Good turnout in Wyandotte for #NoKings. Mostly older white people, but plenty of younger people as well.
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Peeps here should find this interesting.
Austin’s Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
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.
If you’re in the grocery store checkout line get off your goddamn speaker phone.
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.
@noleli @nabeards @amcvittie right, my sisters and I hired a Canadian immigration attorney to help with our certification as Canadian citizens, https://portermigration.com. He’s not cheap, but we wanted to make sure our application for certification is as airtight as possible.
One challenge we’ve faced is getting documentation. The state of Michigan told us we couldn’t get our own mother’s birth certificate without a court order (wtf??). But there are other sources which we hope will work.
Porter Migration Law
Porter Migration Law is a boutique firm practicing exclusively in the areas of US and Canadian citizenship & immigration law. Licensed and in good standing with both the State of Michigan and the Province of Ontario, we are instrumental in reconciling the laws of the two jurisdictions (US and Ca
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/
Maxology with Maxine Michaels - WRCJ 90.9 FM
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 […]
Seven swans to rule them all,
Six geese to find them,
Five gold rings to bring them all,
And in the pear tree bind them.
Six geese to find them,
Five gold rings to bring them all,
And in the pear tree bind them.
If you are not subscribed to Alexis Dahl’s channel, you should be.
Inside the Loneliest Place on Earth
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.
