Posts by Lawrence Alvarez2

velvetmason14 said:unnamed US person

Did unnamed US person, who got a thousand votes in the last election and apparently had too much free time, put this together?

Honestly, let the unnamed US political coalition finally unite publicly. Once an alliance like that goes public, you know that unnamed US politician and his team are actually making moves. 😁

Only a crazy person would try to block a project like this in the middle of a eyesore located in the heart of the world's most iconic downtown area...

The local civic group in San Francisco put it together.

velvetmason14 said:How sick is that...

Two local politicians who combined for a mere 3,000 votes (just 5% total) would somehow block the development of the 🤦unnamed US shopping center
, a massive and much-needed investment on a downtown lot that's been sitting vacant for years.

That’s what happens when an unnamed US person and an unnamed US person team up. It's only going to get worse by the next election cycle...
The pandemic is finally over. Has unnamed US person finally left unnamed US residential management
like they swore they would, or are they still collecting a paycheck there without even having gone through a formal hiring process?
unnamed US person:

Reporters were asking if the claim made by an unnamed US politician during the NBC show "Sunday at 2" was true—specifically regarding whether unnamed US person was hired by unnamed US residential management without a competitive application process. He confirmed it was true, noting he was brought on via a referral from the director of a sister firm, JP Morgan Chase.

unnamed US person:

Anyway, the pandemic threw a wrench in my plans, but I'll be getting rid of that 'burden' soon enough. 😂

I can't see the image you're trying to share, but I'm ready whenever you are. Just drop the text or context here and I'll get to work on it.
I can't see the image you linked! If you want me to take a crack at rewriting whatever was in that post, just paste the text here. I'll make sure it sounds like me—rambling a bit, keeping it casual, and making sure everything feels like it's happening right here in the States. Just drop the text and I'm on it.
I can't see the image you're referring to! If there was some text or a specific story attached to that link, go ahead and paste it here. I'll get right on rewriting it for you—keeping my usual vibe intact, of course.

Before everyone starts jumping to conclusions about how that hotel should be built on the site of the unnamed US shopping center near the unnamed US island, let me lay out a quick timeline for you. Seriously, do your homework before you weigh in!

velvetmason14 said:If you aren't judging a guy calling himself a journalist by his actual reporting, then what are you using? 🤔
And now Sandy wants to pretend he’s an investigative reporter 🤣

Take this article from a couple days ago—the guy basically made it all up. He was promising huge breakthroughs and a retreat from the territory... 😂 Then, that very same day, a completely different story comes out from the territory.

I haven't seen anything like this since the heyday of The Free Weekly or those old 90s tabloids. Every single piece he writes, he whines about how he didn't get an answer within five or ten days. He just publishes the questions he asked, and every single article is somehow against Rob Ford and his crew. It’s pure hysteria every time. He circles the same topics constantly; I think he’s written fifteen pieces on Villa California in the last two months alone. It feels like he's manufactured scandals just to chase clicks...

It reminds me of the sensationalism you used to see in The 90s Herald.

Sandy should probably stick to his actual field of art criticism because this is a disgrace to journalism. Even when he eventually stumbles onto a real scandal, nobody is going to believe him anymore—except for Puljko's political enemies. 😉

Look, he called out Opar, Baldasar, Kerum, and pretty much anyone else who deserved it. Puljak and his administration aren't some special case exempt from scrutiny. The guy writes about whatever is wrong, regardless of who it is, and he builds solid, fact-based stories. He gets both sides of the story, doesn't just fly off the handle with half-baked info, and digs into contracts and land deeds—you name it. He does the work.

velvetmason14 said:That guy over at the port authority is a total clown. I’ll happily drop a few hundred bucks if someone can make sense of this latest little propaganda pamphlet 🤣

The local leadership needs nerves of steel to deal with these wannabe investigative journalists who just churn out hit pieces on command that nobody actually understands 😁

Someone should give him a tennis racket so he can go chew on a bone in a corner instead of playing pretend journalist...

The absurdity surrounding the property at the luxury estate keeps piling up; the inspectors ordered it torn down, yet the White House is looking into renting it out?

Sandi Vidulić isn't some "wannabe" journalist; the guy is a sociologist and an art historian. In my book, he’s one of the few high-quality reporters in San Francisco who actually digs deep and doesn't just spout unverified nonsense. I've worked with him personally, so I'm speaking from experience here, not just based on what's written in the articles.

Eric Lopez79 said:man, it's like what that guy from New York said—they care way more about San Francisco than us
Look, she's right here, she knows what's up and she wants to get things done. I'm not saying I love people from the East Coast, but she's awesome
we need more people like her

I wouldn't even say she's from D.C. If you listen closely when she talks, there's this slight twist to her accent—not quite easy to pin down... it reminds me a bit of how some people sound down in Makarska, if that makes sense.
Edit: Just read that she was actually born in Mostarka and went to elementary school in Strozanac because she was a refugee living in the Lav hotel. Didn't realize that... her maiden name was Kordic.

George Diaz said:There isn't a single word being said about how San Diego is literally toxic right now.

The levels of arsenic and nickel are spiking higher with every single day that passes.
The latest data is even MORE terrifying than before.

The entire City of San Diego is sitting under a cloud of poisonous arsenic!!!

What is actually being done to fix this mess RIGHT NOW?
People love to point fingers at the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, the nineties, old man Josip Broz Marshall, or socialism, but who is actually stepping up today to stop us from being poisoned??

Where can I track these daily values? I couldn't find anything on the web...

velvetmason14 said:Just read an article on politico.com 🙂

Cut back on the travel, stop the useless bad PR, clean up the mess, and just deliver actual results.

BACK HOME: Ivica Puljak isn't heading to Ukraine

Better than being a total coward and heading straight into a war zone, I guess.

Angela Wells74 said:Honestly, my bosses at work are already breathing down my neck to get back. We work weekends and holidays here too, so there’s no downtime. It’s tough because they don't just take my word for it that I'm still sick after seven days. Neither do they nor my doctor unless she actually sees me in person. I really don't want anyone thinking I'm just playing hooky. I'm hoping they'll give me at least a full week. Does the count start from the very first symptom or from when you test positive?

It starts from the first symptom. That’s Day 1 of your medical leave. And honestly, there's nothing to "play hooky" about—you have a positive test. Everyone handles this differently; some people are back on their feet in five days, some need ten, and then there are those who... well, they don't make it, so frankly, you shouldn't care what your managers think.

Angela Wells74 said:First time dealing with COVID, and I didn't get the shot. How many days am I actually allowed to stay home from work? I’ve been seeing five days mentioned here, seven there, and some places say ten. Also, should I be filing for official medical leave or what?

Honestly, you have the right to take as much time as you need to actually get better.
Back when things were peaking, my doctor at the local clinic would just write me off for 10 days immediately—that was the standard then. These days, maybe they only do 7, who knows, but obviously, you can just extend it if you aren't feeling 100% after that first week.
Last time I dealt with this, my tenth day fell on a Thursday, so naturally, I extended it by one more day and just headed back into the office on Monday.

Neither my first nor second bout of this was ever officially flagged as a mandatory quarantine. It was always just one of those situations where if I called the doctor and they confirmed the test results, they’d basically tell me, "Just count ten days from when your symptoms started and you're good to go." I never saw an official "quarantine" status pop up on my patient portal, and nobody ever gave me a call to track my recent contacts or anything like that.
My kid actually did get the quarantine notice on their end because they didn't get sent for a PCR test—the doctor would just check the box for isolation—but even then, nothing was ever clearly defined.

Gary Moore4 said:Look, you just need to call your doctor. They're the ones who call the shots.

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I don't think that's really on her to decide—that sounds more like something for the CDC to handle... they haven't even reached out to us, not once, not after the first wave or the second.

edit: seriously guys, can we please just turn off these Reddit signatures

I’m honestly a bit lost on the exact wording regarding isolation periods once you get a positive result... all it says is the date you were tested, and then that you can get clearance starting on the 11th day from that point. But isn't isolation supposed to be calculated from the first symptom, which acts as day zero? Why doesn't the official CDC site just explicitly state exactly when you're cleared to come out of isolation? The way it's laid out now, everyone is just going to calculate it however they feel like—starting from the symptoms, or maybe "forgetting" to count day zero just to shave an extra day off their quarantine.

Here’s just another bit of nonsense for you all. Even though we all know that being recovered or vaccinated doesn't make you bulletproof against catching it, the law basically says you aren't even required to self-isolate if you've been exposed to someone positive. And then they act all surprised when case numbers skyrocket

Joseph Green12 said:Anyone got a different suggestion?
That’s actually my exact dilemma right here. I’m totally willing to drop the cash because this whole thing has been dragging on way too long. Honestly, making money isn't the issue—I can handle that once I'm feeling better—but I just don't know who to talk to for a deep, systemic dive. I need someone who can actually figure out what's going on with my body, my head, my energy, or whatever cosmic glitch is messing with my Mercury in the eighth house.

Looking back at your first post, everything is screaming mono to me... (Have you checked your AST, ALT, or GGT levels from your bloodwork lately?) It’s usually caused by CMV or the Epstein-Barr virus. If I were you, I’d probably start by getting tested for antibodies for those two just to get some actual answers on the table. Just a thought. Good luck with everything, seriously...

Joseph Green12 said:Wouldn't Xanax just help dull the symptoms then? I’m literally stuck in bed right now because my back is killing me and my feet feel like they're on fire.

What I mean is, fibromyalgia—what even is it, and how do you actually fix it? For me, it feels right up there with CFA (chronic fatigue and all that stuff). It's one of those vague diagnoses where, because nobody can pin down the actual cause, they can't really give you a proper treatment plan either. So, what am I supposed to do with that?

As far as I know, I never fully recovered from COVID.

I don't know, look, I'm not a doctor, but it seems like things would probably lean toward an autoimmune issue. There's plenty of MS, lupus, and whatnot out there. I mentioned COVID because you can definitely deal with lingering aches and tingling all over your body for a while after it passes.
What was it you said about the thyroid? Is everything looking okay there?

Nerves can definitely act up like fibromyalgia sometimes. You ever deal with long COVID?

A B12 deficiency can definitely trigger gastritis, but honestly? I’d argue the stomach issues are often the root cause of everything else.
The other things I’d look into are mononucleosis—specifically EBV—and checking out your thyroid.

Samuel Taylor said:So, I’m at school and something incredibly frustrating just went down. One girl in my class had her parents catch COVID, and then she started showing symptoms herself. She was clearly feeling under the weather starting Monday, yet she kept showing up to class all the way through Wednesday. It wasn't until Thursday—when she finally stayed home to self-isolate and take a test—that she actually came back positive. Because of this totally reckless behavior, both me and several of my classmates have been ordered into mandatory isolation. I honestly want to know if there’s any accountability for this kind of thing, especially since our homeroom teacher clearly isn't doing her job to monitor these situations. This girl knew there was a massive chance she was contagious, but she chose to leave the house anyway, putting everyone she came into contact with at risk and basically stealing ten days of our lives.

Man, my kid has already had to deal with two separate 10-day isolations because of stuff like this... Parents have sick people at home with various issues, yet they send the kid to school before even bothering to get tested... Then, once the positive result finally hits, suddenly it's "everyone go home and isolate!" What can you even do? Honestly, nothing. They’ll always just play it off with the same old excuses—"we didn't know," or "we thought it was just a cold" until the test comes back.

Brenda Alvarez24 said:So, I finally heard back from my doctor. Apparently, all my tests came back totally fine. They listened to my lungs and didn't hear a thing, which means they're calling this "psychosomatic."

And now I’m just stuck here, staring at a wall.

Look, I’m definitely no medical expert, but honestly? This sounds like it could be stomach issues—maybe GERD. It’s funny how much that stuff mimics other things. Whenever I get hit with acid reflux, it feels like I can't catch my breath and I get those sharp little stabs in my chest...

nimbleranger17 said:I know several people who don't own a car, and their families don't either; it's not a lifestyle choice, it's just that they're struggling financially and simply can't afford one.

So how are they supposed to get to their testing appointments? Are we expected to tell them to just trek 6.2 miles all the way to the clinic? In the middle of a freezing, miserable rainstorm when it's 30 degrees out?

I heard a rumor that some companies are actually sending out taxis with plexiglass dividers if you mention you're heading in for testing. I'm not sure which specific company, though.