do not know where people got i’d be celebrating rich people losing everything in these fires. maybe you haven’t gotten the point of my talking about surviving hurricanes in the past, but losing everything to a storm of water is super traumatic; CAN’T IMAGINE FIRE.
i have a lifetime of PTSD and being homeless by weather disasters and then years later by poverty have fucked me up.
homelessness is homelessness. no matter how much money you may have, you can’t buy back your lifetime of mementos…
Earlier the @VP and I received a briefing from Governor Newsom, Mayor Bass, and FEMA Administrator Criswell.
While the winds have died down, we expect they will remain a threat until early next week. We'll keep working 24/7 to support state and local officials to fully stop these fires.
I will also make sure California has every possible resource to fight these fires and help survivors. Survivors should go to DisasterAssistance.gov or call the number: 1-800-621-3362 as soon as possible.
‘I signed up for new ad-supported accounts on Netflix, Peacock, Disney+, Max, Paramount+, and Hulu and watched all the ads on 12 popular shows — two on each platform — and wanted to quantify was exactly how much of my viewing went to ads versus the program itself.’
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Just how many ads are there on ad-supported streaming apps, really?
We watched 12 shows on six platforms to find out how much of your life you give up to save a few bucks each month.Jon Keegan (Sherwood News)
You enter a dusty, pink room. There is a CHAIR near the window. You see a RUBBER DUCK here, in the window.
Exits: SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST
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GRAVY-EYED. Blear-eyed, one whose eyes have a running humour.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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The Anti-Social Century
Intel Open-Source Vulkan Driver Merges Initial AV1 Decode Support
Merged this Friday night for Mesa 25.0 is initial Vulkan Video AV1 decode support for Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan Linux driver...
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Intel Open-Source Vulkan Driver Merges Initial AV1 Decode Support
Merged this Friday night for Mesa 25.0 is initial Vulkan Video AV1 decode support for Intel's open-source 'ANV' Vulkan Linux driver.www.phoronix.com
I/O アイ・オー 1988年12月号 : 工学社 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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I'm baffled that the Linux Foundation is supporting Google-based browsers, but it is.
Apparently the idea is to broaden the ecosystem, but I don't see how anyone but Google benefits from this in the long run.
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Linux Foundation Announces the Launch of Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers
New initiative to support open development and enhance projects within the Chromium ecosystemThe Linux Foundation
I think we know what comes next #Meta
“Meta’s head of civil rights is leaving”
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Meta’s head of civil rights is leaving.
When Roy Austin was hired to run a new civil rights team in 2021, the company called it “an incredibly important role for Facebook and for the tech industry.” Now, Austin announces he is leaving on the same day that Meta is ending all DEI programs.Alex Heath (The Verge)
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The only Democrat whom Trump and the Republicans have any use for is one who is completely subservient to them.
The #Resistance Is Dead. Welcome to the #Surrender.
Democrats of all stripes—including Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—are pledging to find common ground with Trump and the Republicans, in the mistaken belief that voters will reward them for it.The New Republic
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Biden leaves behind a remarkable legacy in public health
Biden leaves behind a remarkable legacy in public healthhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/09/biden-overdose-drug-costs-seniors/BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
“When an 84-year-old man in Hong Kong was admitted to a hospital for a condition related to an enlarged prostate, doctors noticed something else—he was oddly gray.
His skin had an ashen appearance. His fingernails and the whites of his eyes had become silvery. When doctors took a skin biopsy, they could see tiny, dark granules sitting in the fibers of his skin, in his blood vessels, in the membranes of his sweat glands, and in his hair follicles.
A blood test made clear what the problem was: the concentration of silver in his serum was 423 nmol/L, over 40 times the reference level for a normal result.”
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Man turns irreversibly gray from an unidentified silver exposure
His skin, hands, nails, and eyes had turned silvery gray from the exposure.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
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News and commentary for understanding and coping with the years ahead... While Trump cultists lie about wildfires, a nonprofit acts A Bay Area fire tracking app is saving lives — and correcting Elon MuskWatch Duty has overtaken ChatGPT to become t…Dan Gillmor (The cornerstone of democracy...)
"Difficult, not hopeless, times ahead"
I can do difficult. I always have. I hope this is true. I think all we can do is a little each day. Think about how each action can have further effects.
I've been doing this. It's been building bit by bit. But I'd really like to find some good ways to volunteer more.
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FreeBSD Suspend/Resume
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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
in reply to your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 • • •cannot impress upon you enough how traumatic and devastating homelessness is.
it’s not just about the building, it’s about the safe space where you can just be and the thigs you hold onto, to remember to never forget.
have no idea how many thousands of people been affected, but the area is supposedly as big as NYC.
i can’t even.
money won’t fix all what they’ve lost. trauma doesn’t work like that.
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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
in reply to your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 • • •PS,
i’ve never been the same since having to sleep in nyc subways and wherever i could safely crash. sure, it wasn’t for a long time, about 4 months, but it fucked me up. and that happened +30 years ago.
btw, the homeless NYU student is a common occurrence. no university should be sitting on billions while their students have nowhere to live.
there are many ways people become homeless.
USA is a sociopathic culture that revels on the misfortune of others.
change that.
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