May 18th, 2020
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Coverboy Successful Upgrade
Upgrade to PHP 7.4 Mostly Complete!
By Daddy
Las Vegas — It was a busy weekend upgrading the production machine to PHP 7.4 and most of the upgrade went smoothly. This week will be mostly tweaking problem areas through out the various machines and sites. Today I'll publish the main site using the dev machine. I'll be fixing problems and making sure that I'm running with the latest and greatest 3rd party software. I'll then do the same with the testing machine followed finally by the production machine. The sites should be running about twice as fast.
There has been visible improvement to the heel wound so I'm looking forward to good news on Monday with the wound doctor. I've tuned the two A/C and the temperature is a constant 81° which is comfortable for me because of the arthritis. The kitchen light has been replaced and I can once again cook without squinting at recipes.
Turns out that you can cook ham hock in the crock pot so I'll be trying that sometime this week. Super simple to put together and I'm looking forward to a side dish of (Hocks and Greens) that I haven't had for oh probably 50 years.
To all those that have donated, Thank you! Any help is appreciated. Please update the address when you have a chance. Here's a link to the How to Donate Page which has been updated with the new address.
Dan Levy, Janelle Monáe to Lead NYC Pride Virtually
By Mikelle Street
New York City — The world is about to kick things into high gear for Pride season and, for the first time in 50 years, it won't be in person. As a result of the ongoing pandemic large-scale queer events are going online, and now New York City Pride has announced its plans. (More)
11 Los Angeles Firefighters Hurt While Running From Blast
By Stefanie Dazio and Frank Baker (AP)
Los Angeles — An explosion Saturday at a hash oil manufacturer in downtown Los Angeles injured 11 firefighters who had gone inside and on the roof to try to knock down a fire and then had to run for their lives when a ball of flames shot out the building and scorched a fire truck across the street. (More)
First Look at the “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” Movie Musical
By Christopher Rudolph
BBC — Entertainment Weekly has released its annual Pride Month issue, and while some have thoughts on the illustrated cover, the issue itself contains some cool previews of upcoming queer media—including the highly anticipated Everybody’s Talking About Jamie movie musical. (More)
2 Coasts, 1 Virus: How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of COVID-19 Deaths as California
By Staff
United States — By March 14, London Breed, the mayor of San Francisco, had seen enough. For weeks, she and her health officials had looked at data showing the evolving threat of COVID-19. In response, she’d issued a series of orders limiting the size of public gatherings, each one feeling more arbitrary than the last. She’d been persuaded that her city’s considerable and highly regarded health care system might be insufficient for the looming onslaught of infection and death. (More)
Daniel Radcliffe Wants You to Stop Calling Him Daddy
By Taylor Henderson
Cyberspace — Daniel Radcliffe is the latest star to sit down with Buzzfeed to read thirst tweets people have written about him, and the main takeaway we got from the interview was that the Harry Potter star does not enjoy being called Daddy. (More)
Transgender Navy Officer Wins Waiver to Serve Openly
By Trudy Ring
Washington D.C. — The U.S. Navy has granted a waiver allowing a transgender service member to serve in their preferred gender, the first waiver approved since Donald Trump’s trans military ban went into effect. (More)
Single Gay Dad Adopted a Baby Girl With Down Syndrome
By Staff
Italy — When 41-year-old Luca Trapanese learned there was a little girl with Down syndrome in need of a home, he did what any single, gay Italian man would do… He adopted her! In Italy, only married heterosexual couples between the ages of 18 and 45 can adopt. Single parents can only do so under very special circumstances. (More)
