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Dear Friends,

As we may know:

- Sand #Mandalas are built as #Temporary beauty
https://youtu.be/OzRmsn8c7ns
- They are used like many expressions in the #Dharmic religions as a multilevel prayer #Ritual...

Happy #Diwali. Gone until next year but not forgotten. :pride: :agummyhug: 🙏🏿

"Continuum of Care"
is the federal government’s flagship program to support state and local governments and non-profits in funding housing and other services for individuals at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

The program is built on the principle that getting unhoused people housed can get them on a path to address other challenges.

But in the past months, the Trump administration has tried to issue sweeping policy shifts to the program,
some of which it has since reversed,
others of which have been temporarily halted by the courts.

The chaos has sown widespread confusion among local governments, providers and people unsure whether they will face eviction in the winter months.

The first changes came in November,
when HUD announced it was redirecting the majority of federal housing vouchers
💥away from #permanent housing
💥to funding for #temporary shelters.

Jurisdictions applying for a piece of the $4bn in annual federal homelessness funds would only be able to spend
30% of their grants on permanent housing
-- down from around 90%.

This shift could leave 117,000 people nationwide without supportive housing
and put them back on the streets,
according to internal HUD documents obtained by Politico.

“Housing-first is clearly not working in California or the rest of the country,”
HUD spokesperson Matthew J Maley said in an email at the time,
adding that “HUD is stopping the Biden-era slush fund”.

The new policy also mandated treatment for recipients,
and penalized jurisdictions that employed
harm-reduction strategies such as safe consumption sites or that recognized transgender or gender-diverse people
– groups that disproportionately experience homelessness.

The administration rolled back those restrictions in December,
shortly before a federal judge was to hear two lawsuits on the issue.

Later in the month, several court orders temporarily blocked the funding overhauls,
ordering HUD to process projects for 2025,
though stopping short of compelling the administration to award the funds.

HUD issued new guidance in January in response to the court order,
with CoC funds auto-renewing and a 9 February deadline for projects needing to be updated,
though no funds will be awarded until the case is resolved.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/homelessness-trump-policies-cuts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Schiers, #Graubünden #Switzerland
(The building here burnt down a few years ago. Fortunately, nobody got hurt, unlike sadly in #CransMontana earlier today. The Bistro got a few containers to stay in business, until recently when it closed and the containers were removed again. So there is a quiet place with lots of fresh air at the moment in this shady spot.)
#Loo #toilet #fire #temporary #privacy #private

Foto. Eine Toilette im Freien mit zwei Wänden aus Holzfaserbaustoff; in der Umgebung mehrere Gebäude, Berge und wenig Schnee.

Bay of Plenty holiday roading works set to ease summer travel pressures

“Queues might be a little longer when the passing lanes are closed, but there will be minimal impact…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #across #agency #bay #closures #delays #ease #highway #holiday #lane #major #motorists #NewZealand #NZ #of #plan #plenty #pressures #roading #roll #set #state #Summer #temporary #to #Transport #Travel #urging #waikato #works
https://www.newsbeep.com/322543/

#temporary : lasting for a time only

- French: temporaire

- German: temporär

- Italian: temporaneo/provvisorio

- Portuguese: temporário

- Spanish: provisional

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Jamie Sarkonak: Danielle Smith extracts a temporary victory from Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to work towards building a new pipeline to the West Coast. But don’t count the chickens just yet, as no eggs have actually hatched, and for all we know, they could be duds. Read More , #Jamie #Sarkonak #Danielle #Smith #extracts #temporary #victory #Carney

https://sayopi.store/jamie-sarkonak-danielle-smith-extracts-a-temporary-victory-from-carney/

Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell calls for temporary toll reduction on Takitimu Drive

Uffindell said his community appreciated the long-term benefits these improvements would deliver. There was “…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #calls #citys #disrupted #drive #electorate #for #have #journeys #major #motorists #mp #NewZealand #NZ #on #ongoing #reduced #reduction #road #roadworks #sam #says #several #should #takitimu #tauranga #temporary #toll #tolls #uffindell #where #years
https://www.newsbeep.com/248960/

A prvalue is not a temporary

https://blog.knatten.org/2025/10/31/a-prvalue-is-not-a-temporary/

#HackerNews #prvalue #temporary #C++ #programming #software #development #coding #tips

C++: A prvalue is not a temporary

https://blog.knatten.org/2025/10/31/a-prvalue-is-not-a-temporary/

#HackerNews #C++ #prvalue #temporary #programming #concepts #development

Lens-Artists Challenge, #372: Ephemeral

This week it’s Tina’s turn to host the Challenge, and her theme is ‘Ephemeral‘. She began her post with a, ‘short and simple definition of the word ephemeral – “lasting for a very short time“.’ A ‘short time’ can be quite subjective, from a few hours to a few days, or even longer. To my mind, an alternative term is ‘temporary’, and there’s nothing more temporary that interests me than street art.

Weathered street art in Aveiro, Portugal.

First, a confession: I was all amped up this morning to get out and about and record some of my favourite pieces of street art around the neighbourhood. But what happened as I was bending over to put some rubbish in the bin? I felt something move in my back and I think I slipped a disc. So here I am, temporarily (ephemerally? 😉) confined to bed. So instead, I’m going to raid the camera roll on my phone for some of my favourite pieces from Aveiro and Meco.

Vampiric street art in Aveiro (October 2025)Same vampiric street art from 2021.

This first piece you’ve definitely seen before, depicting a vampiric figure with the message ‘we scream but we have no voice: No! No!’ Back in 2021, when I first ‘found’ it in a back street in Aveiro it had already been there for several years and was quite worn even then. But nowadays, this photo was taken in October 2025, it’s even more decayed. With the development going on in this street at the moment, I suspect it might not last much longer.

A few years ago, I took a walk around Meco looking for pieces by the Portuguese street artist Dalaiama, who first visited the area in 2006, then again – I think – around 2011. He makes pieces protesting capitalism and the ‘fat cat’ culture in Portugal, and is known to work especially on electricity substations and junction boxes. I came across one spendid piece tucked away in an abandoned structure in Meco, which was in lovely condition. Sadly, a few years later the whole structure was demolished and the piece lost.

A piece of ‘fat cat’ stencil work by Dalaiama. It has been obscured with another tag.Typical stencil art from Dalaiama showing ‘fat cat’ Pac-man figures gobbling up a dove of peace while standing on a pile of Euros.

This second piece from Dalaiama is representative of the ‘fat cat’ art with a Pac-man styled figure in a car with a top hat gobbling up what I think represents a dove of peace. Often these stencils are surrounded with a red border, or are over a pile of ‘euros’. This piece on a wall was around for several years, and I had an image of it somewhere, but in the past few years it was partially covered with a generic tag. A shame, really.

A tag on the A25 overpass in Aveiro. The tag has been partially covered with decaying posters

Back in Aveiro, one of my favourite spots for street art is the Yacht Club. Just down the road from the Club is the overpass of the A25 road that leads to Barra. The concrete supports of the overpass are naturally a tempting spot for street artists, and are covered with tags. Someone also thought it would be a good idea to cover one of the tags with a load of publicity posters for the television series, Andor. Not the second season from 2025, though, but the first season, released in 2022. By the time I noticed these posters, the elements had already done their worst, and the paper was peeling from the concrete support, but the Star Wars style was unmistakable.

A close-up of one of the posters on the underpass. It’s for the Disney+ series, Andor.

My final examples of ephemeral street art are two tags on the side of a building that itself is proving ephemeral in its own way. Just outside the coastal town of Costa Nova is a long abandoned stone building. When I first came across this building, probably over a decade ago, it was in much better condition, though even the the elements had been to work on it. But now all that remains are a couple of walls marked with these old tags that themselves are nearly invisible. Within a few years time there will just be some coloured bricks on a stone wall, if that survives.

Themes for the Lens-Artists Challenge are posted each Saturday at 12:00 noon EST (which is 4pm, GMT) and anyone who wants to take part can post their images during the week. If you want to know more about the Challenge, details can be found here, and entries can be found on the WordPress reader using the tag ‘Lens-Artists’.

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#Challenge #Dalaiama #Ephemeral #Graffiti #LensArtists #Mural #Streetart #Summerinmeco #Temporary #Weathered #LensArtists

An abandoned building on the outskirts of Barra.

#Deadwood consists of #ephemeral #biochoria, #temporary #habitats, with #decomposition by numerous specific #organisms, e.g. bacteria, #arthropods and most important diverse #fungi, some of which are shown below on a deadwood branch in #Berlin..#Fungus #Cremastra appendiculata seems being involved. L. Wang et al. (2024) studied this fungus as #symbiont supporting seeds of orchid #Cremastra #appendiculata to #germinate.

Ref
https://doi.org/10.22541/au.173027710.00082437/v1

Reddish network of wood decomposing fungus mycel seemingly of species Cremastra appendiculata on the underside of a thick deadwood branch on a semi -dry meadow in urban park Rehberge in Berlin © Stefan F. Wirth September 2025

Reddish network of wood decomposing fungus mycel seemingly of species Cremastra appendiculata together with undetermined other fungi on the underside of a thick deadwood branch on a semi -dry meadow in urban park Rehberge in Berlin © Stefan F. Wirth September 2025

Easily Swept Aside

I thought about making an analogy between spider webs and something fragile like human plans, or political ambitions, or romantic fixations, but they all seemed too obvious. You all know already that our best laid plans often go awry. You also know that you would not hesitate to swat away a cobweb that touches your face. So, I decided instead just to show some lovely, clever, temporary, webs on my patio this evening. They may not be there tomorrow.

#analogies #beauty #cobwebs #engineering #fragility #nature #Photography #spiderWebs #temporary