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[Pedro Albuquerque <pmra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Israel,

Very sorry to know about this.
I sincerely hope the best for you and  your family.


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Regards,
Pedro Albuquerque

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Em Domingo, 23 agosto 2020 15:12, Israel Dahl <israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> Hey everyone,
>
> As many of you know I live in America, and I am part of the lower caste
> of society here.  I have lived in poverty for many years, and this was
> part of my drive to help with ToriOS, as it can revitalize computers
> that people like me use, and people in countries with much more intense
> poverty need.  Over the course of the pandemic it has become
> increasingly clear that the US does not care about people like me, and
> does not really care about the pandemic.  I am currently in the
> situation of many Americans where I do not know if I will have housing
> very soon.  As a poor person, I have no savings, no college degree, and
> of course very little work (the pandemic has wrought havoc on many
> jobs).  I have had to pick and choose what bills to pay, and now have
> many things that I cannot pay for.
>
> It would be really unwise for me to commit any time to ToriOS for the
> foreseeable future, as I cannot reliably commit that I will live inside,
> or have internet.  I think I will be able to afford rent this coming
> month, but work has slowed to a crawl for me.  I had worked in the
> restaurant industry last summer, managing the back of house,  as well as
> cleaning windows.  My wife had also worked as a baker, house cleaner, a
> potter, a seamstress, and a few other things.  She lost her job due to
> our son having a fever and her boss being one of those QAnon people that
> think the pandemic is made up.  My wife was fired because she thought it
> wise to stay home when our kid had a fever and there was no way to get
> tested (that was back in March... I think).
>
> Unfortunately, I need to figure out how to pay for basic things (find a
> different job in a pandemic when there are so many less jobs?), and I
> have to focus on continuing to have fun with the kids.  The government
> does not give us any money (ineligible for unemployment, since I have
> not lost my self employed job), and has stalled every effort to help the
> poor, during this global crisis.  We cannot, in good conscience, send
> our kids to a public school, so only one of us can work at a time.
>
> Anyhow, sorry to tell everyone how bleak it is for impoverished
> Americans, but I have to try to explain why I must take an indefinite
> leave from all these types of self-enrichment pursuits.  I hope the best
> for you, and I am sad that I am saying all of this...  Sorry again to
> everyone, but life in America is probably not going to get better,
> rather October is right around the corner and my country is trying to
> recreate the 1918 pandemic response nearly verbatim.
>
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> Regards,
> Israel
>
>
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