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bob

@bob@beamship.mpaq.org

2 yrs US Army, 12 yrs Computer repair shop owner, 12 yrs living on streets (in over 20 US cities).
https://justmytoots.com/@bob@beamship.mpaq.org

I Feel I have a unequal view of things, will NOT stand for insults and name calling. To old for bullshit and wont hesitate to block you.

#PDX #Portland #StreetRoots #USA

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box464, to animals
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Controversial discussion. Thinking it’s time to switch from to something more generic.

Maybe or as reach begins expanding beyond the known fediverse.

Maddie needs to be known across all platforms!

bob,
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@box464

That means I'd have to rewrite my bot who monitors the tags 😭 😂

TonyStark, to random
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Weather and climate change aren’t the same thing, but climate change is creating extremes.

Despite this, Ron DeSantis (R) just signed a law deleting climate change from Florida policy, banning the construction of offshore wind turbines, and boosting fossil fuels.

DeSantis isn’t in the running anymore for President but Trump is and his plan for addressing the climate is if anything worse.

DeSantis erases climate change from FL laws, strikes blow at windmills:
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/15/desantis-erases-climate-change-from-fl-laws-strikes-blow-at-windmills/73591696007/

bob,
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@TonyStark

Will Florida be the first underwater? It's elevation is so low, I can imagine that even the tallest buildings will be just above the surface of the ocean before to much longer.

bob, (edited )
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@PugJesus

Yet, people are always saying we only have 2 choices and don't talking about "wasting my vote". If enough people voted 3rd party, it would no longer be a "3rd party".

bob,
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@RenegadeTwister 😂 good thing I don't try making $ with my spelling 🤔

bob, to portland
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Read all about the vendors this week

BigAngBlack, to oregon
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Can people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/homeless-fined-sleeping-outside-grants-pass-supreme-court/283-4eeb15c1-1dc6-4342-bb20-46df4f0e11f5

> in southern has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court.

But a 2018 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals changed the calculus. The court, whose jurisdiction includes nine Western states, held that while communities are allowed to prohibit tents in public spaces, it violated the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment to give people criminal citations for sleeping outside when they had no place else to go
Grants Pass has just one overnight shelter for adults, the Gospel Rescue Mission. It has 138 beds, but rules including attendance at daily Christian services, no alcohol, drugs or smoking and no pets mean many won't stay there

bob,
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@BigAngBlack

One of the reporters will be attending the US Supreme Court hearing and I can't wait to read his article about it 🤞🤞🤞

b9AcE, to random
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"Iran announces launch of retaliatory strikes on Israel"
https://www.newarab.com/news/iran-announces-launch-retaliatory-strikes-israel

video/mp4

bob,
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@b9AcE

By letting 100's of thousands of people live on the streets, AmeriKKKa has failed her OWN people but that is okay since corporations make more money on other countries

bob,
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@b9AcE

When its more important to help everyone else then people in the USA, that is exactly what has been happening since Desert Storm. More people IN THIS COUNTRY are put out in the streets but no one gives a shit

bob, to animals
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Hi buddy.

rjblaskiewicz, to random
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Divert arms for Israel to Ukraine.

bob,
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@rjblaskiewicz

Divert money spent on arms to the people IN the USA, living on the streets. 99% of us don't want to be there.

bob,
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@rjblaskiewicz

I had one, to kill people for CRUD oil... So people like you can have your plastic trash and pollution vehicles

dgar, to random
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I’m going to the circus on Saturday and camping on Sunday.

It’s going to be an in-tents weekend.

bob,
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@dgar

I hope it's not two-tents 🤪

BigAngBlack, to portland
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police union wants voters to take another look at the city's new police accountability system

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/portland-police-union-ballot-initiative-oversight-system/283-254d40b8-45e3-40b7-905c-a52294948466

> The Independent Accountability and Oversight Board stems from a ballot measure that passed overwhelmingly in 2020. The says the plan is biased.

bob,
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@BigAngBlack

Of course, that one program that voters wanted gets funds cut again...
😡
https://www.streetroots.org/news/2024/02/05/kaia-sand-prioritize-portland-street-response

bob,
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@BigAngBlack

A good friend lives in Hazelnut Grove, a tiny house village built by the residents and community (that Wheeler and his buddies have been trying to close for years). I keep telling her, she would be a kick ass mayor but she refuses to run 😢 I guarantee she would not be doing the back room deals I see...

Hell, I've even been thinking of putting my name out there. A homeless person is someone who knows more than anyone of those people... 😉

bob,
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@BigAngBlack
It was a passing thought 😂

tristansnell, to random
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Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?

On March 7, 2020, the Dow stood at 25,864.78 -- it would drop all the way down to 18,591.93 later that month.

Today, the Dow is now at 38,791.35.

bob,
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@tristansnell

Back when I had a business, I followed the DOW. Now, I look at how many homeless people I see. THAT IS THE REAL STATUS PEOPLE SHOULD SEE...

bob,
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@mdylanbell @tristansnell

The DOW? Yep. For about 4-5 years, I've been following the PIT count (and they openly admit it's under count) and its climbed by about 100,000 every year.

bob,
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@joeinwynnewood @mdylanbell @tristansnell

First, I'm a vet and saw Desert Storm and how we were killing people for CRUD oil.

I keep asking, would you (anyone) fix your neighbors roof before fixing your own leaky one.

No one really gets that. Why are we fixing the world's problems by sending money/weapons to other countries and continue abandoning people IN THIS COUNTRY?

I saw an article about Berny Sanders yesterday (?) about the US sending $400,000 missiles(cost of each) to another country. How long would just one of those put a person in a house?

Why are our priorities so backwards?

bob, to pdx
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vendors have issues... New paper tomorrow in

I still have a couple copies of ty tonight.

bob, to random
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@DoomsdaysCW

I so hope hemp batteries get to market SOON

bob,
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@DoomsdaysCW
https://sustainablewave.com/hemp-batteries/
https://www.energytech.com/energy-storage/article/21177341/will-hemp-make-ev-batteries-better
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28770876

Just DDGed these first 3 sites 😜

Hemp plastic is on my radar too 😂

Hmm, a factory? https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/13042-wisconsin-company-building-manufacturing-plant-to-turn-hemp-into-batteries

And hemp plastic factory? https://wayofleaf.co/cannabis/education/how-is-hemp-plastic-manufactured/

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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Washers and dryers are about to get a whole lot more efficient

"The Biden administration announced new washer and dryer efficiency standards that ... are in line with current efficiency benchmarks, and will apply to equipment produced after March 1, 2028.

The government estimates that the measures will shave $2.2 billion a year from Americans’ utility bills and, over 30 years, eliminate 71 million tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions."

https://grist.org/energy/washers-and-dryers-are-about-to-get-a-whole-lot-more-efficient/

bob,
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@CelloMomOnCars

Will see a price increase just to buy them, I'm sure.

bob,
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@CelloMomOnCars

Just like when Mercury light bulbs and digital TV became mandatory....

Saltssaltgirl, to random
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Butterflies are just like regular flies except they have high cholesterol and taste good on toast.

bob,
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@Saltssaltgirl

That is a "dad joke", @dgar 😆🤣

DrALJONES, to Israel
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    @DrALJONES

    I was young and dumb at 24 when I joined the US Army in 1990, just in time to see the killing of people for CRUD oil... That was when I started waking up. For the last 12 years, I've been living on the streets across over 20 cities.

    It makes me sick to know that I was part of the system for so long.

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