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Why aren't you location sharing?
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (1041+ words) A frustrating part of surviving the social landscape of Gen Z is that there are silent, digital cues to affirm one's loyalty to another. These cues are often not explicitly stated. To understand these cues one must first betray the…...
Big Tech's ugly data centers finally meet the opposition
3+ week, 6+ day ago (636+ words) It appears that folks living in the gently rolling farmland of southwestern Ohio don't want a 2-million-square-foot data center plopped down the road from their front porches. What's wrong with them? Are they snotty not-in-my-backyard liberals? Not quite. Wilmington, Ohio,…...
Am I the problem? Or is it all fated.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (970+ words) I recently matched with someone on a dating app and we started "chatting." We graduated from the dating app chat box to exchanging numbers and texting. I thought this was a good sign. Our conversation was sparse and mostly was…...
Number of Michigan cable providers, subscribers continued to decline in 2025
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (405+ words) Michigan saw the number of video and cable television providers decrease by one to 28 in 2025, and the number of subscribers to the services fell by more than 120, 000, continuing a long-term decline, the Michigan Public Service Commission's annual Status of Competition…...
Bergman, Budzinski, Pappas lead letter demanding USPS reverse postmark rule
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (419+ words) The release states that as a result of the Regional Transportation Optimization (RTO) plan, USPS can no longer reliably postmark mail on the day it is sent. The lawmakers aforementioned emphasized that this change would harm Americans impacted by existing…...
Cell phone legislation passes, awaits Whitmer's signature
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (633+ words) ALPENA " A Michigan bill, which would require Michigan public schools to enact policy limiting the use of cell phones on school grounds during instructional times, is headed to the desk of Governor Gretchen Whitmer for her signature. The Michigan Senate…...
In the dark in San Francisco
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (648+ words) Using our cellphones to do some quick research, we soon discovered that the power had gone down in most of the western half of San Francisco " including at the Presidio, which sits on the southern side of the Golden Gate…...
Whitmer celebrates high-speed internet investment
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (502+ words) LANSING " On Tuesday, Gov. Whitmer joined the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity's Michigan High Speed Internet Office (MIHI) in celebrating Michigan's receipt of $920 million in federal funds to administer the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program and…...
Michigan OKs landmark regulations that push up-front costs to data centers
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (878+ words) Michigan regulators on Thursday adopted landmark standards for the booming data center industry with a plan they say tries to protect residents from subsidizing the industry's hefty energy use. In a 3-0 vote, the Michigan Public Service Commission adopted a rate…...
Postal traffic to US still down 70%
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (323+ words) Postal traffic is to the U. S. is still down about 70% five weeks after the end of the "de minimis" exemption that spared low-value packages from duties and packages, the United Nations postal agency said Friday. Confusion has reigned since the U. S. ended…...