Notices by Enia Titova (eniatitova@sfba.social)

@kingrat image from the story: https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/42/21/67/25763327/5/ratio3x2_360.webp

I’m obsessed with the Ocean Park Motel. I’ve loved their neon sign for years and we stayed there recently when our water heater broke. It’s such a unique incredible place. I always recommend it to friends from out of town.

Hearing that they’re looking for someone to take it over has me thinking all kinds of crazy thoughts. Like maybe I should stop being a lawyer and try to preserve this miracle for the next generation?

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/ocean-park-motel-oldest-in-city-explainer-19719528.php

@lmc you should! the hot tub alone is worth it. you have to call to make a reservation. there's no website :)

So Cards Against Humanity just sued M*sk for ruining a piece of land they bought in Texas for their customers...

#2024bingocard

https://www.elonowesyou100dollars.com/

@elliots no, first service on Saturday September 28th! First train to enter the tunnel inbound departs from Wawona and 46th at 7:50 am, first to leave outbound Ferry Building at 8:06 am.

Today is Belarusian Independence Day from the Soviet Union in 1991.

I can’t describe the feeling of that week for you.

I was getting ready for the start 5th grade at a new school. We had gone shopping for notebooks and school supplies in the days before. I didn’t buy a Young Pioneer scarf because I declined to join the previous spring.

We woke up on August 19 to hear that military hardliners had mounted a putsch and declared a state of emergency.

All we did that week was walk the dog and drink tea while my Dad smoked in the kitchen.

3 days later the putsch collapsed, Yeltsin the opposition’s hero, and Gorbachev returned to Moscow with his grandkids in tow.

3 days later, #Belarus declared independence from the Soviet Union.

We wouldn’t be diplomatically recognized until December 25, 1991 when it became clear to George H.W. Bush that USSR would, in fact, let the republics go.

And yes, I heard and knew everything. No one hid anything from me. Being 10 isn’t what it used to be.

@kingrat @scott I... have no words. That is several different kinds of illegal. Non-competes are extra non-enforceable, even in places where they are still technically on the books, when you let someone go. You can't fire a person and prevent them from earning a living elsewhere.

@kingrat but there are so many ways that they can do it anyway. non-solicits, non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements, arbitration clauses... a shit employer will find a way to be a shit employer. we haven't suddenly solved the issue by putting a federal law into place.

@scott I feel kinda the same way about the non-complete story: so what? most states that matter have a state law, even those don’t, it would take a lot for a judge to enforce it, and literally no one gets sued unless you’re a C-level exec going to a direct competitor. it’s literally a non-issue.

@kingrat @jewishreader I literally refuse to opine on what’s a winning strategy for this reason. I’m soooooo far away from being a typical swing voter I don’t count for consideration.

@kingrat ooh thank you, I hadn't found that. I think I'm going to reach out to Myrna's office when I'm done with calls today.

@kingrat that's exactly the page I'm referencing and the updated L Taraval Improvement Project page doesn't address this issue.

https://www.sfmta.com/projects/l-taraval-improvement-project

so I was getting all excited about the L-Taraval finally launching train service when someone told me that it won't enter the tunnel at West Portal so we'll have to transfer to Embarcadero-bound trains there anyway. they claim it will continue serving as a shuttle.

I can't get confirmation on the #sfmta website because of course.

before I call them in a rage, does anyone here know the answer?

#sfmuni

@MastodonEngineering I love the way you phrased that " requires an overlap with the CET timezone." That way you're open to people elsewhere who're willing to make the decision about their working hours, even if they aren't standard hours for their timezone of residence. smart.

an older woman at the library, makes eye contact, hesitates, but then approaches me: I like how your mask matches your sweater. it’s cool!

you heard it here folks, tonal mask dressing approved by elders.

#YallMasking #PublicLibrary

@sanae the Kaze one I posted the other day is out of business unfortunately. this green one is Powercom and part of a mixed color pack but this website also has single color ones in non-primary colors.

https://bonafidemasks.com/powecom-kn95/powecom-color-ear-loops/

@kingrat I know, it was no contest with the other options

hey @kingrat look what I got

#PublicLibrary

@kingrat @pootriarch I do pay for it and it’s not cheap ($5 a month I believe) but it’s worth it to me because I’ve found other platforms like it don’t have nearly the same catalog of “foreign” language materials. I like their app, I like their stats, I find it has all the features I want.

@kingrat @lmc you are correct that I don't possess the requisite training to change anyone's mind. I'm a litigator: I'm only good at defending my position staunchly in front of a "neutral" arbiter which is no way to get to a solution that works for everyone.