Zed
@sigmabetazed.bsky.social
📍Mobile, AL
Perpetually curious higher education professional. Associate Director of Student Activities at University of South Alabama.
*Opinions my own and do not reflect the views of my employer*
Perpetually curious higher education professional. Associate Director of Student Activities at University of South Alabama.
*Opinions my own and do not reflect the views of my employer*
"...a forecasted surge in electricity demand from data centers...."
Here's an idea: why don't data centers pay a premium for their electricity to offset increased infrastructure costs?
alabamareflector.com/2025/12/03/a...
Here's an idea: why don't data centers pay a premium for their electricity to offset increased infrastructure costs?
alabamareflector.com/2025/12/03/a...
Alabama PSC approves Alabama Power's request for rate freeze | Alabama Reflector
The consent order halts future potential rate increases that Alabama Power could impose for the next two years as requested by the company.
alabamareflector.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"...a forecasted surge in electricity demand from data centers...."
Here's an idea: why don't data centers pay a premium for their electricity to offset increased infrastructure costs?
alabamareflector.com/2025/12/03/a...
Here's an idea: why don't data centers pay a premium for their electricity to offset increased infrastructure costs?
alabamareflector.com/2025/12/03/a...
I'm hopeful for the Jones campaign: alabamareflector.com/2025/12/12/d... #Alabama
Doug Jones kicks off Alabama gubernatorial campaign with vision of 'crowded table' | Alabama Reflector
Speaking to more than 1,000 people on the eighth anniversary of his’ victory in the 2017 special U.S. Senate election, Jones, referencing a song by the country group the Highwomen, said he wanted to m...
alabamareflector.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm hopeful for the Jones campaign: alabamareflector.com/2025/12/12/d... #Alabama
"...the government should not invade our privacy just in case we do something illegal." indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/08/i...
Indiana must put guardrails on the use of automatic license plate readers • Indiana Capital Chronicle
In most areas of the country, including Indiana, the data collected by license plate readers can be stored indefinitely with few protections
indianacapitalchronicle.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"...the government should not invade our privacy just in case we do something illegal." indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/08/i...
Will be interested to see macro effects over the long run: apnews.com/article/sant... #MinimumWage
Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach
Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
apnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Will be interested to see macro effects over the long run: apnews.com/article/sant... #MinimumWage
"Make America Affordable Again" is just MAAAAAAAAA which basically sums up this presidency.
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Make America Affordable Again" is just MAAAAAAAAA which basically sums up this presidency.
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We've hit another storage shortage so putting out another call for your hard drives: HDD, SDD, NVME, SAS or SATA, whatever you've got, aren't using, & can donate to the cause it'll be used directly for the long time archival of NCAA football broadcasts (and occasional news coverage). DM me! Thanks!
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We've hit another storage shortage so putting out another call for your hard drives: HDD, SDD, NVME, SAS or SATA, whatever you've got, aren't using, & can donate to the cause it'll be used directly for the long time archival of NCAA football broadcasts (and occasional news coverage). DM me! Thanks!
I grew up in Indiana. My siblings and cousins and I were playing outside one day when we were kids. My cousin thought he saw a bobcat near the barn out back. "A bobcat in Indiana?!? There's no way..." we thought.
And now there's a hunting season: indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/bobca...
#Indiana
And now there's a hunting season: indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/bobca...
#Indiana
Bobcat hunting season quickly hits limit • Indiana Capital Chronicle
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has closed the bobcat trapping season after reaching the statewide quota of 250 bobcats in just four weeks.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I grew up in Indiana. My siblings and cousins and I were playing outside one day when we were kids. My cousin thought he saw a bobcat near the barn out back. "A bobcat in Indiana?!? There's no way..." we thought.
And now there's a hunting season: indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/bobca...
#Indiana
And now there's a hunting season: indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/bobca...
#Indiana
"...one company will control what gets made and what gets seen." seths.blog/2025/12/unde... #Netflix #WarnerBros
Understanding carriage
The announcement of the planned Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros, one of the last remaining major studios, is shedding light on a key issue we often overlook when thinking about culture, creativi…
seths.blog
December 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"...one company will control what gets made and what gets seen." seths.blog/2025/12/unde... #Netflix #WarnerBros
The most un-American President: apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause' migration to the US from poorer countries
President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status...
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The most un-American President: apnews.com/article/trum...
Good job, Alabama: alabamareflector.com/2025/11/19/a... #PBS
Alabama Public Television to maintain PBS programming | Alabama Reflector
The Alabama Educational Television Foundation voted Tuesday to maintain PBS programming after backlash from the public.
alabamareflector.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Good job, Alabama: alabamareflector.com/2025/11/19/a... #PBS
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this is where i insist you have to tell your family stories like this at Thanksgiving! it's the only way they'll ever actually learn what's happening!
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
this is where i insist you have to tell your family stories like this at Thanksgiving! it's the only way they'll ever actually learn what's happening!
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
"You can’t convert people who don’t want what you have… you need to attract people who do." seths.blog/2025/11/opti...
Optimizing the landing page
It might be your website, your brochure, the inside of your store… This is a fine thing to do, but it’s not particularly effective. The secret isn’t to optimize the landing page. …
seths.blog
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"You can’t convert people who don’t want what you have… you need to attract people who do." seths.blog/2025/11/opti...
Long live the Internet Archive
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Long live the Internet Archive
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
"Be worth the trip. Be worth the price."
seths.blog/2025/10/out-...
seths.blog/2025/10/out-...
Out of the way and a little inconvenient
Visitors to your new bookstore are likely to have a phone in their pockets–they could buy a book from the competition without even walking into the shop. And diners at your funky restaurant h…
seths.blog
October 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Be worth the trip. Be worth the price."
seths.blog/2025/10/out-...
seths.blog/2025/10/out-...
Cracking down on speech, but, yeah, not authoritarian.
www.highereddive.com/news/state-d...
www.highereddive.com/news/state-d...
State Department has revoked over 6,000 student visas this year
A spokesperson said 200 to 300 of the revocations were over support for terrorism, a common Trump administration claim against international students.
www.highereddive.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Cracking down on speech, but, yeah, not authoritarian.
www.highereddive.com/news/state-d...
www.highereddive.com/news/state-d...
Not one university should agree to the compact. www.highereddive.com/news/trump-u...
‘Nothing less than government control’: Higher ed responds to Trump’s compact
Federal officials offered preferential funding treatment to nine initial colleges in exchange for sweeping changes. Here’s how they replied.
www.highereddive.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Not one university should agree to the compact. www.highereddive.com/news/trump-u...
"But it might be even more effective to realize that, whenever we choose, we can learn something from what’s going on. We’re not getting taught, we’re choosing to learn." seths.blog/2025/10/what...
What the world teaches us
It’s possible to consider the next event in our lives as something the world is trying to teach us. But it might be even more effective to realize that, whenever we choose, we can learn somet…
seths.blog
October 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"But it might be even more effective to realize that, whenever we choose, we can learn something from what’s going on. We’re not getting taught, we’re choosing to learn." seths.blog/2025/10/what...
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oh look, giving in to a bully didn't work, again
BREAKING: Trump says he's punishing Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down an anti-tariff ad sooner.
Trump punishes Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner
President Donald Trump says he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario.
bit.ly
October 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
oh look, giving in to a bully didn't work, again
"The sexual binary espoused in both Trump and Abbott’s directives run contrary to decades of research from the scientific and medical communities, and neither directive represents a legislative change." #HigherEd www.highereddive.com/news/texas-t...
Texas Tech orders colleges to align instruction with Trump administration’s gender views
The directive from Chancellor Tedd Mitchell immediately drew backlash from free speech advocates, with one attorney describing it as “obvious censorship.”
www.highereddive.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"The sexual binary espoused in both Trump and Abbott’s directives run contrary to decades of research from the scientific and medical communities, and neither directive represents a legislative change." #HigherEd www.highereddive.com/news/texas-t...
