salix sericea (@Ripple13216)

@salixsericea
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Six countries, nine lives. Not good at doing a bio. Comments on the reality show of life. May contain traces of nuts.
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Occasional Emotional Support Stranger.

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Modern search engines: "Let me just assume a bunch of words you didn't put in there and ignore a bunch of the ones you did"

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116342572152624384

If Iran ever gets somebody to fly a plane into AWS us-east1 the global economy would probably stop.

AP: A Nebraska hospital in peril shows how a Republican-led rural health fund is coming up short

"...Hundreds of rural hospitals across the country are facing closures after years of funding problems. The issue was compounded last summer by the Trump administration's massive cuts to Medicaid, the government's safety net for low-income Americans, whose reimbursements have long helped hospitals meet their bottom lines...."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/a-nebraska-hospital-in-peril-shows-how-a-republican-led-rural-health-fund-is-coming-up-short

#FAFO #USpol #healthcare

A Nebraska hospital in peril shows how a Republican-led rural health fund is coming up short

It's a problem that millions of Americans in rural areas are awakening to as they realize there's no windfall coming for the vulnerable hospitals near their homes.

PBS News

These signs are popping up around #LosAngeles

#ICE #DHS #FuckICE

This is from a year or two ago but I just came across it and had to share again. This is Frank, our recently irradiated cat, meeting a few of his neighbors. He remains a good cat. They are all good cats (Frank is doing well!).

California is "bending the duck curve" with batteries:

Grid batteries reach stunning new peak of 44 pct of evening demand in world’s fourth biggest economy

https://reneweconomy.com.au/grid-batteries-reach-stunning-new-peak-of-44-pct-of-evening-demand-in-worlds-fourth-biggest-economy/

#renewableenergy

Grid batteries reach stunning new peak of 44 pct of evening demand in world's fourth biggest economy

Battery storage reaches a stunning new record in the world's fourth biggest economy, reaching 44 pct of evening demand. The biggest loser is gas.

Renew Economy

Well, this is unfortunate.

"Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises "not even government agencies" can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the [US] government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy."

#proton #protonmail #digitalsovereigty #opensource

https://www.sambent.com/proton-meet-isnt-what-they-told-you/

Proton Meet Isn't What They Told You It Was

Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises "not even government agencies" can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy.

Sam Bent

RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/116340778960304908

Turns out the loudest voices demanding you scan your ID to use AI are funded by… OpenAI. And Sam Altman just happens to own an age-verification company. Funny how that works. Reject state-mandated digital papers. #NoAgeVerification #PrivacyOverControl #NoKosa

Age Verification causing people to stop installing security updates on iPhone
https://alecmuffett.com/article/153062
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #irony #surveillance
Age Verification causing people to stop installing security updates on iPhone

What could possibly go wrong?

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