Bike every park progress: 101/162 parks visited. That puts me 3 weeks ahead of last year's pace when I visited 142/162.

Weather cool but pleasant and sunny, a good day to be out.

Of note, Hansen Nature Area on the city's west side is up for renaming, due to a recognition that a racially restrictive covenant was added by the Hansen family to the property.

WEMU story on park renaming:

https://www.wemu.org/wemu-news/2026-03-19/ann-arbors-dexter-road-park-and-hansen-nature-area-to-have-names-changed

#annarbor #a2parks #biketooter

Ann Arbor’s Dexter Road Park and Hansen Nature Area to have Names Changed

The City of Ann Arbor is changing the names of two of its parks with input from the local community. WEMU's Ana Longoria has the story.

WEMU
UMich should scale back AI investments 

Many leading AI firms are spending billions on computing infrastructure while still searching for sustainable profits. The AI boom may be fueled more by speculation rather than sustainable profits, and this raises several concerns for the University of Michigan as it grows its presence as an AI financial player.

The Michigan Daily

Transgender woman sues Michigan homeless shelter for workplace harassment

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-woman-sues-michigan-shelter

The Truth / Boy’s Life / The Untouchables

BANDS: The Truth Boy's Life The Untouchables VENUE: Ann Arbor Rock Showcase

https://grpunkflyers.notopia.dev/flyers/1454/

"A.I. as a War Issue, War as a Workers’ Issue: The fight against the University of Michigan–Los Alamos data center."
https://www.aaup.org/ai-war-issue-war-workers-issue #AnnArbor #Ypsilanti
A Conversation with Cindy Cohn | safecomputing.umich.edu

Join us for a Privacy@Michigan event with Cindy Cohn. In this session, Cindy will talk about her recently published professional memoir. In "Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance" (MIT Press), Cindy weaves her own personal story with her role as a leading legal voice representing the rights and interests of technology users, innovators, whistleblowers, and researchers during the Crypto Wars of the 1990s, battles over NSA’s dragnet internet spying revealed in the 2000s, and the fight against FBI gag orders.

RE: https://chaos.social/@ishotjr/116263191637779269

My #ArduinoDays2026 #workshop at @AHA #AnnArbor's all-volunteer non-profit #community #makerspace, is filling up fast, but there's still time to join! Register now for the chance to take home an #Arduino #Nesso N1, which we'll use to create your own unique #project using #Modulino nodes and the N1's extensive built-in capabilities! 🤘🩵🤘

https://www.meetup.com/allhandsactive/events/313865703/

#AllHandsActive #MakersOfMastodon #maker

If you stare at the sidewalk long enough, it stares back

Chalk art in Ann Arbor By David Zinn in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. More by David Zinn on Street Art Utopia. View this post on Instagram

https://streetartutopia.com/2024/04/07/if-you-stare-at-the-sidewalk-long-enough-it-stares-back/

If you stare at the sidewalk long enough, it stares back - STREET ART UTOPIA

Chalk art in Ann Arbor By David Zinn in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. More by David Zinn on Street Art Utopia. View this post on Instagram

STREET ART UTOPIA

Hey All: Yiddish Kabbalt Shabbat this Friday!

If you are around Ann Arbor and interested in Jew stuff, it'll be a lot of klezmer and singing with extra glottal fricatives, and free eats to follow. Bring something to share, minding that the building is vegetarian and nut-free.

DETAILS:
• March 27 at 6:30pm at the JCC of Ann Arbor (2935 Birch Hollow Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48108)
• Vegetarian and Nut-Free Potluck to Follow

#mazeldon #annarbor #jewdiverse

“Privacy’s Defender” (@themitpress) is on sale, and Cindy’s national book tour brings her to Harvard Book Store in #Cambridge #Boston on Tuesday and the University of Michigan #AnnArbor on Thursday. https://www.harvard.com/event/cindy-cohn
Cindy Cohn at Harvard Book Store | Harvard Book Store