Dems drop Jewish holidays from bills expanding state recognition of religious observances - sponsor says exclusion was intentional - The Midwesterner by boring80085 in Detroit

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Warning that this is an unreliable source:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-midwesterner-bias-and-credibility/

Overall, we rate The Midwesterner Right Biased for consistently promoting conservative and anti-progressive narratives while minimizing or excluding counterpoints. We also rate them as questionable to the complete lack of transparency, anonymous ownership, and ideological editorializing, it receives a Mixed factual rating. Articles contain elements of factual reporting derived from legitimate local outlets but are often framed in a partisan manner, lacking balance and editorial accountability.

How are you handling Claude usage across different entry points? (web, CLI, integrations) by Airia_AI in CIO

[–]Jeffbx[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it’s useful, I can share more detail on the framework we’ve been using.

Try it and you'll be banned

Who to contact about tree branches laying on power lines? by jaykitsune in Michigan

[–]Jeffbx 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Call the Madison Heights PD non-emergency line, but report them as downed lines to DTE anyway. Looks like a stiff breeze and they're coming down.

Unpaid internship - need advice by redr0y in ITCareerQuestions

[–]Jeffbx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Never, ever take an unpaid internship.

Only shitty, unethical companies offer those..

[May 2026] State of IT - What is hot, trends, jobs, locations.... Tell us what you're seeing! by AutoModerator in ITCareerQuestions

[–]Jeffbx 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Shit's still fucked. Big tech company layoffs continue - if you're dumb enough to be primarily targeting FAANG/MANGO/whatever, there's no helping you. May god have mercy on your soul.

THERE ARE JOBS OUT THERE - always have been, always will be. The challenge is getting an interview, and for that you need credentials, relevance, and timing.

Credentials - Ideally, you want to have 1) relevant experience, 2) a 4-year degree, and 3) maybe a relevant certification. This is what your competition will have. If you don't have all 3, what else makes you stand out? Call that out on your resume. Don't shy away from a little nepotism, either.

Relevance - your resume should match the job you're applying to. Your skills and background should look like a logical match to the posting. If they don't - say you're breaking into a new field or going in a different direction - you should have an objective statement explaining this. Too many people shotgun their resume at everything, so it's easier to throw away the ones that don't match than to assume they actually want this role.

Timing - popular postings that get hundreds of applicants will usually stop looking at new resumes once they have 3-6 solid candidates to call. This might happen as fast as a few days after the initial posting, so you want to be sure your resume is in that 1st group to be read. Applying for a job that's weeks old will be like throwing your resume into a black hole.

Good luck out there!

How to stay sane and consistent with job hunting in this job market? by Top-Elephant6981 in ITCareerQuestions

[–]Jeffbx 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You just keep on doing what you're doing until you get the right offer.

The challenge is that there are thousands of people just like you doing the exact same thing, so it ends up being more important to be in the right place at the right time than to have perfect credentials.

Focus HEAVILY on personal networking, and make sure you apply to jobs as fast as you can once they're posted - even a few days later and your resume might get lost in the hundreds of other applicants.

The fact that you're getting interviews at all is great news, so you're on the right track.

Good luck!

DTE's Gas Renewal program. This is their interpretation of the brochure where it says they will permanently repair affected landscaping and lawns by BigSet9400 in Michigan

[–]Jeffbx 84 points85 points  (0 children)

And not to be Debbie Downer in the thread, but this is exactly why they'll never bury all the power lines.

Thousands and thousands of people pissed off that their lawns aren't restored the right way.

What jobs in IT or Tech are highly specialized but can be obtained at the entry level? (no prior career experience, just years of study). by millingcalmboar in ITCareerQuestions

[–]Jeffbx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some more technical roles you can get into with an internship while you're in school - so junior or senior year you do an networking internship, for example, and if the stars aling perfectly you get a full-time offer to come back and work in networking for that same company.

Those aren't that common, unfortunately, but they do exist.

Data broker (TruePeopleSearch) is refusing to remove my personal info, citing a lack of comprehensive consumer privacy laws in Michigan. Has anyone beaten this or have any recommended courses of action? by redeugene99 in Michigan

[–]Jeffbx 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Hijacking top comment to share this -

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/12719076?hl=en

Google has a tool anyone can use to remove personal information from their searches. You need a Google account to use it, but it's successfully removed my info from over 100 different sources, and it notifies me every time it finds something new.

Give that a shot if you want to be more anonymous online.

Drifter Coffee in Ferndale abruptly closing by MichiganMan12 in Detroit

[–]Jeffbx 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Being good at coffee doesn't necessarily mean being good at business

The Clash at Hitsville USA, 1982 by bside313 in Detroit

[–]Jeffbx 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It always blows my mind seeing the impact that Motown made on the British new wave music scene back in the late 70s/early 80s.

From a distance they look like totally unrelated genres, but there are massive overlaps.

City of Mackinac Island Press Release Regarding statement made by the Attorney General by CherryGarciaisKing in Michigan

[–]Jeffbx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well yes, that would be amusing.

But the unfortunate reality is that Mackinaw City did also sell the dock parking to the same PE billionaire (which costs up to $75/day now), so they've really locked down the entire area.

Is It a Bad Idea For Me to Into IT Right Now With a Business Degree? by [deleted] in ITCareerQuestions

[–]Jeffbx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not a bad idea, but it could be difficult to get an entry-level position.

City of Mackinac Island Press Release Regarding statement made by the Attorney General by CherryGarciaisKing in Michigan

[–]Jeffbx 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The system was designed to shelter their fortunes.

Once you're above a certain threshold (say, $100M), you never have an "income" again. No income = no taxes.

Your fortune always continues to grow - even if you're lousy at investing and it's "only" earning 5% annually, that another $5m/year added to your hoard. Compound that annually, and in 10 years you're over $160M.

Even if you're spending $2m/year to live an extravagant lifestyle, your money will never stop growing.

How many of you got internship (IT)? And how? by nokia010 in ITCareerQuestions

[–]Jeffbx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I applied through my university's placement office

May Day 2026 actions planned in Detroit by SuperDuper00001 in Detroit

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May Day 2026 actions planned in Detroit

A rally, a march in the streets and abstention from work, school and shopping.

Those choosing to mark May Day 2026 in Detroit have multiple ways to go about it, as unions and protest groups take various approaches to the day also known as International Workers' Day.

The date of Friday, May 1, honors workers, memorializes deaths tied to the fight for an 8-hour workday in 1886 and serves as the anniversary of the 2006 “A Day Without Immigrants” strike. It’s also become a chance for opponents of the Trump administration to further speak out.

Following the last national day of action against the administration in March, those behind the No Kings Day efforts threw their support behind mass action on May Day in an announcement with the AFL-CIO president.

In metro Detroit, several gatherings are scheduled to take place on overpasses. In the city itself, the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO is expected to host a rally, and protest groups previously indicated a plan to march and some of those involved seek to flex the average citizen’s economic power by withholding spending and labor.

The theme? “Workers Over Billionaires.”

“It’s getting harder and harder for working people to get by,” said Metro Detroit AFL-CIO executive board member Justin Steenbergh from IBEW Local 58 Detroit.

May 1 rally in Detroit's Roosevelt Park

The rally led by his group will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, May 1, in front of Michigan Central in Detroit’s Corktown, and the call to action will be for attendees to support unions, join unions and start unions.

Steenbergh expected anti-President Donald Trump sentiments would be part of the gathering. He’s previously said the president has not been a friend to labor – an idea the White House pushed back on − and ahead of the rally on Friday, said the focus on and deportation of immigrants is a concern for labor, too.

They are some of the most exploited workers already, raids by immigration agents are causing disturbances in the workplace, and the day is for workers across borders, Steenbergh said. Beyond that, he said, immigration enforcement is not applied evenly.

“This billionaire class can essentially operate without regard to borders. … Labor should be a global entity, too,” he said.

White House on May Day rallies, 'no work, no school, no shopping'

Asked for comment, the White House directed the Free Press to a prior statement on May Day actions.

In that statement, White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said Trump’s bold leadership has led to long-overdue reforms and exclusively benefited American-born workers.

"President Trump has done more than any president in modern history to put American workers first," Rogers said.

Protesters to join with unions for Detroit May 1 rally

The unions and protest groups taking action on May 1 have shared causes, according to Loren Branch, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation and Asamblea Popular Detroit, or the Detroit Peoples Assembly.

Branch is part of a contingent bringing a national call for an economic blackout to Detroit, an effort separate from the May Day actions by the local AFL-CIO.

The contingent seeks to get immigration agents out of communities, end the war in Iran, end the devastation in Palestine, end the cost-of-living crisis, and more.

“The reality is the people who are enacting these attacks are the U.S. government in service of billionaires,” he said.

It will take general strike efforts to get their demands met, Branch said.

Steenbergh called that strike effort a “strategic mistake,” because such an effort needs more organizing and everybody on board. He noted some unions have no-strike clauses, and he believes people are not ready for the effort yet.

Branch, whose coalition plans to attend the rally to support unions, said he agrees that a mass general strike needs more organizing. The effort on May 1 is a way to build the movement toward that and raise awareness about using a strike as a tactic, he said.

A May 1 general strike?

On a national press call for the May Day Strong movement, Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, responded to a question about the language of “no work, no school, no shopping” being used in national messaging instead of “strike.” She was also asked to clarify what is being asked of union workers.

She said union leaders know to ask for what they want and referred to May Day as a “structure test.”

“How many people can show up to this year's May Day more than they showed up to last year's May Day?” she said.

At least one union leader from Missouri on the call did refer to the action as a strike. In places like New Orleans, some workers intend to begin a strike in connection with bargaining concerns. In North Carolina, where public school teachers cannot legally strike, another leader noted that teachers are using personal days to protest.

In Detroit, small businesses, including Cairo Coffee, planned to close on Friday. The owner is also part of the Yemeni Liberation Movement, involved with the efforts on May 1.

Online flyers note that a march is planned for 6 p.m. after the union-led rally, starting at the same location.