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Tarball10on UPS and the package wars

UPS is staffed with union employees, FedEx Ground/Home Delivery (which is different from FedEx Express) is staffed with contractors, not even real FedEx employees.

Tarball10on Amazon Facility Hit by Tornado

It's not uncommon for a severe storm system like this to produce multiple tornados. The "quad-state tornado" was farther to the south, cutting across the bootheel of Missouri, while the one that hit the Amazon warehouse was more north, near St. Louis.

Tarball10on Condo wreckage hints at less steel in columns than design drawings

That area, the pool deck, was exposed to the elements. Rainwater was allowed to pool on top and seep into the concrete because it was not constructed correctly. It should have been slanted to allow water to drain off. The slabs and pillars under the actual building may have been in better condition since they were mostly protected from the weather.

Tarball10on Near, the emulator developer of bsnes, higan, and more, has died

https://blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/

>We just sent notice that we are terminating 8chan as a customer effective at midnight tonight Pacific Time. The rationale is simple: they have proven themselves to be lawless and that lawlessness has caused multiple tragic deaths.

>Even if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they have created an environment that revels in violating its spirit.

Cloudflare should drop Kiwi Forums as a customer based on this. In fact Kiwi Forums might be worse because it specifically exists to discuss and coordinate harassment, doxing, and stalking of others both online and offline. 8chan was at least ostensibly "just" an anonymous imageboard with a lack of moderation. Kiwi Forums has no justifiable reason to be kept online and Cloudflare's association with it should be kept in mind when chosing to do business with Cloudflare.

Same applies to Dreamhost, their domain registrar. No, kicking them off these platforms won't shutdown the site. They'll move to a Russian DDoS protection service like 8chan did. But there's no reason for Cloudflare/Dreamhost to make it easy for Kiwi Forums to exist, or to continue to receive revenue by hosting them.