Hi Israel, Very sorry to know about this. I sincerely hope the best for you and your family.
----- Regards, Pedro Albuquerque Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Em Domingo, 23 agosto 2020 15:12, Israel Dahl <israeld...@gmail.com> 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. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Regards, > Israel > > > ----------------- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios > Post to : torios@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios Post to : torios@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
