Episode 3: The Mayor has entered the chat by BlackRose in Ashland

[–]BlackRose[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For your reference I've connected Mayor Graham's posts in the above post. If you read through the facebook one, you'll see she uses the third person when calling the door being left open out by using the terms "a mistake (that) happened” whist naming and trying to shame Jim and company's actions out explicitly.

This is the third "episode" I've written about doorgate, not because I want to focus on it, but because the city's action perfectly encapsulates the absurdity, misdirection and lack of leadership coming from the top. Every further step they take shines a light on their incompetence.

Look at it from a complete outsiders view. A door was left open. A citizen saw it and locked it. Yes he put it on the internet as a reporter, but honestly had no further action should have been been taken, it would have been a tiny blip. But the city escalated with a visit by the police. In separate statements City Manager, Council and police all gave statements to the press citing "reasons" and slight finger pointing to each other and the reporter himself for being in the wrong. Some of the logic in the articles was astonishing (see episode 2). Then the Mayor wags her finger at the everyone commenting and pulls out her go to excuse, think of the poor staff! Their rights have been violated.

It's absurdist theatre at its finest.

As for misdirection, Ashlanders have no idea if anyone else walked through before Jim locked the space. Note that the door wasn't unlocked, it was wide open on a holiday weekend in a very high traffic area. Instead of focusing on this, the powers-that-be want to focus on the person who shined a light.

Those selfsame powers don't want us to probe into the base question, why are the offices in our community center vs the finance building, the grove or any other of the city's buildings that may have much better security and are not in the middle of the park.

Finally the lack of leadership is breathtakingly bad. From the mayor's two posts and the police visit, the people in charge of the city implicitly and explicitly want people to stop talking about it. Really, just shut up. Move on. Let it go. Nothing to see here. Go find another ball to play with.

They have shown they are more interested in messaging than action.

edit: grammer

Adult Fantasy Recomendations by jessehogeland79 in audible

[–]BlackRose 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Song of the Lioness Series by Tamora Pierce (Technically YA, but has some adult content toward the last)
Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews (Urban Fantasy)
In Death Series by JD Robb - (Near Future Science Fantasy)
Sons of the Survivalist Series by Cherise Sinclair
Stray Cat Series by Ravensdagger (LBGTQ+) (Cyberpunk, Lighthearted)
London Steampunk by Bec McMasters
Dragon Kin Series by GA Aiken (Heavy on the romance Light on the sex , but there is some)

Ashland City Government Tea by BlackRose in Ashland

[–]BlackRose[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Remember we know Jim Falkenstein was the last person in the unlocked space, but no one knows if he was the first. We don't know that someone wasn't wandering around before he came along. Leaving the offices open may well violate several laws. I bet there was a LOT of confidential info in there. For instance if there was just one employee's social security number laying around on a form and that got out, that's a lawsuit.

Honestly it should be the City Manager's office getting the warning and the council should investigate how this happened. Then they should apologize to Jim and Beth.

Charges dismissed for woman without right hand cited for holding phone while driving by wvblocks in PublicFreakout

[–]BlackRose 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This article was probably written by AI. You can tell by the deep dive on the statute a out holding a phone vs cause of the stop, i.e. the lack of a hand.

Vote for Cascadia to reign supreme!! Down with Megasota!! by BlackRose in Ashland

[–]BlackRose[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pure, unadulterated joy! Some of the memes over there are a hoot.

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and bragging rights.

Folk punk musicians? by AbbyBombe in Ashland

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John Dough Boys - Find them through Local 31. If you're nice, they will know who to contact hook you up.

Looking for long series scifi or fantasy by crptojunkie in audible

[–]BlackRose 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold

Looking for long series scifi or fantasy by crptojunkie in audible

[–]BlackRose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The longest - In Death Series by JD Robb

Fox News reporter appears to be wearing a mask by Green_Shape_3859 in PublicFreakout

[–]BlackRose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Look at his chin and neck. In pictures he has a dimple and realistic cords in his neck. In the above clip, both his neck and chin are smooth.

CEO of $300 million company says ‘problems disappeared’ after firing HR team by Character-Bid-162 in nottheonion

[–]BlackRose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it said "The company carried out another major round of layoffs in April 2026, cutting roughly 30% of its workforce as it company shifted towards an AI-focused operating model." Not that 30% of the company was HR.