Got kicked off twitter before I could quit in disgust. Business advisor, #Independent, native Californian. I hate Vladimir Putin with the heat of a thousand suns. #WeAreNAFO. Going to be more mellow on Mastodon, I promise. FYI I have blocked DMs to avoid bots. If you are a human, find another way to message me. Profile image: Smiling CaliCarol at a beach restaurant table with the blue ocean in the background. Header image: A row of wine bottles with a colororful label on a grocery shelf.
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Last Notes npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Was your last sentance meant to include a phrase in another language? Anyway... for me a 99% edifying essay! npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Funny. One of the ways I describe the task for us pro-democracy folks is the opposite: we're the monsters in the horror movie. The fascists keep knocking us back, but we get up, dust ourselves off, and keep coming for them. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Oh hey my fellow Americans. I finally figured out why Trump and his oligarchs have wrecked FEMA. It's because when the US government stops helping poor and middle class families recover from disasters, then rapacious and unethical real estate developers can swoop in and buy properties on the cheap. Fucking jackals. #uspol #FEMA #Corruption #Oligarchy npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Sounds delightful. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Little Marco also said Cuba should look out because countries run by incompetent and senile old men are fair game for regime change. These guys don't own mirrors. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Shit must be getting hard in China if they're messaging about how terrible it is in the US. Nothing happens spontaneously in their information environment. #China npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol As a native Californian who raised two kids in my home state, whenever we saw clearly mentally ill/homeless folks on the streets I'd always say " Ronald Reagan did that." If you know, you know. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I had an epiphany about this fincialization during the 2008/9 meltdown. The economy was contracting so gas prices should have been falling. Real-world economic stabilization - leaving more money in consumers pockets. But prices were rising, as a result of financial bets. I thought at the time that a way to stop it would be to write a law that says you can only hedge risks you are actually exposed to. So the first mango hedge would be legal, the rest wouldn't be. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol How so? I thought 230 gave these companies immunity from liability. How does making them potentially liable for the harms they cause playing into Trump's hands in some way? Sincerely asking. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Yuck npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I've said since January, "if our enemies controlled the government would they do anything differently?" These evil cretins can't stop damaging our economy. It's one stupid action after another. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol As a Californian, an absolutely massive state, I cannot comprehend all these little New England states with their local inter-state beefs. Although Lake County's pretty lame I have to say. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I'll check it out. KPFA! Haven't listened to radio in ages. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol You know, can we take a pause on characterizing the Trump regime's actions as anything legitimately reflecting the will of America and Americans? "Driving a wedge between America and its allies..." come on now. Trump's been at this bullshit for a minute. Calm down. Yes, ugly. Worrying. And we're very, very sorry. Obviously. And we're working on fixing it. But be an ally of the American people here. Describe this as a regime choice, not an American one. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Well I thought about adding the modifier "white" but I didn't have enough characters and it didn't flow well as a sentence, but yes I love black artists crossing over into the genre. A genre which is my least favorite tbh. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol My personal favorite is the Superbowl half-time performances. Kendrick Lamar had them seething, but ok Trump had just been sworn in. A year later and it's Bad Bunny?! Aaargh! They somehow thought that Trump winning again meant they were going to magically take over the culture. That his cruelty would deliver star spangled country music once all the brown folks had been put in their place. It's fun to watch them rage about it. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol What's the IQ zapper bomb? Facebook? npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol It's pretty wild watching the international system recalibrate in the absence of the US. It's been totally destabilizing but generally folks seem to be adapting. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Holy shit. Sandy Koufax! In the stands at 89 years old and he looks amazing! #WorldSeries #GoJays npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I remember getting hassled by CBP in 1984 when returning from Europe for not being sufficiently deferential as a young white girl, so yeah. I also remember that they started harassing muslims coming into the country within minutes of Donald Trump being sworn in in 2017 so clearly they're the fascist vanguard. They're why I won't cross our border right now. After all this the American people may be ready to burn it all down and start over. I hope.#uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Gee. We thought we'd only have to abolish ICE. Now it appears the whole immigration enforcement operation will have to be burned to the ground and re-organized.#uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol My town had a huge turnout compared to our regular bi-weekly protest, which is organized by an Indivisible volunteer. Not ony did 10X the people show up, but the street we were on was a procession of honking cars, some with signs and flags. More than a few blasting a great rap song "FDT". An inflatable costume conga line. The people are ready. They just need leadership. I think Indivisible has a plan. Let's keep going. #LetsKeepGoing #uspol #NoKings @npub1u0q…9mcc npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Beautiful. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I predict this will be another brick in the wall. Most freedom-loving Americans will recoil. They really just keep fucking up again and again and that's what is going to help save us. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Everyone supporting Ukraine needs to work very quickly. The last time Trump slipped Putin's leash things went nuts (Elon's "Trump's in the Epstein Files" tweet ring a bell?) They're going to try to get him back under control quickly. #SlavaUkraini #PutinIsAWarCriminal npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Their owner Leonard Leo and his billionaire sponsors have requested that they kill the tarrifs. So they're going to kill the tarrifs. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I was once contacted by a recruiter, and being finally fed up with my employer at the time, I agreed to a meeting. My future boss's boss asked me right off the bat why I wanted to join their company. I looked him dead in the eye and said, "You called me." They did offer the job, and I did take it, but it didn't last and I've been self employed for almost 20 years now. I could have made a ton more money if I'd stuck it out but I prefer not to deal with corporate bullshit. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I cannot imagine what it must be like to live in Gaza. The constant, never ending trauma. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Boy this Texas gerrymandering caper just blew up in Trump 's and Abbot's faces. Democrats are on fire. This may get the attention of the American people. They're using the event to message about how Republicans are trying to end our democracy. Killer. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Such a very English picture! npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol So Japanese voters looked across the Pacific Ocean to see America's far right, America-First President and said "give me some of that"? Seems fishy. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Won't it be something if other countries decide to boycott our Olympics? I mean now that we're the bad guys... npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Seems obviously necessary at this point. The Okympics will be tougher. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I just cancelled my regular recording of 60 Minutes. I'll never watch CBS again after this. #Colbert #CBS #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I got the same thing npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol The thrill is gone now. Everyone's sick of his shit. The market barely moves. No one calls. How sad. What a pathetic man. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Good. He'll split the asshole vote with Adams. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Beautiful npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I'm not sure why Trump thought he needed to supplement the viciousness of LAPD. Unprovoked attacks on citizens? The locals got this. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol And who the fuck even knows who these ICE clowns are? Untrained at best, deputized vigilantes at worst. Oooh, fun I have a big teargas gun! Pew, pew, pew! #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Good luck! npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Which platform or tldr? npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Russia isn't reconstituted soldiers very quickly, though. That's their constraint. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Only it weighs 5 tons. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol This post is a tour de force. Describes how badly our so-called serious journalism (looking at you, NYTimes in particular) have failed to communicate the breadth and depth of Trump's overt corruption - and its consequences - in favor of easy "Joe Biden Old" stories even to this very day as Trump travels throughout the Middle East collecting payments. Christ, we're in trouble. Trump’s Mob Understands “Skeezy” Better than the Corruption Beat Journalists https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/14/trumps-mob-understands-skeezy-better-than-the-corruption-beat-journalists/ npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Just spit-balling but let's look at the current take over of our government by criminals and traitors: 1. Having forgotten or been absolutely oblivious to the lessons of the US deBaathification strategy in the Iraq War, the regime purges high-level military , law enforcement, and intelligence experts from the government. 2. What do you suppose might happen next? #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Holy shit I just went to my community bank and got the same thing. This is really, really bad. Trump and Musk did this. Update: it's related to community banks, my national bank account systems are fine. #BankOutage #Banks #DOGE npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol This is clearly the way to go. Why let Europe snatch all our scientists? Keep them here in blue states. #uspol #GavinNewsom npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol @npub1tx8…x0yc What's the beef here? I don't know who/what you're referring to but it sounds like quite a tale. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Obviously he wasn't asked who pays tarrifs. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Boy that's a pretty butterfly. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I am loving the way this strategy of making the protests old and white has evolved- it's quite organic but for the reasons you've articulated, it's going to be very effective. When I say organic, there is a hive mind now with social media that has largely up until now been driving right-wing nuttiness. It now seems to be moving the Trump opposition. But unlike the right wingers and their attraction to resentment and violence, this movement centers on our country and our rights. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol We're past the "don't obey in advance" stage and now into the "don't you get it? Obeying won't save you!" stage...... Yikes. #uspol #MuskCoup #CoupdEtat npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Good work! I was happy to see a group of 7 on a busy corner in my little town when I headed out to shop. Then by the time I drove home and passed the same corner it was probably 60! Honked both times! npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Same. I have to actively argue with friends who think its some kind of badge of honor not to take medicine while at the same time suffering from a myriad of treatable conditions. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I almost stroked out watching Sen Chuck Schumer on Chris Hayes' show. Every real argument Chris threw at him for Dems not voting for cloture Schumer ignored. Such a piece of shit. Chris asks "Hey, the Federal employees union says don't vote for cloture?" Chucky looked like he hadn't even considered the fact that the very employees who will be the most directly harmed want Dems to vote No. A disgrace. #uspol #MSNBC npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol My son just convinced the company he works for to buy some other car for its executives' company car. I'm so proud! That's 10 fewer sales for Leon. #BoycottTesla npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I am going to watch even though I know it gives Krasnov ratings because I want to see how rattled he is. Giant Wall Street wipe out over the last two days will make him crazier than usual. Only wish I'd remembered to buy popcorn. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol This is the first good news I've heard since Krasnov was sworn in. I'm so glad they stood up for this charming community. #uspol #DonaldKrasnovTrump #TransRights npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Sounds like you got some good shit. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Hi Mastodon cat people. I brought two house cats home last summer and within a few months they had a flea problem. I was told it could be coming from fleas hopping on me for a ride. I have lots of strays and wildlife so it made sense. But my cats hate the treatment (Cheristin) so much it feels like abuse, and we're all suffering a few days every month because if it. What is an alternative? Help! #Caturday #cats #catsofmastodon npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Yes. Most are aware that GOP members of Congress in this year of our lord 2025 are a few cards short of a full deck. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol My friend is in some punk rock bird watching groups on Facebook and wants to find a new home. Is there anything like that on mastodon? #BirdWatching #PunkRock #Gardening npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol There's a Trump voter somewhere saying "wait, not Cubans!" npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Grew up on prog rock. Cali style. Kate Bush didn't hit our shores until later but Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Supertramp... Peter Gabriel of course. I need to get a turntable to play my old record collection. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I've seen credible concerns about this #50501movement . npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Thanks for the heads up. Forwarded to my son who's a recreational fisherman, with the message "triangulate from other sources". BTW the Harris campaign and Dems didn't mine this seam in '24 but if Trump, Musk and the incel squad fuck up NOAA there are lots of boaters, fishermen, hikers and hunters who will be pissed off. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol This is lovely. I've put you on "alarm" which I hope means I'll see your posts more often. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Well, maybe there's a happy middle. I really can't see a British PM penning a florid letter like that from the Pres. of Columbia. But a simple "fuck off" would be nice. BTW did someone tell Trump that 20% of our coffee comes from Columbia? In an already short market due to the hoax that is climate change? So he just fucked US coffee consumers which is, you know, everybody. Good job, Donny. #ColumbianCoffee #uspol #Columbia #TrumpIsSoDumbItsSadReally npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Oh, you sneaky little troll you. You may not have noticed this yet (touch grass!) but Trump is President. #uspol #disinformation #trolls npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol If Moscow agrees to give Ukraine all of its territory back this might be a deal to take. Putin ain't long for this world. #SlavaUkraini npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol They always do with the controversial ones. Although to his credit, Biden took the heat early for pardoning his son. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol No one cares that much about Tik Tok unless they are super addicted to it but OK. #TikTok npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I've said it before and I'll say it again. When someone opens an account on a server (total normie so will no doubt get the nomenclature wrong) there is a process that could include a prompt with an assumed monthly donation that new users could opt out of paying. So, say $2/ month or $5 or whatever. Or you can opt out and click the zero dollar option. Cognitive psychology shows that opt out is a better way to design for human tendancies than opt in systems. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I checked out Mr. Riverside's account - cool pics - but noticed that there aren't any alt text on the images. Over here on Mastodon inclusion is a pretty important value, and alt text allows folks who are sight-impaired to enjoy all the images. So look I'll follow and hope pixelfed gets up to speed but if not I'll move along. #mastodon #pixelfed npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol As I said to a friend only this morning, most of the uninformed and misinformed voters who put him in office will remain uninformed and misinformed and so they will never really understand their personal responsibility for what's about to happen to them and to all of us over these next four years. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Zelen sky won that round, didn't he? #SlavaUkraini npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol OK I'll bite what's lilith? npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Siri scored some very high quality weed, is what's going on. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol What the fuck is wrong with Elmo? He's become a cartoon villain. There are people who recognize their obligation to support open public services, and people who free ride on the donations and work of others... And then there's whatever this douchebag is doing here. Time to increase my monthly donation to Wikipedia. #Wikipedia npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I'm going to bet it's Musk bros. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Yeah. I use the phrase "What a time to be alive!" quite a lot these days. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol It's her time. She was right all along. Proud, lifelong "centrist" Dem here and it's time for us to wake the fuck up and loudly and proudly go after corporate greed and corruption. This is 100% the correct interpretation of how and why Trump has beaten us - twice. The Biden Admin absolutely moved in the right direction on policy but they were low-key quiet about it so as not to upset the donor class I guess? Fuck that. It's pitch fork time Dems. AOC lead the way. #uspol npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I know many have pointed this out, but I find it hilarious, actually, to see the corporate media masks all the way off. Poverty and homelessness in the richest country on earth? Normal. Kids slaughtered by weapons of war? What are you going to do? Fossil fuel lobbying us into global environmental destruction? Is it a hoax? Who can say? One corporate executive gunned down as retribution for his company's deadly rapaciousness? DECIVILIZATION HAS BEGUN. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol What, no Thurston? npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Unpaid workers? How the fuck is that a thing? Volunteers is what we call them here in California. What a bizarre story. Wyoming. It figures. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Not even if it's backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury? Because these crooks are going to try to pull this off, is what I'm thinking. #uspol #crypto #bitcoin npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I'm in California and it's 9pm here so not terribly impressive that I'm up. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I hope it doesn't show up in California too. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Good to know! How about bluesky denizen? Should they be able to see my comments? npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Gross npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol [@karaswisher](https://threads.net/@karaswisher/ ) posts on threads but she can't see my comments so if following her will start a dialogue that would be cool. By the way, I'm on Mastodon because of her: right when I got kicked off twitter in October '22 she said on her Pivot podcast that she'd "heard mastodon was cool". Since that one throwaway comment she's been loyal to various corporate platforms but I prefer it here. #mastodon #fediverse npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I have no idea what this is about but I love how Mastodon's culture makes this physics story something I can see! Lots of brilliant people on this quiet site. #Fediverse #Mastodon npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I have a nice (for me) balance between solitude and togetherness. I highly recommend life in your sixties. With good fortune and also doing the work, you can have a kind of equanimity, as the Buddhists say. But major emphasis on LUCK!!!! I have been very lucky. Subject to change without notice. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I type "tge" instead of "the" so often my autocorrect now suggests "tge". npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Do what you have to do, guys. Putin put naked pictures of Melania on TV. I feel like you have a shot. Flatter, flatter flatter. I'll applaud while gagging. ##SlavaUkraini npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Oh. My. God. Wonderful. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol Californian here. It's spelled: duuuude 😉 npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I think it means people have to get my permission to follow me. npub1fel3f8axctkfahv0593nsrckvn86pmc3hewp8sfspfc840etd60q5w28w2 CaliCarol I don't know if I'm a l9cked account or why I would be. Maybe someone didn't get that it was a joke?