Doug Bessette

gotta hand it to #AI, not sure any other tech would be able to so quickly and with so many resources generate absolutely nothing.
Songster AI's drum tab for Barry Can't Swim's When Will We Land. Super helpful. Luckily I still have a human drum teacher (and ears)

Meet Coral Hart who has tons of AI generated garbage on Kindle Unlimited. 🤬

Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.

The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

One of the most important papers I've read in a long time: Fossil energy minimum viable scale: what happens to this giant "network of networks" of fossil-fuel infrastructure as demand begins to decline? Amazing work by @gruberte.bsky.social and @jlappen1.bsky.social
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New details emerge about proposed Lansing data center The Lansing City Council could vote later this month on whether to approve a 24-megawatt data center in downtown as more details have emerged.

New details emerge about Deep Green's #datacenter in Lansing.
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Exclusive: Majority of Trump voters back solar power, poll finds Trump officials are moving against renewables on several fronts.

Even #MAGA voters like #solar (if made in the US--gee whiz who was trying to incentivize that....who was it again...)
www.axios.com/2026/02/04/t...

Nothing like grading an assignment that I've done for a few years, one that year after year about half the class does correctly (and then we go over it in class and they can resubmit it) and yet this year, NEARLY EVERY SINGLE STUDENT GOT IT PERFECT. Hm, I wonder how that could be... #AI

Could somebody point me toward the Elon Musk Museum of Modern Art? I can’t find it or literally anything remotely like it on my map.

In a year, foreign investors bought another 71,000 acres of Michigan agricultural land Michigan ranks among the top states for foreign ownership of agricultural land, with most of the acreage being Upper Peninsula forests.

Huh. Singapore now owns roughly 5% of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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Multiple parents of Ypsilanti students detained by ICE, school says The arrests happened near school property, officials said.

This is some of the most vile shit I can imagine, picking up parents while they drop off their kids (who are US citizens) at school. #ICEOUT of Ypsilanti, Michigan and the rest of the US. 😡
PASS SB508, 509 and 510.
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One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A+ Grades.

1,000,000% in support of posting median grades in course transcripts or university imposing limits on grade distribution. Yes yes yes. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

Sam Anderson (@shamblanderson.bsky.social) Staff Writer, NY Times Magazine writing: www.shamblanderson.com drawing: www.instagram.com/shamblanderson podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/animal/id1749201553

Omg. If you’re over 45 and havent read @shamblanderson.bsky.social’s Colonscopies LOR, do yourself a favor. It’s amazing. “I achieved a literal flow state.” 😂😂😂 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...

Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71 Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...

2026 does it again. This is truly sad. Catherine Ohara was a legend, and a legit hero amongst my friends and family, and a dead ringer for my mom. She will be missed. people.com/catherine-oh...

Critical legislation up for debate in Michigan regarding #ICE: No masks; NO enforcement in sensitive locations, and NO (illegal) sharing of information. PASS SB 508, SB509, AND SB510!!!!!
Please @sarahanthony.bsky.social!!
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PF 2026-30 Indirect Cost Rates, Policy Flashes and Financial Assistance Letter No Longer in Effect Due to the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment App... Indirect Cost Rates, Policy Flashes and Financial Assistance Letter No Longer in Effect Due to the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations...

Indirect cost rate (IDC)) cap no longer in play for DOE!
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What exactly is a shitshow and how much are tickets?

Death, taxes and the BBHOF tracker, the only sure things in this world!!!

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. 🙄

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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.

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.

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 | 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!
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