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- Re: Fwd: The Sun: Adverse Effects, Robert
- Not squamous again!
- Re: Fwd: September 1, 2026, Robert
- It's funny how absolutely nobody except Trump himself likes Hegseth. And, I expect that, too, to be on shaky ground (as I may have mentioned before). And, yeah, we already know about the so-called unitary executive, also known as a king, an absolute monarc...
- Re: Fwd: September 4, 2026, Robert
- Ah. This explains why Cleveland received such low approval ratings while in office. I guess he didn't have the political capital to seize the assets of the millionaire class, unlike FDR. I guess this is why the Federal Reserve tries its damnest to avoid de...
- Biden college funding relief policies, Robert
- There is a strong argument for not giving free money to people when college costs were through the roof. And, I don't think everybody needs to go to college. (Do I sound like Peter Thiel now?) The problem is that, with the degradation of labor unions, maki...
- article about 924 Gilman, Robert
- berkeleyside.org Wow. That is a long article. Pretty comprehensive, 'tho. The referenced is also pretty interesting (and a lot shorter). It refreshing to know that collectives can still thrive in these horrible days when everything looks so bleak.
- How do you define good health – and achieve it – in a broken US medical system?, Robert
- theguardian.com This article has a very "United Kingdom healthcare system" bias, in the sense that a lot of American citizens do not have access to healthcare. It does make some good points, such as getting guidance through a physician is key.
- increasing the retirement age, Robert
- OK, that would be one big downside to raising the retirement age. Also, in the U.S., reducing the retirement age may not make sense since longevity is not keeping up: .
- What Historians Say pipeline, Robert
- We need to fill up the pipeline. I think we should continue watching that PBS Youtube about Turkey. I think this could be a contender ('tho it gets a bit complex because it becomes harder to jump in the middle of the series). What do you think?
- Re: What Historians Say pipeline, Robert
- BTW, youtube.com is the whole series. I guess you can tell what I'm thinking about. I'm going to move ahead with creating a meetup. Hopefully, it won't be wasted time.
- Re: What Historians Say pipeline, Robert
- I created a new meetup and came up with a few questions. I'm think we're going have to consider expanding the size of the segments in the Youtube videos because, for example, stretching 17 minutes of this video into a 1.5 hour discussion may be difficult. ...
Re: September 18 - State Propositions Event (fwd), robert
- Are you implying that you want to go?
Re: September 8, 2026 (fwd), robert
- Going to the site that Heather cites directs me to votesafe.org . I guess Musk doesn't like me.
Re: A Slice of NY 2oth anniversary party, robert
- Is the party on a particular day? This PDF file is hard to interpret.
government should pay for people to own guns if they give them healthcare, Robert
- The counterargument gets sort of interesting, too. If the government should not be paying for anything, would that mean the effective end of the U.S. government (i.e., anarchy)? I mean, like Nicolas says, with the existence of a government, there must be p...
Jonny's next tasks, Robert
- Do you know when Jonny will be coming by again? The next task is to look at the roof.
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- Re: Jonny's next tasks, Robert
- I think that's low priority since it's not directly exposed to the element, but, sure, why not? Should be relatively easy, I think.
size of government, Robert
- This isn't quite true. There were two factions: one which preferred a restricted and state-based government (Jefferson et al.) and another which preferred a much more centralized and consolidated government (Hamilton et al.). So, I think these tensions we...
Re: The List, robert
- Insecure is fine. Good to know.
Re: See you Sunday in where-I-live? (fwd), robert
- I see that Jane Kim is endorsed by Bernie Sanders.
Re: zed, robert
- izzard? You mean Eddie Izzard's name could also be Eddie Zed or Eddie Zee? Sounds like a rapper. I seem to recall that Geddy Lee pronounced the song "Why Why Zed". Very interesting article.
Re: lay off that sugarfree jam, robert
- Not sure which brands have this. Smucker's doesn't. smuckers.com In any case, I hardly ever have jelly or jam these days -- maybe once a month.
Re: statins for the elderly, robert
- Weird. I think, in my family, only Flora may be willing to take this advice.
Re: vegan accusations, robert
- Do you think that the number of attributes that disqualifies people for a political office will continue to expand until only straight, meat-eating, non-disabled, capitalism-supporting, white males will qualify?
Re: Thiel in Argentina, robert
- Argentina has always welcomed Nazis. So, this is no surprise.
Re: depopulation, robert
- Very good article. I didn't know about all these points / aspects. I guess we should hope to die before all the bad effects really kick in.
- Re: depopulation, robert
- Well, the points made in the opinion piece are borrowing from the document aei.org . It goes into excruciating detail about the issue. BTW, I don't think the article was arguing that depopulation was bad, and Eberstadt would probably agree with your points...
Re: The Big Tech Alums Building Trumps AI War Machine (fwd), robert
- Did none of these people see a "Terminator" movie? It's not bad enough that AGI alone will probably kill off all the humans.
You've scheduled: What Historians Say: Byzantium, Meetup
- Title: You've scheduled: What Historians Say: Byzantium You're going! What Historians Say: Byzantium Adventures in History and Culture Your Meetup event has been scheduled! 9/30/2026, 6:30:00 PM PDT San Pedro Square Market: Downtown where-I-live 87 North S...
Re: dealing with different conversations, robert
- Actually, I think this has less in common with what Margaret Killjoy says than in dealing with people like Heather, Tamara, Gail, and Erica. Definitely some great strategies, but, I think, sometimes you just have to get up and walk away for people to get ...
could Star Wars be made today?, Robert
- What's amazing to me is how quickly the Zeitgeist changed in just a few decades. I wonder if this is how the "greatest generation" (World War II veterans, e.g.) viewed boomers at the time? I guess it's easy to dismiss the new morals, but perhaps understand...
Sowell, Robert
- It is interesting that Sowell is very dismissive of representative democracy; e.g., see currentaffairs.org . I guess he believes that the amount of speech you get should be proportionate to your income / assets.
constant growth, Robert
- I was listening to a radio program about the book and part of his argument is that the entire economy is premised on constantly expanding growth. And, population growth is one of the drivers of that. Escaping from that model seems difficult, assuming that ...
Upton Tea Imports Ship Confirmation, Upton Tea Imports
- Greetings from Upton Tea Imports! Your order has shipped. Preferred Shipping should arrive in 2-6 business days, with FedEx Ground Economy arriving in 3-7 business days. Business days are Monday-Friday. International orders should arrive in 10-14 business ...
changes in people in the last 10 years, Robert
- And to address your question about whether people have changed in the last ten years: yes. The emotional "hate" of the "other side" has increased substantially, and, I would argue, drive modern politics. This may have started with Obama, but it really grew...
Chris's party email spam, Robert
- When I fed the message into my mail processor, it marked it as spam immediately, mostly because there were no direct recipients. It's possible that this being blocked at a lot of levels, not just your individual emails on your computer.
Re: Fw: LOCATION CHANGE for 9/17 ACLU Defend Democracy in where-I-live – now at Willow Glen Community Center, Robert
- Finding parking will be a nightmare. I recommend leaving 10 minutes earlier than The Google would say.
macular degeneration, Robert
- karger.com Apparently, AMD is more prevalent in the white (and female) population than other populations. Who knew?
not-so-slow laptop, Robert
- Just a personal testament: my 17-year old laptop running Linux works just great once everything is cached in memory. (An SSD would definitely help, but, as I've said countless times, I hate hardware.) My primary programs: Tor Browser Signal desktop Brave O...
ageism, Robert
- Speaking of income streams, I watched this yesterday: youtube.com . She's a comedian, and it is indeed funny. Unfortunately, with rising interest rates, jobs are going to get harder to come by. And, it's just a matter of time before the AI bubble pops. (Se...
gym on Sunday, Robert
- We should probably go a little early since there's a game in the afternoon.
Re: where-I-live google project fraud?, Robert
- Not sure why you'd want to build in Alviso. Maybe they don't care about flooding.
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- Re: where-I-live google project fraud?, Noelle
- Interesting that right before you sent this, I signed up for a deliberative polling online focus group about data centers in San . From the screening questions it seems they want to ask about mitigation measures to make data center development more palatab...
- Re: where-I-live google project fraud?, O Mandrussow
- Hahaha––using flood water to cool the data center! Hahaha! Let me know what happens with the Stanford data center 'focus group.' If it turns out to be BS, some folks in the Sierra Club are actively working on stopping data centers, not simply making them '...
Re: September 13, 2026 (fwd), robert
- Yep, a bundle of bad news.
Re: PFAS and data centers, robert
- Interesting.
Re: Stanford University Deliberation (fwd), robert
- Yeah, focus group is the right term. wikipedia.org
Re: Under Cover Of AI Doomsday, Big Tech Is Writing Its Own Rules (fwd), robert
- archive.is I didn't know about the proposed bill to "mandates that AI firms license from copyright holders instead of freely ingesting copyrighted material". I highly doubt that President Trump would ever sign it, but it seems like a good idea.
Re: The SEC wants to bury your disclosures in an inbox (fwd), robert
- This would be a shame.
Re: 🤖 Ctrl-Z (fwd), robert
- Ah. This finally explains why she supported the most horrible KIDS Act, KOSA, and other bills. This info is good because it's yet another excuse why I'll never vote for her. (Ash Kalra is still on my "never vote" list, too.)
Re: birth rates book, robert
- Not sure that this article explains the "why it matters" part, but does seem to explain why it's happening. I don't think it really matters -- humanity will end in ~600 years, anyway, if the climate crisis or a biological or technical accident doesn't kil...
- Re: birth rates book, robert
- The 600 comes from the assumption of continually declining birthrates at current rates and steady death rates. Either could change, of course, but I don't expect them to. But, humans-shumans -- the machines may eventually just replace biology, anyway.
Re: litter box tips, robert
- We, at least, don't suffer from some of these things. 1. There aren't foul smells. 2. No strange behaviors around the litter box. 3. Gary doesn't avoid the box. 4. Doesn't scratch on the floors or walls instead of in the box. However, according to the art...
Re: Negativland, robert
- Of course, it's Gabe Meline. Sounds fun. I wonder if this will appear on the KQED Live thing on the PBS Roku channel?
Re: The Worshippers of Machines Versus the Lovers of Nature (fwd), robert
- Wow, this covers a lot of ground. My recommendation for Solnit is to write a bunch of smaller, bite-sized pieces instead of one huge article. Her message(s) may reach more people that way. Brevity, brevity, brevity.
Re: a future lunch out...in September (fwd), robert
- Hope you'll be hungry for pizza.
heat vs. cold, Robert
- For a few days this summer, it was 85 degrees in the room where I work. With a fan, it was no problem (but have to be careful not to drip sweat onto my keyboard). (My wife couldn't stand it and stayed with the room with AC.) Oh, and, with a fan, I can slee...
Re: visual hallucinations, robert
- How weird and interesting. Maybe this helps with the transition to the end-of-life. BTW, next time we're at a pharmacy, I may buy a magnifying glass. I don't technically need it now, but one could be good to have on hand. (I always remember the thick magn...
Dumpster Day?, Robert
- Do you know when the next Dumpster Day is? For some reason, I have an item on my calendar that it's coming up soon.
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- Re: Dumpster Day?, Robert
- I try to. OK. Didn't see anything. It's fine. We'll wait for the next round.
LastPass Emergency Access, Robert
- lastpass.com says that, if you change your master password, you need to re-set-up Emergency Access. (Note that this issue with Emergency Access applies to anybody who changes their Lastpass master password.)
Re: A Deadly Episode and things, Robert
- Noelle and I are both Margaret Cho fans. And, yeah, many of the sex jokes go over our head, too.
cost housing and inflation, Robert
- youtube.com This was a surprising and funny video about why housing is so expensive in the United States. He doesn't mention this in the piece, but it seems like this sort of regulation (don't worry, it's not an Ezra Klein argument) could set us up for a q...
Re: Upton Tea Imports Ship Confirmation (fwd), robert
- It's still in Connecticut. fedex.com
meetup reschedule, Robert
- Could you look at?: meetup.com Does that day work for you?
packet radio for internet-working, Robert
- youtube.com He's trying to layer a network protocol (miraheze.org ) over ham packet radio. I didn't know that ham radio only goes up to 28Mhz. At that rate, along with the overhead of the network packets, I would expect the throughput to be very low -- pro...
- Re: packet radio for internet-working, Robert
- (I think I mentioned this before, but...) My father was a ham. When we lived in , he hoisted a 30' antenna in our backyard -- a little bigger than the one seen in Miami in the video. He had someone install it, digging a big hole, and filling it with concre...
You've scheduled: What Historians Say: Crispus Attucks, Meetup
- Title: You've scheduled: What Historians Say: Crispus Attucks You're going! What Historians Say: Crispus Attucks Adventures in History and Culture Your Meetup event has been scheduled! 10/11/2026, 6:30:00 PM PDT San Pedro Square Market: Downtown where-I-li...
vacation time, Robert
- I'll need to take some vacation time before the end of the year. Probably taking the entire Thanksgiving week or Christmas week would be the most convenient, but I'm flexible. What do you think?
- Re: vacation time, Robert
- I'm leaning towards Thanksgiving since, if it rains in December, I want to be here to deal with the flooding. Thoughts?
Re: Book Group tonight 7:30pm - Link (fwd), robert
- Do you know if it's the second and fourth Tuesdays?
Re: George Matelich - CEO and Co-Founder just posted something that might be of interest to you (fwd), robert
- Yeah, let's hope this results in something.
immigration vans, Robert
- jstor.org I guess you can't gas people with an electric car or van.
banning CNN, Politico, etc. from the White House, Robert
- msn.com This reminds me of a character on Saturday Night Live, Tommy Flanagan, the pathological liar. "Uh, yeah, it's National Security, yeah, that's it, that's the ticket!" (See reddit.com ).
hot "chicken", Robert
- veganosity.com Looks like the very opposite of healthy.
Turkey's speech about Israel, and Trump's speech about Iran, Robert
- I keep thinking about that Star Trek episode where a being lives off of hate between sentient beings -- "Day of the Dove". imdb.com Hate seems to be the emotion of the decade.
AI doomsday, Robert
- This is available at archive.is . And, yes, while the US AI companies are saying the right thing, it doesn't help when Trump dismisses warnings about AI being a hoax ( foxnews.com ).
- Re: AI doomsday, Robert
- And, I like how Trump has tried to rebrand AI as "Super Intelligence", much like The Gulf of America, Lake America, and the Department of War. ( theepochtimes.com ).
Trump's golden arch, Robert
- politico.com "Tech, crypto, tobacco, other companies fund Trump’s White House ballroom". I guess this is the reflection of who we consider "gilded".
ballot endorsements, Robert
- Below is the list that I'll be going through after we get our ballots. A lot of them have not yet made endorsements, but the unions, the ACLU, and LWV have. peaceandfreedom.us ballotpedia.org ballotpedia.org ballotpedia.org siliconvalleydsa.org cadsa.org p...
- Re: ballot endorsements, Noelle
- yeah when I attended Zoom ACLU meeting I wrote down their endorsements and their no recommendation for some props
Dolly Parton Day, Robert
- The story is at marketplace.org You can contact Marketplace via a form at the bottom of the web page at marketplace.org . You can also post on BlueSky at . wikipedia.org correctly identifies several unions which pushed for the 8-hour day, but it wasn't unt...
Your Funds Transfer Request 641659704 Has Been Stopped (fwd), Noelle
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Re: Your UMB, NA Account Has Been Suspended (fwd), robert
- I think we'll need to wait for Gail's next move. It may be easier to send a check to Gail via online bill pay in the future. Anyway, we'll wait for Gail's response.
restaurants near the midpoint between where-I-live and Palo Alto, i.e., Sunnyvale, Robert
- yelp.com yelp.com yelp.com yelp.com (Indian) yelp.com yelp.com yelp.com yelp.com
Re: I have no sense of humor, Robert
- leapaheadapp.com says that Sedaris books are better in audiobook form. Noelle and I did listen to "Me Talk Pretty One Day" on cassette tapes on various roadtrips at the time. We like his sense of humor, but it's not to everybody's taste. = available DRM-fr...
monopoly capitalism, Robert
- youtube.com I just started watching this. This guy is a self-identified Libertarian. I guess he likes this book because it argues from a systemic point of view that most state-based capitalist countries tend toward a monopoly capitalism. From what the vide...
quad9 and trust, Robert
- I do see this: reddit.com , but it indicates that all PII is not logged. Regardless, you do need to pick-your-poison. I guess I'd prefer to trust Quad9 than to trust my ISP's DNS not to get poisoned.
- Re: quad9 and trust, Robert
- Yeah, I do run dnsmasq on most of my machines (not Windows), but don't depend upon the routers for their dnsmasq (or unbound) since unsure whether those can be poisoned or not.
- Re: quad9 and trust, Robert
- It's on my project backlog to use DNS-Over-HTTPS or DNS-Over-TLS with dnsmasq (dnsmasq does not directly support this). Quad9 does support this; perhaps Cloudflare does, too.
AI documentary, Robert
- youtube.com Noelle and I watched this last night. It was interesting, but seemed to cram a lot of stuff into 1.5 hours. Probably would've been better to spread it out over multiple segments, but perhaps fewer people would have to patience to watch all of i...
social media and recommendations, Robert
- I agree, and one of the things I hate most about the Youtube recommendation engine. Its recommendations are very shallow, mostly. I try to go directly to my subscriptions when possible to bypass the engine, but it's a lot of work.
Re: Noelle, RSVP to Tikiween at the Commune ✉️ (fwd), robert
- Well, this would certainly "solve" the problem of toothbrushes for Halloween.
Re: September 19, 2026 (fwd), robert
- It sounds like the native Americans got fucked, as usual, no matter how you look at it.
Re: Trump Declares War On the Real News by Calling It Fake (fwd), robert
- I heard about it, but didn't know the details. Another good argument to keep, at the very least, humans in the loop when it comes to decisions to launch attacks or engage military equipment.
Re: The Fine Print In Democrats Hollywood Merger Surrender (fwd), robert
- I still think that Trump wouldn't have got away with banning CNN for as long as he did without this Paramount deal being virtually in-the-bag.
Re: East Bay Ray, robert
- I wonder if Jello and he will "make up" because of this?
Re: Sharks games, robert
- I only see the one event.
Re: The Ellisons Have Made This Movie Before (fwd), robert
- What's annoying is that they will probably end up laying off just as many people as if they moved to Tennessee (or whereever). We should just let 'em move. Fuck them.
Re: Luttig and not seating Congress in Jan., robert
- Yeah, like I said, the incoming congress will eventually be sworn in and seated, but it may take a while since some elections may need to be redone (due to contestations) and some elections being caught up in litigation (again, due to contestations of leg...
Re: airport road closure?, robert
- I took that road once. I found it scary and would rather go along the long way around the airport than take that road again.
Re: Stand up for global repro rights on World Contraception Day (fwd), robert
- Yeah, I was going to post this on Signal but didn't get around to it.
FW: We are working on your transfer request, Robert
- Title: Fidelity Investments Fidelity Alert: We are working on your transfer request Subscription Alert Fri Sep 25, 2026 05:51:22 p.m. ET We're working on your transfer request From: An account at EXCITE CREDIT UNION To: Fidelity account ending in 1947 How ...
📅 Just scheduled: Childfree on the Trails: A Scenic Forest Hike 🥾🌲, Robert
- This is the weekend before T-Day. Bay Area Childfree Connections invites you to a new event x200C; 00C; ; C; 00C; x200C; ; 0C; #...
📅 Just scheduled: Life Chats: Let's Talk about Getting Older, Robert
- Any interest? Life Chats A Meetup for Meaningful Conversations invites you to a new event 00C; ; 200C; 0C; x200C; ; 200C; 00C;...
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