So, when Copilot was shoved into Outlook, did it massively delay interactions with Zoom or links in emails in general for anyone else? I'll click a Zoom link and it will take minutes for it to open in browser.

People browsed vendors at the Ypsilanti Artisans Holiday Market at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse, 100 Market Place in Ypsilanti, on Saturday, Dec. 20.

Windy and slippery this morning in Ypsilanti.

Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly.  We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."

1/ This week, we learned the distressing news that an individual died in ICE custody at the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan. It is critical that the public learn the full results of the investigation into his death when it is completed. ... www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Master Chief did the coin flip at the XBox Bowl.

Members of the Michigan Public Service Commission unanimously voted to conditionally approve DTE's contract to supply 1.4 gigawatts of power to a data center in development in Saline Township, prompting an outcry from several individuals in attendance. @michiganadvance.com

Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.

People using transit deserve dignity and this isn't it.

This is incredible news. So this massive Oracle/OpenAI data center Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is trying to push on Michiganders can’t even find financial backers. Yet, if you drive on US-12 you wouldn’t know the project HASN’T been approved by the amount of construction already happening.

People don’t talk nearly enough about this tragedy caused by you-know-who

Yep, most people don't want to give up familial relationships, some are forced to by their toxic parents.

I miss the walkability of Edinburgh, the public transit, the density, the nightlife, being surrounded by history and beautiful architecture, and so much more. But mostly, I missed the sense of safety I felt compared to here in the US. I don't know how people go on with their daily lives right now..

data center anxiety is sweeping the nation and our country’s leading politicians seem totally blind to it

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AIDAN HUTCHINSON NEARLY TOOK IT BACK FOR A PICK-SIX

So the Browns are really bad, will they get a stop?

We have $ for a dozen ICE agents to hang around for hours trying to arrest 2 roofers working in MN. Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.

A state lawmaker is preparing a bill to stop $100 million in state taxpayer funds from going to a planned supercomputing and AI facility in Ypsilanti.

I didn't intensively study this, but prices in Scotland, in November, felt about the same if not slightly cheaper than current US prices, but with regulations on the food dyes and chemicals MAHA pretends to care about over here. Inflated prices on low quality food, the American Dream...

It'll be about $240 after I get the last couple of items grocery shopping for Christmas dinner and treats. And that's not including the drinks, salad, fruit salad, bread, and other desserts being brought by guests. Just stuff to make baked pasta, meatballs, pizza, and cookies for 8 people...😬

The Trump-Vance admin has been committing illegal strike after illegal strike. They're trying to normalize it. They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing. But we're keeping track of every single strike. So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.

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Toad went down to the river. There was Frog. He was sitting on an island by himself.

1919 Women’s Suffrage Victory Map, Published The Year Before The Passage Of The 19th Amendment About the map: brilliantmaps.com/1919-wome...

“Do you think the color of your skin is the reason they targeted you?” “Yes. 100%.”

The University of Michigan has failed to act transparently or coordinate with local officials on data center project, says state Rep. Jimmie Wilson Jr. buff.ly/AQ5k7Xy

"Effectively, SB 700 would resolve nearly all pandemic-era overpayments. It would allow workers who applied for #unemployment benefits in good faith during one of the darkest periods in our history to finally have peace of mind." - Patrick Schaefer, Economic Security Policy Analyst, MLPP #mileg

Video footage shows Israeli forces arresting hundreds of Palestinians in a series of raids across the occupied West Bank.

Excellent column by @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. Democrats need to fight for Medicare for All.

we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.

I would not want to be associated with the people pushing these data centers down our collective Michigander throats.

Born on this day in 1894, cartoonist E.C. Segar introduced Popeye to the world in 1929 in his comic strip 'Thimble Theatre.' You can catch some of Segar's original work now along with other OG faces of the newspaper comics section in our exhibition 'Sunday Funnies.' #Popeye #cartoonist #art

Who is this targeting? Literally could have been a still shot of a Big Mac and fries with someone reading "The Holidays can be stressful, but lunch doesn't have to be. Eat McDonalds" And it would have gotten the same message across more effectively with much less "AI prompting"

Does anyone have recommendations on pans for making Injera? Gonna be diving into learning Ethiopian cuisine soon and I dont want equipment to be an issue.

I'm proud to endorse the “MOP UP Michigan” and “Invest in MI Kids" ballot initiatives—because it shouldn’t be this hard. “Regulated” monopolies shouldn’t be able to pick their regulators. And our kids deserve better schools.

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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30

BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr

Snowy morning in Ypsilanti.

My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year. We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar. We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.

How do you miss that... Go Indiana!!

CNN found that IDF shot starving Palestinians trying to collect flour. The IDF bulldozed their bodies into shallow, unmarked graves. Left to decompose, scavenged by dogs, and never documented. Families may never learn what happened to their loved ones. www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...

At what point are the workers holding up these technocrats going to hold themselves responsible for all of this? No one is making you work for META or X or Palantir or Open AI or all of the other awful entities.

wait a minute, this doesn't make sense.

this is the plot to an episode of the new South Park season

Children were among at least 23 people reported killed in fighting in eastern DR Congo, just a day after the signing of a US-backed peace agreement between the leaders of the DRC and neighbouring Rwanda.