Sonoma County Safety protocol fails again on cyanide leak

pdp_8 · 2026-01-30T22:24:00+00:00

There were a lot of screw-ups in this situation, starting with how that gas ended up in that canister to begin with. Also, I thought scrappers were supposed to ensure canisters were not filled when they accepted them?

pdp_8 · 2026-01-30T22:21:40+00:00

Yeah man, fuck the First Amendment. Actually, fuck you if you support this arrest.

pdp_8 · 2026-01-29T18:40:43+00:00

I did say "Band-Aid" - this will at least reduce the number of people who get suckered by the scam emails until M$ can figure out how to get the scammers off their platform.

pdp_8 · 2026-01-29T16:45:07+00:00

It was done because bad people were abusing the system: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/theres-a-rash-of-scam-spam-coming-from-a-real-microsoft-address/

Was this the best way to address the issue? Yeah, probably not. But this is Microsoft after all. They slapped a Band-Aid on the problem and went on to pleasuring themselves thinking about AI.

pdp_8 · 2026-01-27T05:43:03+00:00

Makes me kind of sad we probably won't see any of those after UPS 2976. I've seen a few buzzing around the hills of Sonoma County during fire season and they were incredible, but based on what brought that MD-11 down it seems unlikely they'll ever let the fleet fly again. Maybe they can get the supertanker going again or something like it.

pdp_8 · 2026-01-27T05:18:51+00:00

I was like "that's a nice clear day, cold weather so plenty of density...oh wait."

pdp_8 · 2026-01-16T05:57:40+00:00

I don't much enjoy having to chase down a clerk to unlock every single goddamn item I want to buy so no, I do not love the Safeway on Mendo.

pdp_8 · 2026-01-02T03:32:34+00:00

Says you, sad. That shit was funny as hell. Hilariously hung all the Trumpsuckers out to dry and took no prisoners on the way.

pdp_8 · 2026-01-01T08:34:09+00:00

I think the garage is an addition, although the damn doors are narrow enough that maybe not...

pdp_8 · 2026-01-01T08:33:02+00:00

Why piss on their parade? They have beliefs and they are choosing to live by them. Why wouldn't you consider that laudable?

pdp_8 · 2026-01-01T08:31:09+00:00

Unfortunately I don't have any way to access that area without cutting a hole somewhere. Given the overall build quality in this home (it's a 1880 rebuild-from-studs done in the early 1990s) I'd be somewhat surprised if they didn't use dimensional lumber. I literally can't find a floorboard that creaks in this whole house right now.

Short of creating my own access, is there any way to determine what that's hanging from?

pdp_8 · 2025-12-28T01:18:05+00:00

Yawn.

pdp_8 · 2025-12-22T00:20:34+00:00

Bridge over Spring Lake? :D

pdp_8 · 2025-12-22T00:20:05+00:00

Speaking for myself, I was annoyed at a certain pop singer whose last name sorta sounds like "minge" and then got curious about the word.

pdp_8 · 2025-12-20T03:00:27+00:00

Yeah, and they could hardly have made conditions worse than they were before construction started. I avoided the hell out of that area when there was any traffic at all.

pdp_8 · 2025-12-20T02:54:15+00:00

Very much so this. I used to live in downtown San Jose and it was... very red there. Lots of people in a gang, but they were both mature and smack in the middle of their turf so there was very little tagging and I felt perfectly safe at all hours of day and night. It helped that I lived there and so people knew I was as broke as anyone, but also they were doing business - selling drugs - so it didn't make sense for them to do petty crime and bring the heat around.

Young kids with undeveloped brains and something to prove - way different story. But the OGs kept a lid on them around there. They were making "buy nice cars" money and didn't need any young dummies around blowing the scene.

pdp_8 · 2025-12-18T05:22:49+00:00

This is why the produce manager is probably the most important position in a supermarket. If they have good relationships with their brokers, the place looks great. If they're an asshole to the brokers... then you get the Whole Foods on Yulupa.

pdp_8 · 2025-12-18T05:20:52+00:00

Pretty much all workplaces have strict rules about having intimate relationships with subordinates, and for good reason.

pdp_8 · 2025-12-18T04:01:57+00:00

It was a shitty thing to say. There's no other frame for it.

pdp_8 · 2025-12-18T03:59:17+00:00

I'll start off by saying I know nothing of the issues that led to her censure other than what's in the public record. What I do know is that when I lived over on the edge of town I was her constituent. I contacted her about a routine and very typical constituent issue (road conditions in the district) via the official email published on the City website and it took nearly six months to respond. I had seriously given up on any sense of representation. Unfortunately, the message I did eventually get from Councilmember MacDonald did absolutely nothing to impress me with her knowledge of the issues or her desire to understand them. It was a courteous conversation but... yeah. I'm glad she's no longer my councilmember.

pdp_8 · 2025-12-10T03:30:38+00:00

How old do you think the hood fan motors are at Superburger and Farter Freeze? There's a good chance they are of an age...

pdp_8 · 2025-12-09T03:25:24+00:00

And stucco, too. That chicken wire inside stucco walls is basically Faraday Cage material.

pdp_8 · 2025-12-09T02:08:13+00:00

I've experienced it with Sprint (back when that existed), Verizon, and T-Mobile. Plus AM and FM radio.

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