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Maybe try FreeTube[1]. You can subscribe to channels with it.

[1]https://freetubeapp.io/

In the early 70's my grandparents gave me their collection of NG. It was complete from about 1920 to the early 1960's when my grandfather retired from the Air Force & built his own sail boat to travel the world. The discoveries I made, and the knowledge I gained, from that collection were awesome!

I don't know your age, but as a person born in the 60's his artwork has been a common sight throughout my life.

Agent was the very first piece of software I paid for. That and my Extra Newsguy subscription opened an amazing world for me. Then yEnc came along!

There is now also a repository that is holding 100's of thousands of RARBG magnet links in text files [1]. The link is in the article. I'm not sure whether posting the direct link is proper here.

[1] https://torrentfreak.com/rarbg-over-267000-movie-tv-show-mag...

Thanks! This seems like a great replacement. Much better than l337x or TPB, especially with dark mode turned on!

I haven't used Usenet since probably around 2002. It seems like everything is still the same except for the indexer. I assume that is so you don't have to sign onto a bunch of binary groups into your newsreader and then search through them for what you want (part of the fun in the old days for me)? Is that correct, does anyone know?

I also wonder if Forte' Agent still works? Does Newsguy still exist? /s

edit: found the answer to my question

My mother told me over and over to pull the plug should she ever end up on life support. When I found out she was on life support after a heart attack I immediately assumed that it would be her brother's choice to pull the plug or not. Nope, that horrendous decision belongs to the kids, namely me. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do but I understood and respected her wishes.

I live on an artery/thoroughfare in SF. My street also has a 10-15' retaining wall along one side that faces a small valley on the other. The noise on my street is extremely loud and echoes throughout the whole neighborhood. My favorite days and nights are Sundays when streets are the quietest. Here's how I've ordered the worst offenders in my head.

1) Harley's with open pipes 2) cars without any exhaust (common) 3) after market exhaust on import cars (thanks Fast & Furious) 4) garbage trucks, gas powered gardening equipment, 4x4's/big trucks, new muscle cars 5) scooters, mopeds, gas powered bicycles, motocross motorcycles (I get sideshows/giant groups driving up/down my street to the next location), enduro & regular motorcycles

The thing is is that there are already laws in place to deal with most of those..

I had never heard of Anhingas being called devil birds before this morning. I fully agree that the headline was meant to scare people.

I know Anhingas as sacred Water Birds of the Native American Church [1].

[1] https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/843126

Did you happen to not read the part where the people involved have already worked to shape SF politics?

Also, do people get titles (Political Director Abundant SF) for entities that don't exist? https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-david-7998473

Don't agree.

white flight = moving out of city because of fear, cost, crappy schools, etc. is flight. A white person moving to the boondocks because they want to homestead or live off grid is not "flight".

gentrifier = higher income person/family moving into a city or neighborhood, raising the housing costs by doing so, causing the long time residents to leave because of said costs and changing the culture of said area because the old families don't live there anymore.

>Tech bros don't have political power, they're too busy working.

What?!

https://sfstandard.com/politics/tech-families-abundant-sf-mi...

I can hear all the way to the top of that tone generator, 20,154 Hz. There are a couple spots in the 14-16K range that seem to drop out though. IDK what to say? lol

No prob! I turned 57 in February.

My parents had a lot of old music and art books like this. It's where (along with strong influences from Don Martin & Antonio Prohías - MAD) I learned cartooning.

Also, from dmonitor: >genuinely confused how the author/illustrator can include that sentence under their depiction of a black person. the lack of awareness is incredible.

It was 1937. I was born in the 60's and Song of the South regularly played on the Sunday night Disney show. Racism was blatent back in the day, but also considered normal.

It should be labeled as such considering it has received massive tax breaks and free rent from the City and County of San Francisco.

I had mild tinnitus for years that I believe I got working w/loud machinery & going to lots of concerts (clubs are actually worse because you are more likely to stand next to the speakers). The morning after my second Pfizer mRNA shot I awoke to what amounts to a miniature jet engine inside my ear. It has persisted for 2 years & has been extremely stressful and disconcerting.

After a long time (during covid) I was finally able to see my PC who sent me to an audiologist for a hearing test. The audiologist only found slight hearing loss at high frequencies in my left ear (the ear closest to the CNC machines I used to work with). She said she didn't see anything else abnormal & asked if I wanted an MRI to see if it could find anything. I agreed. The MRI found nothing wrong with my ear or eustachian tube.

I've reported it to VAERS and have been sort of following Gregory Poland, MD [1](director of Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group), who also got tinnitus from his first mRNA covid shot. The issue definitely needs research.

Dr Poland, along with others, have recently released a couple of reports [2,3] saying that we need a new roadmap for covid vaccines. I agree!

Also, I used that tone generator site that someone else posted and it seems that my jet engine screams at about 18000 Hz.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Poland [2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X2... [3] https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cidrap-unveils-roadmap-a...

Edit to add VAERS website. If you suspect you got tinnitus from an mRNA vaccine please report it here: https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html

Well, as an example, last year the lights at the intersection outside my apartment went out during a heavy rain storm. I also tend to have a lot of driverless cars in my neighborhood. I watched how cars were dealing with the blacked out intersection. I saw two different Waymo cars stop at the intersection as CA law requires. Then I saw a Cruise car approach the intersection. As it did it slowed a little but then seemed to speed up as it blew through the intersection. I could only imagine the nightmare during a bad nor'easter!

To those of us who have lived here for years, we know that this is an accurate answer.

>Progressive DA's and a neutered police force are to blame for the rise in violent

Interesting that you say this after our progressive DA was recalled & our mayor is trying to supplement the SFPD budget by $27.6M.

Also interesting, I have lived in SF since 1972 and only been mugged once, in my 1st yr there (I was 7 & mugged by kids across the street in the projects for my Mickey M watch and about $0.50). I will freely and safely walk anywhere in the City at any time of day or night. And I'm an older guy.. This ongoing discourse is tiring.

>I would not be happy about this if I was a UFC fighter/WWE wrestler, since less competition will mean less compensation. Where's the anti-trust busters when you need them?

You know, there's a good Ari Daivari, Slim J & Jeeves K joke in here somewhere..

While I respect your expertise in the field, I disagree.

>Companies are very interested in unexpected events, particularly bad ones (called “adverse events” in the jargon). Viagra was “discovered” because of an unanticipated side effect of a drug being tested for a heart disorder.

Tell that to Moderna and Pfizer. They, nor the FDA, have shown any interest in adverse events reported by both patients and doctors to VAERS [1], unless whatever hypothetical minimum number of people report it. I've had, as well as Dr. Greg Poland [2], a pretty severe adverse reaction to the mRNA vaccines but our problems remain unaddressed because not enough people have reported it, science knows little about our reaction, or it doesn't monetarily benefit anyone (liability or profit). As for the Viagra discovery, it was a monetary benefit.

Scientists and researchers in the medical field need to realize everyone is different and we have different reactions to various drugs. I guarantee you that carbamazepine was causing my apnea problems. It also caused two other adverse reactions that are not listed as side effects.

Now that I think about it, your entire comment screams pharmaceutical marketing to me.

[1] https://vaers.hhs.gov/ [2] https://www.mayo.edu/research/faculty/poland-gregory-a-m-d/b...

edit: mRNA

I'm not fat. I was immediately diagnosed and rushed to a sleep doctor.

In regards to your last question, Yes, the exercises can/do work with helping to strengthen your throat area. Tying your jaw shut at night with a scarf, or taping your mouth shut, works as well. Another thing I learned, through a comment found here on HN, is how to force your sinuses to open up. Even if you are congested, close your mouth and try to breath through your nose. Eventually (usually not long) your body's need for oxygen will take over and open up your sinuses. Hope this helps but remember that I am not a doctor.

I'm not so sure, my experience tells me differently..

I am a thin guy with very low body fat. As soon as I told my doctor that I had woken up 2-3 times with my soft pallet dry & semi-collapsed, also that I would wake up regularly with a dry mouth, he immediately sent me for a sleep test. I went and did the test and the results were that I had mild sleep apnea. The sleep doctor told me that they were ordering a CPAP machine for me. I asked why I needed it for mild apnea and also told them I wouldn't use it. They ordered it anyway and told me to take the issue up with my doctor.

While all this was going on I was in the process of reducing the amount of meds I took (bad accident in 2010). I also started reading up on & studying sleep apnea. One of the first things I learned, and that worked, was keeping my mouth shut during sleep (many ways to accomplish that). The other thing I learned is that Big Pharma/FDA does a horrible job of listing medication side effects. I say that because "causes sleep apnea" was not on the list of side effects for carbamazeine (used for my peripheral neuropathy). As soon as I stopped the carbamazepine the apnea symptoms vanished. I have no need for a CPAP, it was ordered and I've received many calls about it, but there it sits at the sleep doctor's office..

Since you said one of your siblings has it, I assume you are half siblings? I have hereditary hemochromatosis, and since my sisters and I have different mothers, I am the only one in my family to have it. It takes two parents who carry the gene.

Anyway, yes, bloodletting (properly called phlebotomy) is really the only way to deal with it. The first 3 years after my diagnosis my hematologist and I tried out quite a few things to help control it, including diet modifications and different time intervals between phlebotomies. We ended up settling on phlebo every 6 weeks and eat whatever I want.

Henry Red Cloud is a good man and does really good work on the rez!

I've lived in SF since 1972 and have pretty much always known about Asian smog. And while it's rarely talked about, 29% of San Francisco's pollution comes from Asia [1]. I don't know about ships, but I assume they contribute significantly as well. I did notice a massive increase in smog during the height of the pandemic from all the ships anchored in the bay, so there is that.

[1] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es101450t#afn2

My ultra cheap, as in free, Samsung is running Android 12 with security updates from October 1 2022.