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7sleepersmusic<p>'...many Bangladeshis in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> speak <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sylheti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sylheti</span></a>, a dialect used by 11 million people in the world. However, interpreters often speak standardized formal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bengali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bengali</span></a> language. “We’ve seen so many people denied or deported because of the language barrier. They don’t understand these are Sylheti speakers.”' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bangladesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bangladesh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Refugees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamtramck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamtramck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NargisRahman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NargisRahman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BridgeDetroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BridgeDetroit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WDET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WDET</span></a> <a href="https://wdet.org/2025/03/19/shustho-how-language-access-affects-health-care-for-bangladeshi-women-in-michigan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wdet.org/2025/03/19/shustho-ho</span><span class="invisible">w-language-access-affects-health-care-for-bangladeshi-women-in-michigan/</span></a></p>
Bill Tozier<p>Egyptian Pharaohs fell from the sky, fell from the sky, and played the blues</p><p>Thanks, Ish</p><p>Turned it up when the first notes played</p><p><a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/WDET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WDET</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/ThisIslandEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIslandEarth</span></a></p>
Deborah Edwards-Oñoro<p>Congrats to WDET on being named top public radio station in the Michigan!</p><p><a href="https://wdet.org/2023/05/01/wdet-mab-awards-2022/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wdet.org/2023/05/01/wdet-mab-a</span><span class="invisible">wards-2022/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WDET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WDET</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRadio</span></a></p>
Ed W8EMV :city_ann_arbor:<p><a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/DTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DTE</span></a> is taking heat for its outrage map, which returns two different sets of numbers. </p><p><a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/WDET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WDET</span></a> story has an interview <a href="https://wdet.org/2023/03/03/dte-energy-outage-website/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wdet.org/2023/03/03/dte-energy</span><span class="invisible">-outage-website/</span></a></p><p>"The utility giant used two datasets to report outages, with a lower estimate prominently featured on its dashboard."</p><p>Part of this is the problem with smart meters - your power may be up, but the utility connection with your smart meter is offline. It's not possible to read all meters in the system at once.</p><p>Not any news to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@nuxi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nuxi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bfs.llc/@PowerOutageUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PowerOutageUS</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/miwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miwx</span></a></p>