Jacob Olsen-Yesh

No war with Iran.

Trump ran on “America First,” promising to end regime change wars. Now he’s dragging us into another one—with no justification to the American people or Congress. While working people struggle at home, he escalates abroad. This war must end. This aggression must stop.

Very disturbing and infuriating in both content and predictability. I don’t know how anyone could read this and think such a situation is okay.

Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue AI search company Perplexity Merriam-Webster defines plagiarize (verb) as “to steal and pass off (the ideas or words or another) as one’s own.”

Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue Perplexity AI for copyright and trademark infringement

Libertarians wanted to do this in Detroit in 2013.
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Republican politicians talk a lot about “family values,” but they don’t value families. I spoke with the founder of GoGrow about the fight for universal childcare and paid time off for new parents, because we deserve an economy that works for all of us.

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Trump moving to 'delete' people he doesn't like from govt data: analysis President Donald Trump has adopted a peculiar and dangerous pattern in his second term, wrote Amanda Shendruk and Catherine Rampell for The Washington Post in an analysis published on Friday: moving to "delete" entire categories of people he doesn't like or want to acknowledge from federal data when...

Trump moving to 'delete' people he doesn't like from govt data: analysis

Elon Musk’s team of young techies plans to pool private information from millions of U.S. citizens to create a mega-web of highly sensitive data.

Read more: www.thedailybeast.com/doge-plan-co...

What happens if Amtrak gets privatized? Experts warn it would lead to higher prices, worse service, and a major reduction in rural routes.

We're Team Amtrak.

www.popsci.com/science/amtr...

DTE files for $574 million rate hike, its second-largest request, months after its last increase DTE Energy requests a $574 million rate hike, prompting criticism over affordability and reliability. The increase is intended for infrastructure upgrades and cleaner energy transition.

DTE files for $574 million rate hike, its second-largest request, months after its last increase planetdetroit.org/2025/04/dte-...

4 ways forecasts are about to get worse | CNN When a powerful thunderstorm spawns a tornado, people have what feels like only moments to gather their family and get to a safe place.

Former top forecasters in the National Weather Service are anxiously watching as the Trump administration cuts meteorological staff, with more impending budget and staff cuts on the way: cnn.it/4lgqwD9

Trump's VA is ending a rescue program that's saved 17,000 military veterans' homes The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will end a mortgage rescue plan that has saved many veterans from needlessly losing their homes, the move could strand thousands of others who need help.

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will end a mortgage rescue plan that has saved many veterans from needlessly losing their homes, the move could strand thousands of others who need help.

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.

This is not going to end well.

A few months ago when planning our trip to London that we depart for tonight, we had a choice between similar flights to Heathrow and Gatwick. We ended up choosing Gatwick because I wanted to experience the National Rail service. (And the price was slightly better). Boy did we make the right call.

Police confirm shooting at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital, suspect not in custody Troy police say there has been a shooting at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital and that a suspect is not in custody.

#BREAKING UPDATE Troy Police confirm there was a shooting at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital in an "isolated incident" but the suspect is not in custody. Here's what we know.

GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.

We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.

A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.

HAIRCUTS.

This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.

Trump poised to sign order axing major department on Thursday: report President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order directing his education secretary to follow through on his campaign promise and abolish the Department of Education, according to a report...

Trump is set to sign the order on Thursday.

Neville Chamberlain, says he will be in Munich on Friday. 🤢

DRCFA Convention Center Expansion | Huntington Place Huntington Place's Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority moves ahead with its expansion plan.

I think this timeline suggests May 2026. (Says “second ave all construction complete”) but may just be referring to the construction at the convention center.

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Says “construction underway” here? (From October).

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As much as everything thus far has been terrifying and may take decades or longer to repair (if repairable at all), I fear we have only scratched the surface on how far the damage will go and that by the end of this, if there is an end of this, the damage to this country may be irreparable.

This includes the Rosa Parks Federal Building on Michigan Ave in Detroit. This building houses the General Services Administration, IRS, and (interestingly) Customs and Border Protection, and ICE.

Idk. Woolly mice feels like cheating. What would be really impressive would be a woolly turtle.

A goldfinch on a leafless branch

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan - January 30, 2021
Goldfinch
[Canon EOS 6D Mark II; TAMRON SP 150-600mm]
#Photography #Art #Birds

Trump Signs Order to Designate English as Official Language of the U.S. The order was a victory for America’s English-only movement, which has long had ties to efforts to reduce immigration and restrict bilingual education.

They "mistake" uniformity for unity. Try putting together a puzzle where you only engage with just the pieces that are the same color and about the same shape.
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Death Valley National Park - December 1, 2021
Captured right after sunset.
[Canon EOS 6D Mark II; 14mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art 017]
#Photography #Art

April 1st, 2023 - In flight from Denver to Detroit.
#Photography #Art

A black and white image taken from an airplane window. It shows thin narrow clouds above casting elongated shadows on a blanked of clouds closer to the surface of the earth.

April 1st, 2023 - In flight from Denver to Detroit. #Photography #Art

I like how it works both up to down and left to right.