Wayne County Airport Authority Board Meeting at DTW started at 2pm. 3 resolutions passed before going into closed session. Community waiting for public comment which has been scheduled at the end of the agenda. They’re here to comment on ICE deportation flights departing from airports in the county.

I miss Cass Cafe

Every time I opt out of facial recognition, a Delta employee will go off about how my info is everywhere anyway. Today I replied “but I’m also trying to save your job.” He replied, thank you”. He responded “ya they are going to replace everyone with AI, then no one will have jobs to buy anything.”

Need more songs in this theme to get me through October 1st. #waynecountyowesyou

#fieldday #amateurradio

I want a study on the stats of ambidexterity when people use phones. What do most people use their left thumb on vs. right. Has it changed in the era of touch screen phones. For example, I only seem to “like” things with my left thumb and touch to begin editing text with my right.

I don’t know anything about sleeper cells, but I do know I like sleeping. Especially more and more with everything going on.

I received a QSL postcard when I returned from Yellowstone from K9YNP and it inspired me to make my own. Thought I’d share my first print ☺️

Tonight I joined the East Coast Reflector Youth Net and Grayson KG4BUT who just turned 12 was our net operator. His question for the world was “what is your favorite thing about your best friend.” I caught this sweet snippet from what one of the hams shared ❤️ Warmed my heart.

Banned and bombed in one week.

If you are not into ham radio and you get on a scanner you might think we are just mega nerds having meta conversations about radio constantly. But, what’s beautiful about the hobby is that all that nerdy effort is all just so we can make contacts with people near and far. There is no other point.

I used to frequently drive up and down the PNW from Vancouver BC to Sacramento. After close to a decade of my last drive I noticed a yellow flower covering Oregon in a way I didn’t remember seeing.

I’ve seen more guns openly in Oregon than I have in any other state we have traveled through coming from Detroit.

“Public outreach efforts like this are in Outlier’s DNA" www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-...

Border patrol at the inspection site crossing from Arizona to California on the I-10. Further up on the 10 in California, maybe half an hour in, another CBP SUV in the median conducting a speed trap. 93 miles from the Mexican border when I checked, 7 miles short of being out of their jurisdiction.

Solid reporting here.

Friday a United gate attendant forcibly scanned my face instead of my boarding pass when I explicitly asked to opt out of my biometrics being collected. I made a complaint and 3 days later I noticed gates were back to scanning boarding passes when flying through the same terminal. Then this today

Less than 2 hours til the deadline for submitting claims and paying property taxes to prevent foreclosure and the cops evacuated everyone out of the Fishbones atrium where the Treasurer’s office is processing forms today. People were in line for a long time and have lost their place.

Attended a workshop @detdocumenters.bsky.social hosted today called “Mapping Your Local Environment” & made this map of everyone I was in touch with about claiming auction profits in the last two months, on top of a heat map of homes that qualify to claim interest according to Wayne County Treasurer

Our last phonebanking event at Central Detroit Christian was a success. So grateful for everyone who has joined @outliermedia.org in phonebanking. In the last few months, together we have made contacts worth over $5 million in profits potentially being reclaimed from the Wayne County Treasurer.

Catch Lynelle from @detdocumenters.bsky.social and myself on @wdet.bsky.social show The Metro talking about @outliermedia.org effort to reach up to 2,700 Detroiters owed on average $8k from the Wayne County Treasurer, before the March 31st deadline to claim interest. wdet.org/2025/03/17/w...

I made this no budget doc about my father starting Deep Brain Stimulation after 30 years of living with cervical dystonia. Amazing to read comments on Reddit and YouTube saying that it’s helped others with dystonia and those considering DBS- so I thought to share here too. youtu.be/T-1jIpQDsKg?...

This is the most impactful project I’ve been a part of. Grateful for @detdocumenters.bsky.social and @outliermedia.org

Wayne County Treasurer finally contracted a company for outreach. The number on their website leads to an international call center that is very unhelpful. If you or anyone you know needs resources or help filling out the form- text “repay” to 67485 or visit outliermedia.org/txt-outlier/...

Thousands of Detroiters may be owed money if they lost a home to tax foreclosure between 2015 and 2020, and the clock is ticking to claim funds.

Been a while since anyone has read or heard me talking about the internet - but I’m still looking out to help bridge the digital divide even if I’m not climbing rooftops anymore!

Recently when watching any commercial broadcasting, I can tell more and more that the old guard has retired.

Tonight! Will be playing mpc 2000 in a John Cage piece with fellow music tech faculty.

Medicaid is the best insurance I’ve ever had. Used it since I was 15. I’d argue it’s better than the CAD MSP I had. Being part-time and contract has been stressful because if I break the poverty line, I lose it and have to budget for Obamacare (even if I’m not that much over), which is not cheap.

Working on my computer at a coffee shop and there is a group of 15+ organizing as they believe tariffs on Canada will lead to rolling blackouts. 👀

The texts calmed down after the election, but post inauguration, they appear to have returned…

Check 1, 2,3 - glad to see the party moved over here.