Notices by lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net), page 97
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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 20-Mar-2023 09:46:42 EDT 
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https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230319a.htm [www federalreserve gov]
The central bankers are really feeling the pressure, despite most of this being self-inflicted. This move reveals their desperation. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 20:07:13 EDT
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#sonTwo is disturbed at the #hotel's incompetence in fixing the unlocked doors problem. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 18:09:18 EDT
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I prefer fries to be unsalted or very lightly salted, but well done. The extra brownness provides the flavor that we try to imitate by pouring on more salt. This means that I always have to special order.
In most locations, they get things right less than half the time. Since fries are my favorite food, I'm really not there for the burger -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 16:09:04 EDT
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I have not seen everything in this town, but the maintenance level of this laundromat says end of life within five years. Hopefully, the people living here have other choices. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 15:32:22 EDT
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Behind this laundromat there is a pipe that continuaously spews water. People drive up and fill bottles, then leave.
Trusting. I naturally assume that there is some contaminant and I therefore avoid drinking water from mystery pipes. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 15:09:13 EDT
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48⁰-50⁰F / 9⁰-10⁰C today. Slight breeze, but sunny. No rain. #AL weather -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 13:40:26 EDT
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Today's lunch: #Five_Guys. They often get the fries wrong, but today, they're mostly right (not quite done enough). -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 12:26:22 EDT 
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> I imagined Europe becoming a sort of demilitarized zone but without conflicting armies on each side of said zone.
This is a common misconception. The Treaty of Lisbon (2007) introduced a strong mutual defence obligation of all members of the EU into the Treaty of the European Union (Article 42(7)).
That was arguably too late for the Eastern European countries who joined earlier, but not for aspiring new candidates like Ukraine. (Perhaps one reason why Zelensky put aside NATO membership for now and insisted on a speedy admission to the EU.)
> ... despite NATO's clear intention never to admit them to its membership.
At the NATO summit in Bucharest 2008 Germany and France vetoed membership of Ukraine and Georgia against the insistence of the U.S. on a clear timetable for negotiations and speedy admission. Instead, both countries achieved a watered-down communiqué that vaguely granted both Ukraine and Georgia admission in some distant future. The reason, obviously, was to not rattle Russia. (And perhaps Germany and France saw themselves vindicated when in 2009, after the end of START 1, Russia declared the Budapest Memorandum to still be valid.)
> So when Finland and Sweden finally decided that the threat of invasion was greater than their longstanding neutral stances could overcome, they too applied to join NATO.
Both Finland and Sweden are members of the EU but perhaps don't put much trust in a mutual defence alliance without NATO and U.S. participation. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 11:30:45 EDT
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I thought I had posted this link and my comments at least a day ago, but I didn't see it in my history. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 11:29:34 EDT
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64986744 [www bbc co uk]
#Turkiye leader Erdogan signals approval of #Finland joining #NATO ... still hesitant on #Sweden's application
After the fall of the USSR, I was in favor of abolishing NATO. Frankly, I was too idealistic. I imagined Europe becoming a sort of demilitarized zone but without conflicting armies on each side of said zone. But clearly, I was wrong.
People grumble about additional countries joining, and I say that those countries must have felt the danger growing. They could have steered a course that did not put them in union with either the "Western nations" nor the "former Soviet bloc" ... but instead, many sought to join the European Union ... an imperfect democracy, but still more democratic than what they saw on their Eastern borders. And even the EU, a non-military nation of nations, wasn't always enough.
So when #Poland and #Slovakia, both former Eastern Bloc / CENTO members, joined NATO, I don't see it as them being under the sway of Washington and Brussels, but them seeing something menacing to the East of them and wanting to join with a force large enough to meet and exceed that menace's force.
That's also why #Ukraine (which *twice* forced out governments because their leaders wanted to remain in #Russia's orbit) also applied to join both the #European_Union and #NATO ... despite NATO's clear intention never to admit them to its membership. So when Finland and Sweden finally decided that the threat of invasion was greater than their longstanding neutral stances could overcome, they too applied to join NATO.
Not because they want to lengthen the war, but because they clearly see that war is coming their way whether they want it or not, and that they need to prepare for it. And I think this is something anti-war folks need to understand. You're too late to stop the war. The war is here and Mr Putin and his cronies intend to expand it until people in Berlin and Paris have to either fight or beg for mercy. He's already trying to find excuses to engulf #Moldova in the fighting.
Whether Russia's leaders are motivated by empire or paranoia, they're looking to expand the war to other nations, not to end it. And thus, any negotiated settlement that doesn't flow from kicking their forces entirely out of Ukraine will be a temporary pause while they rebuild their forces and try to integrate what they've learned from the current war. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 11:15:55 EDT
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#USGS reports #earthquake M 5.3 in #Alaska along the coastline. Looks to be roughly 150mi / 200km SW of Anchorage. No pager information. No #tsunami expected. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ and https://tsunami.gov/ -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 23:51:11 EDT
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Reading a long thread and see an apparently misspelled word, but I'm not willing to do a search to see whether it is a real word as-posted. I don't trust some of the posters enough to do a search for something they posted. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 23:31:53 EDT
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You can 'thumbs down' all you wish, but the fact remains, every FOSS project should have an off-GitHub mirror repo (or even main repo) set up in such a way that people know where to find it. If and when GH blocks or deletes the project ... or GH itself shuts down, having this already set up will be greatly appreciated by users and techpeeps that will be affected. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 23:26:39 EDT
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The other thing is that his face looks rather full compared to pictures seen a few years ago. That's not a wedding gripe, but a sign that the young man is not focusing enough on his own health. (I've nagged @Gargron occasionally about getting enough rest and enough outdoor / hanging with friends time over the years.) Now he's "healthing" for two ... or more. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 23:19:25 EDT
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I did see that photo. He looks like he was at work all day (by the beard growth, maybe 2-3 days) and then had the wedding after work. I expect that wifey will complain about it the next time there's a sharp disagreement ... and that it may become a regular griping point. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:57:34 EDT
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https://mastodon.social/@onthisday/110040898676318141
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51821411 [www bbc com] Massacre in Kanungu, #Uganda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Uganda_cult_massacres [en wikipedia org], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Restoration_of_the_Ten_Commandments_of_God [en wikipedia org] stabbed, strangled, poisoned burned to death
I honestly never heard about this. 778 cult members (Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God) died 2000-03-17. Apparently, the cult had preached the end of the world on 1999-12-31, and it had not happened. And according to the Wiki article (I know! I just didn't feel like doing the digging myself when the article seems to be missing links to some of its references.) All told, a total of 924 people were killed. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:56:27 EDT
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As of this afternoon, the issue remains. There are two exterior doors to the back parking area. One door locks. The other one does not, despite the signs everywhere "doors are locked for your security".
I don't care so much about that, but guest room doors, or at least MY guest room door, remain unlocked and non-lockable except using the deadbolt from the inside.
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