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Tuesday 3 July 2018

Welcome to summer, California (like a dragon swallowing the sun)

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San Francisco Bay as seen from The Lawrence Hall of Science: image via Bay Viewer @SFBayViewer, 1 July 2018

Particulate days
skies so lit
monsoon smoke
all the tunnels flooded
dragon swallowing the sun 
searching for the joke
with an air line extending
through the bad 
air and water
no filter fine enough 
to capture it
while breathing
any more than
for the kids trapt
on the ledge
in the cave 



Air quality doesn’t look good in the Bay Area seen from the Oakland hills on Saturday. According to the National Weather Service, smoke drifts from fires in Yolo County and beyond. @EastBayTimes #airquality #SanFranciscobayarea #Oaklandskyline #yolocountyfire: image via Ray @rayinaction, 1 June 2018


#Thailand  A Buddhist devotee walks down from the mouth of Tham Luang cave, at the Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park as the rescue operation continues for a missing children's football team and their coach. Photo @TheLlyfish #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018



A family relative looks at a photo of members of the under-16 soccer team after they were found alive in Thailand's Tham Luang cave complex. Photo Soe Zeya Tun: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 2 July 2018


Belgian diver on Thai rescue team tells Newsnight children could be trapped for months. Two medics have volunteers to stay with the [children]  for three or four months. They can't swim and will have to wait for waters to subside, said Ben Reymenants: image via lisa o'carroll @lisaocarroll, 3:44 PM 2 July 2018


#USA More than 30,000 acres have burned in multiple fires throughout California. Photo @JoshEdelson #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018

#USA More than 30,000 acres have burned in multiple fires throughout California. Photo @JoshEdelson  #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018

 

#USA More than 30,000 acres have burned in multiple fires throughout California. Photo @JoshEdelson  #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018


Spiderwebs still loaded with ash from #YoloCountyFire. @berkeleyside: image via Karuna Jagger @karunajagger, 2 July 2018

 
 
Raining ash while you were sleeping last night.. #YoloCountyFire.. ashes on cars in #SouthSanFrancisco: image via Gayle Ong @GayleOng, 1 July 2018

  

Raining ash while you were sleeping last night.. #YoloCountyFire.. ashes on cars in #SouthSanFrancisco: image via Gayle Ong @GayleOng, 1 July 2018


Look at this smoky #sunset tonight #whereyoulive. Smoke from #CountyFire still impacting us. #BayArea #CAfire #YoloCountyFire: image via Sandhya Patel @SandhyaABC7, 2 July 2018
 

 #YoloCountyFire looking towards the fire from outside Winters: image via Jeff Martin @JeffMar824037, 2 July 2018 


we were wondering why the skies looked so post-apocalyptic #YoloCountyFire :-((: image via alexandra @septemberrosee, 2 July 2018
 

Low layer of smoke. #YoloCountyFire: image via Byrhonda Lyons @byrhondalyons, 1 July 2018

 
San Francisco Sky today. No filter. 😱: image via Alex Shyba @alexshyba, 1 July 2018


 Truly strange skies tonight as a result of #YoloCountyFire. Welcome to summer, California.: image via Bazteki @Bazteki, 1 July 2018 


 Truly strange skies tonight as a result of #YoloCountyFire. Welcome to summer, California.: image via Bazteki @Bazteki, 1 July 2018


 Truly strange skies tonight as a result of #YoloCountyFire. Welcome to summer, California.: image via Bazteki @Bazteki, 1 July 2018 


Truly strange skies tonight as a result of #YoloCountyFire. Welcome to summer, California.: image via Bazteki @Bazteki, 1 July 2018 


After seeing the sun a shock of pink last night, I took this shot. Ashes in my garden today. #YoloCountyFire: image via Gloria Keller @glokekller, 1 July 2018

Damn that's hella achers alright My Boo
 
 
 #ashes falling n #Vacaville from the #CountyFire off the 505Hwy in Allendale. 32,500 achers so since 2pm #yesterday #YoloCounty #yolofire #YoloCountyFire with a #red #sunset #smoke: image via JimandTony Since 2004 n Smart Enuf To Make a # But Still To Dumb To Spel @ILoveTonyMyBoo, 1 July 2018


Lit sky last evening #sanjose #YoloCountyFire: image via Snehal @snehalshahr, 2 July 2018

Murky skies near the Laird Winery as #YoloCountyFire 🔥 spreads into parts of Napa County. (Thanks viewer Schele for sending this in.): image via Dion Lim @DionLimTV, 1 July 2018


Nicolas Brown photography is in Dixon, California. Published by Nicolas Brown · Just now · it's like a dragon swallowing up the sun #Fire #Weather #Yolo #Yolocountyfire: image via Nicolas Brown @N_B_Photography, 1 July 2018


#Yolo #Yolocountyfire  #dixon #Winters #Wintersfire: image via Nicolas Brown @N_B_Photography, 1 July 2018


 #Yolo #Yolocountyfire  #dixon #Winters #Wintersfire: image via Nicolas Brown @N_B_Photography, 1 July 2018

 
Photo taken Saturday June 30th at 6pm in city of Napa. #notagain. #yolocountyfire #yolofire #napa #napacounty #countyfire #YoloCounty: image via Giselle Lampe @GSLnapa, 1 July 2018


#YoloCountyFire #smoke : image via little red @BeaHilton, 2 July 2018


#YoloCountyFire: image via Janet Mondragon @janetmondragon, 1 July 2018


#Algeria A Nigerian migrant in Algeria lies on a bed as he is repatriated by Algerian authorities back to Niger in Laghouat  Photo Ryad Kramdi #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018


 #Spain Migrants look at the sea from the deck of the boat of the NGO Proactiva Open Arms Photo @OlmoCalvo#AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018
 

#Spain A child migrant keeps warm in Red Cross blanket after arriving aboard a coast guard boat at Algeciras' harbour Photo @JG_AFP #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018


SYRIA - Over 270,000 displaced by south Syria violence, UN says Photo Ahmad al-Msalam / AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018
 

#Russia A woman sells a traditional Russian beverage known as "Kvas" at a kiosk in Nizhny Novgorod during the #WorldCup Photo @dilkoff #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018
 
 

 Daily life ... #istanbul #life #photo #egg #food Photo by ABDULMONAM EASSA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree, 2 July 2018

 

 Daily life ... #istanbul #life #photo #egg #food Photo by ABDULMONAM EASSA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree, 2 July 2018



 Daily life ... #istanbul #life #photo #egg #food Photo by ABDULMONAM EASSA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree, 2 July 2018



 Daily life ... #istanbul #life #photo #egg #food Photo by ABDULMONAM EASSA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree, 2 July 2018


#India Farmers compete with their bulls as they participate in a bull race at a paddy field during a monsoon festival in Herobhanga Photo @Dibyangshus#AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018
  


#Romania An over flooded cemetery is pictured in Bacel  Photo Adrian Catu #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018 



#Mexico Leftist 'AMLO' sweeps to Mexican presidency Photo @rschemidt #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018
 

 

Facebook Enterprise Senior Supervising Software Engineers Enjoy a Pleasant Tour of the Menlo Park Campus: photo by Facebook, 2 July 2018

Engineering (People Want To Look Good Always)

 





Facebook reveals it gave 61 companies access to widely blocked user data: Company tells Congress it provided Nike, Spotify, a dating app and other services with special rights to information: The Guardian, 2 July 2018 (excerpts)

Facebook gave 61 businesses including Nike, Spotify, UPS and dating app Hinge special rights to access user data after blocking such access more broadly.

In written responses to the US Congress on its operations, the social network revealed it granted numerous extensions to access a user’s public profile as well as some data from their friends.

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In a separate disclosure, the social network also revealed it had granted special privileges to 52 other hardware and software firms to integrate “Facebook and Facebook features” into devices and services, which also involved access to some basic user data.

Apple, Amazon and the Chinese smartphone giant Huawei were among the companies on that list, which gave them permission to build versions of Facebook on their devices and products.

However, Facebook said the nature of that work limited the firms to building just Facebook-approved products, and the integrations had all been approved by its engineering teams – with 38 of the 52 having already been discontinued.



People are lazy and want to look good always so they want #Facebook edit their pics. Will consent be required before FB AI can retouch their image? Will we know it happened? Law enforcement mined FB photos before. Will photos be valid evidence in courts when AI can manipulate them?: image via Anonymous Worldwide @AnonsWorldwide, 30 June 2018

Facebook Enterprise Engineering Keep Them Secure 'n Smoov

We're a driving force behind Facebook’s “move fast” culture. We look at technology from a creative perspective and build enterprise engineering solutions that deliver seamless experiences for people using our products. And internally at Facebook, our team removes friction from employee’s [sic] lives and keep [sic] them secure, allowing them to focus on creating the biggest impact. And then we sever their air lines.

    

Senior Enterprise Engineers, Menlo Park: photo via Facebook


Senior Enterprise Engineers, Menlo Park: photo via Facebook  


Senior Enterprise Engineers, Menlo Park: photo via Facebook 


#Japan Streaks of light as traffic passes highrise buildings at sunset in Tokyo. Photo @MartinBureau1 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffard, 2 July 2018

2 comments:

Mose23 said...

searching for the joke

This would be one of the pointless tasks we have been assigned.

I know the original's better and that but the Bellshill Boys have a nice line in harmony.

TC said...

You've read my mind, now. The looking for the joke links and lineages are clear.

Bellshill Protestant Boys performing in New Stevenson Oranger, Sat 16th April 2011

Iggy Pop: Repo Man theme (1984)

Were either performance to be piped into a large monitor there on the subterranean cave ledge, and played continually, the question would be which musical offering would be more likely to prove effective sooner in driving the kids to actually attempt the desperate dirty dive and swim and slog through mud and shite that's now being proposed for them.

Thailand is mystery to me. "OK kids, let's go for a nice hike through a historically flooded unmapped labyrinthine cave complex 1 km beneath the surface of the Earth in monsoon season - for fun!"

Murica and its open fire pit festive ignitions likewise. Unintelligible.

Tomorrow is Authorized Explosions Day btw.

Proddy boys and their Culture relatively that much the more plausible I suppose, likewise iggy though in recent years it would have to be conceded that...

But let's go eat sushi and not pay!