Yandex hit and Russians are NOT happy

 #Russia #Ukraine #Yandex 

Donor states and Red States

#Iran #WordSalad #DementiaPatient #President #StableGenius

RantWoman is giving President #StableGenius the EXTREME benefit of the doubt when he spoke recently about, paraphrasing, "Let them bomb San Diego "Let them bomb LA." with the nuclear weapons they still don't have. The EXTREME benefit of the doubt would be that the President is speaking hypothetically in case Iran ever got both a nuclear weapon and a way to deliver it all the way to California.

With that in mind, presenting Christopher Titus and Rachel about why President #StableGenius should not be getting California bombed and should even get carried away and LISTEN to donor states. One can HOPE

Oh No. No Russian bots. Thank you Ukraine

 #Yandex #BotFarms

Goodbye and good riddance to Russian bot farms. Unclear whether they will try to come back online again 

NOT of course a longterm solution to the war. Oh, and the alleged diesel deal with Russia should vanish never to be seen again. 

USDoL ODEP celebrates 25 years of the National Disability Employment Awareness Month Friday October 16

#NDEAM #ODEP 

On Friday October 16 at 2pm ET, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) is celebrating #NDEAM with a webinar covering ODEP's 25-year history and celebrating the record high number of employed individuals with disabilities. Register here:

NDEAM 2026: Celebrating Value & Talent — A Milestone Conversation registration - WebEx Enterprise Site

RantWoman also offers a couple technology related asides:

--Thinking of universal need for accessibility, RantWoman celebrates the evolution of accessibility for all the major video conferencing platforms: Zoom, Teams, Google Meet and in particular WebEx, the platform used for this webinar.

RantWoman remembers a time when the WebEx brand sent much smarter blind people thant rantWoman just around the bend because of accessibility issues. RantWoman mentioned this when a major governmental buyer was considering adopting WebEx. RantWoman does not know whether her comments helped the governmental buyer include accessibility as a REQUIREMENT in their decision-making but RantWoman appreciates progress. There are still a few things RantWoman has not figured out in keyboard only mode. Maybe before the webinar RantWoman will check online for help. Maybe. Or maybe RantWoman will just wing it as she has been able to do so far.

--Put the word dongle into the search bar. RantWoman thinks of the almost unreadable dongles she dealt with as campus tech support during grad school every time she gets a code accessible to her on her phone or email. The short version: accessibility is a bridge people keep building.

White Cane Awareness Day Zoom event Thursday October 15 (TODAY) at 7 pm pacific

#WeekWithoutDriving #NDEAM

 White Cane Safety Day or White Cane Awareness Day is observed annually on October 15th in the United States, to celebrate the independence, rights, and dignity of people who are blind or have low vision.  It is observed by reminding people to obey traffic laws and etiquette and to recognize the importance and value of using a white cane for people who cannot see well.    Please join us on October 15 at 7 pm Pacific Time, and invite others to this conversation.

Topic: White Cane Awareness Day
Time:  7 pm PT on Oct 15, 2026

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85883167956?pwd=Jc9jnOtH0fsLbYtaksuW3aaqWV8ayr.1

Or call
253-205-0468

Meeting ID: 858 8316 7956
Passcode: 679288

And as a reminder for people looking for an in-person event in Seattle Saturday October 17

Adventures of RantWoman: White Cane Awareness Day October 17. Register Now!

At least 8 plague drills in China within the last 4 months

 #China #Plague #CCP 

LOTS of cross regional exercises

China conducts plague drills every year but are there more in 2026?

Perhaps this whole episode will wind up being like the #Hantavirus episode earlier this year, but there is lots to be educated about.

We still don't know the cause of Shipilova's deat

Russia Denies Plague, but China Is Issuing Health Warnings

RantWoman does not know much about the channel featured here. Info seems credible.

Pneumonic Plague Hits China! 1M Russian Tourists Pour In, Food and Drug Panic Buying Grips NE China

Deadly Pneumonic Plague Spreading? Hong Kong Alert, Rumors of Deaths Among China’s Patients & Medics

AI presentation?

The Escalation Trap and a YouTube channel recommendation

#EscalationLadder #CivilianVulnderability #BombingToWin 

RantWoman recommends Pyotr Kurzin's YouTube channel for trenchant analysis of world events.

RantWoman does not feel obliged to comment further here, but start with this video and check out the whole channel