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I'm making an allusion to the medical report from one of those mendacious people that say what he wants. Others have said he is 5 10 and easily 250 to 270.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm making an allusion to the medical report from one of those mendacious people that say what he wants. Others have said he is 5 10 and easily 250 to 270.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, you are in a jam.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
This country has a long tradition of fat white bearded guys with a gravely voice take over as impersonators during Christmas, not that difficult to find a 6'3" 215lbs guy to take over. All they need is a shitload of tan and a wig.
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Sometimes in history, the demise of the frail traitorous emperor is hidden from the masses, with shadow figures, hidden powers and viziers embroiled in court fighting, trying to emplace the next puppet favorable to their interests.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
One year after buying it, to the day, my OnePlus started failing. I guess that's where the name means.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
But then again México is multiethnic, and the Mediterranean is well represented there.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
If he gets deported, hopefully not to a concentration camp, he can set up a government in exile. Challenging forcefully the legitimacy of the current.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
The cap is to hide the head. A bruise or a bandage?
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
The Autumn of the Patriarch
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
It's going to be shorter than that, or terribly longer.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
This is horrible, and the consequences insidious, all encroaching, and will Last for a horrible long time.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a metaphor for the country.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
It's the next suprime financial crisis in the making. But instead of ugly houses, desertification.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
The current hype machine, AI, is a financial exercise with powerful propaganda, trying to force use cases, failing spectacularly, and destroying planet and minds in the process. Ok as a parlor trick but when forced on people, dangerous.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Or Peruvian, rather?
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
This is indoctrination. Political theater for kids, and convincing them that the three planes were worth 1 million Iraqi lives.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
That was his lifelong ambition, and his ideologues have always spouted that as their goal. And reflexive control showed up briefly, and disappeared from media. Right now he is winning. Qq
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Expect some papers come out on demand contraction and economists to freak out. And they haven't factored in student loan repayments yet.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Reading García Márquez "The Autumn of the Patriarch" feels so much like a barely explained future.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
This is just Gleichschaltung.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Me: "I have a unique issue, no one ever has run into it" Some internet fora: "I ran into this issue, what is the solution" Magic.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Or we wake up one day and he has declared himself patriarch and rules on forever. The people that installed him there would love that outcome.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
That last quote was on an interview with a British journalist, asking a prominent politician and journalist. Won't mention the country.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Vance as potus?
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
But coffee is cultural as well, and you have to have a working supply chain for five years before you see beans in the kitchen. You can plant in California, but who will wait 5 years?
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
The generational trauma goes on unmitigated because death becomes the new normal. "73 people are killed that weekend" "well, it was a three day weekend."
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, but you know, climate change.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Happy Birthday. It's your party, and you can cry if you want to.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
The puppet government is what we have right now.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
An optimist, thinking there would be coffee.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Always interested in thew cargo cult phenomena, but I never thought that there would be people selling that ideology.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
The sick people of ICE turned Home Depot into Home Deport.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Backs to school and the teacher is asking for spoons. The thing is though, the metal spoons as as cheap as the plastic ones. I am sooo tempted.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Not so much of a reprieve, when the waters have been muddied and the disaster is looming "you know, you were right all those years ago" is not the comfort you think. "I know! I told you all!"
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
A coach, speaking about how to choose companies to apply to, recommended going to the area where the ideal company would be located. The insight is that it can be used as one indicator for culture, finances and QoL. Not completely, but an indicator.
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Mixing SC and NC are we.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Years ago I ran into Charismatic TechGuy One, who then turned out to be such a toxic presence that all around him vanished from the web. Recently I ran into Charismatic TechGuy Two, who gave me the same vibes, a pressure in my eyes as if someone were yelling from inside. What is going on.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Imagine if some president hostile to the USA had launched bombers targeting farms, universities and hospitals: the results would be the same we are seeing.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
As the poet says, "miles too go before I sleep."
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
I'm just realizing that staying at my current lousy job has netted me worse that if I had gone to the slightly better one that was offered a few years ago, but didn't meet my "ideal" levels. Not even sunk cost, but utterly wreckage of the ship carrying the cost.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
They will just recruit any old mall Santa, paint him, and keep him hidden from the press.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
At the same time, your team leader gave carte blanche to deal with aggressor in whichever way you see fit. Sadly, this is by design, to weed out the non-sociopaths.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Just you wait until their first healthcare bill hits.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
You have to mention they had ample free time and lived in walkable neighborhoods.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Growing up we had poufs, a buffet, armoires and a chiffoniere. I wonder.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
The same way that a flood creates jobs.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Serious authors will have to have serious help from librarians to dig out the real quotes published on real books from before thew AI slop explosion, and fact checking will be (already is) a nightmare.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps the people you respect have a thing or two to say about AI, and they might be worth listening to. Have you read Karen Hao or Emily Bender?
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
My head canon that the movie Flow was an ode to the old USA as it disappears in this crazy deluge makes more and more sense as the days pass and the news arrive.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
First time dot gif
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Then: Surely a good keyboard is not worth that much! I can make do with the cheap thing from target, can I? Now: omg let me research what are brown switches
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
And now the House went "on vacation" to avoid a debate. Will they come back?
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Now I have to listen to your podcast, finding something to laugh these days is no mean feat.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
But that's the political play. If they left him in, nothing happens. But if they stop him, instant uproar and headlines. It is a tremendous risk, but is Pelosi going to stay silent?
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, yeah, but when they are rounding up people, the House of Reps is effectively shut down, press freedom is gone, and the economy is going to take its worst hit in decades - with the concomitant political violence - Staying is dangerous I am seriously asking
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Or simply enact city states fantasies and turn everything that was federal into another tech bro grift.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
It was so clear, and served so many purposes to sue him for that one thing, and then dispose of him; but the many political commentators failed to see that, after the bill passed, the mad rantings and random firings was actually hurting the money masters, and they had other plans.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
The mental gymnastics required to purchase milk to challenge the neighbor about a trashcan. The neighbor that is not really there either.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Here is starting list for a garden balconygardenweb.com/most-deadly-...
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Snyder moved away, that's signal enough about the GOP plans.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
It's July 20th, and there are no celebrations anywhere, either from the scientists or the Colombians. Another canary in the coalmine ceased to sing.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Chili, from what is México now, mixed with ginseng and whatever else, how's that ayurvedic? Whatever gives them market share I guess.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Spicy coffee does taste delicious though.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
At what point do we leave the country? A checklist. - Science destroyed. - Health destroyed. - Education destroyed. - Criminal leadership. - Torture. - Concentration camps. - Disastrous economic inequality. - Persecution of marginalized groups. What am I missing?
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Same things as RTO: company has invested money, and employees will pay the price.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
the point was always to have something else do the thinking.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Storm preparedness, getting some basics and surprise of surprises, there are only two options, Amazon or Walmart. It boggles the mind that I am choosing Walmart because it ensues quality. Bonkers.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
I have told people that this is the logical conclusion of knowing the Putin's ideological stance and the clear line to this admin actions: destroying science, education, health, and fully enabling a fascist apparatus. The bombers are flying overhead and people ignore them.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
2024: I need a new computer, mine is legacy already, what to buy? 2025, January: buying a computer is urgent, tariffs will break havoc Now: $3k for a good one? Absurd. I will dig out stuff from estate sales.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Were your friends surprised though
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
And how is this going to become even worse as we see the social welfare net destroyed, and many of those older parents increasingly needing the assistance from their adult children. Because these older adults voted to have that net taken away from themselves.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Go ahead, research the painter on the left. It gets worse.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Finally I found an author that seems cool, somewhat reminiscent of old war writers, but in one of the interviews he goes full tescreal, and confesses to write using LLMs. A plague.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
The council of Trent, after having dealt with you all.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
A bookstore with spirit, wit flavor, where the people sitting outside were as quirky as the books that might be found there, where people would just sit and talk for hours, while the barista was free to sit, if for a second, and talk about her favorite anime latest session.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Having an accent is amazing. "I am going to get comfy, get my launcher and my nuke." "What? What are you talking about!" "I am going to get my lawn chair and read in my Nook."
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
The brutal demand contraction from all these hitting at the same time is going to punish all economic sectors, and the people's pain is going to be without precedent.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
But also it sounds like a threat to those that oppose the regime, very much like a reeducation camp.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Pol Pot vibes.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
When checking a company for its the expertise and business alignment ask a few questions - who does the CIO report to - how often do you change laptops - who manages your email - on prem or in cloud? - stack ranking, yes or no?
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
There has been a definite shift towards right-wing values, including that of only reading from the 'approved' canon; worse, you see people from all walks of life, some that should know better, espousing such views, defending even what harms them.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, it is an exaggerated reaction to a simply stated desire for diversity. Asking a few questions always elicits a hidden affinity with Rogan and the like.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Listening right now to Haydn's Missa in Angustiis. because it is oh so fitting.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Fire workers - stock price goes up - executives get bonuses - hire workers again
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Similar thing has happened when asked about the books I am reading, and I am thoroughly enjoying scifi written by women, ideally not white/het/cis. The amount of people that find issue with that is insane! The books are themselves gorgeous though.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
If you were wondering where are winds blowing, there are two towns within driving distance. One of them is celebrating 4th by reading Douglass. The other one is showing Top Gun.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
How do you even try to comprehend the enormous shift in world policy that will follow? Anyone that has studied history is aghast, and the horrors have only begun.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
And I was wondering how long until we see copaganda for the current billionaire agency
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Amdyhe sold the sea, which we thought impossible, and now we sit here, watching the empty bottom of what was once the ocean where our ships sailed Paraphrasing the immense loss of identity of a nation.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, as many have pointed out, this bears the hallmark of authoritarian presidencies where they always win all the elections with 110% of the vote. Project 2046 perhaps.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Kinda cruel to send this, today of all days.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
There is nothing "proto-" about it anymore.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps read about what's happening before deciding on whether to come back or not. The ill winds are blowing.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
Reading all the horrible news and wondering when will those that can leave realize that it is too late.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, it does fill closer to the end.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
Ev Williams was a 14 year old lad, watering crops.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social)
That John Donne poem never made sense when I was a kid, and I tussled with it, turning it around, trying to understand that simple meaning. As I get older, and people say their goodbyes in such a casual yet definite way, it is so clear, so painful, so true.
camilowashere.bsky.social (@camilowashere.bsky.social) reply parent
I am sorry, and thank you for all that you shred with us, the flowers, the poems, the words.