Notices by Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)

The trees at Half Moon Bay State Beach are quite photogenic! #ThickTrunkTuesday

#trees

One more horrific thing from the Trump administration that I almost missed (and you might have, too):
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/20/nx-s1-5865100/doj-memo-trump-disability-civil-rights-institutionalization

The Justice Department released a memo this week that quietly calls into question decades of civil rights protections for Americans with disabilities and stirred fear and anger among advocates and families.

The memo, an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel, argues that states do not have to provide in-home or community-based care to people with disabilities who need support.

Without the federal government requiring that states provide these services – to help disabled people integrate into their communities – advocates and legal experts warn that cash-strapped states could cut them and return to what was once common practice: de facto segregation of Americans with disabilities in nursing homes and large institutions.

h/t @DeniseG

#uspol #disability #disabled

Goats! Not what I expected to see when I went to the beach today! But there they were, grazing in the land just south of the beach parking lot, doing their vegetation control thing.

#goats #GoatsOfMastodon #today

Quite the interview with the WHO director-general re: Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

“He recalled a discussion he had with some community leaders who pressed him on why the world only cares about their region when there is an Ebola outbreak underway. With long-standing conflict, hundreds of thousands of displaced people, widespread hunger, and a multitude of diseases that kill more frequently than Ebola does, the conclusion some have reached is that the rest of the world only cares because it’s afraid Ebola will spread beyond the DRC’s borders.”

And you know, in too many cases, they are probably right.

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/13/who-director-general-in-drc-war-greater-concern-than-ebola/

Reporting by @HelenBranswell; h/t @czarbucks

#ebola

@cafechatnoir I saw this, which someone posted here (and then I went and found the original):

A certain stonemason friend of mine, who knows a thing or two, thinks that restoring the white Carrera marble is going to be a long and laborious process, and the tarp might stay up that whole time.
https://www.threads.com/@drybrarian/post/DZhskQMHAyX

The saga of closing my dad's Xfinity account. My brother returned the equipment in Florida, but folks there said they couldn't finish closing the account until we had a death certificate. So now we do, and I go the store closest to me, all relevant documents in hand:

Them: This account is in Florida. We don’t have access to Florida accounts, just California accounts.

Me: You’re a national company. There must be a way to handle this.

Them: Finds a way. Tells me the account is already fully closed, contradicting what the folks in Florida said.

Me: Can you print me something that says that?

Them: Oh no we can’t do that.

Me: Can I take a photo of your screen?

Them: Oh no!!!

Them: Finds a way to print the final bill/statement, showing a refund being sent.

#Today

@irina @muiren Hmm, I have that same problem today but it worked OK yesterday, showing the full story. I don't know what changed. You can now get it here:

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/albuquerque-journal/20260606/281479283095187

@muiren Regarding that $13 million:

"Nichols' family is expected to receive only a fraction of the $13 million jury award, Hacsi said.

"Hacsi said $400,000 is the maximum award the family can collect under the state's Tort Claims Act, which regulates hospitals owned by governmental agencies. Because Gila Regional Medical Center is owned by Grant County, the hospital falls under the law that was enacted in the 1970s, she said."

Hacsi is Theresa Hacsi, an attorney for Nichols' family.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/new-mexico-jury-returns-13-million-verdict-in-death-of-star-trek-actor-nichelle-nichols/3057401

Another way I know I'm home: Out to the beach, watching waves come in and smelling the ocean.

#today #ocean #birds #BirdsOfMastodon

Just heard sirens screeching by, and checked my FireIncidents app — and sure enough, there's a cliff rescue in progress. Fortunately we have teams who are experienced in such things, so hopefully everyone will be fine.

#today

For this #ThickTrunkTuesday, here'a one of the lovely trees in my dad's cemetery.

#trees.

So the big purple dinosaur I saw outside the pizza place here in Sarasota, Florida isn't purple at all; it was just the nighttime lights that made it look purple.

It's part of the Rosemary District, which is also replete with cool murals. The guy at the pizza place thought the dinosaur was placed there by the city, which fits with what I'm now reading about its focus on public art.

#art #today #Florida

More ranunculus!

#BloomScrolling #flowers

RE: https://mastodon.online/@electrek/116636769414814259

This article talks about the car's range, the battery, the sound system (Bose!) and more — but my first reaction was "They made a car that comes in purple!"

(Also, sadly, with "a standard 9″ infotainment screen with Google built-in, offering access to Google Maps and more." Not that it will matter to me, since there's no indication this will be sold in the USA.)

#cars #purple #EV

@ai6yr Ben, did you see this one?

Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waymo-pauses-service-in-four-cities-as-robotaxis-keep-driving-into-floods/

@me_valentijn @ai6yr Yeah, from this reporting: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-class-action-lawsuit-facial-recognition-disneyland-1236598890/

Disney, which didn’t respond to a request for comment, disposes of the data gained from its facial recognition technology within 30 days unless its necessary for legal or fraud prevention purposes, according to its privacy policy.

The lawsuit contends the assertion “simply cannot be true given the biometric information is compared to when guests first bought tickets or annual passes and associated their pictures with those tickets or passes.”

#Disney #privacy

This #Mondog you get to meet Dakota (on the left) and Milo (on the right).

#dogs #DogsOfMastodon

#SilentSunday

RE: https://indieweb.social/@tg/116522563497941266

Having read this last night, I understand why so many people boosted it into my timeline.

This is what happens when a bird unexpectedly flys overhead and I pull out my iPhone, point it in the right direction and try to get a photo — and get a bit lucky.

#BirdsOfMastodon #birds #today