NO POLITICS!

take that shit to CE.

Hé hé ha ha ha, how many times did you have to repeat to this thread?
Only they know. I lost count.

Spiritual is kind of okayyy... Religious is dangerous.
Materialist and political to the toilet flush.
I for one like this unbiased attitude.

I'm thinking, I don't even know what it takes to delete a post on this kind of forums.
It must be annoying in the end. Blame on the generic forum or application server designers, whoever is responsible for that.
They should design something easier and faster, like almost immediate to mods.

A thread is a terrible thing to waste. Almost six hours since the last post.

Beaches are starting to open back up in Sydney just in time for this glorious autumn weather, traffic is getting heavier again, although it's still going to be a while before I can go to the pub with my friends.

The numbers here are extremely encouraging compared to places overseas

That's 74 deaths in total since the pandemic begin. Last night I saw the ticker across the bottom of the rolling news say '92 YEAR OLD DIES FROM CORONA IN WESTERN SYDNEY' and surely even the media can't keep up that kind of fake panic with a straight face for long.

Haha... no kidding.

About like this:

Study ranks Asheville workforce among top 10 hardest hit in nation

Two of the heaviest hitters in the local tourism industry here, Biltmore Estate and the Grove Park Inn, are both closed right now. When Biltmore closed, they laid off about two thousand workers. With the Grove Park Inn closed, that is the city's biggest hotel, with more than 500 rooms and all of them empty.

From ABC7 Los Angeles:

Gov. Newsom says reopening CA won't be like a 'light switch' but hospitals can resume scheduling surgeries

On Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced hospitals will be able to start scheduling surgeries again, though he did not provide a specific date for when California's economy will reopen.

In the first move toward modifying and easing California's stay-at-home order, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced that hospitals statewide will be able to start scheduling surgeries amid the ongoing coronavirus emergency.

Newsom did not, however, offer a specific timeline for when the state's economy will begin reopening or when widespread restrictions will be lifted.

"The pressure to answer that question is very real. I wish I could prescribe a specific date. There is no light switch and there is no date," he said.

The gradual modification will allow for scheduled surgeries to resume in order to treat conditions such as tumors, heart valves and other non-coronavirus medical procedures. The governor stressed the importance of being able to reintroduce capacity across the health care delivery system, while also ensuring that it doesn't "overload the system."

Before making any decision on reopening the state on a wider scope, Newsom said he'd continue to evaluate the state's progress on six key criteria.

The governor described a six-pronged framework of parameters and tools that are needed before the state can implement major changes to the state's stay-at-home orders and other COVID-19 interventions:

1. A widespread expansion of coronavirus testing;

2. "Vigilant" protection against infection of California's most vulnerable residents;

3. Manage surges at hospitals, enable development of infrastructure and distribution of personal protective equipment, or PPE;

4. Engage researchers in academia, including the University of California, and at health and technology companies on the front lines of the pandemic;

5. "Redraw floor plans" at business locations, schools and child-care facilities with physical distancing in mind;

6. Determining when to re-institute certain measures, such as stay-at-home orders.

Link: https://abc7.com/health/watch-today-...-sivo28tv67Pyk

https://sf.curbed.com/2020/4/22/2123...nomic%2520woes

:hell::hell::hell:

What, because you’ll actually have to bear a tiny part of the enormous cost of all of this?

Interesting...

Los Angeles County's Metro is still operating, but on April 19, all buses and trains started operating on a modified Sunday schedule. All boarding on buses is through the rear door only, with exception of wheelchair users of course.

City of LA's DASH buses, as well as Foothill Transit buses (which serve the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys) have been free since at least the stay-at-home order. Boarding is also through the rear door only.

Because this is an inappropriate time to raise fares, what with so many people out of work and hurting for money.

I won't be paying any of the cost.. I rarely use Muni any more since it has become crowded with non-paying passengers, many of them homeless and unwashed and potentially lice-ridden. Mostly I use Uber. But when I do use Muni I get a discounted senior fare and there's no mention of raising those.

This will happen to just about every transit system in the country. New York's MTA is facing the worst financial crisis in the system's history. And, since NYC's and NYS's financial situations are also dire, unless the federal government steps in the pain will be passed off directly to riders in one way or another.

It started 2 weeks ago....

Berlin gets 'pop-up' bike lanes to boost cycling in pandemic

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Order and optimism as shoppers return to Berlin streets

Reduced volume of fee paying passengers, revenue dropping to a much greater extent than operating costs can be cut, and they need to make some of it up in price to keep the service operating. It’s not complicated, and there’s no magic money tree to pay for it otherwise.

Niether of us is an oil engineer but I have read fracked wells like most of those in the US can be "shut in" with little damage. Sure, the process will take time but step number one is to stop drilling new wells because they haven't even totally done that yet.

San Francisco loudly proclaims itself "a transit-first city". If transit were really a priority, they'd find somewhere else to make up the shortfall. Golly, they could even start charging tuition for "basketweaving" courses at City College again (they recently bought into the wokeness of free college). SF wastes money like you can't imagine--the options to keep transit affordable are endless.

Incidentally, besides shutting down most Muni service and raising fares, the city is beginning to shut down streets. They've already effectively shut down sidewalks by encouraging the homeless to cover them with tents so people have to walk into traffic, hence the need to shut the streets. Parks are shut too, and the library. One wonders what city officials do these days besides dream up new ways to harrass citizens.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/...o-15215666.php

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...681768/enhance
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/...s-15217396.php