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(DIR) Post #AvzUshNs8tEQTf3abY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T12:55:53Z
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Well, I suppose there are no Black people or trans people or lesbian fire chiefs in Texas, because... if there were any we'd know about them by now as the right would be blaming them for the flood.
(DIR) Post #AvzVFKBeYS5zC388qO by LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social
2025-07-10T12:59:40Z
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@futurebird 🤗🩶💛🧡🤎🤍🫂💙💜🩷🩵💗💚🤗*Do you think that is really true?*& Good Thursday Morning to You!*& I hope you have a wonderful day!🤗🤍💙💜🩷🩵🫂💗💚💛🧡🤗
(DIR) Post #AvzVMAuJSFkiRLHnJw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T13:01:12Z
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@LisaWarnerLisaLuv https://www.advocate.com/lesbian/lesbian-fire-chief-los-angeles
(DIR) Post #AvzVcYmeRzJV7nW1R2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T13:04:05Z
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@FeralRobots Well. I probably spoke too soon then.
(DIR) Post #AvzVeGX3HRop6723pw by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-07-10T13:04:26Z
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@futurebird The right is already blaming DEI and the Black fire chief in Austin - there's an article in the NY Post.
(DIR) Post #AvzVgc568GD0Vh4nXE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T13:04:52Z
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@CuriousMagpie *sigh*
(DIR) Post #AvzWKmGBhsatf9PoWG by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-07-10T13:12:08Z
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@futurebird also this: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/theres-always-going-to-be-a-conspiracy-theory
(DIR) Post #AvzWmjmMWb364mnTlo by LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social
2025-07-10T13:17:07Z
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@futurebird 💔💁♀️*Oh Dear!*PEOPLE ARE SO NARROW MINDED!*& MEAN!*I GUESS THEY DON'T GET "YOU DON'T LOVE GOD IF YOU DON'T LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR!"🤗🫂🤗
(DIR) Post #AvzkhHuE7z21XVlsdU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T15:53:04Z
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@arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots It's not just reasonable it's what needs to be done after every disaster. How could this have been prevented? What will we do differently?If those aren't on the table then the public is being asked to accept that "these things happen and nothing can be done" and the scrambling from some of the leadership says they care more about this not "sticking" to them than fixing anything. To me it's very slick and inspires no trust. It's not leadership.
(DIR) Post #Avzkqobtu2XBZok5ce by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T15:54:48Z
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@arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots Real leadership is going after the problem with no regard for the impact on your political future. Just focusing on WHY and what could be changed. I don't like to assume that people don't care, but when the puffery comes first? I start to wonder.
(DIR) Post #AvzoEn69TZnfhR147s by Okanogen@mastodon.social
2025-07-10T16:32:42Z
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@futurebird @arclight @FeralRobots Well, Kerr County spent years refusing to spend money sent to them by the Biden administration for flood warnings and communications.This thread is disturbing.https://www.reddit.com/r/texas/comments/1ltkzgh/we_have_floods_all_the_time_and_small_town/
(DIR) Post #AvzodA0jwGHTiD6ZyC by CatDragon@mastodon.world
2025-07-10T16:37:08Z
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@futurebird @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots it’s what they do every time.“Oh this isn’t the time to talk about that, let’s pray and put up little cutout angels for the victims, it’s callous and hurtful to the families to bring that up now, no one could have seen this coming”.Everything from natural disasters to school shootings, same old tired bullshit.
(DIR) Post #AvzoxfErXnmeM4UIwS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T16:40:52Z
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@CatDragon @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots It's insulting to tell people not to be angry. I go with my 5th grade students to a camp, and this has been giving me nightmares. At least I won't get as much push back about my insistence that they keep their phones phones on them. next year I think. (taking phones is just lazy, I yell at them to put them away and they *learn* to be polite with technology)
(DIR) Post #Avzp04dU5b0nha9ZVQ by CStamp@mastodon.social
2025-07-10T16:41:17Z
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@futurebird @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots Texas politicians have made it clear they don’t care about human life. The poor sods who differ from the norm will have a tough time ahead.
(DIR) Post #AvzpVGN2Vf0T4dKkNc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T16:46:57Z
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@CStamp @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots Is it unreasonable that I expect that somethings ought to make some kind of more selfless state of awareness kick in? Like "if I could have done anything to stop this I need to find it and change it?" rather than all of the political calculations?Maybe. Probably.
(DIR) Post #Avzq7Uql7kzYz7Swk4 by alwayscurious@infosec.exchange
2025-07-10T16:53:50Z
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@futurebird @CatDragon @arclight @Okanogen@mastodon.social @FeralRobots Is that because they need to keeping their phones for emergency communication and they can have them on them without using them?
(DIR) Post #AvzqCLOTi2Dd6ZY6wy by Phosphorous@zirk.us
2025-07-10T16:54:41Z
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@futurebird @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots I remember after Katrina, the GOP talking point was "Let's not play the blame game." Infuriating.
(DIR) Post #AvzqKE4WoboeiIyaFE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T16:56:09Z
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@alwayscurious @CatDragon @arclight @FeralRobots Yes. And it's how they learn when it's OK to use their phone. Frankly if a kid is on a trip and wants to text mom or dad I think they should be able to without asking for their phone from some box?And YES there are many activities where I don't want to see the phones at all, but kids old enough to have them can learn these rules. (and if they can't you talk to the parents about if they should have one, which has always worked.)
(DIR) Post #AvzqmGNloptfzHLUX2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T17:01:03Z
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@dalias @CatDragon @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots There is a mentality that "we didn't have phones so kids don't need them"But those cabins probably didn't have party lines, or pay phones. The world isn't set up for people who don't have a phone on their person anymore so taking them away isn't like setting the clock back.And frankly it's just safer when you can communicate if you need to.
(DIR) Post #AvzrIoingLmNkshmTo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T17:07:01Z
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@josh0 @dalias @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots This was once pretty typical. There are all these communication systems that don't exist any more since people use cellphones in their place.
(DIR) Post #AvzrXOPvlNpIW8pTZg by jbqueru@floss.social
2025-07-10T17:09:42Z
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@futurebird @dalias @CatDragon It's always fun to follow the same reasoning with cars: "my great-grandparents didn't have cars and they did just fine, so we don't need cars." (and the trams and trains and corner shops that they relied on don't exist any more).
(DIR) Post #Avzvq8zBlCcTycW9a4 by CStamp@mastodon.social
2025-07-10T17:57:55Z
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@futurebird @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots It has been "something" watching elections from outside your country in which a candidate who is clearly bright, with an actual plan, and wanted to improve things was again and again losing to the incumbents with a history of not caring, with no intent on making things better for anyone. Texas was particularly bad for that. One of the winners actually left the country for warmer climes when his policies helped shut down a power grid during a freeze?
(DIR) Post #AvzybHnj0HJupplKO8 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T17:33:12Z
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@josh0 @futurebird @dalias @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots "build a party line" fun electronics project becomes "give kid in next room 9V DC shock by turning crank on phone" ... : )
(DIR) Post #AvzybJEhfSUjHnOO4u by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T18:28:50Z
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@llewelly @josh0 @dalias @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots To be fair that is ALSO a "fun electronics project..."
(DIR) Post #Avzz7JZXxA1dayP30y by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-07-10T18:34:31Z
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@futurebird @josh0 @dalias @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots
(DIR) Post #Aw07kbqkjNW9D1hPU0 by Kierkegaanks@beige.party
2025-07-10T20:11:23Z
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@futurebird they probably fired the people who could find out
(DIR) Post #Aw09cDmgWRMcA8vNJI by BillySmith@social.coop
2025-07-10T20:32:13Z
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@futurebird @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots This was a thing in the South of France. 35-ish years ago, there were wide-scale floods, so every town in the South oof France built flood mitigation defences.25 years ago, in Nimes, the town council were complaining about the constant maintenance bills for something "that we will never need..." That year, they decided to ok the funding, but it was going to be reviewed next year. 1/2
(DIR) Post #Aw0OzxMgidlhV9XZMu by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2025-07-10T23:24:36Z
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@futurebird You've read "Paul au parc" ?(by Michel Rabagliatti)@CatDragon @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots
(DIR) Post #Aw1KditncK3Nbg8AWO by CatDragon@mastodon.world
2025-07-11T10:10:28Z
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@futurebird @dalias @arclight @Okanogen @FeralRobots deep sigh.Well we didn’t have school shootings either did we?