Way cool!
#Detroit #music TV series ‘Tales from the D’ begins run at Detroit Historical Museum
https://www.macombdaily.com/2025/02/12/detroit-music-tv-series-tales-from-the-d-begins-run-at-detroit-historical-museum/
ary, Indiana, was once a symbol of America’s industrial might. One artist believes it’s ripe for rejuvenation. #art #Indiana #rustbelt
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Gary, Indiana, was once a symbol of America’s industrial might. One artist believes it’s ripe for rejuvenation. art #Indiana #rustbelt
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2025/0128/gary-indiana-art-lauren-pacheco
This morning at my local beach. I was too late to catch the gorgeous sunrise, but this view is always interesting to me. Always.
Today in Labor History January 20, 1986: Bruce Springsteen's "My Hometown" topped the music charts on this date. The song, a eulogy for dying industrial cities, includes the lines: "Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores / Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more / They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks / Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to your hometown / Your hometown / Your hometown / Your hometown . . ." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gKSp8WoRg
What terminal are they using for some of these screenshots over at Telnet BBS Guide? (BBS as rendered with MuffinTerm inset for comparison.)
From limited internet and grocery deserts to deteriorating roads, people of color in the Rust Belt face unique challenges often overlooked in by political reporters
https://theconversation.com/rust-belt-voters-arent-all-white-but-election-coverage-of-the-region-often-ignores-the-concerns-of-people-of-color-there-224466
#politics #rustbelt
The #struggle for #Senate #control goes down to the wire as #spending sets new #records
#Billions of #dollars in #advertising are raining down on #voters across the #RustBelt, #RockyMountains and #American #southwest as the two major #political #parties portray their #opponent’s #candidates as #extreme in a #struggle for control of the #USSenate.
from #TheIntercept
Not Just Coastal Elites: Here’s How Three #RustBelt Colleges Protested #Israel ’s War in #Gaza
#AllEyesOnRafah #NeverStopSharing
#DefendStudentProtesters #SolidarityWithPalestine #NotAntisemitism #CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#IsraelWarCrimes #USHandsOffICC
#EndTheOccupation #PalestinianLivesMatter #StopArmingIsrael
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive #StopGazaGenocide
#Palestine #USPolitics
#news #press @palestine @israel
https://theintercept.com/2024/06/02/gaza-student-protest-campus-rust-belt/
Love to see good news about the Rust Belt! Specifically Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan:
"The Midwest is emerging as a major manufacturing hub for the clean energy transition as federal incentives and falling prices for renewables spur companies to invest tens of billions of dollars into new factory operations across the country."
Biden's 2022 climate action bill continues to bear fruit!
#climate ##climateaction #midwest #rustbelt #greenmanufacturing #energytransition
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17052024/midwest-clean-energy-manufacturing/
Dimmed view of things
Tarnished by a century
Future blue sky hopes
#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Factory #ScrewFactory #ScrewFactoryLofts #Warehouse #Ohio #Lakewood #Industry #Rust #RustBelt #Brick #Sky #Industrial
April 24, 2024
Let’s drive all the way to Maine
Rust-Belt Recitations
William Doreski
My brother mostly makes things you can't really own—institutional kilns, big machines, installations. But this winter he set himself the challenge of making pieces that could be taken home and hung on a wall. Now he is putting a few up for sale each day this week. I am proud of him for making things, and equally so that he is practicing not hiding his light. You can send your gallerists or art-loving friends here:
Just saw the most Peoria thing ever today. A Caterpillar tractor tearing down a #rustbelt ruin.
“In 2016, although Trump and Clinton made a nearly equal number of visits to western Pennsylvania, they differed in where they went. Clinton headed to Pittsburgh. Trump toured struggling factory towns.” #USPol #Politics #Economics #RustBelt https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/23/rust-belt-union-blues-trump-workers-democrats
“The challenge is going to be that these are regions that don’t have an accumulation of the things you need, whether that’s workforce or managerial skills or supplier ecosystems that would be required. But you’ve got to start somewhere.” #RustBelt #WorkingClass #Economics #Manufacturing #USPol https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/16/chips-act-rust-belt-revival-manufacturing-tech
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...und der Werkstoffforschung, um nur zwei zu nennen.
Kurzum, sie finanzierte den Boom der 80er Jahre und die "Wiedervereinigung" zu großen Teilen mit. In der Tat wären wohl Arbeitsplätze in gigantischem Ausmaß verloren gegangen, wie dies in den USA im #RustBelt um Detroit oder auch in der ausverkauften #Autobranche des UK der Fall war.
Alle, die je ein Auto kauften, haben diese...
Michigan named top state to live and work in the U.S.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has pushed for progressive policies to attract young people, declaring ‘Bigotry is bad for business’
The Great Lakes State has long held space in the national imagination as perhaps the ultimate symbol of Rust Belt industrial decline. Though Michigan’s reputation is changing, it’s still often written off and overlooked.
Maybe it’s high time that changes.
According to a new study of the top 10 states to live and work in the U.S., Michigan is the best.
The analysis by Softworks, a workforce management company, considered a range of factors for the study, including wages, cost of living, housing affordability, and overall happiness.
We believe that Michigan’s position as the top state is a testament to its ongoing efforts in fostering economic growth and providing an environment conducive to personal and professional fulfillment,” the authors wrote, adding, “As the hub of the automotive industry, Michigan has a strong economy and a low cost of living, making it an attractive option for those looking to settle down in the Midwest. Its cities, such as Detroit and Grand Rapids, are undergoing revitalization efforts and have a growing entrepreneurial spirit.”
Like other Midwest states, Michigan has experienced a “blue wave” in recent years that sees Democrats in control of the state government for the first time in nearly 40 years. While its population has declined in recent years, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is trying to curb the brain drain of young people leaving the state by pushing progressive policies such as reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights. In her 2023 State of the State speech, Whitmer declared, “Bigotry is bad for business.”
#Michigan #Politics #Whitmer #GretchenWhitmer #USA #GreatLakes #News #Detroit #DetroitMetroTimes #USPol #RustBelt
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/michigan-named-top-state-to-live-and-work-in-the-us-33837397
