How sad. I’m so sorry you lost him. It sounds as if your letter gave him at least a brief respite, though, and I hope you can take some comfort in that.
And yes, fuck cancer.
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The “superbug” outbreaks were reported in a Washington, D.C, nursing home and at two Dallas-area hospitals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported
DC as well. Just what we need…
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Only (so far) a problem in hospitals and nursing homes with very compromised patients, like most fungal infections, but hold that one in reserve. It might come in handy soon enough!
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Following up, in the next 24 hours, thunderstorms with strong rains (around 10-40 l per m²) are likely in the devastated areas. They are predicted to be highly localised, but if they hit localities which suffered the most, the locals are locally fucked. It is in no way comparable to the amount of rain which fell last week (up to 200l/m²), the duration (hours and hours), or the extent (whole river catchments). Still, with the protective (and all other) infrastructure gone, this isn’t exactly a reassuring outlook.
Friends of mine helped since the beginning. Have been shoveling mud, clearing basements, flats, houses. Those which are still there, that is. They are not looking forward on the mud sliding back in …
The river Ahr has become a sewer, because sewers are gone. It can use some rain. The rest can not
The cherry on that shit sundae: Friends of friends sent word that a convoy whit people and material would possibly arrive today or tomorrow - with hardcore neo-nazis. Not your AfD neo-fascist who could be elected for parliament on Sept.26th, but ex-Viking Youth and HDJ.
This year? Stinks even more than 2020. Which was worse than 2019.
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Damn stupid Sydney protestors - maskless protestors. The numbers keep climbing. They’ll lockdown my whole state soon. In my area there hasn’t been a case of community transmission is more than 350 days but those idiots Sydneysiders are going to ruin that. I’m tired of karate training in a mask.
And I feel like I am never going to see my best friend again. She loves on the other side to Sydney for me, and she just got a puppy. I need to cuddle this puppy, it looks like a teddy bear.
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The whole orchard.
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So, what are we to make of Pegasus? To cynically dismiss it as a new technological iteration of an age-old game in which rulers have always spied on the ruled would be a serious mistake. This is no ordinary spying. Our mobile phones are our most intimate selves. They have become an extension of our brains and bodies. Illegal surveillance through mobile phones isn’t new in India. Every Kashmiri knows that. Most Indian activists do, too. However, for us to cede to governments and corporations the legal right to invade and take over our phones is to voluntarily submit ourselves to being violated.
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And there ain’t no Steve Rogers.
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Shit that’s coming out about Pegasus and such certainly makes it easier to understand why the U.S. has it out so bad for Assange and Snowden.
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Get well, Simone!
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Maybe also a Good Thing? She’s taking care of herself, not giving in to what must be a lot of pressure to continue.
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Yeah, I’m very glad she made the decision to step out when she needed to and that the team backed her. I’m sad that she needed to.
But it’s also a really good message to send to all the young girls that look up to her - put your mental health first.
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There’s also a good read on Snowden’s Substack that Cory linked to over on his blog.
ETA: Well i say good but of course i mean frightening and deeply infuriating.
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Oh no!
Hope he’s okay!
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Certainly worse in kind: now white goods have joined tellies and the like in having software and connectivity. That means the seller can effectively stop it working remotely. Even if all the parts are working well.
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