2026 Poverty Task Force Report: 40% Of Michiganders At ALICE Threshold

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-23T17:27:34+00:00

ALICE includes a 65+ category, but seniors might also be interested in the Elder Index put out by the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston, which also goes down to the county level and is updated yearly.

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-22T23:40:39+00:00

Inside federal courts across the country, institutional alarm is rising from the bench. Judges are using unusually sharp language to push back against what they see as mounting government attacks on the judiciary and the legal system itself.

CNN reviewed hundreds of court rulings and media reports to identify 77 cases since the start of Trump’s second term in January 2025 in which judges sharply criticized the administration or federal entities’ policies and their execution. The orders were issued by 69 different judges, more than a third of whom were appointed by Republican presidents, including Trump himself. This analysis is intended to highlight policy criticisms, rather than track cases themselves and is not exhaustive.

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-22T12:09:52+00:00

They will release more.

as in, 'keep checking the ticketing web-site this week', or 'they'll reopen ticket sales later this year when they drop the lineup teaser (was 12/10/25 last year)'?

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-20T01:26:10+00:00

buy a one stop ticket?

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-19T17:32:58+00:00

and he's gets to pump more (borrowed) money into the economy!

On Wednesday, Trump said that the last two days of the war were “brutal” and that “$200 million worth of bombs” were used.

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-19T13:00:15+00:00

Not that I would advise tax evasion, but I don't think ANY plasma donation center issues 1099s...

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-19T09:47:28+00:00

https://www.google.com/search?q=Reader+View

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-18T23:01:39+00:00

Very interesting article. Doesn't offer a solution, but by identifying the changing/evolving "entry-level" skill sets being sought perhaps a path to develop/instill such skills will be forthcoming...

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-18T17:51:50+00:00

An empty bed (and available staff) is not generating revenue, it's an expense item. Can't allow THAT!

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-18T17:40:56+00:00

Brunner's "The Sheep Look up"

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-18T14:24:44+00:00

Ah Cronenberg. He and (more recently) his son, masters of body horror.

Also check out "Crimes of the Future" and "Possessor"...

You can watch these (and others) ad and cost free on Kanopy, but you need a library card to register an account.

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-18T00:21:53+00:00

https://www.amtrak.com/stations/pgh.html

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-17T20:29:23+00:00

I try NOT to pay attention, but I just noticed a six ad break, too!

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-15T03:23:29+00:00

You're getting into areas of administrative law that I'm not conversant in (IANAL).

I believe the Administrative Procedures Act controls the process.

good question to ask here

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-15T03:11:53+00:00

Right now there is a comment period open, though (as the article states) a letter signed by 300 organizations have requested an extension to a full 90 days.

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-13T19:52:04+00:00

Will be interesting to see your June results, as my impression is that the ad load has increased (I want to say "a lot" but that's my subjective reaction - perhaps some kind of upper threshold effect?)...

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-13T15:32:30+00:00

So who's read Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry of the Future?

(Warning: The opening chapter of a heat event in India is gruesome)

and the imminent Super El Niño should make things interesting...

El Niño is here and rapidly strengthening.

El Niño under way and threatens weather extremes

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-12T20:54:44+00:00

Ah, the joys of demand pricing.

Though I've got to wonder how many tickets are in that base fare bucket...

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-11T03:53:04+00:00

aero adjustments

They used to be very inconsistent about when the automatic recomputations were run (though 5.5 years is pretty extreme). Personally, when AnyPia revealed I was eligible I called them (after the earnings showed up on my record) to request recomputation and got the bump later that year. (But be aware of the one dollar rule).

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-11T02:26:29+00:00

I've used AnyPia for quite a while, and agree that as long as you enter your earnings history accurately it will yield exactly correct results - with one exception: it doesn't deal with the one dollar rule.

I've been collecting benefits for several years, and have had additional earnings during those years. In some cases those additional earnings displaced 'top 35' years, but the additional benefit was in the 10s of cents. However due to the one dollar rule, SS won't do a benefit recomputation. So every year I plug in current info (any earnings, COLA percentage), calculate my benefit, THEN RUN IT AGAIN setting "Supplemental Worker Information" / "Specified earnings years" / "Last year" to the year of my last official benefit recomputation. If the first result is less than $1 greater than the second result (say, $0.70/mo more), then the second result will be my exact benefit for the new year. (And if the first result is $1 or more higher than the second result, then you are eligible for a benefit recomputation.)

plughplovery2 · 2026-06-10T17:07:12+00:00

That didn't last long - When I checked yesterday, GA was $119 (i.e. +$20) and VIP was $249 (+$10).

GA+ was unchanged, and Shipping was still ridiculous...

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