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EPDiogenes

@ericpauldennis.bsky.social
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Public infrastructure, built environment, and supporting resilient community. #AnnArbor #PureMichigan Opinions my own. Likes&shares != endorsement.

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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 9h
"One complaint alleges that Nevin made a remark about having a “grenade launcher” in his pants."
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 9h
Amazon thinks I'm the person I want to be.
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Nick Rempel @nrempel.com · 06/10/2026
wild that this is exactly what using a computer is like now
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is a thing confirmed by research, to an extent. It’s also why ensuring content shows up in retrieval and in training data is the new battleground.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 15h
there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not
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ponder @ponder.ooo · 16h
heartbreaking: this measure just became a target
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 10h
You would assume this car belongs to a terrible person and you'd be right.
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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 16h
Russia’s oil highway is burning. The Liberian-flagged AFRAMAX RIO is on fire off Sochi, carrying crude from Novorossiysk to India. Loaded close to capacity, a tanker of this size can carry roughly 700,000 to 750,000 barrels of oil.
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 13h
AI won’t be like that but I have every reason to believe it will be bad because it’s going to be financed & run by the same people who financed & ran algorithmic social media. So every new advance in AI just fills me with dread because somehow it’s going to be used to make my life worse
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 11h
I didn't know that was a cover but doesn't that album also have their cover of Gloria Gaynor's I will survive?
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 11h
This is the most uncomfortable thing I've ever seen
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Aimai @aimaiami.bsky.social · 18h
You are my favorite.
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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 23h
🚨NEW🚨 A man abused access to a BMW app to mess with his ex-wife's car, turning the engine on and off, opening and closing windows to let rain in, and track her location. She says BMW dealership told her there was no way to remove his access, so go buy a new car. www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
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How A Man Used A BMW App To Terrorize His Ex-Wife
A domestic abuse survivor’s ex-husband used his access to her BMW’s connected smartphone app to open car doors and windows, start the engine and track her location. She claims BMW didn’t help.
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Citizens Research Council of Michigan @crcmich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
👩🏿‍🏫🏫Michigan's October student count, which makes up 90 percent of the enrollment formula that sets state aid, is tomorrow. About two-thirds of Michigan’s 828 districts lost students in 2025-26. Urban districts such as Detroit👨‍🏫✏️ crcmich.org/october-stud...
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October Student Count Will Provide Districts with a Clearer Picture of Their Finances - Citizens Research Council of Michigan
In a Nutshell Although public K-12 schools across Michigan approved their 2026-27 spending plans back in June and most welcomed students back in late August, this week’s student count will reveal how ...
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You mean "The AI went rogue" may not be a valid legal defense?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
static.klipy.com
Unimpressed Woman Makes Jerk Off Motion
ALT: Unimpressed Woman Makes Jerk Off Motion
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
bobcat in a box
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 03/10/2026
sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from criminal negligence
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is that guy still alive? I remember 20 years ago reading about how he took like 100 supplements a day to stay alive long enough to upload his consciousness.
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've had some luck with this with peppers (same family).
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“My jail was 40% drug addicts, 50% mental health patients, 10% criminals,” said Plummer, who has been a Republican state representative since 2019. “We got it upside down — that’s what drove me to the state house.”
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Everybody needs a doggy for a pillow. Everybody needs a doggy.
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Purple is fake news www.popularmechanics.com/science/a714...
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Purple Isn’t Real, Science Says. Your Brain Is Just Making It Up.
You might say it’s just a pigment of your imagination
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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is the real reason why the sky is blue.
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Or speed.
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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Electric utility DTE's contract with Google for its 1,000 MW "Project Cannoli" data center was approved by regulators. Google will pay for additions to the grid, including "up to 1,600 megawatts of renewable energy like solar farms and up to 480 megawatts of batteries..." #EnergySky 🔌💡
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DTE gets green light to power massive Google data center
State energy regulators have approved the second set of utility contracts for a "hyperscale" data center in Michigan, a Google project in Van Buren Township.
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
God help me, I kinda like mowing my lawn.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I appreciate @zhonggg.bsky.social and @rjnskl.bsky.social for bringing Kelvin Waves into the vernacular. It's a concept that even those in Earth and environmental sciences (besides physical oceanographers) struggle to grasp, but everyone should be exposed to real scientific explanations.
nytimes.com
See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California (Gift Article)
An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
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US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/10/2026
Still the absolute funniest "trailer remix" ever made -- as well as one of the very first of its kind, debuting in 2005 Every shot is perfectly chosen God I could watch this all day
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/10/2026
This is the dodgiest and most-desperate thing I’ve seen in the bubble so far. Amazon selling their chips to a group of investors and leasing them back - an off balance sheet arrangement done in plain sight. Really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. And they’ll probably buy more!
Amazon is seeking to offload about $8bn of advanced Nvidia chips to external investors through a new vehicle aimed at strengthening its balance sheet, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Seattle-based cloud giant has held talks with investors in recent weeks to gauge interest in the deal, which would allow the company to spin off thousands of Grace Blackwell chips it is deploying in data centres across the US into a special-purpose vehicle.
Amazon will then lease the advanced AI chips back from the SPV, which would tap outside investors through debt issuance. By unloading the expensive semiconductors to investors, the company could adopt a more asset-light approach to its balance sheet.
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This scandal should enter the national debate over data centers. Meta evaded $4B in taxes last year by using the "research" tax credit for its data center buildout. Tax accountants say it's highly questionable, the Congressional sponsor says buying supplies was never what was intended.
nytimes.com
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I love how the bollard pops back up to gloat
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Listen to that CRUNCH. Absolutely delicious. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are two types of dogs: water lovers and water haters. Original post
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Watch the concentration
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Octopus Squirts Ink at Diver
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The entire tax code needs to be overhauled if a guy like Zuckerberg can cash $4 billion in stock options and the company can write it off and avoid paying $355 million in taxes by calling him a "researcher" " -- @scarylawyerguy x.com/scarylawyerg...
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#metoo
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Artisan Loaf 🏳️‍🌈 @artisanloaf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
peak music, technology and media in general, just happened to come along when I was 14-18.
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Citizens Research Council of Michigan @crcmich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💰🤝 🌞 Join our FREE webinar tomorrow, October 1, 12-1:30 pm to learn more about Proposal 2, also known as "Money Out of Politics" and "Mop Up Michigan." crcmich.org/publications... You'll also find our analysis and a summary of Prop. 2 Find the full podcast ⬇️ on Prop. 2 here: crcmich.org/podcast
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I've never heard that song "Choosing Texas" that everyone is talking about for some reason but it always makes me think of this song. youtu.be/KQoXnz3h_FE?...
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Lyle Lovett - "That's Right, You're Not From Texas"
YouTube video by Darren Williams
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ooohh. Thanks!
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm confused. How does this explain why there are three pipes coming out of the wall combined into one?
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Dennie Edwards @dennieedwards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Every single one of the 21 vehicles transmitted data to at least one third-party domain over Wi-Fi. Over half contacted domains specializing in advertising, tracking, or analytics (ATA). These companies, like Adobe, LexisNexis, and Amplitude, gather details about your vehicle or driving behavior…”
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EPDiogenes @ericpauldennis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Does Florida's attorney general drink much?
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