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Peeps here should find this interesting.
After decades of explosive growth, Austin, Texas, in the 2010s was a victim of its own success. Lured by high-tech jobs and the city’s hip reputation, too many people were competing for too few homes. From 2010 to 2019, rents in Austin increased nearly 93%—more than in any other major American city. And home sale prices increased 82%, more than in any other metro area in Texas.
MDOT has signed a deal with the Customs and Border Protection approving placement of automatic license plate readers on state land. CBP can then call local law enforcement to make arrests on CBP’s behalf.
This is a disaster for immigrant rights and an invasion of everyone’s privacy.
You can call MDOT at 517-241-2400 to tell them you oppose this. I just did, and the person who answered said they are being inundated with calls on this issue.
Maxine Michaels has a great show on WRCJ every Friday night. You should listen, either over-the-air or on the net.
https://www.wrcjfm.org/programs/maxology-with-maxine-michaels/
Maxine Michaels’ signature style and programming selections are enjoyed by a huge list of friends and fans around the globe. Maxine consistently innovates with an uncanny ability to educate the masses about the rich history of jazz, cultural information and more. She takes great pride in having given many Detroit-based music artists their first radio […]
If you are not subscribed to Alexis Dahl’s channel, you should be.
Voyager 1 is about to reach one light-day from Earth. Absolutely amazing.
https://scienceclock.com/voyager-1-is-about-to-reach-one-light-day-from-earth/
Wyandotte, MI showed up. I suck at crowd size, but there had to be several thousand people there, quite a bit larger than the last one. Just a few MAGAts, who were cheerfully ignored. Everyone was smiling, laughing, greeting neighbors, admiring signs and costumes. After all the discussion about safety, this was about as threatening as an ice cream social at the Methodist church.
One thing I noticed were people who had repurposed the Gadsden flag from the other side to ours.
Gov. Whitmer announced plans to resume passenger rail service at Michigan Central Station, with service to Toronto.
This would be very cool if it happens.
The Freep has a list of No Kings protests happening this Saturday all across Michigan, if you are looking for one to go to.
