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Where can I buy traditional mochi?
This is a list of businesses that sell komochi, traditional plain, non-sugared, round-shaped mochi. This is used in ozoni, toasted and eaten plain, or with flavorings. Fresh mochi can be eaten fresh, right after being pounded, when it’s warm. Once it’s cooled, it is re-heated in a pan or microwave, to soften the rice. Frozen,…
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Links About the Insanity Plea and Housing
Safety Walks wrote an opinion piece about a recent killing, where an unhoused person with mental illness pushed a woman, Michell Go, in front of a subway train, killing her. He turned himself in. The news stories noted, repeatedly, that he was mentally ill. SW says: 61-year-old homeless attacker, Martial Simon is identified as a…
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CalCare, AB1400, Single Payer Insurance Readings
AB 1400 resources.
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Two Videos of People with COVID-19, from Early 2020
These are videos from April 2020. I’m writing this in January 2022. We’re still in this pandemic. That dude had diabetes and a load of snacks. That’s going to make his blood thicker, which impedes the ability of blood to deliver oxygen to the fingertips and toes. That’s why diabetics lose their toes. He thinks…
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After do-release-upgrade Name Resolver Stops Working
Symptoms: after doing a big release upgrade on Ubuntu, the name resolution stops working. You can’t use domain names to reach websites or servers. The file /etc/resolv.conf shows the nameserver is set to 127.0.0.53 What’s happened here is that the traditional DNS resolution system has been replaced by the systemd name resolution system.
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Audacity Recording Problems Choosing an Input Source on Linux Mint
Symptoms: Audacity is unable to get any input from the audio output or microphone. System uses PulseAudio and ALSA.
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Beach Cities IMC
I was in a South Bay group and got a message about a cop there who painted swastikas on cars, and it reminded me of “Beach Cities IMC”. This was a fake Indymedia site that posted a lot of right wing crap. (For that matter, the current IMC is being spammed by crap posts… so…
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WP-CLI: wp wc product update images
I’m running WordPress inside a Docker container, and wanted to control the website with command lines, and code. The two options are to use the REST API, or to use the WP-CLI interface. I opted for the CLI because I assumed it was faster. I suspect I’m wrong, but I’m sticking with it for now,…
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What Are You Shooting For? by Roberto Rubalcava et. al. 1993
This mural no longer exists. I thought it was one of the best ones in Los Angeles, because it was so postmodern, but also specific to its location and time. I didn’t realize, until I did research, that it was created in 1993, a long time ago. It was created not long after the term…
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Brown Kingdom: Macy aka Sunset aka Cesar Chavez Ave
There was this blog, Brown Kingdom, written by Lonewolf, which documented about old LA Chicano gangs. They had an article about the Macy area, but it’s gone now. An archive was up on a site prohibited by Facebook, so I’m pasting it here. Lots of info about the old and new Chinatown areas. This is…