunny, temps in the upper 70s to low 80s. Rained once. This was my first road trip with my EV and it went pretty well. There are enough chargers along the way and in that area that range anxiety wasn't a thing.
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: Say hi to atherosclerosis!
Jenny Go Blue@jennyd67.bsky.social · 5d agoIntroduce yourself as what almost killed you: Everyone say hello to Bactrim!!
I think it is significant that the ultra-conservative, Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal is saying WTF?
Matt Ortega@mattortega.com · 5d agoJust setting our money on fire for no reason at all.
I had no idea fish could live that long.
Think you're getting old? New study says Michigan sturgeon may live to 400 - Bridge Michigan
Some lake sturgeon swimming in the Great Lakes today may have been alive for centuries, according to new research that suggests scientists have significantly underestimated the fish’s lifespan.
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Visited the Grand Traverse Bay Lighthouse at the northern tip of the Leelanau Peninsula today, which is well worth a visit. While I was there an, um, older lady asked me if that was Lake Superior.
There were over 41,000 (!!) people crossed from the US to Canada in the first five days (!!) the Gordie Howe was open.
Over 41K crossed Gordie Howe bridge into Canada in first 5 days: StatCan | Globalnews.ca
The agency says preliminary inbound traffic figures show 18,900 Canadian resident return trips and 18,100 U.S. residents entered Canada between July 27 and 31.
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Spotted in Leland, MI (of all places). I’d love to know the story behind this.
Our house Is a very very very fine house
Aaron, just Aaron@a-j-ruszk.bsky.social · last wk.Our house in the middle of our street
Getting increasingly annoyed by hotels that want you to check-in online and verify your identity by uploading your driver’s license or other government ID. That ain’t happening. At all.
#a2council I know townships are a favorite whipping boy around here, but I thought this was an interesting article on the problems they face and cause.
Other states shrink local governments. Michigan law preserves archaic ‘mess’ - Bridge Michigan
Michigan has more local governments and puts more tasks on them than most other states. Other states have shrunk government, but Michigan law makes mergers or dissolving extremely difficult.
bridgemi.com
Watch Sky News reporter James Matthews get completely owned by Abdul El-Sayed (with a bonus dig at Trump too).
Minnesota just plugged a 710-megawatt #solar farm into a coal plant that once burned 30,000 tons a day. The unique approach to connecting the panels to the grid allowed it to sidestep a typically years-long connection process.
Minnesota just plugged a 710-megawatt solar farm into a coal plant that once burned 30,000 tons a day, the two sharing wires until the last boiler dies in 2030 — and one retired coal unit will keep sp...
Retirement does not mean the old hardware stops working entirely, either. One of the retiring units is being converted into a synchronous condenser, a huge
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Sometimes a thing I've been mulling for years gets stuck in my head & I have to write it down. I love the story of the loaves and fishes in the Bible. Most people miss its lesson: there is already enough for everyone, as long as we are not afraid to share sstrudeau.com/posts/loaves...
Loaves & Fishes
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Energy not the same as before? Need that pick me up? Introducing Endless War from Mike Rogers.
So where do you get a guillotine? Can you order one from Amazon?
Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 2w agothinking about what happened in Salem this week as well
For a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? Used short twist ties with half the sheath missing.
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 2w agoFor a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? A cocktail swizzle stick from a place you don't remember.
Shitting on Stevens after she endorsed El-Sayed is not something anyone should be doing.