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INFP Better Together. strings. woodwinds. music. tech. Gaeilge :-Poet, coffee. I Seek Solutions, Progressive.

My tunes:
https://www.reverbnation.com/komara8

https://youtube.com/@komaramusic?si=qIiRderNeXFa61S1

Other komaramusic(.net & .com) tunes are found at the Way Back Machine.

I am a huge WNBA and NWSL fan.

Avatar photo is me and sax at SF wave organ @1986. Page banner is an "Overdrive" insignia from a vintage woody.

What I think about this.I'm in Northern California. If you once liked TFG, you need therapy. If you still like TFG, you may well have a 12 step program in your future.
More thinking.If you think you are a conservative rebel, you're not. You're called a reactionary autocrat. If you seek a redux of the civil war, think again. We will remove your statehood, keep you as a territory.
A look at how mRNA vaccines work as RFK Jr. cancels government-funded research

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, canceled $500 million in government-funded research projects to create new mRNA vaccines against respiratory illnesses.

PBS News
Personally, I would love if Canada and Mexico had a closer relationship to each other—one that’s not defined by the USA.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mexico-canada-trade-relationship-1.7602321
Why doesn't Canada already have a stronger relationship with Mexico? | CBC News

"There's a historic reluctance by Canada to engage seriously with Mexico," said Carleton University professor Laura Macdonald. "And there's a tendency for them to fail when they try to work together."

CBC
Brazil's government requests consultations at WTO over Trump's tariffs

Brazil has requested consultations at the World Trade Organization over tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on the South American nation. The decision by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes place on the same day that 50% tariffs imposed by the American leader on many Brazilian exports came into effect. Brazil’s foreign ministry said in a statement “the United States have flagrantly violated key commitments the country has agreed upon at the WTO, such as the principle of the most favored nation and tariff ceilings negotiated at that organization.”

AP News
Beto O’Rourke: We Must Fight Ruthlessly With ‘Whatever It Takes’

Beto O'Rourke threw down to old-school Democrats, corporate appeasers and to all of us in a barnburner at Netroots Nation.

Crooks and Liars
Let's all be honest with ourselves for a moment. The thing that 99% of computer users want is something that *looks* like Windows 7 or XP (or Mac equivalent) and that *never changes*. Nobody cares or wants to know what happens under the hood, they just want to Do Computer and they want to do it in a way that is comfortable and *doesn't fucking change all the time*
So, I'm really upset at how badly AI 'art' has poisoned my search results-- I'm looking for hand drawn art, that I know exists because I've seen it before (the AI-Apocalypse) and I wanted to use something as a reference for something I myself am hand drawing. Think I could find it? Not without having to wade through so much AI slop it made me sick :/
https://www.ft.com/content/6da2e1fd-f606-4e82-ad74-acecfceeac4e

Close to a #trillion dollars are being spent on #genai which is fundamentally flawed as experts have been pointing out (e.g. #apple @[email protected] etc.)

That money could help the #global #poor put food on table and #adapt to #climatechange or provide #health #education etc.

Hate #wallstreet

#justice #humanrights #equality #development