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  1. Comment on Instead of Adolf Hitler, consider comparing US President Donald Trump to Chairman Mao Zedong in ~society

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    Eh, I always think of him more as Spain's Franco. Cleptocrat and Neoptism combined into a force de jour of absolute bastardry. We haven't reached political assassination, but he might just leave...

    Eh, I always think of him more as Spain's Franco. Cleptocrat and Neoptism combined into a force de jour of absolute bastardry. We haven't reached political assassination, but he might just leave that to mob violence.

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  2. Comment on Things progressives get wrong in ~society

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    Haha, unfortunately the signboard was correct and my dyslexia mangled the spelling.

    Haha, unfortunately the signboard was correct and my dyslexia mangled the spelling.

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  3. Comment on Things progressives get wrong in ~society

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    I guess that's my point. It feels like folks are offended by proxy as a byproduct of being chronically online or listening to the 24/7 news. I would be shocked if someone was told that by a...

    I guess that's my point. It feels like folks are offended by proxy as a byproduct of being chronically online or listening to the 24/7 news. I would be shocked if someone was told that by a cashier ringing them up, or a coworker, or someone on their pickup basketball league.

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  4. Comment on Things progressives get wrong in ~society

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    Ah, sorry, it's been in my purview a lot recently and I just got triggered. My partner's dad is a classic republican - read current democrat - and he sends all of this "I'm a progressive and we...

    To clarify, my intent was to talk about our collective approach, and discourse, rather than about politicians on the left. I agree completely that politicians on both sides are working for (largely) the same monied interests.

    Ah, sorry, it's been in my purview a lot recently and I just got triggered. My partner's dad is a classic republican - read current democrat - and he sends all of this "I'm a progressive and we are the problem" shit our way. Sorry for jumping the gun there.

    I think you're right, we're squarely on the same page. The virtue signaling does nothing for any cause. It allows folks to pretend they are supporting a group, cause, or policy without actually doing anything. And for the most part it does nothing to move the needle.

    I can actually understand the vitriolic talk and feelings towards Trump supporters, not that I endorse it. I'm on our local planning commission and I get yelled at every single meeting by 2 members of the public for a grand total of 15-30 minutes a night about the democratic dictatorship we live in. We had a truck with a 6x10 foot banner parked outside city hall that read "the city manager fletches (which is eating cum out of someone's asshole) for the gay agenda" because we got a rainbow crosswalk in town. And a council member who released the contract info and address of the members of the DEI committee with a note to "let that bitch know what we think about her in our town". When it came to light nothing happened and he kept his position. All of this is happening in a fairly progressive coastal California town. Not to say I don't want to win them over, but I understand the rage. I indulge in it myself for about 20 minutes when I come home from the meetings.

    My last thought is that we need a movement to politically diversify all levels of government outside of the executive. It's already happening to a degree with the democratic socialists, but it would be great if AOC could actually run as a Democratic Socialist and participate as part of a collation government. That and if we could get ranked choice voting.

    Thanks for starting the discussion, it's been cathartic!

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  5. Comment on What would your past self say about your current self? in ~life

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    Lol, manage is a kind word. The first one was a word doc I saved and assumed I'd just look back at it at a later date. It turns out I do! But often when I'm getting a new laptop and deciding what...

    Lol, manage is a kind word. The first one was a word doc I saved and assumed I'd just look back at it at a later date. It turns out I do! But often when I'm getting a new laptop and deciding what to keep. the next was an email that I sent to myself. The third was a few pages of a notebook I wrote on a backpacking trip. I'm not sure what I'll do this year. Maybe an email again.

    I know they exist so it's easy to go lookin for them. And because the letters are so kind I'm not usually too annoyed at past me when future me has to spend time hunting them down ;)

  6. Comment on Things progressives get wrong in ~society

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    I have mixed feels across the board on the sentiment, but this resonates: I believe, some of your post aligns with a huge number of op-eds with everyone from Ezra Klein to Andrew Yang to Johnny...
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    I have mixed feels across the board on the sentiment, but this resonates:

    But it's the systems we need to change. Yes we need to change people too, but first we need to take care of them. People that are just trying to survive are not attuned to nuance. They're not going to take it well when you tell them about other people's problems. If you tell them that if you're not on our side, you're against us then they're going to say "fine, I'm against you". Indeed that's exactly what they've been saying lately.

    I believe, some of your post aligns with a huge number of op-eds with everyone from Ezra Klein to Andrew Yang to Johnny Harris jumping on the bandwagon. "The lefties in the party are to blame for the Democrats losing the election", "progressive policies are causing our issues", etc. Gavin Newsom was so head spinningly quick to get the founder of Turning Point USA, a freaking heavily conservative propoganda machine, on is new podcast to lambast progressives and degrade trans folks. What the fuck. Sure, I agree we need to reign in some of the virtue signaling, like fuck Nancy Pelosi and her Kente Cloth. But I don't want LGBT+ rights, civil rights, or indigenous rights to be tossed out at the same time.

    The core difference with your post that I really appreciate is that it identifies that we have left the majority of Americans in the lurch. Cost of living is out of control and very few people are seeing meaning wage growth. Life is getting harder, more expensive, and what were considered basics in previous generations are out of reach for many of us today. And people are blaming progressive policies like requiring environmental impact assessments are to blame for housing shortages as the driving cause of these issues.

    In my mind we have two parties of regulatory capture. The Republicans and Democrats have been so utterly inundated with corporate lobbying and donations, there is no feasible way to actually improve things for average Americans. Both Harris and Trump went all in on crypto, the gig economy, and wallstreet. We heard again and again how "the economy was great!" during the Harris run for presidency, and it was, if you had capital and investing in the stock market. For those living paycheck to paycheck, for those without a 401k, for those who didn't own a home - it was rough before Trump took office when things we "going swimmingly".

    I had this discussion with my own mom, who is normally very in touch. She sold the little ticky tacky ranch home in the silicon valley that she bought for $400k in 1998 for $4.5 million dollars. She is well invested in the stock market. She has a strong retirement account. Her assets have been doing nothing but ballooning in value. She was taken aback when I said I was living in a completely different world. That my cash was getting me less and less each quarter at the grocery store. That our rent DOUBLED from 2020 to 2024. That the possibility for 2 of us, working full time at good jobs, finding an affordable home to purchase in the area is extremely difficult. That I didn't feel optimistic about the future. And that by and large, nearly everyone in my circle felt similarly. And we're in our late freaking 30s, we've been working for over 15 years. And we still don't have it that bad. Income wise, my partner is in the top 5% of earners in the US and I'm in the top 10%. What the fuck is everyone in the bottom 90% feeling?

    But neoliberals are still optimizing for folks with capital. Folks with assets. Folks with stock. And until that changes I don't see a real shot at actually changing how people feel about a democratic party. And how can that happen when the people running our candidates campaign are the head of legal for Uber - one of the least labor friendly companies in the US - or Amazon or Google. Hell, I don't think Lina Khan would have survived a Harris presidency.

    So to the ask for policy solutions:
    Reasonable

    1. Overturn Citizens United
    2. Implement a progressive tax similar to pre-WW2
    3. Return to boosting jobs programs similar to Biden's 2023 BBB package.
    4. Monopoly busting - beyond big tech, into big Ag and Banking. (and bring back my girl Lina Khan!)

    Reach

    1. Establish a vacancy tax so that empty properties can't sit idle without generating at least some revenue for building additional housing.
    2. Expand the RHNA program expansion that California has instituted to a national level.
    3. Progressive tax rate for properties owned (i.e. first property a 2%, second at 4%, third at 8%, fourth at 12%, etc...)
    4. Nationalizing utilities and making ISP a utility (it's crazy the internet isn't a utility).
    5. Make gig economy workers employees - they don't get to set their rates or pick their customers.

    I'm not saying the above actions wouldn't be difficult to get passed. Yes, so much of our system has been subject to regulatory capture. But if you actually had a candidate - maybe even a Tim Walz - who could catalyze the working class with some of these tangible actions, I think they could get through. But if we have the lame duck response we have had in the last few months of silence followed by "I told you so", then I don't see much hope for 2026. We need money and corporate capture out of politics. We need to break up price gouging monopolies. We need to incentivize using built homes/commercial buildings and high density housing. And we need to regulate employers who don't pay a living wage.

    EDIT: Just as a question. How many people actually hear about checking their privilege day to day? Like outside of academic spaces? I almost never hear about it other than from the fringiest of my fringy friends. Sometimes I think this is created as a specter to bait rage. Do people actually hear about these things with any regularity?

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  7. Comment on What would your past self say about your current self? in ~life

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    Thanks for the kind words! I find being easy on my future self easy as I'm the one handing him his problems haha. I really miss the era of Covid where people were patient and kind to each other....

    Thanks for the kind words! I find being easy on my future self easy as I'm the one handing him his problems haha. I really miss the era of Covid where people were patient and kind to each other. The quintessential "well, it's a hard time so remember to be easy on yourself" from that period is sorely missed.

    I'm surprised how much your list resonates with me as well. Getting older can be such a mindfuck. I'm not disabled yet but I've a chronic injury that takes me out of exercise around 4 months a year - when that will happen is just a perfectly adult "spice of life" ;) - and it turns out I have early onset Dupuytrens from rock climbing. So disability with the loss of the use of my hands is around the corner for me. It's been interesting learning to deal with these little losses. I went from climbing 4-5 times a week and having it be a core part of my identity, to not climbing at all for the last 2 years. Biking is still a highlight but my other chronic injury takes me out of the saddle every year, and I'm assuming in 10-15 years I likely won't be able to do that. But swimming has been an absolute highlight and one that I think I'll be able to do until I die - all other injuries and diseases be damned. The majority of folks I see and have become friends with at the steps down to the water are all 70+ and I hope to still be there when I'm in that demographic.

    And 100% on the r/fitness goals. I had big Nsuns dreams, but I'm glad those are gone. None of that is actually functional for life and as I get older I just want to be able to maintain my fitness and ability to do the activities I like, the chores I need to do, and maybe help a friend move furniture every now and then. It's wild how those big markers can hide juuuuust out of grasp. I ended up getting to 325lbs for my deadlift and nothing else ever came close. Now even looking at that much weight hurts my knees.

    I really enjoyed how vulnerable and authentic your list was. I left a few things off mine that were personal, and after re-reading yours I'm sad I did. Also I got a very good chuckle out of this one:

    Holding out to not have a car for decades only to be saddled with a lemon.

    I'll see if I can find the letters from the past (the first was the best) and if you like the idea I would encourage you to try it yourself. I find myself reading them when I'm having a hard time and they often inspire me to push through or provide a nice warm blanket when I can't.

  8. Comment on If you had to buy a car today, what would you buy? in ~transport

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    I hear you, I want one of these soooooo bad.

    I hear you, I want one of these soooooo bad.

  9. Comment on If you had to buy a car today, what would you buy? in ~transport

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    Not who you are asking but a little insight. My old mechanic (same as you, he retaired but was incredible, honest, and cheap) pretty told me straight up not to buy cars with rust or ones with a...

    Not who you are asking but a little insight. My old mechanic (same as you, he retaired but was incredible, honest, and cheap) pretty told me straight up not to buy cars with rust or ones with a lived history in an area that would enable it (particularly New England). I have a few rusty patches from places on the body that got dinged, but anything under the body would be a no go for me.

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  10. Comment on If you had to buy a car today, what would you buy? in ~transport

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    I'd give it a drive. Honestly, if we didn't already have one I think I'd be replacing my old limping car with one too. As is I want to vote with my wallet and chuck my money at a sedan to push the...

    I'd give it a drive. Honestly, if we didn't already have one I think I'd be replacing my old limping car with one too. As is I want to vote with my wallet and chuck my money at a sedan to push the industry back to cars that are safer to bikes and pedestrians. But that's also probably a lost battle. My own gripe with Toyota is their excessive funding of anti-climate action. Buuut, they also make an unbelievably reliable car. My dad has a 2001 Tundra that has more than 300,000 miles on it. I have a 2005 Corolla with more than 200,000. They just don't die. I'm still wishing toyota would release a throwback Tacoma based on the 80s frame or bring over a few of their Kei truck models from Japan. God, that would be amazing. I rented one when I visited Japan in September and that things was incredible. The interior felt pretty roomy considering the bite sized size of the van and we got 70-80mpg with a standard ICE engine. That or Honda could release a new Element. Another day I'd die for.

    I will say for folks that have suggested the Maverick, I see the appeal. I have a friend who just bought one and it's become the go to bike hauling vehicle for the neighborhood. We can throw 5 bikes in the back and all pack in the front. It's still small enough to not feel like one of these weird monter trucks, but roomy enough to be comfortable for 4 (and maybe near uncomfortable for 5) big guys to fit into a drive for a few hours.

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  11. Comment on What would your past self say about your current self? in ~life

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    Great timing! I write letters to my future self every few years and decided to write my next one this weekend! Overall I think I'd be pretty stoked. The letters from the past tend to be pretty...
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    Great timing! I write letters to my future self every few years and decided to write my next one this weekend!

    Overall I think I'd be pretty stoked. The letters from the past tend to be pretty patient and kind. More of a "I hope you're living up to the goals I have and if not I'm hoping it's because they are no longer relevant and not because you didn't put in the effort" kind of feel. I'll see if I can dig up some of the old ones to post here with an EDIT, they are buried somewhere in my old hardware backups. I think there are 3 distinct periods I think of when considering what a "past self" would think of the current me: age 8, age 19, and age 23.

    The 8 year old version of me would likely have very basic thoughts about my life: where do I live, what do I do for fun, what do I do for work. To that end I think I'm succeeding. I live an incredible place with walking access to the ocean and trails for mountain biking (little rosco loved boogie boarding and biking). In a similar direction I swim every day, I bike 3-5 times a week and meet up with large groups of friends to mountain bike on the weekends (though I ride decidedly "semi-rad" these days so he would probably be disappointed by that), and I fill in the rest of the time with soccer, volleyball, snowboarding, and climbing. In many ways I still have a bit of Peter Pan Syndrome, so there is little surprise that 8 year old me would approve.

    Now 19 year old me was an asshole. My mom literally calls 18-21 my douchebag years and I think 19 was the peak of it. He binge drank a lot. He was stoned almost all the time. I'm hoping not to impress him too much. I think he would be excited we live so close to the ocean. He'd be disappointed I swim instead of surf now (I have inner ear issues that give me really intense vertigo if I duck dive) and would call me a little bitch for the "semi-rad" comment above. I rarely smoke (once every few months) and don't drink very much, so again I think he'd be giving me a douchey rant. I do however make my own wine which I'm sure he'd enjoy. I also still make art, which 19 year old Rosco was all about. But we're no longer in a band, and we never made it big in Japan. Though he would enjoy knowing that a band that opened for us ended up headlining many of the big festivals like Coachella. He was in it for the wrong reasons anyway. All in all I think I'd be a let down, thank god.

    The last one is 23 year old Rosco. The one that penned the first letter. The Rosco that got into climbing, weight lifting, and running. The one who had grand aspirations of what he wanted out of life and an optimism that only someone in their early 20s can maintain in the wake of a horrible recession. I think he'd be most excited of all. We ended up living his dream job - until it became a nightmare - but enjoyed the ride while we did it. We started our own company, something he'd wanted to do since being a teenage (I forgot, 19 year old Rosco would like that too). We travelled to may of the places he had hope to go. We finally have a long term relationship (I was a 6 month wonder from 16-26). I think he might be sad at how my outlook has changed and how my optimism has flagged. I'm still stoked about much of my life, but I spend an undo amount of time motherfuckering our systems, wealth/generational inequality, and the political bullshit at large. I think he'd be glad we still have a high level of fitness, but disappointed we never hit his goal weightlifting or weight targets (1000lb big 3 and 185lbs). I think he'd understand though with some pretty significant focus shifts and genetic disease things we learned about at 27.

    I think I'm pretty content knowing that I'd disappoint the versions of me I look back on with a strong feeling of cringe and would probably make the versions of me I most miss excited about where I've landed.

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  12. Comment on If you had to buy a car today, what would you buy? in ~transport

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    Not to add confusion to an already impressive list of candidates, but my partner got the 2022 RAV4 Hybird when it came out and my mom just got the 2025 RAV4 Prime in December. The Hybrid has been...

    Not to add confusion to an already impressive list of candidates, but my partner got the 2022 RAV4 Hybird when it came out and my mom just got the 2025 RAV4 Prime in December. The Hybrid has been awesome. The AWD handle the snow really well - though not as well as an actual 4x4 - but enough so that we're confident heading up to Tahoe when it's snowing on the passes. No need for chains so far, nor have we been stopped by chain control.

    As for storage, it's pretty good. We have done a few trips with 4 people and backpacking gear and things do get a little snug, but it's nothing crazy. My big complaint is that we had to put on an after market rear hitch that sits below the bumper and that things catchs on freaking everything. If we have the bike rack on it it is even worse. So if you want it, order it when you get the car or cut out an opening in the bumper.

    Otherwise it's a great little car - well big little SUV - that consistently gets 36-42MPG. It's a comfortable ride, I love the heated steering wheel and seats. My mom's version even has heated seats in the back. All in all it's been a winner.

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  13. Comment on Navigating differences in risk tolerance regarding health in ~health

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    I totally appreciate the call out but I think in our specific case that isn't what is happening. Though there is misunderstanding so I think I've made some assumptions. We deal with most of our...

    I totally appreciate the call out but I think in our specific case that isn't what is happening. Though there is misunderstanding so I think I've made some assumptions.

    We deal with most of our friction points using the Gottman method so everything is explicit. When we have disagreements we break it up where one person is speaker and the other is the listener. The listener has to repeat back what the speaker said and ask open ended questions until the speaker is feels like they have said their peace. The listener then has to repeat back what they have heard to the speaker satisfaction. Once that is complete the roles switch and speaker/listener parts happen again. Once there is mutual understanding we then go into proposing a compromise. In this case it was when we saw scientific acceptance that foods from the area are safe. The sticky part has become "What is scientific acceptance"? And as it turns out, that is a can of worms.

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  14. Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health

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    I feel like I'm finding my stride again after breaking my toe last September and it feels phenomenal! I'd been back to biking/swimming since December, but with daylight savings kicking in I get to...

    I feel like I'm finding my stride again after breaking my toe last September and it feels phenomenal!

    I'd been back to biking/swimming since December, but with daylight savings kicking in I get to start Volleyball, soccer, and running again. Hell I even got the greenlight from my doctor to climb "at a mellow pace while listening to my body" again even with my worsening dupuytens disease. That was quite the win.

    All in all my body is just feeling in sync. Like, when kicking the ball on the field or setting up for a spike in volleyball I feel really coordinated. Things are just moving they way they are supposed to. When swimming I feel like I'm just gliding again and have sped up a lot, enough that the guys I swim with have been mentioning it.

    Overall just feeling stoked on my level of fitness and reveling in it before the next inevitable injury and I'm left crying on the couch!

  15. Comment on After almost a century, the bike valve is finally getting an update in ~engineering

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    New episode of Berm Peak that compares valve types and addresses the entrance of Clik into the market. I think it pretty much summarizes the conversation here but it had a few interesting points...

    New episode of Berm Peak that compares valve types and addresses the entrance of Clik into the market. I think it pretty much summarizes the conversation here but it had a few interesting points on Presta I hadn't considered. Overall, I'm sticking with my prestas for now.

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  16. Comment on Navigating differences in risk tolerance regarding health in ~health

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    Yeah, I'm just hoping we'll be able to find a place where even if we're not 100% happy, we can both live with the outcomes. Eh, it's hard to tell. I don't think she is going full vaccine truther...

    Yeah, I'm just hoping we'll be able to find a place where even if we're not 100% happy, we can both live with the outcomes.

    is your partner fundamentally no longer able to trust the entire structure of regulations and how we know anything?

    Eh, it's hard to tell. I don't think she is going full vaccine truther here, as the USDA and DOI have had some pretty significant hiccups in the past as far as sitting on known health factors to mitigate structural damage (now I'm sounding like a vaccine truther, haha), but I think there is some significant distrust. Unfortunately there isn't much/any 3rd party testing being done now so.... I'm still not sure what we're going to do. One recent nice option is that one of the groups at Elkhorn Slough (where the disaster took place) has shut down their onsite cultivation program for native species while they test their sites for heavy metal and contracted the non-profit my friend works for to fill the orders until they find out how bad things are. So he'll have an ear to the ground on what might be the only independent soil testing happening right now - with the confounding factor that it's not on edible vegetation and it's literally right next to the disaster site.

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  17. Comment on Navigating differences in risk tolerance regarding health in ~health

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    That is a very astute observation. I'll try to keep that in mind when we discuss it. I brought up this thread and some of the really insightful responses and she agreed to do just that. Hopefully...

    ...you're approaching this from a logical/debate perspective and your partner is approaching this from an emotional/reassurance perspective.

    That is a very astute observation. I'll try to keep that in mind when we discuss it.

    Rather than try to find a middle ground on the actual vegetables, I'd advise that you dig in on your partner's feelings to see how they are doing and why.

    I brought up this thread and some of the really insightful responses and she agreed to do just that. Hopefully we'll be able to better understand each other!

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  18. Navigating differences in risk tolerance regarding health

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    Hey Tildoes, my partner and I have been navigating a broad, government level health challenge and I was hoping to pick the hivemind for help on navigating it. As some of you may have seen in...

    Hey Tildoes, my partner and I have been navigating a broad, government level health challenge and I was hoping to pick the hivemind for help on navigating it.

    As some of you may have seen in articles posted here, there was a massive fire at the lithium ion battery plant in Moss Landing a few months ago. It ended up spewing a slough of nasty chemicals into the air, which inevitably landed in the surround agricultural fields and waterways. My partner was in Australia when the fire occured, thank god, but was still freaking out about downstream effects. There have been studies from a 3rd party group from UC Davis and San Jose State - that found elevated levels of heavy metals - however those have been downplayed by local agencies claiming there are not major impacts and that distribution was surface level. With everything we know about state and federal agencies oversight, sometimes they are less than transparent about reporting toxic impact factors - like what happened in Hinkley and was popularized by the movie Erin Brockovich. However today the California Certified Organic Farmers put out their own update and press release. They summarized what has happened and seem to be endorsing the safety of the farms they have certified in the area.

    So here is the rub: Federal, state, county, and local agencies have determined there is not significant contamination, the CCOF has agreed with these agencies, and my partner is still uncomfortable eating local produce. It feels a bit like we're back in covid times, and she is looking for cherry picked studies to justify strict behavioral and consumption restrictions within our household. We have always agreed to "shift our risk tolerance according to data" and now - with the Trump administration and a general distrust of our fed/state agencies - she's advocating we continue to avoid these foods until there is "definitive proof" that the food is safe.

    I'm kind of at a loss of what do to. On one hand, it's a minor thing to change where we get our food. Food systems are complex and we can kind of get it from anywhere. On the other hand, I love my time at our farmers markets, experimenting with new foods, and supporting our local community. I also think the more obscure the process from farm to shelf, the more possibility for health/employee/environmental shenanigans by the producers. To me buying broadly "American" or "Mexican" kale doesn't mean we aren't going to have similar or worse impacts to our food.

    I'm trying to find a reasonable middle ground or a bellwether indicator we can use as a go/no-go, but every time I think we've agreed on one it feels like the goal posts have been moved. Do any of you have similar issues or possible navigated differences in risk tolerance during Covid well? If so, how did you do so? I know this is a bit of a random thread, but I'd love to hear what you think!

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  19. Comment on San Francisco jails are packed for the first time in decades in ~society

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    Just reposting the link from our conversation above here. Interim housing for homeless folks is much cheaper. In the case of a Santa Barbara program with 34 units (with the intent of cycling...

    Just reposting the link from our conversation above here. Interim housing for homeless folks is much cheaper. In the case of a Santa Barbara program with 34 units (with the intent of cycling through new people every 6-12 months) only cost $1.7 million to build.

    Even with the associated costs per bed (~$20,000 for a year of services for similar programs) it's a much better deal. If you have it open for 10 years, with an average stay of 9 months, the 34 units alone lets you support over 450 people at a cost of around $18,500 per person (with initial construction included).

    Or we can lock them up for $133,000.

    Affordable apartments are different from interim housing, and that is what homeless folks need. If you can't shower, sleep, eat, or have a home address you can't get a job. Once those needs are met, 50% of the time the state doesn't need to subsidize them anymore.

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  20. Comment on San Francisco jails are packed for the first time in decades in ~society

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    Could you link to some of the case studies you've seen?

    Could you link to some of the case studies you've seen?

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