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Trying to block automated spam, Yahoo also prevents challenged persons from sending email. [ + more news + events ]
YAHOO blocks
certain subscribers from sending email
"Fellow netizens:
My Prodigy email account runs thru Yahoo.
On Tuesday, 4 October 2005, when I tried to send one email to
four addresses, I found a new feature:
now I had to pass one of those
visual character identification tests,
designed to foil spam programs.
Unfortunately, those tests usually foil me too.
(Until now, these tests have merely made it hard for me to join a Yahoogroup.)
Now Yahoo tells me my email was trashed,
and I cannot send any more emails
until I pass the test.
Stopping spam is a noble goal.
However, if I won't be allowed to send emails,
by hand,
from my own computer,
then why should I continue subscribing to Yahoo?
How does this new security device affect
netizens with various handicaps?
Like those who have trouble seeing/interpreting
the disguised/warped letters and numbers?
Or those who are dyslexic?
(Or am I the only person who can't leap this new hurdle?)
Is anyone organizing a campaign to change Yahoo's policy?
If so, please tell us, by adding comment to this posting.
Meanwhile, I must be grateful that IndyBay.org
hasn't YET erected such a barrier
to freedom of communication.
Tortuga Bi Liberty
savefreedom-owner [at] yahoogroups.com
4 October 2005 "
...........................................................................
+ NEWS LINKS:
.........
BAY AREA: annual SFBG sex issue
includes:
20 sex favorites in 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/51/sex_20_fav.html
..............
quickie reviews of sex books:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/51/sex_books.html
..........
best sex toys of 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/51/sex_toy.html
.............
###
CAL: Prop 73: notifying parents when teen girl seeks abortion:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/29/BAGK2EVD6S1.DTL
[ TBL says: This constitutional amendment will put girls at risk of violence;
and will cause more unwanted births. ]
..............
ARIZONA: only one-third of voters support anti-queer amendment:
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/09/092805azPoll.htm
The proposed amendment, heading for the November 2006 ballot,
would ban civil unions, as well as marriages, for same-sex couples.
Only 33% of registered AZ voters support it today.
[ Comment by SUN:
Californians probably will vote on a similar amendment in June 2006.
We can beat it, if we try hard enough. ]
.......
Big Easy ( new song):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/09/1768204.php ]
.........
USA: women turning BISEXUAL?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/15/national/w144413D43.DTL&type=health
.................
CAL November 2005 propositions-
anti-teen, anti-teacher, anti-union, etc.....
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1759444.php
..............
SF area QUEER NEWS, each Thursday:
http://sfbaytimes.com/
http://www.ebar.com/
.............
SF QUEER/alt HISTORY,
circa 1971 - 2005:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1749365.php
...........
NUDES in the news:
http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news
.............
NUDE BEACHES, northern California, 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches/index.html
............
SF area: FALL FAIRS:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/47/fairs.html
.........
+ EVENTS in early October 2005:
FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from HolyTitClamps.com, SFBG.com, et alii );
mainly for nudist, queer, bohemian & cultural-creative communities, especially at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/
http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/
........................
For more "queer things to do"
please visit Larrybob at HTC:
[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
[ http://www.sfqueer.com/ ]
.........................
Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
..........................
SF: immigrant antho
Wednesday, Oct. 5,
hear the stories of
Amy André, Jenesha de Rivera, and Patricia Justine Tumang,
about their experiences as immigrants
or as children of immigrants --
in the anthology
WAKING UP AMERICAN.
Antho editor Angela J. Fountas also appears.
7:30 p.m.,
Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia, SF.
Free.
(415) 282-9246
........
CAL-SF:
spring and summer,
ongoing thru October 12:
SF Jazz Summerfest
(free outdoor concerts):
http://www.sfjazz.org/concerts/outdoors
.........
....ongoing, thru Oct. 30:
San Francisco Open Studios
various locations, SF; (415) 861-9838,
http://www.sfopenstudios.com
. [...] Visit the Web site for a database of artists and maps to their studios.
Many of the works are for sale,
but studio tours are free.
................
Oct. 6:
SF Public Library (main):
RADAR reading.
Thursday nite, 6pm to 7:45pm,
FREE.
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us
.........
Oct. 7-8 [Fri-Sat.]
IN THE STREET festival
Cohen Alley,
Ellis between Leavenworth and Hyde,
and Tenderloin Children's Playground, SF
(415) 255-5971
http://www.luggagestoregallery.org
Fri, 5-10pm;
Sat, 11am-7pm
FREE
Luggage Store Gallery presents a street festival
featuring an exciting lineup of performers,
including Ultra Gypsy, Abada Capoeira, Extra Action Marching Band,
Villa Villa de la Cola, Hey Willpower,
Big Bottom Burlesque,
Broun Fellinis, and Joanna Haigood/Zaccho Dance Theater.
...........
*** CAL-SF:
Saturday,
8 October 2005:
2nd annual NUDE PEACE DAY
at Baker Beach, SF.
You're invited to get bodypainted for freedom and peace, on N u d e Peace Day, the second Saturday* of each October, at Baker Beach, San Francisco. Adults of all genders and orientations. Free (BYO). Take #29 Muni bus to Baker Beach (either of two stops; ask driver); or bike there; or walk from Geary Blvd. and 25th Ave.
Walk to northern parking lot, which has water fountain & toilets. From parking lot, walk north on beach (toward Golden Gate Bridge), thru prude zone and into clothing-optional zone. Then visually follow the cable fence (separating usable beach from protected vegetation) until you see a Leather Pride Flag (bearing a red heart, with stripes of black, blue, and white). If you don't see the flag yet, just enjoy the beach on your own. Look again for flag, or bodypainters, each half-hour, especially near the log stairway.
No reliable time can be guaranteed. We hope to be there by 2PM, possibly earlier. Rain cancels.
[ *8 October 2005; 14 Oct. 2006; 13 Oct. 2007 ]
...........
OAKLAND:
9 October, Sunday afternoon:
"COMING OUT" march and rally.
For details, please see:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/09/1771592.php
...............
SF area: FALL FAIRS:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/47/fairs.html
.........
###
certain subscribers from sending email
"Fellow netizens:
My Prodigy email account runs thru Yahoo.
On Tuesday, 4 October 2005, when I tried to send one email to
four addresses, I found a new feature:
now I had to pass one of those
visual character identification tests,
designed to foil spam programs.
Unfortunately, those tests usually foil me too.
(Until now, these tests have merely made it hard for me to join a Yahoogroup.)
Now Yahoo tells me my email was trashed,
and I cannot send any more emails
until I pass the test.
Stopping spam is a noble goal.
However, if I won't be allowed to send emails,
by hand,
from my own computer,
then why should I continue subscribing to Yahoo?
How does this new security device affect
netizens with various handicaps?
Like those who have trouble seeing/interpreting
the disguised/warped letters and numbers?
Or those who are dyslexic?
(Or am I the only person who can't leap this new hurdle?)
Is anyone organizing a campaign to change Yahoo's policy?
If so, please tell us, by adding comment to this posting.
Meanwhile, I must be grateful that IndyBay.org
hasn't YET erected such a barrier
to freedom of communication.
Tortuga Bi Liberty
savefreedom-owner [at] yahoogroups.com
4 October 2005 "
...........................................................................
+ NEWS LINKS:
.........
BAY AREA: annual SFBG sex issue
includes:
20 sex favorites in 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/51/sex_20_fav.html
..............
quickie reviews of sex books:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/51/sex_books.html
..........
best sex toys of 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/51/sex_toy.html
.............
###
CAL: Prop 73: notifying parents when teen girl seeks abortion:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/29/BAGK2EVD6S1.DTL
[ TBL says: This constitutional amendment will put girls at risk of violence;
and will cause more unwanted births. ]
..............
ARIZONA: only one-third of voters support anti-queer amendment:
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/09/092805azPoll.htm
The proposed amendment, heading for the November 2006 ballot,
would ban civil unions, as well as marriages, for same-sex couples.
Only 33% of registered AZ voters support it today.
[ Comment by SUN:
Californians probably will vote on a similar amendment in June 2006.
We can beat it, if we try hard enough. ]
.......
Big Easy ( new song):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/09/1768204.php ]
.........
USA: women turning BISEXUAL?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/15/national/w144413D43.DTL&type=health
.................
CAL November 2005 propositions-
anti-teen, anti-teacher, anti-union, etc.....
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1759444.php
..............
SF area QUEER NEWS, each Thursday:
http://sfbaytimes.com/
http://www.ebar.com/
.............
SF QUEER/alt HISTORY,
circa 1971 - 2005:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1749365.php
...........
NUDES in the news:
http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news
.............
NUDE BEACHES, northern California, 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches/index.html
............
SF area: FALL FAIRS:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/47/fairs.html
.........
+ EVENTS in early October 2005:
FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from HolyTitClamps.com, SFBG.com, et alii );
mainly for nudist, queer, bohemian & cultural-creative communities, especially at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/
http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/
........................
For more "queer things to do"
please visit Larrybob at HTC:
[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
[ http://www.sfqueer.com/ ]
.........................
Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
..........................
SF: immigrant antho
Wednesday, Oct. 5,
hear the stories of
Amy André, Jenesha de Rivera, and Patricia Justine Tumang,
about their experiences as immigrants
or as children of immigrants --
in the anthology
WAKING UP AMERICAN.
Antho editor Angela J. Fountas also appears.
7:30 p.m.,
Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia, SF.
Free.
(415) 282-9246
........
CAL-SF:
spring and summer,
ongoing thru October 12:
SF Jazz Summerfest
(free outdoor concerts):
http://www.sfjazz.org/concerts/outdoors
.........
....ongoing, thru Oct. 30:
San Francisco Open Studios
various locations, SF; (415) 861-9838,
http://www.sfopenstudios.com
. [...] Visit the Web site for a database of artists and maps to their studios.
Many of the works are for sale,
but studio tours are free.
................
Oct. 6:
SF Public Library (main):
RADAR reading.
Thursday nite, 6pm to 7:45pm,
FREE.
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us
.........
Oct. 7-8 [Fri-Sat.]
IN THE STREET festival
Cohen Alley,
Ellis between Leavenworth and Hyde,
and Tenderloin Children's Playground, SF
(415) 255-5971
http://www.luggagestoregallery.org
Fri, 5-10pm;
Sat, 11am-7pm
FREE
Luggage Store Gallery presents a street festival
featuring an exciting lineup of performers,
including Ultra Gypsy, Abada Capoeira, Extra Action Marching Band,
Villa Villa de la Cola, Hey Willpower,
Big Bottom Burlesque,
Broun Fellinis, and Joanna Haigood/Zaccho Dance Theater.
...........
*** CAL-SF:
Saturday,
8 October 2005:
2nd annual NUDE PEACE DAY
at Baker Beach, SF.
You're invited to get bodypainted for freedom and peace, on N u d e Peace Day, the second Saturday* of each October, at Baker Beach, San Francisco. Adults of all genders and orientations. Free (BYO). Take #29 Muni bus to Baker Beach (either of two stops; ask driver); or bike there; or walk from Geary Blvd. and 25th Ave.
Walk to northern parking lot, which has water fountain & toilets. From parking lot, walk north on beach (toward Golden Gate Bridge), thru prude zone and into clothing-optional zone. Then visually follow the cable fence (separating usable beach from protected vegetation) until you see a Leather Pride Flag (bearing a red heart, with stripes of black, blue, and white). If you don't see the flag yet, just enjoy the beach on your own. Look again for flag, or bodypainters, each half-hour, especially near the log stairway.
No reliable time can be guaranteed. We hope to be there by 2PM, possibly earlier. Rain cancels.
[ *8 October 2005; 14 Oct. 2006; 13 Oct. 2007 ]
...........
OAKLAND:
9 October, Sunday afternoon:
"COMING OUT" march and rally.
For details, please see:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/09/1771592.php
...............
SF area: FALL FAIRS:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/47/fairs.html
.........
###
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Defeat Prop. 73
Wednesday, Oct. 5, spend happy hour with the folks from NARAL Pro-Choice California and the Campaign for Teen Safety in support of defeating Proposition 73, which would require minor, unmarried women to inform at least one parent that they are having an abortion. The fundraiser includes two raffle tickets for every $10 donated, which benefits the Campaign for Teen Safety. 5:30-7:30 p.m., Amante, 570 Green, SF. $10-$100 donation at the door. To register or inquire, call (415) 890-1020 or e-mail lmarchenko [at] prochoiceamerica.org.
Cindy Sheehan speech
Wednesday, Oct. 5, hear Sheehan, grieving military mother and political activist, speak at "Welcoming Cindy Back to the Bay Area with Love." Sheehan has been traveling the country and pushing members of Congress to end the Iraq war and bring the troops home. 7 p.m., Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand, Oakl. $20 donation requested (no one turned away for lack of funds). (415) 255-7296, ext. 253.
Writer with moxie
Thursday, Oct. 6, historian Norman Finkelstein talks about the Israel-Palestine conflict as discussed in his new book, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. UC Berkeley professor Beshara Doumani hosts the lecture and book-signing. Money raised helps Middle Eastern Children's Alliance send aid to Palestinian and Iraqi children. 7:30 p.m., St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison, Berk. $20 donation, $10 with student ID. Low-income tickets are available. (510) 548-0542, http://www.mecaforpeace.org.
Forum on AIDS
Friday, Oct. 7-Saturday, Oct. 8, attend the 17th annual UCSF Student AIDS Forum, which includes lectures by Dr. Jay Levy, who codiscovered HIV in 1983, Dr. Paul Volberding, who established a model AIDS program at SF General Hospital, and the clinician in charge of the Positive Health Program at SF General, Dr. Brad Hare. Hear HIV patients talk about their experience with the disease, and during breakout sessions attend one of more than 20 seminars led by various activists, research scientists, and clinicians. Fri/7, 5-9 p.m.; Sat/8, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., UCSF Parnassus Campus, Medical Science Building, 350 Parnassus, SF. $25, includes Friday dinner and Saturday breakfast and lunch. For more information, e-mail Hannah Boal at hannah.boal [at] ucsf.edu.
Defeat Arnold's propositions
Saturday, Oct. 8, don't give Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a mandate in the upcoming special election. Join the LGBT Election Volunteer Training and help defeat the governor's initiatives Nov. 8. 9:30 a.m., LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market, fourth fl., SF. (415) 503-5797.
Nonprofit boot camp
Saturday, Oct. 8, develop the skills and relationships necessary to start and run a nonprofit at this year's second annual Nonprofit Boot Camp, hosted by the Craigslist Foundation. Participate in forums, seminars, and workshops with colleagues and civic and community leaders. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove, SF. $100 reception and conference, $50 conference only. http://www.acteva.com/go/craigslist (registration), http://www.acteva.com/go/vip (tickets.)
Grassroots leadership summit
Saturday, Oct. 8, take a stand for justice and attend the Marin Grassroots Leadership Summit, which includes keynote speaker Dan L. Daniels of the NAACP, workshops, and a panel on environmental justice, among other dynamic events. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Manzanita Rec Center, 630 Drake, Marin City. Call for price. (415) 451-4350, ext. 303.
Nude peace day
Saturday, Oct. 8, get naked for peace. John Lennon and Yoko Ono did it; now you can too. Adults are invited to get body-painted for freedom. And you thought the '60s were over? Ha. 2 p.m., Baker Beach, SF (look for Leather Pride flag in nudist part of beach). (415) 922-2986, groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity.
Don't be the enemy
Sunday, Oct. 9, CounterPULSE hosts "Is the Enemy Us?," an opportunity for writers, artists, and nonprofit workers to discuss the capitalist imperative to make money and how to avoid exploitative behavior or letting work to achieve economic justice be co-opted. 3 p.m., 1310 Mission, SF. Free. (415) 626-2060, http://www.counterpulse.org.
Learn your rights
Sunday, Oct. 9, don't get unfairly busted by the cops. Learn your legal rights from the Midnight Special Law Collective, and how to not fall for tricks that could strip you of those rights. 2 p.m., Parkway Theater, 1834 Park, Oakl. Free. http://www.midnightspecial.net.
Mission Bay hospital planning
Tuesday, Oct. 11, attend a public meeting hosted by UCSF on the construction standards for a new hospital. Find out what input community members made at the last meeting. 7 p.m., UCSF Genentech Hall, Auditorium, Mission Bay campus, 600 16th St., SF. (415) 476-3206.
Mail items for Alerts to the Bay Guardian Building, 135 Mississippi St., SF, CA 94107; fax to (415) 255-8762; or e-mail alerts [at] sfbg.com. Please include a contact telephone number. Items must be received at least one week prior to publication date. Call (415) 255-3100, ext. 573, for more information. For more events, see the Benefits listings in the Calendar section.
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