Doug Bessette

US authorities arrest pro-Palestine student leader at Columbia A US immigration enforcement agent said Khalil’s permanent residency was also being revoked, according to a lawyer.

His PERMANENT residency has been revoked. #fascism

“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.

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 ...

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...

November 2024: Trump will save the economy
March 2025: We have returned to subsistence agriculture

Autocracies usually go out of their way to take care of veterans, service members, police officers, and even most civil servants … because if you fuck those people over, they’re the ones who do coups.

How Federal Workers Are Dealing With the $1 Limit on Their Corporate Cards Most workers now have the spending limit on their government-issued plastic—rendering it functionally useless.

to "reduce bureaucracy," #DOGE has put a $1 limit on govt credit cards, requiring staff to "seek approval for certain exemptions"

what if two of the contestants on Alone just decide to live out in the wild forever?

#Netflix

I couldn’t tell where this post was going and I was like, um…, but ah yes, you nailed it. the number of Nazi-sympathizers in the US at the time was egads.

Honestly I wouldn’t care if it was a coordinated rugpoll.
#crypto

Realpolitik: the book behind Boris Johnson’s vision for ‘Global Britain’ A history of realpolitik, by Johnson’s foreign policy adviser John Bew, offers crucial insights into the way this prime minister wields power

Hm...interesting...
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/j...

oh nooo, another terrifying wormhole for me to go down, thanks for sharing! ;)

I don’t know that theory, but I’ll check it out, and look up Bilyeu.

I found ferguson’s arguments to be so circular and his constant need to “be fair to” and defend Trump, musk and Vance exhausting. They create the systems of oppression, then when they’re oppressed by them, we should give them credit for being “brave.” UGHHHHH.

UM-Sparrow, McLaren health systems are worth billions. Is bigger better for patients? Michigan hospital mergers aren't new, but studies have found no evidence they improve patient care. Patient costs, however, typically rise.

Today in Duh News: hospital mergers only increase costs, don't improve care. 🤔🙄

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.

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

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.

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.

Ughhhhh the nba. What a joke

Opinion | Clean-energy siting reforms bring return to good governance principles | Bridge Michigan What happened in Fremont is exactly the sort of mire the state was hoping to prevent when it passed siting reforms in November 2023, creating an alternative pathway for zoning applications.

This has happened more times than I can count: responsible local officials being recalled (and replaced by inexperienced ideologues) for simply doing their job and approving #renewable energy permits. 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.

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

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.

#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...

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...

Love Frandor, love the parody!!

Couldn’t have happened to a better team.

If this means the Mounties will have to train up another 10,000 horses, I’m okay with it.

FACTS.

That’s definitely an AI cow.

How do #solar neighbors’ perceptions of community engagement compare to their expectations in the US? Check out our new paper: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Arenado blocks potential trade to Astros (sources) The Astros’ pursuit of Nolan Arenado has hit a major roadblock. According to sources, the Astros and Cardinals were in discussions on a potential trade involving the third baseman, but Arenado informe...

It’s telling that #Arenado will only approve a trade to a team *already* bound for the postseason when his postseason OPS of .385 is one of the reasons why his previous teams didnt advance.

www.mlb.com/news/nolan-a...