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Find the best contrast between one color and a list of options, e.g. for labels in geom_tile: {prismatic::best_contrast()} https://emilhvitfeldt.github.io/prismatic/reference/best_contrast.html

Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency still hadn't not answered nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
The lack of responsiveness happened because the agency had fired hundreds of contractors at call centers.
The agency laid off the contractors on July 5 after their contracts expired and were not extended

FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended.

Santiago centro en la cornisa. Columna de Oscar Contardo.
#Columnistas

visionOS-Support für Sony Sense-Controller: Ja, aber...
Apple unterstützt bereits Playstation- und Xbox-Controller mit der Vision Pro. Nun wird auch Sonys VR-Hardware folgen. Wäre da nicht ein kleines Problem.

Balkan countries release joint statement supporting Ukrainian NATO accession after summit: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/13/balkan-countries-release-joint-statement.html

"On July 5, the day after the Texas floods hit, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) received 3,027 calls from survivors and answered 3,018 of them, about 99.7%, according to Maxine Joselow of the New York Times. But that day, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not renew the contracts for four call center companies that answered those calls. The staff at the centers were fired. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or about 35.8%. On Monday…

July 12, 2025
On July 5, the day after the Texas floods hit, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) received 3,027 calls from survivors and answered 3,018 of them, about 99.7%, according to Maxine Joselow of the New York Times. But that day, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not renew the contracts for four call center companies that answered those calls. The staff at the centers were fired. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or about 35.8%. On Monday, July 7,…

A post from the archive 📫:
A better vision for Central Ohio
#musings

European policymakers are edging towards a decision that could force technology firms to scan encrypted messages in a bid to tackle child abuse material, reviving a debate that cuts to the heart of online privacy and security.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2…

EU moves closer to controversial ‘Chat Control’ law
European policymakers are edging towards a decision that could force technology firms to scan encrypted messages in a bid to tackle child abuse material, reviving ...

This is a public service announcement for all the dollar-store Sherlock Holmes’s out there who clearly have nothing better to do than to concoct conspiracy theories about people from Gaza on the fediverse who are faced with genocide and famine:
Stop.
Have some humanity.
Case in point, do not do what Daniel (@helmet91@mastodon.social) is doing here:

Contrarians to the Rescue on Birthright Citizenship! (Norman Eisen/The Contrarian)
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/contrarians-to-the-rescue-on-birthright
http://www.memeorandum.com/250712/p24#a250712p24