“States rights”

But not for blue states.

TIL Peter David was flat broke, disabled as fuck, but was still kicked off Medicaid.

It looks like he was lucky enough to still be getting care. The problem is that his medical bills were so high that his family was at risk of becoming homeless.

His wife has been struggling to get a job that pays a living wage, and his daughter has been struggling to get an entry level role. Sadly, this is a very American story, and if he wasn’t lucky enough to have so many fans, things would be even darker for his family.

Although that gave him the time to start Mein Kamph.

Fine is a former gambling industry executive who drove loyalty programs to prey on gambling addicts. And before that he worked at McKinsey and Lehman Brothers.

As of we needed any more evidence that this guy was a piece of shit.

To be fair, confidently lying is kind of his brand.

Unless it’s about a crime he’s involved in. Then he’s a machine that spits out I don’t know, we need to learn more, etc.

I don’t know, I feel like I hear about Trump’s corrupt ass every day as long as I’m not watching Fox.

People are just grumpy at Biden and his team because they helped this guy get back in office. At the end of the day, it’s not about Biden. It’s about us being stuck with Trump.

White South Africans are about 7-8% of the population, and they own the vast majority of urban and agricultural land, and black people are more likely to report being victims of violent crimes.

All in all, Trump is lying yet again.

South Africa is a pretty violent place, but the odds of being better off go up substantially if you have a lot less melanin in your skin cells.

All those red districts in blue states, get ready to get screwed. Trump ain’t helping you.

Barbie never shot her dog Taffy when Taffy was naughty.

Complacency and maintaining the status quo leaves room for the authoritarians to ride in and promote change.

IMO, we should start by focusing the conversation on this issue so we can start to collect and socialize ideas.

That said, I wouldn’t be surprised if we needed some sort of way to rigorously audit and report about shelter conditions. That way we could at least have policies that don’t blindly assume every bed is equal or safe.

IMHO, there is a fair amount of misinformation floating around this issue.

Newsom hasn’t been pushing to blindly kick people off the street with no where to go. The draft ordinance is about filling unfilled shelter beds.

So if you had 200 beds and 1000 unhoused people, Newsom wants to be able to clear enough encampments to get 200 people into shelters. Cities wouldn’t clear all the encampments, only enough to get close to filling the available beds.

And that said, that policy doesn’t really account for the fact that shelters can be pretty dangerous and worse than the streets. So although this policy sounds compassionate, it’s actually quite flawed.

“Ashli posed no threat to the safety of anyone,” the lawsuit stated, and did not go to Washington “as part of a group or for any unlawful or nefarious purpose.”

She was part of a horde of people who broke into the capitol and started assaulting police officers and she was actively leading the charge through a barricade that was erected to protect people escaping the capital.

I don’t know how you watch those videos and think “yeah, she was innocent.”

Does anyone have a source for the 72 hour thing?

I don’t see it in the draft ordinance. https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Encampment-Ordinance-formatted.pdf

The draft ordinance basically says that, if there are available beds, a city can clear a campsite if they give people 48 hours notice and direct people to the available shelter beds.

Although, this ordinance does not address the fact that many shelters cause more harm than good. People are on the street because it’s safer for their wellbeing and belongings. No one seems to be talking about this.

For the science geeks, this is the vaccine and the technology it uses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novavax_COVID-19_vaccine

Honestly, I feel like most companies didn’t do a big marketing thing about this stuff. If was commenting that pretty much just got promoted on the careers page so applicants knew about the company culture

Also, because HR usually owns the careers page, and DEI teams usually roll in HR

Honestly, having politicians spend a week in the county’s worst rated shelter would probably be a great thing for voters to demand.

Looks like the Dave & Busters iMessage bug was also fixed.

I can now send voice messages mentioning Dave & Busters.

Edit: for those out of the loop https://www.searchengine.show/the-dave-and-busters-anomaly/

To be fair, many conservatives love the idea of the elderly dying off sooner and lowering social security obligations.

He’s running on “offer a bed first, then you get penalized if you don’t accept the offer.” A lot of people in CA like the idea of offering help, then penalizing if you refuse to accept it.

Problem is, people don’t understand why the big cities have so many unfilled beds. Many shelters are dangerous and or cause you to lose your belongings.