I heard back on this the other day. The #SJM aka #SJMN aka #mercurynews turned off their feeds due to #aiscraping , as they offered full articles in the feed.
Ugh. Still a -4 on productivity.
What the? #SanJoseMercury aka #SJMN or #mercurynews , once the 5th largest newspaper in the US, one I've subscribed for, eh, 20 years, cut off it's RSS feed last week. What kind of enshitification level is this?
They use Wordpress as their CMS. You'd think RSS support would essentially be a checkbox or plugin.
-4 to productivity. meh!
#OrangeCounty prosecutors opposed judge's 5 yr plea deal for #ThirdStrike #Skinhead with #swastika & SS tattoos arrested for murderous racist #hatecrime threats on pregnant Black woman at bus stop...
#DA appealed lighter sentencing and after a #retrial and six years of litigating won a 27 years to life #California #Correctional #prison term for violent repeat offender
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/29/california-man-sentenced-to-27-years-for-making-racist-threats-against-pregnant-black-woman/?share=iase2ooreniaen5altas #SharedLink #PaywallLft #Incarceration #Racism #PrisonIndustrialComplex #MercuryNews
#Newsom plan to #Gerrymander #California #voting districts in obvious overwhelming favor of #DemocratParty finds opposition push from rich #GOP supporting silver spoon #SiliconValley son of a billionaire #BerkshireHathaway exec, who has put up his own $10 million to obfuscate and oppose #BallotMeasure effort.
More than $34 Million has been raised to sway voters so far on either side of ccontroversial #Prop50 midterm #redistricting scheme to add seats to state's already dominant donkey #Congressional caucus.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/29/mailers-flood-bay-area-homes-kicking-off-california-redistricting-battles/?share=itrarakwwdtfkrafenwt #GiftLink #MercuryNews #SharedStory #YesonProp50 #NoOnProp50
New company on #BayFarm island in #EastBay says they have created the “#NextGeneration” of #batteries that are safer than explosion prone #lithiumIon types and will revolutionize industries from small portable devices to #ElectricVehicles.
Many new #batteries use a liquid #lithium-ion core that can leak and combust, while #Alameda based #AnthroEnergy’s solid-state batteries use a patented technology to solidify the core. The developer claims the innovative tech creates a non-flammable, semi-solid battery with 35% more energy density than traditional batteries, and is resistant to leaking, warping and combustion.
They hope to get more investment into their #BayArea plant and begin production of half a million individual battery cells a year.
#MercuryNews #BatteryTechnology #EnergyStorage #Manufacturing
#SJ upends #homeless encampments, 2nd largest #CA city govt claims nearly 250 of nearly 400 rousted campers accepted offer of #taxpayer funded #shelter newly built temporary #housing arrangements
http://bayareane.ws/3JmVVoU #SharedStory #MercuryNews #GiftLink #SanJose
New #WhiteHouse edict targets jurisdictions that are perceived to not be removiving "Endemic #vagrancy" and "drug users" with punitive measures. Specifically mentioned are threats to cut federal funding to cities that do not stop allowing so-called “harm reduction” or “safe consumption” sites for addictive drug users.
1/3rd of all "counted' #homeless people in #USA are tabulated as being in #California, which ranks amongst highest cost of living places in the #UnitedStates. Gov #Newsom issued new policies to remove homeless #encampments and #DJT in #DC has nearly a year to the day, now made similar #ExecutiveOrder against #indigent squalor as new #NationalPolicy called “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets”
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/28/trump-executive-order-on-homelessness-echoes-newsoms-a-year-before/?share=exaeteyormmawsorso8b #GiftLink #MercuryNews #MediaNewsGroup
#BigPharma drug maker #Gilead settles with #BigGov for $202m after legal pursuit by 47 state AG's and #DOJ over ethical lapses made wining & dining #doctors to get them to prescribe #pharmaceutical giants' #HIV drug cocktails.
#HQ in #FosterCity CA referred to alleged #Kickback scheme fronted via elegant dining establishments as merely informational sessions "important for #healthcare providers and patients to have the necessary information to make the best decisions...”
Nearly $50 million from the drug mfgr #settlement, including more than $4 million routed back to #California, will go into providing #Medicaid services, which is getting a steep trillion dollar cutback in latest #GOP budget.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/17/foster-city-drugs-giant-gilead-202-million-kickback-scheme/?share=tgctem5lgow2hkl0y2rg #GiftLink #MercuryNews
After over 130 yrs of providing food to America, ranging from #Pineapples to #Pears to #Peaches to #PetFoods, modern marketing #mismanagement puts #California cannery #DelMonte into big #Bankruptcy blaming "borrowing" binge that led to billions in 21st century debt.
Current company HQ claims they secured another nearly a billion in #loans to keep operating as they seek a buyer.
Once one of the great west coast companies, "Del Monte Plant No. 1" built in post earthquake #SanFrancisco was heralded as the largest #fruit and #vegetable cannery in the world, employing 2,500 people and producing 200,000 cans of Del Monte brand food per day.
Later, it became a subsidiary of RJ Reynolds tobacco, and owner of #SunKist oranges & #StarKist tuna. In 2006, Del Monte became the second largest pet foods corp by purchasing Meow Mix & Milk Bone brands, but since then, HQ moved to suburban Walnut Creek CA and many of the Del Monte operations & brands have been thinned out and sold off. In 2025 brands still include #Contadina, College Inn #soups, and since 2001, a similar subsidiary 100+ yr old #canning brand called S & W and a more recent foray into burgeoning bubble teas.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/02/del-monte-economy-food-fruit-vegetable-court-bankrupt-bay-area-jobs/?share=muabystysmrmasntycab #GftLink #SharedStory #MercuryNews
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